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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014

    My husband and I have dealt with MCM harassing us for nearly a year. They claim that we owe $800 to T-Mobile, when we've never even HAD T-Mobile. We've constantly tried filing a dispute, but it's always the same thing: they tell us they'll take care of it. We go a few weeks without hearing anything, and then BAM! Harassing calls and letters again! I had one particularly rude woman constantly interrupt me to say it was an attempt to collect a debt when I was trying to explain to her that we've never had T-Mobile. I don't know what else we can do, but I am NOT paying money towards something we don't even owe, not to mention we've never even had. If I could give them zero stars, I would.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014

    This could be one of my worst customer service experiences in my entire life. I ordered the iPhone 6 on Sept 12th and received it Sept 19th on the release day. After activation it turns out there is zero to one bar at my house so I had to use wifi to send and receive texts and make calls. When I went to work the next day, there was mostly no coverage but occasionally one bar. No big deal right? I mean it happens and not every carrier has good coverage everywhere, this is the case with my area. So just return the phone right? Get a refund and move on. Not so fast.....I called customer service to initiate the return process and they said "OK no worries just send the phone back with the pre printed shipping label and once we get it we will be able to cancel your account and since you only had it a few days there will be zero charge for the phone or service under the buyer's remorse rule." I did as instructed and had the device packed and shipped from a local shipping store on Sept 27th (one week after getting the device). I checked the delivery tracking and found the phone was received by T-Mobile's warehouse dock on Oct 3rd.

    I called back to customer service that day and asked what will happen next...they said "call back in 3-4 days to see if it's been "checked in" to the warehouse." Ok waited 3-4 days and called back....the rep said "well it's not checked in yet so we cannot cancel the account of the full price of the phone would be due ($750)." The rep said "wait 3-4 more days and call back"....OK I did. On the day I was to call back in I received an email stating that T-Mobile has not received any device from me and therefore cannot move any further in the process until said device is received....remember the UPS tracking confirmation from above? Yeah I know right? So I called back in again....the rep completely dumbfounded says "well at any rate there is a balance due....how would you like to take care of it?" I said "there shouldn't be any balance due and you should have my device as UPS states they've delivered it and your warehouse personnel signed for it." The rep needed to initiate a research request on the IMEI number to see what was going on and it would take...wait for it....3-4 days to process before any information could be obtained and that they would surely call me on that date with a follow up.

    Ok so the day comes and to no surprise, no call with any update. SOOO...I called AGAIN to customer service and spoke with a rep who had no clue what was going on, said there is NO record of me calling in to them at all with any concerns, no notes of any kind regarding a rep needing to call me back, and said there is a balance due and how would I like to take care of it. Geez really??!! SO we started from square one again with the need to initiate a research request on the IMEI number to see what was going on and it would take...wait for it....3-4 days to process before any information could be obtained and that they would surely call me on that date with a follow up. The rep stated that it appears that UPS delivered an "EMPTY" package to the warehouse. WOW that's odd because the weight of the packed device was 1.10lbs and the delivery confirmation stated the delivered parcel was 1.10lbs. The rep didn't like this bit of info at all and became extremely patronizing and rude. Her Name is Alisha from Oregon if that helps anyone. She said they will have to research it and see what will become of the situation and she would surely call me back. Ha ha ha OK sure I'm waiting.

    Anyways, in the meantime I called the shipping place and told them what happened and they said at least 6 other phones had all allegedly mysteriously disappeared in the warehouse after being received. And that they had packed and shipped iphone 6 returns to other carriers with no issues reported. So today I was to receive a call which didn't happen. I called in to T-Mobile and it turns out they did find the phone 21 days later and that I had been correct in that my device was in their possession the entire time.

    So I received a refund for the device finally today but no, there is the issue of service on the line. I had the device for exactly seven days and could not use it on it's own signal much of that time...most use was on wifi which doesn't take from your plan. They said that they could not cancel the service until it was scanned in and despite it being in their possession for the last 21 days that I had to pay for service during that time. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!! It cost me about 8 hours total being on hold and on the line with customer service in the last month which I had to pay for in usage time on my AT&T line (which does have service at my home and business). I'm now waiting for the final bill as the billing cycle has to close and apparently no one at T-mobile has any way to know what will happen in the "system".

    I will be posting this statement on the Consumer Affairs, Better Business Bureau, The Rip-Off Report, the FCC's websites. Furthermore I have the law firm Jacoby & Meyers working on a class action lawsuit against T-mobile for the undue arduous experience it's making consumers go through. So if you have had a similar experience please voice it at one or all of the above avenues for consumers and do call Jacoby & Meyers as they would be interested to include you in the suit against this organization.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014

    2 years ago I naively signed up for a contract with T-mobile. There was a 2 year contract signing and the salesmen told me my phone would be paid off and I would just have my monthly bill. When my phone broke and they didn't adhere to the insurance policy they had set up for me, they also then brought up that I owed them another $350 for the phone. I had to cancel my phone line, pay an additional $200 for canceling. 2 years later, today, I checked my credit report and noticed an unusual charge for $637. I called the company and they said it was from T-mobile. So now that I've already paid almost $700 for canceling, I now owe them another $700 for what I've already paid for. Their customer service is HORRIBLE!!! I have never spoken with such disrespectful and argumentative people in the service industry. I am HIGHLY disappointed in how this company is ran and operated. Not to mention their service isn't even that great. DO NOT EVER USE T-MOBILE!!! unless you like ** money out your ** for no reason and getting double billed. Worst company I have ever dealt with. I'd rather deal with the IRS.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014

    I use TMobile prepaid and for at least 6 months now, I have dropped calls and at times I cannot call out at all. I have complained to T-Mobile several times and the only thing I have received is "I am sorry." I know several people who live northeast and have the same problems with t-mobile. I pay every month but my services seems to be getting worse. Is there any help for me and who can I turn to?

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014

    Horrible customer service. They sell JUMP ins, but no one will tell you that there is a $175 deductible. And it is attached to the phone number not device. If you want to switch something it gets cancelled automatically, and they won't tell you about it. You will find out when problems begin. No service at most of the US. Very slow Internet. Every time you call, they promise to fix the problem, but everything stays the same. When you call back to check what is going on, they apologize, promise again and that is all. Can't wait until August to leave them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014

    About 2 months again starting with a LG G2 and later with the G3 I started to see a odd message with the phone area restricted access with some phone numbers, at first they were long distance and the last 2 were local numbers. At first support said clear out the cache of the phone, when the errors continued it occurred to me that it was something else. Long story short of seeing error today, instead of the Cache it turned out to be cell tower issues. As to why they never came clean over this just blows the mind. To be fair to them I got credited $40 for the two months, however this should have never have happened in the first place.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014

    Switched from Verizon to T-Mobile a few weeks ago. My "excellent" coverage in my home was non-existent so I called to complain and they gave me a free signal booster which is working well so far. I need to go up to the mountains for my job once a week and there is NO SERVICE up there. When I checked the address on their coverage map, it shows the coverage at that address is "excellent". So now I need to go up the mountain for my job and can't even talk to my boss. T-Mobile is guilty of false advertising and they shouldn't be able to get away with it. No wonder why they're so cheap, there is no coverage. If I want to go back to Verizon, I'll have to fork over $450 to pay for my new phone.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2014

    I bought my T mobile phone and data plan in Wash DC. When I attempted to use the phone in my home address in Central Illinois, I found such poor and spotty coverage that the service could not be considered. The unlimited data plan was spotty and often absent. It was a huge frustration. When I travelled to thailand and the flight took me thru Tokyo, my T-mobile phone text all changed to, what I was told was, Korean, and nowhere could I find help reversing it. When I arrived in Thailand, I could receive calls, but not make them and when, finally the phone was lost or stolen and I found the website and found my account I learned the phone was a refurbished, which probably explains the language change. I am so disappointed that the $88 prepaid credit with T-mobile that I'm going to throw away will be a reasonably priced lesson for me.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2014

    T-mobile called right before we were moving to NE (in an area with zero t-mobile coverage) and asked if they could send us a signal booster. We said no, we are moving and going to be canceling in a few months, they kept pressuring us promising no shipping charge, hidden fees, no extension of contract, no cost to us whatsoever is what they said. So we said fine. They finally sent it two weeks before we left. We never even plugged it in or used it at all. We called to cancel our account and were told it was completely closed out. We figured the "signal booster" box was not even worth sending back since they said we were completely done with them. It was just a small black, apparently plastic box with one or two cords. We threw it out and moved.

    Then a few months later a charge for $375 was taken out of our checking account. Called the bank to dispute and was told nothing they can do since it was already out of our account and in T-mobiles hands. Called T-mobiles customer service two different times, both for over a hour. After talking to multiple people there all they would say is to write their customer complaints. I am so angry that they took that much money out of my account when all I agreed to was to have them send us the box. I never agreed to anything else. I didn't ask for it! On top of that they said we were completely done with them, they didn't need anything else from us and then months later they charge my account without even asking for it back first? I cannot believe that they think that it is acceptable to contact a customer, pressure them into agreeing to be sent an item after promising up and down that they will never be charged for it and then help me close out my account saying everything is good to go and then come in and charge me $375 out of nowhere. I am so disappointed in T-mobile for this situation and the way that the customer service couldn't give an explanation. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get my money back.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014

    May 2014 I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile with the promise of paying my early termination fees. On June 21, 2014 I submitted the 175.00 to T-Mobile by mail. 120 days later I contacted T-Mobile and have gotten the run around. Basically "tough luck" we never got it and the 60 day window has passed. Their only answer other than a sad face (:-() was if I had a tracking number I could track it. At no time did they instruct you to send it with a tracking receipt in the promotion. As a hardworking person it was a financial crunch to break the Sprint contract and have T-Mobile not properly honor their promotion.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2014

    May 2014 - written letter to T-Mobile requesting cancellation of my complete account (daughter's phone included) due to cell service unavailable in N. Arizona.

    June, July - still receiving billing on daughter's phone. Aug, 2014 - phone call with customer service requesting COMPLETE cancellation of account. They advised that 2nd phone was still active and assured me that a payment of $135 would close the account. Oct, 2014 - yet ANOTHER billing on 2nd phone which apparently was NOT deactivated. Phone call with customer service (and repeating my issue with 3 different customer service reps), I am advised that they STILL cannot cancel until the 20th of the month 'to ensure no additional charges on the account' but would NOT provide me with a $ to get these guys out of my life.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014

    I had a Windows 8 phone which I love for all you haters out there. I use it for work so all of my devices are linked and files synced. I was eligible to upgrade my device and needed to do so in order to get the performance I required. T-Mobile has ONE windows 8 phone. There were more choices at one point but they substituted them with more iPhones. I was sent to a brick and mortar store to check for stock of higher performing windows phones. The clerk LAUGHED at me then proceeded to berate me for not using a REAL phone.... like an iPhone. I left immediately, feeling completely embarrassed.

    I called support, got the plastic “sorry for your experience but we can't do anything”. I explained I would be forced to change carriers to get the device I required for work, another plastic sorry. I switched to another provider. I paid my last bill. That was August. End of September I got a paper bill for $345. I am being charged for early termination fees by a company that advertises no contract accounts. I'm also being billed for a full month after the account was canceled. I'm told that this is done to keep T-Mobile from losing money. Carry the devices your customers use and I'd still be blindly happy as a customer for another 3 years.

    There's a special place in hell for senior management and CEOs of phone service providers and the jerks at T-Mobile have their own table. I'm going to adjust my budget, cut out part of my vacation and pay your "bill" just to stop the multiple automated daily calls and keep you from screwing my credit. I hate you T-Mobile and wish you nothing but lawsuits and bankruptcy. You deserve nothing more. I forgot to mention that the manager I spoke with the first time was a rude ** at a third party call center. The second was nicer, especially when I folded and agreed to pay the damn bill. Just a reminder when you contact support, you are not talking to anyone directly at T-Mobile. It's some poor person making minimum wage in a call center.

    Do not expect anyone to listen or to care, because they won't. They also magically lose communication logs on your account, unless they conveniently contain information they can use to abuse you some more or get their way. I work for one of these centers, but as a manager, I'd immediately terminate any employee who treated our client's customers the way I have been.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014

    T-mobile has the worst customer service that I had to deal with in my entire life! I opened an account on 2012 which I transferred to a family plan a month later, therefore, that account was cancelled. Now 2014 I go and get some finance at a random store, and I find out I was sent to collections and I have been there for 7 months because of a T-mobile debt. I was never notified about this charges since I kept paying my plan and equipment on the new account, apparently I need to pay 300 dollars to T-mobile for a "month of service" in 2012, and that was not it. I called customer service and they say it is not their responsibility and can't do nothing to get me out of collection. Be aware people, T-mobile is just the most selfish, manipulating and full of ignorant employees company ever. They WILL NOT help you, never.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014

    T-Mobile worker entered my phone number for my wife's newly purchased phone account. This caused me to lose all of my contacts that were on my sim card (even though my sim card never came out of my phone). Meanwhile, I received a text message saying that I am now signed up for the Jump program and insurance that no one in my family was asked if they wanted (but they sure as hell were going to bill us for). Upon calling about lost contacts, a "higher up" associate said they could email contacts to me in a file. Upon not being able to open said file, I was told to return to the store where the bonehead responsible for the screw up in the first place could use a different phone to open the file. Upon opening the file, it was discovered that the contact list was not mine. Thoroughly screwed. After paying off phones, I will go to another carrier.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014

    We switched over to T-Mobile earlier this year because their pricing seemed fairly reasonable compared to our previous carrier. It started off really well with our local store having friendly staff, a good selection of phones, and overall a good atmosphere. We then ended up with a family plan with 3 lines and 2 new phones. The agent offered several things, which we agreed to, and he also said that we don't have to worry and he'll automatically apply the changes:

    1. Insurance for one of the new phones since we had travel plans for that month, which can be canceled on the next billing cycle.
    2. Expedited shipping for the phone I requested, and to waive shipping fee.

    3. We requested 1GB data on 2 lines, but the agent said that he will set it at 3GB and refund the difference if we don't go over 1GB.

    On the next billing cycle, my mom had to make several trips to the store to make corrections to our plan and the invoice. The corrections weren't "automatically" applied, and according to my mom, the store manager didn't seem friendly either. After one of her trips, I was surprised to find out that my data plan wasn't working. What happened was that instead of dropping my data plan from 3GB to 1GB, it was taken out completely. My mom called their support line and my data was eventually restored.

    Another major inconvenience that we experienced is that they decided to switch our plan to prepaid mode in the middle of a billing cycle. This required another set of calls to their support to restore our lines. The last incident was that my mom happened to review our last phone bill and found duplicate charges for EACH line on the plan (I'll post a screenshot later if I can edit this post). She called their support again and had the duplicates removed, but I guess we'll find out if we receive the appropriate credit on the next billing cycle.

    Aside from duplicate charges, she noticed that the tax was way off. When you purchase a new phone from a carrier, the very first thing they charge you is the tax for the full amount of the device (i.e if the phone costs $699, you pay the appropriate tax for that amount). Technically, if you need to pay off the device in 2 years, then you just pay the flat rate of $699. What we noticed is that they still add the device's tax in the monthly bill. On top of that, there's some other weirdness in the tax numbers that we can't explain. How would you explain a $5 (and some cents) tax for a $10 line? My mom called their support and asked about the specifics on this, but they hung up on her.

    That was a long ramble, but basically, you only save money if things go smoothly. Otherwise, you'll be wasting more time than you have to. Also, ALWAYS check your bill and check for discrepancies even if just seems off by a few cents. Remember, these additional charges may be applied per plan and per billing cycle... and depending on how long you've been with them, you might be surprised to what the total amounts to.

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    Contract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014

    I start to be aware of T-Mobile scams after my bill went up. I was in a family plan with 4 more relatives. One of the tricks they are doing to customers is on late fees. When one of the lines is past due, they charge $20 to each line. At the end I decided to move with other carrier, but they charged me the whole cycle bill, because it's a penalty for doing that (stated in small letters in the contract, that never we read). In the South Florida area where I live the signal is very poor. I have an iPhone 5S and the meter signal never reach more than a half. Check your option very careful before choosing carriers.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014

    We were Loyal T-Mobile customers for almost 10 years. Never in all that time were we EVER late with a payment. When our contract expired we decided we should look around to see what the competition was offering. We found that it would be to our advantage to go with a monthly plan and found a deal that we felt would meet our needs for a few dollars less per month. We decided we should give T-Mobile an opportunity to match the deal we found but they could not or would not do so. About 2 weeks after we switched to the new company, we received our final bill from T-Mobile and in that final bill they tried to charge us for a full month’s service when we had only received a half month’s service.

    We called T-Mobile and advised we were willing to pay for the service we received but would not pay for service we DID NOT receive. They agreed to cut the bill in half and said we could pay at one of the T-Mobile stores as our account with T-Mobile had been cancelled and we could no longer pay online as we had done for years. As it turns out we forgot to go to the local T-Mobile store. When our bill was less than 2 weeks old we received a call from T-Mobile saying that if we did not make the payment THAT DAY, the bill would be turned over for collection. I'm talking about a $30 bill. NOT $100 or $150 or more, but 30 measly dollars. I explained that we had simply forgotten to pay the bill and would do so when our Social Security money was deposited into our bank account which would be the following week (we're pensioners). The representative said the payment had to be made THAT DAY!!!!!!!!

    I was so irritated by the threat that I told the representative that if T-Mobile felt it was necessary to turn a 10 year customer’s $30 bill over to collections to go for it. We will pay the bill exactly when we said we would but to treat a 10 year customer that way is a good indication of what you can expect if you ever do have a late payment. I will never consider T-Mobile as a phone service provider again should the need arise and I will advise everyone I know to avoid them at all costs.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014

    Tried to pay my phone bill online by dialing 233 using my Debit card, after giving all infos about my card, i was later transferred to a representative who later transferred me to another representative then we go disconnected. I had to call back to speak to a rep who started asking all my infos again plus 5 other security questions with about 4 possible answers each, my ss number and in fact it was exhausting. after spending close to an hour, i gave up. Will have to go in to a T-mobile store tomorrow and pay my bill. (Representative not polite at all....)

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014

    Not happy at all right now. Switched to AT&T 10 years ago because T-Mobile stunk and have been with them ever since. Thought it was a great deal to get my 13yr old a phone through T-mobile, even though my gut still said stay away..... Called 3+ times already with a billing issue and I've only had the service up and running for 10 DAYS! Get your ** together T-mobile. At least don't patronize me and pretend that you fixed it.... Call it like it is, you aren't fixing it - you're patching it until it works itself out after I make a payment. Until which time my son will still get text messages hounding him for a past due balance which isn't really past due. Kind of annoying and probably just the beginning of my issues..... Anyone thinking of taking up T-mobile - consider it carefully... is the headache worth it?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014

    I have been a T-mobile Customer for a while, experiencing hard time by the customer service loyalty team. I hardly receive my bill in the mail. I been double charged from their billing department every month. When I called them, all they have been talking to me - third party application. I have download Vibere, to be use for free phone calls, end off getting charged from T-mobile a very higher bill. Had call 611 customer service - asked why I have not been billed this month. Told I've been signed up for paperless without my request. T-mobile being doing this to me - for a while I was promised to a 6 months free Ipad 1GB internet where they end negative result. T-mobile deserves 0 star, they have been robbing people in Las Vegas.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014

    A little over a month ago, I chose to leave Tmobile and go to another company. Prior to that, I had signed up for ebills. So when I ended my service and went to sign online to see what I would still owe on the account, I was denied access, as I was no longer a customer. A week later, I contacted customer care to see when I would receive a bill so that I could pay them the balance of what was owed. They told me that day that I owed $99.58 and would receive a bill soon. All I ever wanted was a bill showing what the charges were so that I could be sure there were not any extra charges on it. No intelligent person would take an amount given over the phone and just PAY it without ever seeing what the charges were for. I had JUST paid my bill a week prior to ending my service and should have only been charged for a week of service following that. $99.58 didn't sound right. I wanted to SEE it. Two weeks go by, but I receive no bill.

    Then I start getting calls from a number I do not recognize. I look up the number and see it is Tmobile. I call the number and they tell me my balance (which I already know) and I explain to them I have no access to online bills, was told I would receive a bill and STILL haven't received one. This is all I want from them in order to resolve this balance. The customer service person I spoke to said they would resend one (implying one was ever sent... which is was not). Four days pass and I receive a letter, not a bill, stating that my account is past due $99.58 and I need to pay that amount immediately. I call AGAIN (this makes three times) and ask if THIS was the "bill" they were supposed to send or should I still be expecting something? The person I spoke to that day stated that a bill was on its way and that I should be patient. This was a Saturday. There was no mail today (Monday) because of the holiday.

    So I was being patient. Turns out that Tmobile can't take their own advice cause AGAIN, early this morning, on my day off, I received a call from that same number. I did not answer because I was asleep, but mid-afternoon I received a second call from that number, asking when I was going to pay on the balance, which was now over $300. Now, this is bordering on harassment!!! This makes the 4th call, in approximately 6 weeks, where I have spoken to someone requesting a bill which I STILL haven't received. Meanwhile, they are telling ME to be patient about getting a bill but continue to call me all the time about it and the amount I owe has gone up over 3 times as much, surely including late fees by now and they are threatening to turn it into collections!?

    They stated on this call that I would remain on the list to be called until the balance was paid or they had an idea of when it would be paid... WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND!???!? I will pay them when I get a bill and know WHAT I am paying for! How is this even right? When you provide a service for someone, aren't you legally responsible to provide them a bill to see what they are being charged FOR? I am not dodging them... I am the one who contacted them to begin with requesting a final bill. How can I not be able to access the information online? I don't even have access to my old bills to compare the charges to previous bills if I ever DO receive a bill. Nothing about this is right! If anyone has T-mobile and plans to go with another company, please be cautious of this!!! This is the kind of stuff that will affect your credit and allow them to add on extra charges while they insist you are not paying them what they are owed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014

    When I call 611 for assistance, each time the Customer service rep assures me the problem has been cleared and I call back over and over and continue to get billed for the Samsung Galaxy 4, when I have been assured I would have credit for the phone. All calls regarding my issue in trying to secure the Galaxy 5 had been recorded and documented on my account. I now have two phones I'm supposed to pay for and I'm tired of T-Mobile not having the technology to correct their errors, or have the follow through by their customer service reps and supervisors (yes, I spoke to supervisors during my efforts) to correct my account with what they stated they would do... Now I have to call 611 (customer service) and be on hold for too many minutes of my valuable time and tell my story for the 5th time and see if they can correct the issue as the bill is due on the 17th. T-Mobile Corporate office needs to hear their customers and fix these issues!! I have been with T-Mobile for 13 years and deserve the best customer service and accurate account billing and efforts available in the market! AT&T is looking better every day!! !

