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Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
My minutes for my phone were due and since I always pay cash at the T-Mobile store I decided to pay for my minutes early AM although my minutes did not expire until midnight 10/06/17. This review is not for the T-Mobile store, but for the phone customer service that I received during an emergency situation. On 10/09/17 3:30 am my husband and I awoke to darkness and without power. I turned on my battery operated radio and discover that Nevada county had fires in several areas. My husband had to leave for his job, and a half hour later I tried to call him and my phone was dead. The message stated that I had to pay for my minutes.
I called 611 for customer care and was told that I did not pay. I gave her the invoice number, code and everything else, and explained to her that I had no power, no phone and that the fires were getting worst. She coldly explain that she couldn't find where I paid and therefore couldn't turn on the phone. I was so upset that I started crying and telling her that Yes I did pay, Yes I have the receipt and after around 20 minutes she decided to turn on my phone but not before telling me that it was up to me to call after I pay for my minutes. NOT TRUE! I finally called my husband and it turned out that the fires were bad. I was tired, upset, nervous. T-Mobile turned off my phone on the same day that I cashed paid 10AM 10/06/17. I did not have service from Friday night To Monday 10/09/17.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017
Worst company, ever! I've been using T-Mobile since for the last 4 years, and it was fine until this August when I had to make changes in my plan. It took me more than 5 visits and numerous calls to customer service to transfer from Simple Choice to T-Mobile One. Reps were unable to change my plan on existing account, so they suggested to open a new account, transfer all lines and then close the old account. They couldn't give me a final statement for the closed account right away on Aug. 17, and suggested to wait until it appears on the system so I can pay the remaining balance.
Immediately I ran into minor issues. At first, instead of the family plan for all lines I was put into a separate $70/month plan for each line, so I came back on the next day and it was resolved quickly, however soon after that I discovered that data on some of the lines was not activated. This was also resolved after I've contacted the customer service. But this is really negligible compared to what happened next.
After the old account was closed, I had no access to view my balance for my old account online and I haven't received any closing statement, so around Aug. 25 I have visited a store and paid the remaining balance. I was assured that there is now zero balance on a closed account, however the only written confirmation they provided was that I have made a payment $28 to my old account.
One month after, on Sep. 22 I have received a statement for the old account for Aug 13 - Aug 18, where I was charged monthly fees for total $40 for the last 6 days before the account was closed. The due date for the payment was on the next day, Saturday Sep. 23. Ok, since I had no chance to pay this bill online I have visited a store on Sep. 27, explained the situation, stated clearly that I want to make a payment to my closed account and paid remaining $40.
One week later, on Oct. 02 I have received a notice from a collection agency that my old account has an unpaid balance. It appeared that they have sent my old account to collection on Tuesday Sep. 26, which is TWO business days after I have received a statement in the mail. The same day I called customer service and I was told that my payment somehow was not applied to my old account, but they will fix it right away.
On Sep. 11 I have noticed that this payment appeared on my new account instead of my old account. I have called customer service again and requested that the payment should be applied to the old account, again I was assured that my request will be satisfied shortly. However, after that, over the phone they were not able to verify that my old account finally had no remaining balance due, because (and I am not joking here) I can confirm my identity with 4 digits of SSN only when contacting them regarding my new account, not my old account.
This forced me to drive to the store again, just to get a confirmation that there is no any balance due on the closed account. My request to provide a written confirmation that their balance of my old account is zero was denied with another bizarre explanation that I will receive this confirmation with the next statement in the mail. So I am not sure, that the story ends here.
Summarizing, beware of T-Mobile, you will see the real face of these scammers if you try to close an account. I have all reasons to believe that their procedure to close an account is intentionally made so inconvenient and filled with tricks and catches for the customer. Never believe their claims unless you have received a written confirmation and keep all records when dealing with them.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2017
I wanted to add a cell phone account to my T-Mobile hotspot. Sounds simple, right? Not for T Mobile! Hours and hours on the phone with them. They made one mistake after another. It got straightened out but without telling, they gave me a new hotspot with very low data. Terrible experience with them. Terrible service!
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017
Tried to change my number to Verizon. I have called them at least six times and still they have not let me change my number. Calls have been dropped multiple times and every time they say they are going to do this they fail.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2017
I was with AT&T for over 10 years and decided to switch to T-mobile back in August 2017. I made sure that I confirmed that I am getting the $40 monthly plan per line and was assured that my bill will be $130.00 per month and if I paid via auto pay I will be getting a monthly credit of $10 for doing so and that will bring my bill to a total of $120 + the $20.00 monthly installment on the new phone I purchased bringing it to a total of $140. T-mobile have been billing me $170.00.
I went into the T-mobile store on Jericho Turnpike, Queens NY and asked why my bill it $30.00 more than what I was told. To my amazement I was given so many different explanations that my head was reeling and no one can explain the additional $30 fee which is showing up my as additional services and fees. The worst part was that each time I asked for an explanation my bill keeps going up and never could explanation why I am paying the $30 extra. Called customer service and that is even worse. She was worse than the previous 2 Rep I spoke to. T-mobile employees cannot explain their own billing procedures. No wonder they are tricking unsuspecting customers to switch once you that you are screwed...
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2017
I joined the Kick-Back program on 6/29/17. This program gives you $10 back for every line that used under 2 gigs of data in a billing cycle. I have a business account so T-Mobile does not allow me to control it manually. Their computer software has to automatically credit the account, which it has not done. Every month I called T-Mobile Customer Service and every month I would get a different excuse as to why the Kick-Back didn't take place. All of the customer service reps that I spoke with could see that I am enrolled in the Kick-Back Program, and they could see that all 3 of my lines used far less than the 2 gigs of data, but none of them had been able to figure out how to get my credits.
Today I was finally connected to someone that could authorize credits but would only be able to get 2 months of credits. Personally I think it should be 3 since I signed up 2 days after the billing cycle for June and the credits are calculated from the prior month and put on to the new bill, but hey 2 months is better than none. However, no one has been able to answer why the Automatic Credit is not working for my account and what the date of the month is that the computer is supposed to figure this out. I'm tired of having to call EVERY month and get bounced around. This the same type of run around tactics that Verizon Customer Service Department used and is the reason why I left Verizon. If T-Mobile keeps this up it will be the reason why I leave them as well.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2017
T-Mobile has best coverage in country is BS. Suckered me in, after listening to sales proclaiming this over and over I signed up. After 3 days of troubleshooting their technical department declared there is "sparse" service at my area. And to top it off after all the hassle and frustration T-Mobile refused to refund the $108 fees for "registration".
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2017
I ordered a REVVL T-Mobile phone on 9/15/2017 on order number ** and paid 163.20 for the phone. They told me the phone was back ordered, so when I received the phone on 9/28/2017, it was an Aristo phone; the wrong model name. What it appeared is that at the point of shipping they covered up the original serial number designation for the Aristo phone with another label for the REVVL phone. I called them and after almost 2 hours on the phone, they said they would ship me the right phone but wanted me to pay an additional $163.20 for the phone, which I consented to do.
When I received the second phone on a new order number ** on 10/2/2017, they once again shipped me an Aristo phone with the same serial number label covered up with a REVVL label. I called corporate and talked to a Michelle ** employee #** and she told me that they once again would ship me an upgraded phone, but once again, for the third time wanted me to pay an additional $163.20, which I refused. Both phones are on the way back to them by UPS. My complaint is not so much that I had to pay for two phones that were never received, but the real point is that there is fraud occurring at T-Mobile, when a person orders and pays for equipment, because the equipment is back ordered, they fraudulently replace the serial numbers on a totally different piece of equipment and ship you the substitute phone. Because this happened twice in a row, I am not the only customer affected in this obvious fraud case.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2017
After dealing with five T-Mobile stores and countless customer service calls, I will never say anything negative about my 20 year relationship with AT&T again. Like many, I was very enticed by their super low $ bait and switch tactics they use. I tried desperately for 3 weeks to sign up for the 55+ Promotion but they claimed they needed to check my credit so I obliged in lifting the credit freeze I had at TransUnion which is the Credit bureau they initially said they utilized... then it was Experian. I was told four times TransUnion was credit bureau they would use only to be told it after my fifth trip into the store it was Equifax. We all know the issues with Equifax... They don't respond to emails, phone calls or even logging into my Equifax account.
I pleaded with T-Mobile customer service to use TransUnion or Experian to verify my credit and they laughed at me. I realize they say things happen for a reason, truth is I was never meant to be a T-Mobile customer and after reading the reviews on here I will continue my relationship with AT&T... Are they perfect? Hardly but WAY!!! WAY better than T-Mobile. I just want to thank this site and everyone that has written them, at least it gives us some place to vent.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
I had been a T-Mobile customer for about 10 years. During that time, I paid extra on my account in order to have a credit balance in the event of unforeseen problems. Well after the Florida hurricane of 2017 I had lost service for about 2 weeks. If I wanted to make/receive a call I had to travel about a mile/mile and a half. When I inquired about the problem after several time I kept being told it was a problem with the tower caused by the hurricane. Yet in my area other phone companies were operating properly. To be fair, I had had some similar problems PRIOR to the hurricane, at first I thought it was my phone BUT AFTER switching and replacing phones the problems continued so this must have been a preexisting problem that was intensified by the hurricane.
Anyway after about 2 weeks without good service and having to travel to make a call I decided to change carriers. I changed to Cricket. When I changed I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT ANY CREDITS I HAD WOULD NOT BE REFUNDED, THE AMOUNT WAS $300.00 and I am denied a refund. T MOBILE is nothing but THIEVES. Nothing but excuses.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
I ask for iPhone 7 plus 62 memory. I was told no exist. Ok. I want big one for my work. The lady gave me 32. When I ask is it the big one yell at me, “Yes!” Ok. “How much?” “769.99.” Ok. “How this work?” and start yelling at me. I don’t want to say nothing, I have to pay after 14 days. My coworker tell me is 32. Went to change. The same lady yell. She dont not know nothing, I cant not return. You have to pay 769.99 and now the phone after 4 days is 699. 1st, I feels so bad the way was treated. 2nd was her mistake to gave me what she wants knowing I never ask for 32 and knowing in a few days lower the price. I talked to manager and no help… Really, we have to deal with this. Sad. Very sad, T-Mobile store 7481 Lake Mead. Las Vegas.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2017
T-Mobile is only opening stores and have aggressive salespeople working on commission to sell you something. When it comes to a problem, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU. I bought a phone from a T-Mobile store and they sold me insurance. I lost the phone and I went to the T-Mobile store to get assistance and they told me that I didn't have insurance. I let the weekend pass without a phone then visited another T-Mobile store and asked them to use their phone to call insurance and lo and behold I had insurance. I completed the claim and paid deductible and they said they would send next day air.
7 days later and NO PHONE!! I called the Assurant the insurance company and they told me it the phone was not in warehouse and on back order and that NO PHONE WOULD BE SENT UNTIL IT'S IN STOCK BUT WOULD NOT tell me when IT would be in stock. I called T-Mobile 5 different times and they told me all 5 times that they cannot give me a phone. I even spoke to retention and they didn't do anything or care. THIS COMPANY is GOING DOWN. When you don't take care of customer, it will show eventually.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2017
I bought a Samsung J3 Prime from T-Mobile store in Cherry Hill mall. Return 2 cellphones to T-Mobile because of static in the background. The cellphones they gave me were recondition phones. Call T-Mobile to tell them about the 3rd phone with the same issue. The girl told me stop buying cheap cell. This phone that T-Mobile charge me was $150.00. The woman name is Charlene with T-Mobile. Very disappointed with T-Mobile and Samsung products. Hope this doesn’t fall on deaf ears. Need for people to know about T-Mobile and Samsung products that are being sold by T-Mobile store that do not stand behind their products. Please get back to me for more info. I have a receipt.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
They are very good to me and my son in the navy. I have not had any trouble with T-Mobile. Been with them for over ten years. Will not switch. Thank you.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
I have been using T-Mobile for the last 9 years and I think their service is great. No dropped call, interruption in service and customer service is polite and very helpful when I had a situation with a lost phone. From my experience, I highly recommend this company.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017
Over all T-Mobile is a great provider. I have been with them for years and there are seldom any problems. The only complaint I have is the price of the service. It could be less expensive. I happened to sign up for the unlimited voice data and text when it was available and for me that is the only way to sell cell phone service... Never have to worry about using too much data or text or call time.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
So I live in Southwest Florida and we had a hurricane whip through here and we are still trying to get back to normal down here. I called all my bill providers and T-Mobile for I am with them currently, (not for long) and asked if they would be providing assistance for the hurricane victims. I was told, “Oh, yes absolutely. Anything to help you out.” So I was told not to worry about my bill and it would be resumed business as normal the next month. I said, “Thank you and appreciated the help.”
WELL guess what? Today I get a bill for 2 months. Also was told I was delinquent. Yep. Called and I was told they just pushed the payment out. They weren't providing any help to us down here. WHAT A FRAUD you are TMOBILE. You should be ashamed of yourself. You dont care about people and you certainly dont stand by your here to help routine. Thank you for making an already stressful situation worse. Next time just tell people the truth. You have no intentions on helping people affected by a natural disaster.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
The companies, beginning with Tmobile, are refusing to remove a small charge on my credit reports, or to give me details thereof so I could settle this matter. I have called several times, and get referred back and forth between them.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
So. After arguing with T-Mobile phone reps for much too long, without having anything resolved, and then after discovering that there was an extra 62 pages of our bill, one month, and being sure it was not only one month but every month, it was further researched, and I discovered the following things, along with satisfying my fears and curiosities about the matter.
After becoming educated enough to not allow the people who worked for the T-Mobile company to bully, and victimize, I was able to confidently become more than the chump of the moment for whatever employees may have been taking advantage of the jobs they held, and the availability of personal identifiers of customers. I discovered that there was already, within the T-Mobile Corp, an investigation going on to find out if it was possible that employees were indeed taking advantage of people.
I discovered that, when I contacted the company for consumer issues, those employees who answered the phones were not in any way required nor even allowed to request information such as social security numbers, and personal information. There was a group within the company who were an organized crime ring and they were using the phone contacts to gather the info needed to do everything from petty thefts, to very organized crime. In the long run, T-Mobile nearly went bankrupt, and at one point there was talk of AT&T buying them out, although I am not sure how all that actually went.
I also discovered that the unlimited family plans were being taken advantage of by adding extra people to a plan, without the account holder’s knowledge, so a smaller pocket was adding to the grief of the larger organization. The most important thing I discovered though, was that T-Mobile was still the most usable phone company for my needs and had decent enough services, and that the offerings using monthly account plans were the target, and that the prepaid phone services could not be opened to become vulnerable to the same victimization that the service plans were open to.
And so, we cancelled our monthly account plan, and went to prepaid services. And you know, we have had absolutely zero problems ever since doing that. Problem solved in a way. It’s a way that should not be the only alternative for a consumer to choose, but it does work. And T-Mobile has since, improved their customer service phone assistance dramatically. Good for you, T-Mobile.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I like the service but it should be solid unlimited and not limited. The unlimited tethering feature runs out and slows the viewing down.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
Good company. Needs a little bit better coverage in Southern AZ otherwise good service including in Mexico. Have no problems with service most of the time.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I hate T-Mobile because when I got my phone they tell me, "Oh yes this is included all, yes that's included" and come to find out the first month's bill is twice as much as what I've been paying from Verizon so I called and see if I could downgrade. Noah can't downgrade. You can't upgrade, can't downgrade, you can't change, you can't move. I'm very sorry that I got involved with T-Mobile. This is ridiculous.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2017
I had T-Mobile for 13 years. They charged me 200 dollars when I left and ruined my credit by putting me in collections. Nice loyalty charge! Now they have no contract deals but still are ruining my credit... I also had numerous dropped calls.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
Changed to T-Mobile after experience of not being able to receive or make calls on Long Island, NY and when in Oxnard, California. Having traveled to both of these locations again after switching to T-Mobile I have not had difficulty getting a signal.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
T-Mobile is very Expensive after you get in the plan rates etc. They should give better Discounts for what they charge Especially Seniors who depend on their phone in case of Emergencies.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2017
I have been a customer for over 15 years. I have no complaints. With all the new towers I am never cut off and reception is always good. Customer service is excellent. When my phone couldn't be fixed a new one was sent out immediately. They stopped making the model I had so they upgraded me to a 7S at no charge.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
I got what looked like a good deal on a spare cell phone and account, but coverage in my house is abysmal. A couple miles to the north or south, in commercial areas, coverage is good -- nice strong signal. An online coverage map showed my home area rated as "good" for coverage, but it's awful, even if I walk outside. Very disappointing. I'm going to try a T-Mobile home 'repeater' that is supposed to pick up their (1-bar-at-best) signal from a window and send it around my house. We'll see how it goes, and I'll report back when I try that.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
I bought the iPhone X today and the new watch and tried to port a number to the watch. They messed everything up and LOST my business number. I am losing money as I write... My wife is in tears and has vowed to go get a lawyer. This is not the only problem we have had with T-Mobile. I wish I had changed carriers sooner. The billing is never correct and if you try to make a change with your account be prepared for a nightmare. We have tried to make three previous changes to our account by adding a phone and they have made a mess out of it every single time. Do they not have a training course?? Or maybe thats what they train them to do... Frustrate people to death until they give up. Well, I don't give up.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
14 years ago I signed up with T-Mobile. I was refused by a few other providers and T-Mobile took my account. They believed in me and I am a loyal customer.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
I hardly ever have to call in and talk to someone. I can usually resolve my issues in their app. If I do have to call, their customer service is awesome!!
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
I barely use my cell phone yet they keep my bill at $40 + taxes. Not happy about cost. I've called them a few times about it and they seem to "try" to help me but I'm not too happy. I understand Republic cell phones or better yet OOMA is better. Will check them out.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017
T-Mobile just increased my 5 gig a month to 10 on June 3rd without raising my bill. So - though customer service sucks beyond explanation - the extra gigs are welcomed - even though I never use much of any of my data. I have hi-speed WiFi at home and rarely go out... But the $55 a month I pay for 5 gigs was a bad deal compared to competitors. Boost was my carrier for 5 years. I got rid of them because of bad customer service, and ended up paying more to T-Mobile for even worse.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2017
I love T-Mobile and have been a user for many years. I don't get dropped calls and the service area is very good. I would find it difficult to change providers.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2017
T-Mobile has been my carrier for the last 5 years. Customer service is AMAZING but coverage needs great improvement especially if I travel west of DFW.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2017
I give it a 100% for my bill and the service is experience people who take the time to very be helpful with your problem, to solve and the plan to work with you right on time. Thanks.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017
So I purchased a 64 gig Note 5 about two years ago. I bought the 64 gig Note five over the 32 gig because that was the phone and storage I desired. Well 22 days ago I did a warranty exchange because my rapid charging stopped working. I go in and pick up my phone at T-Mobile never being told that I was receiving a 32 gig. So I notice today 12 days later that it is a 32 gig instead of a 64 gig. I call and their only solution was to credit my account $80. So I'm stuck with a phone that I did not purchase and a carrier that lies, deceives and did not give me the opportunity to have freedom of choice to keep my 64 gig Note five. In a Nation where we are granted freedom of choice mine freedom was stripped away from me by this monster of a mobile phone company. Good luck if you go with T-Mobile. A very unhappy American and soon to be ex T-Mobile customer.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017
Unreliable connections, call drop-off for no apparent reason, billing error so screwed up (they have not fixed my billing error for 1+ yrs, every month I have to call for correction, and every call they promised to fix it but never got fixed, very frustrating).
