Page Plus Cellular Reviews
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- Affordable prepaid plans
- Reliable service with good coverage
- User-friendly online management
- Quick activation of new phones
- Poor customer service experience
- Frequent billing issues
- Limited technical support
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Reviewed Sept. 25, 2021
This company's billing/database management is a NIGHTMARE. After being a customer for a couple years, all of the sudden my automatic payment didn't work. I called over and over and spent hours on the phone. And then strange credit card charges started appearing on my account from Page Plus and Straight Talk and some other cellphone service. After nearly 30 hours on the phone with various supervisors, I was unable to resolve my problems and they continued to get worse.
I cancelled my credit card and disputed the charges, and yet my phone somehow charged and renewed service (probably somebody else's card). Then, when I tried to port my phone number over to Verizon, the request was lost. I called Pageplus to have them release my number, but Verizon has no record of it. This company is a SHAM 3rd world outfit with utterly incompetent technology. If you need a monthly burner phone, great. If you need reliable cell phone service or need to keep your phone number, do not trust this company!
Reviewed June 30, 2021
I have had Page Plus for 2 years now! The main complaint I have is half of the time my internet never works when I really need it. I feel as if I’m paying for nothing due to the fact the only time my internet works is if I’m near a free WiFi site! That should not be the case. I never wish that I agree to this service. I literally have to just say your this company should go out of business!???
Reviewed June 13, 2021
I am surprised about all the negative reviews on this site. People complaining about not getting signal while the coverage is provided by Verizon, Page Plus is just a MVNO. I have my Page Plus phone as a back up for my T Mobile phone, since TMO does not have the greatest rural coverage. Page Plus is the only place where you can get Verizon network and a PAYGO plan. After Verizon abandoned PAYGO plans I had the choice to drop my back up phone or find an alternative. Fortunately I found Page Plus. You only have to top up every 90 days with $ 10.- to keep the service. Perfect for me. And you have Verizon's rural coverage! Everything works great. Now the bad part and the reason I am giving 4 stars rather than five: Billing. Charges from nonexistent calls. Charges for phantom data transfers although data are off and Wi-Fi only. Still highly recommended for a low use phone in rural areas.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2021
Page Plus has to be the worst provider I have ever used. Never a signal. They need to be put out of business. The customer service personally are very rude. They never resolve any issues. I don't recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2020
My phone is always losing service. Tech basically said there was nothing they can do. Now I have a phone I cannot use and service that I’m still paying for. The reps were very rude and hung up on me not once but twice.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2020
Buyer beware. I really hate having to leave a review like this, but others deserve to know beforehand what kind of a mess they may be getting themselves into. Page Plus used to be an Ohio-based company with American employees providing technical support and customer service. Those people were pleasant and empowered with authority to ensure the problem was solved. That all ended when Mexican telecommunications conglomerate America Movil (TracFone) bought the company some time back in 2015 or so, gutted it, and transformed it into a brand rather than continue it as a company. Very typical of large company buyouts of good, small businesses. The only thing that has remained the same is the name. The “service” is completely different.
Cellular coverage actually decreased after the buyout. I suspect a behind-the-scenes deal between America Movil and Verizon (whose network Page Plus uses to provide service) wherein the number of towers was reduced to the bare minimum that will connect to page plus devices, eliminating towers that provided coverage previously. My father, who has also been on Page Plus can no longer make calls from within his home because they reduced the coverage over the years. It’s outright fraud to market the coverage like it does (mirroring Verizon’s map and claims to coverage) when it knows that coverage is not identical. That fraud runs to the highest levels in the company to well-paid executives who negotiated these deals with Verizon and then have the business knowingly misstate material facts as to the coverage.
Additionally, I am very confident Page Plus connections have been prioritized lower than Verizon’s, and data speeds for Page Plus customers significantly throttled. This too is arguably fraud by again parroting Verizon claims without sufficient disclaimers or information regarding the real service that they provide. For example, even with a modern handset, I found t him hat speeds were never ever close to the advertised 4G LTE speeds (typically 2Mb/s) regardless of signal strength. Not ever. And mind you, this was not after the monthly initial cap, after which speeds do get reduced.
Turning to technical support, that is now a complete nightmare. Outsourced to non-English speaking persons, there are basically only two levels of support: the initial level person and “managers” or “supervisors” (apparently one-and-the-same). There is no higher level technical support beyond them, so if they can’t fix with their handholding system prompts, you’re hosed.
And sadly, as is typical with outsourced cheap technical support, those persons are essentially robots following a script and prompts on their computer “system” rather than being able to THINK about the problem (you know, that thing between our ears that makes us human), or even listen to or trust what the customer is telling them. For example, when I explain all the troubleshooting that I did on TWO prior calls in an effort to be efficient, to get them to THINK about what we might be able to do next, they insist on starting at step 1—despite the fact we did step 1 THREE times before, so let’s cut to the chase and try something NEW. Nope.
I’m a very technically inclined person, have written computer code, fixed hardware on computers, and generally know a LOT. So when I ask them what their system is showing them so that I can better understand what they’re doing or why they are doing it, they refuse to tell me. Or perhaps they don’t have sufficient command of the English language to communicate? I don’t know, but either way it’s ridiculous.
The only saving grace has been the increase in number of minutes, texts, and amount of data provided for the monthly plans, as well as the variety of plan pricing and prepaid minutes. Few other VMNO (virtual mobile network operators) provide the kinds of plans Page Plus does, even within the America Movil family (which include Smart Talk, TracFone, and several others).
Honestly, it would’ve been great to have the company remain American, with trained American technical support empowered with decision-making authority and independence to provide highly satisfactory customer service while either keeping the number of minutes, text messages, or data low at the same price point, or increasing data/minutes/texts with a corresponding increase in price. It seems the trade-off that was made was to keep the price the same, slash overhead (read: technical support), increase minutes/texts, and give the appearance of increasing data while at the same time throttling it. Sad.
As of September 2020, it appears that Verizon is purchasing TracFone from America Movil, but that deal will not close until 2021. It’s unclear whether Page Plus is part of that deal, and if it is, there’s no telling what will happen to customer service or technical support in the future. In the meantime, because “Page Plus” (if one can even refer to it as a company rather than just a brand) is completely incompetent, causing me hours of effort to try and troubleshoot what should be a reasonably straightforward issue (again, because they’ve employed unthinking automatons no better than AI probably is by now), I am leaving this company for good. Buyer beware.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2020
Have been trying 7 days for them to transfer phone # to another carrier. In the meantime they charged my credit card 3 days early. New Carrier ** has been told 3 times that the phone # was released and it has not.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2020
April 2020 during covid-19 pandemic Page Plus Cellular disconnects cell service after 20 years. I'm a disabled senior. My plan $80.00 yearly for 2000 minutes. Dec 2019 added minutes. Page Plus non customer service informed me that I needed to pay more money for my service to be reactivated. Page Plus also has compromised my online account, can no longer log into account. I have screen shots of my account and payments therefore if Page Plus thought not giving me access to my account I have all the proof I need. We need to file a class action suit against Page Plus.
Reviewed July 27, 2020
I contacted Pager Plus via phone, as instructed by the previous representative via phone, to ask for a refund on an activation since it appears it was billed twice. Since they were too busy to handle incoming calls, someone by the name of "Angelina" (I wish I knew her real name) insisted that I contacted the wrong company and that a refund would not be provided. We're talking about a refund of $12 by the way after I just spent $75 upgrading to the higher plan. After debating over the justification behind my request for a refund, "Angelina" decided that my phone magically was no longer compatible with the SIM card and decided on her own will to refund my second purchase of $75 but keep the first purchase of $12 (which I obviously don't have).
So now after spending close to four hours of my Sunday trying to activate my new Pager Plus phone, I am without a phone and with a huge, huge, huge thirst for immediate retaliation against Pager Plus and this "Angelina" woman. Their real problem is I have plenty of money, lots of time on my hands and am bored to death. They have now given me something to pursue, as pathetic as that sounds.
Reviewed July 16, 2020
I have been using Page Plus for months without issue. Today, I received a warning that I was out of talk minutes. I get 500 a month and have never used them all. I've used maybe 100 this cycle. When I contacted customer service they are telling me all the minutes are used, which is incorrect. They won't help me and so I have no way to send or receive phone calls for another week because of their system error and no acknowledgement of fault.
Reviewed July 14, 2020
Updated on 08/10/2020: I originally reviewed this company on July 14, 2020. Things have only gotten worse. After 2 weeks of unsuccessfully trying to get a phone to work, we were instructed to send it back for a refund. Within a couple of days we shipped it back to their warehouse. According to their paperwork we had 20 "business days" to return the defective phone. They received the return on the 17th business day. Now they are saying we kept it too long and denied a refund.
This phone never worked, I was told by customer service that I had to get a replacement sim card. The one included from their own company was not correct. The replacement card was ordered but has never to this date been received. This was probably just a scam to try to run out the return clock. My wife & I think the phone was bad and had been previously sent back and was probably defective from the start. After talking to about 10 reps, the customer service department in the Philippines was a horrible waste of time.
The company has declined a refund, so we are out the cost of the defective phone, the prepaid use fee, a replacement sim card, and return shipping to their warehouse. Although we are disputing the purchase with our credit card company, we will not get the fee for the prepaid fee, the sim card or the return shipping. We strongly advise anyone looking to this company for service to forget it. They just seem like crooks.
Original Review: We bought a new Samsung phone from pagepluscellular.com. It arrived in a few days but we could not get it to work. My wife spent a couple of hours with tech support and gave up. Then I called tech support and was told I had to separately order a sim card with the phone, even though it came from them with one. After almost 2 weeks and 2 more calls to customer service it still has not arrived. (I cannot return a sim card I've never received.) On my second call they informed me the original card should work. However we still have not been able to get the phone to make or receive a call.
Today I spent almost an hour on the office phone calling to cancel and return the phone. I spent another hour with customer support. The phone doesn't work and we have used all the minutes of the original purchase (while not making or receiving any phone calls or texts). The phone call today would frequently get staticky and rep would sound like a Cylon Robot from Battlestar Gallactica. It just erodes even more on the confidence of Page Plus Cellular being able to deliver any service I don't know how much time we wasted going over all the same info to identify ourselves to the reps and trying things that didn't work. Not to mention waiting for a undelivered sim card that apparently we didn't even need.
The rep finally said to send the phone back and cancelled the service. It was rather interesting that when I asked for a RMA number I was told just to put it in a box and mail it without any noting or identification of who or where it came from. At this point if we get any refund, it will be less 20% for restocking, nothing for unused service, and nothing for the additional sim card. And my Wife is off considering using a hammer on the phone rather than wait for any refund.

Reviewed June 4, 2020
Have 2 lines, separate phones with Page Plus. In 2 years of calling to turn texts off to both phones, they would not do it. They will SAY they will turn text off, but all the spam offers keep coming. Called FIVES TIMES to shut texts off. Each time you call they will tell you they have a hard time hearing you. Over 3 hours of calls to Page Plus complaining, they turned off the second phone's service! Absolutely HORRIBLE to deal with!! I'd rather pay more per month for proper service, and have a Customer Service/Support that is responsive. Went up to a tier 3 supervisor that STILL could not understand the problem. Customer Service in New Delhi or Pakistan does not work well for customers. I would encourage anyone looking to try Page Plus service to look elsewhere. Happily take your money- YES. Provide good service- DEFINITELY NO!
Reviewed April 30, 2020
I've used their "free" service for a couple of years. It's not really free as they tack on various fees if you want things like voicemail, etc. However, for me that only adds up to about $7 a month. However, they regularly change my plan or tack on charges, then you have to waste a lot of time getting the charges reversed. I use very little phone time and 100-200 MB a month of data, so it works well for me. The biggest issues that I have is that calls frequently don't go through. The VOIP software that they use isn't very good, compared to something like Skype, so calls frequently break up. I can call my party using Skype over their Internet feed and get much better call quality.
For the past month my voicemail hasn't been working. People leave messages & I get notified that I have voicemail, but the messages are blank. I submitted a support ticket and later got a message from them telling me that the ticket was closed and how did they do. My response was that, "You did nothing and that the problem still exists." If you sign up, realize that you're getting what you pay for, which isn't much.
Reviewed April 10, 2020
I was a happy customer for 5 years with a small TracFone I used for mostly travel. I bought a Smart Phone 2/2020 and signed up for $12.99 500 minutes phone and 500 texts which was plenty for me. While renewing a month later, noticed the website did not work. On the phone, a rep stated no plans under $29.99 anymore. I even tried to pay that but all kinds of runaround and different info from reps. I signed up for a new service and finally after several claiming was phone was not unlocked, I find out they lock it for a full year so had to buy a new phone. If only they offered the same service available in early 2020 never would have switched.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2020
Bought a new Samsung phone at a local dealer and he promoted the Page Plus plan. The plans start at 12.99 plus taxes. I bought the 29.99 plan. I am 75 y/o and only uses phone to talk and text. Rarely use phone for more than 2 or 3 calls or text a day. I have to go outside of my home to call or answer the phone. Very poor reception even when I am outside. Folks tell me I am breaking up. Called customer service to get my account # so I could change plans and keep my phone. Was told by worker He did not have ability to give me the account #. Waiting for a supervisor to call me back. Someone told me that page plus buys space on a Verizon tower and that the space is at the bottom of the tower.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2020
Using Page Plus Cellular as a prepaid carrier was a good choice for a long while. I like the service and I was able to use the service in a rural area where it was very difficult to get phone service let alone internet. As technology advanced I needed a service that would provide me with a hot spot so I could be able to use my printer, laptop and and having visitors and family members to my house, I needed hot spot for their use. That is where I had to draw the line and abandon Page plus cellular because they do not offer hot spot via the cellphone.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2020
I started using Page Plus years before anyone ever heard of them. I have had consistent good service. The price is still a great value, although other companies are getting more competitive. I would love to see them offer a great deal on 1 year prepaid.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2020
I have been a customer for years. I currently use the $12 plan because I usually use my phone for data only. Who doesn't want to minimize expenses? My plan renewed on Feb.2, 2020. Today February 7, I needed data due a power outage after a storm. My phone wouldn't receive anything. It was slow and would not load. Later after getting home to make the call, two different Page plus reps claimed I used 100 mb of data in 4 days on the $12 plan. The data usage showed I used 87 mb in one day. They couldn't tell me where the rest was used. I only used my wifi. Two months I traveled for a week, using data for navigation and tourist info and I didn't consume 100 mb. I believe Page Plus is trying to force people into paying more. Time to switch carriers. I have had enough.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2020
Customer service is total garbage, they messed up my phone and will not refund me. Please do not use this god-awful service, use your money somewhere else. They have worse plans for more money than other carriers.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019
I got unlimited service on Dec 24, 2019. I've called EVERY single day after because nothing was working. No text, calls, or internet. Said the services was disconnected. 2 hours EACH DAY on the phone for them to tell me “they’re so sorry they’re having an error, please stay on the line”. I’m literally on the phone with them NOW 4:15 pm Dec 28, for the SAME THING. They put me on a pay as go and NOT unlimited services, so the “minutes were running out”. Now they clearly see that I was put on the wrong plan and they claim it’s fixed until 5 hours later when my child can’t text or use the data etc. Child had to walk to a phone to call me cause his phone wasn’t working. A very serious matter.
They Refused to reimburse my money. But said they could credit, as if I still want their crappy service. It’s now been 45 minutes. Still having errors. This the 2nd supervisor and now she’s sending me to another “supervisor”. This is the WORST COMPANY I’ve EVERRRRR EXPERIENCED. I’ll rather have Metro PCS and I have never used them before. Do NOT go with this company.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019
Bought 2 phones. One is an Apple XR and the other is Galaxy Note 10+. Apple was activated. When I go to activate the Galaxy Note 10+ it's not compatible with Page Plus. So how do you sell a phone that can't be activated through page plus. Now I'm without a phone cause I swapped carrier. I would not recommend this company at all.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
I was SCAMMED by your referral program, followed the process and after over an hour with your horrible customer service, I was told they didn't have the ability to correct. How do you get away with this? I was scammed, others beware!!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019
I have been a Page Plus customer for years only because it is not convenient to change prepaid service. I have been on auto enrollment for my payment for years and then it de-enrolled me and shut my service off. I use mine for work. I was in a panic because no one could contact me. I was able to contact Page Plus only to get a very slow person that took 45 minutes to turn my phone back on. And she refused to give the the $5 off for being in auto enrollment. I even called a supervisor only to receive the same message they can't give that credit on the 1st month. I have been a loyal customer and will now be shopping for something new.
Christine
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2019
Would give 0 stars if possible. This company is nothing but lies and deceit. They advertise for “fully unlimited” service yet don’t allow one to use hotspot. That’s not fully unlimited. Then they advertise for $50 if enrolled in auto refill. Every single month I am enrolled in auto refill and every month my payment gets rejected. Just got told my bank is declining the payment which is not true as I spoke directly to my bank regarding this. Oh not to mention since auto refill payment gets rejected I’m then forced to pay the full price, using the same exact card my auto refill payment was rejected. So according to them my bank declines a $50 payment but approves a $55 payment.
Having to deal with this company’s customer service is appalling. Everyone I’ve ever spoken to is Indian and while I’m not a prejudice person these people have been known to scam people and that’s exactly what they’re doing. Please if you've had this same experience with auto refill payments please file a report with the Better Business Bureau. They need to be exposed for their lies.

Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019
When I first joined in 2011, I paid $40 on a prepaid plan, and it usually lasted me about 3 months. At the time, I did not use text or data. In 2013 I bought a MoJo from Motorola for $25. I switched to the $30/month plan so I could use text and data. So for 6 years I used a $25 phone and have never had a problem. Being on the Verizon network, my phone works practically everywhere. I only use data when I travel, so I have never had extra charges. My MoJo just died, so I just purchased an IPhone 6 for $150.
When I look at other companies and see people paying $300-$700 for older iPhones, I think I got a really good deal. Time will tell. I have noticed a drop in the quality of customer service since Trac Phone bought the company. The agents are definitely in other countries, and sometimes they have trouble understanding what I am saying. If you use your phone mostly as a phone, and not as a computer, then, in my experience, Page Plus is still a good option.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
I had to call many times just too try to get the phone working. Then I was told it wasn't a page plus phone, but I had the item number. Then was told to go to two different stores to get help. Only to be told they don't work with Page Plus anymore. The customer service ladies were rude and acted as though they didn't want too be bothered. The supervisors were of no help also. To day it the 12th and I bought the phone on 28th of October. Plus I paid for the minutes which was $28. They said they don't see it in the system. Horrible. I wish I never have ordered this phone.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2019
When it comes to the actual service Page Plus is great thanks to Verizon. Now if you ever have a problem, you will have to deal with the worst bunch of Indian customer service reps in the entire world. These people are trained to be rude and have no one to answer to when it comes to supervision. If you ask to speak to a supervisor another more rude person will get on the phone and even try to hang up on you. You can find the same exact phones Page Plus is selling on Amazon or at Best Buy for as much as $200 less per phone. They sell older phones that claim to be brand new but they are truthfully refurbished.