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2014

    First the whole experience was very unprofessional! I opened a prepaid one month unlimited everything for a friend... they started harassing to pay 2 weeks before bill was due again then shut off before the date it was due but what's worse is they lost my id! And give a **! They call to say they have ID go and "oops it's just gone so sorry"! Well that's not cool I'm broke I can't just go out and buy another one and I just got that id! I will never ever go to T-mobile again... especially the one in lancaster ca ave 1 and 10 st west right next to Wendy's!

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2014

    TY area is covered. It is not. They need to upgrade a tower so I have constant dropped calls and horrible reception. Believe me if there is ever a class action law suit I will jump on board if able to. I should be concentrating on my cancer not this BS. T-Mobile you are heartless and horrible.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014

    My husband and I had been customers of T-Mobile for over 20 years. We decided to go prepaid to cut our monthly expenses but wanted to keep our phone numbers. We were barred from the website to pay our final bill and then received a notice yesterday that the balance had been turned in to a collection agency! We were not even behind! Today I get a notification to my email that it has been reported to the credit bureau. WHY??? I am so upset! In tears! We are on a fixed income now and could not afford the high monthly payments. Does loyalty not count for anything? We have paid T-Mobile more than $22,000, not including the purchase of phones, over the last twenty years and had no complaints about their service. This action on their part is just unbelievable and hurtful. Now we have to go through the process of getting this removed from our credit report. Sad!

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014

    My account with Tmobile was suspended for non payment after been with them for 14 years. Something happened with my bank account so I could not pay it. Well what's going on is that now I owe I new bill even I haven't used the service. Is this right? Anybody knows?

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014

    My last renewal I was offered, 69.00 if I renewed for unlimited talk, test, data which was 10.00 less than my bill+ 130.00 for a new phone. When I got my bill it was 92.00 +, almost 500.00 for the phone. About 6 months later, and tons of calls, the charge was taken off, but my bill was still 82.00 and I gave up and kept paying it. Now 2 years later they are saying I was getting a discount. My plan is 92.00, discount no longer applies. I agreed on 69.00 unlimited, I never agreed on 92.00. This is not right! Last night I was told, they would switch it back to the old plan, but they didn't. It has been over 2 years, them switching it back, now they switched my plan, to less data for 72.00. But it went up to 82.00 after 2 months! This should be illegal.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014

    Bought a brand new Sony Xperia only three months ago. Paid cash for the phone, and it's been having the same issue with charging when it randomly feels like it. T-mobile has done nothing to alleviate the issue even though I have insurance. The store site ran a diagnosis and said the phone was fine, then handed me a junky cord to go home with. The problem has continued. I've been through 7 charging devices.... now my only way of contacting authorities in emergency is smoke signal or something similar since I will NOT agree to a refurbished phone when that is NOT WHAT I INITIALLY PAID FOR.

    I have never been so disappointed by any one company. Or paid such high prices for ** service. They reroute my calls to the wrong department. Have me on hold twenty minutes at a time only to be put through to another dept instead of supervisor or district manager as I had asked. And they had the call disconnected a couple of times after all of that. One technician said they would call right back, and never did. What the actual f? And no resolution whatsoever. My phone is dead at 6%.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014

    I recently switched from T-Mobile to another carrier. When I tried to go to T-Mobile's website to pay my final bill, I found I had been blocked from access. They started calling me 5 times a day to get me to pay them, I told them to send me a final bill and I would, and to please stop calling me. They said they couldn't stop calling me because it was an automatic system. Whatever (And they did continue to call many times a day). When I received the bill I had asked for, I called them and said I wanted to pay my final bill. They wanted to charge me twice what was notated as my outstanding balance. The bill they sent me acknowledged that I was no longer with them, and quoted me an outstanding balance, which they then wanted to double.

    I told them I was willing to pay what was on the bill in my hand and no more. Now they've got people calling again trying to say that what I got wasn't a final bill, and that I still owe them. I told them I had asked for a final bill with my outstanding balance, and it's not my fault if they sent me an incorrect bill. If they hadn't blocked my access to pay online, none of this would be happening. Very frustrating!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014

    It took 23 calls to say goodnight to my daughters. Very frustrating! Unfortunately it's not an isolated issue.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014

    T-mobile sold me a defective sell phone for 230.00 dollars & refuse to give me one that works properly. Now I have a broken phone & have to buy another one.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014

    I have been a T-mobile customer for 3 years and have 3 phones on my account that I pay insurance for. I called in June 2013 to report my daughter's phone that I pay insurance for every month has a crack in the screen. They said that I would need to pay the $175 and send the phone to them but because my daughter was leaving the country for a few months I asked if that was ok that we did it when she got back and they said yes. I called today and they can't find it on file nor will they approve my insurance policy. On the phone they were very unprofessional and would not even let me talk with a manager. I will be leaving T-mobile and paying for insurance very soon.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2014

    I signed up with T-Mobile after they showed me a map that said I was in the Good to great cellular service area, and indeed, I was. After returning home I had one to two bars of service and calls would drop constantly or fail. After returning to T-mobile to see if anything could be done I was told that they would send an operator out to tune a tower. After a week my service was still dismal to non-existent. I returned to T-Mobile a second time, and a third only to be told I need to buy a cell booster which runs $150+. I bought one. My cell service has gotten slightly better, now I can talk for about 30 seconds to 3 minutes before my call is dropped. I sent emails, called customer support, and returned to the local store, only to have absolutely nothing resolved.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014

    T-Mobile added $40 worth of services that I have never requested and without notification ($20 insurance plan to 2 lines and $20 of extra data to 2 lines). I tried to contact customer service but was hung up every time and their online chat support is never available so I could not request a refund. Be careful if you plan on signing up for T-Mobile because they could sneak in extra charges without telling you.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014

    T-Mobile sent me a final bill for twice of what I was suppose to be billed. When I called to speak with a rep, I was informed that I owed more than what was sent to me on a final bill. They transfer me 4 times and I was given different information with everyone that I spoke with. My situation was never resolved and I never received the correct billing information.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014

    So I recently switched from Verizon (who regardless of what people say have excellent customer service) to T-Mobile and let me just say that since I've been with them I've had nothing but horrible customer service. It took me 5 tries to switch to T-Mobile. I talked to three different people who told me I needed an activation code for my SIM card (which I didn't) and then told me because I didn't have one I'd have to purchase a new one, even though the one I got with my phone was a brand new sim card. This made me mad because here I am trying to switch to you and I'm being treated like crap. Then I see all over the website and multiple articles as well that T-mobile is now offering free music streaming that won't count against your data. Oh wait but this is actually false because there's only ONE plan that offers this but they don't bother to tell you this anywhere and when you call them out on it rather than being understanding and sympathetic they want to sit there and have a full on argument with you. Perfect customer service in my opinion. I am so extremely disappointed with T-Mobile.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014

    I was in a bare minimum contract of 11.50 a month and was going on for about more than 2 years. Now I don't use that number and want to cancel this contract. I tried to reach them and they isolate your call if you are trying to cancel the contract. So far I have spent about 2.5 hours in the calls and NO ONE PICKS the call. Never go in for T-Mobile contract. Cancellation is not possible. Looking for help?????

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    After a positive interaction with T-Mobile, Amy increased their star rating on Dec. 18, 2014.

    Updated review: Dec. 18, 2014

    After nine months, the phone is working and we have 4g.

    Original Review: Sept. 27, 2014

    We have been a customer of T-Mobile for a long time. At one point they were the most expensive out there and we were locked into a contract but at least we had some service. It was always slow but we had some service. Eight months ago a tower was put up by another company and now we have no service. We can only use wi-fi. Meaning every time we use the phone to make a call, we have to wait til the wi-fi kicks in. We have been complaining for eight months. Because of their lack of towers they are now the cheapest out there but ..we have no tower. We purchased phones before this happened and we asked for them to let us out of what we owe and unlock them so we can get real cell phones for service and not have to buy new phones. They refuse. I have contacted their legal department. If an emergency happens and I cannot contact anyone, can I hold T-Mobile responsible?

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2014

    I had a pre-paid phone for over a year and I recently tried to port my phone to another carrier from T-Mobile. When I received my new sim card and ported my number, my phone was then locked. I called T-Mobile and talked to multiple customer service reps. who only told me my phone had to be active to port my number and that there was nothing they could do and I would have to open a new acct and pay $100 activation fee. Spoke to two "supervisors" and one said he would connect me to Nokia (maker of my phone) and they would have to give me an unlock code. When he tried to connect me to Nokia, he cut me off.

    So I called Nokia myself and was told that they do not give out unlock codes. That T-mobile had lied to me. The carrier is the one who generates the unlock code. T-mobile also kept telling me to go to an unlock code website, which I tried and they did not have my phone listed. One customer service rep told me to go buy another starter kit and activate the sim card and then I could port my number (new number I had now lost my original phone number) Ok, I got a new starter kit and guess what that did not work either. After almost a week of the T-Mobile run around and expense of another starter kit, I called the T-Mobile corporate office in Washington state. I spoke with a member of the Exec Response team and it took less than 30 min. and my phone was unlocked and working and I got to keep my old number and no $100 activation charge.

    So in conclusion I spent 1wk of no phone and must headache and frustration and $20.00 for another starter kit, when all this could have been handled the first day if their customer service reps and supervisors were properly trained. Oh and I forgot to say all the time I was talking with a customer service rep it was like talking to someone at a sporting event or rock concert. There was so much noise in the background I could hardly hear the rep. So if anyone else has trouble with T-mobile here is the corporate phone number 1-425-378-4000 ask for the Exec. Response Team. They are on pacific time and close at 5pm. Hope this post saves someone else a lot of headaches.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014

    Signed up for hot spot internet service, however have not been able to use it. Two times already I have had to get them to waive the charges, but I do not want to have to contact them monthly and do this. I can't and don't use the service because I can't use it. I do not feel that I should be obligated to continue with them since the service is not working for me.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014

    My phone was stolen which I reported to T-Mobile the same day, but somehow in the next few days after the theft, somebody made for $15,307.00 phone calls to Africa. I was for many years T-Mobile customer and in all those years I have never ever placed any call to Africa. And what is even worse all that happened in June 2012 and today is Sept. 2014. After 2.5 years, I got this AllianceOne collection agency on my back for something I am not even aware off. I call the T-Mobile and AllianceOne collection agency, but both of them refused to give me any documentation for that account... which means that they sit on my credit report, killed my credit score and I can't even get any document from them about those charges. How in the hell T-Mobile even allowed those $15,307.00 charges to happened in only 4 days... At least that was I told... Someone made 15,000.00 dollars calls in Africa in just 4 days and T-Mobile let them do it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    I bought the phone on Mar 4 2014. T-Mobile moved the billing cycle up 2 weeks, from the 15th, to the 5 of every month. Then after 6 mos, didn't bill me on the 15, but billed me on the 21st and charged me 90+ dollars, which for the month of August/September My bill totals $145 and I barely use it. There are 1024MB in a GB and they tell me I'm over 4 GB. I have an App that tracks and projects my Data Usage, My daily Data usage is 166 MB.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    In 2000, I switched my cell phone provider from Verizon to T-Mobile. In 2012 I switched from regular T-Mobile to prepaid T-Mobile. I've been with T-Mobile for 14 + years. I have always paid my bill VIA autopay. I love T-Mobile! But, I can no longer take dealing with customer service/ billing, like I have been for the past 9 months.

    The problems started in February 2014, when my credit card on file expired the month prior. I called customer service to find out why I had no cell service. CS informed me of my expired CC. I gave them my new credit card information, made the payment and thought all was settled. March 2014, again no cell service. I again call CS to inquire about my lack of service. Discovered that the CS rep that helped me in February set up my automatic payment incorrectly; it was to be processed two days after my service date. CS corrected the issue and said I will have no more problems.

    April 2014, NO cell service. This time I looked at my CC statement online and there was a payment pending from T-Mobile. I call customer service; CS says they didn't get the payment and transfer me to T-Mobile billing. Billing says, payment has gone thru. I'm on the phone for close to 2 hours--being transferred back and forth between CS and billing. Finally a CS manager overrides the account and I get phone service.

    May 2014, NO cell service; pending payment on credit card. Again CS says they've received no payment and transfer me to billing. AGAIN billing says payment made and they transfer me back to CS. CS again tries to transfer me back to billing, says that the problem is with billing not releasing the payment. I demand that CS three-way calls into billing, so that they can hear what billing is telling me. Billing tells customer service that payment has gone through. CS rep then gets a manager.

    Just like April, I'm on the phone close to two hours with T-Mobile. Customer service says they've figured out the problem. They apologize for all the problems I've been having over the last four months. I'm thanked for being a customer for 14 years. I'm promised that the problem has been fixed, I'm told my automatic payment will go through the next month. I hang up happy. I really felt the problem was solved.

    June 2014: No cell service, payment pending on credit card. This time I don't call customer service, I make a payment with another credit card using *233. My service is instantly turned on. I remove my account from automatic payments. I wait a couple of days for pending payment (auto payment) to go thru, then I dispute the charge with my CC company. I am refunded by my credit card company.

    July 2014: I make my payment by *233. No problems. August 2014: Make payment by *233 without problems, BUT I also sign back up for automatic payments. September 2014: No cell service, No pending payment listed on credit card. I make payment using *233. A couple days later I notice TWO charges have gone through for T-Mobile. I dispute one of the charges with Visa. I then look at my account on T-Mobile and notice that automatic payment was selected. I take myself off automatic payment. Visa refunds me for one of the charges.

    October 2014: yes, I know it's still September, but I'm on a prepaid plan for T-Mobile. My current service expires on 9-23. Today is 9-22, I tried to make a payment with *233. My payment won't go through. I call T-Mobile and customer service transfers me to billing. Billing tells me they are declining my payment because I disputed last months charge. I explain that I was charged twice. Billing says they can see that, but that I'll have to talk to customer service. I have flashbacks of being hours on the phone being transferred back and forth between billing and customer service. I tell billing that I don't want to be transferred, I want them to take care of the problem.

    Billing explains that customer service is the only ones that can help me. I explain that I only want to be transferred to ONE person, that I want that one person to help me from beginning to end. Billing says they'll transfer me to a manager. I am then put on hold for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes of annoying music I get a voice mailbox. This mailbox informs me that it is full. I am then disconnected. Sorry T-Mobile, that was it, the end of our 14 going on fifteen year relationship.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    I've been trying to get a response from T-Mobile for weeks now. This is an issue that started July 16, 2014. The CEO keeps pushing me off to employees under him. The first of which had a full mailbox, so I was unable to leave a message. The second, I actually pulled over while driving my car and I asked could he call back - he said yes, but never did. The following Monday, called and left me a message making it sound as though we had never spoken before. I have sent numerous emails to the CEO, with no response, stated over and over, I was not available to speak until after 7pm my time or later, yet these emails have gone unanswered. I was told I would owe no bill because T-Mobile customer service had botched up so much, yet they now want over $300 from me. One of the charges, I believe is fraudulent.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    My T-Mobile phone was run over and I called to ask if there were any cancellation fees or processing fees. The gentleman I talked to said no, since T-Mobile has no contracts any more to just pay again whenever I wanted to continue service if my new phone was T-Mobile compatible. I wasn't planning on switching, but on the chance that I decided to, I wanted all of my financial ducks in a row. So I didn't pay, going by what I was told. Three months later I receive a collections bill for almost $300 for an inactive T-Mobile account. The representative I first talked to told that no phone company cancels on a month to month basis, which is absurd because that among other things is why I chose Verizon. He offered to give me a 50 dollar credit. Yea, no. I was switched around multiple times, but the final rep Jill was very sweet and understanding and gave me full credit for my bill. So, T-Mobile has some good people but all in all I was disappointed and angry. They need to train their reps better because this would not have been an issue had I not been so poorly misinformed!

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2014

    We received a letter from T-mobile telling us we were denied credit. Well since we initiated our service, we NEVER applied for any credit. We spent hours trying to get to the bottom of it with still NO answer. The reps just passed us off from one to the next. It was humiliating, the reps were degrading and talked down to us. We are disgusted. Is this America? Why can this company treat their customers like this and continue to operate? Disgusted, disappointed.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2014

    They don't have an unlimited data plan as advertised at Walmart. My movies buffer and their data plans are a rip off.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2014

    I had ended the contract with t-mobile, they send to me a letter which show me my account is closed but they still sending me bills every month. Why they like to steal from people who working honestly for money?

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    Staff

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2014

    T-Mobile has been charging my account for almost a year for a service I never signed up for called Slacker Radio. They do third party billing for other companies without you knowing it. I moved my phone to another carrier. They are honest.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2014

    On 8-26-14 a representative of Soren Inc. which is an authorized reseller of T-Mobile services came to my office to explain their current offering to the public. I specifically told Tom that would not switch mobile phone carriers unless we could keep our current iPhones. Tom said that this would not be a problem. I received 3 mobile phones from T-Mobile. On 9-12-14 opened the phones to find out that the promised sim cards for our iPhones were not included. I called the wireless fulfillment center of T-Mobile and was informed that the representative had misrepresented the current offering of Soren. Inc/T-Mobile and that my old phones could not be used. I then phoned the Soren Inc representative, Tom, who told me to go to the T-Mobile store at 178th & Halsted and they would switch out 2 sim cards for iPhone sim cards.

    Tom told me my contact person would be ** (retail store associate). Upon arrival at the T-Mobile store ** spoke with the store manager, **, because he told me Tom had only instructed him to switch out 1 iPhone sim card. I specifically told Tom that I had agreed to 2 sim cards and Tom told me the store would switch out 2 iPhone sim cards. The store manager, **, then told me that he would look into the whole transaction with Soren Inc. because T-Mobile actually no longer entered into time-limit contracts with its current new customers. I had "ported" only one of my phone numbers and Justin told me not to port the other phone numbers until he looked into this matter. The phone number that was ported was my daughter's phone number and now using one of the T-Mobile phones she cannot make phone calls and she cannot make or receive text messages. She can only receive phone calls.

    This is a potentially dangerous situation for my family because my daughter is a junior in highschool and we need to be able to contact her at all times. I have lodged complaints with the FCC, FTC, BBB, The Illinois States Attorney's office and now this organization. I just need some help. So currently I am still receiving service from my old carrier for two phone lines and being under a contract with Soren Inc./T-mobile for three phone lines, 2 of which I have not ported over to T-Mobile per the instructions of the T-Mobile store manager **. The Approval code for the transaction with Tom is ** and the completion code is **. The phone # for Tom is **. The phone for the Wireless Fulfillment Center is 866-655-8228. The phone # for the T-Mobile store is 708-957-2238.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2014

    I bought a Samsung S5 for around 600 dollars about 1 month ago. The piece on the phone that makes the phone water resistant and covers the area that you plug the charger in broke off. The cover is a welded piece on one side which you have to constantly snap on and snap off when you want to charge device. I am also having issues with the phone charging very slow and draining fast as soon as you take it off charger. I called T-Mobile tonight and I was told that the phone could not be replaced as it's considered hardware damage with the piece missing. I was told to go through Samsung itself because it's a manufacture issue. Also I was told a new battery would be shipped and 7.95 would be charged to account (for something I just paid for 1 month ago - it’s a brand new phone). We called Samsung and they are stating I have to send them phone for 2 days while they repair. I'm pregnant and cannot be without a phone. I am utterly disgusted that T-Mobile does not stand by the products they sell. My contract on many of family lines terminate in January 2015. I am going to go to a new carrier.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014

    I had a warranty problem with my original galaxy s4 so I called t-mobile. They sent me a new one. After about 3-4 weeks, camera lens falls off. I go in to store. They say no problem, have another one sent to me. I get it. Guess what, it won't charge. I call, get another one, this one touch screen won't respond, so sent yet another one. Finally one that seems to be ok but soon having problems. I call to make note of problem but do not want to send in because I am on jump program and plan to turn in. Well surprise, I got behind on a bit and have extended payment plan on my bill that I pay every month, and because of that I can't use jump program even though I pay for it every month. So I call in, unable to deal with current s4 any longer and get yet another one sent.

    Well I forget to send this last one back on time, so I call and am informed that I am being charged almost $600 for this. I ask is there anything they can do. I'll send it back, pay a fine but can't afford $600 and don't want to lose my 4 year account. They won't work with me at all. Now I have a galaxy s4 mine and 2 galaxy note 2s on my account, that one my son's and one a good friend pays her part for, that if t-mobile won't work with me or I can't figure something out, I will not only lose my 4 year old account, I fear I will be Unable to pay for phones. You would think it's in t-mobile's best interest to not lose 4 year old loyal customer but I keep calling trying to do anything I can to not let this happen as I love my t-mobile account. And customer service, until this sad reality after as many phones as I had to have sent, you would think they would help somehow, but they have changed this last year, and wow it's for the worst. They used to be different, they used to care.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014

    They rip me off, change my account without telling me. My bill was up in 1 month to 1000 dollars and changed my plan and cut my service off.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014

    Had 3 lines porter over to Verizon, w/ a number change on 1 of the ported lines. Kept receiving bills online from T-Mobile that I had a line. Phoned, was being charged for this line. Phoned and got INDIA. 3 hrs later nothing happened. They did not even cancel the phone that they said was never ported over. Spoke w/ 3 customer service/billing people and was told "Oh I see you phoned in on the 17th of July" but still this line was not cancelled even though it was already ported.