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017
T-Mobile one is great. I never have to worry about how much data I use, and if I have a slow use month, I get a rebate. Also, every Tuesday, I get a free gift. I have coverage everywhere I go and it's faster than my home Wi-Fi.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017
I enjoy the accountability of this company along with the credibility of the company. Customer service is fair and go beyond duty to satisfy you about concerns.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2017
Able to use phones in many places that others cannot. However plans are becoming a little more expensive than others and phones are not worth the amount of money you pay for them.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
Three months ago I was informed I didn't pay my bill. Long story short, someone has accessed my account from within T-Mobile. They take my money from the bill pay and pay their own bill. Now, my access code has been changed. Their response pay my bill auto pay. NO, someone is doing an inside job and they want access to my bank? I've reported them to the BBB, waiting for their response since they have no solutions. I want whoever is stealing my money and changing my passwords arrested.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
I switched over to T-Mobile in March of 2017, suckered like everyone else with the low price offer. This was one of those cases of you get what you pay for. The unlimited plan for 2 lines was $110 per month and they were giving away a 3rd line for free!!! All sounded great a reasonable cell bill. Day one started with problems, my wife's phone would intermittently connect to the network. So we went back to the store to get it fixed. They claimed some crap about the phone and said we have another offer going on, if you give us that phone we will give you a new iPhone & or the same phone Samsung Galaxy S7 FREE!!! And it will work on our network. Great, we go and do that, as we were told at the store we would see a $30 charge for the phone each month and a $30 credit to follow. It was explained that the reason was that they needed to protect themselves so they don't give us a free phone and we go switch networks, made sense, so away we go.
Now incomes the PAIN! The credit never came, in fact no credit ever came. It's like they stole my phone and made me buy a new one. I called each month talking to various service reps to get different answers each time. Each call wasting a hour or more of my time each month. To make this long story short 6 months later with some minimal credits they finally admitted there is nothing they will do. Don't get duped like I did, stay away from this company that steals phones from its customers under the guise of service.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
My husband is currently in the US Virgin Islands doing hurricane recovery work. In 1 week he used our 200 MB of data somehow. I tried to get his usage increased but was told he could only get a data pass for 50mb @ 15$ a week. Please explain to me how that helps! I was told there was no options to increase above that and regardless that my husband is risking his life to help thousands of people affected by hurricane Irma, the fee couldn't be waived and there was no way to allow him data. I'm extremely shocked at T-Mobile considering the unique situation my husband is in. I find it hard to believe that this company cannot assist the victims and disaster recovery teams or families for that matter of fact!
Comcast opened their wifi service to THOUSANDS of people whose lives were destroyed yet my mobile carrier can't assist! Then his phone got shut off completely by some "glitch." After spending over 24 hours begging for some kind of compassion & understanding T-MOBILE finally got his phone back on & allowed 50 Gb of data & waived the 15$ fee per week, it lasted 2 days! There is no wifi, no towers, no water, nothing on St Thomas!!! BUT... now he got a SMS that he will be charged .20 per minute for calls even though T-Mobile website says the contrary!!! I spent an hour in the T-Mobile store asking wth is happening now!! I was told there is no guarantee the charges would be reversed if they occur because the US VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE NOT ON THEIR LIST OF DISASTER VICTIMS?!?! Pretty sure that's called price gouging & taking advantage of a deviating situation!!
I am extremely disappointed in not only the lack of empathy displayed but also the ignorance of this company. The amount of insanity I have gone through on top of the stress of worrying about my husbands life has have been unimaginable!! I have been ASKED to see if my husband could go buy a SIM card! Does T-Mobile NOT understand that this hurricane destroyed St. Thomas! Where would they suggest he but one??? Online? Oh wait that's right he has NO data!! I was asked if I can mail him one... how would T-Mobile have me send it? Carrier pigeon?!?! I was asked to have my husband turn his phone on & off... UM HOW? They sent him an email to confirm his account so they can "research ". Ummm no data... How do they want him to get that email? Speechless!! I was promised a call back in 48 hours... Yeah nope!!
I called in asked to speak to a supervisor but was told there was NOT one supervisor on duty... Can't even find a smart ** comment for that one! Seriously dumbfounded!!! Please help me understand!! Wasn't it T-Mobile's CEO said who said... "We are gearing up to fully support our customers and employers through this monster storm,” CEO John Legere said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in this path.” Did that include PRICE GOUGING? TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VICTIMS? ENSURING RESCUERS CAN’T REACH THEIR LOVED ONES??? SHAME ON YOU T-MOBILE!! They advertise one thing but can't guarantee it! Someone needs to make sure they are doing the ethical & right thing!
My husband lucky has me, but what about the families stuck on the island!! Who's going to make sure they are protected from being abused by a corporation? Last time I checked they were & are US citizens!! T-Mobile has unlocked our phones and basically said to leave if we want, however the balance on the phones cannot be waived because another carrier will buy out our balances? They cannot also provide me in writing my husband will NOT be price gouged while over in the US Virgin Islands because other carriers are probably having issues too & that even if he is in the US Virgin Islands THE TOWERS ARE NOT! I was told there was no reason for T-Mobile to compensate or do anything else for us regardless or all the mental stress, anguish, and suffering I have been through the last 72 hours. I was told "Our other phones work just fine." To basically get my husband new service. This can't be legal?
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
They just changed my plan without my consent and send me bill. When I called to solved the problem they twice hang up on me. When I ask for manager again they hang up. On top T-Mobile has very weak or no signal at all. Unlimited phone plan but many time without signal... or with two bars but still not able to go to some websites only if you on top of your T-Mobile signal have another wifi support from somewhere else.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
I have used T-Mobile since 2001 and have always had the best cell service as well as the best customer service even when I was out of state. I definitely would recommend T-Mobile.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
T-Mobile's billing practices are very difficult to understand. When you sign up for "Jump on Demand" you aren't necessarily aware that you will pay the quoted amount for 18 months followed either by a balloon payment of the "residual value" vs restructuring monthly payments to cover this amount. When you try to pay these amounts off you find that there is a very brief window after paying your most recent bill balance. If you make payments at any other time they go towards the following month's balance and not towards the residual value. Also, T-Mobile makes a big deal about their unlimited data plans and binge video streaming. They are less clear to point out that when you use your smartphone as a mobile hotspot to project to a monitor or TV (as we do when camping) is limited to 10Gb/month followed by throttled down speeds making service useless.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
In comparison to the other companies that offers unlimited, they don't drop speeds. A little too much attention towards the younger generations and not mature groups. Don't like that you have to put down payment on phones with more storage capabilities. It should be that the taxes are paid and yet another option, pay it all out in payments...
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2017
Experience is great, just not happy with the family plan. I'm spending $300 for me and my daughter every month because I'm trying to pay for the phones, which is ridiculous to me. I become indignant, $300 I can purchase groceries.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
I visited TMO store 9068 in Fresno to consolidate separate accounts my wife and I had with T-Mobile for 4 years, meaning we overpaid for that service over the period. They put my wife on my account, which resulted in changing her caller ID to my name. This has yet to be fixed. I was then offered a promotion to trade my iPhone5s for an iPhone7 with a 300$ rebate (including trade-in value). I picked an iPhone SE, paid for it in full and was told to go on TMO promotion website to redeem the rest of my rebate, complementing the $36 I got for my trade-in.
That did not work. I found that what I was offered did not match the promotion details. The store actually called me past 7 PM the following day asking me to go there before 8 PM so that they could fix it, since it was the last day of the promotion. They could also not return my old phone and cancel the whole deal either since it was already shipped away. I was promised on the phone I would be taken care of. But after the first day passed, no more follow-up. My letters to the store and to TMO customer service have remained unanswered so far. I am still shocked by this experience, never something I would expect from a company the size and ambition of T-Mobile. I just can't believe that's the way they treat long time customers! Giving them a few more weeks before switching for good.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
Binge On not working on my account. Took all my data and my Stash... was ASSURED that it would be replaced and of course, it isn't. After numerous phone calls, after being on hold over and over and calls dropped and being told "Sorry, it wasn't notated so, too bad for you". I am now FURIOUS with T-Mobile's horrible service and customer service on top of that.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
When thinking about transferring my cell phone provider, I contacted T-Mobile to find out if my specific area had good coverage and was assured it did. Because of this, I chose to include my daughter on a plan with me and switched to T-Mobile. After doing so my daughter lost hundreds of dollars in business when clients could no longer reach her due to no coverage. I chose to drop her phone from the plan because of this but kept my own as I had coverage (for the most part) where I needed it. When canceling her line, T-Mobile customer service told me that we should have never been told she would have good coverage at her location as she was in a dead area and coverage was highly unlikely. They continued to charge my account for two cycles for a two phone plan. Anyone contemplating a switch to T-Mobile should think twice about doing so. The company is a JOKE!
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
I have used several different phone companies. By far T-Mobile has been the best. From customer service to being able to upgrade new phone often. We have never had a problem.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
Concern about watching videos on YouTube, stating that I use too much memory. I pay my bill a mo. Have a right to watch what I want to see. Other than that service is wonderful.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2017
I have been a customer of T-Mobile for 15 plus years and they thank me every call. They are pleasant to work with and greet me every time I go in the store.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017
I had a bad experience pre-ordering an iPhone on the T-Mobile website. The first time I placed the order, I had the option of getting next day shipping for free or 3-7 days ground shipping for $6.99. The default option was the $6.99. Of course I selected free shipping instead. Yet after I placed my order and received the email confirmation, I was charged for the $6.99 shipping. There was also a glitch in the system so that my apartment number was not shown on the shipping address in the order details. I called up customer service right away (5 minutes after I placed my order) and they told me they couldn't cancel my order because it's a "pre-order". I had to argue with them for 5 minutes, threatening to file a dispute with my credit card, then the representative finally said "let me talk to my supervisor" and cancelled the order.
The representative then offered to help me place the order over the phone but I declined. I place another order for the iPhone on the T-Mobile website. This time I'm extra careful to make sure the shipping option and address is correct. I double checked before clicking confirm. I get the email confirmation and the shipping was correct this time, but they didn't include my apartment number AGAIN. So it's clearly a glitch in the system, which I suspect is intentional because they want to have an excuse to delay your shipment. I call customer service again. The representative confirmed that my address was missing the apartment number. She offered to cancel the order for me right away and offered to place another order over the phone for me. This time I agreed to let her place the order over the phone to ensure my address will be correct.
I give her all my information and tried to pay for the phone in full. Then she recommended I pay in installments because she says it'll "help me build credit with T-Mobile". I don't trust her. After I've given her my credit card and it's time to confirm the order, she read a long paragraph of Terms and Conditions and somewhere in there she mentioned there is a $20 fee. I asked her what is this fee and she told me they charge $20 to place the orders over the phone. HA. Thanks for not telling me until the end about your fee... I told her I was no longer interested in ordering from her. Or T-Mobile for that matter. I am buying my phone directly from Apple.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017
I went to change my service about 5 or 6 years ago and was sold a bill of goods that I really did not want. All I wanted to do is reactivate my phone that I had been using. They told me that they should send me two phones. It would be 100.00 a month and that I had as much time as I needed to activate the second phone. Next thing I know is that I am getting billed for three phones at the cost of around 250.00 to 300 dollars a month. But that wasn't the bad part, the phone that they sent me died the first day, so they sent a new battery (was told always start there). Almost the same day the phone quit again, well ok then send us the phone and we will check it out.
Well I live in Fl and was visiting my sister in California and was leaving the next day. So I had to borrow a phone from my sister for the trip home, I am a cardiac patient with 17 stints and need a dependable phone. Long story short back in Florida within a month the new again phone locks up. Meanwhile my wife sees all the problems I am having and wants nothing to do with the phone. It ended up them suing me for over 1200 dollars, I did not pay, I could not pay, and it ruined my credit for years. I was on disability. I still have the original service from probably 25 years now, my wife likes her old flip phone and that's it. The same service that cost about 70 dollars years ago is now about 30 dollars. If my wife didn't like that phone I would not use them. I have been with Verizon since then with no problems.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017
T-Mobile caters to multi-family use. Those of us who are single family users pay more. I only have T-Mobile for international use. Otherwise I would use Metro PCS.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017
Reliable, awesome service always - customer since 2010. Wish the price was a little lower, but they are still very competitive with the other big providers.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2017
First of all I think Verizon and AT&T are way overpriced for the value. They have one of the oldest infrastructures and it's been paid for yet they charge the highest prices for less service. I have been very pleased with T-Mobile service even when I travel and the customer service has been great. What I have noticed about T-Mobile, depending on what retail store you're in, the service and knowledgeable staff differ greatly.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile with the deal that they will pay for the remaining of installments for the AT&T phone. They send me a new phone then I send the AT&T phone back to T-Mobile and they lost it!!! 6 months later still fighting for the reward money when switch companies. I spoke with 12 different people and 3 supervisors (all in Tennessee). NO ONE resolve my problem. It was always a: “Sir we are not have the response from our department in charge, please call back later.” Bottom line they dragged this problem for all 6 months and now, I don't have the reward money, nor phone, and I still have to pay AT&T for the old phone... $40 per line is a good deal but that is also what we get as far as customer service. Be careful when switch or start a new service with this company.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
T-Mobile has continued to improve its service since I signed up. My rates are quite reasonable compared to other carriers. Their customer service is very good as well.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
The employees are helpful but my phone continues to get hacked into by breaching the network. AT&T and Verizon were no better. The customer service w/ T-Mobile is a zillion times better but they should all hire the white hackers because hacking is out of control. I never had a problem with an Apple phone until they created that backdoor. I think the new Blackberry will help!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
T-Mobile has always serviced me well. This is my fourteenth year with the carrier and their services from phone to customer have been exemplary. I am truly looking forward to continued years with this carrier.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2017
Not the best coverage, used to be a lot more helpful. Used to be great service, now just so so. Been with them 14 years and now changing.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
Cancelled my prepaid account with $52 left in it in July 2017. They promised would refund it after cancellation. Called them September 2017 and would not refund it. They said to find another T-Mobile customer and they will give the $52 to them!!!
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I recently switched over to T-Mobile from Verizon because the Verizon bill was outrageous. Problem now is I have to go outside my house to make a call. T-Mobile is rated above Verizon for coverage but I doubt it.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I have a grandfathered unlimited data, calls, text plan. It works fine but all the added expense of buying 3 phones on a payment plan and the line charges are a bit too much to pay monthly but that's the only way we can afford it.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I HAD to "upgrade" to an Android from my reliable LG Flip Phone. They did give me a free booster and that helps a lot. Service tends to be reliable other than the need for a booster.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2017
I've enjoyed my experience with T-Mobile for 5 years. They take my payment with auto pay each month and they are within $1 each month of the agreed upon amount in my contract. I have 4 phones, three with insurance. I have a tablet, also with insurance. Five devices, 4 with insurance, occasional SIM card or technical advice, at no charge. They are an awesome company that has a number one priority, the CUSTOMER. I used to have 5 phones with AT&T. It was a nightmare, never use that company when you have this one that is always going to put their customers first. T-Mobile is the best cellular company out there.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
Now I am receiving calls from strangers all day long and the owner of this number should be a girl. They might think that I took the girl's phone... The scariest part is now I am worried about T-Mobile would sell your social number or personal information to the scam people.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
Been a customer of T-Mobile for over 10 years; find their signals very good. Customer service at their corporate stores very conscientious; 3rd party stores, service sucks.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2017
I've had no problems so far. My bills are paid on time, all my issues are resolved quickly and the representatives in the stores are friendly too. I would recommend friends.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
I purchased a T-Mobile card for 50.00 at a Family Dollar store to be used on a locked T-Mobile phone. 11am called started new service with new phone number... 3 hrs later phone not activated. Called T-Mobile again... gave the # they provided me with & doesn't exist... 4 transfers into this call I scratched the card to add the minutes and the ** tell me they can't add minutes to this #. It's now real. Huhhh?? They provided it?? Now isn't take it back for refund... asked for mgmt to help me. Not only was he a smartass but it funny I can't get a refund. The whole experience makes you feel like they're on purposely trying to screw with you for kicks. What a bunch of **... consumers beware. I don't purchase cards at any of their retailers. They don't honor them and you're out their money!! Cause you scratched the cards.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
T-Mobile's customer service has been excellent, and they are simple to use. However their coverage outside of central metropolitan areas is very spotty.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
I have been a T-Mobile customer for approximately 18 years. I have had a few problems, but none in the last decade. I like my service, and pay close attention to new promotions. That's the way to get the best service.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2017
T-Mobile generally has decent signals in the San Francisco Bay Area. There are certain spots in Oakland where there is either abrupt term of signals or quick fading into black hole. Data speeds are also affected in those areas (close to I-880, a major freeway). I haven't had any challenges with customer service yet. Most of the colleagues are receptive to customer needs. They are also good in explaining charges which may show up before making changes.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
T-Mobile has problems. There is a lot of dead zone areas. They do not match any other cell phone companies and you're on hold for a good hour and a half. I know because I have T-Mobile for four and a half years and I left them for 2 years and just came back and they said they will promise me everything else and I'm still disappointed of the service. I tried to talk to the higher-up authorities of the company. I leave my name and number and they do not call back. The turnaround time is terrible and they do not I mean do not respect the calls that you're telling them to have problems with on your phone at this time. I will be looking for another phone company and I hope they give better discount for military personnel too. Thank you very much.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
I generally like the company. Been with them for 3yrs but there are a few flaws. My service works poorly in Walmart and a few other places and my bill can be a little high at times. Overall, I'm happy with T-Mobile. They gave me a chance.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
T-Mobile is an excellent company, the rates are very reasonable. The service in store would be excellent if they had more customers representative to take care of their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2017
I've used T-Mobile for the last 4 years and in all that time the only problems I've ever had with my phone was when the battery actually went dead. Otherwise I have had good reception and excellent picture taking on the phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy 3. Then anytime I've had any problems with the bill or anything all I have to do is call. If I have problems with the phone I take it in the people who are at T-Mobile whether it's here in Florida or at in Texas where I was from and I have had no problems at all. They help me in any way they can and they showed me several things about my phone I did not know. They have transfer pictures from the phone to the Zip drive or whatever you call it that goes in the phone - the little memory card and that has helped me a lot. I really appreciate all their help and I love the company.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
I cancelled T-Mobile, because I was given a company phone with another carrier. I didn't have bad customer service until cancelling, however, I noticed I was still being charged the same amount each month, even though my phone had been paid off, for several months. I went ahead and cancelled and they are trying to charge me for another month and have sent it to collections, affecting my credit score.
When I cancelled, I asked the representative, specifically, that I would not be charged for any more service and was told I still had two weeks left of service, which was already paid. I still did not use that phone, even though I had two weeks left and now they are trying to charge me for another month. I see there are over 4,000 complaints about T-Mobile. I would like to start a class action lawsuit against them, so if anyone would like to help stop T-Mobile from doing illegal actions, please e-mail me at **. It is time somebody, meaning all who have been unfairly or illegally treated, take a stand!
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Have had AT&T and Verizon. Prefer T-Mobile. Only downside is rural areas when traveling. Otherwise, costs and services are much better.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Great company, great service, and reliability. I’ve been with T-Mobile for 2 years and I am very happy with them. I would recommend them to everyone. They are always updating. I never had any problems.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Always have good service on the phone. The customer service people do their best to solve the problems I had in the past. However going to their store is a different story. I encounter little help since sales is their main concern. For example I bought a $400 phone few months before and was stolen. I went to the store to report it. I want to trace it but he decline because I have not insure it. The person on the phone at T-Mobile was more helpful and I was upset enough to buy a phone from Best Buy. By the way they have better policies on purchases.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2017
Great deals for new consumers but not many great deals for grandfathered consumers and need more upgrade deals. Service coverage is great and never lose signal but that could also be the phone that I have.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017
I have been a T-Mobile customer for about 5 years. They would help breaking down your bills if you're going through rough times and they provide unlimited data that's really unlimited. The customer service team are awesome, they are always knowledgeable about their product and they make it easy to understand your bills. Overall T-Mobile is the best around. I would recommend the entire region to switch to T-Mobile. That's one company who does what they say. They would do no gimmicks. I personally would never switch from T-Mobile.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017
I have been with this same company for 31 years. It has had a few name changes over time but they have always been good to me. I hear people complaining about competitor's services and it makes stay right where I am.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017
I used to be an AT&T customer but left them after many years given the rates got higher and the services level declined. T-Mobile has the best rate plans specially in roaming rates and internet availability at all times. With my kids using T-Mobile I don't get penalized for overages rather a simple speed adjustment. Great Job T-Mobile.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017
No complaints, they make me feel like a valued customer and usually resolve any issues in a prompt, efficient and courteous manner and I do not foresee me switching to another provider in the future.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2017
This Alcatel A30 Tablet isn't worth the box it came in. It constantly crashes with no patch available to stop this... and T-Mobile coverage area is NOT AT ALL satisfactory. Nor is their customer service to try to resolve the problem. Very frustrating. Spend a few bucks more for a device more and company more reliable.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017
I ordered 4 phones online with assistance over the phone. They were all suppose to be under a family plan. I got my first bill and it was for over $1,000.00. I called them and could not get anywhere over the phone, so I stopped into a T-Mobile store. I talked with an asst manager and asked them why I was getting charged this much. They gave me an explanation that because I ordered online that it all got messed up. They made the adjustment and my bill was $425.00. The next month I get a text message that my services were going to be interrupted if I don't pay the $1,000.00. I went back into the store and they said don't worry we won't shut off your service. 3 hours later all 4 phones were shut off. I went back into the store again this time more irritated. They told me to be patient and got the real manager this time to see if they could sort out this mess.