I would not recommend anyone buy a phone from Page Plus. If you do the research this company was started by an Indian guy. So I guess that's why he chose to put all his customer service in India. These people are all terrible at their job and you can barely understand what they are saying. They interrupt you while you're trying to talk and have terrible manners. 1 * is very generous from me.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019
I have been a customer of Page Plus for 7 years. My company that I work for was also a customer because I initiated that. I paid the Aug.2019 monthly plan with my bank card and within a matter of minutes I received confirmation number that payment was received by Page Plus in the correct amount of $60.08. I had no problem with that transaction as my phone would lose service by 12 am and time was 11:37 pm.
My phone is very important to me, I am 63 yrs old, live alone, and due to the many illnesses I am not allowed to drive; walking any length of distance I am unable to do. I have an unruptured aneurysm inside my brain and at any given time my life could take a drastic turn. The neurologist specified ideally for me to never be alone but we live in the real world; next best thing keep your cellphone with you at all times - it could save your life. I had to give you that personal information so you can understand why I kept my plan paid on time each month. After payment was made I was issued a card number for my paid plan, I then entered the information and an electronic operator informed the card was not accepted by my phone. My phone had something wrong with it. Please call back during normal business hrs. Aug 4th 2019 approximate time 12:15 AM.
After several hrs. days, now going into weeks Page Plus continues with the trained dialogue of "We cannot help you, where did you get phone", it was locked by different cell companies, keep in mind I myself bought this same phone from a Page Plus dealer who is still in business in my hometown and that was about 3 years ago maybe 4 and this phone with me and I have tried to get a different cell company but was told Page Plus must unlock it first. Today a Page PLUS rep (John) said the phone is locked and then halfway through an HOUR long call he reverted to saying the phone is unlocked!
I will never recommend this company if they were giving away service with phones. One call out of 10 I had a female supervisor admit Page Plus did lock the phone and she was going to unlock it and put my $60.08 card on it. I was extremely happy for 5 minutes. Another female interrupted the call and informed me in a not so caring way they couldn't help me and hung up on me. I don't know where this company received training in business let alone customer care. I do know this business was on the right track for several years but I now know it's another fly by night, here today gone tomorrow trash business. I recommend before you renew your monthly plan check that phone is working and is not locked by your FRIENDLY ONLINE PAGE PLUS DEALER! I have yet to receive refund. The phone is still locked and PAGE PLUS DON'T CARE!
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2019
I have never had any issues with PAGE PLUS UNTIL a few months ago when without warning my cell service stopped working (I have always been set up on AUTO PAY so I know the bill was paid). I had my receipt but they kept trying to tell me my account had not been replenished. They finally found record of payment and all was good. Then, today my cell quit working AGAIN. When I called them they at first said they had no record of my number.
Then after numerous transferred calls, I was told my number had been PORTED OUT to another carrier (they could not tell me which one). I asked how this was possible as I have a pin set up on my account. They did not have an answer & informed me that the number I have had for years is no longer my number. There was NOTHING they could do. Sure, the plans are reasonable, but their customer service is the WORST. These are some of the most INEPT people I have ever dealt with. Not ONE person could figure out how this happened. BUYER BEWARE!!
Reviewed July 26, 2019
The customer service is strictly average, but the monthly bill is one of the lowest you’ll find anywhere. Cheap phone bill plus the Verizon network coverage equals the best deal on the market. Three things you must have to get started: 1) A SIM card for your phone (available on their website), 2) a cell phone that works on the Verizon network and 3) an unlocked cell phone. I usually buy phones refurbished on eBay from reputable dealers. Make sure the phone says it works for Verizon and is unlocked. And that’s it! You’re on your way to saving around $1000 bucks a year on your phone service. Enjoy!
Reviewed July 26, 2019
My service got cut for no reason twice. The first time, they reinstated it after about 2 hours on the phone. They seemed to have no record of me ever being a customer. The second time they wouldn't reinstate it. I tried to get them to unlock my phone (I bought it from them) but they wouldn't do it. This company sucks.
Reviewed July 17, 2019
So I had decided to switch my service from AT&T to Page Plus Cellular.... While on the phone with them they changed my phone number (I had to have them delete this transaction..which took forever). I decided to cancel my service with the same phone call. They cancelled my service but did not port my number back to AT&T.
I am 6 phone calls and 6+ hrs into trying to get my number back from Page Plus. Every time I call and/or AT&T calls they keep transferring us and then the final person we speak to is suppose to reactivate my number with them (which of course takes 24-48 hrs to process) and then you call back and the work hasn't been done. Then you call again. Same thing.. and the work isn't done! If I didn't want to keep my number so badly I would just give up!!!
Oh... and in order for me to get my money back from Page Plus they tell me I have to contact the third party website I purchased it on. They could not give me any number to call in order to do this. I did purchase the plan with Page Plus directly on their website!!! They should not be allowed to do this. There should be someone you can speak with directly in order to resolve these type of issues. Instead you keep getting transferred to another representative. OH... and if I could I would rate this company a "0" if I could but it won't allow you.... Connie.
Reviewed June 19, 2019
Horrible, horrible experience. Purchased a cell phone from their site, as well as service, to port my home number over to a cell. The phone they sold me could never be activated, even after spending 3 hours on the phone with customer service. They told me to "go find a Verizon cell phone, put the Sim card in it, and it would activate." I even tried purchasing one from Walmart, that I had to return, because even that didn't work. All the local Page Plus stores in my area recently closed, they suggested I drive A STATE away to activate the phone!! They billed my TWICE for the service plan, and STILL HAVE NOT REFUNDED me. Now, I want to return the phone I could NEVER use, they want ME to pay shipping, plus 20% restocking fee, and they will "pay me back". Yea right. Avoid this company.
Reviewed June 17, 2019
On the phone with the rep, upgrading my cell phone but staying on the same plan sounded easy. First, I ordered a SIM chip from them. Within a day I had an email from them that it had shipped, along with a UPS tracking number. After over a week, I contacted UPS, who said the tracking number was invalid. I called Page Plus customer service, and was told that the item had been delivered. It obviously hadn't, and I had no way of following up with UPS since the tracking number was invalid, so after over an hour of being on hold and being told by two of their reps that the item had been delivered, I just ordered a new one. Yesterday Page Plus sent an email to let me know it had shipped, and to provide a tracking number. I tried to track it on the UPS site just now. UPS doesn't recognize the tracking number. I'll be changing carriers.
Reviewed May 4, 2019
I have been using Page Plus since 2013. The only issue I have, is when you don’t pay your bill on time, they cut your service immediately. When that happens I just call customer service and pay with my credit card. My service is reinstated. To solve that issue, I am on automatic payment with my credit card. They give you a $2 monthly discount. I have no worries that way. The calls are crystal clear. They are on the Verizon coverage. No dropped calls.
Reviewed April 16, 2019
I have used Page Plus Cellular for over 12 years with various phones/accounts. I recently tried to port another number over to PP from Vonage (needed that number to be cellular and not home based VOIP). After a month and a half of trying to get it ported I gave up. EVERY single customer service rep I spoke to said they had "fixed" the problem and it would be done in 24-48 hours. It never happened. The website is stuck in technology of 12 years ago, does not work much of the time and is hard to navigate. If you get a new number from them and put it on automatic renewal, things seem to work ok. BUT if you have a problem, all bets are off. The decline I noticed was after América Móvil purchased the company in 2014 and linked it to TracFone.
Reviewed March 8, 2019
I’ve used Page Plus for years, my requirements are pretty minimal for cell service. When TracFone acquired them, I began to notice service and cost took a downward spiral, Finally having enough of that, I attempted to go to a different carrier with my #. What ensued was a runaround, After 3-4 hours total time wasted, I still didn’t have what should be simple task accomplished. They used every reason they could think of to deny the transfer. Now I’m faced with changing #’s, more time/effort down the drain. Bs & opportunism sums it up pretty well. Zero stars would have been more accurate.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2019
Trying to get my Oneplus 6t working with this company. My phone will not receive text messages. Everything else works fine except incoming texts. This is a known issue with Verizon towers as my phone is a non CDMA phone. I have spent hours on the phone with tech support trying to get in contact with a tier two tech with no luck so they can disable CDMA as others have had great success. I have no choice but to cancel my service with them as I cannot even fully activate my account because I cannot receive the text message code needed for the web login activation.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2019
Wow... What a horrible service. Do yourself a favor and stand clear, the person that answers the phone is extremely rude, he hangs up the phone on you. I was simply asking for some sort of understanding on how it is that he has a final bill for service that was paid at 1 yr at time, and it cancels after if we choose not to renew. This was his final words before he hung up on me... "It's your bill, have a good day pal... click." Lol. The balance is only $15.95. Enjoy your dying pager business.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
We've been using Page Plus for a couple of years and have been on their auto-renew plan. December 2018 my husband lost service for no obvious reason. Customer service had no explanation and said my husband would have to renew his plan without the auto-renew discount in order to get his service restored. In other words, we would have to pay extra to correct the mistake their system made.
1/23/2019 I got an email saying there was a problem with my auto-renew. I called immediately to see what the problem was so that I wouldn't lose service. When speaking with the representative, he told me that the email must have been sent in error and that everything was fine. I specifically asked, "So my service won't be interrupted?" and he confirmed that everything would be fine.
1/24/2019 (the next day) I woke up to no phone service. I called Page Plus again and was told my auto-renew was declined. They said it must have been a problem with my credit card, however I had been using my card and none of my information has changed. I explained that their customer service rep told me yesterday that everything was fine and it was just an email error. They were completely unwilling to own up to the mistake. They said they would renew my service for the normal monthly rate but couldn't provide the auto renew discount, just as they told my husband. I said I believed it would be fair for them to credit the difference since the error wasn't on my end. They refused. I had to renew this month since I needed service immediately for work (and interestingly enough, my credit card that "didn't work" for the auto-renew worked just fine this time!). This seems like a dishonest practice in order to force customers to pay more.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2019
I set up a monthly auto renewal plan for cell phone service with Page Plus. I originally set it up to expire/renew on a certain day of every month. Page Plus arbitrarily or errantly changed that date. On my account on their website there is an option to get records of past payments and past applications of those purchased pins. There are no records available under those options. The options are there, but they do not work and have not worked for some time.
When I contacted them they refused to help. In fact, they seemed to not be able to understand how their own system works. You can set up to PAY on one day, stack the "pin," and then have applied automatically before expiration of the account. In other words, you can set up to pay before the due date in order to prevent an error. At this very moment, they charge me on the one day and apply the renewal several days later (the 2nd date being the wrong date). The customer chat agent flat out refused to fix the date back to my original date. I asked for a supervisor.
To make a long story short: the supervisor repeatedly insisted that it is not possible to have a payment date different from the actual date of application of the pin. Only I have had it set up that way for some time, and it is set up that way at the moment of this writing! The distinct feeling I got from the supervisor is that she had hardened into a place of resisting me to the point where she literally could not even understand my concern. She got ruder and ruder and eventually just disconnected me, having never even shown that she understood what I was saying. She just said it was impossible, completely ignoring that I was experiencing what she says was impossible at the very time we were talking!
Page Plus is dirt cheap. That is why we went with them. That is all you get though. Be prepared for really bad customer service and not-so-competent customer service workers. I have actually received very poor customer service from them in the past and they have on several occasions made errors on my account and it was very difficult to get them to understand. I am only taking the time to detail this one event. I am very disappointed and frustrated with Page Plus Cellular. The mistakes are one thing, the stubborn unwillingness to see and understand what a customer is actually experiencing from them is quite another. I cannot recommend this company to anyone.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2018
Paid $43 for one month's unlimited service on 12/6/18. My bill summary now states my service will end on 12/26/18. So now, exactly how many days of service have I actually been paying for? 20 days? Time to pay a visit to my local service provider for an explanation. Seems I may have been shortchanged. On second thought, I have been shortchanged! Question is, for how long?
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018
I had been a customer for 10 years. They disconnected my service before the payment was due and they have drafted my bank account every month for ten years. They gave me some BS that the payment is in suspense. I will go somewhere else and if I was YOU... I WOULD GO FOR CELL SERVICE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL. I gave them one star since there is no provision for zero stars.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
This company no longer provides reasonable customer service. Before the TracFone takeover, customer service was fantastic (when they were based out of Ohio). Now, they really provide no customer service at all. When money is incorrectly applied to the account or services are not being properly provided, their customer service agents in the Philippines simply read standard messages off of their computer screens. They never actually help you solve a problem. They never refund money even when their system is at fault. I guess this is the way TracFone companies work. They assume most people will just get frustrated and give up. Let me assure you, that even if you are persistent, they will still not offer a satisfactory answer/solution to the problem. This company is just awful now. Page Plus was once the best prepaid carrier. Now I can tell you it is one of the worst (at least in terms of customer service).
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
I cancelled autopay online for my mother to close her account. They charged her account the next month. When I called to ask why, they said there is a glitch online and it doesn't always cancel autopay. Yet online, it shows as canceled, so from our view it was completed. Page Plus REFUSED to reimburse despite her phone not used at all that month. I will cancel her debit card so they cannot further fraudulently charge her account.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018
I keep getting emails from PP telling me that my service has been disconnected but I still have time to refill. Which is untrue as my acct is active and each time I get these emails I am fresh from a refill just a few days before. This is not good giving customers false info. I report this to PP and they just say it's a glitch on their end and disregard. Concerns me in that I may wake up someday and not have any service because of a glitch on their software. I tried their auto monthly refills and it worked a few months but then one month they didn't charge me the fee and of course my service did go down. Not sure if I'm staying with these people. I like the Verizon NW but may have to switch directly with them even if it cost more. PP has become a little too flaky for my taste.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2018
I chose Page Plus basically because the price of the plan is cheap. I knew the service couldn't be as good as big companies like Verizon, but I didn't think it was so bad. A 10-dollar international calling credit should be included in my plan, and it worked well in the beginning month. In the next billing cycle, it stopped working. I online chatted with a representative and she said she added the credit to my plan. I expected the credit would be "added" to my plan automatically. A couple of days ago, my data stopped working. I chatted with their representative again, and she told me to turn the phone off, take the sim card out, put the sim card back, and turn the phone on. When I found a pin and completed the process, I found she ended the chat because she waited more than one minute. Are you kidding me? One minute? Oh you are so great!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2018
Honestly this is the only cell service I have ever used. Why? Because it's cheap & it's super good signal everywhere I go. I'm a semi truck driver so signal strength is very important to me. The other reason why I love Page Plus is because I am in full control of setting up my phone and paying for whatever service I want. I don't have to talk to anyone to set my phone up. I go online & I can set it to auto pay every month. It is tricky the first time you set up your phone so you may want to call customer service. I had to call customer service my first few times, but once you know how it works then it's great! It must be any Verizon Phone. That part is very important. I'm sticking with Page Plus for sure!
Once your phone is working you have to add it to your online account through your online account & then you will be able to manage it all by yourself. I definitely recommend them but only for people that know where how to find an MEID # on their phone & who knows how things work. If that's you then perfect. Don't give up. You'll figure it out & you'll be happy you did. I am a real customer since 2011 & it's almost 2019. It's been great & I'm going to keep Page Plus as my cell phone provider.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
We were billed twice in August of 2018 for cell phone service through Page Plus Cellular. I disputed one and only ONE of the two charges. So a few weeks later, the PP cell phone service was suspended because of a billing dispute. I called PP and they said that they only "see" one charge (the one that was disputed) and they don't see the second charge. They said they wanted a copy of the credit card bill, the IMEI #, a written statement, and the cell phone number in question and they would resolve the problem in 24-48 hours. I told them, I need a cell phone right now and recommended that I just give them a credit card number and reactivate the phone immediately - they said they couldn't do this. So I submitted all the information they asked for and 3 days later, no resolution and no cell phone service.
At this point, I said, enough is enough. I am currently trying to port my number over to Verizon Wireless as a result of this and Page Plus is not being cooperative with Verizon Wireless. The only reason I'm still even dealing with Page Plus and not telling them to piss off and just disputing BOTH cc charges with Visa is that I need my cell phone number to be ported over. I'm currently on a conference call between me, Verizon Wireless, and Page Plus trying to get the number ported over. Page Plus is saying that they can't port the number because there is a chargeback from the credit card and now the account is suspended. I told them that I have emailed them (3 DAYS AGO!) a copy of my credit card statement showing the double charge and that the suspension is not justified.
VZ wireless and I are being bounced around to different departments, being put repeatedly on hold, and no matter how this works out in the end, I couldn't be more unhappy with the customer service I'm getting at Page Plus. An absolute nightmare. Also, in the last few years with Page Plus, the service has shut down for no reason at all. I suspect that PP has a system that is held together with duct tape and repaired with band-aids. Customer service at Page Plus is perhaps the worst I ever dealt with.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
I bought 2 new phones from Page Plus Cellular and neither of them worked. I spent 3 hours on the phone trying to get them to work and they never could figure it out. I escalated with managers as high as I could and the final answer was that I would have to pay return shipping to get a refund on the faulty phones that they sent me. At this point I am waiting for a call back from their corporate office because I am irate about the whole situation. They told me it would take 24-48 hours for them to call me back. AT this point I'm highly doubtful that they will. This whole experience has been a huge waste of time and money.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I ordered a phone and 2 sim cards. I paid $126. I activate it and it was not working. I called customer service and they told me, "We are going to fix it and get back to you." Never got back to me and I called again. It did not help. At the end I paid money for nothing. It was not working.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
I've had no real issues with Page Plus Cellular. I've used them personally for over five years now! Still using my iPhone4. ;-) I just recently added an iPhone SE with a second account. Also recommended them to two friends (another iPhone SE and an iPhone 5). Everyone is liking the service. My iPhone SE had a ported in number, Page Plus Cellular was patient and helped immensely in getting that number ported (The old carrier was awful! They kept denying the transfer for multitudes of reasons), finally and multiple times Page Plus Cellular support had to call the other carrier while I was on hold to get the issues resolved. GREAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT. Great, no nonsense, no contract Verizon network service provider.
Reviewed July 3, 2018
The Page Plus store in Toledo OH, located on Sylvania Ave is the best cellular dealer that I have ever been to. The owner is extremely helpful and friendly. He always has a smile on his face and is courteous. I recommend going there whether you're shopping for a phone or needing to reup your monthly plans.
Reviewed June 17, 2018
Yesterday I had over $10 on my prepaid account. I made 4 SHORT calls, no text or data and now it's all gone. When I call Customer Service they say I used it all. My phone usage stats confirm I only used a couple minutes. This is the 2nd phone with this result. I thought the other one might be a phone problem so got a new phone and new carrier. Will now do the same for this phone.
Reviewed June 9, 2018
I called in with a request to deactivate one Page Plus phone number in order to transfer another Page Plus number to that deactivated phone (I had a total of 3 Page Plus phone numbers). I spent 3 1/2 hours during the morning and 3 hrs during the evening with their "customer service" or "technical support (I'm not sure how they refer to themselves). I spoke to a total of 6 people trying to resolve the problem with my phone. Each person had me to turn the phone on and off, take out the sim card, give them my phone's MEID #.
I called on another day and spent an hour on the phone when I was told that at some point one of the people who supposedly had assisted me gave me wrong instructions which caused the problem; therefore, if I were to get another sim card that would probably resolve the issue that I was experiencing with the phone. It is my responsibility to go out and purchase another sim card after one of their representatives really caused the problem with the phone.