    Was given a reduction in bill of $111. This on a bill that had no network/carrier attached to it. T-Mobile had a hiccup somewhere in the system. Would not take responsibility for it then sent a letter saying "Protect your credit rating" meaning they were going to put a phone bill w/ a line that was not even being used and was ported then cancelled to collections. They did a spin dr and gave me some bs about how the system does not know lines are ported, that is why I was still being charged and being charged for full months of service. All my lines were ported June 10, 2014. Just today finally got line cancelled and had to pay $200.78 so it would not go to collections. Filed complaint w/ the FCC.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014

    I bought phone at the mobile store, The mobile, 7029 S Lindbergh St Louis, MO 63125. ** sold me Galaxy 5 and phone service. Went over different plans. I got plan, $70 month, data + $13.00 month. Phone payment $91.00 month payment + gave bank, routing number for Autopay. Ask me if I want $10.00 insurance, month. No I told him. I ask 4 times "Make sure this is right." He said, "You pay $ 91.00 a month." I checked 5 days after buying. I called The Mobile support, my bill is $116.00. They say it will be taken care of. But next bill will be 116.00. I'm upset. I called The Mobile store and management told me he will fix problems, "I will call you back." So far no call back.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2014

    T-Mobile customer service in Brooklyn advised us that we will have the roaming service while traveling to Europe. As we arrived to Germany, we did not have the network and the roaming service did not function. We would like to know what is the problem and how to solve it. Please advise us!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014

    My wife and I switched to T-Mobile from AT&T in February of this year. We were attracted to the promotion of T-Mo paying for our early termination fees if we switched and we were tired of paying the high costs of AT&T's service. The switch went well and the T-Mo staff were very helpful and courteous. I got the iPhone 5S after trading in my 5 and my wife got the Sony Xperia Z1s after trading in her Samsung Galaxy S3. She really loves her phone and the 5S for me was a great upgrade. All was well and we were liking T-Mo's kickass rate plans and no contract.

    Almost immediately I began to notice that my signal was mediocre from what AT&T provided as was expected because T-Mo has never been exemplary in their coverage anyway, but after some years, I believed that T-Mo was making good on their claims to have even better, improved service. NOT the case with us. The signal was great in our home (thank God and I'm sure it has something to do with using our own wi-fi) and outside, it was even better, as long as we were in the city limits or highway. But as soon as we went into a building; say a restaurant, mall, work, etc., the signal was diminished and most times lost all together, defaulting to primitive EDGE or 2G speed. It didn't matter where we were, the same became the norm. I have become accustomed to not even really using my phone when we go out except to do anything other than make/receive calls or anything that used data.

    This is just simply far from what I expected when switching to T-Mo. I had high hopes and was pumped by John Legere's enthusiasm as well as the staff at T-Mo and happy to be released from the Death Star's grip. But at what expense? The expense of pretty much any phone functionality whenever not outdoors or in the car. That is unacceptable. It should be noted that I have not contacted the company regarding this as I have no faith that the problem will be resolved and I have preemptively jumped through all the hoops that would be asked of me if I did contact them such as: restarting, updating, then restarting/updating again and then possibly exchanging my phone (a pain in the ass to have to do). I even went so far as to get a special case for my phone that helped to reduce radiation exposure while assisting in boosting the signal. Admittedly, the boost was not much, unfortunately. The problem is not with my phone but with the signal strength and coverage of T-Mo's (apparently) still struggling attempts to live up to their claims.

    How long will they promise this before they actually come through? One year? Two years? Five years? How long do they expect people to keep holding on and dealing with subpar crap for reception? I don't want to leave T-Mo as I believe in their vision and avant-garde attitude when it comes being a different carrier. My wife doesn't want to either because she loves her Sony phone and T-Mo is the only carrier that offers it. But we are both fed up with not being able to use our phones wherever we are and whenever we want to and the empty promises shouldn't waste anyone else's time.

    We will be switching to another carrier just as soon as we are able to and we can come to an agreement on the next carrier. I have also had Verizon before and never, EVER, had experienced sporadic coverage like this with them. Period. When will T-Mo be able to at least be as good as AT&T for coverage? That is anyone else's guess and for those that are masochistic enough to continue to put up with the frustration that is T-Mo's pseudo 4G LTE promises. Sorry guys. But you know what they say, you'll never know until you try.

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014

    I decided to try the prepaid phone plan. I went through 4 $100.00 phones in about 3 months. They were very cheap and broke very easily. So I decided to get a 'real phone' from a different provider. But I realized that my credit card was actually charged $300.00 a couple months before. Leaving me with a $100.00 unused balance. When I called to get this money refunded, I was given the runaround and disconnected and even hung up on by different representatives. Until they flat out refused to refund it in any way. I won't be using T-Mobile again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2014

    I recently open service with T-mobile. They told me if I want to return their phones I can do within 14 days, well 14 days ran into a holiday weekend. I went to the Poconos, only to realize that I had absolutely no service I could reach anyone neither anyone could have reached. When I return back to NY I CALLED THEM and told about my Issue that I was very unhappy, I no longer want service with them. They told the 14 days had passed and they can't do anything. I was not on contract but will have to pay full price for all four phone even though I told them I will return it, they don't want to allow me to return them. If I go to another carrier T-mobile will bill me about $2600.00 for all four phones, this is very unfair they didn't tell at the time of service that they do have net work in the Poconos. How can they get away with this. Please someone if you can help I will be very grateful and besides that I have unlimited data and it takes forever to do something on the phone, also a lot of drop calls. I am one unhappy T-mobile customer. $2600.00 is a lot of money to pay when the phones are new and under 30 days, anyone hearing my cry I ask please help if can. Thank you for reading.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2014

    Let's see, it has been 3 months since I canceled my service with T-Mobile and I just can't seem to cut the string attached to them. If I am paying $90 plus a month, I would like to have service in my home where I spend most of my time. I have been with T-Mobile since I was in middle school and I am now 29 years old. It seems like the service provided has only gotten worse, and I mean that in all aspects of their business. I saw no loyalty and was offered no incentives to continue my account with them. When I called back in March to complain about my service, which was nonexistent they offered me the cel-fi tower (wi-fi for cell phones-how clever!) for my home. This great technology was to boost a cell phones coverage in low coverage areas. I was apprehensive and pretty much already fed up with T-Mobile but decided to give it a chance. It was a waste of time, and a waste of money to keep T-Mobile for another two months and have to pay my ridiculous bill.

    So I went and did my research on other cell phone companies and committed to AT&T, which I love. Haven't had a problem since I changed in May AND I pay less monthly. An answer to my prayers! The final thing I needed to do to be done with T-Mobile was send back their non-effective cel-fi tower. I called on three occasions and was told they would send me the return label. I didn't receive it after the first two times of calling, and finally got it the third time. Within this time period I was getting bills in the mail for $375 for the cel-fi tower, as well as automated calls to collect for it. I thought to myself "are they crazy", the instrument had not been returned because of their negligence in sending me a return label. I was beyond fed up! Each time calling in, I had kept my composure and realized I can't take it out on the people employed there.

    T-Mobile obviously just has a crappy way of doing things, and their systematic approach is horrible. Something is lacking in their customer service and it's effectiveness. After getting the return label, sending the package via UPS, I was still getting automated calls and it had been a week and a half since I sent it out. I called in once and for all, and apparently T-Mobile received the cel-fi tower five days earlier. So why was I still getting calls for collecting $375? Because obviously SOMETHING IS LACKING IN THEIR SYSTEM. The consultant said they would reimburse my money within 24 hours since the cel-fi had been received.

    My question is why wasn't my money reimbursed when they received it (5 days ago)? Why did it take me calling in and forcing them to look through their records and find out what was going on. WASTE OF TIME! Nothing is more annoying than unwanted and unnecessary calls and bills in the mail. Thankful it's all over. Hopefully.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2014

    I signed for Families Plan in 2002 with T-Mobile and I never paid the exact amount every month. I paid them at least $40 more than the actual I suppose to pay them by any means they get me. Finally I found out they charge me $80 in addition to late payment for reactivation. My bill is above what I am expecting, then when I call them they said they gone give me a break and finally we cannot be agree and I have to leave them. They call me and ask me to pay cancellation fee. I said no. Finally they report me credit bureau. They again ask me to pay $2137. Is it fair?

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2014

    We live on a budget and set up phone service agreement with T-mobile for 3 phones. We had a contract with them that was due to expire in November (the agreement I am discussing is a non-contract agreement). We were in an agreement of $120.00 per month - 3 phones with unlimited internet and talk. The actual cost turned into $170.00 a month. We spoke to them and told them that this wasn't what we understood the fees to be. I looked at the actual cost of the agreement which was much higher and asked for something cheaper or our old plan. They wouldn't do this. We ended up terminating our relationship with them because of the actual cost. We were held liable for the etf which is $200.00 for each phone and a cell phone we purchased and the fees were $800.00. (In reality they are getting much more from us and we had no recourse). We decided that it was better to pay for a cheap phone and pay off the contract rather than do business with a company that doesn't back their agreements.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2014

    Never had any problem like this with any other UK cell phone provider. I just told them that even if my issue is resolved with compensation I will still get legal help to rescind the contract. Absolutely appalling service - or lack of it.

    I joined T-Mobile back in April this year. Shoddy signal and problems all along, which was annoying. But then a couple months ago I had my phone stolen while I was in hospital. The thief's ran up a huge bill with premium texts. When I found out what had happened I spoke to them and after a real battle of wills the woman said she spoke to someone higher than herself and they agreed to take off these charges. I contacted the premium lines and they took me off (apparently) their lists, and I also changed my number to ensure these texts would not run up a huge bill. That was less than a month ago.

    I had been assured that the adjustments would show on my bill and that it was then reduced to 20 pounds, which I thought was a generous token from them. But when I went to pay it showed nothing of what I had been assured they had actually done. When I inquired about this they basically said there was no record of any such conversation and that she had no right to say she could do that, despite my telling them she had gone to someone higher (at least she told me she had). I ended up just giving in and paying through the nose, I do not even work due to very poor health and they were plain unhelpful.

    Now today I find my next bill is sky high. I called to ask why and somehow it is apparently subscriptions of the same nature. I turned up my tone this time and said how it was unacceptable that despite changing my number somehow these subscriptions were coming to my phone despite me now being the only one with access to it being back at home. He seemed to help and said he had removed all charges leaving the one charity donation I said I was indeed responsible for. I stressed two or three times, is it truly done this time or is it just the same as before when I was basically led up the garden path. He assured me he had done it as we spoke and my bill was now as it should be.

    Not trusting them after last month I called straight back to check my balance and no surprise, no adjustment had been made. So I called back and even gave them a chance in case the automated system was at fault. The woman said no, it was still showing the premium rates that I had been assured had been taken off, and worse, yet again the conversation had not been recorded. The woman even came back to me after I demanded to speak to management and they actually had the nerve to refuse to speak to me saying I had to take it up with the premium numbers which I told them over and over I did that a month ago, and despite the error being with T-Mobile not recording conversations and actually having the gall to tell me as we spoke they had taken these charges off.

    So I thought well, if you will not speak to me in management I will call the "wish to leave line" and lodge my displeasure. He ended sounding like a puppy with his tail between its legs and said quite frustratingly "I'll get back to you tomorrow." I gave up and said well I'm busy tomorrow but if you want to call that's up to you. I stressed how calls had not been recorded and he actually made a point of speaking his words as he typed, though after the past month it could all be an act. Apparently he is going to get a month's contract waived at which point I said "and the charges I was told had been removed." He assured me it would be done, and I just said well I'll believe it when it manifests on my bill, and that even if it's resolved I have already contacted a legal adviser to get the contract rescinded. Maybe they'll take my complain seriously now, though I am not holding my breath.

    I would never use them again and I dread having no actual legal grounds for rescinding this contract. It seems you pay T-Mobile for the pleasure of stress, I would never use them again for anything. Biggest cell phone regret of my life.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2014

    I have had to call T-Mobile several times concerning reception in my condo. Most of the time I have to go outside to make or receive a call. Each time they say they are gong to call me back but they don't. I am a Realtor and good cell phone reception is critical to my business. In the last two months I have lost two sales because of poor or no signal. I was sent a CEL-FI signal booster but I still cannot get a signal strong enough to receive or make calls.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2014

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile for over 5 years and all the time they tell me their coverage is going to get better - well it hasn't. I'm paying full price for a 600 dollar phone and still can't get intranet coverage away from my wifi at home everyone else can pull up Coupon Hubs and Google at work but not me. Now I have to pay off this phone with their new no contract bull before I can change carriers. On top of that they offered me a company discount but when it came time to renew, suddenly the website they gave me didn't work. I'm just saying the only good thing about T-Mobile is the price, but I guess you really do get what you pay for... As for me I'm done just as soon as I pay off this phone.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2014

    I was a customer with T-Mobile for over 4 years and I was in a contract for most of that time otherwise I would have switched long ago. Now that did away with contracts, they still bound me to the remainder of mine so once I was free, I switched providers. Then I kept getting calls that I owed $225 for my last bill when right before I switched, I paid my bill in full. I was told that I was always billed in advance and that I paid in advance but that just wasn't the case. I am extremely frustrated and upset as I am a single mother and live from check to check. They are crooks!!!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2014

    I've changed from Sprint to T-Mobile last year and now regret it. Lately I can't use the phone inside my house. There is no signal inside my house and was told to do the WiFi. The WiFi is also garbage. I only get like a minute of signal and then it fades away and the call drops. I'm having to make 3 to 6 calls to finish a conversation. I have changed the phone three times and it appears that the phone is not the problem but the poor quality and service that T-Mobile provides.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2014

    I noticed today when I switched my plan from the daily $3 for unlimited, to the $50 a month unlimited, that the way they charge taxes is illegal. When adding $10 to your account, the total is $11.80, 18% TAX! When adding $50, it's $55.00, which is 10% Tax. The fact that they change the tax % based on how much you add, and that taxes really are not required for their service when paying online, proves that this is a total scam. Just another way they can adding a few dollars here and there with a couple million accounts and make more money.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2014

    As a family we've had T-Mobile for 3 months and since the inception we've had problems. These problems include: 1) The phones not working as they should.

    2) Returning a phone to T-Mobile, getting an email that the phone has been received then still being billed for the phone and its service. 3) Spoke to about 20 different reps in various departments alone with supervisors but were told T-Mobile has no records of the phone being received, as they continued to bill us. Although we had email proving this phone was received by T-Mobile, they even suggested we must have sent back an empty box and still have the phone. Finally we got an email address to forward the email we got from their warehouse that the phone was received. A collective time of about 10 hours over a period of 2 months, problem is fixed and for our troubles we got a credit of $50. 4) Although the T-Mobile representatives and their supervisors sounded sympathetic to our plight and even sounding sincere as they would promise to investigate and calling us back, staying with you until the problem is resolved, they never followed through. "You won't have to explain this to anyone else," they would say, and then transfer to another department where we'll have to start our story all over again.

    My wife has not had any service on her phone for the past 5 days. She needs this phone for school (getting her Double Masters degree), for her Job as a nurse and to communicate with my son's school, in case of an emergency. We had to purchase service from Boost Mobile on one of our old phones, cost $50.00 for my wife. To date, after about 5 hours, collective time, talking to 4 technical support reps that troubleshoot the phone, the problem still exist.

    Conclusion: T-Mobile has Very attractive TV ads, Nice phones, Poor customer service, Extremely high degree of inefficiency, Untrained or not very skilled technical support service reps, High degree of incompetence even at supervisory and management levels, And an unwillingness to compensate customers for the injury suffered due to T-Mobiles incompetence.

    DON'T WALK! RUN TO ANY OTHER CARRIER! DO NOT GET T-MOBILE!!! YOU'LL BE VERY SORRY!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2014

    Unfortunately yesterday approximately around 630pm my brother and I went to the T-Mobile store located in the Fox Valley Center (Westfield Mall) in Aurora and we had the unpleasant pleasure of meeting one of the lead managers of this store **. This gentleman was very rude and talked down on us making us feel as though we were stupid. Also his customer service skills were horrible. We had been waiting to be helped for at least 30-40 minutes which I understand it was pretty busy and from what I can see all of the agents were trying to get people out of there as fast as they could. But when we were help by this gentleman as he was supposedly looking up our information, he received a phone call.

    Now I understand that yes people may have phone calls that need to be answered. I felt it was very rude and unprofessional to not even say "Excuse me, I'll be right back" or something since we had already been waiting for awhile to be helped. He just left to the back as he answered his phone, said nothing. We waited another 10 minutes. When he came back, he said nothing to us - just looked at computer because I had already informed him I was looking to upgrade to Galaxy S4 and wanted to add another line to our account. Once again he did not say a word. As one of the agents by the name of ** finished up, he told him to finish us off his am (exact words). Mr. ** did not inform us of how much I would be paying monthly for the device I was purchasing after my $240 deposit and he did not even ask us about the other line we wished to add to our account. As Mr. ** left, he said nothing.

    As someone who has a career in customer service, I found it rude and unprofessional to not even say, "This gentleman will be helping you" or etc., etc... We have been customers for about 2 yrs. We switched to T-Mobile from Sprint saying we have been going to this store since we've been with this company and never had such poor/horrible customer service. The people are normally great. The agent who "finished us off" was great. His name is **. He has always been great in helping us out with any questions we have. He apologized for Mr. ** being so unprofessional and because since Mr. ** just told him to finish us off Mr. ** thinking Mr. ** had given us all the info we needed just printed out our receipt not knowing that we wanted to add another line or that I wanted information on how much I would be paying a month after my deposit. Fortunately Mr. ** made up for our bad experience and was very polite and answered all our question. Unfortunately because of our bad experience and our wait time, we did not wish to add the other line and buy another phone. Because of Mr. ** lack of communication skills it was already late to do so...

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2014

    There are serious issues with Internet connection. I started having problems connecting in certain areas about a year ago. Now, I'm having problems all over the Dallas area of no service to very slow speeds that makes my phone inoperable. There are many other customers who are having the same problem.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2014

    I've been a member of the t-mobile customer base for several years. The company sent correspondence requesting verification of my military status. I spoke with a representative who assured me that everything was in order for me to continue to receive my military discount. I receive my bill 2 months later and there was an increase. I called the company and explained that I had taken care of this particular situation months ago when they first asked. The representative told me that the bill would need to be paid before they could resolve the issue. When I signed up for services, my affiliation was verified by my military ID, so why am I having to pay for a lack of communication within a communication company. The situation if nothing more is very irritating!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2014

    I changed to T-Mobile a few months ago for the much better price on the Simple Choice Plan, as compared to other providers. However, shocked to find out now while traveling within the US, that data coverage is cut off by T-Mobile when you use only 50 MgB of data through their "service partners" on T-Mobile's map of T-Mobile coverage. They consider this "domestic roaming" and demand $40 additional to get only another 150 MgB of data. Nowhere in the Simple Choice Plan "Plan Details" does it state anything about a data limit on domestic roaming, or that T-Mobile demands an additional $40 for 150 MgB of data.

    What the website Plan Details instead states is that the plan provides "unlimited talk, text and data while on our network with no overages. Ever." It goes on to point out that there is "unlimited international data and text while roaming in 120+ countries". The only way to find out that T-Mobile cuts off your data at 50 MgB while "domestic roaming" is when they cut off your data and send you a text informing you that you're over the limit. Then when you call, they ask for $40 for another 150 MgB. Ridiculous, and bordering on fraud and false advertising, at best. Be aware of this hidden charge if you're considering T-Mobile, if you travel at all within the U.S.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014

    After month of poor service, dropped calls, and no bars on the phone, I decided to terminate. Suddenly I'm told there is a contract, when I was under the impression that there was no contract. They lied. And I don't want to pay one cent more to them.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2014

    Recently, T-Mobile has recently added a $3 for 30 minutes talking to all our pay-as-you-go plans (I have 4 of them total). Actually I was told on the phone they did the change about a week ago. I am very disappointed my 10-yr-old plan has just been changed without notice. At least they could provide us some kind of grandfather option being a loyal customer. My reason for using the pay-as-you-go in the first place: For emergency calls since I have a home phone service; For seldom use when relatives/friends visit us from out of country.

    As they believe that it's still the cheapest plan on earth in terms of $/min, my concern is what's the minimum I can pay to keep a line open, ready to go with not much daily/monthly use. Another way to say it, the concept of cheapest prepaid plan they used to offer has been replaced by a no-contract monthly plan. That I don't like, for that's totally from what I sign up for in the first place. There are still options for users like me. I have been looking into H2O and page plus cellular. One more thing is, I do question if they have the rights to do that kind of change to all their pay-as-you-go customers. If ever there's a class action lawsuit count me in. I'm quitting T-Mobile though. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2014

    I purchased a T-Mobile hot spot device at Walmart around 6 months ago. It was a great deal $35/3.5 G of data to be used within 60 days. It is, by far, the best deal I have seen. This was a Walmart exclusive. I set it up and it was great. Fast and reliable. After 60 days I went to pay for my service. It took 2 days with many online tries and several calls to customer service. Finally I was able to pay and get my service. I tried to pay for the service again last week. No luck online or via phone. I had several conversations with offshore CSRs. They were sweet and courteous but no help as to what the problem was. 3 of them just disconnected me when they couldn't resolve the issue. This is common with offshore CSRs.

    I got in touch with their elite team that takes care of complaints they see on social media. They gave me a free 30 day pass but no resolution to my issues. They refuse to speak to me. They just offer ticket numbers with complaints. I presume they feel the issue is resolved with something free. That is not the issue. If they were not truthful and are no longer offering the plan I purchased, I wish they would just tell me rather than taking my time and effort. They seem to feel avoidance is the best resolution. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone. It could have been worse. After my first/last great month with them, I considered switching my phone plan. Thankfully I did not. I have never had so much trouble with any company. Perhaps "T" stands for trouble in their company name. I'm an active Realtor and do a lot of community work. I will make sure the word goes out regarding the way they handle their best /only true asset, CUSTOMERS.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2014

    I have had no problems with coverage and the price is great compared to other plans.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2014

    This really isn't fair to those of us who are simply consumers who wanted a phone and went to a phone company to buy one. My story is very similar to a lot of the others I've read here. They are the professionals and are supposed to handle our accounts in that manner. Thing is, I trusted them each and every time they promised me that I no longer owed them anything and that I shouldn't be contacted again. I didn't take notes or record calls when speaking with them. But I work in a call center and know all calls are recorded and so they should have a record of the calls. After my last conversation with T-Mobile, I'm now worried that yet again this massive company with its unethical business practices is going to bury another consumer and destroy my credit and get away with it. This is so unfair that I've been promised one thing and then given another, simply just because they can. T-Mobile operates in a very unethical way and if I thought for a moment a judge in this land would side against them, I would take them to court today. How do they get away with this?