They restored our service and told me they're going to run an internal investigation on my lines to see why this happening. I went through this 4 months in a row. I never go credited for the 4 phones I mailed into T-Mobile. They have no coverage in my zip code in which they said they do. They gave me a signal booster for free while I had their service. It didn't help one bit. I couldn't deal with them anymore so I switched to US cellular. 4 months later I get a bill for $815.00. I stopped into their store and asked them what this was for. They told me it was for cost of the remaining amounts on the phones. I asked them 3 times and said, "You're sure this will be my last bill?" So I paid it. They reassured me, "Yup that would be it."
6 months later T-Mobile gave me a bill for $1,828.90. I called them and questioned them since I hadn't had T-Mobile for 9 months and I was reassured that 6 months ago when I paid the $815.00 was going to be my last bill. They told me that there were late charges, legal fees, 1 phone line that was still active. How can a line be active this whole time if all my lines were ported over to US cellular? I am at wits end with this company. Now they have turned this over to a collection agency and they will settle for half $914.45. What a scam!! Don't make the same mistake I did by switching to T-Mobile!!!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2017
I was with T-Mobile for 7 years and finally had had enough of their horrible service and customer service. I was told if I was to cancel my service I needed to do so by the 23rd of whichever month I decided to cancel. So I had cancelled my service and switched to ATT (which is amazing service and customer service), by the 23rd. Of course T-Mobile had no recollection of me cancelling before the 23rd. So it doesn't show that I cancelled until the 27th. So now I owe a remaining amount of $137.80. Which I decided was fine and I would pay off the remaining amount I owed on my device which was $165.99, so a total of $303.79.
ATT (my new phone company) had asked for a specific type of final bill from T-Mobile so that I could submit it to them and ATT would pay off my final bill. I had requested it from T-Mobile. They just kept sending me the final bill for services ($137.80). So ATT could not submit payment due to not having the correct paperwork. So I have been unable to come up with the $303.79.
A couple months have passed and I get a collections notice stating I owe $958.02. I call the collections company and ask "Why do I owe so much?" They say "Well $450 of it is for your final bill of service and another $400 is for the remainder of the device and then collection fees." EXCUSE ME!!! I said "Lady I have my final bill in front of me, I'm looking at it right now, I do not owe that much money." She asked if I was going to make the payment right now, I said "No I am not, because I don't owe that much." She very rudely said "then why did you call?". I hung up and now I'm writing this review. I will also be calling T-Mobile to throw a fit.
I know I owe them money, I am not denying that. And I was wanting to make payments to them so I didn't have it on my credit. But now they are trying to screw me over. They also screwed my co-worker over. She was making payments to them twice a month to pay off her final bill and they still sent her to collections. T-Mobile is nothing but con-artists who should be put out of business. They are shady and cheat people. I will never give them a dime.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2017
Some of the worst everything, they will walk you through the same steps that you went through every single time, the customer service is nice, but after 17 years of crappy everything, I have had enough!!! I have plenty of YOUTUBE applicable video too, please advise!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2017
I've been seeing positive reviews for T-Mobile as far as their coverage for a while now. And after three years with Sprint I decided to switch plans. I brought my own phone to T-Mobile. And told them that I needed an account that would verify with PayPal so I could leave my online store. I was promised by no less than seven people while setting up the account that a no credit check account was the same thing as a regular credit check account. So that's what I did. A week later when it still wouldn't verify with PayPal and I was reading or blog posts I found out that it is not in fact anything like the regular credit check account. So I called T-Mobile and said “What do I need to do to switch my plan to the credit check account.”
I was told to go into the store and set it up with them which I did. Unfortunately the person that was helping me in the store created a new account after the person on the phone had already created account. And unfortunately put in the wrong Social Security number. So the next morning I wake up to my phone being suspended because of fraud. So I contact T-Mobile and say what's going on and they told me and I said “OK what do I have to do to fix this” so they told me to bring my information down blah blah blah. I did. Three times now. Now my phone is been suspended for about a week and a half. And they put a hold on my phone saying that I/O them 23 more payments so they can lock my phone and keep it bound to T-Mobile while they complete their fraud investigation.
Keeping in mind I have taken my information down to the store three times and I faxed it myself once. And also keeping in mind that I brought my own phone and now they say that I owe them $340 for my iPhone. Be very careful. Because even if you bring your own phone if they feel like it, they can put a hold on your phone for whatever reason they can come up with and from the second you put a T-Mobile Sim card in your phone, you better bet your sweet ** you're locked to T-Mobile. DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE!!!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2017
Been a loyal customer for 10 years... with 4 phone lines. Today they offer a buy one phone get one free promotion... so we figured we would upgrade two of our phones. Well turns out they don't give a hoot how many phones you have. To get the deal, they want us to open another phone line!!! -- why? So I can have five phones with spotty coverage???
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2017
Revvl, a T-Mobile-branded phone, has great features for price range, incl. 32 GB int. storage. In a MN T-Mobile store, asked about switching from current prepaid $45/mo with free One5 8 GB phone, 4 GB fast, to buying the Revvl under a similar or maybe slightly worse agreement. Fine print on phone card said $160. I'm not eligible for $125 cost of phone because of plan I'm now under. Can't start from scratch, & sounded like someone switching from another provider isn't eligible. Who is eligible? Usual fast-talking doubletalk have been hearing for 20 years from all the major & not so major companies. Sounded like would also be forced into a particular higher-priced agreement. Makes me wonder what other surprises would appear after signing their fine print. Switched from Boost to get customer service; competent, friendly help in T-Mobile stores.
Last thing I have to say: would be a pleasure to deal w/ stores that don't blast you with loud, crappy so-called music, which causes the salespeople in at least 3 of their stores to yell as if they're addressing a crowd of hundreds. At the Mall of America, you can't escape the deafening roar. The store was so much louder, had to ask my question in the noisy walkway. Alternative is to call customer service & talk to nice people in the Philippines or whatever. With limited English skills. Seemed to be same as used by Boost: still trying to figure out why one guy uses some device that makes him sound like a robot. Guess it's intended to cover-up the fact he's not in the U.S.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2017
I decided to switch from Sprint to T-Mobile simply because the monthly rate was better, and I thought my coverage would improve. I spoke to someone on the phone and ordered this GREAT plan (10G Data, Unlimited Talk and Text and ALL for just $50, T-Mobile will cancel my contract with Sprint and pay off my iPhone so I can use it). The rep said the only catch is that I will need to purchase any phone with them to use for the first couple weeks while they are paying off my old device and unlocking it so I can use it.
So... I do it and pay $225 which includes this device and the first month of plan payment. Next I was to wait for my new phone to come in... Well... The new device comes in and I call the number listed on the form. PHONE CALL # 1 The person on the phone is hard to understand and it sounds like he is in the room surrounded by hundreds of people. Finally I am activated! So I check my new SUPER DUPER plan and it shows NOTHING! No data, 30 messages available and unlimited talk... Hmm that's not what I signed up for.
PHONE CALL # 2, "No problem you called the right person and I will switch you over to the plan you are mentioning." DONE. Now I have 10G of data and the whole nine. I still don't know how they will pay off my iPhone with Sprint since I didn't provide them with any information. CALL # 3 This phone call went on for 2.5 hours and about 4 different departments. I am told that, "The plan you chose doesn't qualify for this promotion," so basically Sprint will send me the last bill and I have to pay for it out of pocket! So I ask, "What can we do to fix this"... "We can put you on a plan that is $70 per month and we will charge you ALL over again the activation fees, we will not reimburse you for the other plan at all."
How could you charge me for your mistakes? After that they simply couldn't figure out how to make this right, which is shocking to me. You can't put me on this new plan that I am willing to pay EXTRA $20 a month for and basically not charge me activation fee that I already paid 7 days ago for a plan that I will NEVER use? After speaking to many departments I was close to crying and all they offered is to give me money back for the device (I think its $120-$160 out $225 I paid).
So at this point T-Mobile cancelled my Sprint service, transferred my old number, and NOW they are canceling with me as well, so I have no provider and I am to pay for something I have never used + pay Sprint for canceling and paying off the device. We are talking about $800 dollars. I was in shock and I refused that option because that means I'm without a phone! So I hung up and called Sprint asking them to put me back on their plan, and now I am hoping that after explaining this situation to my credit card company they will resolve this issue and help me get the money back from T-MOBILE. I am so amazed that a phone company can't resolve their own mistakes and if that's not bad enough put you in a situation where you need to pay lots of money to resolve it, not to mention the time. STAY AWAY!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
T-Mobile is the most incredible company of life! I have been with them already for 2 years I regret ever joining them. First of all, their coverage sucks among south Florida, even with their wifi home booster it sucks. They claim their coverage is everywhere but it's really not. There's slow internet and some of the call fail all of the sudden. Also the fees they have against international calling is out of this world. I had called to Colombia about 24 minutes and they are charging me $72.00. I mean I know they must charge something because I didn't have the international calling added but come on 3 DOLLARS PER MINUTE. Are they nuts!!!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
I asked a sales person for price and they asked a few questions and I was given a price higher than my current service. Then I started getting messages that my credit was checked. I never filled out a credit report or was advised that my credit was checked.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017
I was with T-Mobile prepaid and their service just would not work for me. I could never call, text or get the data to work. I called them numerous times and they were of no help. They kept blaming the SIM card and even after I replaced it I still kept having the same issues. So, I was kind of forced to switch to a different carrier just to get my phone working so people could contact me again. I had $96.00 dollars in my account and tried to get them to reimburse me for them. There was no way they were going to do it. I even asked to speak to a supervisor but he was of no help. He was completely rude, unhelpful, and hung up on me. Avoid T-Mobile at all costs. Their customer service is horrible!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2017
The worst company. Do not believe their promotions! They will do everything what they can not to pay your money back! Hello there! I bought 2 phones Samsung Galaxy S8 "buy 1 get 1 free" in May 24th. Store's manager said I have to purchase 1 phone and another one. They will change monthly and then refund me in a few months. And I added one line as requested. Sales person gave me paper how to redeem it, I filled it up online.
First two months I was charged even for two phones and now just for one. When I called first time in August 24th to find out when I get refund representative told me that I'm not qualified for that promotion because I purchased one phone. I should buy two of them on monthly payment basis. I did everything what I was said in the store (Bayonne NJ), I paid money and now your company telling me after 3 months that I'm not qualified. I'm really disappointed because for my money what I PAID I got issues.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2017
I had a deal for $130 since January then the bill increased suddenly to $150 for no reason and when we talked to the guy that we made the deal with he told us it's taxes. Is it possible the taxes increased by almost $20? And he told us "talk to the company. It's not my fault" and we talked to the company and they were so rude to us and they told us to talk to the guy and the guy left the store even when we talked to him. Before he left he told us "it's not my fault it's the company!" So, now it's who's fault? Why I have to pay extra $20 for taxes? So, this is not a business and they didn't keep their word! I just want to pay the money that the deal was about.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2017
Me and my family switched to T-Mobile on November. The promotion at that time was, "Get 3 lines for $140.00 and line #4 is free". We signed and paid the initial fees. About a week later T-Mobile had the same deal/promotion with a lower monthly fee of $120.00. I called T-Mobile to ask if that promotion can be apply to my "very recently" created account. According the T-Mobile CS Rep. the promotion was for new clients only, therefore I did not qualified because my account was already created in their system. The T-Mobile Rep. explained to me, they had another promotion "only for existing clients" for such I qualified. The promotion, "Get two additional lines for free". I could not believe it, I had to ask the Rep. to review my account and the promotion "multiple times". After a while, I was starting to believe him, but still it was too good to be true.
So, I decided to call the T-Mobile store where I signed up from. I explained the promotion to the Store Rep. and asked him if that was true, his replied, "yes it is true." I asked him if I had to pay anything and he said, "you do not have to pay, the two extra accounts will be free." Well I still was not 100% sure about all this, but when the manager came to talk to me, he review my account and the offer (from the store computer), and he told me that it was true and that I qualified. I proceeded to go to the store and to get my two additional "free" lines. I went to the store with some family members that like me, they thought it was too good to be true, so we asked the rep. that was taking care of us at the store and both, him and his Co-worker received our account and the promotion and advised us it was okay to proceed, the promotion was real and we qualified for it.
Well since then things got out of control with my bills. Every month we receive a "surprise", most bills are around $200.00 and a few are as high as $312.00. Every month I have to call T-Mobile and explains how I was "tricked" into getting two extra lines "for free". At the beginning they say, we do not have a plan that offer more than two lines for free, but after they listen to me and read the notes on my account, they all agreed with me, they apply some kind of discount to my account and then they assure that I will not have to call them back because they are fixing my account (yes, every month I have to call them "multiple times", and spend a lot of time on the phone with them). On two of my calls I was told, my situation was being escalate it to "Customer Retention" or something similar.
One time I received a call from a person that stated, she work for that department. She said that my account was reviewed. Some discounts were applied and since she did not have enough authority to do it, she was escalating the issue to her manager (that was over 5 months ago). Today I saw another $200 plus bill and I decided to Call T-Mobile. Long story short, the rep. told me that she was sorry that an employee gave me the incorrect information, but it is the company T-Mobile policy not to have more than two "free" lines per account. I explained to her that I signed contracts with them agreeing to certain terms and that is their Legal responsibility to honor their word and the contract, but she basically said that I have to understand that every body makes mistake and that T-Mobile will not change their policy just because some of their representative are making false representations.
Additionally, we were provided with "free" phones, but when we told them that we are switching to another carrier they said, we do not have a long term contract with them, but if we switch, they will not accept any of the 6 phones and we will have to pay $200 "per phone" back to them. We are very frustrated with this company; Customer Service/sales Reps. and phone signal are horrible. Worst experience ever!
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2017
I have always used prepaid service from T-Mobile for the last ten years that has now been ended due to their mistreatment. My account has always been in good standing as it is prepaid only! I bought a used phone over two years ago and activated it with them and have been using it ever since. I now want to unlock it to travel internationally and use another service while abroad but T-Mobile refuses to unlock it.
I have tried for over a month and have received every story possible as to the reason but now they claim that the original owner had an unpaid balance and that it cannot be unlocked! They either lose my trouble tickets, need to escalate it which never does anything, have a supervisor return my call which never happens, etc. I am not the original owner and there was never any mention from them for almost three years of time! I would pay the balance just to free it up but they can not divulge that information to me since I am not that person so I am stuck. I filed complaints with the FCC and FTC against them and now here.
I have just ported my number away and will go elsewhere as a remedy but I want my voice heard for whatever it is worth. I thought that a German company would have their act together. Also, I should mention that I had two other older T-Mobile Samsung phones in the past that they could not unlock either and they had no balance. They claimed technical issues on those. I think I see a pattern here. From now on, I will buy unlocked phones only and never use T-Mobile again -- lessons learned.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2017
T-Mobile should not bother with promotional giveaways. Each store receives a handful of backpacks or other items they're offering and hundreds of people trying to obtain one. It seems like they are just trying to lure you into the store. They give you a week to clean your backpack but they were going in less than one day. Don't bother trying with T-Mobile. It waste your time.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2017
DO NOT USE T-MOBILE!!! In the last year T-MOBILE has been absolutely horrible!!! And terrible service in our area!!! They have messed up so much! I had a $600 phone for 3 years that I loved and had to get a new one because of some issues, they tried to send me a $50 phone... I was suppose to hold that value of my phone and transfer it to the next. That was the deal when I had my phone... ended up getting an LG G5 which took almost 5 months time get and now the back button quit working.
Our bill was hundreds of $ and took a month or 2 to figure it out!! They're now unwilling to send a replacement/warranty and will make you go to the store when I got mine a few months ago and they told me that was a courtesy. But they won't do a courtesy anymore, even though they're a billion $ company! Being a customer for 5 years or longer you'd think they'd treat you a little better! I don't have the time to pack up my 3 little kids drive a half hour just to tell me I need a warranty replacement. I have reached my limit with T-MOBILE and we are going to be searching for another company which will probably be Verizon! I cannot believe how much crap that has happened with this company!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2017
I had my phone stolen over the weekend. The people in the chat were more than helpful in getting me a new phone shipped as they knew I had transportation issues. Phone arrived in 2 days, and then I'm told I need to go to a store to activate the new SIM Card, which they sent along with the new phone. Never was I told this was going to happen, I have no available transportation and ended up spending 35$ in UBER to get back and forth to a store (luckily using my wifi to get the UBER App to work. If the UBER guy couldn't have found my house well then what would I have done).
I have never had this experience before with phone activation anywhere. It is a heavy handed policy that discriminates against lower income people. I was simply told by phone CS it was "legal" with no further explanation. Pathetic handling of properly informing me of the process upon ordering originally. You sent the phone to me, you have a UPS confirmation I signed for it, you have the last 4 of my social, you have the SIM card number because I'm holding the box in my hand, but I have to UBER to a store to activate the phone. Just over the top. Goodbye T-Mobile soon for this blunder.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
I had been with this co. for at least 6 yrs. Never missed a payment. Towards the end of last year (2016) T-Mobile said my wife and I needed to upgrade our phones to keep up with changes and it would cost 60.00 a phone. OK. They billed 5.00 more on my bill making it 67. And change. In March they said they were going to give us free phones. Well I asked if they would take the 5.00 charge off my bill. They said no. Well I had just bought these phones. They were like new, and now I could not use them any longer. I would give them back. No. Still had the boxes they had come in. So my wife and I started to look for a new provider. We found PCS mobile. Gave us 2 free phones and our bill was 50.00 a month almost 20 dollars cheaper than T- mobile whom I was with for SIX years.
So the guy hooked us up and he said once we got our phones going that our account with T-mobile would cancel. I made payments to T-mobile 1-10, 2-08, 3-08 and 4-10. And on 4-10 started PCS. T-mobile sends me a final bill of 200.46. Don't understand this bill and disputed it to T-mobile. They said I was making payments in arrears. When I took out this PCS phone I made a payment 50.00 for the next 30 days. I think T-mobile is running a scam. Now I have a collection agency trying to get the money and they have added 31 dollars to the bill. I told T-mobile to take me to court and explain their billing to him. Well this is the second time the collection agency has contacted me. Think I am going to go to the BBB. Thanks. God bless America.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017
Bought a T-Mobile s8+ for 900.00 and some change just spent a week out of town and could not get any data on it but my wife on her older phone had no problem. I called Tech support four times trying to fix it. They told me it was the phone, I didn't know of this problem till three days ago and when I got back to town I went right to the T-Mobile store where I bought it. They want to send me a refurbished phone in place of a new one that I paid for, I have been with them for 13 years four lines, I called to cancel my lines and they said, "See ya later." No customer care at all. Where is the loyalty?