My phone was working perfectly until I called in concerning the transfer of phones and numbers. In essence, I haven't any problem with the actual phone service; however, the customer service and technical support is a matter to consider before becoming a Page Plus customer. I literally dread calling for assistance because I have never received any resolution since I have been a customer. It is just frustrating to spend that much time on the phone; especially, and to have no resolution.
Reviewed June 9, 2018
Page Plus cost $80 per year for 2000 minutes talk time. Great. This does cover one year for me. Since it uses Verizon the quality is great.
Reviewed June 2, 2018
Customer service is not the greatest. Page Plus outsource their customer service and representatives are sometimes hard to understand. I had trouble with the website trying to change my plan and calling customer service they could not help.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
Transferred minutes from a Page Plus 3g phone to a Page Plus 4g phone for my son. Tried to do this on the Page Plus website, but they didn't allow you to transfer a number from a Page Plus phone to another Page Plus phone. You can only use the website to transfer a number from a different carrier to Page Plus. Had to sign up for a monthly plan with 4g so I told them I wanted the $12 plan. They signed me up for the $29.95 plan instead. Talked to 4 different reps, two of them confirmed it was a system error on their end.
I finally got through to a manager, but he denied it was their fault and would not send me any proof to verify that I signed up for the higher plan. He would not bounce me down to the lower plan, even though it was within the first month of service and my son hadn't exceeded the usage limits of the $12 plan. I received no confirmation about what plan was selected and only found out about their mistake when my son got a text saying his service was about to expire. Because of their error, my son lost 1 1/2 months of service. Needless to say, I'll be switching to another carrier when the rest of his minutes expire in 2 months. Lucky for me, his new 4g phone is unlocked so I'm not stuck using these crooks as his service provider. I would not recommend Page Plus to my worst enemy. There are better options.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
I was charged twice so contested one charge and got my money back from my credit card. Tried to resolve this and they said no problem. Suddenly months later they suspend my phone saying I now need to pay them for two months to get it back. Mind you I owned them absolutely nothing. I spend over six hours being transferred. Now I have to pay cash and never a credit card again to get my number ported. So a number I have had for many, many years they suspended and will not let me port. Unreal.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
They charged my credit card 4 times, and getting a person who understands English, is like pulling teeth when dealing with customer service. They hung up on me 5 times. I call back and they tell me my current plan, over and over and over, never letting me talk. They are like robots. I had to get them to repeat back to me 3 times, before they understood, my issue. My issue is simple. I was charged 4 times for one month's service. I had to file a bank dispute to get it resolved. Today, I get a text from PPTFW, saying my phone service will be disconnected if I don't call them to clear the dispute.
So again, I am in call 5 times and the third time they tell me my passcode is wrong. I explained my passcode has always been the same, and, explain I haven't changed it. I am asked to give a new passcode, so I give them my old passcode, to be able to move forward. He says he needs to transfer me, and once again I am disconnected so I call back a 5th time, today, and tell the person my story again. She says she will transfer me, and I say "NOOOOOO. You are not going to transfer me. You are going to call the other department and resolve this." So, 3 hours later she tells me it is resolved. I tell her I don't have confidence, and she assures me, it is resolved.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
I agree with many other reviews. This company was great for many years and has very recently (2017) turned over everything they've learned. Customer service went from angel to devil and management is geared on making money. This is a bad sign. The latest tactic seems to be charging for calls and data that are never made to eat up any $$ that is on the pay as you go system. I will be looking for another service after 3 years. You've been WARNED - DON'T do Page Plus. Anything good you've heard was pre-2017.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2017
I called to make a payment over the phone on Saturday evening due to the store being closed early. I had four different people take my credit card information over the phone and "reprocess" my payment three times. Richelle claimed the first time my payment was processed, it was "rejected" due to incorrect billing information listed on my bank account??? My bank account (info) has absolutely NOTHING to do with my PagePlus account! Therefore if the payment were "rejected" then my money would still be in my account.
Unfortunately, it is not, there is a charge on my statement from PP (with no confirmation/order # emailed as stated so the transaction cannot be acknowledged on their end) and my cell phone is still off! I have been lied to (promised the money would be "back" in my account within minutes/hours), given the runaround and apparently there aren't any supervisors that work at the call center either! Finally today I am being told Page Plus won't give me my money back for a service I paid for that I didn't receive.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2017
I've been with Page Plus for a few years now since leaving Verizon. My boyfriend and one of our friends ported over around the same time, as well. For a long time, everything was great. Customer support was excellent! Coverage was pretty good. I was very happy with the money I was saving on our cell bill over what we'd been paying Verizon. After they got Verizon's 4G LTE network, they kept the pricing on their plans the same. It definitely was a 10/10.
Then Tracfone bought out Page Plus and everything started to turn to crap. I will note that my friend has not experienced any of the following, but she also hasn't had to contact customer service for anything. She's also in an area with a lot more Verizon towers. My boyfriend and I started having some coverage issues that we didn't have before. Dropped calls or a message that we were roaming. If someone would call, they'd get a message that we weren't available. I would have thought that this would send the caller to voicemail, but apparently not. I attempted to contact support several times over this issue, but never got a reply.
A co-worker/friend of mine is on Straight Talk (also owned by Tracfone) with Verizon and has the same coverage issue at our work. I think his voicemail at least prompts, though, and people don't just get an error message. My bf started having trouble with his data being sporadic and he still has this issue sometimes. I also experienced a problem near the beginning of September where I had no data, except for MMS. My 4G had worked pretty well prior to this. As with the coverage issue, customer service was non-existent.
On November 9th, we were without service for almost 24 hours. I had attempted again to get ahold of support through the Page Plus website, but nothing. I could not even call customer service because it would just give me a Verizon error message and hang up on me. I was furious. We later found out that this was caused by some trouble with one of the Page Plus wholesalers which ended up affecting some resellers. I only know this because of an email from Calling Mart, which is where we buy our monthly pins. Page Plus still has yet to reply to the ticket I submitted on their site and they offered no explanation for what happened. Calling Mart gave me a free month (but not my bf, who also had no service), which is about the only reason that I'm even still with Page Plus.
Surprisingly, there was one good thing to come from the service outage. Once it was restored, my data started working again! And it works better than it was. My coverage also seems to be a little better. I did have luck last week with the live chat. My bf bought a new phone, which required a different SIM card size. The chat actually worked and they were able to quickly answer my question. The next day after the phone arrived, I contacted them again to do the transfer to the new phone and SIM and had no problems. I'd like to think that this a sign of a turnaround for them. We will see. This is the only reason why I am giving them two stars instead of just one. If we experience any further issues with them, then we are gone.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2017
After cancelling my account with Page Plus I was charged for that month and I have not received a refund. I was told wait up to 5 business days. I'm still waiting. That was almost 2 months ago. I would not recommend PagePlus to anyone. Customer service is nonexistent, very poor quality. I went with Verizon Prepaid. Cheaper service and reliable. So I guess I'll going to have to kiss $47.65 goodbye. What a rip!!!
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2017
Today,10/23/2017 Page Plus Cellular hacked into my Visa Credit card & made a charge of $420.11. Bank of America denied that charge & notified me, That card has now been discontinued. I have never connected with Page Plus but had recently viewed another carrier & Cricket phone company websites. This felonious activity was notified to me by an Email & a subsequent phone call from Bank of America.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017
I have went with this company a little over a year and it has been the worst experience ever. Last month my service worked great, didn't have to pay a bill after I told them I was leaving. This month I paid my bill and the service immediately messed up. What's worse than the service is the customer service. The representatives do not know what they are talking about. They transfer you to the upper level and then you hear a click. I will never recommend this service to anyone. October 2017 will be my last month as a customer. Yes it's great that they are on a great network but what's the use if you can never experience it. Page Plus and its customer service representatives are worth less than one star.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I purchased a SIM card and service plan from Page Plus website on 9/8/17. After my port of my number was unsuccessful online, I called customer service for assistance. I was told my number ported successfully. The next day no working service and I discovered Page Plus had billed my credit card twice for the same PIN! I called customer service again on 9/9/17. I was told a refund was being processed, I would receive my refund in 3-5 business days, and helped with reactivating my service. After hanging up, I discovered phone service worked but not text messaging. For the next few days I was transferred to numerous representatives after the first one who answered my call was no help.
No one could answer why my texting would not work and I had to perform same steps over and over (turn phone off, then on, delete old text, remove and replace SIM). Day 4, I was told it was my phone that was defective and to try my SIM in a new phone. I placed my SIM into a new phone, no surprise to me, same issue. Therefore, I have concluded that I was sold a defective SIM by Page Plus and their solution was for me to purchase another SIM. Today is 9/16/17 and my text messaging does not work and I still don't have my refund for double billing me for my PIN. Customer service was no help at all, I received no apologies for any of this, and they want me to spend more money? I will never deal with Page Plus again. I was truly ripped off!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
Page Plus has absolutely NO INTEREST in identifying employees who give "fake" advice. I was on a recent trip, traveling by train across country. At one point in New Mexico, while dialing home, a recording came on then quickly transferred me to a Page Plus operator, asking me why I called. I explained that the call had been transferred. She went on to tell me my Page Plus service was not good outside my "service area"! I was on my first day of a long family vacation... needed that phone.
The short story is, when I got to Chicago, with the short layover I had, I went to the nearest Target to get a cheap phone to get me through my trip. With great difficulty, I purchased a ATT phone but it would not activate until the FOURTH attempt. I should have just left because as a result of the multiple attempts to activate, I missed my connecting train (in the station but would not let me and my young son board because of some rule cutting off boarding time... ONE MINUTE!).
Consequently, I had to arrange a flight out, sleeping in an airport chair, spending in excess of $400, to catch up with our train in Washington D.C. I was particularly upset when on my way running back to the train station, my cell phone rang. I established that the phone worked, and CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGHOUT my trip to Florida. I was given bogus information by the Page Plus Rep.
I tried three times to get through to a Customer Service Supervisor when I finally called Page Plus. They acted like I was speaking a foreign language, never understanding the word "supervisor". I would like to share with those considering using Page Plus... DON'T! If you are interested on ANY honest customer service, do NOT expect it with this company. The representatives are not knowledgeable and will, in fact, mislead you. This experience cost me hundreds of dollars and a near heart attack running through the streets of Chicago trying to catch a train, and ultimately sleeping in a chair in an airport... not to mention buying a phone and service minutes I did not need.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2017
Page Plus is full of CRAP! I have a $55 unlimited plan and for some odd reason my phone calls was being dropped which wasn't normal in my area. I called them and the lady was saying that the towers was down in Alabama and Georgia but was being worked on and will be up the next day about 3:30. Ok the next day the same problem I waited a few more days and the same problem so I called them again. They was telling me to take the SMS card and battery out for about a minute, I did that still nothing. I told her I will just call back in a few days so I called the boost mobile store where I purchased the phone. He said they have been getting lots of complaints about the Page Plus service. So I ignored it and said ok maybe they will get it right so it's done.
Been 2 weeks and I'm getting a bill due in 3 days alerts so I called Page Plus again and I explained my problem and the guy was nice and said "I will just extend your service for 2 more weeks" I said "ok cool". So a few days later I'm trying to make a call and it's going straight to the Page Plus customer service center. I explain to them my problem and that's the guy said he was going to extend my bill and now it's off. He telling me he doesn't see in the notes to where anyone told me about extending my service because of the 3+ weeks of problems. So now I'm mad because I'm sure I'm not the only customer in GA that had that issue. I told him if I pay y'all $55 a month for unlimited service then I want my unlimited which is 4 weeks of unlimited service not 1 week. BAD! BUSINESS AND CUSTOMER service.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2017
I paid my bill over the phone. They double charged me. I called to have it refunded was told, 3-5 days. No "I'm sorry." Acted like it was my fault. Wait 3 days. Need money to feed my 7 kids. That was my food money. Called, no refund was processed. Talk to someone else another 3-5 days. Not acceptable. Supervisor please. 45 min later finally answers. Neither placed a refund on my account. 3-5 more days possibly up to 30. Doesn't care. Is rude, barely understand him. We have had 2 accounts for over a year. His never has internet even right after we pay 80 for 10 GB. Call they never fix it. Would rather not have a phone than deal with this.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2017
STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY! I have been with Page Plus Cellular for more than 8 years. When I first discovered them, it was a bring your own device, choose your own plan, and no taxes. It was awesome. Customer service were super friendly and ENGLISH SPEAKING people from the midwest (Ohio), where Page Plus was originally located. Simply amazing. I told everyone about it, and for years had great service at very fair rates.
Unfortunately, a few years ago the company was bought out by some European conglomerate, fired all the good people in their customer service department, and outsourced it to some non-English speaking country. Not only is it almost impossible to understand what the representatives are saying, they cannot use their brain to figure out what your problem is. They stick to some script, and are completely dumbfounded if forced to deviate from it. In fact, they won't. On many occasions I had rude support, and people making jokes or otherwise chatting with their friends in the support department and not paying attention to me, the customer. Unbelievable.
Then, there is the reliability factor. While the network coverage has remained good, I have experienced unexplained issues with my data connection that never occurred before the company was sold. Now, for some inexplicable reason every few months my 4G connection will drop permanently. No data at all. The first time I had to fix it consumed a good hour of time on the phone with the non-English speaking support. I was forced to go through a bunch of scripted steps which I knew wouldn't resolve the issue. Don't you think I tried to restart my phone to see if that would fix it before calling? Duh! Why don't you trust me when I tell you that I already did that step?! The Ohio people would!
I then reached a supervisor who reset something in their system (a black box mystery that was never explained). OK fine. But then the same issue happened again. I again had to waste valuable time with the first level support who insisted on not transferring me to a supervisor before we went through all the "idiot" steps. Then the supervisor reset it and fixed it. Third time, same routine! Completely mindless, uneducated people in customer service.
It is very sad how this company sold out to some faceless non-American mega corporation. It is a hollow shell of what it used to be. It's borderline fraud for it to claim that it has "award winning support" when that applied to the OHIO folks who quickly understood a customer's concern and fixed it with pride. Not so anymore. Greedy executives and shareholders have taken food from the plates of the good people here in the U.S. and hired imbeciles that are no better than a robot. If you have hours to throw away with a service provider, Page Plus is a good choice. Otherwise, you might consider finding another provider. I will be.
Reviewed July 27, 2017
Been using Page Plus for a year now, with a HTC phone I got from Verizon 3 years ago. Had no issues getting this phone activated with Page Plus. The problems came afterwards. About once every month by I'd lose data. I would use their online chat because apparently hiring American/English speaking support techs is asking too much. Anyways I would go to the online chat, they would do something on their end, I'd restart my phone and boom, data is back. This has happened probably close to a dozen times since getting Page Plus. This last time though was the last straw. My data quit working mid day like it does. I got on their website to do the online chat, as I have been before, but this time they tell me my device is not compatible... WHAT?! You mean the phone I've been using for a year is not compatible? The currently activated 4G phone that I can still make calls with that was working fine an hour ago?
First they stated the ESN was being used by another number. I've had this phone for 3 years using the same phone number. Bought new from Verizon. Then they said my phone was not eligible for activation... Wait my phone is already activated, why are we talking about activation? So I argued with them and eventually ask to transfer to a manager. The experience did not improve. He refused to help, continued to send the same copy and pasted messages they always send until I lost my cool and closed the chat window. After months of non stop problems and now this... I will not be renewing my plan. After speaking with a Verizon dealer and verifying my phone device model, ESN, and number, they were more than happy to switch me back over, and honestly the cost was about the same anyways.
Reviewed June 19, 2017
Yesterday I received a message from Page Plus that stated my payment did not go through. Last month the same thing happened to me and I spent well over 10 minutes on the phone setting up a recurring payment. Yesterday I received an email stating that my payment did not go through. I called and was told that the information on card was incorrect even though their customer service rep entered that information. So I entered the information through an automated process on my phone. At the end of the entry it stated that there was a problem with process. So, I repeated the process again. Today I looked up my bank account online and there were two payments withdrawn from my bank account. The second payment created an overdraft.
I was on the phone again with Page Plus today for over 15 minutes and was given help setting up a reoccurring payment. During the process I was assured that this would not process another payment. Later today I looked at my bank account online and it did take another payment resulting in another overdraft from my bank. Page Plus did say they will be reimbursing my account and it will take 4-6 days to process. I did ask for credit to my account for the $60 overdraft fees and was told more than once as I ask to speak with a retention specialist or a manager that they could not help me and it was my bank's responsibility to credit it back. I expressed that my bank may not reimburse me for these charges and that it was not my or my bank's fault for pulling out this money.
Reviewed June 16, 2017
I had been a customer for several years and had no issues with the automatic payment set up. Suddenly they started turning off all four of our phones each month saying they hadn't received payment. After about 3 hours of time on the phone with service reps who always denied they had received payment, though the bank said otherwise, they would turn phones back on with another charge and eventually refund the double payment. That was annoying and stress inducing enough. Then last month they charged a payment to the wrong phone that wasn't due for a couple weeks and turned mine off. Again the bank said payment went through and they denied receiving it. I do business on my phone and one call could pay the whole bill easily. So I again turned it back on with an extra payment. This time they wouldn't refund the extra payment. I turned it over to my bank. Even they have not found satisfaction.
I cancelled my account with Page Plus. They aren't that competitive anymore anyway. And who needs the aggravation. Terrible customer service. And dishonest as well. The first question asked when you call is if you want service in English. Problem is the reps don't speak or understand English enough to really give you service. Half of every call is clarifying what is said or heard. It's not the reps' fault. But the company needs to hire people who speak and hear well enough in English to do the job.
Reviewed June 14, 2017
Signed up with the 12 plan auto-renewal to save two dollars a month. Supposed to get 10 MB of data along with 250 minutes talk/text. No data was given with the auto-renewal for two months. Two different customer service personnel gave me two different excuses for why I got ripped off for 20 mb of data. I am done with this pathetic company.
Reviewed June 5, 2017
I am very angry at the runaround I have been given by their staff this morning. I have wasted 2.5 hrs, become super stressed, trying to get a problem fixed when their system suddenly "deactivated my phone". I am paid up until June 23, --19 days from now. I spoke to 4 of their people, each one telling me that it was a "system error" and now I would have to change my phone number or wait 24-48 hrs to get it escalated and fixed if I wished to keep my number. I told each of the people that was NOT acceptable.
My phone number is on my biz cards, website and with many clients and I couldn't get it changed without costing me a lot more time and money, nor did I want to especially since it was their FAULT THERE IS PROBLEM IN THE 1ST PLACE! Each person told me to wait and get it fixed by the next person and that they would pass on the information I just gave them. Totally a lie!!! Each person I had to go over and over what I said to the previous one, each one taking more time to "check" my account.
When I finally got this last person, I argued and argued with him as to why I needed my phone number NOW and the phone to work! All he did is keep repeating the same thing over and over again. Finally we agreed that he would give me a new "temporary phone number" and would have my old number reactivated in 24-48 hrs. THE ticket IS **. I wanted this handled right away, not wait for 2-3 days. I am very angry and upset at the incompetence of their company and staff.