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2014

    T-Mobile is full of it. I have my phone for 6 days, and after paying 600 for four lines my phone was cut off because it show me as being 26 days past due. Because they added the corporate discount, but they did not notify me that this would affect my billing cycle. After adding several non-related charges and telling me that I could set up a payment arrangement, they are now saying as of April they no longer provide that option. I am just completely disappointed what their customer service and their lack of ownership of the situation. They completely misguide their customers in order to get business.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2014

    I have been a tmobile customer for over 12 years. This last two years over 80 percent of the areas I had service before, no longer have service. I no longer have data service at my house. I had data for over 11 years. I am switching to AT&T. Many of my family and friends are doing the same.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2014

    T-Mobile charged me for months of service even after I paid it. I was sent a bill saying I had made no payments from June of 2013 to August 23rd of 2013. But when I called T-Mobile they had in plain sight a payment of 100 made on May 31st. Then in July I made four payments (100, 33, 42, and 30.49 were the amounts they have on file as do I). However they are saying I owe them 477 from June 6, 2013 to August 23, 2013. I have a written document from them that said my contract ended on 7, 09, 2013 and I went and opened an account at Verizon. With my number on 8-23-2013. So I did not breach any contract. But yet on my August bill I had a Termination fee of $50.

    I was told I changed my plan minutes so that extend my contract. I never ever changed or willingly agreed to a minute change - they started charging me more and I never changed anything. This is in addition to a 1.49 charge for caller tunes (that I never once used). They took for 6 yrs despite me asking them to take it off my bill. I removed it several times online as well and yet my final bill I was still charged for it. They were rude and never could give me an answer on why my bill was always going up. It went from them saying it would be 60 when I resigned the 2 yrs for a new phone and plan, to it being 120 a month when I called to ask about why they said they never said that and I would have to go back to where I got the phone and talk to that guy. Well that place was an hour and a half from my home. When I tried to contact the store no one would tell me when this person worked so I could speak to him. This company is the worst company I have ever dealt with. Nothing but lies and playing games. I am still trying to figure out how a month and a half of service costs 477 dollars.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2014

    T-Mobile royally screwed me. I had an account with them from December 2008 to May 2011 that was in perfect standing. I went to a T-Mobile kiosk in a mall where they offered to cancel my account free of charge so I could switch to a better phone. Worked fine! Account was cancelled with no charge to me, and I got a new contract with a better phone. Another T-Mobile kiosk offered to do the same thing later down the road - but didn't cancel the account! In fact, they moved around the same phone number THREE TIMES. Each time incurring fees. After moving the same account 3 times, none of which I was aware of because the address where bills were sent were changed, AND they had even modified the phone number completely. Basically, FRAUD!

    I contacted T-Mobile to dispute it and they didn't do anything for me despite having a PERFECT history with them for my first account, and the OBVIOUS fact there was fraud with THREE ACCOUNTS having the same phone number and being moved around with changed addresses, phone numbers, etc. so I'd never be reached for a bill until several months of fees accumulated. I now have about $1,000 in CELL PHONES BILLS. My gosh, $1,000 IN CELL PHONE BILLS for THE SAME PHONE NUMBER that was moved around THREE TIMES. I'm careful with my credit. I've never maxed out a credit card and stopped paying, gotten a loan and forfeited on it, etc. But I now have $1,000 IN CELL PHONE BILLS!

    Save yourself the trouble of getting screwed by T-Mobile. Their service sucks. The time I had a Blackberry I could never even watch YouTube. The only good thing about T-Mobile is THEIR ADVERTISING. I was paying about $100/month with T-Mobile. I now pay $48.75 with Straight Talk for better service and no contract. T-Mobile gave 2 GB/month data - with Straight Talk I have 3 GB/month. I had 1,500 minutes/month with T-Mobile. I now have unlimited. I'm saving $50+ each month, and I'll never have to worry about it getting sent to collections for FRAUD from THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES!

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014

    I opened an account with T-Mobile in February 2014, SamGal-4, that NEVER WORKED. I have argued with TM and finally sent me another phone-used. Informed them I want a new phone as the one I received NEVER WORKED and then you send me a phone you dug out the box.. unacceptable. They are refusing to honor their product therefore I have filed a complaint with the FCC. I WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH TM AGAIN.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014

    I was a loyal customer for 9 years even though signal was not the best in my area. I believed they had the best customer service. I was wrong. I finally had to leave T-Mobile after I was noticing a 20 dollar unlimited text fee on my bill even though I had the unlimited talk text and data package. I called about it and they told me that that's how they divided it up on the bill but assured me it's how the bill was set up. I called someone else and they told me the something similar but it still didn't seem right. When I switch carriers in July I got my final bill. It was for a month I didn't even have service with them. I called them and they said I still was with them. I had my numbers ported over and was calling them from new phone. They said I still had a number with them.

    It was a number I had with them in 2012 and had cancelled when I renewed contract. I had told them to cancel it on October 2012 and they even had a notation of my call to them to cancel but no one canceled or notated that they had actually canceled it. They were charging me the 20 texting fee for that line for 2 years after I called and canceled. When I spoke to the representative he told me it was my fault and would only give me a 20 dollar credit. I argued with him that he saw the notation and why would I pay for their mistake and he said he was being more than generous by helping me out. What???!!! How is 20 dollars make up for over 500 dollars in charges? I regret ever being loyal to such a dishonest company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014

    Well, I've submitted twice and I just get these canned responses ... "not enough information..." I talked to T-Mobile support and was told that AT&T's "Balance of Installment Plan" that is, Early Termination Fee, is not really an ETF because it says it's a "Balance of Installment Plan". Nice. Great, thanks T-Mobile for suckering me into switching. No loyalty here. I'm out as soon as I can. Your gimmicks are not going to work forever. Buyer beware. It's all bogus and the coverage sucks.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2014

    I and my family switched to T-Mobile from Sprint. At first we thought how could anyone not come to T-Mobile? But then after having the service for less than 2 months we had bought a brand new Nokia Lumia 521 windows phone and 2 refurbished ones. Well the brand new one we have replaced now 2 times and still having issues. We spoke to the retention, special service and their tech department spending more than 7 hours of time going back and forth. They will only replace the phone with a 5 dollar insurance fee and will not wipe the original purchase price which we owe 60 dollars left per phone if we upgrade the phones. Not even looking for free upgrade just the smart thing. Turns my phone in and get a small upgrade which I'm willing to pay for. But they still want the original phone paid for in full even though it's broken and never worked right in the first place.

    Now one of the refurbished phones is starting to have issues and they will not help to fix it. They say we need to turn it in to insurance for another 5 dollars and replace it with the same model make and model phone. Also none of their facilities has the ability to fix any of their phones. I can't understand how a company can sell you a broken product and not want to fix it. Even if I go to Wal-Mart and purchase a broken product they will replace it or accept the return. Now T-Mobile also on top of all this when we first got the phone being it took T-Mobile over 9 days to get us the phone and tried it for not even a week. Called them back saying we are all having issues with the phone would like to get a different phone, they told us it's day 15 and we cannot exchange the phones anymore. We only have a 14 day grace period.

    Their response was unbelievable. This should have been told from the beginning. That when I said on the phone I wanted their service before they even shipped the phone, the 14 day grace period started. What the heck kind of scam is T-Mobile. The worst company I have ever dealt with. All I can say is plain and simple. DO NOT GO WITH THE HYPE. T-MOBILE IS A STRAIGHT UP SCAM. The worst company I have ever dealt with in my life. I am dumping every piece of stock I have in them before this catches on. I'm going to try Cricket.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2014

    If anyone mentions using T-Mobile, make sure they run as fast as they can in the opposite direction. Their customer service is a joke. Plan on spending 45-60 minutes of your time to repetitiously explain your interest. I suspect that the "T" stands for TERRIBLE. I also believe their only marketing success is in the non-contract arena as a result of their poor service. I'm sooo glad I'm finished with them!

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2014

    I switched to T-Mobile over 4 months ago from ATT. I did it because they said they would pay your fee for switching to T-Mobile. The way it would work would be that they give you a credit card for the amount so that you can pay off the other carrier. 4 months... and have not received the card. It is always in the mail and should be in my mail in 2 weeks. That is all they say. Just called and unfortunately for me, that department is closed and these my options according the customer service representative: call back tomorrow, or wait until Saturday because she is off tomorrow and cannot do anything about it. WOW!!!! Think twice about switching.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014

    My son has been returning telephones for services since he was 13 years old. Now, they are saying they got empty boxes for iPhones and I have to pay $1300? I will look into this matter for sure. Customer for 9 years. Time to move on.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014

    Was a T-Mobile customer for about 13 yrs. At that time had great service. Left T-Mobile about Sept of 2013 - went with Verizon. Went back to T-Mobile Jan 2014. Have 2 phones for my business. They agreed to pay Verizon early termination fee of $300.00 per line (phone) equals $600.00. Sent proper paperwork into Verizon 2-3 days after signing back with T-Mobile. Never received the monies owed for the termination with Verizon. Have asked and was told it is in process stage (now 7 months later, no $$).

    Went back to corporate store where we did business with T-Mobile 3 weeks ago (now 8-6-14). Gave us a printout that rebate was still being processed. Went back the next day and was told we sent paperwork in too soon - will have to resubmit the forms. They have never contacted us, either by phone, email or US mail. Now remember 7 months waiting and Verizon is sending us bills for monies owed. Why should I have to pay all late fees plus because of T-Mobile's mistake?

    Since Jan 2014, have called customer service numerous times. No results for problem with service, drop calls always going to voice mail or just no service at times. Went to the corporate store so many times I know the so-called managers by name. They really hate to see me or say they are busy, give me a sales person. 2 weeks I was there every day. Still the problems have never been resolved. One day they said they would give us 2 loaner phones to try. Went back next day. They said they have no loaner phones. The so-called manager told me to go next door to Target's and purchase a cheap prepaid T-Mobile phone. I pay now $ 207.00 per month for service and the 2 phones and now I should go buy another phone and pay a prepaid card - that is really a slap in the face.

    T-Mobile has hurt my business since I lose calls, text and messages. Have to go outside of my licensed home business to use my phone either to answer, text or receive messages. Been paying for services not provided as they should be... They told me 2 weeks in a row they would send a technician to my home to see what the 7 months problem was - never did come even after going back to the corporate store and was told the same bull over and over again. Customer service say my area, address has great coverage. Need someone to resolve this issue - refund $$ owed for services not render and for lost of business. Thank you.

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014

    Plain and simple, T-Mobile is a huge RIPOFF!!!!! If you're contemplating switching to T-Mobile, save yourself some time & money. They will quote you one amount at the time of sign up & one month after your first bill, the amount goes up by $20 with no changes to your plan. I hate everything they represent & wishes that they go bankrupt with all the false information they give their customers. Signed, Frustrated new comer!!!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2014

    I called T-Mobile to set up a payment arrangement as I have been struggling the past year with financed to a 4 month medical leave of absence. They advised me they can't honor my request as they've changed their policy and can only extend it to be paid in full 10 days. I've been a customer for years and told them how dissatisfied I am and will look into moving to another carrier. I was told "do what you need to do but this payment needs to be pain in full by 8/14/2014 or your services will be terminated"! T-Mobile is horrible!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014

    Scum! I paid my phones off at the end of June and switched to another company before the new month started. Well today I get a letter saying I owe $62 for the month of July - August..... WTF! I called and they said that I had to pay or go to collections.... I asked them why when I didn't have service with them. Basically they just kept repeating themselves and switching us to different people who said the same damn thing.... They don't have an answer, they just want the money for their expensive crappy service that I can't use through most of where I live. I will pay the money but I will NEVER RECOMMEND THIS THIEVING COMPANY!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014

    My phone is always losing network connection. I have no idea why my provider, which is MetroPCS, is riding on T-Mobile's network. They did not do that years ago. Anyway, I am going to switch to Verizon. T-Mobile's network is always conking out or non-existent. I am hoping that Verizon's network will stay UP. I hear that Verizon has the best network performance of all. Boost Mobile is even worse. When you sign up with them, they do not tell you that your 3G service will be diminished to 2G after a few months OR you reach a data ceiling. You find it out when you have nothing but buffering on your phone 13 hours a day!!!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014

    I wrote this to T-Mobile Customer Service, after being insulted by the manager and having spent 2 entire hours trying to buy a phone and service from T-Mobile in the Stamford, Connecticut Mall location. On my lunch hour -- which, since I am a contractor, costs me money, I went to the T-mobile shop at the mall, and trying to get off my AT&T plan, asked what kinds of service there were and what new phones I might be able to buy. I selected an LG Android phone that cost $598.00 that could be financed monthly. I was told that my contacts could be transferred from my iPhone to that one. I also had 2 other phones on my account which I wanted to get new service for, moving from AT&T. I was told that for the other two phones I needed to tell AT&T that I was traveling overseas and I needed the unlock code, and this would take 48 hours to do. I signed up for the service, which was $80 a month. I put down $100 as a down payment on the phone. I bought a case for the phone at $34.

    I crossed the hall to go to AT&T and see if I could get the unlock code. I was given an 800 number and was told that it would take 2 3 weeks to get it, as they needed to research whether the equipment was still under contract (it isn't). This itself took me 15 minutes, as no one was available to talk to me. Going back to T-Mobile, my salesperson was on the phone, having trouble moving the numbers around. I happened to notice that she had mis-wrote my main number, and corrected it. She also tried to use a device to collect the contacts from my phone and transfer them to the new one. The cables to do this were in total disarray, which she remarked on, and spent a few minutes trying to find the right one. All in all, the staff spent at least 45 minutes trying to get data from my phone onto the new phone, and were unsuccessful.

    They spent a lot of time setting up a temporary phone for my wife in case she needed it while they explained this several times. It still made no sense at all, as long as she still could use AT&T until we'd get the unlock code, weeks from now and then move it over. Still no contact data was being transferred over to the new phone, but they were able to get all my photos, which I had said didn't matter and in which I was not interested.

    Then I was told I had to go back over to the AT&T store and tell them to report over the number that T-Mobile had just taken from AT&T and take it back, as my wife's phone wouldn't be available for a while. While I was there, the woman from T-mobile came in to the door of the AT&T shop and called me, saying that I didn't need to do that any longer, they had another solution.

    We spent another half hour trying to straighten out how this was going to happen, and what with the rap music they were playing, the chatter between the associates, it was a harrowing experience going nowhere. Finally they were able to get a small portion of my contact information through my Google account. Perhaps a third of what I had on my phone, but they were all email addresses - no phone numbers. That is to say, it was totally useless to me. At this point I was so upset that they were unable to give me what I needed, nonetheless what I wanted. I simply said let's just stop. Give me my money back. I had been there patiently waiting, going back and forth to AT&T and the store for two hours.

    The manager, Leandro, walked in at this point and went into the back room. I truly felt that what they had promised me, they couldn't give me, and I wanted my money back. It took another 15 minutes to revert the payments as credits to me, and when she was done, I asked what the $50 charge remaining was for. For re-stocking says she, I told you about it before we started. She had said that there was a 14-day trial period to use the phone, and if I didn't like it, I could return it for a $50 restocking fee. At this time I had not even used the phone once. I barely had touched it, except to enter my email address three times because they couldn't get it to connect. I was not only distraught at their inability and what was turning out to be terrible customer service, but when I asked to see the manager, he came out and said, "what, just because we couldn't get your contacts to move over, you want your money back"? Truly, the idea of re-typing in 330 names, addresses, and phone numbers and alternate numbers was not the way I wanted to spend the next month, so yes, it was a deal breaker for me, especially since I was told it could be just ported over.

    The outrageous part was when Leandro, the store manager, who had really just walked in, started to try to intimidate me, saying that I had wasted his people's time and the other salesperson chimed in that I had been rude to the salesperson. I truly do not think I was rude but I did want what I was paying a lot of money for. And re-stocking fee or not, I did not use this phone, it was not acceptable to me, and I wanted my money back. I cannot believe I spent two hours waiting for the staff to figure out how to do their job, then pay $50 for the privilege of getting nothing at all. NOTHING.

    I am sure I signed documents that said there was a re-stocking fee. I expected that it would be waived from so much inept service, inept management, and truly disappointing level of value for cost that I expected. I cannot believe they treat customers this way, and I can only appeal to them to return my $50 as a matter of good business. Hiding behind an agreement that is obviously one-sided is very poor. I wanted to go to T-mobile because I had heard of their good deals, their good prices, and their good customer service. Having been verbally assaulted by two of the management staff on site, has me in a state of near shock and disbelief that this is the way they make money. I wasted their time. Those were the words from the manager.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014

    I have been a t mobile customer for last 7 years. 5 years ago changed my address and just recently came to know that they haven't changed my address on the phone primary in use address and so have been taxed for my previous address - where my current location have lower tax. Call t mobile to let them know and help me get back the over taxed amount. Last 1 month, no positive response, still trying. This is ever after calling them 1 year back about the same tax question, even the address did not get changed. Customer service could not resolve the problem then and now they say it was my fault. I am taking them to court - waiting for my last attempt. Beware t-mobile customers.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2014

    I started with T-Mobile in 10/2011. I didn't feel i was getting the best quality of phones so I ended my contract in Feb of 2013. they are now billing me for $1,700.00 and feel these charges are not accurate. The collection agency contacted me last year and was making monthly payments. they stopped contacting me around June of last year, then all of a sudden I get a letter from them stating all efforts to contact me have been unsuccessful. They had my address and phone number, but i received nothing from them.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2014

    Where do I begin... T-Mobile after merging with EE got on their bloody high horses and began throwing their weight around. If you’re looking to get a contract I'd recommend going with Tesco Mobile... An honest opinion... at least you won't be hit with bogus charges, rude customer service people and an overall crappy experience. I was within my comfort zone. I had been with T-Mobile all my life, so I decided to do an upgrade with them when the time came around and got an additional line for my hubby. Everything was going well, until the so called 'capped' calls and texts suddenly became uncapped and I was hit with a £300 bill. WTH over the period of a month.

    As soon as I called customer services what do I get, BLAMED for charges which were absolute crap. I called them 4 times after I got my contract to confirm that it was capped and I would not be receiving any nasty charges. And behold... the representative never even put a note confirming what they had told me. I tried everything in the book - calling and trying to get a more understanding rep, threatening them with leaving. Nothing worked. The manager refused to give any of her details - shock huh? She was rude and quite frankly incompetent. I am still locked with them over this, so the least I could do is stop them getting any more customers for now. They are the most rubbish network ever and so impolite.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2014

    I own a phone I purchased while a T-Mobile customer. I left them for several reasons; cost, billing issues and mostly their customer service was terrible. And I got a great deal at a new company including a brand new phone for free. I gave my old Galaxy S3 to a friend of mine to use with her Verizon account. It was a complete nightmare.

    On Monday, they told her they would email her an unlock code within 24 hours. She received the code Tuesday at 9:15pm. The code didn't work. She called back and was told they were sorry but had made a typo in the IMEI number so would resend the unlock code within 24 hours. On Wednesday, she got the new code. This code was also unsuccessful. She called back Wednesday night and was told the phone could not be unlocked as I had an unpaid balance from 2013 which needed to be paid before they could unlock the phone.

    I called Thursday morning and they told me I needed to call their collection agency directly. The collection agency had no record of me, my old T-Mobile account or any unpaid balance, because it never existed. They sent an email to T-Mobile stating this. T-Mobile called my friend and apologized, saying once again an unlock code would be sent via email in 24 hours. This third code still was unsuccessful. After 3 conference calls with me, my friend and the manager at T-Mobile, they said it was an issue with her Verizon SIM card. I conferenced them into the call where they assured us this SIM card was totally fine but could not operate until T-Mobile unlocked it on their end.

    It's now day 11 of this back and forth. T-Mobile unlocked the phone and Verizon says they can't use the phone with the Verizon SIM card because the networks are not compatible. 11 days of this and it will never work per Verizon and T-Mobile. Why didn't anyone tell us this on day 1? Bottom line, I'm done with cell phones. I'm going back to the old days with a home landline only.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2014

    Every month I receive a bill from T-Mobile, the bill is higher than the last and I never change my plan nor my phone. I called customer service and the lady told me every month the taxes goes up. Now I asking her why is that and she could not come up with a good reason. I also told her one month, my bill was very high. Then the following month it went down. She told me taxes went down for that month so I told her and the next month it went back up. They are raising people bills with no good reason for doing it.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2014

    This is the worst company ever. The coverage is **. I had a no-contract price of $50 a month. They conned me into a ** deal that was supposedly better data and only $50 a month. That **, my bills jumped from $50 a month to $120. ** T-Mobile.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2014

    I've had T-Mobile add inaccurate information to my credit report, and I have not had an account with T-Mobile in over ten years. I received a discounted payment offer requesting that I settle for $100 from Afni in Bloomington, IL. Today I received an alert from my credit monitoring agency informing me of an account that has gone into collection. However, the company that added negative reporting to my credit report was from ENHANCED RECOVERY for an amount of $60. Is it common for a company to have two separate collection agencies requesting a debt, and for two separate amounts?

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    Reviewed July 26, 2014

    Well I upgrade my phone and they closed my old account. I got the bill from the old account for 93.83$. I paid it and got another bill saying I owe 93.83 again. Also I paid it again. Then bill me 244$ for August 15, 2014. When I just finished paying again 93.83$, they denied that I put a down payment for iPad Apple 186$. It's bad business. :(

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    Reviewed July 26, 2014

    Add charges that I did not authorize on my bill. Do not stand behind the extended Warranty Program. Send refurbished phones and bill you without your authorization. Will not let me send back the phone they sent me.