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2017
This company should be put out of business. First I left them after 6 months of my bill being incorrect and having to call every month, second customer care is beyond ridiculous. Always get a different answer to the same question. I left them for US Cellular, I had a balance for three devices. Received my final bill and called to set up a payment arrangement which they refused to do. They said "you can pay what you can each month and maybe that will keep it from going to collections." It didn't. I received a call from a collection agency. I called the Attorney General, sent the collection agency a letter to stop the calls and called T-Mobile to work with me, got transferred multiple times, put on hold in hopes that I would hang up. Which I didn't. I have since contacted the FCC and sent in a formal complaint. Worst cell phone company on the planet.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2017
T-Mobile employs these agents who call the customers and the agents change every few months. One such agent called my husband saying he will get 2 Alcatel tablets for free since it's a business account. If we exceed 2GB we will be charged, we would be charged one-time registration fee and that would be reverted and there is no contract. My husband agreed, we even have the email from the agent. Again the next offer was a hotspot, an LG and a Samsung tablet. He said the same thing. Lo and behold nothing is for free, we are getting charged 250$ per month for 8 lines, 2 of them not associated to any devices. Called T-Mobile 15 times, only 3 agents helped somewhat. We have already paid off the iPhones and still get charged a fortune.
If we cancel the tablets then we have to pay a fine of 30$ per month for 2 years. T-Mobile claims to not have hidden charges like Verizon or no contracts but this is what they do to cheat the customers to stay with them. I have been a customer of Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. I would rather pay to Verizon and get signal in the middle of the ocean. Why would I like to stay with T-Mobile if I have to pay 250$??? AT&T was dropped calls, T-Mobile no signal, dropped calls and cannot hear when calling.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2017
I was a customer of T-Mobile for a decade or so. On 6/26 I moved to Verizon. I got a full month bill - automatic bank withdrawal - on 8/15. I called and the rep explained to me that in "terms and conditions", once a billing cycle is started, I will get billed for the full month! Those are unethical business practices, that the Federal Commission should not allow. As I paid my telephone bill twice that month (to Verizon and T-Mobile!). And paid T-Mobile for services I did not use. That is T-Mobile's way to say thanks after all those years as a customer. And T-Mobile's way to ensure that if I change my mind I will return! Right??? After such poor treatment, my phone provider will be anyone else THAN T-Mobile! John Legere can look cool on any TV money channel - should apply some honesty to the delivery of services and train his employees with that in mind!
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2017
I was one day late on a phone bill. My fault. I go into TM to pay the bill at the end of February. Phone is turned back on. I also purchased a chip in case I needed another line. The guy said the line was free which it was but I have plenty of devices. Did not need one. March I go back in because my acct. for bills TM tries to draft almost 350 dollars. Call TM and they said they would take care of it. April still not done. May still not done. Call in. Pay my bill in full as I do every month and to make sure this comes off. Never once mentioned in all those moths about a unpaid bill. The investigation that was done is the real crime. The person that was in charge is a crook.
All of a sudden it wasn't the device. It became a mysterious unpaid bill that 10 people before him never saw. And as of today it was noted on the account in February. Now today this was noted in Feb. The card on file was incorrect and I did not pay for March as well. Has anyone walked in a TM store with phone disconnected had them turn it on and then skip another payment in March. Now the girl at the store was going to take care of it because she remembered that day cause she helped. Got to go to my bank and pull all records. Employees are too sharp but they do have some good ones as well.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2017
I called T-Mobile and ordered service for the first time on 8/1. After further checking on coverage it was determined the phone service from T-Mobile would not meet my needs in many of the smaller cities I travel to. I called T-Mobile and they said to refuse the phone. I did that. They received the phone on 8/11. The W/B number confirmed the receipt. Now they say phone was not returned. What they did with the unopened package after they received it is out of my control. Many people have complained of the phones they returned not being received in Connell, TX.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2017
My mom switched from T-Mobile in March, due to not having good signal EVER!!! Well, during the switch, she noticed that her bill was not accurate to the numbers for the payment plans on phones. Now mind you, she has been with T-Mobile for 16 years, never late and always paid her bill. But anyway, she contacted them about the bill, because it needed to be correct for her to receive her payoff from the other company to switch. She was informed that the bill would be corrected and she should receive it soon.
Needless to say, that was a lie! She only received a final bill with NO CORRECTIONS! Once you leave, you cannot go online and look at your bill anymore. So, she did receive a refund from the other company for a portion of the phone plan with T-Mobile, but not all of it, due to the error on the bill. And they billed her a FULL month of service that she did not even use, because she had switched already.
So now, they say she owes them $1164.93 for a full month service, partial paid phone plans that the other company lied and said they would pay, and the remaining balance of a phone that she cannot get paid for, because T-Mobile will not correct the bill. She also made payments in June and July, but when she went to make another payment, she was told it was sent to collections. But she was told before that as long as she makes payments it would not go to collections. She is very upset, because now, they are messing with her credit, which is EXCELLENT! I wish people would just be honest when you call these places and not take advantage of the elderly!
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2017
I try to do unto others as I would have them do unto me, it's the only decent way to live. I'm not rich, in fact I'm struggling like most Americans. So when T-Mobile literally steals $55 from me it is a big deal, not so much the money but the principle. I bring in a phone and open up an account with T-Mobile, $55 for one month. As I'm waiting I'm literally resetting the phone. I get my sim card and finish resetting in front of the store, and then there's a problem. FRP activation lock. I entered the correct email, correct password, it won't work. I go back inside, T-Mobile rep messes with it, tells me to contact cust service. I do. I'm on hold for a tech for 38 min.
Finally I get hold of one and after 5 min he tells me he can't help. I go back inside, I ask for the money I paid them literally 45 min ago, and they tell me I can buy a new phone. No. No. No. I'm going to ask tomorrow and if I don't get my money I'm deleting my daughter's service and taking to Facebook and Twitter to warn others about the risk of T-Mobile. I would of rather been mugged on the street for my money rather than scammed like this. I am stuck with unlimited talk text and data I can't use. Thank you T-Mobile.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2017
I am on a plan with both my grandmother and myself for data and service. However neither of us get phone service at home! Like what is the point in getting T-Mobile if we cannot use our phones at home, especially my grandmother who needs it to call for help or myself in applying for work or school. Have been calling and going to stores almost monthly to try and resolve this issue and half the time, the T-Mobile staff do not believe me when I tell them it's a coverage issue pinning the blame on my non-T-Mobile phone WHEN my grandmother's, which is T-Mobile, also does not work here at home.
Instead they either give me empty promises of 'fixing' cell towers in the area or straight up turn it into a sales pitch when they discover my phone isn't T-Mobile. Like straight up, why would I want your sorry phone when it doesn't work either? It works everywhere else /but/ here, and honestly T-Mobile can officially be labeled worst than AT&T for at least their terrible Pay-as-you-Go deal worked here at her house!
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2017
I purchased a cell phone on an installment plan (EIP) in May 2016. On July 14, 2017, I called their agent, and asked for the payoff amount to pay off the EIP plan. I did this because I wanted to verify the exact amount needed to pay off the EIP. It seems that the numbers reflected on the bill and website are a month ahead - the total amount due is deducted from the amount due on the website when it is billed - not when a payment is received. So their own employee, who did not know this, quoted me a payoff number that was one payment short - even after assuring me that I was paying off the account in its entirety! Imagine my surprise when I got the bill this month, and it shows a EIP payment due, while the website showed a ZERO BALANCE on the EIP!
So, I called them, and all I got was attitude. They admitted that I had called on July 14th, that I had been quoted the payoff by their staff, that I had paid the amount I was quoted, and that their personnel screwed up by quoting the wrong amount - no fault of my own at all. Nice of them to admit their mistake. But they flatly refused to do anything about it at all. Not even a courtesy $1.00 coupon for future purchases. T-Mobile's customer service SUCKS! They don't actually transfer you to "the customer loyalty department". They just transfer you around the room so you tell your story multiple times then give up. They admit THEIR mistake (I paid the amount they told me was correct payoff amount in good faith), but they won't do ANYTHING about it. After almost fifteen years with T-Mobile, I am done with them! I'm headed to Family Mobile at Wal-Mart or to Sprint or to anyone else.
As an aside; and additional frustration; this phone they sold me has many issues, and all they can do is hard-boot and reinstall their OS to try to fix it. This does not work. One issue is the phone, when using speaker phone mode, randomly exits speaker mode for no apparent reason. Another thing that deeply concerns me is I mentioned to a friend in a verbal conversation the cost of caskets (was talking to him about HIS father's funeral). I did not text, I did not e-mail, and I did not mention it in any other context beyond one telephone conversation. Within a hour or two my e-mail and Facebook began filling up with ads for funerals and funeral homes. I don't appreciate Big Brother listening to my conversations with voice recognition software and then selling it to ad agencies to market to me stuff I don't need! I may be going back to a old fashioned landline and throwing the cell phone away entirely.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2017
I purchase two phones from T-Mobile store on November & then another a month later. I was told my bill will stay the same $160 monthly for four device for about a year. Now they telling me I've been late since I received the phones. No one never said such things when I go in the store to pay. They say $160. Now eight months later customer service says it's $240 monthly. Someone told me wrong. Sad company. This accumulate a host of charges to the customer. I have the contract. Why can't this company stand behind their word. No I can't recommend T-Mobile at all for no one service to much nonsense.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2017
This company and all of their employees are a complete joke! For 2 days in a row now, I've tried trading in my brand new J7 Prime because it's the worst phone I've ever had the displeasure of owning, not to mention the fools don't even carry a fitted case for it, which therefore forces you to buy insurance! ALL of T-mobile so-called "Help" topics and troubleshooting instructions are WRONG! Not one tip or step by step help worked at all, so you can't even figure out how to do most of the things that are simple on all of the S's, therefore after only a couple weeks of having it, I go and try to upgrade and it's been the most horrifying struggle and nightmare I've ever encountered with ANY COMPANY, from being hung up on again and again AFTER being transferred AGAIN AND AGAIN, just to make me do it all myself online, that I had issues with doing PRIOR to calling the mindless sheep like reps!
Then to top it all off, after hours and finally getting a rep to order another Galaxy S7, I get an email less than a day later telling me they cancelled my order due to me not signing the doc-u-sign within 48 hours! It was less than 24 hours and the only reason I didn’t sign it immediately is because the damn email was 1st stuck in limbo, then after I finally get it through my Gmail, their doc-u-sign would not load, much like their website! I literally had to go through the same trying, stressful, painful & draining nightmare twice – all over again just to REORDER THE SAME CELL THEY CANCELLED and had to DO IT MYSELF AGAIN ONLINE because THEY SOLD THE ONE THEY CANCELLED and probably that is why they just suddenly, without authorization, cancelled my order in the first place, so the IGNORANT SHEEP could sell it to someone else! I literally hate T-Mobile!
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2017
T-Mobile Billing horrors. I was excited to transfer from my overinflated Verizon service and their crazy fees to the Un-Carrier T-Mobile. I brought my own phone and I am on my way with unlimited service. I love the service so much I bought my first wearable the Samsung S3 Frontier and paid the watch in full. Also bought a LG Tablet with the cost of the Tablet being returned to me via prepaid card when approved. Awesome deal if everything worked as stated.
Now the fun begins. I had an issue with my watch and had to exchange it. Even though it was within the manufacturers warranty of one year, I was charged $20.00 and now have a refurbished watch instead of the new unit I had paid full price for just 60 days ago. This does not sit well with me but it gets worse. Even though I used the return label T-Mobile sent me to return my watch it somehow went to the wrong warehouse and was never logged in. Can you guess the rest of the story? Yep, I am being charged for the watch their poor quality control failed to log-in. Suddenly, I have a $403.00 dollar bill that their team cannot fix. Finally, after I gave them proof of shipping and customer service filing several request to search for the device it was found. Now they issue me a bill credit of the $403.00 which does not help pay my other bills that were delayed because T-Mobile charged my debit card on file. Bill credit is not a refund. Errr.
As all this is going on with the watch I receive a notice that the tablet I purchased on payments expecting a prepaid card back to pay for the tablet in full did not meet the qualifications to receive the prepaid card. Errr. Now my expected bill is raised to pay the tablet payment until this is worked out. Two months of back and forth and T-Mobile finally determines the Tablet does qualify for the prepaid card.
Throughout my travel I now find out my old Verizon phone will not receive data coverage in Alaska or Canada. Therefore, I purchase a New Kyocera DuraForce Pro. I paid for the unit in full. I get the phone and find out it will not work with Samsung pay as a warning window pops up and says to un-root my phone for security reasons to use Samsung pay with the watch and phone. Why is my new phone rooted?
After several calls to T-Mobile they finally send me a pre-paid label to exchange my phone for a new un-rooted phone. Can you guess the rest of this story? Yep, the phone goes to the wrong warehouse and never logged in. Now I am being charged $475.00 from my debit card on file for autopay. This is money I don't have in my account and T-Mobile cannot immediately take care of the issue even though I have proof the phone was returned, worse, account resolution can tell it was returned but still has to file a search for device form which can take weeks or, as in the last case of the watch several months. Errr.
Here is my honest thoughts of T-Mobile service and it's very late so please excuse any typos or misspelled words. The Un-Carrier has a quality service that is difficult to distinguish from any other wireless phone service. Their all-in pricing without all the crazy fees is excellent. However, the weakest link is their support and their company divide or policy. You cannot obtain local store support for a device purchased from T-Mobile online. This policy is beyond understanding and I would encourage T-Mobile to rethink this policy, as, their competitors do not seem to adopt this complicated support policy.
I find their front line phone support staff amazing with an eager to please and desire to exceed expectations attitude. Where the ball is dropped is after the front line staff handles an issue it still needs to be reviewed, approved by a person above them and unfamiliar with the situation. This communication breakdown is evident and the weakest link. If T-mobile can work out the support issues I believe they will lead the industry of wireless communications. Godspeed.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2017
I was a Sprint customer which I switched to T-Mobile for a better internet services. For the period of 3 weeks trying to get my phone unlock with Sprint wasn't unlocking. My phone was out of service and I was loaned a phone from T-Mobile for $25 for 14 days. Since Sprint was getting a hard time to unlock my phone and I am not willing to buy new phones for 3 lines I had no choice but to switch back to Sprint. T-Mobile is charging me $155.00 for 10 days. I called them and the agent refused to waive the charges. I called the second time and they only deducted $52.00. Which is very unfair. I am stuck with a bill from T-Mobile and Sprint. I was waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to come out and switch back to T-Mobile but that won't be happening anymore. I do not recommend T-Mobile with my experiences. The agent shows no compassion.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2017
I am a small business owner and had two accounts with T-Mobile. One business and one personal. My personal account was with T-Mobile for over 9 years!! My cost kept going up. I asked for one of their promo rates and was told I had to leave T-Mobile and come back as a new user to get the promo. So... I left. AFTER my final bills, I received a $1,049 bill on my personal line and a $1,140 bill on my business line. My business is very new and my bills were $120 monthly on the business and $230 on my personal line.
After one month they sent me to two different collection agencies to hound me and when I called to get a detailed account of how much I owe I was told they cannot tell that to me because my account was closed and in collections. I was planning on coming back, but after this experience there is NO WAY I will ever return. I now have an attorney to try to get a detailed account of why they say I owe this much (costing me more money). This is ridiculous. This is more than my son's car cost! Now when I call I get transferred and hung up on every time. #worstexperienceever!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2017
I bought a LG phone. Paid cash 270.00. After three months dissatisfied with phone. Offered $14.00 for trade in. This company is so full of ** you could fertilize a whole planet. This company don't give a damn about its subscribers.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2017
I've been with TMobile for 3 yrs. Not all good but this last one did it for me. I'm going to Apple. So long losers. My prepaid less than a year old cool pad phone broke. Still under warranty so I called tmobile. They said send it to them and I'll get a new replacement. So I sent it in. Two weeks go by and it comes back same old broken phone. They gave me wrong address. So I send it again and it arrives in ten day to the return center in texas I have tracking number and verification from post office it arrived. BUT TMOBILE won't accept that it arrived. They say post office is lying. HA WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL. So I call after 6 transfers and finally a supervisor we make a three-way call to post office that say yes it was delivered but again they refuse to accept that answer.
They canceled my account. When I asked why they said because they can't reach me by phone. AAAAGGHHH. Hello my phone is broken and at your warehouse. That's why you can't reach me... Took me 5 calls to get the light to come on and they reinstate my account. So next it's can't find my phone, then, need my tracking number then they said it was not under warranty. No reason given today. I went to the store to see if they could call and help BUT NO THEY CANT DO THAT.
THEY LOOKED ON THEIR COMPUTER AND NOW IT SAYS MY PHONE IS STILL IN USE!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME. No money in the prepaid account to use and they have the phone... so if it's being used it's by them not me. What a joke. Runaround and still no phone or compensation for my loss of a $200 phone. I'm done tmobile. YOU SUCK!! Apple here I come. If I could give no stars it would still be too much. Don't buy TMobile. Go anywhere but there. Save yourself the grief. Trust me. You will regret it if you go TMobile!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2017
Today August 9th, 2017, I talked to a customer service representative for the 15th time. The Representative change my OLD number to a NEW number with out permission. (My son's line was the one that needed the change NOT mines. I need my OLD number back ASAP as this is a BUSINESS LINE, the first representative told me that the process length would be during the first 24 hours through an email that I should follow. Because I did not receive this mail, I called one more time and the second representative told me that this process length would be done in 3 HOURS!!! As a loyal customer during the last 7 years, I can tell that I will not recommend this company to anyone!! PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM and GIVE ME MY OLD NUMBER BACK. THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE by your Company.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2017
I switched from ATT to T-Mobile after they assured me I would get service where I lived. Wrong... No service and pretty much lousy service all over. I switched back and asked for credit. They gave me 10 bucks big whoop! What good is unlimited data plan if you can connect anywhere. Ripoff T-Mobile.com.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2017
I shouldn't have taken the horrible service of the so called top service network provider T-Mobile. I ordered for 2 new connections along with 2 new phones, on 8/6/2017 they took the order. By the time I am going to pay the bill they said that the billing section is closed. We will continue the next day. I got a call on 8/7/2017 and they sent me a document of the proof which I signed and made the payment for both phones and new connections too. They took my shipping address on both the days while filling the application form. As courtesy for making my billing late they did a 1-day shipping.
I got a mail on 8/8/2017 saying that my order is been shipped, when I checked the shipping details the order is shipped to wrong address. When I contacted T-Mobile customer service they are saying that the order is already placed and call the Shipping services UPS to change your shipping address, when I called UPS they said that we didn't received the order yet call T-Mobile to change the shipping address. I again called T-Mobile. After 50 minutes in call they simply said that create a account in UPS My Choice and change delivery address, after creating account in UPS My Choice also I was unable to change my shipping address. The order is going to be shipped by 8/9/2017 by 3 pm itself, what I have to do if that shipment is shipped to the wrong address.
On single day for almost 2 hours I am in call with both T-mobile and UPS to rectify my problem from my side itself but it didn't worked. I think that to rectify a problem that T-mobile has created to me I should take a day off from my work, lose my one day pay and talk with them from morning to evening, but still these will not respond to the issue the customer is facing. I paid my bill, but still I am not getting a basic service like shipping the product also from T-mobile even for the new customer also. How can I expect these people will do correct billing in future, now I have to stick to this horrible T-mobile connection for 24 months from now on wards.
Updated on 8/26/2017: On 08/15 I got an email stating that they received one phone and processed my return on 08/16. I got only $132.01 out of $306.77 total payment. When I called T-mobile and inquired about remaining amount they told that the remaining amount can be send as a gift card to my address (which is wrong address where they have shipped the mobiles) I requested them to return to the debit card which I used to pay the bill, they told that by 08/24 it will be returned but I didn't get anything. I got an email on 08/24 saying that the other phone is also received and the sim cards are also received the return amount of $174.76 is credited, but still I didn't get any amount in my account. When I called them they told that the issue is escalated and refreshed and it may take 3 more business days.