Reviewed May 22, 2017
I tried to port my # to Page Plus from another carrier. The customer service person told me that I had to have a new phone because the one I had was active with another carrier (meaning I had to buy a new phone in order to port my number, obviously not happening). They said it would not work to port the # even though my phone was compatible with Page Plus service. I wanted a way around this (as well as to speak to someone that I could understand and could understand me, very thick accent and not fluent in English) so I asked to speak to a manager. She gladly transferred me at which point the phone cut itself off. I called back and the same thing happened again. Of the four or five times I called PagePlus, I never was able to find someone who was fluent in English, and I was never able to speak to a manager.
They said there is no number to call someone in the US and they cannot transfer you to the US to speak to someone who knows English. One woman did not even understand the word "port" as in "to port a number." I was baffled. I returned the plan I purchased and will not be using this company again, since I know if I experience any issues with the service, I wouldn't be able to contact anyone who was fluent in English, or even competent at their jobs (according to my experiences at least.) I have dealt with several other companies that did no-contract with comparable pricing and plans to Page Plus and haven't experienced what I experienced here.
Updated: When I called and threatened to leave a bad review, I was miraculously transferred to "management" also hard to understand, thick accent. The only option she gave me was that if I wanted to port my number over the same device I am using now, I have to buy a new phone that is compatible, port the number to the new phone, at which time my present phone will become inactive with its current carrier. Only then, can I transfer the number to my current device at which point I would have to return the other phone. Seems like a lot of work for a service that other phone companies have done easily with no problems (porting the number from one service to the next yet keeping it on the same device). The only thing I had to do with other phone companies was to switch out the SIM card and other than that everything went smoothly.
Reviewed May 18, 2017
Purchased two smart phones. One at local dealer iPhone4 and one at Page Plus Cellular website HTC. Problem with first phone - phone pass codes, data, accounts were NOT DELETED by previous holder of ** phone number. THIS NUMBER THAT CAME WITH PHONE WAS A NUMBER ALREADY IN USE BY A ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. Sold to ME in this condition. Could NOT be activated. Still not activated and out of my money of phone cost. Contacted customer service said, Page Plus Cellular not responsible for dealer mistakes. Dealer went out of business same week.
Problem with 2nd phone - purchased phone online at Page Plus Cellular. Received phone and called customer service to activate said - remove cover, battery and sim card. Problem - sim card was already installed in phone!! Directions on sim card container stated to be installed at time of activation. Required several seconds to remove BECAUSE one corner was already broken off. Activation cancelled. Support ticket to request replacement sim card at N/C. Said I will have to purchase brand NEW phone with warranty. Factory at fault as they installed Sim Card. Phoned customer service 3 x's NO HELP. Language problem. Frustrated with this company - Page Plus Cellular. TWO PHONES and no activations!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Reviewed May 13, 2017
Talk to three different representatives. One told me account was due on May 14th. May 13th phone off. Called a manager. Said account was due on 11th. She hung up on me. Called back. Second representative apologized for the wrong information. Offered me an extension. Phone did not get turned back on. Called back. Third representative apologized for wrong due date and said they don't do extensions. This was not an professional experience. Will not continue with their service.
Reviewed April 29, 2017
STAY AWAY FROM THE BELOW COMPANY: I am posting a recommendation that you stay as far away as possible from this company. They are a Verizon reseller with a prepaid and theoretically less expensive, easier service. They are a disaster. Customer service is a pitiful excuse for service and in violation of laws regarding portability of lines, they hold you phone number hostage if you want to leave the service. STAY AWAY.
Reviewed April 24, 2017
Horrible Customer Service - Stay Away! A year ago my job required me to change pager service. I notified, in writing, Page Plus. A year later they have sent me to collections. They claim that they never received my letter. Moreover, they made no allowance whatsoever for the many on-time payments - having never been late with a payment to the company. It is disgusting that a company would treat people this way. It appears from the many other reviews that I am not the only customer to receive this level of treatment. Again, please consider very carefully before you give these people your business. I know there are not many options out there for pager service - this one will be the least favorable.
Reviewed April 13, 2017
I began purchasing a SIM card for a friend that would fit their new phone. I DO NOT have an acct with Page Plus. I use Straight Talk (this review can go towards theirs as well!). I was checking out and wanted to see the difference in prices for standard and expedited shipping. I choose Expedited and when I got to the last stage, where every other website I've purchased anything should and will have pricing with shipping included, expecting to see a grand total of charges to review before completing the order; I was left with only one option going forward. That option was to finalize order. Granted, I'm still looking for the shipping price and grand total of my order to verify. I DO not use Page Plus so I'm new to the site.
After seeing no other options except reviewing my order on the previous page that only clarifies the price of the SIM card and noting "expedited" shipping as my preference, I clicked the "finish" button to proceed with my purchase. I had a bad feeling I was not getting a chance to review any pricing for shipping and simply going blind paying for "expedited'" shipping. I was correct and to my dismay the charge was $29.99 and no details about delivery time or carrier! So now I'm irate because I can buy the same card for $15 from a dealer or order from Wal-Mart with free shipping. I immediately found customer service contact info, cringing because I went through a situation with Straight Talk's "customer service" and "refund department" (I don't think the refund dept exists, but that another nightmarish story...).
I called Page Plus and of course I greeted by a Pakistani with shoddy English with authority to issue refunds! I get passed along a couple of times to the "refund" department and was told I couldn't get a refund on the SIM card. I became a bit mad and demanded a refund since the order wasn't even processed yet, it's only been 5 to 10 mins! I got hung up on! It was getting late and I didn't feel like fighting with them that night (it took 9 hrs being on hold with Straight Talk to get a refund!).
So waited for the following morning to call. Guess what? Right, another Pakistani saying I can't get a refund! I told her the checkout process is total b.s. and that I, and she, had never purchased anything online with being able to review shipping prices and seeing a grand total before commuting to a purchase. I got hung up on once again! I immediately hit redial and I was finally talking with someone with good English and processed my refund, I assume. "3-5 business days", she says, but I'm not so sure.
I'm making arrangements to dispute the charge so I don't have to go through the aggravation of dealing with these people for weeks waiting on a refund that may or may not be credited. Page Plus Cellular and Straight Talk have the worst customer service I've ever experienced and they should return the jobs back to English speaking employees and hire people that do more than answer a phone and put customers on hold!
Reviewed April 7, 2017
My experience with them wasn't bad until I got a smartphone and started using their data plans. I had heard many complaints about their automatic payment service so I decided to purchase online "cards" every month. They send you a confirmation email when you buy a card but not when you've applied the PIN to your phone. Also, if they don't apply the PIN to your phone, they don't let you know that you've been switched to their cash payment plan. So even though I KNOW I applied my PIN last month they claim I haven't. I owe them so much in cash payment now plus they've reset the due dates (which used to be on the 21st of the month but now are the 7th because I had recently bought a new card, unaware that they hadn't applied the previous one).
They refused to set things right and when I complained about their lack of notices they said, "We don't do that", so they simply don't let you know when they're changing your service. Stay away from this company, they will do what they can to rip you off. They don't even list their headquarters online to make it harder to complain about them with the Better Business Bureau, but eventually I found it (9700 NW 112th Avenue, Miami, FL 33178), unless they lied to me about that, too. I had to contact customer service to get it.
Reviewed March 27, 2017
As a client, I have the right to receive a receipt after paying and because I use it in my tax return. I usually get it by email when paying online. This time there was a tech problem in their website, I couldn't pay online so I paid by phone but I haven't received an invoice sent to my email. I chatted and they said "sorry we can't email your receipt from the chat system" so they gave me to call the customer service. I called and explained my issue. The lady was so mean and stopped talking to me when I told her I need the receipt. I was talking to myself although I could listen to her move on the phone.
I called again and asked to talk to the manager. She transferred me to a guy who was telling me that he can't give me a receipt as it was paid from the automated system. So I told him "so because your automated system didn't email me my receipt, I'm asking you to do it." He became RUDE and wanted to explain to me that as long as I dealt with the automated system, so I must take the receipt from the automated system. So I told him "the automated system is just technical. I need someone to talk to and you represent pagepluscellular.com and I really need my receipt for my tax returns." He just kept saying "no one can give you a receipt." For that reason I must search for another place to pay my bill or just change my carrier.
Reviewed March 4, 2017
For your own sanity stay away from this company. They have great prices, but the hassles and the UNBELIEVABLY AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THE PHILIPPINES is not even close to worth the hassles. I am in Mexico for vacation for a month and have no service options down here, and they just upgraded their software which cut off my voice mail. So I cannot retrieve my voice mail, and cannot tell anyone who will leave a message that their message won't be heard. The incredibly frustrating customer service people just keep repeating back everything I say, over and over and over and over! Do you get the point. Just earn some more money and go with a professional company! You will save a penny here, and lose a hundred dollars in time! Please don't do this to yourself!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2017
Only use this company because I use an old flip phone from Verizon and they are the only ones that will take my phone. They are based in India and customer service is awful. They don't speak English well at all. They keep cutting me off even before my due date. There is nowhere you can update your credit card info. so you have to wait to be shut off and then they will take the new info. Coverage is ok for FL but on a recent trip to Hawaii I couldn't use the phone in LA or Hawaii. You ask why I stay with them? Easy. I'm a retired male stuck in 1987.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017
Page Plus Cellular company sucks. I have only been a customer for a week and this has been the worst experience I've had to deal with as far as a cellular company goes. The staff are very basic and have pretty much no clue as to what they are doing and Technical support is absolutely of no help. I have always been able to text regardless of the phone company I've been with, but for some reason with Page Plus, I can't and they have no clue as to why. Please do Not use this company.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017
Used to be a great company. Now the customer service is going downhill. When I made a phone call to the customer service regarding account credit, the lady put me on hold and then chat with another agent (I can clearly hear their talk in the background). After ten minutes hold, I asked what was going on and she said, "I cannot help you and need to transfer you to another department." Of course you cannot help me, you were not doing anything during these ten minutes! When I complained, she pretended not hearing me and kept asking "Are you still there, I cannot hear you" and then hung up my phone. Worst customer service I ever had. That lady should be FIRED!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017
Website is a little clunky and even after you pay they still remind you that you only have 1 day left, other than that they are very good. Overall Page Plus is reliable as they do use Verizon towers, does drop out at the house from time to time but no service works that good in our area.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2017
On Dec 2 2016 I purchased 4 SIM cards from Page Plus Cellular after checking that my phones were compatible. I attempted to activate each phone with Page Plus Cellular on the dates that each phone ran out of service from my previous provider. Paid $60.79 for service and activated phone #1 on Dec 8, paid $60.79 and activated phone #2 on Dec 15, paid $60.79 and activated phone #3 on Dec 16, paid $60.79 on phone #4 on Dec 26 but could not activate due to Page Plus online activation server problem.
Upon contacting Page Plus Cellular to correct the concern I found out this was the beginning of a nightmare with the worst cell phone company I've ever dealt with. Page Plus Cellular told me that I needed to pay for a plan before they would activate phone #4 in which I had already paid for the plan. They would not activate phone #4 even though they tracked that I had made the payment on Dec 4. On Dec 28 I finally asked for a refund back to my credit card for phone #4 since they would not activate it, they stated the service had already expired (No way a service expired that was only 2 days old and never activated). They finally agreed to refund my credit card after finding out they didn't provide any service for a service I paid for.
Dec 29, service stopped working on phone #2, called Page Plus Cellular and once again was told that the service on this phone had also expired. After arguing that the service started on Dec 15 on phone #2 so there's no way the service could have ended I am now told that the phone is no longer compatible with their service. Although they previously stated the phone was compatible and it worked perfectly fine the 14 days it was on (before they stopped the service that is), now all of a sudden it isn't compatible. I asked for a credit and was told I would not get any, "But" if I have a compatible device to transfer the sim to they would turn the service back on, hmmm.
Dec 29 lost approximately $31 worth of service on phone #2 since I supposedly no longer had a compatible device. Back to phone #4, asked about the refund for the Dec 26 for phone #4 in which they never activated the sim or provided any service for, was told that I would see the refund to my card in 3-5 business days. Jan 4, 2017 still no credit back to my card. Called Page Plus Cellular again and they stated that they see the request but the person I had talked to had never sent in the request. Was told that the request would be sent immediately and I would see the credit back to my card 3-5 business days. January 13, 2017, still no credit back to my card. Called Page Plus Cellular, once again they state the service for phone #4 had already expired even though they never activated the sim or provided any service.
After telling them again that they never even activated it to even use the service I purchased on Dec 26 they stated they had already credited the money back to my credit card. When I asked the date that they credited it back they stated Dec 31, 2016. This company never credited back any money and I basically lost $91.79 in services that was never provided. In the process of disputing the charge through my credit card company of $60.79 on Dec 26 in which Page Plus Cellular falsely state they refunded.
It doesn't make sense to me. This company could have made so much more from me by providing a legitimate service in which they would have received $243.16 a month, instead they chose to rob me of a month of service @ $60.79. My phones have now been moved to a different company, was a Page Plus Cellular customer for less than a month. After reading reviews I see why. Beware of Page Plus Cellular, they are by far the worst cellular company I've ever encountered.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017
Been with Page Plus since July 2016. I have had to call customer service every single month to make my 4G work again which is beyond ridiculous. If you have an iPhone and accept updates from Apple they will not tell you you have to download a new profile after certain updates unless you call. Other times the excuse is you have to call for them to manually update your 4G data when suggested measures don't work. You will not get an explanation of why this is needed at all. You don't get reliable anything from these people without complaining.
This month I lowered my plan on auto pay on my account at their website and shocker it did not upload my payment to my phone but it's showing as a charge at my bank. No phone service because of their error but they took my money! I will be calling them and very likely looking elsewhere for service. It's just too much work and unreliability every single month.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2016
No service but charged by min for dropped calls. Put money on account by pin -- China or Isis didn't apply cause service date not up but min up? Wtf... Had to take a quick course in Chinese arithmetic to communicate with the rudest ignorant communist **. Then I explained in Chinese how I don't have the signal I used to when I became a customer 2 years ago. Now the only service I get is dropping calls like they hot!!! And she say "if phone calls you got service!!" I'm going all American even if I got to talk through a cup and string!! Go Trump. Go bring America back!!! Boycott all communist and Mexican everything and ship everyone who don't agree with it straight to the 3rd world before we are the world of nothing.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016
I've never been so dissatisfied with a company like I am with page plus. I paid online like instructed. The data was never loaded onto my son's phone and they claimed no refund can be issued. This company is a huge rip-off and their staff is worthless. They got their money, what do they care.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2016
Just transferred my phone number from a different provider. Paid 75 bucks and they deleted the account somehow. Called #ccare to talk to someone and they said to call a different #22890 and it said cannot activate. Bunch of IDIOTS!
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016
Made 2 payments on 11/06/2016, one was for 44.45$ which I was credited for bill period 11/06/2016 - 12/06/2016 and 58.00$ which I was assuming will be credited to my account for bill period 12/06/2016 - 01/06/2017. Called customer service, was hung up on twice, the third time I actually got a supervisor and he told me that my money had just disappeared. Can you believe that? Your money disappearing? These people are unreal.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
When your phone is working, when your billing is going as planned, when there are no problems, the service is fine. But when problems come (and they will), the customer service is HORRIBLE. My time on hold with them HAS to have been over 16 hours. You can talk to 4 different people and they will tell you 4 different things. The final blow - I switched to another provider and contacted them to stop my Auto Bill Payment. I got billed the following month. I contacted customer service who claimed I was never on auto bill pay and wasn't billed and said I may have used a different website. I copied and pasted the entire receipt email where I was billed - which stated my name, account, THEIR website name, said I was on Auto Bill Pay, date AND time, payment method, invoice number, transaction ID and authorization number, among MANY other things - they told me there was no record of it.
This is only one incident. As I tried to port my number to my new service, they made it difficult. And SEVERAL other times, dealing with customer service, I waited hours on hold then got thrown from one person to another, the first 4 or so wouldn't know the answer, then finally someone did - after wasting 2 hours of my time. Run... run away... run away fast!!!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
We have been Page Plus customers for about four years. Originally we ported Verizon phones over, and recently I bought an inexpensive Android phone from Page Plus. Service has been good, prices are great, and I've had better response and shorter wait times with the Page Plus online chats than with Verizon. I think I even called once, and got through faster than was typical with Verizon. There are three negatives: 1) Our iPhone 4 didn't have the same voice mail functionality as on Verizon (those phones went back to Verizon finally, for that reason); 2) Page Plus doesn't offer a plan for tablets; 3) Once we were traveling in Roosevelt, Utah, with two Page Plus phones, a full-service Verizon phone, and a pay-as-you go Verizon tablet. The Page Plus and the pay-as-you go Verizon did not function on roaming, while the full-service Verizon did.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2016
Was a customer for three years. After two years, the auto-refill system would not work. See other reviews for that issue. I then had to pay manually every month, but not a dealbreaker for me. Recently, their online and phone payments are automatically rejected, even though the pending charges are frozen on the bank account for a week. Called two months in a row, had to hold for at least an hour and finally was told it was the bank reject the payment. Then called the bank and they said the pending payments are there, but there is no hold on my account. Round and round we go... called Page Plus back and they stuck to their "it's your bank" excuse. The end... of Page Plus, that is. In conclusion, would you try to sell your own services to customers that could not pay you? Of course not, that defeats the rule of business, but you sure could make some coin by holding onto their money for a week!!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
Intermittent text and data issues were the last straw.
My move back to the National carrier was actually a pleasant experience, taking a fraction of the time and dealing with pleasant professional people. I am amazed they are still in business, the price differential between Page Plus and my new National carrier (same network) is not that great. In my experience with Page Plus you get much less than you are paying for - even at their lower rates!
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016
Terrible customer service who eventually hung up on me after giving me the full run around and refused to answer questions. Basically, Page Plus used all of my data this month (1 GB) for an internal 'profile update' to which I did not know about nor agree to, but they insisted was 'very important'. And they insist that they cannot do anything about it nor give me a credit to my accounts. Not worth the savings any longer and will be moving our accounts to another provider.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2016
TERRIBLE COMPANY, COMPLETE LACK OF CONCERN TO RESOLVE CUSTOMER ISSUES. As a customer, I have been very patient and diligent in exploring all options to contact them, and giving them number of chances to resolve my problem. Turns out to be a waste of time. Recently, Page Plus merged with TracFone. Since November 2016, my data has not been working (more than one week as of this post). I contacted them by phone but all they do is go through a sheet of recommended steps and are not knowledgeable of the issue - turn off phone, remove sim card, turn on phone, etc. Largely these are call centers located in Asia, and they don't know what they're doing. If you demand supervisor or level two support, they put you ON HOLD and no one answers. I've spent hours via this route and it's pointless.
Chat support - you have to contact them as soon as they're active in the morning because after just 30 min to one hour, they're "too busy" and chat becomes no longer available for the rest of the day. You can't even be on queue - it just is no longer accessible. As far as my problem is concerned, they reset something, it worked, but minutes later, it stopped working; this happened on two separate sessions. Of course when you try to get back, the chat is no longer accessible, so you have to wait for the next morning to contact them again. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I find it almost comical how lacking their support and concern for issues their customers have.