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    Reviewed July 26, 2014

    This is so cheap - it's how I feel after the experience to keep service with T-Mobile after today. They ask for a debit card to extend service which is not really a thing but did they want my number for? Again used it to pay the bill four months ago. Did they get hacked? And this company end contracts that paid for upgrades right before they honored the agreement. Think what the scam you are in.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 26, 2014

    For 3 weeks now, I keep getting a "send failed" message when I try to send an email. It works over WiFi, but not sending over cellular. I talked to tech service and they said it was my email provider. I been to the store and they say it's the email provider. I talked to my email provider and they said it was T-Mobile network. They also told me that T-Mobile is aware of the issue, but not fix. My email worked great for 1 1/2 years until 3 weeks ago. The email provider is Rack Space. I'm not under contract and due to lack of customer service to fix the problem, I am going to change providers. I had T-Mobile for 6 years and now they have lost a loyal customer.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2014

    Brought a brand new compatible phone to the store to start service. Rep (who I now believe was too new to know how to do things right without supervision), went through trying to get a sim card and account set up and while there, had the manager come over and calmly but annoying ask him why he didn't do something. The process was to get new service, have my old phone number transferred, and have it work. He supposedly completed everything and I left. Something told me to stay in the area and I'm glad I did. The internet worked on the phone, but I couldn't make calls out. It would give me an automated error message, the text messaging didn't get sent out, AND my telephone number was never transferred.

    I went back to the store and he asked me to wait. He went to a customer who was there (before me) and his manager went over to him and told him he needed to help me. He tested the text messaging and the call and tried to fix it but couldn't figure it out. Eventually he got the calling and messaging to work. He didn't explain what he did to fix it. I pressed him to explain why it wasn't taken care of the first time. He kept trying to blame it on my phone saying generally it is the phone and trying to sell me one from inside the store. I knew he was full of it. I told him he wasn't sure and was guessing just like I was as to why things weren't working. Again he blamed the phone. I told him if he really thinks it's my phone to cancel my service and I would have a techie friend look into. He said prepaid service isn't refundable.

    Today is day three, yesterday was a holiday and I got a call from a T-mobile rep to transfer my telephone #. She said I needed to give her a PIN number that was assigned to my account. AGAIN, something he didn't do and I couldn't provide. I will be going into the store today to fix this.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2014

    I've purchased an iPad Air all the way back in November thinking it was a great deal because of its financing service and free 200 MB for life as advertised by their CEO! Of course, all great deals ALWAYS have a catch. Mistake # 1: Ordering over the the phone with an incompetent sales rep at a call center where all they care about is the commission. Mistake # 2: Thinking free is actually free.

    So it all started with billing me the $10 for the data after the sales rep reassured me the data as free. I called once after seeing the bill and they said they would waive it and I would have to pay again. Behold, i got another bill. On another front, after 2 days of paying a down payment of $200.40 (tax included) for the iPad, I received a pending charge of 570 for the rest of the iPad on my credit card. That raised an alarm and I called T-Mobile to confirm that if it was in fact indeed a pending charge. They have assured me that it was and there's no charge. 2 days later, the full amount of the iPad was charged to my credit card. I then called informing them of that and they re-assured me that since the iPad was charged, I will no longer get the installment bill and they will make sure that I will not get the $10 data charge either down the road. By then, that was my 4th call.

    2 months later, I received another bill asking me to pay the installment and data. I called again asking them to fix this. They waived my bill reassured me that I would not have to call again. Of course another month passed, I got another bill. So basically they refused to acknowledge their mistake and keep dodging me and had me going in a loop. Back in March, I refused to pay the bills and T-Mobile took it to a debt collector. I have all the evidence I need to prove that I paid the iPad in full and send it to the collector. This is where I made a mistake where I didn't get the mail certified to prove that I've sent them the evidence. A month later, I got another letter from the debt collector.

    Last week, I called them again and told me I need to go to a store to show them the evidence that I've paid. I went to a store and showed them and they said they can't help me because I didn't buy the device from them. But the rep offered to show me all the notes the different rep had took when I made those calls. I've had saw that back in Nov the idiot rep had put charges onto my card! Those liars told me no charges was made at all!! The rep then made memos on how I went into the store and he believed me that I had paid.

    After that, I immediately called T-Mobile and asked for a supervisor or a manager. The rep tried to get me to hang up by saying I have to wait for a supervisor and she will escalate the issue for me. I told her no and that i will wait. I waited 30 minutes for a supervisor. At first he seemed incompetent and tried to give me the go-around but I had to be persistent on telling him, T-Mobile !@#$%^ up and I have all the evidence to show that I have paid and I will go to a lawyer if he refuse to help. I rather pay a lawyer $570 to dent their reputation even by a little than to fork over $570 into their greedy little hands. He reassured me that he wants to help and get to the bottom of this. He told me he escalated to the accounts team and that he will call me back in 48-72 hours. I asked for his name but he refused to give me his last name but willing to give me his employee ID number. I told him, that i will wait for his call and be expecting him and that I WILL take legal action against T-mobile if I don't hear from him.

    Today is the 48 hour mark and I received a call from him giving me good news on admitting that they did indeed charge me the full amount. For some reason over the phone, he kept trying to a different amount and get me to confirm it. I was persistent in giving him the EXACT amount to make sure ALL the charges adds up so that way he cannot use it against me. He told me he will call me Saturday to further update me. So we shall see.

    In the end, what did I learn? Never think a too good to be true deal was actually a deal with no strings attached. And always order a device from a cell phone carrier through an actual store and not through a phone! Hope my story can help somebody in the same situation as me! Just be super persistent and prepare all the evidence you have and do not be afraid to show it to them!!

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    Reviewed July 23, 2014

    I left my previous cell phone company, when T-Mobile said they would pay early termination fees. Well, I was having all kinds of problems with my phone... not receiving text message or phone calls. So I called to find out the issues with all phones, and that's when I found out that instead of paying my early termination fees, they credited to my account with them. Leaving me to pay AT&T and Verizon. This was not the agreement when we went into the store. If this offer would have not been given, I would have never accepted it because now I owe Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. This is not fair and it is misleading and false advertising. T-Mobile customer service representatives are also rude. Along with false advertising, they received 3 phones from us which they were suppose to pay us for but we didn't receive. If T-Mobile will not stand up to offers, they should not make them. They have put my credit rating in jeopardy and caused me emotional stress.

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    Reviewed July 23, 2014

    T-Mobile got us by lying from the beginning. We were told a bunch of lies from the rep at the store have called customer service who are rude and they keep sending text messages saying we owe money. We haven't even had service for 30 days. All bad.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2014

    I decided to switch to T-Mobile from Virgin Mobile because of poor reception. I went online to do the switch... Was contacted by a rep online - talked to him for a long time about switching, and after asking him if I could bring my Samsung Galaxy 3 to T-Mobile. He assured me I could but I would need a SI card from T-Mobile. I went ahead with the order, they were to send me the SIM card, but in the meantime they transferred my phone number immediately (before the SIM card arrived), meaning my Virgin account was closed but the T-Mobile account was not opened - so I was without a phone for 4 days.

    My SIM card arrived and I couldn't figure out how to install it (I'm not that phone savvy). I proceeded to go to Walmart to see if they could help since they rep T-Mobile. I talked with a very, very helpful sales woman who informed me my phone didn't have a SIM card slot and that I could not use my current phone with T-Mobile!! Why the T-Mobile rep told me I could is beyond me. I am so angry with the loss of my phone for 4 days, and now I'm not sure what to do - I'm in limbo. I'm probably going to have to go back to Virgin since their phone seems to be proprietary to them - which makes me angry with them also since I just purchased the phone a couple months ago. Not a great experience all the way around with T-Mobile or Virgin.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2014

    I waited till my term was up and because I canceled during a billing cycle they charged me for the full month. I tried to fight it. They turned me over to a bill collector. I now owe $400.00.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2014

    I purchased a phone and returned it and when I was talking to the Customer Rep I was upset because I was not told I was gonna have to pay for the screen protector that I did not used and the customer rep started screaming and harassing me and my wife in front of more customer and staff member. I never thought T-mobile, the company I've been since 2011 could have a horrible customer services. I was shocked when I was harassed by a representative and almost hit by her. I've never been more disrespected in my life. I would like to make a report about this.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2014

    I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile to try and save money. I turned in an iPhone 5s from Verizon and had to purchase a new phone from T-Mobile. I was told I would get reimbursed for my iPhone I turned in. It never happened. After months of arguing with customer service about the phone, they said they couldn't give me any money for the phone. At first they said they couldn't find it. Then they said it was locked. Then they said even if I got Verizon to unlock the phone, they still couldn't reimburse me or send me my phone back. So basically I gave them a new iPhone 5s and had to repurchase one from them and pay for it. Needless to say, I cancelled my T-Mobile and went back to Verizon. They cost more but they are worth it. Better customer service.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2014

    Recently I've been noticing additional charges on my T-Mobile bill. The first of which was an additional fee of $14.98 for something my husband supposedly ordered on his phone. First, his phone does NOT have internet access. It is an old phone and he just uses it for making/receiving calls. Therefore, there is no way he "ordered something" on his phone. Then, this month, after having made my payment, it stated online that it was unable to process it, yet sent me a text message stating that payment had been received.

    Since my daughter and I were by a location, I decided to verify that payment had indeed been made, so service wouldn't be interrupted. While in the location, my daughter was in the food court and I texted her letting me know where I was. Therefore, my phone was in full working order. Imagine my shock when I saw my bill raised not a few dollars, but $152.00!!!! T-Mobile is stating that our account was suspended and we incurred a $20.00 fee for each and EVERY line. But, how could that be, when I was texting my daughter at the time? Therefore, our lines were NOT suspended. T-Mobile is just trying to tack on additional charges at MY expense. I am ready to file a class action lawsuit against them. Anyone want to join in???

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 17, 2014

    I had been a T-Mobile customer for 6 long years. On Nov. 9th of 2013 I closed my account with T-Mobile. On July 7th of 2014 I received a bill for $782.90. I called T-Mobile and they said that the bill was sold to a collection agency and they could not help me. So I called the collection agency and they said that I have to send in a dispute form. I asked them for this form and they said they don't have this form so I have to make one up. The collection agency Diversified Consultants Inc. does not care about the dispute. All they want is my money so they are not going to help. T-Mobile is not going to help even though it was there mistake so I have learned a hard lesson - NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH T-MOBILE AGAIN!!!

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    Reviewed July 17, 2014

    I signed up for T-mobile four months ago and I've had nothing but issues with customers services. 1st of all they put my wrong apartment # since the beginning. The other day I contacted them about signal issues, it wasn't the 1st time so they shipped out my package to the wrong apt. So I contacted them and they were giving me the run around and hanging up on me. When I told them my address, they verified that they had the correct address so I called the executive office to talk to the CEO and they said they couldn't contact him and I told her I wasn't denying anything they were offering me or hanging tell, I talked to her boss or CEO but she hung up on me. When I signed up, I gave them my I.d with the right address and they only the contracts where I needed to sign and the highlighted area of the amount I owe them. This is my identity.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed July 17, 2014

    I have been with T-Mobile for a little over two years. Since that time I have gone through 10 smartphones. When I talked to customer service they said 7 smartphones. In any case, each prefab phone has one issue after another. I have insurance and so far I have not had to pay the $5.00 deductible. Yet instill I have to keep replacing phones. When I call I keep hearing about company policy. I have emulate my concern to management who still tells me about company policy; I can't get a new phone even though the refab phones have not my expectations which are making a call, downloading apps, the ability to login to Google.com Play and set up my phone. The replacement phone I have now to replace the replacement phone will not accept my passwords no matter what I do or the suggestions that T-Mobile tech support has me try. I am tired of replacing phoning only to have to replace another. I have asked for a new phone to only hear about company policy again which hasn't solved my problem.

    Why have I post this information is because I pay good hard earn money each to T-Mobile only to hear about their customer policy. At this point you'd think they would cut their losses and just send me a new phone and take up the issue with their vendor. Quality control is the issue here. I have spent over 5 hours with this replacement phone only to be able to make calls and receive calls. I can't even call 911 in case of an emergency. I am not a happy camper and I am tired of hearing about T-Mobile policy. I want my problem resolved. Even if T-Mobile is correct about the number of phones replaced that in itself is too many without acknowledging that we have gone pass refab phones. It's time to take care of the customer, and not just take my money for products that don't stand up to what T-Mobile says they are about. Blaming their vendor doesn't help me get customer satisfaction.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed July 16, 2014

    I bought a new phone because I lost mine. The phone I wanted was a T-Mobile phone so I changed providers because the salesmen said it was the same price per month. I like the month to month with no contract which means the day you start is the beginning of the month. Not with T-Mobile, their month is 3 days! They charged me for a whole month and I only got 3 days and started a new month. My $50 a month turned into $105.00!!! Nice way to start with a new company. Needless to say I WILL BE SWITCHING BACK TO STRAIGHT TALK.

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    Reviewed July 15, 2014

    What has happened to T-Mobile service? No connectivity here.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 14, 2014

    We have a T-Mobile plan since August 2013. On May 30th, we decided to change it for a family plan. My daughter Gabriela lives in Tampa, FL and we often go to the US, although we live in another country. ** which is being copied on this email, sold us within this plan an iPhone 5s, FULL PRICE, UNLOCKED (retail store at 5006 G East Fowler Avenue #813-988-2515). Gabriela informed her that this phone would be a gift to her father that lives in Brazil and travels all over Europe and America. Since that day, we are willing to unlock it.

    The seller sent us a few weeks ago an email with the unlock code, but with a different IMEI and a different phone (a LG)... How can this even happen!?!?! Now we have received an email saying that you will not give us the unlock code BUT WE HAVE PAID the amount for the unlocked phone. So... Please give us the unlock code or give our money back. Otherwise, this is a robbery! AND WE WILL SUE YOU! We really can't understand why you are doing this! We have paid an extra charge. You also charged my daughter an extra US$15 so she could prove she owns the phone (?!?!?!?). If you don't give us the unlock code and achieve this matter... We will cancel everything, including the plans. Your staff treat us like idiots! - Each one saying different things. This is really a bad behavior of you! We feel like you are cheating on us!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 12, 2014

    I received a text message from T-Mobile that my prepaid rebate card of $100 for my Samsung Galaxy S5 purchased as offered in writing at the time of purchase would be sent to me in two weeks. This text message was sent 05/23/2014. Then I found out through numerous phone calls and appearing at the store I purchased the phone that the rebate card would be mailed 06/24/2014. It is now 07/12/2014 and I still do not have the rebate card. I called yesterday 07/11 to get a reason for the delay and waited 30 minutes for someone to answer the phone. No one ever did. How much longer do I have to wait for a rebate card that was supposed to have been sent nearly two months ago?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2014

    B of A verified purchase of new smartphone on 6/26/14 for about $130. T-Mobile rep repeatedly promised delivery of phone prior to 7/1/14. Several jobs starting on that date required a smartphone. I lost thousands of dollars in income because as of today, 7/10/14, the smartphone was still not delivered. Of course I spent an incredible number of hours complaining to T-Mobile "customer service" workers. All I got in return were insults and abuse. NO one was willing to escalate my call, contact a manager, or even give me a name of a higher up. On my own I located an email for the executive branch. Emails were not returned. No smartphone was delivered. BOYCOTT this FRAUDULENT company with badly trained employees. They do NOT want new customers. They HATE new clients. The WORST co. in the USA.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 10, 2014

    My mom passed on April 18, 2014. I found out I need to cancel before 30 days so I emailed them. Was asked copy of death cert and bill that was done on May 14th. Then I get a response back dated in July. Funny how they date things and don't realize that it is marked from date I received it and I also got a copy of what was sent. I keep copies of everything and whom I spoke with. Now it's July 10 and I get a bill for cancellation. I can't believe this company. I did file a complaint with BBB and funny how fast they responded. I still did not recall it but I'm going to add to it. Before you go to T-Mobile, check out BBB for any company and you will see I'm not the only one having problems with many companies.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 9, 2014

    With a family line of 4, the monthly bill should have come around 223 including taxes, but right now I am playing 600 dollar every month. T-Mobile is ripping me off. The company Motto is Fraud and the customer representatives sucks. I called them to discuss my charges and they keep on hanging up my phone and transferring the line. Then I went to the retailer to cancel my contract and the guy at the retail store told me that if I pay 50 dollar, he will cancel my contract. I did that and now when I told this to the customer service representative, they tell me that it's my fault and if I want to cancel my account i have to pay 3000 dollar. If I have something to say to T-Mobile, then that is you guys suck. Your company is ripping off from the consumer. I pray that when you die your soul wanders in neither land. I hope your company goes bankrupt. I hope that you suffer from the same problem like we do.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 6, 2014

    I currently work on a Military installation in Goose Creek, South Carolina. My experience with T-Mobile was really bad. Internet didn't work, calls would be a hit and miss. My bill was never the same. Something needs to change. I switched to Verizon.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 6, 2014

    I have dropped calls all the time. Seems like T mobile not able to fix it. They want me to pay for the remaining balance for the phone, since I don't have contract. To me it's very unfair, because it's the company not providing the service. It's like paying for making me upset.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2014

    I bought a family plan for 4 people and the bill was expected to be 100$ + taxes. The bill came out to be $138 first because I purchased one cell phone and they charged me monthly coverage or something like that. I disputed/cancelled it but the bill is still 127$ (That's awfully high!). Secondly the phone which I bought LG Optimus l90 at $228 is sold at $159 for T-Mobile at Walmart barely 3-4 days after I purchased in store (I paid in full). So four problems:

    1) High bills
    2) charging and adding coverages, services without asking
    3) complicated bills (perhaps deliberately)

    4) Walmart selling LG Optimus l90 in 159$ while I paid 228$ for the same phone just a few days back

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 3, 2014

    I tried call sycamore IL. Every time I try to leave a message it won't let me. This has happen about 5 time. If I want someone to call me I have to text them. I never had this problem when we had U.S . Cellular or any other problem. Since we went to T- mobile, it's being nothing but problem. The last couple of months have been fun. I also would not be able to hear the person on the other end of the phone. I wish T-mobile would have been the company to leave the Chicago area, U.S. would have stayed. We were with them for years and I never had a problem. WE HAVE BEEN WITH T-MOBILE; IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 3, 2014

    T-Mobile has issues with their billing/technical department. They are billing for services not fully received. In other words if I turn my phone service on on the 4th of the month I will be billed on the 23rd of the same month. If payment is not received by then, T Mobile an automated department will start sending out text that your phone will be shut off. How can they shut off service if I Haven't received a full month of services. When I call to inquire they had no answers stating it was automated system that shut off the phone. It seems this company is growing too fast to handle a simple matter in their networks.

    Shouldn't a Technician be able to program DON'T SHUT OFF A PHONE TILL CUSTOMER HAS RECEIVED A FULL MONTH'S SERVICE & STILL NOT PAID, no matter when your billing cycle ends or begins in your backwards system. GIVE the customer a full 30 days service before you bill them. When I called in to let them know that they had made a mistake by shutting my phone off before a full 30 days of service was completed, they Stated they had no control over the network system & when it shut your phone off. Look... to me this seems like a rip off.. You can't charge a late fee if you still haven't received a full month's service. It's like I'm being penalized for not paying them 3 days early. How can they get away with this? Who do I speak to about this blatant theft?

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    Contract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 2, 2014

    When I first sign in with T-Mobile I was told that my family plan (including my husband and I) will be total of $140 per month. We left Verizon because we were trying to cut on our bills and we were paying around $179 a month for two lines. Well, for our surprise the first two bills were $140 and then surprise!! Bill went up to $170 a month. I contacted T-Mobile and was told the charges were correct and there is nothing they can do with it, and they are sorry that the t-mobile representative told us that. Now I am stuck with T-mobile until I pay to total of the I-phone device since I did not have a contract the price is ridiculously high. I am very disappointed since other companies the price is lower with contract for the device and the plans much lower also.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2014

    About 7 years ago, I decided to try out t mobile. The local Walmart had the plans. I went there and decided to get my plan. After careful consideration I decided that the "fav 5 family plan" was the way to go. I was told this plan would run me 65.00 per phone per month. I should have known that if it sounds too good to be true, it is. Being foolish I accepted. Walmart drew up the contract in its entirety. Even calling t mobile to verify and activate two phones I had purchased. I felt good about my recent purchase. It wasn't until the first bill that I found that I had been duped.

    The first bill came in between 300 and 400 dollars. I was beside myself and immediately called t mobile customer service. The call went something like this. I gave my name and account number. The rep then asked what plan I had. I told them the "fav 5 family plan", to which her response was "no you don't". I remember arguing with her over the plan for a while and finally telling her that I had the contract right in front of me that clearly stated "fav 5 family plan". Her response then was basically that I was lying and that I needed to fax her a copy of my contract. So I did. And called her back.

    She then told me that she believed it was impossible to have a "fav 5 family plan" because that plan simply did not exist. So I told her I no longer wanted t mobile's service since they did not have what I was looking for. The woman then transferred me to the supervisor who then tried to convince me to stay with t mobile. She offered 3 or more alternative plans, which were about 20 percent more expensive. I declined. She then offered to put me into t mobile's "elite memberships" which would give reduced prices by 5 percent. I declined that offer as well. I told the supervisor I no longer wanted t mobile and that the "fav 5 family plan" was what I wanted, if I couldn't have that I didn't want any of them.

    The supervisor told me that it would be considered an early termination and the bill was now over 500 dollars. I refused to pay any termination fee and offered to pay the quoted price on the contract of 130.00 per month. The supervisor offered to take the 130.00 as a payment toward the 500 plus dollar bill. I then argued with her about the validity of the contract. Claiming that if the plan written on the contract doesn't exist then the contract itself doesn't exist, and therefore the termination fee written therein wasn't valid either. She would hear none of it. I told her to shut my account off and hung up the phone.

    I paid t-mobile 130.00 and shut everything down. A month later I get a bill for 500 plus dollars. I assumed the payment wasn't credited so I called t mobile back. I was told that my 130.00 payment was put on my account but since I didn't pay the full balance and the cancellation fee, the phone was still active and a service fee, taxes and interest were added to my account. I told the lady I was not going to pay that bill ever and briefly explained the situation above followed with my 2nd request to terminate my account.