On 08/26 early hours I got a notification that $160.26 is debited from my account by T-mobile. I worried why and I called them again. I called them again what is happening. They simply told that it is the bill they charged for the service they provided me. I don't know what service they provided me. I didn't had any phone or any number. I didn't even received anything from T-mobile, but still they charged. I called them on same day 08/26 when I asked about the issue they simply told that the amount will be received in 3-4 business days that is by 08/31. To rectify one issue I am talking to the T-mobile for almost 1 month fully, they are still deducting the amount from my account and saying that it will be refunded and for that also I only have to call them every 4 days once and ask them what is happening.
I need some justice from T-mobile by torturing me like this, what I have to do to T-mobile now. I would like to attach the image of the T-mobile transactions also, but I am unable to attach them as the images also include my personal transactions. I also cannot provide the receipt of the amount $174.76 which is refunded to my account on 08/24, that email consists of my personal information.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2017
There was a promotion on Black Friday and I bought 2 phones one being a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (I traded in a S5 for it) and a iPhone 7 (Which also had a S5 traded in for it). Every month in my statement there was supposed to be a credit, they did it for a few months then they stopped. They said I didn't qualify when I called them I'm not sure why. On my statement I'm still paying a full phone. I call many times and everyone has a different story, they have no idea how to work. Plus, now they want to change my plan and I refuse to do so.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2017
I am going to Canada next week for a two week stint and am currently with US Cellular. Yesterday was my last day off before I leave. While in Canada I will not have access to wifi or landline phones. I wanted to be able to communicate with my family without it costing $0.60/MB. I saw the ad for T-Mobile saying they'd pay off your current phone if you switched service, and that they had free voice/text/data roaming in Canada. I also saw that they had the new Galaxy S8 and there was a deal where if you bought two they'd give you a $750 gift card. I called customer service that morning to inquire whether I could use both promotions (the phone payoff and the $750 gift card) and they assured me that I could. I also confirmed and reconfirmed the plan would be what I needed. I asked the other general questions about porting the numbers, how long it takes to get the gift card, etc. My questions were answered satisfactorily at that time.
Feeling optimistic, I called the closest T-Mobile Store which was an hour away. I verified that they had two S8's in stock and let them know that I would be down once my wife got out of work. They told me everything would be good to go, and that once I paid we would submit for the gift card before we left the store. Fast forward to just before 6pm. I had picked up my wife and we were at the T-Mobile store which closes at 8pm, along with our 4 month old son. The person I had spoken on the phone with (who was the asst. manager) had noticed me and acknowledged why we were there - so far so good. There was a couple in line ahead of us, so we waited, again, no problem. Finally it was our turn. The process went very slowly which I attribute to the employee being new. The employee then mis-explained a thing about wifi calling which my wife then interpreted as something more of a full time "hot-spot" that we couldn't shut off.
It was a slight annoyance, which I assured to my wife was not the case. Then the employee tried to sell me on the next higher plan, kudos to him, but he made it sound like the Canada and Mexico roaming was not available on the first level of the plan (which it absolutely is). Okay, fine, new at the job I get it. At this point I'm a little annoyed, but hanging in there. Meanwhile another couple was dealing with the other new employee - having about as much luck as we were. We had been there for nearly 40 minutes at this point. Then the first issue, they couldn't process the credit report to get the financing for the phone... They had entered my SSN incorrectly. Okay, typos happen, no biggie. That took about 15 minutes to fix. At this point the assistant manager left and it was just us, the two new-ish employees and the other couple that were trying to buy a phone.
Finally, with the credit bit fixed and having to state my SSN out loud in the store no less than 13 times, and writing it down for them, it was time to bring out the phones. The first phone wouldn't activate, it took 10 minutes before they realized the sim card doesn't come installed. SIM card is now installed. My number gets ported over... But there's an issue, my wife's number had been added to my SIM as a virtual line - another call out to customer service, another wait, and then start the process over. Suddenly, a lady bursts in the store asking for a cell phone charger and jumps ahead of us mid-transaction. Rather than have the lady wait her turn, all of our stuff was put on hold, while she tried out several different chargers and couldn't get them to work. Now it's almost closing time, and my number is ported over, and it's time to do my wife's number - sorry, can't do it.
My wife was devastated, we've each had our numbers for over a decade and this was the first time EVER that we had any issue porting the number over. She reluctantly agreed to get a new number. Finally, the phones were all set - kind of. Time to redeem the code for the gift card - account not found. Tried it again using a different PIN (not the one I set up), account not found. Again with the SSN - account not found... Another call to customer service, "sorry, but we can't process that. You'll have to wait 24 hours and try again." No thank you. I don't have any more time off. At this point we've been in the store for two hours. My baby is hungry and starting to get fussy. I tell them that the gift card is a deal breaker and I want to cancel the entire transaction. They said they couldn't do it. I told them that my wife and I were willing to wait while they found a way. Needless to say, they could do it, but they didn't want to.
I asked them to refund my credit card the nearly $200, and they gave me a refund receipt that was more than $80 less than what I had been charged. I brought the issue up and they told me not to worry about it. I'm a pretty reasonable guy, but at this point I had developed a trust issue. I asked that they write their name and employee number down on the receipt and annotate that I was supposed to receive a refund in the total amount. Now, for whatever reason, maybe just a coincidence, the employee decided to write his name and employee number down, then use a different color pen to write the difference due back. Could be a coincidence, but based on how this transaction has gone thus far I'm not taking any chances. They decide to call the manager. Now it's well past closing time, my 4 month old is balling his eyes out because he's hungry. This has gone on too long.
I talk to the manager who made it a point to say that I was wasting my time and could be like him and be at home with my family rather than standing my ground. He said he was doing me a favor by not charging the restocking fee and he guaranteed me that I would get the full amount refunded. (I would later overhear him tell the employee to just do a reset and treat the phones as new, sorry future customer that gets a phone with my prints all over the screen.) I explained to him that a verbal guarantee meant absolutely nothing without written proof, especially based on the events so far. His attitude on the phone was rude, insulting and inconvenienced. At this point I asked him how it worked that as a manager, he would leave the store to be run by two new employees. He said he had done all he could do and that I should just leave and there was no reason for him to come in.
I asked for a statement or anything from the finance company that showed that I was not responsible for paying the $1500 for the two S8's, "Sorry we can't do that." - Yeah right, try again. This resulted with more phone calls to customer service while we waited, simply trying to get our account canceled. I asked for the district manager's contact information at this point - this is when I was made aware that the employees never hung up with the manager and that I had secretly been on speaker phone the whole time. It's funny how the tune changes from "We can't do that" to "Here you go sir" the second you mention a district manager. The manager actually decided that he would drive in and assist his team at this point. He was there within 5 minutes. After we had been waiting for 3 hours, he was there in 5 minutes. It took him about 2-3 minutes to get the documentation that I had requested and we were on our way.
Fast forward to today. I'm at work, can't leave and my phone still isn't working because T-Mobile hasn't released my number for the port back to US Cellular yet... I can tell you that I prepared as much as possible to know exactly what I wanted before even heading to the store. I called ahead and made sure everything was all set and did my best to be the easiest customer they could ever want. I hate being "that guy," I can count on one hand the number of times I've been this upset with any customer service of any type in the past 15 years and two of those experiences are with T-Mobile (the other being about 10-15 years ago). I now remember why I left, and cannot for the life of me understand how they could be rated number 1 in any type of customer service. If they competed against swine flu, I would vote for swine flu over them.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2017
This company is a complete joke. Mindless sheep who could care less about reality, or justice, in the T-Mobile world all that matters is company policy and how best to take advantage of their own customers. I've been a customer for almost 2 years, recently I got myself a new phone, actually my 3rd phone. So I head over to the T-Mobile store to pickup a sim card and this thing going... I should've known better, for a simple trip to the cell phone store always turns into a walk thru of a new car sales lot... Blah blah blah blah these reps are really trying to sell me a new phone, when I have one in my hand trying to turn it on... Finally I get the answer I'm looking for...."Yes we have a sim card for sale, and the price is $50." WTF I think, $50 for a sim card, yup trying to get over on me... I should've known better... I head home, get online and within 2 minutes I'm in the check out cart with my new sim, for only $10... That's $40 savings, wow T-Mobile is a bunch of **!!
Whatever I press purchase, and my auto notification goes off. Money has been debited from my card... But...T-Mobile has come up with some dumb error... Call the 800 number... So I do just that, and after literally being passed 5 different times, I learn that some stupid error happen that nobody can explain, and that I can't make this purchase online, I have to go back to the store... "Wait," I say, "so you're saying I'm gonna have to spend $40 extra dollars for no reason just cause you guys have some stupid glitch you can't explain... You gotta be kidding me..." Well long story short, I'm passed around literally 6 more times till finally someone just puts me out of my misery and hangs up on me... As it stands now. I went on to Amazon and bought my $10 sim, however unbelievably T-Mobile mislabeled my package and now it's lost... They lost a one day ship Amazon prime ship... Unreal... So now they still haven't cancelled my online order, or refunded my money...
They still won't let me buy anything online, and maintain that I must buy from the store... Soooooo I cancelled my account and walked... Took my 3 cell phones, 3 tablets, 4 hotspots to a competitor... And now in my off time I write rants about how crappy T-Mobile is, and how I've taken up T-Mobile bashing to anyone that will listen as a hobby... If I could turn it into a full paid profession I would... There is no company with worse customer service, and worst general logic than this band of idiots... If it wouldn't put many people out of work, I'd be the first one on the charge to have them fined and disbanded for crimes against intelligence...** T-Mobile... This is post 287 and counting... Maybe I'll slow down around a thousand...
Reviewed July 31, 2017
Today July 31, 2017, I talked to a customer service representative ONE MORE TIME to unlock my phone. I need to do this before August 3 because otherwise I would need to pay the month. However, the first representative told me that the process length would be during the first 24 hours through an email that I should follow. Because I did not receive this mail, I called one more time and the second representative told me that this process length would be 14 days!!! Folks, I feel depressed and unsatisfied. As a loyal customer during the last 2 years, I can tell that I will not recommend this company to anyone!!
Reviewed July 30, 2017
TMobile continues to amaze me on how they stay in business with the worst customer service ever in history - period! The agents are unwilling or untrained to help solve issues. They look at their own customers as a threat and rather than help, they make the interaction as difficult as possible. Can they please be sent to courtesy school, for starters?
Reviewed July 29, 2017
I have been with T-Mobile since 2002 and relocated. Unfortunately there is no signal to stay with them. I have to disconnect their service. They gave me cheap free phone as promotion. They charge me all phones that was the said it was free. I called customer service and transferred to different departments with no help. I end up paying over 600 dollars. Plus every month they charge me few dollars and increase my bill and I had to call them. I do not recommend to any one to use their service.
Reviewed July 29, 2017
T-Mobile has sent my balance to collection without informing me or presenting me with a final bill and I figure they are just being spiteful because I switched to Sprint. I requested a final bill as I inform them that I had switched to Sprint and no longer require their service. Instead of sending me a final bill they sent it to their collection and I was only aware of it when I saw it on my credit. Immediately I called T-Mobile and paid the amount with my credit card on the phone and after over 4 months it's still on my credit report and T-Mobile and their collection agency refuse to give me a detail final bill so Sprint can refund my $430 or to have it removed from my account. Until today I'm not sure why and what I paid for. All they are now telling me is that there is a 00 balance on my account and they no other record. THIS IS CERTAINLY HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Reviewed July 28, 2017
I have been a T-Mobile customer for numerous years. I would always tell them how awesome they are, called them every month to make a payment. NOW, I believe they have been outsourced. The last two months have been crazy. Last month, I tried to pay my bill via phone, she barely spoke English, very hard to understand. I never got my text confirmations like I used to get. THEN, today I wanted to make my usual payment, they wanted $9.00 for the fee on top of my payment! They now charge a fee for a phone call payment. I believe everyone deserves a job, but not to our detriment. Still haven't received a confirmation of payment text. Unreal. I will be changing carriers. What happened in the last two months is unacceptable. I am very disappointed in them.
Reviewed July 28, 2017
I had T-Mobile well over 10 yrs, had to cancel due to no reception in Tx. Upon canceling T-Mobile gave me a hard time when asked if they would unlock my phone so I could use with another carrier, I spoke to several people and was told to give them 10days. Upon calling back they said I had never called when I had it on my recent calls with time and that they didn't know why I was told. Then I cancel my last line and was told that my final bill would be 128. When I didn't receive a bill I called and they had the wrong address and then was told I owed over 200.00 and that they do not know nor should I have been told what my final bill would be.
They would not reverse nor lower the bill because the account has been closed. Their customer representatives are never the same and in the evenings and early morning they are out of the country and never know who they really are or their supervisors. When you do talk to a supervisor you will be told nothing can be done or that you never called. After 10 years and 5 lines I will never get their service again nor will I recommend them.
Reviewed July 26, 2017
Fourteen years with T-Mobile always hoping I would have coverage in most major areas of this country. It was not to be. T-Mobile confirmed I would have coverage in Europe as well; never happened. With regret I have moved to another carrier. The final insult - although the last service was a mere seven days, T-Mobile indicated they do NOT prorate service and charge for the entire month. This should be reported as fraud on the consumer! Happy to have left this low level company.
Reviewed July 26, 2017
I moved to Las Vegas NV over a month ago. I have been trying every week to get T-Mobile to change my phone number to a Las Vegas area code. Every time they say that there is an error with their system and they can not change it. This is unacceptable to me.
Reviewed July 26, 2017
I've been noticing other people have been writing about similar experiences and I agree their insurance policy is a complete fraud and scam and this needs to be exposed because what they're doing is despicable! My daughter got a brand-new iPhone 6 for her birthday which she lost so I had to get a replacement phone through the insurance policy that I bought for the phone and then on top of that I had to pay a $275 deductible. So they sent her a Phone and it starts overheating and starts draining battery. So we take it to an Apple store and they check it out and informed me that the phone had missing screws in the taptic engine and that pieces of the phone fell out when they opened it and it had a third-party battery. And then later the phone just died.
I call T-Mobile customer service so they could replace the replacement phone so they send the phone to a T-Mobile store which, by the way, had one of the most rudest, Incompetent managers I've ever seen who actually even tried to threaten and intimidate me. So the replacement of the replacement starts overheating immediately and they tell me it's because it's downloading all the apps. But one of the girls that works there who is actually the only nice person there says if there's a problem to call T-Mobile customer service and then come back.
So as soon as we leave the store the battery starts draining. I call T-Mobile customer service after 2 1/2 hours of being switched from T-Mobile customer service to AppleCare and back again and having to tell this ridiculous story to about six different reps they want to send me another refurbished phone. But What I want to know is how is it OK to send a refurbished phone to replace a brand-new one that was lost? And after sending two defective refurbish phones why would you even consider sending another refurbished phone. I mean when does it end? It's a ridiculous scam and I hope they're exposed for it.
Reviewed July 25, 2017
I paid for service I did not receive for more than 2 years. Where I live and work was and still is not a 4g lte area it's 2g - 3g. I was lied to from the beginning. They said for more than a year that a new tower is in and will be active and then said it is active. The tower is 100 yards away no one has worked on it. My phones don't connect to it. I received 1 free month of service out of the 2 plus years. My neighbor has the same service and has received 13 months of free service now he has recorded a rep telling him that T-Mobile has been lying to him that the tower is not scheduled to go online till the end of July 2017 to receive 4g.
I feel that T-Mobile owes me a refund of 2 years of half my payments at least. They have lied and ripped me off for a lot of my hard earned cash and don't care. Customers need to know how they operate first hand. T-Mobile is the worst provider and they will rip you off. All they care about is money. I myself am going to take them to court and I will win.
Reviewed July 25, 2017
I have had T-Mobile for about 8 months. I started their service on black Friday (Nov 26, 2016). There were advertising $35/line and you need to have 4 lines (total $140). I had insurance on one line for $12/per month. At store they told me my monthly bill will be $152 + tax. Well for the last several months we have been in dispute about incorrectly billed charges. The customer service fix the billing issue for the month but they never fix the problem. Now they been charging me $194/months and telling me either to take it or leave it. I have spoken to several people in retention department about removing these extra charges permanently from my bill, but I have had no luck. T-Mobile is fraud. Please do not believe their advertisement, you will pay much more down the road.
Reviewed July 23, 2017
T-Mobile has got to be the worst network there is. I wonder how they are still in business. A few weeks ago, I started having issues accessing my data. I called T-Mobile and they apparently couldn't figure out what was wrong. They said there may be an outage in my area and to give it a couple days. I gave it a week and still no luck. I reached out to T-Mobile again and they suggested resetting my phone to factory setting, I did but still didn't fix the issue. They suggested changing my simcard - again still didn't resolve the issue. I finally went to an actual T-Mobile store after 2wks+ with this issue and was told that T-Mobile had updated its towers and my phone is no longer compatible.
They wanted me to upgrade my Samsung note 4 to a Samsung galaxy 6. They wanted to sell me a phone in order to remain on their network, ha! I went to AT&T and guess what, my phone was "compatible" with their network. The plan was even cheaper than T-Mobile and AT&T has MUCH BETTER SIGNAL than T-Mobile! I'm more mad that I wasted 3yrs with T-Mobile but I am glad this happened otherwise I would have remained with this miserable network. Oh and the customer service is not helpful at all.
Reviewed July 21, 2017
I made International through WhatsApp from my PA, USA on 07/16/17, T-Mobile considered it as a Regular Emergency International Call & Charged $111.00 Plus Taxes & Fees $16.42 (Total $127.42) for 37 minutes of Talk. I called them, CR says it is Valid charge & they are NOT responsible for Apps call even if Data was ON & used. If we call from another country to US then T-Mobile charges for $0.20 per minute but from US to another country is $3.0 per minute. Which is ridiculous amount & ripping off customers.
Reviewed July 21, 2017
T-Mobile has not unlocked one of the iPhones. The request to UNLOCK the phones was put in on Saturday. Today is Thursday, I was just now told it would take an additional 24-72 hours to unlock the phone. Signing up for T-mobile, we were told for every smart phone we turned in we would be given $300 off the price of a new iPhone 6. Also we could exchange the iPhone 6 for the 6S when it arrived. Wrong on both accounts. We exchanged three smartphones for three new iPhone 6S'. When the bill was higher than expected I called T-mobile on four separate occasions. At first they told me about how much money I was saving. The original contract was so confusing. Needed a Wacker Drive lawyer to understand it. How were bills of $286 a month saving me money?
After a second call I was told we were saving only $200 per trade in smartphone. So that's why the bill was higher than expected. For these discussions people I spoke with were rude, telling me I was getting a good deal while I was paying way too much for T-Mobile phones and service. Two of the iPhone 6 models were upgraded to the 6S. I was told in the T-Mobile store at the time of upgrade no additional cost would be added. Wrong again. They added more months of payment to the plan. The iPhone 6 cost $649 in total between monthly payments and a buyout price of $163 (not including tax & etc.). Two iPhone 6S each cost $784 with the monthly payments plus the buyout. (Total buyout costs with tax & etc. $413.39 for the two 6S phones.) Total cost for phones (3 iPhones, 1 used Samsung) $2517. Not including Tax. Total cost for 23 months With T-MOBILE ~ $6,000. So glad to leave T-MOBILE.
A little good news, the last three customer service people I spoke were professional, understanding, much improved over the customer service folks I spoke to during the first nine months or so. I paid the money and I've feel ripped off. Never to go on any monthly plan with new phones again. Signed up with Cricket Wireless for $100/month, unlimited text, talk & 4 gigs of data. Total cost taxes and etc. included in the $100. No Contract! Way to go Cricket Wireless. T-Mobile has offered me a similar plan. NO Way!!