Of course, there are no refunds when you're prepaid, even though an important part of the service isn't working anymore. I will be closing this account and moving to another provider (sim card already on the way) and charge back my credit card, as they offer me no other alternative. Companies such as this doesn't deserve your money and all they'll do is waste your time and effort - stay away.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016
We have had Page Plus for years! YEARS!!! Pay the bill on a Tuesday and the whole entire account vanishes from their system on Thursday! Saying the same phone we've been using for a BUSINESS is no longer eligible for their network! Refused to port the number to another device! Refused help in any kind of way. Each rep out of the 10-15 I spoke to all good a different story! They are oblivious to their own operation and if the employees don't know now I'm sure they'll soon find the CEO on American Greed! All of our business paraphernalia have the same number plastered all over it!! And all they could do was say sorry I understand?? THE LIES!!
Our company is at stake due to the negligent within a company and the idiots that answer the phone after an hour and a half wait just to hang up on you with the cockiness that will drive you nuts! This is the absolute worst company I've ever had the misfortune to deal with. The lowest of the low and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do! On top of Page Plus not having our number. No other company can port the number due to it being inactive on its original account!!! 9 years doing business with the same number and Page Plus gets to decide our fate??? No! This is not the last they will be hearing from US!! So unethical!!!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016
Their customer service has really gone downhill since I became a customer 4 years ago. If I can find an alternate service provider, I will go with them. I was happy with the service until recently, when their system started failing to auto renew my plan. I called today with a simple request: please put payment through (it was supposed to go through but did not due to a system error on their part). I just want to give them money and have them give me service! Very simple! But apparently that is too much to ask.
On my first call, I was going to be transferred to a supervisor, but the guy hung up on me. I called back and waited on hold again, and was transferred to a "supervisor", who then put me on hold to "research" the issue. He put me on hold for over 20 minutes without checking back in. I could actually hear noise from the call center in the background, and I kept saying, "hello, are you there?" but I got no reply. Finally at 34 minutes into the call, I hung up, very angry at this point. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS. Shame on you Page Plus for hiring employees who have no desire nor ability to provide even the most basic level of service and courtesy. I am no longer going to be patronizing your business.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
I've been a happy Page Plus customer for years now. In fact, I just bought a phone from them I liked at a decent price. All was well in my world until... Until I call up to deactivate the phone I've been using and activate the "new" one I just got from them. They would not activate it because I was (and always have) used a plan where I add minutes as I need them. Basically, I spend $25 and it's good for 120 days unless I use it up and have to get more early. Well, that plan is why I switched to Page Plus. Nothing was even hinted at when I chose the phone I just bought that would lead me to believe I wouldn't be able to continue on as normal with it. But, wham! "Oh, that phone you bought is 4G capable so, you have to go onto a monthly plan or we can't activate it." NO. I'm not with Page Plus to have a plan like that.
I was not told, and nothing on the site as of the time I bought the phone even gave a clue this was going to happen. As if that's not enough, guess what, I also had one sent to a client and it hasn't even been delivered yet. So, guess what sort of mood I'm in now. NO! I will not be forced onto a plan I don't want or need. I asked the last person I spoke with to just look and add up all the data I have used since I became a customer. Hint, it's practically nothing. I use a phone as a phone... that's about it. But, what... I can't have a nice phone if I'm not willing to pay multiples of what I need or use? NO NO NO. That's much worse than bait & switch. You advertised the phone on your site and I, your customer, bought the phone. You don't do business like that in the United States I live in. I was perfectly happy and often recommended Page Plus to friends, family, clients and this is how they repay me for my kindness. Yeah, NO!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016
I like the phone service when it is working. However, it rarely works. Every month for the past 4 months I have had to call and contact customer service because my "auto" reup plan will not reup by itself. This past time I have tried for 3 days straight to contact customer service via phone and chat. They put me on hold for 2 hours only to tell me "sorry all of our representatives are busy". After they finally did answer all they told me to do was just to restart my phone. This did not work, so now I am on hold again for over an hour and the online chat has been saying it's busy assisting other customers for 3 days straight. I am getting really pissed! VERY dissatisfied with the customer service!!!
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016
I purchased a used cell phone for my nephew back in July 2016 off of craigslist. After verifying the ESN # was good, I activated the phone under Page Plus Cellular. For over 3 months everything was fine. Then on October 10th, I re-up'd his plan which was the $55 Unlimited calls and text plus 5GB of data. Three days later the phone is acting really weird. He can call and text some people but not others and can't use the data at all. I called Page Plus Cellular to see what was going on. After over 40 minutes and being shuffled around to 3 supposedly different departments (of which I'm still very skeptical that I wasn't just shuffled around to 3 different people), I was finally informed that the phone that we had successfully been using for over 3 months, had been reported stolen.
I asked the customer service representative what date it had actually been reported stolen, but was told that they couldn't tell me that, but unfortunately there was nothing they could do about it. I then asked about a refund on the re-up price, but was informed that because we had used 360kb of the 5GB of data, that we were not eligible for any refund, not even a partial. I then asked to speak to a manager upon which I was told the representative would see if a manager was available. To which I replied, "Are you going to put me on hold and then come back on the line and tell me a manager is unavailable at this time because they are busy helping other customers?" To which the customer service representative repeated, "I will see if a manager is available."
After holding for another 5 minutes, the customer representative came back on the line and told me, you guessed it. Unfortunately a manager is not available at this time as they are all busy helping other customers... Page Plus Cellular provides 2nd rate service combined with 3rd rate customer support. There are lots of other pre-paid providers out there to choose from that offer better service and better customer support. If this is how Page Plus Cellular chooses to treat its customers, I personally will never use Page Plus Cellular again...
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2016
So, I have had Page Plus for a few years now, and overall was pretty satisfied with their low cost payment plans and pretty good service. I never really liked the customer service as they are not 24 hours and mainly just normal business hours. I have the automatic payment plan set up for awhile now, and they started giving you a discount if you have auto renew set up on your account. Example: $29.95 + tax is normal price but with auto refill you get it for $27.00 + tax.
So today for this month I noticed I had no service and my auto renew did not kick in. So I called Page Plus and asked why my auto renew did not activate. They said they were having system errors, so I could make the one time payment to get my service back. I said "Sure no problem", and "I am going to be charged at the discounted rate for auto renew correct?" They said "No, because that is a promo only for auto renew." So I replied, "but as the customer I did my part and have auto renew set up, how should I be penalized because your company is having system errors?" They said there is nothing they can do, and have to charge me the non-discounted price. (This was a supervisor by the way).
So, I object saying that is not fair, and seems unreasonable, to advertise a discounted price on plans for having auto renew set up, then telling customers "you can't receive that discount even though there's nothing you did wrong and we are having system errors". She just continues to repeat herself saying, "Do you want to add your plan to your account?" She becomes very rude when I say no, and eventually hangs up the phone on me. I never encountered any customer service ever hanging up the phone on me in my adult life of 22+ years. This leaves a very bad taste in my mouth of this company, and I will be looking for other company similar to Page Plus, like Cricket.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2016
I went to use my phone today and found it wasn't working and said my bill wasn't paid. I had signed up for their auto refill. I called them up and after an hour I was told their auto pay system had failed. The only way to reactivate my phone was to pay the full price. Then they want to reenroll me in the auto refill plan but won't refund the difference in price. They made a mistake and charge me extra for them to fix it. When I asked to speak to a manager they said they would transfer me and hung up. Look elsewhere for phone service.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2016
As with the other numerous identical complaints, Page Plus attempted to tell me my cc was declined (auto pay), but my bank stated the charge went through. Had to purchase a additional pin (used the same cc # they told me was being declined). Told them I am doing chargebacks on any unauthorized payments and my card started working again... Looks like they are doing this to everyone. They are a very stupid/arrogant/ignorant company.
Updated on 11/15/2016: During Sept 2016, their auto pay did not kick in. Told me my bank rejected it. Charged me a higher fee to renew plan. My credit card co stated there is nothing wrong with my card, problem is on their end. Well today, Nov 2006, they did it again. Same cc # as on Sept, Oct and Nov. Same bs on their part. Customer service acts surprised when you call like they don't know they have a problem. They lie through their illegal alien breath..
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
Page Plus Cellular is to be avoided at ALL costs. They sent me a defective phone and refuse to do anything about it. Calling them only results in foreigners asking you the same questions over and over and then "transferring" you by way of hanging up the line. Their goal seems to be wasting so much of your time that you either hang up in disgust or do the hanging up for you. They refuse to refund the money for the defective phone AND require you the privilege of paying for the postage to return the defective phone that you got to pay for. Everytime they transfer you, you get to give the same information over and over. Keeping your money and giving you an ulcer in sheer, tear inducing anger is their goal. AVOID THESE THIEVES AT ALL COSTS.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2016
I paid my friends cell phone bill with my credit card on a Saturday. Sunday his phone was shut off. I called customer service, and got several calls back from people who spoke terrible English. When I did talk to someone, they wanted the PIN for the account. I explained if my friends phone worked, I could get the PIN. I then further exclaimed "why do I need a PIN for you to take my money?"
I cancelled my payment with the C.C. company, and Monday my friend paid his bill in cash. On Wednesday they shut it off, they said because the bill was not paid. He called them, and they said yes, the bill was paid, but he could not use a C.C. to pay anymore. Page Plus does not have to worry about that anymore, my friend will switch to Boost or Metro when they shut it off. Bye Page Plus. I've had it with these companies that offshore their customer service, and I stop doing business with them when I get a foreign agent.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016
My friend recommended them and also thought they were still with Verizon. First off, I had to buy their special phone, though I already had a CDMA phone, somehow it wasn't good enough. So, I tried to order one online, and the online ordering system doesn't work. So I called. The English of the operators is so hard to understand and they don't understand you either. And the problem was the same when using the chat help feature. The low priced phone they advertised was somehow not available and they didn't know if it would be available in the future. So I bought a higher priced phone than I wanted to. I got the pay as you go plan, pretty much for emergencies. Well guess what? As soon as you get the phone the data is already turned on and you get billed for it unless you read this first.
Then there were all these other charges. Phone calls, texts. I only sent one test text. But they billed me for other ones. Some were texts from them to activate my phone. Their policy seems to be that the customer is always wrong. Oh yes and there's a monthly access fee (hidden in deliberately deceptive language like, You think you're in the pay as you go plan but it's really the standard plan - deliberate double talk) in addition to your plan fee to surprise you even more. Every time I looked at my account the first two days (today is the 3rd day of having this phone), my account was being drained by these scam artists. FreedomPop was pretty bad but I have to say that Page Plus is actually worse. And TracFone is just as bad as when I knew I was dealing with TracFone.
And I haven't tried using the phone or text service everywhere but according to the other reviews it won't be reliable Verizon, which was the whole point of this phone in the first place. To have a reliable phone for emergencies. They definitely reek of being scam artists. It's pretty unlikely that I'll renew. And what a big waste of time and aggravation. Piece of **. Very angry. I would add a copy of my verified receipt but I don't know how to upload it. I'm reviewing this because it's my only recourse (I asked to a manager, and that was a joke) and I'm sure it will help others.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2016
I've been with Page Plus for a very long time. I've stuck with them through their growing pains because they used Verizon towers and I had great coverage and quality. Not any more. I am regularly unable to make calls (I get the recording to redial the 10 digit number) or receive calls. Seriously?!? I was unable to call my husband during an emergency because of this new problem and had to resort to using Google Voice to reach him. I am looking to switch to a service where I can ALWAYS make and receive calls, not just whenever Page Plus allows me to.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2016
Something changed with Page Plus Cellular. The autofill never kicked in and they stopped my phone service. I was on hold for 1 hr and could not get hold of anyone. Their customer service people are not friendly. Stay away from Page Plus.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2016
I have been with Page Plus for over 5 years now. I am unable to send a text with one pictures. I called them two times. The first time they told me to take my phone downtown to have it checked out. As if there is a Page Plus dealer there? I called again tonight, they told me that I would have to turn my cellular data on to be able to send a picture with my text. I am unable to use my Wi-fi? She said "No you can't." Page Plus I found out change to TracFone which don't work in our area, so why would they do this to their good people. Shame on them. I am looking for someone else. I am so sad :-( that they did this to us, retired people. And in closing the people on the phone are not even from the USA and sometimes they don't even know what we are talking about when they ask us what is going on with the phone.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2016
I paid to renew my $55.00 on 8/1/16 online after receiving several text messages and emails stating that I only had ONE SERVICE DAY left. Today is 8/4/16 and my plan has not renewed and my data IS STILL AT 2G TURTLE SPEED!! WHAT A JOKE! I called them yesterday and today and both times they said, "YOUR PLAN WILL RENEW AT MIDNIGHT TOMORROW!!!" The fact that you have to talk to a representative to renew your damn plan every month is absolutely RIDICULOUS!! Last month I was on hold for 35 minutes!! I'M DONE WITH THIS JOKE OF A COMPANY!!! Please take your money and run to another cell phone carrier!!!
Reviewed July 20, 2016
Just about every month I have an issue with renewing my minutes even though I have auto refill. Every month I usually end up having to chat message to get it corrected. Once again yesterday I had issued. I chatted, I was told due to glitch in THEIR system, auto renews did not go thru. I would have to add the 12.00 plan to my cart, get the pin, and he would activate it. So be it. Today I get charged again as the system automatically renewed it. Chatted with customer service to get this done. I was told that it is not possible that they had a glitch, that my renewal is not till today. I copied all the info for her and she told me, "Oh let me check."
Again said they did NOT charge me twice, I then sent a copy of the two payment from my checking acct. she told me, "Oh you have to CALL customer service and they will refund you." I call customer service, ask to talk to a supervisor (I am positive she was not one) as all her answers were pat answers read from a script. Again I was called a liar that I canceled my renewal and that is why is auto renewed today. So twice I was called a liar by this customer service people and I proved that they were the ones making the mistakes and still they called me a liar.
Reviewed June 28, 2016
Page Plus service coverage or service prioritization has changed. I've had service with Page Plus for about 3 years. Prior to the buyout by America Movil (the parent company of TracFone), my phone always had 3 bars of signal inside my home. Coverage at your home is critically important. After the buyout by the TracFone parent company, my service coverage died. No bars and NO SERVICE. If I drove up the road about 2.5 miles, I could get a signal and make calls. After talking with tech support, I drove up the road to get a signal, then dialed *22890 (or *228 then listen and pick option 1) to reprogram the phone over the air. After listening to some bad wait music, I got a message that my phone had successfully been reprogrammed. The phone showed a good signal, with 5 bars.
I drove home, just 2.5 miles, and the signal dropped to 1 bar. Then after about 3 minutes, the phone dropped signal and displayed NO SERVICE. I couldn't get the phone to recover any signal even by walking around outside my home. Again, all this change in service coverage is new since American Movil (which owns TracFone) bought out Page Plus.
HERE'S MY OPINION: The TracFone people bought out Page Plus to shut it down, and their evil plan is to screw things up intentionally and provide crappy service until every customer tells Page Plus to go screw itself. Then Movil will offer them TracFone service, which costs about 3 times more per month compared with the Page Plus "pay as you go" $10 for 120 days deal. At least that's my impression. And no, Movil doesn't give a ** what anybody thinks.
Reviewed June 20, 2016
Four years ago I bought a cell phone for my elderly mom, and set her up with the Page Plus $12/month plan. Every new year since, I would buy 12 one-month cards and load her account with these for the coming year. It was a hassle to activate these cards, since their telephone activation line doesn't work, and neither does their online activation system (yes, seriously). Every time I had to call a customer service rep and read off each of the 12 activation codes one by one! But this was OK since the price was good, the cell service was fine, and I only had to do this once per year.
However things changed this year. I bought 12 cards as usual in January, then a few days ago (in June) mom's phone service just stopped. I called Page Plus to sort this out, and found myself talking to someone who was almost unintelligible. In the past I could at least understand the English spoken by their reps, but not now. After a lengthy, muddled discussion, I finally understood that they had completely shut off her service because she had used up all 12 months worth of service in less than 6 months. Each month, so he claimed, she went over her limit, and so they automatically activated next month's card. But oddly enough, the rep couldn't tell me if she had gone over on voice, text, or data. They simply erased her account.
Here's the reality of the situation. My mom has this phone for one reason - texting. She cannot hear well enough to use voice, and doesn't use data since she's never been online in her life. So, if the Page Plus rep's claim is accurate, she must have used more than her allotted 250 texts per month, and done this 6 straight months in a row. Interesting! She hasn't "gone over" the limit once in the last 4 years, and now she did it 6 months in a row? This is not a credible claim. I even looked at her phone and guess what, her average this year is ~2 texts per day (60 per month).
The bottom line here is that Page Plus cellular stole from me. I know I'm only out about $75, and mom is without service just for a week or so, but this is not the point. The point is that they stole from me. I have no illusions of getting this money back, and any attempt would definitely take vastly more than $75 worth of time. And I suspect Page Plus knows this. So I created an account on consumeraffairs.com for one reason, to add my story to the amazingly long list of negative reviews of this company. If my review keeps even one person from becoming a new Page Plus customer, then it will be worth it. If you still want to take the plunge with them, here's your "I told you so" right now.
Reviewed June 9, 2016
My first payment was declined, so I borrowed my friend's debit card to pay. Turned out to be the payment was not declined, so basically, I was charged 2 times.
Reviewed June 2, 2016
I have been a long time customer of Page Plus Cellular...Probably at least three years, now. I had almost always used the website to pay my monthly bill and with no issues (except once when I used a copy cat site of a third party, but that was not their fault). When I needed customer service, I could reach America speaking personnel, so there were no language barriers for me, being American. It was great and I would have reviewed them with five stars if not for the recent changes. The past two months I have had trouble using their website. My payments would go through, but the pin would fail to activate and I would have to call. When the same thing happened this month the site made it appear that my payment was being rejected, so I used another card.
Then the pin I had just paid for was rejected! Then the payment was taken off of both cards while only reflecting a single payment! When I called customer service it turned out they are now based in the Philippines. Yep. Page Plus has been bought out by TracFone. The "customer service" would talk in pretty clear English, but only at first. When I explained my problem, and that I had been double billed yet received confirmation for only one payment, all of a sudden they couldn't speak clear English any more. How convenient for them! They are now staffed with thieves in the Philippines. Beware!
Reviewed May 28, 2016
This is certainly the most worst wireless phone service company, ever. Rejections and poor customer service. I am very disappointed in this company and this is quite an embarrassment. You treat your customers with such poor work and services. The many other reviews can tell you about this company. To anybody reading this and having thoughts and joining this company, I recommend DO NOT JOIN THIS POOR TERRIBLE COMPANY. You're better off with Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc. Stick to the name brands and not some knock off brand and obviously cannot show support and anything for that matter.
Reviewed May 22, 2016
I am a customer of Page Plus for over a year and a half. I had decent service and everything worked out well. I was at a business convention in a different state, and suddenly from one minute to the next I could not make any calls. When anyone called my number a guy answered the phone. He claimed to have had the number for a while. It seems that a vendor made a mistake and gave away my number to someone else. This started a tug of war, with the company giving me back the number and the guy taking it back. I spent literally HOURS on the phone.
The customer service rep, then had the audacity to tell me that she will give me the vendors number and I should convince him to stop taking the number back. They could not solve this issue in a timely manner. They caused me lots of aggravation. I had to leave the convention early since my children and family could not contact me which I felt was not safe for my children in case of emergency. I just got my number back again... I hope this time it will last!