    The next month comes and the bill is almost 600 dollars. I call again, and guess what they said. You got it, since I didn't pay the cancellation fee the phone was still active and blah blah blah. I threatened them with a bbb report and a report to the ftc and the department of consumer protection if the account wasn't canceled right then. I also told them never to expect payment on that bill. Keep in mind I was very mad and admit at this point my vocabulary was rather color to say the least. They told me that the account was canceled.

    The next month a bill comes in 600+. Now I was furious. I called them again. I was told that they were "giving me the chance to pay the bill and only interest on the bill was applied to the bill." I believe here is where I called the rep a M.F.er and told them they will never get paid and to stop sending me the bill. At this point I was so mad I did make the complaints to all three entities I listed above. I continued to get bills from t mobile until the bill was 1165.00 and a full year had elapsed. They then sent my bill to a collection agency. I got my first call from the company and was pretty mad to say the least. I told them the long story about the garbage t mobile pulled, faxed them a copy of the "contract" that never existed, had them call t mobile and ask them if the plan was a valid plan.

    The collection agency dropped the entire bill and didn't contact me again. You would figure that it would be the end of it here, wouldn't you? But it isn't... I joined the military and got deployed about a year later. While in afghanistan I started fixing all the issues in my credit report, when guess what magically popped up? You guessed it. T mobile apparently bought back my bill from that old collection agency and reissued it out to another agency. So I wrote to, I believe it was experian, and disputed the bill. I had to explain this whole story to them. They investigated and within a week it was gone from my credit report.

    Being that now 2 years had gone by my original contract was well probably gone somewhere and I hoped that that would be the end of it. A year later the darn bill shows up again by yet another collection agency on a different credit report. I believe it was equifax this time. I was so mad at this point, I didn't want to go over this long drawn out story of t mobile's fraud so I simply told equinox to contact experian and the 3 companies regarding the matter and that I was done explaining this to anyone. I then told them that I will never pay them and that I will pay every bill on my credit report but not them ever.... And I did. I paid every bill, everything off on my entire credit report, and left that there... This is what t mobile does. I am waiting for them to send the mafia to my house to threaten me next.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2014

    My husband contacted T-Mobile early 2014 to see if we could get service here. The idiot told him that, "Yes we have great service in your area." We get the phones, and they do not work here, no service at all. He calls them and are told they will cancel the service for him and just return the phones. He sent them back, and received a bill for approx $100.00 for services rendered. He then called to make a payment and they told him he owed $1121.00 for the cost of the phones and cancellation. He explained he returned the phones and they told him not to worry about it. The next day he receives a bill for $1121.00.

    Contacted them again with the same answer: Don't worry about it. Today we got a bill from a collection agency. T-mobile said they did not receive the phones. So we have to pay for something we sent back, that we would of never gotten to begin with if the rep knew what the heck he was talking about to begin with. I don't think so.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2014

    I went to apply to T-Mobile when they had an offer to pay $25 a month for any phone. They asked for all my information. The salesman told me I was looking about $100 to pay up in front for taxes and first month and when I was going to payday was trying to charge me $380, and I didn't have the money. So I asked the salesman to cancel everything. Time pass by and I start receiving billings for a service that I never receive. I called 7 times to customer service and I told him the problem. They kept hanging up on me and finally I spoke to a supervisor. He told me that he was going to clear everything since I never receive a phone in order to use a service. Now I have a collection for service I never received.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed June 30, 2014

    T-Mobile put my account under contract after I told them I DID NOT WANT a contract. They then charged me $300 termination fee even though I DID NOT purchase a single phone from them!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 25, 2014

    I had a T Mobile cell phone and decided I would get the T Mobile stick for my computer. I paid $60.00 for the stick and was never able to connect with the internet. I contacted T mobile and they assured me they could get it connected. I talked with customer service, the 1st level tech service, the 2nd level tech service and the dept above customer service, all of these dept's many times. During these episodes they sent me to have my computer checked and to their company store to have the problem checked. It never worked. A customer service person finally told me if I let them send me a new stick and it didn't work I could close the account. It didn't work.

    I called to close the acct and got a person in the upper level of customer service, HANNAH, she refused to allow me to close the account without paying a $200 early termination fee. She said with T Mobile "Activation of an account was not a guarantee of service" and we would have to start all over in trying to solve the problem". This after months of doing everything they said to solve the problem. I said cancel the account. T Mobile reported me to credit reporting and continued to bill me and add more money to what I owed.

    I made a complaint with the FCC and soon got a call from T Mobile telling me they would remove the debt from my credit report but would not refund all the money I paid for no service. This representative also said they were doing me a favor because their contract specified that service may not always be available. I pointed out that that was for outrages not to provide an account with no service. He stuck by his interpretation. Sad thing is I thought this was a pretty good company except for customer service. I'm still out for the $60.00 I paid for the stick (which I returned) and the monthly amount I continued to pay through this. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS COMPANY.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed June 24, 2014

    I was sent a message on Sat. advising that I needed to pay my bill or my phone would be shut off. I am on their auto pay so when I checked with T-Mobile about this, I was told to ignore this as I was signed up for auto pay and the bill would be paid this way as it always has been. Got a text message Sunday morning and they have turned off the phones due to non-payment. Again, I called T-Mobile and no one can explain why this has happened but told me to check with the bank as they were probably the problem. Told them I already had and was told by the bank that the money was there but T-Mobile had not sent a request for it. Told to call another number which I did. They knew nothing and told me to wait till Monday to call another number they had given me.

    This did not satisfy me as T-Mobile had no reason to turn off the phones... so I ended up calling another number and was finally told that T-Mobile was doing some upgrades and they had wiped out the auto pay accounts in doing so. I was never contacted telling me they had wiped out the auto pay accounts. The woman did finally give me three days of free service (hopefully, this is what she said) but changed me to a different account that is worthless. I am to call them on Tues. and see if I can go back on the no contract account I had before or if they are going to try and put me on a more expensive plan.

    I have written a letter to the BBB as this is not the first time T-Mobile has done upgrades and stopped my service due to their problems not mine. I have already looked into another phone company as I am under no contract with T-Mobile and would never be under any contract with any cell phone company any more. It will depend on how much opposition they give me tomorrow if I stay or leave. No one knows what is going on in this company... That is the reason for so many problems. The ones who work with customers just answer the phones. They cannot tell you a solution to any of the problems that the consumer is having. They have got to fix that for their service to get better or else they will continue to lose customers! I use to recommend this company to my family and friends but no more. Just how many customers can they afford to lose?

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    Contract & TermsSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 22, 2014

    In collections on my Credit Report for $333 from T-Mobile...

    2009 August, purchase of two year long unlimited data plan for T-Mobile MyTouch 3G handheld computer phone ** was twice verbally modified (contract) by T-Mobile before I cancelled account for misleading and false advertisement over what is exactly meant by unlimited data usage and failure to perform as promised in so called two year contract. First problem occurred in NOV-2009 when T-Mobile cut off data usage after reaching 10GB in 30 days and explained that was the limit. Then later in MAR-2011, T-Mobile cut off data usage after reaching 5-6GB in 30 days and tried to explain that was the new limit to adhere to...

    The second modification of contract by T-Mobile motivated me to look for better solutions that included canceling T-Mobile two-year agreement for failure to honor agreements made in AUG-2009, with respect to unlimited data plan promises that T-Mobile made before starting to charge extra to its customers for tethering their phone data plan to other devices. This is something that later T-Mobile customers were stuck paying more money for...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2014

    I took my son on the June 12th 2014 to Costco to get him what he wanted after achieving honor roll on his report card; it was a phone that he worked hard for all year. So we get to Costco to add a line to my T-Mobile family plan... 2 1/2 hours of waiting and was told by T-Mobile a system glitch is on my account and it will take 2 hours for a supervisor at T-Mobile to fix the issue and until then they told Costco to issue it as a new line and took a $10 deposit from me over the phone. They would have the issue fixed by then and all I will have to do is call them anytime after 2 hours and they would transfer the new phone number to the existing family plan. At this time Costco had closed and we were only people other than employees left in the store. My son had fell asleep on one of the lawn chairs waiting for the exciting prize he had won killing the whole moment for us. So I agreed and we walked out with his phone on a new (temporary) plan.

    I get home and after 2 hours by this time I thought it would be ok to call and get this out of the way. After being on hold and repeatedly being transferred from one rep to another specialist, I was told that I would have to wait until Sunday for the feature to be taken off and the line to be transferred. The rep promised me they would call me on Sunday to make sure its all clear. That phone call took 2 hours and a lot of holding and explaining the situation.... Which was exactly what I was told wouldn't happen because the rep who was on the phone with us at Costco notated the account...... No one sees any notation, so I was left to explain over and over and over. Sunday rolls by no one calls me so I call in the late evening and I call to find out there was no ticket made and the transfers and same explaining happened for another two hours until a rep says I got it all fixed and you should see your son's number on your family plan in 2 hours.... Very relieved. I said thank you and hung up.

    The next morning I check and no such transfer has been taken place! Monday I talk to three more reps and transferred over and over and after one hour of holding T-Mobile rep gives me the same promises and tells me that he will fix it all by Thursday and I won't have to talk to anyone else, he will call me back...... Thursday rolls by and no call! Today is Friday and I have talked to two reps on the phone and one rep online and they are driving me around the same story that they have to open a ticket and see and call me back...... I'm very tired and very upset and I'm still on hold on the phone. Its been 5 hours, I'm still waiting while I'm typing! This glitch is not my fault but I have been on hold and given numerous stories for countless hours and 7 days of frustration its very sad. I've been a customer for 8 years: 2 years personal and 6 years business. This is very bad customer service to waste someone's time and promising things that they didn't keep!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2014

    I deposited $50 into my prepaid account approximately one week ago. Since then I have texted far more than my average, due to the World Cup matches. I was told today - one week or so since my account showed 480 minutes, that I had used up all my minutes and needed to once again add to my account. I would have had to send over 400 texts @ 10 cents/ea - as I made only one or two phone calls during that time. When I "chatted" online with a customer service rep, she said I had also used picture to message. I don't even know what she was talking about, as I've never used that feature or even knew I had it! When I asked her to please give me the number of texts and phone calls I had made since my $50 deposit, she said she was not able to do that. I had to deposit another $50 - I would advise you to stay away from this plan.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed June 18, 2014

    Coverage has been great in my city and most places I go. I have only left the cities a few times and each time the coverage was horrible.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 16, 2014

    In February 2014, my son and his Fiancee were promised by T-Mobile at the South Shore Plaza, Braintree, MA that if they canceled their current AT&T plans by getting T-Mobile phone contract that T-Mobile would reimburse them for ETF. Also at that time, they were promised a military discount. After waiting months, they were asked to resubmit paperwork which they did. Still no response, today (6/16/14) his fiancee went back to the South Shore Plaza location and were told they were DENIED (it's been 4 months and they never got anything in the mail). They were also told that T-Mobile did not honor the military discount. They explained that they no longer want T-Mobile and were told they'd have to pay over $800 to cover their cancellation fee. They were scammed by T-Mobile. I would like to warn other military families that T-Mobile offers military discount but doesn't honor it. They are asking for ConsumerAffairs help with this matter.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 16, 2014

    I was excited to switch to T-Mobile to save money. It has been a headache from the start. Now we traded in our phones through the mail because we had done all of our transactions over the phone and the department managed to give us a reimbursement for the cheapest phone in the box and 2 iPhones are lost. I am so angry and very upset about switching.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 12, 2014

    In early May 2014, my husband and I went into the T-Mobile store in Forestville, MD on Donnell Drive to purchase a cell phone for my husband. We spent about 4 hours in this store because they are very inefficient. To try and make a long story short, they swiped my credit card several times as they seemed to be having trouble with their credit card machine. I did not find out until about a week later after checking my bank statement online that I had been double charged.

    I called T-Mobile and they gave me the run around for over 4 weeks. They sent me back to the store, told me to work with my bank, told me to call this number and that number. When I went back to the store, the sales person wrote an apology note on a sticky note and said he had no way of returning my money. All the customer service reps and managers promised they would send a check, then promising they would send a pre-paid debit card which neither was ever sent. I had 15 representatives from T-Mobile promising me that they will send the money within 7 to 10 business days (which passed at least 3-4 times). They never gave me back my $338.00. Then they swore they did so I asked where is the paper trail of someone cashing a check or using a pre-paid card. They could not produce it because nothing was ever sent to me.

    This is a lot of money to just take from someone and not return it. It caused a lot of mental stress for my family and household as things were already financially tight during these tough economic times. I complained to the BBB. Five weeks later, my bank did a return of the money but they should have never had to get involved. All T-Mobile had to do was put the money back on my card or send me a check and all would have been forgiven and I would have remained a loyal customer, but I plan to switch my wireless service within the next couple weeks. I just want consumers to know that this happens and the laws do not appear to be tough enough to protect the consumers as of yet, but I think if we continue to bring awareness to this sort of thing, it will get better.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed June 12, 2014

    I am trying to signup as a business customer, I was in touch with a local sales rep named Ryan **. He told me to email copies of my business documents so he could get the deposit waived. So today I emailed 3 times (none got to him) then I sent him EVERYTHING all over again by text. Only for him to tell me it still was not enough, I had to send him a current paid phone bill or utility bill, which I do not have. He stated that he could not help me. Now he is on vacation and I am out of luck. So, I am going to report this as a scam and ID theft. The only person I want to hear from at T-Mobile is someone in your Corporate Office, all others will be ignored.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 8, 2014

    My contract was set up for 60 months free call allowance for £17.50 a month. If I go over the allowance they were meant to put a cap so that I will get a text massage to warn me for reaching allowance. But they failed to do that. Now two bills came to bill is £120.63. I'M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE with T-MOBILE saying it is my fault.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2014

    I paid my bill on June 3 and nothing happened. I called on the due date June 5. I was told I hadn't paid since May. The bank took money out on June 3. The bank said it was sent from T-mobile. T-mobile has to resend something. The bank is holding the money. T-mobile said I'd receive a call that day, I didn't. I called again and again. I was told to call the refill center. I called three times before I got a live person. She was not friendly. She said the payment was denied because of my address. They had questions about it, and I did not call back. No one called me. She said there wasn't a phone number. That didn't make sense. I informed her that I did have a phone from T-mobile. She said I can pay now. I said fine, but I'm not paying for a day that I had no service (June 5). (She never asked for information on my address) She said I had to. I said no it's not my mistake. She said there's nothing she could do. She said customer service will help. They said they could not. They don't see a payment. I was told if I paid today it will start today.

    My phone started going out. She said she made notes to the account. I called back, there were no notes. I was told the same story again, no payment was made. Call the refill center. I wanted to get a live person. I was given a direct phone number. I repeated the number back to the woman. I called it, it was an auto parts supply. I called the refill center number I had. There was no option to speak to a representative. I called again, my number wasn't recognized, so I was transferred to a representative. It was customer service which told me the same story. No service yet. My phone is only 2 mo. old, can't afford to change.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 5, 2014

    After 10 yrs of paying on time service got worse. I called was told it was my phone and if I stayed with them they would send me 2 phones that would work. After 1 yr it got really bad. They then told me I was in a dead zone and would not charge me to terminate the contract. Now I am told to pay $350 for Iphones that are junk. Or it will go on my credit report. I so sick. What can I do but pay.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 5, 2014

    I switched my phone provider from ATT to Tmobile because they said they would pay my early termination fees. This was on Feb 28th. I have searched online for the status and have called numerous times with no luck. Here it is June and I ended up having to pay the ATT bill out of my pocket which put me in a bind. I need help in getting my money!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 4, 2014

    Brand new Samsung S4 has never been able to make calls, sometimes it would go through, but most of the time I couldn't hear anything. I went in store 2 times, called tech support 2 times, did online support 3, all said it was fixed. Still isn't.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 4, 2014

    I moved to the T-mobile, $2 Daily, UL Talk Text, 2G Web plan on March 23, 2014. I started off with a balance of $100.10. I was told I would be charged 2$/day if I used the phone. I was told that as long as the phone was on wifi, I would not be charged of data usage if any. Since March 23rd to June 1st, I must have used the phone a max of 15 times. But on June 1st, I was told that my balance was $1.10. When I called customer service to ask what the problem was, they said that since I'd not put my phone on airplane mode, it had used the data plan every single day when the phone was switched on. I wasn't made aware of this when I signed up for the plan. I work from home and have good wifi 24/7. I rarely use the phone.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 2, 2014

    I purchased an Apple 5C phone from T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2014. However, on May 18th it completely stopped working and a message popped up on the screen saying "this IPhone has been lost. Please call me. **" I have the receipt which will be attached. I took the phone to the store and I told them this phone is not working. They took the phone and the worker said "where did you find the phone" and I told them that it was my phone and I did not find it anywhere, but I did not have the receipt with me at that time. The workers looked at the phone and gave it back to me and said they cannot fix it and sent me to the Apple store.

    I went to the Apple store. Someone came and helped me and I told them about going to the T-Mobile store and they sent me here. I was told to make an appointment. So I made an appointment. The worker said "that someone locked my phone and no one cannot fix it." I therefore asked someone to call T-Mobile because I cannot speak English well, and they were on the phone with T-Mobile and Apple for 3 hours and no one would solve the problem with the phone.

    The solution T-Mobile gave us was to once again call Apple, and Apple told us there is nothing that they could help me, and that it seems like I was sold a phone that belong to someone else. I then spoke to T-Mobile again with the results and the employee on the phone kept putting us on hold and telling us that we should take the phone to the police. They also said that there was nothing they could do.

    I paid 647.43 for the phone and right now I do not have a phone nor the money that I paid for it, which resulted in me turning to you in hope that you could help resolve this issue. I need the phone in order to get in contact with my daughter's daycare when she is there. You can also call **, the people helping her with this issue.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 1, 2014

    Discussed with online agent, incomplete information provided and later request to unlock phone was rejected as it does not meet requirements. Now wants me to pay for their inefficiencies.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2014

    I have had two horrid experiences and have thrown in the towel. First, was a prepaid account that we had to pay for monthly service in advance. When we cancelled, we were billed another month because T-Mobile advised us you pay for the prior month. My son researched when this change was made, since we were made to prepay, which was about half way into our 3-year ordeal, and they did in fact convert their service plan. What they did not do however, was EVER credit me my prepaid and said they could not go back and see that, so we got zapped for another month of service. Not cool.

    Second problem, started before this other outcome, I purchased a T-Mobile 4G Mobile hotspot. I was never able to activate minutes via the website as advertised, so this created a huge problem, since two of the weekend retreats have no cell phone access, only WiFi. So I had not used it due to the hassle of having to call, but decided to try again, knowing I would have to do it over the phone before I left. Again, would not work! I called T-Mobile to manually fill my data, and after about an hour on the phone, was advised my number on the 24th of May 2014, with a sim card that said it must be activated by 5/28/2013, which it was immediately activated, was given to someone else, and I would have to pay for another sim card. I advised them this was their screw up, and was told they would next day one to me which I never received (with a tracking code of the resolution). Called over a week later, and am not being told, I have to pay for my sim card again. This is when the screw me twice analogy comes in...

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 31, 2014

    They got me pay $270 down for Samsung S4 and within less than a month Samsung S5 came out and they told me they would return my $270 if I return S4 and switch to S5 by paying $310 down, which I did. Finally, they told me I'm not getting no refund. Same company, different customer service, totally different rules. Finally I ended up paying $270 down for the phone I already returned and plus $10 for equipment installment plan - that's not fair.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 31, 2014

    I had T-Mobile several years ago. Had it for years, was a preferred customer, got discounts and lower rates. My daughter and I were on the same plan, paid bills ahead of time. One day my daughter wanted her own cell plan and went to Verizon. I called T-Mobile to take her off my plan. Two (2) months later she was still on my plan and I was being charged. I spent three (3) weeks complaining to various Customer Service Reps about this. They refused to assist me until I pay the current charges and make the account current. Funny thing about all this was that they admitted that all my information and requests was in THEIR Notes. I finally got a supervisor who was able to remove my daughter from my account and remove the excess charges.

    Two (2) months after this I decided to drop T-Mobile and go with a prepaid phone with a different carrier. When I called to cancel my services the Customer Service Rep was rude and unruly. I did however, pay my account until the end of the month and was assured that the amount I paid was complete and no additional charges would be needed. I informed the Rep. that I was dropping them. I then ended up being transferred to their RETAIN Dept. where they try to convince you to stay with T-Mobile. After hearing their sermon for a number of minutes I interrupted the Rep and advised him that I was current on my account, had paid in advance so my account balance would be zero and that my service with them was over. I tried to hang up but the RETAIN DEPT Rep advised me that he could not stop my service until he completed his checklist(???). I told him that according to the previous rep, we were good on the amount owed, that he billed my credit card and that I no longer wanted their service.

    At this point the Retain Rep again stated that he needed to complete his checklist or he couldn't discontinue my service. At this point I disconnected. The bad news to this story is that I recently found out that T-Mobile continued to bill me for the next two (2) months. I only found this out recently because I checked my Credit Report and it showed that I was being pursued by a Collections Company for non-payment.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 30, 2014

    I am disgusted as I have a 4g phone and I cannot get service most of the time. Where I live-Spring Hill, where I work- Temple Terrace and at my daughter in Riverview. I am in the Tampa Area. I have called several times and get the same run around that you received. Now they told me it is a low connection that they are trying to correct. I am looking for another carrier. I don't understand why sprint, AT&T and Verizon don't have these issues. They are quick to lure you in. Every time I see the commercial that they have the best 4g, I could get sick.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 29, 2014

    We have been with TMOBILE since 2011. Our experiences have gone up & down over the last 2 1/2 yrs. Here recently they have gotten worse. In Sept 2013 we added a 3rd line. We were told that it would be $170.00 with taxes, could be a little more because the representative didn't know the exact amount of taxes. Just an estimate but we were reassured it would not be more than $190.00 per month. That included 4gb of data to 2 of the phones & 2 gb of data to the 3rd phone. That was fine. In October we never received a paper bill & paid over $200.00 & each month we were paying over $200.00 per month. We had some family issues going on at the time so I was preoccupied & continued paying them whatever they billed me.