Reviewed July 18, 2017
Since T-Mobile merged with Metro PCS they are so under powered you can't keep a phone call going. At least with Wifi calling I could get around that because there wasn't service in my neighborhood... until I bought my own phone off Amazon (unlocked) and suddenly my Wifi calling was gone! Now I have no service and their lousy service wouldn't let me use the Wifi calling that was in my new phone. Bummer. (They don't like it when you don't spend hundreds of dollars on their phone. The LG I bought and paid for with T-Mobile was replaced twice for breaking down so I bought a phone I wanted for $200 off Amazon and I love it.)
We left and went to ATT where my phone works fine and has Wifi calling again but the worst was yet to come! My husband's iPhone was paid for and we wanted to unlock it and move the service to ATT. It took them 2 WEEKS to unlock his phone. The first week was spent with us requesting an unlock every day and every day they said it would happen. Nothing. The next week we repeatedly ask for an unlock and come to find out they were refusing to unlock until we paid our closing bill of $132. Had nothing to do with the phone, they just wanted us to close out the bill. We were hostage to T-Mobile but never again.
Reviewed July 15, 2017
Disappointing to receive a text message from T-Mobile that I have 5 dollar discount for each account upon enrolling to autopay. Today I was notified that I'm not eligible for a nonsense reason. Why would you send a notification that you can honor? Fake information is not business!!!
Reviewed July 15, 2017
My nephew has his cell phone service with T-Mobile. Almost 3 years ago I bought him the iPhone 5S which he had for almost 3 years. His mother had him on her T-Mobile account and was paying $7.99 for the phone insurance coverage. During this past winter, his cell phone started freezing up, the corner of the glass started lifting up (a common problem with iPhones I guess because for a while Apple was replacing them for free), etc. So, I filed a claim for him through Assurant. They replaced the phone March 31 with a refurbished model along with a $175 deductible. Total cost: $240 paid in issuance plus $175 deductible for a total of $415.
Less than 3 months after receiving the refurbished phone, it too started acting up. Screen freezing, would dial random number on its own, white lines down the left hand side of the screen, etc. I emailed Assurant about the problem. Their answer: "We show your device is still in the 180 warranty, so please contact the T-Mobile warranty line at 800-937-8997".
So I called T-Mobile. One and one-half hours later, after being switched to 4 different people repeating the saga over and over, the 4th and final rep (who was a T-Mobile Apple specialist) said he was sorry, but I had to contact Assurant for a replacement. Called Assurant again, and after 30 minutes with them was told they werent responsible for their replacement phones unless there was physical damage and if there was that would be another $175. I picked up my nephew the following day and had him with me when we tried Assurant again by phone. Another half hour while the rep checked with her supervisors and came back with the same story. Take it to T-Mobile.
So on to T-Mobile. Went to a T-Mobile affiliate in Weymouth, MA and was told sorry, they couldnt do anything. It was Assurant's problem. The next day I took his phone to an official T-Mobile company owned store in Braintree, MA. After waiting to talk to someone, the rep was very helpful and said, based on looking at the phone, they would replace it at no charge, BUT (big BUT), after another 30 minutes decided the real problem was that after the replacement phone was sent out in early April, my nephew had gone to prepaid with T-Mobile so the system wouldnt let him replace the phone.
The rep was great and talked to multiple people at the great T-Mobile office in the sky. Even though he had my nephew's phone in hand, saw the problems, corporate couldnt/wouldnt do anything because he had switched plans and now it was up to the store manager who wouldnt be in until that afternoon. The store rep took my info and cell number and promised the manager would call me that afternoon. 2 days later I am still waiting.
What I dont understand is, the warranty is for the phone, NOT the calling plan. Seriously, what difference does the calling plan have to do with a defective phone as long as you are still with the same carrier? As far as I am concerned, these phone insurance plans and the way they are handled are essentially legal extortionist scams to bilk consumers. After getting over $400 in monthly payments and deductibles over 2 and a half years, now they wont even replace a defective refurbished phone that hasnt lasted 3 months!
My nephew will soon get a new phone with a birthday coming up, but it will never be with T-Mobile. And I personally will never have anything to do with T-Mobile. With customer service like T-Mobile, you should run, not walk, as fast as you can from this company. I dont know if there are any federal regulatory agencies which handle these complaints, or compile them, but that will be my next step. It is not the amount money involved, which in the great scheme of things isnt huge, but the principle that a responsible company should have an obligation to treat its customers with respect and stand behind their products and services. In this case with T-Mobile, that was a big fail.
Reviewed July 15, 2017
I have been a T-Mobile customer since 3 years and although it's never been the greatest experience, I have always kept being their customer. However, recently (one year to today) their service started to really perform badly. My data doesn't work well most of the time and it has a speed that it is so slow that often fails to load the simplest web page. After contacting them, they have been literally playing with my patience for 3 months, where every couple of hours of support they would switch assistant and we would need to start all over. This for THREE MONTHS. It's been insane. I asked them to fix my service, and they didn't and I asked them to get a refund since I was paying for a service that they didn't provide. To this day, there is been no help from them and my service keeps performing badly. It's not been a couple of week. But 1 year. Worst carrier ever. T-Mobile is ruining my life.
Reviewed July 15, 2017
Here is my latest issue w/ T-Mobile: In June 2017, called to ask if I can UPGRADE two lines to Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and get the buy one get one free offer. Rep on phone claimed "ABSOLUTELY". I double checked, "UPGRADE right? I don't need any new lines." Rep confirmed. Completed the transaction, paid for both phones in full. Expecting to get cost of one phone back via pre-paid card in a few weeks. Got a text the next day congratulating me on adding two new lines!!! I called T-Mobile right away. The rep on the phone said the new lines are TEMPORARY and indeed I am in the process of upgrading and they will go away after upgrade. I said "OK, call over."
Two weeks later, I get the preliminary bill. Lo and behold, two new lines are still on there!!! I call T-Mobile again. This time I am told that there was no UPGRADE offer... it was always an offer to buy 1 get 1 phone free if I ADD lines!!! At this point I am mad. They transfer me to customer loyalty. I get the same story. I asked how this will be resolved... I am told I need to keep one new line active, they will cancel the other one - but if they cancel both lines - I won't get the $790 rebate!!! Oh and I also learn that I had to actually visit some website and enter a promo code and APPLY for the rebate. The rep that processed the FAKE UPGRADE never informed me of this so I would have been waiting for weeks to get the rebate and never receive it - all while paying for a bogus line that I never asked for in the first place!
Beware, of these dishonest business practices by T-Mobile reps. Didn't Wells Fargo get in trouble for doing this sort of stuff - creating new accounts for customers that never asked for them. If anyone from T-Mobile reads this and wants to dispute my statements, please review the call recordings from my calls. The rep that processed the fake upgrade should be reprimanded or fired. If rep was just doing what management was driving - other significant steps should be taken to remedy.
Reviewed July 14, 2017
I'm a single mother and have two children that although they were too young to have their own phone I got them each one anyway since it would give them the freedom to call their father or myself when they were going back and forth. For 13 months I had automatic payment set up and without fail they would shut down their lines. I invested so much time each moth to correct this and finally had to make a decision if we would continue or go elsewhere. After talking to their departments for over 2 hours I decided to give them an opportunity to see me show them LOYALTY and see if it made a difference. I was very clear on those details AND IT SADLY DIDN'T MATTER AND NOW WE ARE IN A BIGGER BIND THAN EVER. I can't imagine how they keep their customers and I feel very sorry for the great employees since their only as good as their company and T-Mobile could care less.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
They offer you a cell phone that is supposedly free, but not. You pay a financed phone, but it turns out not, it's just rented. Before purchasing any product with this company, carefully review what you sign, they will cheat you of any form.
Reviewed July 11, 2017
Went to my local store to receive a quote, they automatically pulled my credit to let me know I did qualify for the service. They went ahead and gave me the price quote for 3 lines. We didn't decided to do anything at the moment. Left. 2 months later I receive a huge bill of $310.00 when we never received or agreed to their services or bought any phones. When I received the bill I called the **. Was transferred 6 times to different people. Was the phone for 1 whole hour. Never recommend T-Mobile to anyone! Horrible company!
Reviewed July 10, 2017
I am a customer with T-Mobile for over two years, and if not for the reasonable payment arrangement options, I would have left for a primitive, pay as you go phone service. My first two years of service, I purchased a brand new iPhone 6s, which I had to return less than a month later because it died on its own, randomly, multiple times per day. The only option they offered me was to get a used, refurbished phone, even though I just signed up for payments on a brand new, almost thousand dollar phone that did not work. I bit my tongue and accepted. The used replacement had the exact same issue. I stuck with it in avoidance of having the same issue I bring to you today, because of the stress and violated feeling it brings. I finally paid off my first disaster of a phone experience last month and opted to continue their service and buy into a new device (I know, I know).
This phone cannot maintain a call, period. Every call dropped, or I'm hung up on. After patiently trying to troubleshoot this issue with T-Mobile employees, over the course of several weeks (cell tower check, settings resets and a new sim card), a tech guy offered to send me to retentions to have my phone replaced with a factory sealed, NEW replacement. The woman with retentions was monotone, uninterested and rude. Furthermore, she was not conveyed a message of my issue from the tech services gentleman, as he said he would do. I had to start from scratch and listen to this person tell me that because I was past 14 days of buyers remorse, my only option was to receive a used, refurbished phone. In their own language it says that, under warranty, you not only have to pay for the claim you make on your lame device, you also will receive either a new or refurbished device.
Now, I know for a fact it will be refurbished, because they did this to me already after returning a brand new phone before. I asked to please have a new replacement, specifically, be sent out, with no chance of a refurb, as last time this happened I received an equally messed up phone. And why send replacement off anyway? The stores have new, unopened replacements ready to go... Another reason I know they only send refurbs, aside from my experience with this already. Let's just be realistic. Unhelpful, condescending and constantly reminding me that they "understand, however". In no other circumstance would you be given a used item as a replacement for something you just bought brand new.
I am irate and feel exceptionally taken advantage of. They are all smiles until you need them to make right an incredibly inconvenient issue that came from their end. Somehow their shortcomings benefit them at the customer's expense. Surprise, surprise... For what it's worth, I never, I stress never, write reviews. I also never send food back. This is purely out of helplessness and feelings of violation.
Reviewed July 10, 2017
I had a very bad experience trying to switch from my old company to this company. Is unbelievable how T-Mobile is charging me for one month of service if I used it for 1 week. And it was not my fault to decline.
Reviewed July 10, 2017
A sales rep came into my business to convince me to make a change from Verizon to T-mobile. They promised me a seamless and easy transition process, which was very important to me as I am a business owner. They also showed me a coverage map for the areas that I most frequent, showing that they have very strong signals (Orange County, California and Southern Florida). Based on this information, I spent the next hour making the switch. The experience has been terrible and a complete scam.
I have submitted my final Verizon bill for reimbursement and then received a text saying it was rejected and that I would be contacted by a T-Mobile rep shortly. I waited over a week and then called T-Mobile to see what was going on. They put me on hold several times and the call dropped. Called back and they then transferred me to another department and after 45 minutes told me that my bill submitted was rejected because the statement I submitted wasn't detailed enough.
This was the final bill I received from Verizon, with pages of details. T-Mobile then wanted me to contact Verizon to have them send me a more detailed bill... I waited for 45 min to speak with a Verizon rep. and they told me this is the only type of bill they generate. I called T-Mobile back and was faced with the same road block. As of now, I have paid over $800 to cancel my Verizon account, have not been reimbursed, and am being charged by T-Mobile. The coverage with T-Mobile is not anywhere near up to par with Verizon, as my service is constantly going in and out of range as I roam my areas.
Reviewed July 10, 2017
I wish there was a way to give less than 1 star. I am now at the peak of my frustration with T-Mobile and their inconsistencies with the knowledge of the customer service representatives. My current phone has been giving various technical issues for months. I had "insurance" on the device and tried for months to get a replacement handset due to the annoying issues. After about 6 months of calling back and forth, troubleshooting the device with varying instructions (depending on the tech. representative), I was granted a replacement device (even though I had insurance on the device).
I received the replacement device in on May 1 and opened the package on May 2. The replacement device was not a new device but was instead one that was used and also very dirty. I immediately called customer service and informed them of my dissatisfaction with the device and that I will not be using it, but will instead return it. The device was placed inside the box in which it came with the return shipping label. On about May 3 I dropped the box at a UPS drop-box located not too far from my home with no worries that the phone would not be received by T-Mobile. On June 14, I received a text message that from T-Mobile informing me they had not received the device and in order to avoid being charged for said device, I needed to have it returned by 14 days.
I immediately called customer service about the message I received. The representative to me "not to worry" as the device was received by T-Mobile, I think they said May 10 or sometime in May. Fast forward now to July 8, my T-Mobile bill comes in and it is over $800. Before reviewing the bill, I thought, maybe they're billing me the final amounts to pay out for handsets I have on the account. But still, I was concerned as I received no prior communication about such an arrangement. When I opened the bill, I saw that $499 was charged in the bill because the phone was not returned.
Again, I called customer service and told them of the charge on my bill, but that it should not be there because I returned the phone since May, and received confirmation that that phone was returned from a previous customer service rep in June. As per usual, the rep told me "rest assured", this issue will be resolved. The rep proceeded to submit a "research handset form" and told me that an email of that submission would be sent to me. Because of my previous experience, I asked for a confirmation number, I received a transaction number. I was told that with about 30 minutes, I would receive the confirmation email and also, my bill would be updated to reflect the credit of $499 (because I had returned the device).
Today is July 10 and my bill is still over $800. I called customer service and again relayed the issue (extremely frustrating), I was told that she was not able to see that the device was received by T-Mobile and this is why the "research handset form" had to be submitted. Remember that when I called in June about the text message of the device not being returned, the customer service representative told me he was able to so see T-Mobile had received the device. Now, I 'm being told by another representative that customer service is unable to see such information in the system, hence the need for the "research handset form". On top of this, I have to wait between 8 - 21 days for this form to be processed.
I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2015. I started out with a family plan that consisted of four people, each bringing their own device. Our bill the was standard and straightforward. After the first phone upgrade, and subsequent addition of lines to the account, my bill required detailed review each month. Every month since about May 2016, I have to set aside time to go through my bill and ensure everything that is being charged for each line is correct. Almost every month, I have to call customer service about some error on the bill. Calling customer service takes me about 2 hours each month. This is resulting from me needing a breakdown on most if not all lines with their individual charges.
Other issues come when I have to call multiple times to get an issue resolved. This issue each time I call about it, the rep tells me "ma'am, rest assured this problem will be resolved" or "ma'am, I assure you, you don't have to worry". I completely hate when they say this because I know that I will need to call back again and again for the same issue.
A most frustrating incident occurred in abut October 2016. I was adding a line to my account, and the person to whom that line belonged went to a T-Mobile store to do so. For a reason, I still don't understand, the T-Mobile store representative replaced my "primary account holder's" phone number with the new phone number. Bear in mind that this new phone number was to be added to my account as a new line.
The other individual and I was not aware that this happened until the following morning (waiting period for number to port). My original phone number was lost, and my phone number became that of the other person. After calling customer service more times than I can count, getting our rate plan changed (multiple times, which was unnecessary), being told different things that can and cannot be done to get back my number and have my account returned to the original state, my account issue was resolved about 1 month later. However, of course, as per usual, I had to call again to dispute various charges on the bill because of the changes that were made during the whole fiasco.
With all this frustration, some may wonder why even bother with T-Mobile for so long. I am currently a student with an extremely small budget, and though I am frustrated, the amount I am currently paying for the plan I have, there are no other companies offering such a deal. Previously I had Simple Mobile for about 4.5 years, but I switched to T-Mobile when there was promotion offering 10GB/ line for $40 and at the time Simple Mobile was only offering about 2GB for same $40/ month. Also, Simple Mobile operates on T-Mobile's network, so I thought the service should not be different, but sadly, did not think about customer service and CONSTANT billing issues.
Reviewed July 9, 2017
My son and I went to a T-Mobile store and we're told that there was a $50/line promotion AND a buy one get one free Samsung S80 promotion AND T-Mobile would pay off my AT &T bill AND my phone bill would NEVER be more than $130/ month; I questioned the rep repeatedly and was assured never more than $130- no hidden fees, no hidden charges, oh, and excellent coverage.
About 6 days later, I received my first bill- it was over $126 not including a $45 credit from buying back my at&t phone- so actually $171! I called customer service and got nowhere. I went on vacation in Vermont; I had all 5 bars and ZERO service. I used my fiance's Verizon phone to call TMobile... 1/2 hour later and no resolution. I was told they opened a ticket and rest assured, I would be taken care of; never happened- this rep was from the UK!
I got home and got my final AT&T bill- it was over $700, T mobile never paid them off! I called customer service again; only then was I told that I would have to go online and fill out a form, and that it would take 6 weeks or more to process for a gift card NON REDEEMABLE in cash to pay off AT&T! They were never going to pay AT&T off as I was told they would. I also asked if they were going to cover any late fees associated with not paying it off like I was told they would, and of course, they said no- so now I'm in the hole for over $700 plus late charges.
I received my next bill...$195!!! Called customer service yet again, this time questioning the buy one get one free offer; again, being told for the first time ever, I have to fill out an online form for the rebate! The following week, I was told by customer service that I WAS REJECTED, as the promotion ended the day before I signed up; so now I'm in for over $1500! I I asked to speak to a manager and was told to go back to the store, which I did. The store manager called a "district manager" and was told it would take a few days for a response.
Now 3 weeks later I called customer service and they service issues in general (every time I've called about service issues I got different responses about "settings") and then asked how long it takes the "district manager' to respond; I was told no more than 2-3 days and that I should go to a different store - so I went to Verizon!!! I ported my phone's over, so I could keep my phone number, and 2 days later, I put everything back in the boxes and took back to the store for a full refund.
A different store manager spent over 1.5 hours trying everything possible to give me a refund and was repeatedly told NO; EVEN AFTER TELLING SOME MANAGER THAT I WAS DECEIVED BY THE STORE REP ON SEVERAL ISSUES AND IT WAS THE STORES FAULT, the person on the other end said loudly enough for me to hear "it's not our problem- tell him their hands are tied- the bill is due in full"!!!
I am writing you, the PA. District Attorney's office, the United States District Attorney's office, the Better Business Office, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communication Commission and my local TV stations, as well as my local police department and reporting this as FRAUD! In my opinion, T mobile should be shut down permanently!!!
Reviewed July 8, 2017
I have been with T-Mobile for about 5 years. I haven't had any issues with T-Mobile until recently. Out of the blue my phone would not send text messages to people that have T-Mobile service. I thought it was because of my location at the time but I was in the city and even if I'm going from one end of the city to another it still wasn't sending the messages. So I called T-Mobile customer service about the issue and talked with them forever. Customer service could not fix the issue so I did a warranty on the phone. I did 3 different warranties for the same issue and after the last time I was able to send messages.
My phone was finally working then one day the power button gets stuck. I can't turn the phone on or off. I had to take the battery out then put it back in to get the power button unstuck. I figured the button getting stuck was a one time thing but it happened 2 or 3 more times. I went back to calling customer service but they just told me there is no known issues with the phone or on their end so there is nothing they can do for me. Then they told me I can do another warranty or pay 125 to get a different phone. I pretty much laughed on their face. I am not doing another warranty to get the same phone just to have the same issues and I'm most definitely not paying 125 for a different phone. So I told them I'm switching carriers and instead of trying to keep their loyal customers, they didn't talk me down or offer me anything at all to keep me from switching. I don't know how they can win customer satisfaction awards. I'm done with this carrier.
Reviewed July 7, 2017
My family and I have been with T-Mobile for 11 years. Today after my mother went to pay the normal monthly bill, she was charged an extra $338 for what they told us was a late fee from January??? Then they added on suspension fees, that no one in T-Mobile or the over the phone representative could explain! Along with telling us that this late fee was added to every monthly bill and having no explanation for the extra $270 for this so called "late payment"?? She goes in every month and pays in the T-Mobile store in Bristol, Virginia and never has been told she was late on a payment, and she has always been early to make these payments. They could not show us the late payment, nor explain why this was happening?!