Reviewed May 15, 2016
I have been a Page Plus customer for 10 years! For 9 and a half of those years I had no problems with my service at all! During the first 9 and a half years I did experience extremely poor customer service with Page Plus, but due to the wonderful service itself I stayed with the company and also referred MANY family members and friends and they did switch to Page Plus as well. Well, unfortunately Page Plus decided to switch their plans and service with the PROMISE to us customers of even better service...and that was a huge lie!!! My service has been terrible to say the least! I have had nothing but problems!!! Their data plans are a sick joke!!!
Prior to this big change that they made I didn't have a problem because it was 4G network and IF you used all of your 4G then it only dropped down to 3 (which I never ran out or went over my data EVER), but now that they switched to these horrible changes you go from 4G network down to 2G network and you literally can't do much of anything! And as I said, prior to these changes I NEVER ran out, but now they proclaim that I run out of high speed Internet within 2 weeks, so for the following 2 weeks before I pay for my next month then I'm running on 2G (which is basically nothing), and 5 top it off I have actually been using my Internet much less than I did 6+ months ago! I also have been connecting to WiFi so that I'm not using my data, but yet I still get a notification stating that I used up all of my high speed Internet!
Again, as a customer of over 10 years it's a sad shame but I will be switching my service provider as soon as this billing cycle is up! My mom, my daughter, my fiance, my cousins, and multiple different friends have been having the same issues and will all be switching cell phone carriers as well! I am HIGHLY disappointed in their TERRIBLE customer service and HIGHLY disgusted in their terrible service!!! SHAME ON YOU PAGE PLUS!!! YOU JUST LOST MANY VERY LOYAL CUSTOMERS!!! I will never refer anybody to Page Plus again and I'm so ashamed that I had already referred so many and now they have to go through the hassle of switching providers!!! I am ashamed and embarrassed to even say that I use you as my cell phone provider/carrier service!!!
Reviewed May 10, 2016
I purchased a phone and plan from Page Plus. When I received my phone it was already activated with several messages stating my balance was zero. This was after simply charging the phone. I was able to get minutes and text messaging returned but Page Plus refused to renew my data. They stated that my data had been used up. Since Page Plus sent me a pre-activated phone with the data turned on - all of the data was used up before I even turned the phone on. I have confirmation of that because once the battery was charged - the phone had a text message telling me my balance was zero. In addition, as I told Page Plus, when I went to "activate" the phone I received a message stating the phone had already been activated.
Reviewed May 2, 2016
On Dec 23 I attempted to pay my bill through the automated service. My card was declined. I paid it no attention and tried it 3 more times, not realizing that each of my declined payments would be held off my card. My Christmas SUCKED. Thanks to Page Plus. I had to wait until the following Tuesday before my money was deposited back into my account. This same thing happened a month later. Now it has happened again. So this time I put the rude rep on a three way call with my bank. Page Plus always blames the bank for holding the money. Well, today I proved Page Plus to be complete LIARS. My bank rep explains to the Page Plus rep that the money was taking from the ACCOUNT. Page Plus company is a complete rip off. As soon as my plan is near the due date I will be switching services. PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE THIS PHONE CARRIER. THEY ARE FULL OF BOLOGNA.
Reviewed April 23, 2016
Today is 4/23/2016 and I called to ask my due date on my account. The page plus representative asked for my security PIN. I had to change it because it was the last four of my number. I changed it and had the rep. repeat it and when I called back in and gave them my new security code - the new rep. said, "That isn't correct..." Poor customer service - the WORST!!!
Reviewed April 22, 2016
Page Plus is fine if you don't have a problem with your account. When you do, you want to off yourself trying to get resolution. Have called 3 times now because keep getting error messages when re-enrolling in auto pay. Even waiting days in between calls and being told I needed to use a different method of payment to enroll, even the latest representative said that the auto pay system was still down. When I pointed out that it had been down for DAYS, she could only apologize. Of course she did not know when it would be working again. This company sucks and I only use it because I want to keep my phone and be on the Verizon network without paying Verizon's ridiculous charges.
Reviewed April 20, 2016
Have had Page Plus for approx 7 yrs. Have not had many complaints since they made it a little easier and time consuming to put money into your account over the phone, however, today was trying to activate my smart phone from a old phone and do not know what went wrong but while I am writing this review I have NO phone, neither the new one or the old one lets me make or receive calls. Each time I try to call them or anyone a message answers "welcome to Verizon." It is a Verizon phone but I have NEVER had a Verizon account.
I personally feel they have deactivated my old trying to activate the new phone, and neither one is activated. What a mess. You would think that would be the first thing they checked, but who knows. The most annoying part of this hold thing is you CANNOT SPEAK TO ANYONE!!! They want you to go through the chat line, which I hate. I need to explain exactly what happened when trying to activate. If it is not repaired by tomorrow I am going to have to find a new carrier. I have to have a phone.
Reviewed April 14, 2016
Page Plus is the worst company with the worst customer service I have ever received! Each month my service gets interrupted even after the bill is paid! Each month they draft my account multiple times! The customer service is the ultimate worst! I called today because my phone will not dial out and I am not able to receive calls. I was transferred to 6 different people. They were extremely rude and no knowledge of the product. I was hung up on several times and they refused to allow me to speak to a supervisor. I was on the phone a total of 2 hours and did not get anything accomplished! Page Plus is literally the WORST company I have ever encountered. I wouldn't keep their service even if it was free!!! The only reason they 1 star is because at least 1 is required!
Reviewed April 3, 2016
I purchased a sim card and plan because this is the only Verizon MVNO available in my area. My T-Mobile reception is bad where I live so I decided to switch. I tried to activate my service online and it gave me an error. Told me to contact support which I did on chat, and they told me they are not able to do this for me. 30 minutes wasted. Called their phone number - on HOLD for 30 minutes to talk to anyone. Finally I got someone online and she tells me there's a number assigned to this sim card and it's my fault. I ask for a supervisor, which probably was just another rep. She says as a "courtesy" she'll fix this. Flabbergasted. I have to wait 24 hours for the number to be "unassigned" and I have to call back to get my number ported. Whole phone support literally takes TWO hours. I am not kidding one bit. Still here without service.
I'm writing this review as I am waiting on hold again. It's been another 30 minutes and counting. If they treat new customers like this and are this incompetent, I'm sure it won't be long before I look at another service, if I BEGIN THIS SERVICE AT ALL! Their chat support is in Philippines who barely speak English or understand your problems. Call center is in Florida (also barely speaks English or understand your problems). Neither of them are capable of providing tech support nor do they have supervisors to help you, or even second level support.
Their corporate in Ohio seems ignorant of their horrible customer service and just have a dozen or so people to follow script and man the lines. Their long hold time is made worse by the fact that when you DO get someone online, they're completely incompetent. I'm sure that the long wait time IS because people talk to them for hours to get anything done. AT LEAST work on your website so people can activate and manage their service without having to interact with these people. I DON'T RECOMMEND PAGE PLUS AND I'M NOT YET A CUSTOMER!!! TERRIBLE!!!
Reviewed April 3, 2016
I made a payment on the Page Plus website on 3/31/16 for the $55 at 4:17 PT but got an error while it was processing. It was taking out of my account but the minutes are not there and they claim the payment didn't process. I spoke with my bank and they stated that due to the error on their page it was like the system attempted to take it out but it got stuck. I have talked to 6 Page Plus agents who did not help and refuse to help and will not do as my bank requested in order for the funds to be put back in my account. I will never use this company again and I do not recommend the service to anyone and still have no service or my money. They need to be investigated asap.
Reviewed March 28, 2016
When you buy the $56 plan you have unlimited data until you hit 6 gb and then it drops to nothing. More or less there is nothing you can do. It is so slow you can't even pull up a pic without having to wait for a hour. The service sucks. The phone service goes from 3G to 1g and you can't make a call and if you change services you can't take your number from this company.
Reviewed Feb. 29, 2016
I tried purchasing a new plan on Page Plus's website and they said that my credit card was declined. So I tried another card and it was declined. these cards are different banks with no link to the other. One card is paid off monthly and one was a debit card directly connected to my bank account. So I called my bank and they said my card was just fine. So I called back to Page Plus and they still said my card was declined. Don't use this service because if you run out of minutes because of this, you will lose your phone number!!
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2016
After ordering my minutes online 3 different times, they claim my payment is rejected! But the funds have been held from my account!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016
Page Plus has the worst customer service. They never help. They really have no knowledge of their own service. They are so rude and hang up on you. You are on your own when you have a problem. The worst part is that there is nowhere to complain.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2016
I too have had my credit cards rejected after waiting for 5 days (many times). Ordered a phone online. Their site advertised 1 cent shipping on all orders. Going through the steps, on each page the order summary stated shipping was 1 cent. After completing the order I noticed I was charged 6.39 for shipping and shipping tax. 2 calls to customer service and and 6 reps later, I got nowhere. I sent a letter to corporate headquarters in Miami, and no reply. It may be cheap cell phone service, but if you need customer service, forget it.. I hope more customers with bad experiences speak up and make this company wake up, or put it out of business. By the way Page Plus and Straight Talk are owned by Tracfone.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015
I paid $10 for 120 days service. After 30 days, I still had $8.76 on my account. Yet the account has been arbitrary "suspended" the company. They charged my $10 to reactivate the account. This is fraud.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015
Twice I have called to pay my daughter's phone bill over the phone. Two different months. Both times they told me that my card was declined. But it was not. The first month they charged me twice. They claimed card was declined the first time. And went through the second. My bank claimed that it was not declined and there were two holds put on my card. So I had to argue with them for two weeks before they would give my money back. Well being a fool this month I thought "Well maybe it was really a mistake". So I called to make her payment. Again they told me it was declined. I immediately said "Do not run it again. I will call my bank and figure it out".
I did call my bank and once again my bank stated that it was not declined. That it had gone through and a hold was put on my card. I called and tried clearing it up with Page Plus. Once again they denied that it went through which was a bald-faced lie. Bottom line is these people are thieves. They will lie and say your card was declined in an effort to keep your money. We will never ever use their service again.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2015
TO THE OWNER/CEO OF PAGE PLUS CELLULAR - Know that everywhere I go I will tell anyone who will listen how horrible your customer service people are. Unbelievable rudeness. When I asked to speak to someone else, your rep refused, can barely understand the accents. Even though I renew on-line, I have to call every single month and speak to someone to activate my mins. I'm done. How I wish I could have got a hold of that smirky, rude ** that I had the misfortune of dealing with last night in your customer service dept. Geez - GOOD RIDDANCE.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2015
Page Plus has the worst customer service. They never help, they really have no knowledge of their own service. They are so rude and hang up on you. You are on your own when you have a problem. The worst part is that there is nowhere to complain.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015
Their 12 plan is a money saver for sure. However Page Plus simply doesn't work when there are issues/problem with the service. Their customer support service is so horrible that I sometimes feel they are deliberately trolling me. The big issue first: they have hard imposed limits and just cut your calls. From my experience, the maximum duration of any allowed call is MAX (60 minutes, 10% of your remaining minutes). This means if you have 40 minutes remaining, your call will be cut off in 4 mins. Otherwise, you are allowed a 60 min call. This is just a horrible way of doing business.
I recently placed an order for a phone on their website. I was told "3 to 5 business days". Well, it took "7 business days" for the phone to be shipped and an additional 6 business days for the phone to get in my hands. All through the process, I was repeatedly told the same lie. When I probed, the customer service rep pretended as if he/she didn't know English. At times, they were rude. The phone I got was clearly refurbished (easily told from the scratches and whatnot). Returning it was impossible. I threatened them with a credit card chargeback and only then they took the phone back from me. Both times, I was stuck with paying for shipping.
I would give them 2.5 stars because their coverage is otherwise OK and using Page Plus saves my family some $100 per month in cell phone bills. We are not heavy data users (I personally don't use data at all). The coverage is decent (not as great as Verizon, but certainly better than T-Mobile and Sprint). I personally did not experience billing issues but judging from responses of other people, I would never use a debit card with them. With a credit card, disputes are very easy and charges can get reversed without any hassle. Use Page Plus only if you want to save money and avoid ordering anything from their website other than purchasing plans.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
Tried paying bill on internet and over phone. Each time it said payment rejected, but my bank emailed me saying I got charged multiple times and Page Plus has no record of it.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2015
Since Boost wouldn't take my unlocked phone, I decided to give them a try after someone recommended Page Plus. Since June, I was not expecting this many issues. Their customer service is horrible and then on top of that, they give you the option to pay online, but it doesn't go through properly, so it forces you to call them. For 6 months, 6 consecutive times, I paid online and had to call them. What's the point of giving customers the option to pay online if you need to call them so your phone is activated? Once this month of service is over, I'll go elsewhere such as Metro PCS or something. I do not and will not recommend Page Plus.
Updated review: Aug. 31, 2018
I was eventually able to resolve this issue myself without customer support's assistance. The only "assistance" they were able to to provide at the time was telling me the credit card numbers I provided were invalid. This was not the problem; the problem I later determined was that while the address I entered in the online billing information was correct, it did not match exactly the street address entered in my account profile. The street name in my account profile was missing one letter, and the customer service rep on the phone must have been using my street address as listed in my account profile rather than the correctly entered street name and number I provided for the billing address. The issue with the stolen credit card numbers was an unfortunate coincidence that occurred just days after this dispute with Page Plus.
I have continued to use Page Plus Cellular without issues since. I continue to use Page Plus for the cost-savings with the understanding that they provide minimal customer service or support.
I have no other issues with their service, but understand there's no store I can walk into for help, and their phone support is very limited. Otherwise, I've been happy with the service, and have added my parents and other family members to the Page Plus Cellular network.
Original Review: Nov. 18, 2015
Lately Page Plus has rejected everyone one of my credit card and ATM debit card numbers for online payment. Each time I call their customer service, a foreign person asks me to repeat my credit card number multiple times. After each time, she tells me my number is invalid, and I should call my bank. Well, I call my bank only to find out that I had multiple charges to Page Plus. Page Plus did not credit my account. I disputed the charges with the Credit Card Companies. I have tried multiple credit cards, because they keep telling me my card is invalid. Every card number I have used has been stolen and used for fraudulent purchases within the month!! Page Plus is stealing credit card numbers!
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2015
The Philippine operator made me repeat my credit card # 4 times. I have a new card and this was the first and only purchase. I landed on vacation to find out I only had 6 dollars in my bank account... Thank you Page Plus.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2015
This is one of the worst phone services ever. For one thing get Americans to answer the phones instead of dumbass Foreigners who can't understand you, and you can't understand them!!! I'm very pissed off. I go to purchase minutes online to try and port a number over and reactivate a phone with page plus and their stupid ** site has sooo many errors that it charges my card 16 times of $12.75. Then I call the company up and the dumb ** says they have no record of my purchase. But my bank sure does!!! There is clearly a bunch of Dumb ** working for Page Plus because their site sucks especially when you can't do anything without problems. I even went to Rutter's to buy a Page Plus phone card and then I go online to activate it with my pin number since one of their employees said they already ported my number and then I get a "sorry there's a problem"!
Unless you ** wanna go outta business I suggest you get your site working with people who actually know what they are doing!!! Be aware they will not give you your $ back so even if it looks like your payment isn't going through online, believe me it is! Don't keep clicking. Their site has issues with payments online. Go to a store like Rutter's and buy it to be on the safe side. And even then don't spend a lot because it just might not work like mine isn't working. So I might have wasted another $12.00 if these stupid people don't know how to fix it. ** you guys! I hope you go outta business! And you just might if you get enough mistakes and people stop buying from you cause you rip them off!!!
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2015
I have been with Page Plus for 3ish years. I switched my service on my cell phone last year due to the poor quality of customer service. My husband still has his cell thru Page Plus. I recently purchased and added the 12 plan to his phone (he has used this plan for many months). It went thru and gave me a confirmation that it was added. Then his phone service "dies". When I called to find out why, I was given a big line of BS that included that the 12 couldn't be used on this phone. It has worked in the past. They refused to give me back my money, activate service, or allow me to pay the difference for the month so he can have service. They just kept telling me that I had to purchase a $29.95 plan and that the $12 I had already invested was wasted. "Sorry, we can't do anything to help you", was all I got. Over this company!
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2015
I have honestly never witnessed anything more outrageous before in my life. When I called to pay my bill they charged my card twice. Then when I tried to get the charges reversed, they continued to say that my account was not charged because it never went through, although it is showing up TWICE on my account. Then, when I told the Page Plus people that my account was charged twice, they told me to contact my bank, which I did. When I did contact them, my bank tells me it's a charge, so at this point I'm frustrated because this has now literally been an all-day event, and would much rather three-way the company and my bank. They tell me they can't do conference calls and my bank tells me that they can't call them. Tragic.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015
Worst customer service I have ever experienced. The person who picked up sounded angry and didn't care about my concern and transferred me. After being transferred, I had a man who continuously raised his voice at me and did not solve my problem at all whatsoever. All he managed to do was scream at me. Do not waste your time with this service.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2015
I have been a customer of Page Plus for 5 months. Only one of the four months was problem free. It began with rude, unable to understand employees I had been hung up on several times, put on hold for several minutes only to be hung up on. When I called back, no apologies for the previous reps' rude behavior or getting hung up on. Instead they were very rude & defensive as if I'm the one who was in the wrong. Keep in mind, I'm not one To curse at anyone, nor did I raise my voice, yet they we're still extremely rude. They charged my debit card numerous times when I only authorized one time per month. All I was told was they do not handle that, contact my bank - Being rude all the while.
I decided this month I would not use a card for the monthly refill charges. I decided to go to an authorized retailer in the hopes of avoiding any problems. I also decided to purchase a lower plan & if things went well I was planning on returning to my original plan the following month. I called customer service to get info & pricing on other plans they offer & address of retail location near me. At this time their website wasn't working, therefore I had to call. First two calls, I was hung up on. Third call I got info on pricing for their lowest plan. I asked specifically if that plan would work with the device I have & could I change my plan. Gave all my info, then the Rep said yes I could continue svc with the plan I asked about, then Hung up on before I could get address of a location. Fourth call, I asked about plan once again (to double check). Again I was told that plan would work & I could switch plans, no problem.
I went to location, paid cash & I received my receipt with pin #. I called cust to load on my acct being at midnight the plan I was on would expire. I stressed to the agent do to my job I must not have a lapse in service. I was assured that at 12:01 the new plan would automatically go into effect. Even received a text stating just that. Well Surprise surprise, I have no service! I called cust svc, only to be told that the plan I purchased will not work with my device.
I ended up speaking with A supv. I explained my situation & he basically called me a liar for telling him three reps told me it would work. He said everyone knows in here it's not possible & he could not do anything. To go to the retailer, which on the receipt it states "No Refunds, contact Page Plus directly for any issues" etc. He said he didn't care what my receipt stated, he could do nothing. I asked if I could at least get a credit & pay the difference, he said no. Only solution he offered was to go to the retailer & find someone who wanted the plan I purchased & sell it to them. Then I would get my refund!!! Unbelievable! Never in my life have I experienced such horrible customer service. So basically I'm out the money I spent. I have no service & no money. Only left stressed with a huge headache. I seriously would not recommend this company to my worst enemy.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015
Their services are a straight schemers. I have the $55 plan. And it says it comes with unlimited talk and text and 5gb but yet once you run out of gigabyte, you will stop receiving FaceTime if you have an iPhone - also picture mail. You call - don't get any help.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015
I tried to pay my bill online and they charged me twice. My bank approved both transactions. They said it was rejected and to call my bank. I called and my bank said both transactions were approved. I called them back and they told me it was a problem on their end. Try doing it by phone. Did that and it didn't work. Three charges and no service. Their answer is go to one of their stores. I asked, "can you give me 24 hours of service until you fix the problem." "We don't do that."