    Well 2 weeks ago on 5/17/14 I started reviewing all of our bills. I called TMOBILE & spoke with 2 different representatives who figured out that I had been over charged by $94.99 in the last 8 months so my account was credited $94.99. Then I get a text message from TMOBILE the end of last week stating that my current bill of $282.22 was due. $282.22 that must be a mistake. So I did an online chat with 3 different people staying online for over 4 hours. Each one has told me the same thing. Last month they credited my account $94.99 which came to $118.00, but this month the charge was for $282.22, when asked why I am told because they credited my account last month.

    They credited my account last month because they have overcharged for the past 8 months, when I tell the new reps this they said they only see they overcharged me 1 time. When I ask how my bill is $282.22, they said, "you had a past due balance of $213.66, we credited your account $94.99 which brought it to $118.67 then your new bill was due & it was for $213.66 as well which made a total of $427.32, but you paid $118.67 therefore your new balance is $282.22." When I tell them there math is completely wrong they tell me it isn't. I have no idea what these people are trying to do but they cannot explain anything correctly & I know they have overcharged me & now they are charging me for the adjustments they made.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 29, 2014

    I put in an application, fully expecting zero down as "excellent or good credit" was the criteria for "zero down". Instead I was asked to put $300 down, the amount needed for "rebuilding credit". I ran all 3 credit reports and received high 700s which in anyone's book is "excellent" and tried to get T-Mobile to explain why I was put in "credit D, instead of A". And exactly who qualifies for zero down. No one would answer me. All they would say is the judgement was made by someone else and according to my credit report and history. I told them my credit report was 19 pages long and zero negative reporting.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed May 28, 2014

    Overcharged all the time, bait and switch, exorbitant charges.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 28, 2014

    Got into a contract with them based on data package and could use WiFi for calling, etc. Well, the "technology" didn't work and the phone(s) would not auto-switch between WiFi and network - it would require a restart.

    To make a long story short - I agreed to settle the final bill $$ with them on May 5, 2014 with a $225 credit on their part for the "early termination" fee. I hung the phone up, watched the money leave me account and 11 days later I get a past due notice from them (for the early termination fee that was "rejected" by upper management without notifying me). HOW Is THAT LEGAL??? So, I just get off the phone with the Financial Services Dept. supervisor, Alfonso, who tells that the credit was rejected by upper mgmt because it was not an "legitimate" reason to terminate early. And that if I had any more complaints, he could give me the address for corporate.

    Unbelievable! I need to get the word out to other consumers that these guys are over the top CORRUPT in their business practices. I almost would think this company is headquartered overseas somewhere because these customer service reps have been brainwashed to not use their heads. Whatever happened to "good" customer relations? T-Mobile DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CUSTOMERS

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed May 26, 2014

    Thank you for sending me a broken refurbished phone that does not work for a hundred dollars. ** you in the ** sucking ** - I actually needed a working phone but T-Mobile butt ** you when your phone breaks. Internet and location didn’t work where phone did. I wish I knew I’d get a used piece of ** hone for paying insurance fees and a deductible. ** you in your shady ** T-Mobile. ** you very ** much. If I knew you were going to send me a used piece of ** I never would have chose T-Mobile. I want a full ** from start to finish you lying thieving **.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 26, 2014

    I went in on day 7, 15 and 30 signing on to T-Mobile. My neighborhood and workplace are in a low area. I get no phone service and do not always have access to WiFi calling. I told reps me staying with T-Mobile was contingent on getting cellular service. They reprogrammed my phone, gave me a new SIM card, reroutes me over 4 months to various branches of Customer Service. They are unable to give me a signal, yet they will not accept the phone back and say I have to pay remaining $378 balance to walk away.

    I have already paid over 400 in monthly bills for service that I cannot receive. Now, they have resolved the time has passed for them to accept the phone back, but this is due to them intentionally running me around for four months. I have been scammed. No service will cost me a little over 975 for four months. Their customer service is not helpful nor resolved to conclude with what I feel is an ethical resolution.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed May 24, 2014

    I got my bill (2 phones) and my partner's phone had gone over the allow text messages (we have 300 allowance a month!). I noticed that several texts were billed up to 5 times for the same message. We rang T-Mobile and they said it was us sending long messages, which we know is untrue. I checked on my phone a message. She sent me a very short message but we were billed for it 3 times. T-Mobile were useless. They gave us all sorts of excuses. Basically they said technical support says, "** to you," end of. I rated T-Mobile for a long time, but what with keep increasing our plan price even though we are on a contract and this joke of a bill, it's bye bye T-Mobile. Anyone else had this problem?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 24, 2014

    We recently signed up with T-Mobile on March 12, 2014. We went to the store located in West Mifflin Pennsylvania. We left that store confident that we would be quite satisfied with the product. We purchased the iPhone 5s, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Flight II, and two lesser valued phones which we bought outright that night. We even upgraded the data plan for the Galaxy 5 and iPhone 5s to make sure that we would not go over the data usage. We were very excited.

    Two weeks into having T-Mobile service, we began to realize that we were getting very little service in and around the areas in which we live and frequented most namely our place of work, school, ball fields, soccer fields, dance school, friends and families' homes as well. This became very discouraging to us. Better yet, we realized that the only way that we are able to use the iPhone and Galaxy in our home is using our WiFi. Without our WiFi we are unable to access the internet. But this is the least of my worries which leads me to my next point.

    As I have said, we are lacking service a majority of the time to the places we frequent. My son having the iPhone 5s is unable to use his phone at school, the local ball field which his ball team practices frequently as well as many of his friends' homes. Yes I did say friend homes. With this being said, anytime that he needs to get in touch with me, he has been using his friends' phones to text and/or call me. My worry is what if he has to call me or my husband and I have to get a hold of him in an emergency? What are we to do? We have been missing text and phone calls right and left (not receiving them till hours later where service is available). This is a real concern as we have depended on cell service for quite a few years now.

    Just recently my husband had a tire blow out on his way to work. He ended up being about an hour and a half late (thankfully he is the boss but his employees are depending on him to be punctual). Yes, he had difficulty changing the tire because he has never changed it on our new van. Because he had no cell service, he could not call AAA for roadside assistance. He almost gave up and began walking to the nearest gas station miles away but was luckily able to do it on his own.

    My worry.... What if it were myself and my two younger daughters in our van perhaps stranded on a long stretch of road with no gas stations, stores, or anything in sight for miles? I asked that of the T-Mobile customer service representative. I even asked what would she say to a family member of hers if this happened to them. She ignored my questioning and continued on with the memorized dialogue that is provided by their superiors.

    Another scenario/situation: Let's just say that the power goes out in our house with my son 15, and my two daughters 7 and 9. Perhaps my husband and I are not home. How are my children to get a hold of me when there is nothing powering my WiFi as the power is out? What if they get scared and are wanting to call us and simply can't get a hold of us because they can't complete WiFi calling? WE HEAVILY RELY ON OUR CELL PHONES GREATLY. I am greatly concerned for the security that we have come to rely on from our phones but have all since lost since going with T-Mobile. We have very active children and are on the run constantly. My husband and I are always in contact making sure that each other is up to speed on who is taking who to their events and if someone needs picked up, etc.

    My husband and I tried 21 days into the plan to return the equipment explaining this plainly and clearly but all we got was a run around from the reps on the phone. They said that we could not return out equipment because we were past the 14 forgiveness period. So we asked if we could just continue paying the monthly bill for the 3 phones as we are currently doing when paying the monthly bill (the lesser value phones were bought on site) and then have them unlock the phones to use with another carrier. The concerned representative said that the only way that they would unlock the phones would be if we payed in full the 3 phones off for the amount of $1700. Obviously the average American is unable to do this. This sickens me that they would not remedy this problem.

    Not once were we alerted to by the sales rep at T-Mobile that we would have extremely poor service to no service in our area. I have not yet experienced and observed 4G service. I see everything but that if not nothing at all. It is upsetting that a cell company would do such bad business and allow customers to go experience such difficulties. I just recently looked at the map of cell towers in our area. There is one and it's not near where I live.

    I am writing this long letter in hopes to get some help with this issue. I am really not sure where to turn to. I simply don't have money to throw around and I feel that we have been taken. I have been searching the internet as of recent and reading other customers dealing with the same issues. I am asking if anyone can direct me to any service and/or person that may be able to help us.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 23, 2014

    Filed BBB complaint concerning cell phone tower outage approximately late March through early April 2014. Was told by T-Mobile rep that a part went back order for the tower and I would be compensated for dropped calls and service outage. Due to a long ordeal of less than a 6-month period of being a subscriber with internet and phone service problems, I filed a BBB complaint after T-Mobile failed to issue compensation for the 7-10 day period for the cell tower repair.

    Was lured into signing up and purchasing substandard equipment (told to hang internet hotspot in window like Christmas ornament to maintain connection) by being offered discounts I did not qualify for. Tried to terminate service within time limit but let reps falsely assure me that service problems would be resolved. Have had more problems with T-Mobile in less than 6 months than I had with over 10 years of cell phone contracts combined (Sprint and Cricket).

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 22, 2014

    Since November of 2013 (and possibly before that), I have had several problems with my account that no one can seem to fix. First off, let me say that somehow my EIN number that was supplied to T-Mobile (and double checked by your company for accuracy) was mysteriously changed by persons unknown to me. This has caused numerous challenges in my multiple attempts to fix the other issues.

    The second issue is similar to the first, in that by another odd coincidence, that through an unknown source, my bill pay was changed from mail via USPS to a direct draft through my checking account that I share with my fiance. hmmmm.. Yet again, when I inquired about this to multiple supervisors, they could find no evidence that I changed this via online through my account, by phone to T-Mobile or through the mail when sending in a payment. Nor was it EVER set up that way when I originally opened this business account.

    THE HUGE PROBLEM: The checking account that you are attempting to repeatedly do an EFT is no longer receiving direct deposits, because of hacking issues. Because I have tried for 6 months or longer to get T-Mobile to stop the payment method that I never authorized or agreed to, this has recently caused us to have over $561 in payments and overdraft fees. Which of course, when they go unpaid, the bank has the right to deduct from another account by the same holder. Yep, this happened last week and caused our rent check to bounce, thereby causing further fees that we are now indebted to. Therefore, I have absolutely no money to pay my past due account for another 10 days.

    If you feel the need to suspend my cell phone and thereby also further limiting my ability to get caught up financially, then by all means do so. However, do note that if that happens, then I will need to find another carrier, as my phone is the only way that clients and family can talk with me directly.

    The third challenge is that I have tried to change my billing address and physical address, both online and over the phone. Please note that my billing address is PO BOX **, FL, as it was when I started a relationship with T-Mobile. My physical address was changed by me, in person at a local store, to **, FL. I have also attempted to do this online and have been unsuccessful in my numerous attempts.

    Now, please know that I am a business person and used to dealing with privacy issues, since I am a licensed Life & Health Insurance agent. I understand that your service department cannot tell me what EIN number my account was switched to. However, please be aware that the ability for several internal errors such as this are incomprehensible. If I were to change a clients EIN or SSN# on their insurance policies, or arbitrarily change their billing method, without their knowledge or approval, I would be fined heavily by the DOI, possibly lose my license and face fraud charges. IJS

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 21, 2014

    I was T-mobile customer for 10 years, the last 2.5 years I had a prepaid service and I was happy with it. I did auto-refill from my credit card on monthly bases and that way I didn't have to worry about my service being disconnected or low balance. I never felt like I am using a prepaid account because everything was done online and was set up years ago. On 05/01/14, while on vacation I woke up in the morning and noticed I have no service. I thought, because I was in a very small town in California, maybe there is no network. Two days after that, I arrived in LA and I realized either my phone is broken or something is wrong with my carrier. I called T-mobile and I was told that someone called customer service and requested a number transfer to AT&T and the caller was able to verify my 4-digit pin. I told T-mobile that I didn't call and the password I had was rarely used by me and even I had to think to remember it.

    I wanted to keep my number but AT&T doesn't want to give it back. I spoke with some T-mobile (retail) employees and I was told that it happens quite often when active numbers are being mistakenly moved by T-mobile's system to a pool of inactive numbers for sale. Once the sale is made, T-mobile discontinue the service and the number belong to someone else and because it's a prepaid service, nobody really cares. When that happens by mistake in their system, T-mobile comes up with THE story about a caller who wants a transfer and a verified pin number. So basically T-mobile says we don't want to take your 32$ a month for years ahead and we will let AT&T do that instead. So after AT&T refused to give back my number, I realized at least they stand behind their customers and don't just sell them out, so I bought service in AT&T.

    I called T-mobile more than 10 times trying to get my number back that I had for 2.5 year, they did nothing and on top of everything, they made me pay for one more month. I was charged for period 04/22/14-05/22/14 and on 05/01/14, the service was disconnected by them. My phone number that I liked and I was used to was lost forever. I really wished I was the one who called and transferred the number to AT&T, at least I could have my number now. I was never refunded by T-mobile. Such a pesky and unprofessional behavior. So bottom line is I felt like violated (raped). My number was stolen and I had to pay for it on top of that. I've never thought such a confusion was possible in 21st century!

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed May 20, 2014

    T-Mobile is having a program where they will pay off their competitors' ETF that you can use their service. I had signed up since January of 2014 and was told all you have to do is submit the forms and it will pay off the Sprint contract I had which was roughly about $350. I submitted the forms 3 times and I was never paid a dime for any contract or end of termination reimbursement as well as the fact the service and network is horrible - numerous dead spots around New Jersey where I live. I would urge anyone not use T-Mobile to get as much information up front because I felt they were dishonest and they ripped me off!!

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 15, 2014

    They gave me a number that somebody else have and people calling me and questioning me about the person that has my number too. Different people keep calling me everyday. I told T-mobile about the problem and all they said they can do is change my number.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed May 14, 2014

    I started with T-Mobile in 1998 and used them till now for 15 years. Call and data quality started to decline 2 yrs ago. No matter what phone I tried, the service was horrible. I stopped using the phone completely and called to cancel my contract at the end of the term. T-Mobile continued to send me bills after I cancelled. Bottom line, they like to bill after your contract is over.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 13, 2014

    Each month, I have to study my bills for extra charges. Last month after about an hr in the phone, the rep could not explain the charges and she credited that amount. This month, the rep would not credit the extra fees. I am leaving! I have only been with T-Mobile for 6 months. I hate them.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2014

    T-Mobile, Pearl Harbor connections - Over the last three weeks, I am not able to use my SG3 phone. I am not able to call out, incoming calls goes to voicemail, my internet 4g sits idle at E.. Or sits at 4g and does nothing. I spend more time trying to use is that the battery wears down fast enough and then when I am able to use it battery dies. I have called T-Mobile over the phone. Was helped to reset, factory reset, reset all to default setting, works for about an hour then back to same issues. When I drive around Pearl Harbor, it's useless to use handheld, GPS, or even make a call using Bluetooth capabilities. My phone is busy updating all the time that I need to keep hone in a charger all day everywhere.

    My recent phone to a tech.. I was told I need a landline (Sorry I work and live on ships, we don't have any) or was told to ask a "friend" to use their cell phone and call back. I have asked them enough now that I am at a point that either my phone or the carriers goes first. I'm pretty sure my 1k phone will be the last to leave. I am on unlimited calls, discounted rate for overseas calls, unlimited data and my bill is roughly about 100 US. If T-Mobile does not figure out what's going on, then it looks like i'll be another former customer and according to other people I have read and know, AT&T and Verizon are the fav.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 6, 2014

    Where to begin? I recently had a very bad experience with T-MOBILE. On Saturday May 3, while out of town, my HTC one device lost all ability to connect with the T-Mobile network. After about 5 hours with the dreaded 'X' on my notification bar I decided to take it to a T-Mobile store. It was confirmed to me that my device was broken and needed to be replaced. No big deal right?....wrong! So the friendly lady at the store filled out my order, checked my address and I was pleased that the issue would be handled. I was to receive my replacement today via UPS (it's Tuesday by the way). I get home, no phone...so I check my tracking #. I find out that the replacement had been shipped to Augusta, GA...only a mere 116 MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME in the Atlanta suburbs!!! Needless to say, I was furious! I called T-Mobile to figure out just what in the world is going on.

    They of course blame EVERYTHING on UPS. Never once did they offer to take money off my bill or give me any compensation whatsoever for this huge inconvenience! I spoke to 2 different managers (one of which was completely rude) neither of which helped me in any form or fashion. End result is that I now have to wait another possible two days to receive my replacement device, mind you I'm still without coverage under T-Mobile... I cannot make or receive phone calls, texts or use most applications on my current 'broken' phone. Basically what I have is a very expensive MP3 player and camera... I'm shocked that T-Mobile offered nothing at all as to a solution to fix this mistake on their part, nor did they compensate me in any way at all. I'm very dissatisfied with their company and can't wait until September when I'm no longer under contract!

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    Reviewed May 5, 2014

    No cell phone service at Carriage Club (Clare Bridge). AT&T has coverage there, but T-Mobile doesn't. This is within the City Limits of Jacksonville, Florida. This is a Senior Living Facility where my mother lives. This has been reported several times to T-Mobile but nothing changes. I'll be switching to AT&T as soon as I can get out of my contract without paying exorbitant early termination fees to T-Mobile. There are hundreds of residents at the facility that can't be reached by cell at the facility.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2014

    I called T-Mobile and had my 3 phones shut off and had early cancellation fees added to my bill. I was making payments to my account and they turned it over to a collection agency and didn't notify of this, and I continued to make payments until account was paid in full through T-Mobile. I had my money going out of my bank account on a schedule electronic payment base. This collection company says they are representing T-Mobile to collect a debt of a past due amount, which was the money I paid T-Mobile. I have been going around with this collection agency about the money and sent them banking statements going out to T-Mobile for over a year. They said that they reviewed the statements and said that I still owe the money. How can I get this resolved without paying an arm and a leg.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2014

    Be aware of T-Mobile Reps and supervisors. Promise after promise. April 4, 2014, I called into T-Mobile to inquire a Samsung Galaxy 5S. I have 1 line prepaid and 2 family lines under my wife name with T-Mobile contract (contract expire on Oct. 2014). T-Mobile representative convinced me to open a new account with 3 family lines and assure that my wife will not get any early termination fee. He also promised that the SIMs will arrive by April 8. On April 8, I called into T-Mobile and inquired the status of my SIMS. Nothing was shipped and I have later received on April 11.

    This critical delay caused me to pay for another month of prepaid. I was told that I could buy a new phone at any time without penalty or extra cost by the same T-Mobile Representative. On April 14, I decided to place an order of (qty 1) Samsung Galaxy 5S and (qty 1) for iPhone 5S. Online promotion showed that Samsung Galaxy 5S will be overnight. April 16, I received a status from T-Mobile that iPhone 5S will arrive on April 17 and Samsung Galaxy 5S will be deliver on April 21. This is nonsense and unacceptable - when the promotion showed overnight.

    I called to T-Mobile representative on April 16 and explained my issues. I was told to pick up a phone in nearby T-Mobile. I also found out that my 3 new lines were automatic activated on April 4 and already billed with $130+. I was told by the same representative that she will waive the $130+$30 and will give me a follow up call on April 24. So, I did that - I went to pick up a Samsung Galaxy 5S on April 16 in Capital/Aborn T-Mobile. I was away for 1 week vacation in Las Vegas. On April 24, I called T-Mobile reps to transfer my 3 lines (2 lines from my wife and 1 prepaid) to a new family plan. On April 25, my prepaid line was transferred; but, nothing happens to my wife 2 lines.

    On April 27, I have called T-Mobile again and asked the transfer status. I was on the phone with a supervisor for nearly 2 hours. I was told that he has to charge my wife for early termination ($200). I was furious and outraged. Finally, he assured me that he will waive the termination and old numbers (3 lines) will be rolling over to my new family plan. He also inquired regarding my phones. According to T-Mobile records It showed that I have received 3 phones (2 Samsung Galaxy & 1 iPhone 5s). I told that representative that I was away from Las Vegas for 1 week; I don't recall to receive a Samsung Galaxy 5s in mail. Therefore, I have to dispute this claim.

    As far as my knowledge, I have only (qty 1) Samsung Galaxy 5S and (qty 1) iPhone 5S. He has put in a request for a trace and investigation. On April 28, my line (1 line) was terminated. This is unbelievable! When I called T-Mobile and requested to talk to a manager, I was told that no manager is available until 24 hours later. Since April 4 until Now, I have continue to pay for 6 lines (3 lines from new plan; 1 prepaid; and 2 lines from my wife) and wasted nearly 10 hours conversations with T-Mobile's representatives. I need the commissioner to look into this T-Mobile practice. This is unacceptable practice. For nearly 24 days and I still haven't get my account resolved. I have received promise after promise but nothing really happen; otherwise, then a chaotic and my line disconnected... I need this to be resolved and compensated.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed April 27, 2014

    I was happy with TMobile. No real issues, good pricing and friendly customer service. 3 Years ago we moved 11 miles north. Coverage dropped to 2g - no service, not registered on mobile network. On an average 10 minute phone call, it would drop 4 to 15 times! No exaggeration. Called them, said they are in process of upgrading, please hang in. I did, calling every 3 months to try some new booster or ideas. After 3 years of promising, and thousands of dropped calls, I had to call it quits.

    Today I got At&t. For the first time in 3 years, I could drive hands-free and complete a 10 min call without a single drop. Phone is 4G coverage and that is what I get - not 2g or no service! Sorry TMobile, if you could have fixed the coverage I would have been a customer for another 8 years+. Sad to leave, but left me little choice.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2014

    I bought a mobile hotspot on Jan 2 and was assured that I could return it within 14 days and just pay the restocking fee if it didn't work. The device didn't work at my home or work. In fact, it didn't work in other T-Mobile stores. I took it back to the store within 4 days. They tried some things to make it work better. I tried again, so I returned the hotspot in another 5 days. Jan 11 was the final return date. I Paid the restocking fee and Cancelled the account. I started receiving bills from the company for the monthly charges. I called the company several times and was flat out lied to. The customer rep said that there was a lot of phone calls that had to be paid for.