We will no longer be using T-Mobile as this isn't the first time this has happened and we weren't able to get an explanation as to why we were charged all these extra fees. Ridiculous. If you are looking to use T-Mobile be ready for service that goes out often, and being charged "late" and "suspension" fees without explanations. Don't waste your time or money!!!
Reviewed July 6, 2017
I have had T-Mobile for three years they have placed these charges on my phone every other month. Well for the last several month we have been in dispute about incorrectly billed charges. The customer service speak so nice but they never fix the problem. Now they been charging me for the G-6, and the G-8 but only one is in use. I have spoken to three people about removing these charges from my bill. T-Mobile frauds you are a joke. I will be calling you every month until justice is served. I will be uploaded negative review to every website that will allow me to give my opinion you thieves.
Reviewed July 6, 2017
Switched to T-Mobile from Sprint in order to take advantage of a promotion that would cover my early termination charges. They promised to give me $800 to pay Sprint and switch to them. It has been 10 months and still having to call everyday to check when I am going to get my money. They sent me a prepaid label for me to ship my Sprint phones, so I did. They lost them and admitted to it, but that still why I don't get the $800. Ridiculous. My Sprint account got sent to collections so I had pay out of pocket. I have spent about 40 hours on the phone with T-Mobile for this issue alone. Just a bunch of negligent people.
Reviewed July 4, 2017
15 years T-Mobile customer 4 to 5 phones, always paid on time. First story: had issue with the sound on my phone, called several times and discussed the issue but they couldn't resolve it and finally they said there is a problem with my phone. I replaced with a brand new similar phone but it didn't resolve the problem. I went and purchased a new phone from T-Mobile store @ 2602 Eldrige Parkway here in Houston. I wasn't happy with the phone and went to return it. They asked me for $50 restocking fee. I told them the return policy was never disclosed to me and they said they couldn't do anything.
Second story: my son recently purchased an iPhone 7 from the same store. The T-Mobile representative told him the external speaker comes with it and my son was under the impression that the speaker was free. When we received the bill we found out that they charged him $299.99 plus tax for the speaker. To end the stories I just want to express my feelings and say T-Mobile customer service representatives only sound very helpful but they are not because at the end of conversation nothing has changed and you just wasted your time.
To me hiding the policy content is just like lying and lying is considered a crime in any court of law. What I understand from T-Mobile policy is that if you don't know our policy we cheat you. It is very sad not to trust but unfortunately anytime I trust I get screwed. I still don't want to accept that all human good and positive relationship values are replaced with money. I hope no one else runs in to similar situation but as we all know that is just a dream.
Reviewed July 1, 2017
Complete waste, after a couple of days the network basically booted me and only allowed calls and text. Internet was slower than dial up and was useless. We only bought it for mobile data! They blamed it on my phone which is 4g and 4g LTE compatible and zero issues in several countries I have been to. The company doesn't stand behind their service and fobbed me off. Save yourself the grief and just avoid them unless you only want to be able to call 911.
Reviewed June 30, 2017
I have been having issue with my phone for the past 3 weeks. I called T-Mobile on 6/30/17 at around 7:10am and explained to Johnny ID # ** that my phone crashed and I am having issue with the SIM card. I was not able to receive text messages. I have a new SIM card good until 10/24/19 which I need to activate so I can use it on another phone. I have a total of 6 lines with T-Mobile. After verifying my account with my password and my personal information, Johnny insists that in order to activate my SIM card, he will have to send a text to my phone so I can read him back the ID that is sent to my phone. I explained to him that my phone and SIM card does not work so I will not be able to receive the text. He insists that there is no other way. I then asked for the supervisor. Erica ID # ** was rude and not helpful at all. She will not let me explain the situation and kept saying that there is no other way.
I then got the idea that maybe if I put the SIM card in a different phone and try to receive the text that way, it might work. She then said, "Well, I will give you 2 minutes to do so". Wow, now I am on a time limit with the phone call! Unfortunately, I tried it and it still didn't work which suggests a problem with the SIM card. I suggested that since I have 5 other lines, how about they send the text to my other line so I can receive it and read them back the ID code. She insists that she is not able to do so. She then asked me if there is anything else she can help me with. She had not helped me at all. I then called back and spoke to Kamel ID # ** at aound 7:20am who also insists that they cannot send the text to my other phones, that they have to send the text to the line which I am activating. She was rude like Erica and did not show any interest to help. How do I receive the text if that phone and SIM card don't work?
Finally, I called again and talked to Lagacie who tells me that they CAN, in the T-Mobile policy, send a text to my other phone number as long as they ARE talking to the Primary account holder, ME, who they have already verified through the security questions. I am a physician and not a tech person. However, in my opinion, Johnny ID # **, Erica ID # **, and Kamel ID # ** are incompetent and are not qualified to be doing what they are doing now. T-Mobile needs to have a better way to hiring people who are competent in solving problems for their customers. People need to have some common sense and most of all, need to treat their customer well. I did speak with Ralph on 6/29/17 who was extremely helpful, the best so far. He sent me a text with his ID # but unfortunately, I can't retrieve my text right now. I hope T-Mobile can look up the records and find out who he is and promote him to be the supervisor to take the place of Erica.
Reviewed June 29, 2017
I ordered a certified refurbished Galaxy S7 late May, waited and waited, was told it was back ordered and they didn't know when it would come. I really needed a new phone so eventually just went to the store and bought an LG K20Plus. At the store they said if the Galaxy phone showed up I should just return it and I would be refunded the 37.72 I had to pay up front when I ordered the Galaxy. The Galaxy S7 showed up after a few days and I immediately returned it using the shipping label they sent. That was June 15. Tracking says the phone was received June 19. Still no refund. At least 4 phone calls to customer service and no help, just the constant refrain "we just have to wait for this one". In the meantime, my account still has the 432.00 Galaxy phone listed, and I'm sure they're going to start charging me installment payments even though I returned the phone long ago. Nothing but cheaters and liars.
Reviewed June 29, 2017
T-Mobile have commercials stating they have all-inclusive plans which is a lie. Apparently I have been on a plan that is not all inclusive and I've been paying taxes for months although I was told I was enrolled in an all-inclusive plan. They have deceptive billing practices which are not being represented in the commercials or by representatives. Who's going to choose to pay additional taxes when they can be included in your bill. Shame on you T-Mobile.
Reviewed June 29, 2017
I had T-Mobile for less than ten days. Return the devices and now getting billed for them. I called customer service and if they did not get them in their warehouse. I'm responsible for the charges, even though I return them to their retail store. As I'm just saying how frustrating the situation is the representative hang up the phone, I was beyond mad for bad service and customer service.
Reviewed June 28, 2017
I had T-Mobile for years and I decided to switch because I had terrible reception at a lot of places. I switched to AT&T. The price is half the price of T-Mobile and calls are rarely dropped. The problem is that the bill went from the 17th of the month to the 16th of the next month. I canceled the service on June 19th. They still charged me for the whole month because it is prorated. That means that I only had the service for 3 days and I have to pay for the whole month. Talk about a ripoff.
Reviewed June 28, 2017
T Mobile Customer Service@ 3510 E Bell RD, PHX 85032 - This was the BEST customer service experience I have ever encounter at a cellphone store. I previously had another carrier and their customer service was sub-par. This new store offered NO waiting, immediate care and very pleasant employees. I highly recommend trying this location!
Reviewed June 27, 2017
February 2017, my sister advised me that she was changing to T-Mobile for AT&T because her kids went over data each month. I went to the T-Mobile store in Atlanta off Camp Creek Hwy. We were in the store 3 hours being convinced we should change our phones over. Once we decided that we would change to T-Mobile we were instructed that we had to turn our phones in. I had a iPhone 6, my husband iPhone 6 plus, my son and daughters both had iPhone 7 plus with the had less than a year. When we were checking out the young lady helping us to us that because the phones were new we can get extra stuff at no charge. My kids got new cases that charge phone $100.00 each, screen protectors about $100.00. I was given instructions carrier Freedom on what to do when I got my last bill. I asked again why can't we use the phones we have, was told that they will buy these old phones from us.
When I got my last bill it was $2000.00-$890.00. I sent AT&T their money and waited for T-Mobile. Short time later I get debit card for $890.00. I call and was told that our phone only valued at $250.00, was the max of one the others was less. So I am out $1100.00 to AT&T and I am now paying $319.95 for the free stuff and $3479.96 for 4 phones I didn't need and every time you call my son phone you get a busy signal. You have to text him and he will call back. I was with AT&T 22 years, I should have stayed and paid data overage each month. And my sister who told me to change can't use her phone everyday.
Reviewed June 26, 2017
Billing for services NOT rendered. Instead I'd like to say, I actually loved T Mobile while I was a customer. I had to change providers only due to a recent relocation to a area where they had no service coverage. I ported my cell number over to a new carrier on May 13th 2017. That was seven day into a new service cycle. I received a bill for a full month's service up through June 6th 2017. I feel this is just not right, so I went to the T Mobile store and spoke with a service rep. He explained that T Mobile charges a full month of services even if the account is cancelled before a full billing cycle is used.
I said "That's just bad business." His response to me, "Everyone in the industry is doing it." My reply, bad business practices are not made better by declaring "everybody is doing it". I will NEVER consider T Mobile services in the future. I had a good opinion of T Mobile until this incident. Being money grabbers over $40.00 or so is buying the T Mobile company a huge amount of bad marketing as I'll never refer them as a cell service provider to anyone ever!
Reviewed June 24, 2017
I was with T-Mobile for about 3 years, but the first month should have been a warning. I was billed for a full month of service even though I joined on the last day of the billing cycle. When I tried to get an answer of why I was billed for the full month I was given 3 different answers by 3 different agents. I am moving and where I am moving T-Mobile doesn't have any service so I had to change carriers. I did this 10 days into my billing cycle with T-Mobile. Now I received a full month's bill from them again and threaten to be taken to collection if I didn't pay.
I called them and said because I had my new Carrier stop my account. They charge me for the full month because of the work they have to do to close my account, and that I should have called and canceled with them first. Doing that would have cost me my phone number and wasn't an option. When I switched over to T-Mobile, my previous carrier stopped the billing that day. All in all I paid over 250 dollars for 11 days of T-Mobile Service. I will never use them again and will let others know to avoid T-Mobile when choosing a wireless carrier.
Reviewed June 23, 2017
I would not recommend T-Mobile to anyone. It took multiple trips to the store and many hours on the phone to even try to fix the multiple issues we have had, and promises made and broken by T-Mobile. False advertising, hidden prices, additional fees added when not authorized - that is just the beginning. First - the "unlimited data" claim. What they don't tell you is the speed of the data. It is (depending on your phone) borderline pathetic. Doing a simple "speedtest.net" or other test, you get anywhere from 250 Kbps to 1 Mbps download and less than that upload. These are less than 3G speeds, and we are in a large metropolitan area (Minneapolis).
Their answer was to say we needed a new phone, and charged $25 more for another SIM card setup fee, even though it was within their 14 day period to return a phone. Guess what - the new phone doesn't have any faster data speeds. They do not care. They say now that "we should buy a nicer phone". This phone was purchased (from the beginning) to be used as a WiFi hot spot, and it barely functions as that. We have not been able to get the $25 refunded. What a joke.
Second - Hidden prices. When I went in to repeatedly complain about internet speeds, they said, "Well, the $100 plan doesn't really give you high speed internet". What good does 30 GB of "unlimited" data do if it is as slow as a turtle (or 10+ years ago it would have been considered fast). Third - We had a "International dialing package" added to our account without our permission for $25 per month, and then they charged this twice so now our bill went up $50 per month without any authorization! This sounds a lot like other companies (Wells Fargo and CenturyLink recently) and if T-Mobile thinks they are going to add customers by doing this they are crazy! After much discussion with their "customer service" department in another country (India?) they supposedly are going to credit next month's bill for this $50 charge.
Fourth - At the store, they say they need to check your credit to see how big your deposit is on the phones, but that it won't affect your credit. What a bunch of BS! These people don't tell the truth on anything. The sales agent was either poorly trained or was trained to lie at every opportunity. Overall - best to stay away. Verizon, AT&T and Sprint all have better coverage. Find their plan that is cheaper and do that, you will not regret it. I have used all of them over the years and was happier there than with T-Mobile. Although we left AT&T over their high pricing, now they seem to have a much better rate (probably to compete with these thieves).
Reviewed June 23, 2017
I am a new customer, I just transferred my phone service from Boost Mobile to T-Mobile. I wanted to try out T-Mobile's service. What a mistake! First, the transfer of my phone number has been disastrous. I am still receiving text on my former phone with Boost Mobile, and none of my text is going to my new T-Mobile network. It was supposed to take 3 hrs, it has taken 8 days. I am still unable to receive text ever since I switched my service to T-Mobile. To compound issues, when I called T-Mobile representative, they passed me around to at least 7 people.
I was on the phone for at least an hr. Been transferred from one customer service to another. All saying, "oh we need to re-broadcast your number since it didn't happen properly". None of them knew who could really help me. And they didn't care. I am considering returning to Boost Mobile until I figure out something, at least I didn't get this kind of service with them. Terrible service with T-Mobile and poor transfer service for new customers. Not worth joining this company. Very unfortunate.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
My wife and I were switching from AT&T to T-Mobile trying to save money. Big, huge mistake. One of the costliest in our lives. We went to the T-Mobile store on Perryville Rd in Rockford, IL. A friend was in the store. I asked what he thought of the service. He said he was a disgruntled customer and I shouldn't ask him. They had screwed up his bill and was trying to get it fixed. Right then and there we should have walked out. My mistake was staying and signing up for the service. My wife wanted an iPhone. We had always had Androids before. So we purchased an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 7 plus. While we were checking out. K.C. the sales clerk checking us out. Said we were entitled to a promotion. To items. For just the tax. We thought great and purchased two headsets. One for each of us. One was around 30 and the other 16 dollars. We went home.
I realized T-Mobile coverage was just as bad as before. (The reason we changed in the first place.) Then we got our bill and noticed a 400 dollar item, a 200 dollar item, an undetermined item 199.00. Called customer service. They said they didn't care what the salesperson said. We missed the promotion. After arguing I was told to go back to the store and I could return the items. Of course they wouldn't. Honor the promotion. We decided to switch to Verizon. We called T-Mobile explained that we were switching to T-Mobile and needed our last bill in order to get 600.00 from Verizon to help pay our bill. This was April 14th. From then until June 24th T-Mobile made sure they waited 62 days. They went into our account and took out almost 1,400 dollars to pay off the balance from the final bill. They still have not sent me.
It's okay for them to take the money. Just not okay to send me a final bill so I could receive the 600 dollars from Verizon. Who were nice enough to give me 60 days. Amazing how T-Mobile took 62 days. Still didn't give me the bill until after they took the money. On top of which every time I called I got connected with someone in a 3rd world country that could barely speak English. To top it off I go to work. My coworker is on the phone arguing with T-Mobile about his bill. He hangs up and says they screw up my bill every month. How does this company continue to exist? Oh that's right by going into the bank accounts of ex customers and helping themselves to any money they feel is owed to them.
Whether it's true or not. Don't I say don't agree to any type of automatic withdrawal or you will get ripped off. You don't have to know how much you owe. Since they have no idea how to send a final bill. They only know how to extract it from your account. Stay far far away from T-Mobile. If you don't want to go through what we went through. Don't believe me. Go back and read all the reviews before mine.
Reviewed June 22, 2017
My family is experiencing no service in their homes. They live in different places within the same city, however, recently they have not been able to get any service inside their respective homes. My mother had to go outside just to make a call. We eventually decided to get her a home phone. I am really contemplating leaving because it makes no sense to pay as much as we do and not be able to use the phone in the house.
Reviewed June 21, 2017
After a month of service 2 out of 10 lines stopped having internet due to T-Mobile system upgrade that stopped supporting some devices and the only thing you can receive from T-Mobile customer service is, "You have to purchase new devices and you cannot use a promotion for Buy 1 get 1 free if you don't open another line". They do not pay for their mistakes and will never compensate you for any inconvenience you can have, so I am moving back to AT&T, this is beyond ridiculous!!!
Reviewed June 20, 2017
Have been a T-Mobile customer for 14 year; always paid on time and had 4 lines. Was very satisfied until about 1-1/2 years ago. We use cell phones for business and reception became very poor. It was to the point that had to call customers back from landlines. Even T-Mobile to T-Mobile call reception was poor. When complained about reception to T-Mobile they said our phones were too old. So over a period of months bought 4 new phones. Reception did not improve but got worse. Then they convinced us to install a 4G LTE Cell Spot tower. Except they could not get it to install. They claimed it was an internal problem on their part but after a week they could not get it to work. I called every couple days, but no one would call us back. Could not continue to allow their poor service to affect our business, so this week I am switching carriers.
Also, we got emails almost daily from T-Mobile representative with "specials". I finally "bit" and accepted a "free" tablet. It should have been free as it had very little memory and I could not download any additional apps. After that, I blocked the emails from their rep and sent them to trash. When preparing to move to another carrier, I found that I still "owed" $92.00 for my "free" tablet. What a rip-off! As an honest business person, I don't understand why businesses feel the need to result to such deceptive business practices.
Reviewed June 19, 2017
Nobody does their job. We have had T-Mobile for 11 years. We have six lines on the account and we have always paid our bill on time. We have always bought our phones through them. Thousands of dollars later and never had a problem till two years ago we started dropping calls. We were not receiving messages. After talking to multiple Representatives, buying new SIM cards, getting a router for the house to extend the service, finally we had bought new phones hoping that would work. Still it did not.
On March 9th we had bought the last two phones the S7 Edge buy 1 get one free. We got one phone in the mail. We activated it. The second one came in the mail with a case that we had ordered. It was the S7. Wrong one. Contacted T-Mobile and said it back UPS. We waited 30 days. Contacted T-Mobile to make sure they were sending out the right phone. They informed me they have not got it yet to call UPS. I contact them. They lost the package and cannot find it so they had to do a search and said it would take 2 weeks. I notified T-Mobile.
2 weeks later I call UPS. They say they can't find it that we have to file a lost package. I cannot since I'm not the shipper even though I paid for it to be shipped to me and shipped back but it was T-Mobile's label so I contacted TMobile to file the report. They said they would. It could take up to 30 days. 30 days later I contact him. It was never done. I speak to a manager. He guarantees me he will file it. I called back 2 weeks later and they closed it because they couldn't find the shipping label that I sent out that they gave me instead of calling me so I spoke to another representative. Got it opened back up.
About three weeks later I call UPS to see if there was a claim done on it. They said no. T-Mobile never contacted them. I asked why they can't do the claim since they know they lost the package. They said the center has to so I contact T-Mobile to see why and they said it's in the process. In the meantime the S8 plus comes out so I was wanting to return my phone to get the buy one get one free. They said it had been too long that I can't even though I explained the situation that I was waiting on them for the other phone so I decided I was going to trade in the S7, lose money and get the buy one get one free S8.
After three and a half hours at the T-Mobile store we leave with our phones and about 30 minutes later we get a call from the representative saying we did not notice but, "The plan you have is an old plan. You do not have the new T-Mobile one" since we are grandfathered in so we will not be getting the rebate on the second phone. I said, "No. I'm not paying $1,800 for 2 phones when I just lost a couple hundred on a different phone that I got from you guys." So had to go return the phones back in which took another hour of my time to call T-Mobile because they already sent out the old phones back to them.
Needless to say we just got our phones back and TMobile says I waited too long to file a claim on the Lost package. I will not be getting the phone and I will be paying for it. It's **. They probably already got the money from UPS. They're thieves. After so many years of being with them I am changing to Sprint. There is horrible complaints about all companies but I will not give them another Penny of my time or money. As much as I have spoken to them on the phone it could have been my full-time job. It was 11 hours last week of the phone dropping the call after talking with a representative for over an hour and they don't call back so you have to explain it. I have no idea what is going on with T-Mobile. They used to be so good. I've gotten to the point I don't care if they give me free service for a year. I am not taking them back.