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2015
Page Plus does not support calls longer than 60 minutes. At the 60 minute mark, the calls are immediately dropped. This is not disclosed anywhere on the website, nor in the terms and conditions. When asked, customer support "Offline Supervisor" Michael ** stated on 9/17/15 that the limit cannot be removed, that there's nothing they can do about it, and that it is "built-in on the system and we cannot remove it." Perhaps the most outrageous is that Page Pus does not disclose this anywhere.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2015
Absolutely useless! I typed in MEID verify compatibility, get following message: "Congratulations, your device is eligible for Page Plus service! Our system indicates you have a 3G device. Please fill in the information below (all fields are required), then you'll proceed to choose a service plan." I Purchase a plan and continue with activation, then get the following messages: "We're sorry, the device activation failed. Please contact Customer Service at 1-800-550-2436, or contact us via Live Chat."
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2015
There is a gap in service, even though they take payment 5 days prior to the beginning of the next service month. I PAID, but to my surprise, I had no service! Which means that those calling me were advised that this number is no longer in service!!! I call in to customer service and was told they stack the payments, so if they did not get to my payment in time, my service would be interrupted, until they get around to applying it to my account. This is ridiculous. I was told I need to call in to customer service a few days before the acct expires and request them to move my payment up in the line so to avoid a gap. I did call today, and the Supervisor I requested to speak with at first denied there is a gap in service and said I had just used up my minutes.
Since I don' t use the phone for talking much, this was false. Eventually he had to agree that there is a gap in service but insisted it's only for an hour at midnight. Again, bogus, the interruption was for several hours during the day. He said to avoid the gap I could call in early, but that would change the start date of my account. Bottom line is you early pay for the service, money is taken out of your account, but there is a gap in your service which they try to tell you is minimal, for one hour at midnight. False. It's for several hours during the day. Best thing is to find another carrier. The bad, lying customer service agents and supervisor just add insult to their terrible service.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015
I have interruption in service every month and I have to call in and go through the process of payment again, although I supposedly am on an automatic plan. Every time it is the same story, interruption on the day of renewal and I have to be on the phone with customer service department and because they outsource the service I have to repeat myself a few times for them to understand me. I called a few days ago when I received the message that my plan is coming up for renewal to make sure this time I won't have any problems. The Rep said that everything was OK and I am on automatic payment. I also checked myself on their website and it showed that I was on automatic plan.
The day arrived and guess what? I had no service again!!! The only reason I am stuck with them is because of the expensive phone I purchased that can only be used by their service otherwise I would have cancelled long time ago. The customer Reps have no training to service the customers and are very unprofessional. When they call a supervisor it becomes worst. I would never recommend this company to a friend. (Maybe only to my enemy?!)
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015
I purchased a cell phone through Page Plus for emergencies only. I bought minutes to last 120 days for $11.20. I purchased minutes July 8th, 2015 and had trouble loading them to my phone. I called the customer service number the next day and was told the minutes would expire November 6. Yesterday I checked to see if the phone needed to be charged and there was a message from Page Plus that I was out of minutes. I called this morning and was told that "DATA" had used my minutes.
I told him I hadn't used the phone except to check the time. He said "Data" is for checking the internet, using GPS, playing games or getting calls (wrong numbers which I don't answer). I don't do any of this. This has happened to me more than once and I'm tired of buying minutes, being told they'd last 120 days and then in 3 or 4 weeks to be told I need to buy more. Plus, when I call customer service it's taken nearly an hour to reinstate my minutes. I'm not dealing with them again. It's too stressful.
Reviewed July 31, 2015
I am a long-time customer of Page Plus Cellular service. As of a month ago (all of a sudden), they started "cutting off" my phone calls which are 10 minutes or more in duration. When this happens, I (and the other party) hear three beeps and the call ends! I called Page Plus Cellular last week and they 100% CONFIRMED that it does happen BY THEM with all customers (not just me) on calls which last 10 or more minutes, but refused to give an explanation "why." It is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE for a cell service to charge money for a service they are not providing and even MORE unacceptable for them to decide "how long" my phone calls should last! When I called them on it again today, they DENIED that it has anything to do with them. It is not a matter of "dropped calls" or "having no signal." It is strictly when I am on a call longer than 10 minutes. I have filed a complaint with the FCC and truly hope my complaint is looked into.
Reviewed July 29, 2015
Yesterday morning I went online and ordered a monthly plan to be added to my cell phone. They took the money out of my bank account for it and I received an email confirmation. When I went to use my phone 20 minutes later my phone still wasn't working so I live chatted them using my laptop. At first I gave them my phone number and told them I had paid for service but had none. The operator acknowledged that she saw my payment but then needed to get my pin # from me. I did not know it so she needed the exact amount of the payment I had just made so I minimized the live chat screen and checked my bank account to see the exact amount. This discontinued our chat and when I went to pull Live chat back up I (thankfully) got the same operator so I did not have to go through the whole thing again.
She said "Hi this is Jane, how can I help you today" as if I was a brand new customer and I just gave her the amount. She then needed me to give her my name address to again confirm who I was (?!?!) then she applied my payment to my account (which the email from Page Plus said had already happened). I proceeded to tell her that after she had already acknowledged who I was and my phone number and that I had just made a payment the fact that they kept asking for more and more information was a bit much and she said she had to verify my identity before making "changes" to the account; I told her if anyone wants to call and pay my bill they were welcome to. I told her I was trying to give her feedback about their customer service but she just had an answer for everything.
This morning I was checking my bank balance and they charged me for 4 payments instead of just one. When I called about that and told the customer service agent my phone number she repeated back an entirely different number than I had just told her (kind of scary) but she did hear me the second time. When I told her my problem about being charged 4 times she went into great detail explaining to me how many minutes and everything the plan that I had ordered offered (I didn't ask for information about my plan; I was calling because I was charged four times for the plan). She texted me a four digit pin number for my account so I could repeat it to her and then choose a new pin number I could have for future phone calls (sigh) (insert eye roll) then finally passed me on to a "supervisor" who then informed it would take 3 to 5 business days to get my money back; funny it only took them 1 day to pull it out.
I had trouble with customer service back in May when they sent me a broken phone and wouldn't put me on the phone with a supervisor, the guy actually was refusing and I had had it because I had been calling and calling and trying to get everything straightened out. It is a difficult company to navigate because if you finance a phone through them there are like four different entities involved. I wound up sending back the phone. I had gotten a phone for my son and he begged me not to send it back so he has had his a few months when I hadn't had a problem (I mean not a huge problem; the customer service is not impressive at all and I had activated a plan for my son in the past online and had to call and tell them to activate it, why does it become a two step process?? If I activate it online it should just start and be done with it!).
I finally decided since my son was with Page Plus anyway to hook up an old phone with their service to try to keep it affordable. I really strongly dislike this company. I don't even feel like I am saving money; I plowed through the 12$ plan and my phone wasn't really even working; it is a 3 year old phone and I wound up needing to get a new battery because it wouldn't hold a charge to do anything and would randomly shut off any time it did something but somehow I blew through the cheapest plan on a phone that would not properly function. So now I ordered a 29$ plan (the one they are charging me for 4 of). My son blew through the 29$ and 39$ plans and now I got him a $55 dollar plan. I also financed his phone and it is 36$ a month. I think I would be better off at one of the big phone companies over all... not saving any money and customer service is terrible!
Reviewed July 25, 2015
For 6 months, they were DOUBLE-CHARGING my credit card monthly because they screwed up my monthly auto-refill set-up for my prepaid plan. When I noticed, I called customer service immediately and they were nothing but a waste of time. I asked to switch the phone operators twice and none of them spoke proper English, and communicating with any of them was fruitless. The company was STEALING my money for 6 months and they would not refund me for their mistake - apparently Page Plus Cellular has no problem thieving from their customers. I am switching phone companies immediately. DO NOT be fooled by their "cheap" plans - they will waste your time and money at the end of it, so save yourself hours of headache and go with a proper and honest phone company.
Reviewed July 22, 2015
A friend recommended Page Plus Cellular to help me save money on a monthly service. It helped but customer service (pending on who I was talking to at the time) is borderline unsatisfactory. I did not always have a trying time with the CS employees. However there were times when the first question to come out of a CS employee was may I have you "credit card number" as opposed to a telephone number. Hmm... Another time I had to continually ask for the CS employee to repeat what he or she said. One actually hung up on me.
I've worked CS before and most of the time it is not a pretty picture. I suppose if I had to pinpoint my worst complaint was I "never" saw my account information (name, telephone number, street address, etc...) on the Page Plus' website but I could see my payment history. Hmm... I was told by a CS employee that the system is always overloaded. Well, I did not think that many people were satisfied with the service. Then there is the ever present text message "You have zero minutes left on your service, please contact Page Plus CS to add more money to your service." Six months of unsatisfactorily service with Page Plus is all I could handle. Adios!
Reviewed July 20, 2015
I have had Page Plus for about 3 years and at first had great service. Then when they sent their customer service offshore, everything went downhill fast. Their customer service reps don't speak enough English so if you have more than a very simple concern, they can't help you. If you purchase a new plan for the month and try to add it to your acct online, it won't work. In the past 6 months every time I add a plan the only way I can get it to load onto my phone is to get on live chat with a customer service representative and they have to do something on their end.
Also, be forewarned if you run out of data and try to add another plan to get more data it will stack the PIN and not add it if you have any minutes or texts left. Once again you have to get on live chat and ask a service rep to add it. They will question you, telling you that you still have minutes and texts left even though you tell them that you know that but you have to be able to add the plan NOW because you have to be able to access data.
Last week I tried to add a new plan because I was getting messages that I was running low and that my additional cash balance was zero. I paid for and added another plan and it stacked it as a PIN instead of putting it straight to my account. When I pulled up my account it showed that I had replenished my account but the data still didn't work. I had to get on live chat and the guy told me the plan had already renewed.
When I told him the data didn't work he thought it was because I didn't have cellular data turned on, on my phone. When I reassured him that yes I did and it was giving me messages that I was out of data, he told me to turn my phone off and take the SIM card out while he reset something on his end. After turning the phone back on, it finally worked again but the PIN I bought is still showing as stacked instead of being used.
I have stayed with Page Plus because they are much cheaper than Verizon but trying to renew my plan each month has been a huge hassle. I put it on auto renew a few months ago but that was even worse. I purchased a $30 plan, added it to my phone, and then tried to set up autorenew to avoid this monthly hassle. The minute I set it to auto renew, it charged my card an extra $30 that very day even though I said I didn't want it to renew for another month. So now I was out $60 instead of $30 for that month.
if you want a service that is less expensive than the big companies like AT&T or Verizon, Page Plus provides good coverage for a good price. Having to go through a hassle, however, every time that your phone is running low on minutes, texts or data, however, is not worth it. If you are out and about and don't have access to a computer, you are stuck when trying to renew because every single time I have to get on live chat for them to fix something on their end, and you have to get on live chat from something other than your Page Plus phone.
Reviewed July 15, 2015
Avoid at all cost. Was with Page Plus for years. But when they cut the unlimited plan from $42.95 down to $30.95, the service coverage area shrank and I didn't have coverage at my dad's (Hays NC). After he passed the whole family started spending weekends up there in the mountains. I tried several carriers but no prepaid had coverage at home (High Point NC) and here too. So when my Verizon prepaid plan ran out I ported my work # back to Page Plus.
At 9 am Tuesday morning 7/14/2015 I was told it could take as little as 30 min to 3 hours no later than 12 pm. Here it is Wednesday 10:49 am and now they tell me it could take another 48 hours. Being a computer tech and already lost $350.00 yesterday and a major customer. Because they could not contact me. Didn't seem to matter to customer service. I can't even port my # anywhere else until their inept support fixes the problem and activates my plan. And I know it's just so they won't have to refund the plan I bought once it's activated. And their customer service barely speaks English much less understands it. Never got account # or purchased refill #.
Reviewed July 8, 2015
I have been with Page Plus for a few months and they have the WORST customer service ever. Last month I paid my bill which is $55 but I paid $60 which left $5 over. Toward the end of the month I had 20 cent left. I called to see where my 4.80 went. I was told that apparently I was talking or texting internationally!!! Like I have no international numbers in my phone. I don't know anyone internationally!!! I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told to have a nice day and the rep hung up in my face. Needless to say, I chalked up that 4.80.
Reviewed July 6, 2015
I'm only a few weeks into my Page Plus Cellular account, but all I can do is rave about them!!! Number one, the coverage is simply the best! Since Page Plus uses Verizon's network, there is simply nothing better in the US. I've used Page Plus in Northern and Southern California, the Sierra Nevada mountains - where no AT&T, Sprint or T-Mobile phone could connect - and in Washington, Oregon and Texas. So far, it's been as good as the Verizon account (I paid $120 a month MORE than Page Plus for) and is WAAAY better than my AT&T account!
Secondly, their Support dept., to date, has been stellar! I complicated the issue by "Bringing Your (my) Own Device" (BYOD) and Page Plus support walked me through the intrinsic issues with my phone and checked and double-checked my internet access, and the ability to text and call. I was impressed. The support rep had the patience of a saint and she made sure everything was flawless before letting me go. Although I am new to Page Plus, my experience has been nothing but outstanding. Should things change, I'll be back to update this review, but typically, as with most technology, it's the initial deployment that gives user fits. I'm optimistic. :-)
Reviewed June 27, 2015
I've used Page Plus for about a year now w/ no significant problems until this month! I pay $43.70/mo for unlimited talk/text & 2G of data. After using the internet on my phone once or twice I noticed that I could no longer use it. My data usage was only at 0.038mb. Therefore, I obviously hadn't used all of my data b/c I have 2G, right...? So I called customer service. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN TREATED SO BAD!!! They told me that I'd used all of my data which was impossible b/c I'd only been on the internet once or twice. On top of that I couldn't use the WIFI on my phone. I took my phone to someone who repairs them. He said there was nothing wrong w/ my phone... must be the service! Anyway, the person I spoke w/ at Page Plus hung-up on me when I demanded to speak w/ his supervisor! I'D ADVISE ANYONE TO USE ANY SERVICE BESIDES PAGE PLUS!
Reviewed June 22, 2015
PLEASE AVOID PAGE PLUS CELLULAR LIKE A PLAGUE. I have been using Page Plus for a couple of years now and I had a $29.95 monthly plan which normally ends at the 17th of each month and with 500MB data. On May 11, my data was exhausted so I topped it up with $10.00. And then on May 17th I entered my monthly pin as usual. But without my knowledge, even though Page Plus Cellular's website acknowledged the new PIN, the system did not really activate it and was running my account as if it was on a cash balance. Now around June 1st, my line was cut off surprisingly and I contacted them (online) to find out the reason why. After a long hour there, I was told that the system did not accept my monthly plan and was using cash balance. So, since I believed my $10.00 wasn't fully consumed and I was first told my plan will still end on the 17th, I demanded for a refund but was referred to call the customer service.
However, when I called, I was assured that my plan had actually changed to be ending at the 31st of the month (instead of 17th). I ASKED THEM ABOUT TEN TIMES and was assured that the plan won't expire on 17th but 31st. But, lo and behold, on the 17th, my line was disconnected again. So, I called customer service, and was passed on to the Supervisor. That's where she told me that first, that it was just a 'troubleshooting' pin that was activated which ended on the 17th, rather than 31st. And second, she claimed that I had consumed the whole $10.00 before May 17th. HOW CONVENIENT!! I seriously doubt I could have consumed the whole $10.00 on data WITHIN just six days!! It doesn't make sense.
So, after being inconvenienced twice and spending a total of THREE hours because of their mistake committed on May 17th. I get no apologies, they said "I was confused" when it was they and their customer service's fault, and worst of all, no credit for the time wasted. The supervisor said they don't give "courtesy" credits at all. So, after my ordeal. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO USE THEM. IF PAGE PLUS CANNOT PROPERLY CREDIT A MONTHLY PLAN AS A MONTHLY PLAN AND NOT A CASH PAYMENT, THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN BUSINESS MUCH LONGER. A word is enough for the wise.
Reviewed June 13, 2015
I signed up Page Plus Cellular (PPC) as I don't use a cell phone often, and my other pre-paid is $15 for only 1 month of service, then shuts off if I don't use it. I found PPC, and they offer 120 days for set price points like 100 minutes is $10. I got the phone and it was already activated and had a phone number assigned. No one told me this and my plan started when I ordered the phone (unbeknownst to me).
They said it would ship in 1-2 days. It didn't ship for 10 days. So I am using up my time without usage of the phone. I was never given a tracking number and I called after 10 days asking where my phone was. They said it would ship in 3-5 days very generically. I got the phone, called Thursday (6-11) to activate, was unable (again it was already activated) and then on Friday. Then I found out it was activated. I then had $10.42 on the phone, and made 1 call to my dad to provide my new number. I got charge 15 cents for 2 minutes, no big deal.
I tried to access the app store to download my banking app, as I work there too, and after about 10 minutes of getting no where, it wouldn't install. I logged onto the site to see if my WiFi was being used or the service. I already burned $2 of my $10 card, and I couldn't even use the app I was trying to install. I realized I don't want the phone. This is what I signed up for and they will not do a return of my money and they will only replace the phone.
Needless to say, I am not happy at all with PPC. If I made 20 minutes of calls for $2 that would be fine. That means I received a value, but to be charged data for their system that doesn't work is BS. Plus all these apps want to stay plugged in and update, etc. so you keep getting charges for this. The thing that sucks is I like the phone. I already found two great solutions and will have a cool paperweight soon.
Reviewed June 6, 2015
I have used Page Plus for a few years and was always happy with the service and tech support until January 2015 when they were taken over by TracFone. Now, customer service is in the Philippines and you can't understand a word they say. The reps have no idea what they are doing and I have lost so much money to them because if you change anything on your account, you forfeit the balance of your plan!!! Page Plus has always advertised "bring your own phone". This is a Verizon affiliate. Today I called to change my service to a new Verizon phone and was told it isn't a Verizon phone and they no longer offer the "bring your own phone". I bought the phone from Verizon, it has the Verizon logo. Not a Verizon phone... REALLY??? I'm stuck with Page Plus for the balance of my current plan, then I'm done with Page Plus and any carrier affiliated with TracFone!!!
Reviewed May 28, 2015
I called Page Plus Cellular about a problem with my phone. Page Plus told me that my phone was old and was deactivated. I have almost $10 still to be used for my calls. I could not have them replace the amount that I still had to use. Even the supervisor could not do this. Also while checking on my call history I did notice that there was a $12 reduction of money. I happen to also rely on the phone to be able to locate jobs. By all mean run from this company. The people I talked with could not be understood very well. I am very tempted to have the State I live in to check in to them. If they do go under no big loss.