Reviewed June 18, 2017
I switched from AT&T thinking that I was taking advantage of the promotion that T-Mobile had on Cyber Monday. They offered 4 phone lines with unlimited data for $140/month. In addition they offered $800 Visa debit card because I was switching from AT&T and they will pay for any penalties and any outstanding balance on the financed phones. Since the beginning they didn't honor any of those things, They have been charging me as a regular plan. I had to call every single month to get some credit for the $140/month plan that I was supposed to have, but this month they refused and after 7 months with them, they told me that I don't qualify for that plan. They have given me all excuses not to honor the plan I signed up for. I didn't get neither the Visa debit card nor I got refunded for the money I had to pay to cancel AT&T.
Reviewed June 17, 2017
I have been a customer with T-Mobile for over 4 years. Their customer service always thanked me for staying with them and I felt a part of their community. I really thought that it mattered to them that I have stayed with them for so long. But it does not truly really matter to T-Mobile how long you have been a customer. One of the main reasons I ever joined was because of their international service. At the time I was in the military and I traveled frequently between Europe and the United States. And T-Mobile had the best international plan of all the other carriers. But their service in rural areas, especially in the mountains is horrible stateside.
My wife and I always feared driving out in the country, having no service and something happening where we needed to call for help. Also if you are in a building there usually is no service either, many times I would have to outside and wait up to 5 minutes for the signal to return. I never had any of these problems with other cell phone carriers.
I recently dropped one of my T-Mobile lines and switched to Verizon. I can significantly see the difference in both customer service and coverage. I always have service as I drive in and on top of mountains. In rural areas and inside buildings I also have service. I will be switching my other 2 lines and canceling T-Mobile and probably never returning. They are not able to fulfill my needs anymore.
Reviewed June 16, 2017
In November trade 2 almost new phones for iPhone 7 exchange program. 1st several months T-Mobile could not find those phones. In April found them and said we sent them damaged phones. Although phones were practically new as I traded old phones and got new iPhones from Apple store. Then I had a problem with the Samsung S model. I got offered warranty exchange by T-Mobile. I sent the old phone back but T-Mobile claims they did not get the phone. Tracked on around 440.00 to my phone Bill. Did the same thing again on the other Samsung. I am a business customer. I have been on hold for at least 30 mins or more. Every time I call them. No Professionalism. T-Mobile is a total disaster. No fairness just headaches.
Reviewed June 15, 2017
I signed up 6 cell phones in 2015. I understood they were on 24-month contracts to purchase. 18 months later I learned they had to be paid off at that time or the total remaining balance would be added to the next month's bill. I had to buy a couple of them, switched a couple to another carrier, extend one. T-Mobile was extremely dishonest in 2015. I am divesting my cell business from them and will no additional with them.
Reviewed June 13, 2017
I have been a T-Mobile user for over 6 yrs. My problem started when I added another line for a friend under my account. As it has been discussed by numerous customers T-Mobile is a runner up for an Amy Award for transforming their company to one of the sleaziest phone company ever to exist. They also have one of the least desirable customer service department. My monthly bill varies depending who I spoke in their customer abusing department. A while back I signed up for a 24 month finance arrangement and got one of their ** devices with an option to own it out right after the end of my contract.
Now I am being told that the contract I signed was an 18 months contract which has a stipulation that says device could be purchased by paying the remaining balance. I asked them if they can produce the copy of the contract I signed but I was told they can't go that far back on their system to produce the contract I signed. This company takes advantage of hard working and unsuspecting individuals by employing improper business practice. It is about time for the FCC to protect the consumers from this corporate vultures.
Reviewed June 13, 2017
Tried moving my service to T-Mobile but after being told I had service at my home, I did not. If I got out of WiFi range our phones were useless. Could not get my son at school 2 miles away. I called customer service and was told I was within the 14-day buyer's remorse and was due a full refund with a waived restocking fee. After 3 hours on the phone with them, I was told the store would have to do some of the refunding, another 2.5 hours spent there. Thinking it was all done and over, I started receiving monthly service billing on the two returned phones. They charged my account again and I placed a stop payment. So far they have cheated me out of about $350. Now they want to turn me over to collections. Beware!!! Hidden fees and they do not back what their employees tell you!
Reviewed June 12, 2017
T-Mobile had a promotion you give up your iPhone 6 and get an iPhone 7. I went to the store they said I'm eligible. Just to be sure I called customer service and they assured me it's okay. I had to pay all 4 of my iPhones before I ship it to them. Cost me a lot of money because they were pretty new. After receiving my 4 iPhone 7 I notice that I was charged full price on them. When I called they told me that I was not eligible to the promotion (WHAT A BS). I asked for my 4 iPhones 6 back they said they can't return them. Spent many hours of conversations with supervisors. At the end they said if I change my plan to unlimited they will respect the deal. That's what I did and guess what? They still charging me $7 per phone (4 phones). I can't believe such a big company will do that.
Reviewed June 12, 2017
the line. This is way too much. Please tell me if this is correct.
Reviewed June 12, 2017
There is Nothing good about this company. But my biggest beef is the invasion of privacy and being treated like a child. As an adult in my 50s its very rough to have to obtain permission to do anything on my phone service. As my husband is the primary holder he is allowed to view anything he wants of mine. All my texts, incoming, outgoing & missed calls. My picts, EVERYTHING. But I cannot see any of his info. With my husbands over active, paranoid mind he's convinced I'm cheating! We are on the verge of divorce over this.
Plus if I want to do anything even though they swear I have equal authority as my husband & I have my husband's ss number, l am still required to obtain his permission to do the simplest things. For example, activating my new phone. I must be put on hold, why they call him to obtain permission! Plus their selling point "Get unlimited 4G data" is an absolute straight out lie! You have a limit, and once that's reached, your internet access slows way down to 2G and thats if you're even lucky to get internet at all. Dropped calls, no internet access, over priced phones, overpriced service you must argue with monthly, lousy service, lack of cell tower coverage on the west coast and 0 privacy! BUYER BEWARE! THIS IS A NO BRAINER! STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY! ABSOLUTE WORST!
Reviewed June 9, 2017
I have been with T-Mobile for over a decade and they're a very nice company. They are easy to do business with and I trust this company because they are honest and trustworthy. T-Mobile has my vote. They are 100% with me and I would not switch to another company. They're very friendly when you first walk in their stores and when you walk out so it's like yes I'm going back again and again. Instead of reaching them online or over the phone I would rather walk into the store because T-Mobile makes my day.
Reviewed June 8, 2017
In March, I purchased a Google Pixel XL. I brought it in to T-Mobile to be activated. The person in the store was very helpful, and let me know that the $350 Google Pixel promotion was still active. He submitted the form for me. On March 22, I received an email from T-Mobile saying that it was being processed. Then on March 31, I received an email from T-Mobile saying that it had been approved, and I would receive the reward in the mail in 2-3 weeks.
By May, I had still not received anything, so on May 1, I called to inquire about it. I was told that I should receive a card with $350 on it in the mail by May 19. Today, June 7, I still haven't received anything, so I called again. I spoke with a CSR, who said there was no record of any of this, and the Google Pixel promotion has ended, so I will not receive any promotional reward at all. When I asked to speak with a supervisor, he told me that I cannot speak to a supervisor. When I insisted, he put me on hold and after several minutes, the line disconnected.
I then called back and spoke with another CSR, who told me he saw the promotion in my account, and that I should receive the reward 2-3 weeks after it was approved. Yes, he acknowledged that it was approved on March 31, and didn't seem to see the issue with that. He gave me a URL and tracking number to check on the status of the reward, and it shows that I should receive $13.55. This is clearly not what was promised.
I also asked that CSR to speak with a supervisor, but he said that in fact, there are no supervisors on duty, but gave me an 877 number to call for a supervisor when they may be in. I also asked that this be escalated, because this is clearly a breach of what was promised. He simply sent me a text message saying he has addressed my concerns. Rest assured, my concerns have not been addressed or resolved.
Reviewed June 7, 2017
So frustrated with this store's return policy. I bought an iPhone 5se at the T-mobile store in Shasta Mall in Redding, CA operated by MobileOne LLC and after 7 days returned it to the store in the box with all the packaging and ask for a refund. I was told that if I had ported my number back to the previous carrier that they could not refund me the money and it had to be shipped to a Texas address and that I would be refunded by T-Mobile corporate. So they created a UPS shipping label and packaged it up and I took it to the local UPS store in Redding. It shipped and was received in TX which was confirmed by UPS tracking. So I call when it was received and ask about my refund, the T-Mobile customer rep at a call center said I had to wait 17 days to ask about it and they could not call and check on it.
I called repeatedly and never got my refund, so I returned to the local T-Mobile store and ask that they escalate this to upper management. They gave me Steve ** the north California Market director. He escalated the issue and I received notice by email that the warehouse had not received the phone and to go to the local store where I purchased the phone. So I still don't have a refund after returning the phone and it's been over 90 days since I tried to return the phone at the local T-Mobile store. I paid $488.26 for the phone, security deposit, and sim kit.
Reviewed June 7, 2017
I was told that T-Mobile was expanding their service in my area, so I wanted to try them out since their services were cheap. Worst mistake ever! I leave the store and get to my town and I have 0 service. I tried rebooting, finding new towers reprogramming... Nothing worked. I called in (via Wi-Fi the only way I could make calls on their network) they told me they would send out a booster. I agreed and went to the next town over where service was supposed to be great. I couldn't make a call out at all. I tried for 10 days.
Their contract says 14 days and you can cancel free and clear... I canceled after 10 days. I thought I was good. I had already paid out of pocket over $400 to get 3 phones, cases and headphones. I returned my stuff. I received the booster in the mail 3 days after I canceled. I went to UPS sent it back and called T-Mobile with the tracking number. They said, "call back in 3 days". When I called back they hadn't received it yet call back in 3 days... 3 times this goes on. The last time I called them they said, "it was taken care of, you don't need to call back." 3 months later... I get a collections letter with an additional $16 added to past due balance that I was not even aware of!!! I will NEVER do business with T-Mobile again. NEVER! I will also Never recommend them to anyone either.
Reviewed June 5, 2017
I have been using T-Mobile for 15 months and so far I have had very good service. When calling customer service, I have always had any problems solved in very little time. I chose T-Mobile because my previous mobile service was the worst and I was stuck in a two-year contract that I wasn't allowed to break even though I had no service in my area. I complained to that company about this problem for the full two years and they did nothing. I waited for that contract to expire then signed up with T-Mobile. I could have had T-Mobile buy out my contract instead, but at the time I didn't know they offered it. Having a no-contract service has worked out better for me and the price has never risen except for when I added other items to my plan. I added the Mobile Hotspot which is very useful with my laptop when the power goes out or I am traveling and don't want to use public Wi-Fi which is unsafe.
But I would advise anyone to first make sure a mobile carrier has service in your area before signing any long-term contract. With my previous service, I did not check to see the coverage for my area and was stuck paying $150 a month for no service. The only reception issue I have had with T-Mobile was when I was traveling through the mountains in western Pennsylvania where I could not get streaming music on my smartphone. T-Mobile has maps online that show the areas where they have service and those maps include mountains where towers are available but since I rarely travel through mountains I don't really care.
Also, I do not advise purchasing phone service through a store other than the carrier's store. I bought my first smartphone and service at Best Buy and the salesperson lied to me about the period of time I had to return it so I missed out on returning it and cancelling service. Verify a return date before signing a contract if you go that route and don't just take the salesperson's word like I did. I was led to believe he was a salesperson for that mobile carrier when in fact he worked for Best Buy so he either lied to keep a commission or was uninformed of the service.
If you plan on getting the latest and greatest phone when it comes out I recommend getting the Jump service where you can swap your phone. The Jump service isn't that expensive per month. I highly recommend T-Mobile. If they weren't any good I would have gotten rid of them by now because I have had many different services through several companies over the past 20 years. So far I am very pleased with their service.
Reviewed June 4, 2017
I've been a customer of T-Mobile for years. I have 5 lines that they service. They charge $20 per line now for reconnection, which is ridiculous. They use to only charge you if the service was interrupted for more than three days and would still allow the user to receive incoming calls and messages. Now if your service is interrupted there is no grace period and you automatically get charged $20 per line. Shame on you T-Mobile. Would not recommend T-Mobile. Customer service is poor even when I asked to speak to a manager. They all had the same scripted BS.
Reviewed June 3, 2017
I have signed up to this website for one reason: to praise T-Mobile's customer service. I have been a loyal customer for 15 years now and have always, really always found a way to talk to them when I had a problem. Most recently I had to discuss an issue over a lost (or stolen) phone that I returned in exchange for a new iPhone 7plus. I had to go back and forth with them a couple of times, but in the end they accommodated me more than I had hoped for. I was persistent though! But my experience is that you can always talk to them and they try to help. So thank you, T Mobile.
Reviewed June 3, 2017
Hello all this is a review of T-Mobile and my experience as we left AT&T we took our phones to T-Mobile. Trading in 4 phones and starting a new service on Black Friday three years ago. I think it has taken until now for us to really get used to the idea of being screwed over so royally. We showed up in the a.m. and were immediately greeted by a manager stating we had picked a fantastic time to join T-mobile as we were getting a great deal on phones, tablets and other hardware and plans. We started by picking out what type phones we would like to have and of course we all wanted to know the cost of each phone on the plan. As we were going to split the bill in three parts. Myself and my wife acquired two phones alike. Our daughter and her fiance got other hardware.
Next out of the blue the Manager said as a benefit of the Black Friday we all were going to get a free tablet to take home with us. I said to the lady, "We, have no desire for a free tablet, we have tablets running out our ears." and personally I and my wife own at least 5. "Well if I don't give them to you I will have to just give them to someone else. Your loss." I said to my wife it may be a good idea to just give them to someone that needs them for a book or for a kid in the car to be entertained. We both said, "OK". She excused herself and stated it would take a while to get these all set up before we would be able to leave. I said, "Fine we will just talk. You do your work."
Upon the sale of the equipment I told the lady that I did rural installs for a product and have to be able no matter how rural it is to connect to any cell tower to give my morning call to a customer before I approach a house initially. No matter how rural it is we could always make a call as T-mobile has the best coverage of all. I said to her "if you do not have the type of coverage you say that will be a deal breaker as we make money with our phone and if we could not communicate we could not do business." OK well call me naive but I said OK, well I used to have AT&T and would like to come close to that usage. Not a problem. I decided then and there that I would just give them a chance.
OK well here is the sum. The first time I went out to work I had no phone to notify my client before I arrived. Consequently on no highway was I using was T-mobile able to give me the power to talk so I had no ability to do my job correctly. In addition to this we were accustom to running up and down Interstate 20 between Midland and Weatherford, TX. AT&T was capable of giving me a signal all up and down 20 for some reason, but this anywhere coverage was not capable of giving what we needed.
I called the manager at the store whom conveniently was unable to take the call. And then I called the Tech support people and asked them how come they could not get on the very cell tower I was reading as an AT&T tower that I was scanning in front of me. I thought they shared some towers. I said to the fellow I had on technical support. "Hey this is not going to work, can you share these towers or not?" "Oh yeah yeah we can do that." I said then that I wanted him to switch me then. He said well it would take him a few days to get things setup and a work order was being sent etc etc. Give him 3 days and he would call me back as to the case and inform me what has happened.
In the meantime I get a chance to open one of the boxes that the tablets came in and I saw a pretty nice little tablet. I turned it on and it proceeded to ask a couple setup questions as most things do and then asked me how I wanted to connect to the INTERNET. I thought well my home WIFI is this thing for real as it was offering T-Mobile to be able to browse the web with a internal chip that T-Mobile had put in the tablet. I thought Wow, I did not order another line. I only said it was ok to give us a free tablet. Wow, I am beside myself by now.
I continued to use the phone and then started to investigate it. I figured out after a little time scanning the systems setup and all that whenever the phone called the first thing it does is see if there is an active WiFI internet connection and then it connects to it for a VOIP call if it can so it really is not using any resource of theirs. And that was the default setting on that particular phone. It was at that point that I begin to think (what a bunch of scum suckin ground crawling phone pimps). And in the case of a person having WIFI in their home these guys are sucking off them. As soon as you go away from an active open WIFI or keyed connected WIFI you don't really have that all over connection they talk about. So it really is not capable of cellular activity on its own away from a WIFI connection. The opposite it true.
Aha the guy calls me back and tells me "which way are you going tomorrow and can you test it and see?" I said what? You want me to go back to the tower and all or what? He said well he and some other techs had made some adjustments. Really. I mean dude, you guys either have a cell connect or you don't. I cannot help you guys, not your technician.
Fast forward to the end as this is getting quite long. We traded about $1200 or so dollars worth of phones in and we were reimbursed over time for those. At no point did we get an account that met what the Manager sold us on South Hulen St. in Fort Worth. This company cannot at this point deliver an everywhere type of cell phone service as far as I need which is if there is a tower there I want on it immediately.
Shortly thereafter we moved service to Verizon. Not as good as AT&T but they will do for now. We later got a bill for the new phones we traded into Verizon which Verizon would drag and drag their feet on giving us the 1800 plus dollars. They would only give us credit toward our bill online. Which we were pretty pissed about. But what do you do? These Corporate ** you know are just doing their job. And guess what. They got your number and the lawyers. So if anyone got treated as I did and run over by T-Mobile well let's all lawyer up. After 16 years of AT&T and never even a late bill I am wondering if any of them would have had a quality customer.
We in this family look to T-Mobile as being the primary cause of difficulty in the communication department due to false advertising and then stringing us along and telling us they could not take the equipment back after the 10 day grace period which all technicians and customer reps said they would overlook because they would fix the matter. So if they tell you that, don't believe them final comment. Buyer beware of T-Mobile.
Reviewed June 3, 2017
There are employees at T-Mobile that have put settings on my account that I believe violate my privacy rights. I would like for someone to investigate my account to confirm my suspicions. My passcode keeps getting change. And I keep getting messages on my phone that T-mobile has changed settings on my phone without my permission. I am sure that if someone investigate this matter they will find that until recently I have only spoken to 3 customer service reps since I've had my accounts until recently. These 3 reps are the persons I believe are violating my privacy rights.
Reviewed June 3, 2017
T-Mobile has bad connection. I never paid this much for a phone but this one gave me the most trouble time after time. They cut it off for no reason and they lost ALL of my contacts and could not recover them. Also they are making these phones so fast and cheap charging all this much money, turning your life upside down, relying on their technology, loosing ALL pictures which I had for a lawsuit.
Reviewed June 2, 2017
I purchased a phone over the phone with T-Mobile and decided to return it during the 14 day window. I called they provided an UPS label and shipped it. Tracking info says it was delivered May 2nd, 2017. A month later they are now saying that the phone never reached their warehouse, that I have to pay for the $850 dollars. I called UPS to file a claim and they told me that T-Mobile should be the one filing the claim not me since they have the account with them. They still went ahead and filed it but said they would report back to T-Mobile only not me. I have been calling pretty much every day to a point that they say the phone's IMEI shows was being used, and the representative even said, "Not saying is "you" but many people return boxes empty." I responded to him saying, "Well if I had it like you just made it sound, why would I ask you to block the IMEI so that no one can use it?"
Anyways, my last phone call they finally decided to call UPS and file a claim themselves and now they are saying that it's going to take another 7 days and that I'm responsible for the payment of the phone. This is what sucks, I did everything I had to do, I requested a shipping label, I took it to UPS, and been waiting for a long time so that they tell me I have to pay $850. They don't want to hold UPS accountable for the thieves they have as drivers and prefer to lose a customer like me. I have 10 lines and 1 internet line and I have never been late to any of my payments. The way T-Mobile appreciates their good customers is very poor. I really like the service but cannot afford to be nervous when ordering/returning devices from them since they don't do anything to find out what really happened and just expect me to pay for something I returned.
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