Reviewed May 13, 2015
I have been with Page Plus for over 5 years and have learned how they work. First of all, using Mozilla Firefox will cure all of the website issues. Next, never call customer service but instead use their on-line customer service. They are fast and will get the job done. Also, I did notice that they will charge for all calls coming into the phone even the people you don't talk to. I still think that the 2 calls per week from the solicitors is better than paying Verizon's Prepay invoices. I have the $29.95 monthly plan. They take it right out of my credit card and send me a text each month telling me that it is successful. The text does come at around 6am but I expect that now.
I don't see me leaving PPC because I love Verizon service and now that all of the flaws have been accepted I have recommended PPC to my family who also do not use their phones much. I never use the data and only about 100 of my texts get used. I wish they would increase their minutes on my plan though. I had them switch my landline to my cell phone and have since had about 3 different phones. The latest is an iPhone 4s that they switched flawlessly. I really like my service and my phone.
Reviewed May 13, 2015
I ended up paying $29.95 for 7 days service. SAVE YOUR RECEIPT! Your payment is connected to a PIN number on a small receipt. Am using the 1200 minute plan for $29.95 monthly. I paid in cash on May 1 for a renewal due May 4 at a Page Plus dealer. My service was cut off on May 11. The dealer remembered me and acknowledged my payment but had not saved a digital nor a paper copy. Regrettably, I saved my receipt for only 5 days. Though Page Plus clearly had my money, their customer service said they had no record and there was nothing they could do without that PIN. This had happened once before but the dealership, under a previous owner, saved receipt copies of 14 days. Page Plus Cellular has an oddball accounting system.
Reviewed May 12, 2015
I paid for 2 months upfront. When my first month ran out, mysteriously, the 2nd month didn't show as paid. I had paid at a retail store and was given a receipt. Well, of course we don't all keep all our receipts so I lost it, threw it out. I was told that because I didn't have the receipt number, Page Plus has no record of the 2 months being paid. Even my retailer could verify that I paid for 2 months, they said they could not activate the 2nd month until I paid for another month. Period. So I paid $60 + fees for two months upfront. Then paid another $30+ fees. So the 2nd month cost me $60+ fees. This company has some extremely bad customer service and questionable practices. How could they not see that I paid for 2 months upfront, only to deny service because of a number?! I think because they know they're cheap, they can get away with such horrible service.
Reviewed May 12, 2015
Yesterday, we opened a new Page Plus Cellular account with a new number to test to make sure cell reception is good at home and at work BEFORE requesting to port our old number. We activated it online after buying a phone and a SIM card elsewhere. We made a few calls to test at home and today, my wife took the phone to work and we tested the quality of the calls and were pleased to see the "Verizon" name on the phone and were very happy with the call quality in around my wife's office/lab. We decided things were good and we would port our old number to the new phone.
We called customer service and were told we would forfeit our balance as they cannot transfer account balances from one number to another number. We got escalated to supervisor and then to another supervisor but their policy offers no way to port the old number to the newly created account. A port can only happen BEFORE you open an account. It wasn't made clear on the website that porting-in was no longer an option.
If you search hard, as I did today, it says it in the small print of another part of their website but NOWHERE did it warn us once we were assigned a new number we could no longer port in a number without losing the balance of the account. I was wrong to assume they work like any other MVNO I have tried in the past. Clearly they have sticky rules to make it difficult. Why? Is it better to lose customers than to make them happy?
They also couldn't refund the monthly plan fee because we used six minutes testing their network. Customer service people were so hard to understand with their accents and would repeat the same lines without clarifying anything. Sadly, Page Plus Cellular call quality may be okay but service quality is too poor for me. Cheap plans but VERY POOR customer service.
Reviewed May 5, 2015
Page Plus is literally stealing money from its customers a few cents at a time. This has happened to me so many times. Basically, for no reason, the balance I have in my account drops by a small amount (up to $1.50). There is no minute usage, no text or data usage associated with the charge. The balance just magically drops.
When I call to ask, they tell me it was a glitch in the system and they refund me this small amount. The kicker is that I have to catch it and call them before it disappears from my call records. They only keep 250 records so if I miss this window, I can't pinpoint the date it happened and I can't prove it so I don't get the refund. It is absolutely annoying that I have to keep an eye on my balance like that and have to call and be put on hold for a few minutes just to refund a few cents. What's really sad is that even with this theft, they are still way cheaper than Verizon (whose network I really like).
Reviewed May 2, 2015
On monthly auto renew, charge credit card on file. Day of auto renew, the cell phone stops working for 1-2 hours while the system renews the plan. No calls in/out no text in/out. So crazy, safety concern, what about work calls? Received email and text stating payment successful processed then later the same day service stops working. Page Plus' customer service said "Change to airplane mode and then back to regular - maybe that will help". Supervisor Page Plus' customer service said "I'm not going to lie, this is how it works... your phone may be out of service 1-2 hours day of plan renew. But you can call us that day and we can renew it over the phone manually." I said "Well bill me earlier than my due day", supervisor said "It will still happen any day that the plan renewal is processing. So call customer service to have them renew plan".
That is ridiculously inefficient. This is a Verizon company somehow. Also 1-2 days before my plan is to "renew" my data is going slow and my apps are going slow. I called then they sent a refresh and said my data shows at 4G speed. That didn't work either, my data did not go back to fast speed until after my renewal was process. Freaking ridiculous!!
Reviewed May 2, 2015
Website won’t let me purchase pin....4 years later after this company has been tossed around....nothing works. No carrier wants this loser. No phone stores even deals with them. I blame it on Verizon, Motiv, and all the other companies that made this happen.
Reviewed April 27, 2015
I've had Page Plus for 5 years or so and it was a great service until about 2-3 months ago when TracFone bought them. I'm having dropped calls, missed calls, saying I have insufficient funds to place calls or text when I do, my signal strength will go back and forth from 5 bars to none without the phone even being moved around. I've had dozens of people say they called me and I didn't answer but they never came through to my phone. I loved PPC but not anymore and I'm steady looking for a new service to switch to. I used to recommend everybody to them but not anymore. Page Plus sucks, DO NOT ACTIVATE ON PAGE PLUS, at least not for now until they can get their act together. My girlfriend and my mother and father has the same phone with the same monthly plan and theirs is doing the same thing. PPC has lost all respect from me and my family.
Reviewed April 26, 2015
Few years back was good company, now cash & carry. This is sister company of Verizon and can do lot better if they work like they use to. I transferred over new company, took 3 days to complete and even prior could no longer get phone calls made for past two weeks.
Reviewed April 17, 2015
I had $10.00 in my cash balance account in addition to my monthly 12 plan. This morning, I made a six minutes international call using Whatsapp. I had the cellular data off and had turned off cellular data usage for all the apps on my phone. After the call, I found that $9.00 were deducted from my cash balance account. When I called the customer service, the rep was telling me it is because the usage of data that I was charged $9.00 for the six minutes. I had made the call from my home and my wifi was on. I never used any mobile data. In fact the 10 MB data from the monthly 12 plan was still intact.
I have also observed that when you have cash balance in your account, PagePlus keeps deducting money from the account even when you use your own WIFI connection. They are not honest about it and did not tell anything about costing $9.00 for six minutes which these days cost 1.5 cents to max 2 cents per minutes. I am warning everyone to be careful about their practice. The cash balance account is a trick being used to make more money for themselves.
Reviewed April 9, 2015
I've used Page Plus for a couple years and have put four other family members on their service. The customer support has always been able to quickly help me resolve problems, which basically have just been getting new phones set up. I have brought my own phones so can't comment on the phones they sell; I have not had problems getting phones that are designated as "Verizon Clean ESN / Unlocked" to set up on Page Plus. I've used a 3rd party discount club for service plan renewals, and that introduces some delay should you need to quickly renew.
I hear the complaints about outsourced service but the couple of times I've needed to set up new lines since that transition, including getting a 4G line to work just after they had started allowing them, went smoothly. I suspect if you're the type of person who spends a lot of time asking for tech support things might be different, but for me, Page Plus has been a good service at a good price with all the support I've needed.
Reviewed April 7, 2015
Okay so I'm at work and I get the text saying my plan has been stacked. Okay cool, get home and call the pin and it's now 22 mins after the time it normally comes on and I have to wait all night to just see if it kicks in. Honestly Page Plus, boost is the worst but they are better than you and that is truly sad page plus. You Suck At Everything and now I'm telling everyone to NEVER get page plus.
Reviewed April 2, 2015
Page Plus Cellular was once recognized for having EXCELLENT customer service and a GREAT website. Since it became a subsidiary of TracFone / América Móvil, the complaints are rolling in! I can't understand what is being said when I call customer service. Then I find out they closed the Call Center in Holland, Ohio and moved the operations offshore! The website runs slow, links don't work, and locks up when attempting to buy pins. Thank goodness, Kitty Wireless and Modern Wireless still handle Page Plus so I don't have to deal with Page Plus Corporate... Now, I wonder when the Page Plus name will disappear and TracFone will appear!
Reviewed March 13, 2015
I am really tore about PPC. They have very cheap plans. Such as $12 for 250 mins and 250 texts. $29.95 for 1200 mins and 3000 texts. HOWEVER, they have, by far, the worst customer service representatives working for them. I have never had as much trouble or complaints with ANY customer service before. They hire people that can’t speak clear English.
A lot of times they do not understand when you speak, because they do not understand Americans' way for communicating. They charged my card for an overnight delivery that I did not request. Then the supervisor wasn't able to fix it because, "that is an issue with the delivery department that is not our company". The SIM card I ordered from them did not come overnight either. It never came. I ordered one on Amazon Prime (a wonderful company!!!) and it came in 2 days as promised.
They were unable to turn my phone back on after my Ex acted as me and had it disconnected via their online support. My work cell phone's service was "unavailable" for over 9 days. I had no phone to call and fix whatever problem they had. I got paid and added phone time another phone to fix the issue with my normal phone and plan I was told even though the problem was on their end I would not get reimbursed for any time I lost. This is what I get for being a loyal paying customer for 3 plus yrs. I wonder if anyone else is having the problems I have been having with Page Plus Cellular.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
So when I paid my phone bill like two days ago, I thought it went through but it didn't charge YET. I had the $$, it just didn't go through. Now it says that I haven't and that it's not letting me send or receive texts or calls! I'm really frustrated!! It keeps texting me 'insufficient funds'.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
I've been with Pages Plus Cellular for about a year. My husband and I joined because Verizon dropped its lowest minutes package, and we don't talk on the phone that much. During that time I found the Pages Plus website to be very glitchy, and I would occasionally be charged multiple times in the same month for the same billing cycle. This was a pain, but tolerable since we were still saving money in the long run.
My phone broke, so I went to the website to buy a new one. With my plan I need a 3G phone and nothing on the site identifies whether they are 3G or 4G so I went to Amazon instead. NO WHERE on the site did it say that you couldn't use a phone other than what they provide, and there was a good review for a Motorola phone that mentioned it working with Pages Plus, so I bought that. Now I find that as of a month ago (Jan 15 2015) they only support their own phone. Customer service said that all the phones on their site are 3G so I looked again and found that all but one have horrible ratings and/or are marked up 3X what they are selling for elsewhere. So I go to buy that one, and keep getting an error message - product code not found.
I pull up chat and they say call customer service. I call customer service and they say Oh it is out of stock, can I interest you in one of these more expensive phones? NO! They are enforcing a policy that is not spelling out anywhere on their website, and they are using bait and switch tactics with the phones on their site. I do not trust them and I will continue using my broken old flip phone until I find another pre-pay service.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
I have had an ongoing problem with Page Plus changing due dates and not telling me and cutting the phone off before I find out. Then I am told that I usually pay that phone on this day and it is not due until 5 or 6 days later so we changed it. I advised them that I pay for two phones at the same time which are my Mother and Father's phones. Asking why they haven't messed with his I could not get an answer. Then I was told if I want it back to the old due date I would have to leave it off for the days between the two and would most likely lose her number. That is totally unacceptable as she has had that number for 12 years.
Then yesterday 2/20/15 I paid my bill for my phone and tonight I can't send any text messages. Now I am on a plan with unlimited text but "I have insufficient funds to send message." Now how in the world can I have insufficient funds when I am on an unlimited Talk and Text plan? I am about fed up with these people. If you want to speak to a supervisor they have to make out a ticket and they are supposed to call you within 24 hours. Rarely does that happen either.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015
I moved to N Florida several months ago and PPC was recommended to me. I can't even begin to tell you about the problems I've had. Let's see, paid my bill online. $ was deducted from my bank account every month with the deduction showing on my bank statement, but my service was still disconnected every time. And each time, I was given a new payment date. Still paid on that date each time, but was disconnected again each time. And trying to communicate with some foreigner made it even worse. **, I'm angry.
Earlier today, I tried to call my doctor, but was told I had to add money to my account in order to make that call. The foreign person from PPC told me I had already used 450 minutes since January. NOT POSSIBLE. I have a land line and normally use that, only using my cellphone when on the go. I have often been without cellphone service without even knowing it because of PPC's stupidity and incompetence, not to mention the lack of communication from foreigners. DO NOT USE THIS SORRY INCOMPETENT BUSINESS. YOU WILL BE SORRY, NOT TO MENTION ANGRY!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015
You get what you pay for with Page Plus. It's a great service if you never need any customer service. Their reps are terrible. You can't understand them and they don't know what they're doing. Different people give contradictory information. I've been a customer for almost five years (3 phone lines), but I'm now dumping them because of my poor customer service experience. Going with H2O instead.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015
I have had an account with Page Plus for a few years now and their service is always great as I live in a rural town with limited cell reception. This December I purchased a new phone, and I had difficulties getting it activated. I started this by first contacting Page Plus through their live chat feature, and that did not help any, so I ended up calling and they passed me on to several other customer service workers until one basically said they could not help me. So I called again and after being on hold for 30 minutes, someone finally activated my new phone, and I was happy until I noticed my new phone was broken so I decided to take it and get it fixed, and while it was fixed I was going to use my old phone. Which they activated without a problem until now while I am trying to reactivate my new fixed phone. They are saying my phone is not certified and no one will actually tell me what that means. I will probably end up going with another service provider.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015
I ordered 3 SIM cards on 1-16-15. Website states "ships next business day," but some items take 2-3 business days to ship. I paid 29.95 for overnight shipping. I started calling the Wednesday after I ordered. Each call I was told while they had no tracking number to give me, the items had already shipped. On 1-23, I found out that they hadn't shipped at all. I stated I was going to use another carrier and no longer wanted the SIM cards. I was told that it was already packed and ready to ship. I told them I didn't give a crap and I wanted a refund. I then threatened to contact my credit card company and reverse the charge from my end. Then they stated they would issue a refund. They stated it would take 3-5 business days. On 1-30, I hadn't received my refund so I called again. This person told me that the refund would take three to 5 business days after it was processed which happens in the order they are received but not in real time.
I contacted my credit card company right after that phone call and initiated a dispute. On 2-2, I received an email stating that the order was shipped. I was furious.... I called and argued. Why did I pay 29.95 for overnight shipping and it took nearly 3 weeks to ship? Didn't matter how mad I was, these "representatives" make things up as they go along. On 2-5, I received the package and promptly called UPS to have them pick it up and return the package refused. My credit card company wants to see it refused and they will reverse the charge. So hopefully, what will likely be a month-long ordeal, including an entire week without my cell phone and my money being held hostage by this fraudulent company will be over.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
On 2/3/15 l reactivate my unlimited talk & text plan, it is a 30 days plan. Customer service told me that the plan will expire on 3/2/15 which is only 28 days not 30 days, when I tell them I like to speak to a supervisors they transfer me to another customer service person posing as a supervisor, to speak to a supervisor they need to make a ticket give you the ticket number and the supervisor will call you back within 24 hrs. When they see the number that I am calling from they repeat that process. You cannot talk to a supervisor without going through customer service .
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
I was paying my monthly bill over the phone, Page Pus took all of my information, told me wait about 30 seconds. Later he came back on the line, for the next 15 minutes I listen to his breathing. I tried many times to get his attention, I heard other people in the background talking, but it seems my customer service had fallen asleep on me. I hung up the phone. Called back. This time I was able to talk with someone that was able to stay awake. I told them what had happened, they took all of my information again, and charged me twice. So again I called Page Plus, told the story and after bouncing from one person to another they agreed they could refund the extra charge in 3 to 5 days. When I asked why so long their answer is "that's our policy" then hung up on me.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
My daughter who is 17 years old and bought a prepaid card from them on 01/31/15. They said they never received the money. She used her debit card and they took the money out. Then she could not activate the phone. She called them up and told them everything they needed. They said they never got the payment. So they took $59.94 from her bank account. So she gave up and went to another prepaid company. My wife called them 02/02/15 and they told her that they will not refund the money.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
I switched my service to PagePlusCellular and purchased a NEW phone from them less than a month ago. Two weeks after I received my phone I realized it WASN'T NEW, someone had it before me and took a picture of their child in their home. I contacted the company right away and notified them. They were unapologetic and said that they have a 20 day return policy (since the day the phone ships, not even since it is received) and it was day 21! A supervisor was supposed call me last week and never did.
Today I called again and the same thing, no way to speak to a supervisor, completely unapologetic and only saying that they can send me "another" phone after they receive the one I currently have. So I have to be without a phone while they send me another possibly used phone? To top it off my phone is having some issues with texting, so I suspect whoever had it returned it because of this and it is in fact refurbished. This is practically fraud - charge me for a new phone and send me a used refurbished phone and then make no effort to correct the error. Stay away from this company.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015
Over the past few months, I have on-occasion, needed some help or advice from their support staff. Every time I call in, I am speaking to a foreigner. So, they have now off-shored their support staff. Strike 1. Strike 2: I recently ordered a sim card for my new phone, which is sitting here on my desk as I type this. However, as you may be aware, with new phones, they cannot be activated without the carrier-specific sim card. I tried to buy one local from their recommended resellers, but the local reseller wanted 4 times the price which I could order it online from PagePlus directly. So I ordered it from PagePlusCellular's website.
Strike 3: After not receiving notice of it shipping within 48 business hours, I just called in and had to speak with a supervisor (again, someone who did not speak English as a first language). He checked, and sure enough, it has not shipped. Oh, but "it is packed in the warehouse." (does me a lot of good sitting in a neat box in the warehouse, doesn't it!?) Now I am looking at another 3 days, which will put it out to more than a week since I ordered it.
I am at the point where I will no longer recommend PagePlusCellular to friends and family. I used to, but no more. They have cheapened their service, and there are too many other providers to give my business to. I will soon be porting my phone (hopefully the new one, if I ever do get my sim card) over to another carrier.Bottomline: I do NOT recommend Page Plus Cellular. Poor customer service.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015
Before JANUARY 15TH all my friendly flash their SPRINT phone to PAGE PLUS and it works fine. Now I tried to flash my phone to PAGE PLUS, they said they no longer flash SPRINT phone because PAGE PLUS no longer use SPRINT MEID. Why do I have to buy another phone if I already have phone to flash? I don't get it. PAGE PLUS GOT GREEDY. THAT'S WHY I HOPE THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS, YOU **...
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015
Unacceptable service, is not reliable, phone calls can drop at any minute even though they have great coverage, or they claim they have great coverage in that area. When I called customer service, they said that my phone is the problem when I have a brand new Samsung Galaxy S5.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2015
Worthless. Service didn't work in my area although the coverage map says it will. Will not refund the money we paid. Bad customer service and they lie about coverage area. DON'T BUY.
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