    When I explained it was a hotspot and you can't make phone calls with it, she gave me another answer about text messages, or other charges I incurred then hung up on me. I called again and after getting transferred around to different departments, finally someone agreed and said the charges would be removed and this was taken care of. Forward another 6 weeks and I am getting calls from collection agencies and when I call T-Mobile, they say this charge is still on my account and since they turned it over to the collection agency, customer service can't remove it. But they do say I shouldn't have been charged but T-Mobile computer system doesn't allow them to remove the charge. So they are sending this problem to the "offline" team but there is nothing they can do. They are basically telling me that even though it's a mistake on their part, I should pay it to avoid the collection agency placing this on my credit report.

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    Reviewed April 23, 2014

    TMobile is refusing to refund my Early Termination Fee in accordance to their promotion. Due to misfiling on TMobile's behalf, there are technical difficulties preventing this refund to be processed. Although I have all the hard copies to prove that the initial trade in transaction was completed and the store has verified all this information is correct, TMobile refuses to take any manual action in order to issue a reimbursement that I am very well entitled to despite knowing that their technical difficulties will never get resolved. The issue is a result of the store not filing my information properly and due to this error, TMobile is unable to locate the correct trade in information needed to process my reimbursement.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed April 23, 2014

    The Pro's, 1) Price Point 2) Unlimited Data 3) Customer Service (phone) 4) Minor Problem Resolution 5) Product Selection 6) Plans 7) Cleanliness In The Store

    Cons: 1) Coverage 2) Coverage 3) Coverage

    Coverage issue 1-LTE. I live in a rural part of San Diego and was promised LTE was arriving in my area for 18 months. Still not here. Their excuse? They never planned for so many sign ups and the towers are overwhelmed. Hmmm the cart before the horse.... sounds very familiar. Its like me inviting 5000 people to a yard sale... from 7am to 9am and unlimited ribs. C'mon it is so obvious that it was piss poor planning and received piss poor performance. Okay, fine, here is my beef, why then am I paying for STEAK and being served hamburger... I have never received a signal in LTE or 4G, 2 to 3G at best. For the techies 0.08 Mbps to the highest avg 1.15Mbps. I am not a lawyer but to me this is simply false advertising and or Obamanomics, also criminal.

    If a lawyer is really reading this, this may be a simple open close class action lawsuit. It is not fare I or we are paying for LTE price for 2-3G service. To be made a whole scale refund plus the full balance refund plus (x) amount for lost business deals and contract bids on the road AKA pain and suffering, or stock option. They did offer me a signal booster for my house that added A bar sitting next to it... really? If my $700.00 phone needs a cheap plastic signal booster, Samsung may need to rethink their options.

    Coverage 2) dropping calls, see above. Coverage 3) Due to coverage 1 & 2, I need to retry getting the signal over and over and over again until my battery burns out.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 22, 2014

    A letter mailed to my home from T-Mobile stated: "Switching to T-Mobile is easy and affordable. We'll buy you out of your current wireless contract-up to $650 per line for your old phones and carrier's early termination fees for up to five lines. No trouble." T-Mobile refused to buy out my early termination fee after I switched to their carrier by saying I did not trade in my old phone within 7 days of starting their service. They NEVER SAID I HAD 7 DAYS! I bought TWO iPhones from T-Mobile when I switched over. Reps said I would have to pay my own early termination fees before they would activate my phones! They were rude and kept switching me from person to person and supervisor Tyler hung up on me. I had to cancel and go to another provider, especially as the service was very poor with lots of static. The bottom line is T-Mobile failed to disclose any time frame for trade-in, locked phones, buyer's remorse, and would not buy out early termination fees as promised. Plenty Trouble!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed April 18, 2014

    Around last week of August 2013, I stopped my prepaid phone service with T-Mobile because their bad policy monthly service. I never reached the 30 days service of monthly prepaid phone service and was always paying more for the service, always additional payments to cover my monthly service. Due to their bad Customer Service, they never gave important information to avoid future problems with the Service. Suddenly, around February 2014, I totally lost my ID on their website, no more access to my account. Then, I called to customer service and they told me to reactivate my phone service to get back my old phone number, he wanted to check my sim card... and suddenly communication was cut off. (That was my first call.)

    Next day, I called again about how to get back my old phone number. CS told me to buy a new chip, the sim card and then do the process to get back my old phone number. The same day, I went to the T-Mobile store and bought the chip + new prepaid service. Later, I called back to CS and they told me that I can't get back my old phone number because it was already used by another company!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 15, 2014

    I recently have been getting several phone calls regarding a balance owed from my T-Mobile account that occurred back in 2010. When I spoke to the debt collector over the phone I was thinking that this had to be some sort of mistake. I had not been notified of any past due balance, I have not moved, my phone number has not changed in ten years, and there has not been a disruption in my service. So to all of a sudden be sent to collections was a shock to me since you would figure that my phone service would have been disconnected. And to have a charge from over 4 years ago all of a sudden show up is also unnerving!

    I called and spoke with a representative from T-Mobile and they were unable to tell me why there was a balance and could not provide proof of notifications sent to me of an outstanding balance. I also asked for them to send any documentation for the charges to my personal e-mail address (which was verified over the phone) and I have still not received the documentation which was requested on two separate occasions both over a month ago. I am very upset with how this has been handled and never received any paperwork stating that I would be sent to a collection agency.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 13, 2014

    I first ordered the Note 3 as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend who had a Boost Mobile phone & had the same number for yrs. After viewing T-Mobile promotion that the phone would be offered at 0 down with a credit check or 50 without if purchased by December 2nd, I decided to get it for him. Even though I had the virtual ad and expiration date, the T-Mobile Store I went into would honor it, and the online site wasn't working. However T-Mobile over the phone customer service said they could. They completed my order over the phone and was supposed to save my information being that so much time had elapsed from my store visit to my over-the-phone order that I now was at work and needed them to save my info till I called back with my credit card info in a few hours. However when I called back same day around 5 pm, they had canceled my order resulting in me doing the whole process again while I was at work. After all was completed which took about 45 minutes, I was told that the phone was now on back order and would take longer to get than told.

    Once we received the phone, we ported his number to his T-Mobile phone. We later saw an ad on a store window that said they were going international. Since my boyfriend is from another country, we went in to inquire about this but we found out his country was not on their list for free or discounted calling but we as T-Mobile customers now had the ability to make and receive calls from Canada in Mexico with no additional charge or changes to our plan that all T-Mobile customer had this option now. This was confirmed by the other 2 clerks in the store totaling 3 T-Mobile representatives' validation.

    I told my boyfriend that he could now call his Aunt back who lives in Canada when he misses her call. I expected the first bill to be high since it combined two people to one plan with two phones, a Galaxy S4 being mine which I had for 4 months prior to adding him to my account and his, the Note 3. The 1st bill was extremely high, and so were all the others that followed from the time we received the phone until March when T-Mobile terminated our services. The bill had consistently been between $184-$360 which I was told it would never be over $140 when I inquired about several times before purchasing his phone or adding him to my plan. I asked specifically because I knew he didn't like high phone bills. He came from a prepaid 50 dollars a month unlimited plan from Boost Mobile and was unhappy with their customer service being extremely difficult to reach an actual person, and unhappy with his phone performance, as well as their payment options. T-Mobile was higher but only by 20 dollars which I was told on their recorded line for quality and assurance purposes which we now know was a lie.

    Our phone bill was extremely high, and though reaching customer service was better and easier than Boost and his phone was nice, they always had reasons to keep it high. One of the reasons 1st presented was that those free calls to Canada and Mexico told to us inside of their store and by their representative was inaccurate and was only supposedly valid if we were in Canada or Mexico. They only agreed to drop some of the international charges to Canada from the bill. Next they said my boyfriend made international calls to his country which he said he did not but once using some app that claimed he could for free for less than 10 seconds cost us over 80 dollars so I had International outgoing calls blocked being that I was the primary account holder. After that it was because we had high speed Internet which we and I always had; once that was dropped and our phones operated slower than dial up, the bill was 284 dollars.

    We made payment arrangements which we just finished paying the high bill the month before. Our phones were shut off like 3 times each time resulting in a 20-dollar additional charge. We were involved in a Car accident and fell behind on the 284 dollar phone bill. This was conveyed to financial care. We offered 200 dollars on arrangement to pay that day and the rest of the 84 dollars the next Friday and was told that would not restore services. They completely deactivated our phones because 1 of our extensive bills was past due 30 days though we tried to make arrangements; some we were behind on by one week; the rest they wouldn't agree to. Even though we had made a payment that month it was for the previous month so that accounted for nothing with our current payment to validate to them we wanted to keep our services.

    After many month of complaint about a high phone bill that was only supposed to be 140 dollars a month $70 per person, it just became too much. We called to try and get the phones turned back on and was told we were charged an early termination fee among other charges and that if we wanted to have our phones turned back on or try and obtain our old numbers which I have had over 7 years and my boyfriend had his since he first came to the US, we would have to pay 1590 dollars. The phone has only been off a little over a month. They will not try to set up in arrangements to cushion the blow on top of us being set back from our car accident.

    I have bragged and been a loyal T-Mobile Customer Over 7 Years. I Do Not know if it is because they have grown a lot, but now they lie about their plan rates. The customer service while most are nice or professional, they offer no valid solutions. They also give different and inaccurate information with no accountability for their consumers' finances when the fault is on them. And they added additional charges to our bill without or consent. It's as if they do not want us to keep their services only to charge us more. If we were making payments and setting up arrangements and constantly communicating our displeasure in our expensive bill and if we were also communicating our financial hardship at the time, why would they deactivate and charge us more than 1500 dollars when it was becoming increasingly hard to pay their 180 to 300 dollar monthly phone bills?

    I know it is not their job to keep up with your bills but I called numerous times about these high bills since I added my boyfriend and as many things as I could get taken off our bill, they would add another and defend their inaccurate communications or lies with another unreasonable explanation. I am sorry I got my boyfriend's number lost or brought him to their money pit. After 7 yrs, I never thought adding 1 person to the line with an additional 25-dollar phone installment would exceed the 200-dollar price range on average. We didn't have an over the top plan or purchase many extras - a $3.99 movie here or there and caller tunes.

    I'm very upset with the way our bill was handled and all the money we invested in them over the years. They can't still be ranked number 1 in customer service and those commercials they have about adding a person or person to your line, the Share plan or whatever they are calling it, for cheap is a total lie to draw in people. I had very few problems with them and use to love and brag about their customer service until I added a person under their false pretenses which has all probably been recorded multiple times on their recorded line. When are they ever going to take accountability for their inconsistent training and miscommunication or misleading of their consumer and their consumers' money and finances?

    This situation with T-Mobile has caused additional stress and regret to an already unfavorable situation we were thrown into. I hope this info helps anyone considering joining. Unless you pay the full price of the phone and keep that phone and never upgrade and sign up under their Jump no contract plan, there is no reason to have their services or any company except for prepaid and not T-Mobile prepaid or Boost. The only beneficial thing about any major carrier these days is if you can keep your number. In the end they are just coming up with new plans disguised as affordable and convenient but actually just a set up to find a more creative way to take your money without you knowing or spending more or getting less out of your phone capabilities or your service providers network; it's more for their net worth. Once a company gets too big like T-Mobile did, keeping your roots such as customer care, or consumer satisfaction is put to rest and padded with unreliable statistics and surveys. I will be sending this in an email to their new CO. The one they had in 2011 was good and he cared. I wonder why he is no longer there?

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    Reviewed April 10, 2014

    My phone will tell me that a message has been sent. Then I will find out the person I sent it to never got it. I also will not receive texts that People have sent to me. The same goes for calls - with receiving calls and making them. I and my friends will never know that the call was made. I know this is not because of my phone also because this has happened with all three phones that I have had with T-Mobile. The majority of people at my school that have T-Mobile share this same problem. T-Mobile sucks and it will ruin your social life and their representatives will lie to you and say it is your phone's fault that you get miss texts/calls when myself and all the other people I know that have T-Mobile know it is just the poor service. Also they will scam you on as many small fees as possible such as a warranty exchange. Even when you buy a phone that has issues with it, they will charge you to get a working model of the phone. Jump is a scam. You will save more money by buying a phone and then selling it to get your money back and buying a new phone with that money instead of turning in your phone to wipe off the balance so they can resell the phone to squeeze more money out of your poor choices to be with them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 9, 2014

    On 11/25/2013, I decided to try out T-Mobile. I bought a T-Mobile SIM card for $10 for my iPhone 4s in Manchester, CT and found out that the reception at my RV site was non-existent. I was told that if I cancelled it within 30 days - I would just be billed for that period. There was no annual contract to sign, as that was T-Mobile's advertised advantage over the other 3 mobile phone companies. I checked the reception over the next 2 weeks in other areas and also found out that my foreign country of interest had been dropped from the list of 100 foreign countries with unlimited calling from the US. So, on 12/20/2013 (25 days after opening the account) I called T-Mobile and asked to close the account. I was told no problem, and that my balance was $70.44. Although that seemed high, I did NOT quibble and paid that full amount with my credit card.

    Fancy my surprise then, at returning to the US from a month's stay abroad and receiving a phone call from a *collection agency* claiming that I owed T-Mobile $25.53. The collection agency's agent insisted that those charges were "to the end of the billing cycle" and was unable to explain what the $70.44 was for, or how my billing could continue AFTER I had already closed the account and paid the balance at that time. I called T-Mobile TWICE, and was reassured that they would handle this but, the first time - they did not get back to me as promised, and the second time - they said that it was out of their hand "since we sold that debt to a collection agency".

    I believe this is a very unscrupulous and totally unacceptable behavior on the part of T-Mobile, such that I have NOT encountered with other cell carriers, such as AT&T! I definitely will not have anything to do with T-Mobile, and would like to hear from others as to what successful measures they have been able to take against T-Mobile in similar situations.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 9, 2014

    I was thinking of getting 2 phone lines so I could keep in touch with my teenage son. A lady waved us in while we hit the mall before Christmas time. He ran his credit. We got the phones. T-Mobile has denied me access to my account due to him being the account holder. The lady who sold the phones to me promised that T-Mobile would not put him on the account. They made him entirely in charge of the account and never sent one bill to my address. (We do not live together and are not a couple). Phone calls to the company end in getting nowhere. Possible that their customer base is too large for them to handle. We had service added that we never asked for called the Jump program which was more money taken out of our pockets.

    I told them to restrict my son's phone line for a time and turn it back on when he is off foundation. I called back to turn it on and they asked for a $20 restoration fee. Now the SIM card is off and they want me to purchase a brand new card. They suspended my account when I have already paid 317 dollars for one month of unreliable service. I was thinking about just taking the loss and buying new phones with a new service provider. They don't tell you when you buy the phone it only will work with their service company. Beyond frustrated with this company but at least the lady made her commission before the holidays.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2014

    So I go to T-Mobile and switch from AT&T yesterday and had to go back and pick up a phone for my son - the same model I have - its voice quality is poor and for doing business it isn't good enough and I wanted to get a different phone for myself and the rep today said, "Oh its good enough he listens to phones all the time." I explained about being an audio engineer and he said it's okay. I asked to talk to his district manager who was there yesterday and he refused to put him on the line but talked to him like I wasn't there.

    After asking to speak to him 3x and he refusing, I took my stuff and got in a yelling match with him. Called customer service after I left and they talked me around and someone said they would call me back by noon - didn't happen. Called executive offices - talked to Stephanie. She said district manager won't be there till Sunday and I had to wait or go back to the same store and talk to the same guy and exchange it. I said, "The phone is still there, I will simply go to another t mobile store and choose my phone." She said no, I have to go back to that guy.

    After a long argument trying to go to a store where the district manager was, she said no have to wait to see him till Sunday or go back to the same character I dealt with this morning - I can't go to another store. So eventually she said there will be another person there later and that I still have to go there. I asked to speak with her boss and she said no one higher than her. Everyone has a boss. It means that they have no care at all whatsoever about their customers - just sell then the customer's problem is they are all like that or they have terrible connections.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2014

    I've been with T-Mobile since VoiceStream (1998) and always had some customer service problems but lately in past two months, not just customer service also receiving paid service to my phone. I have no signal at my work and I have to use WIFI in order to be connected to outside world. So I went to T-Mobile store last year and salesman told me I need to get 4G LTE white Samsung Galaxy 3 to have best coverage so I did and guess what. That was a lie. Anyway in past two months, T-Mobile is switching some stuff around and now I have even worst connection away from work plus my voice mail always send new voice mail to SAVED VM and not marked as new VM and there is no little logo for new VM received.

    I called T-Mobile and they told me they are switching to something new called Visual VM system and they will be more than happy to change it back to old settings. After 2 hours on the phone and they calling me back at work number, my VM got set up and set to work but only for 72 hours and went back to same stuff... Call again and still same story. And again and again and again till last time, I called I spoke to "Marianne" who told me basically it is what it is and if I don't like beat it. They can't help and she can't figure out what's going on so I ask her for manager and Marianne hung up on me.

    I called back, got to manager and she told me she understand I have bad connection and problem with service but they can't waive any fees. If I like to cancel contract since I got phone for discounted price. Go figure. I have to pay for service but you can't provide me with service which I paid for it and what discounted phone has to do with connection or service problems? Anyway, today, I decide to switch to anyone else so I called T-Mobile and "Richard" told me I have to pay $200 cancellation fee which I was aware of it but also I have to pay 1 month fee $79.99 for taking my phone number to other carrier, $80 for month worth of service and whatever I used for this month which cost will be prorated.

    How the heck this works? He told me to read paragraph 3 on signed contract but guess what, there is no paragraph 3! Also on entire page only was noted by T-Mobile if I cancel this contract, I will pay maximum $200 for services and cancellation fees and goes down by how many months was left on contract. I have year left so I know I have to pay $200 but pay $80 plus taxes for taking my phone number plus one month fee? Is this correct or this guy was just blowing candles around? Please let me know. After 15 plus years marriage to T-Mobile, time to get divorced due to bad service plus LYING customer service! Why pay for something which doesn't work! SIMPLE! Nobody does. If I don't pay them monthly fee, will they give me a free service regardless?? NO! They will send me to collection.

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    Reviewed April 1, 2014

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for about 8 years. I have had a family account with 3 individuals listed on the account. I very seldom use the phone so I wanted to take my name off of the family plan and instead buy 1000 minutes for 1 year for $100. This would save me about $1750 per year. I am on a fixed income with a limited budget and this will help. I called the toll free number and after working my way through a series of electronic options that, for the most part, did not allow me to get to the right department finally got to speak to a live person.

    The long and the short of this story is that I spent over an hour on the phone, was disconnected twice and had to call back and spoke to 10 different people being transferred from one to another because this department isn't the one that does that. How do they stay in business if they can't handle a simple transaction - remove me from one account and set me up on a second one? So supposedly the new SIM card will arrive tomorrow and I can set up the new account but there is nothing else to do today - I am off of the family plan and in limbo. The message here is - don't use T-mobile. Their customer services sucks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 1, 2014

    Back in October 2013 we decided to leave AT&T after 20 years and called T-Mobile to see what they offered and what was their plans for a son being deployed overseas. They ran credit check no problem, no deposits required. Ok we said we will not be porting over until the end of November 2013. I was told by CS to let them know when I called back that there was credit check on file in which I did. We brought our paid for phones and numbers with us so I assume all is good. Ok well my son gets ready to deploy and I call to let T-Mobile know this. Well told my son needs a chip in order to use it overseas. OK.

    He goes to the T-Mobile store in Norfolk, Virginia, says that his mom was inform that he needs a chip and they looked at him like he was crazy. Told him he didn't need one. Well he leaves, emails me from his ship, the U.S.S. George H. W. Bush, CVN-77 headed to Russian Waters. His email says his phone isn't working even when there is WIFI on the ship. I call, well for those with non American accents I guess they could not understand that when I signed up I stated I didn't need a credit check, there was one on file not I want the no credit check plan. Well that's what I got so I tried to make changes for my son's phone. Nope can't because you're on the no credit check.

    Now this has been going on for 10 days, hung up on 3 times 4 times, stated can't help. And I get one that help after 3 hours on Sat., got things changed. Get on phone, told them what to do: take from this acct. and put on this other one that was created. Nope the customer service person cancelled that acct. Now I'm struggling to get it back and because they made the mistake they want to run my credit. What a bad mistake leaving AT&T. I plan to file with FCC.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 31, 2014

    I decided to go to Verizon after being with T-Mobile for about 17 years and because I ported out my phone they are trying to say I have to pay for a full month instead of a few days. I didn't want to leave but I got a cheaper plan from another company. T-MOBILE would not deal so it wasn't worth staying with them anymore. Now I'm glad I left. They are money hungry to make me pay a full month when I used 3-5 days of service. Then they even tried to send me to collections before even sending out the monthly bill.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2014

    Purchased a T-Mobile prepaid data plan. After putting in SIM card, I could not get a signal. Called the company as was told there is no signal in my area. Tried to get refund. They told me no, went through my credit card company and they got money back. Then when I tried to put money on my AT&T card, I was told that my credit card had a block on it from T-Mobile using vista and I owe 40 dollars. I had to pay back the 40 dollars plus 5 dollars for the bank charges so I can use my credit card on AT&T so I had to pay 45 dollars for no service on T-Mobile.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 25, 2014

    I just received a $500 debt for T-Mobile month to month pay as you go service. Supposedly, even though there is no contract, there is a minimum time you are supposed to keep the service, but apparently T-Mobile likes to keep that a secret. What a bunch of bank handed big business. They should be ashamed of themselves. I will never give them a penny ever again!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 23, 2014

    My mother purchased an apple i-phone with T-Mobiles plan to pay 2,000 a month for the phone. After a while, she got dissatisfied with T-Mobile service she just paid for the full price of the phone and moved to another carrier. T-mobile blocked the phone which is fully paid and so is the bill. After we called and complained, they said that it is their policy and that after 14 days they will unblock it...

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 19, 2014

    T Mobile was a company I was with for decades. I started with a bag phone. In case you're unfamiliar, the phone was in a gym bag type arrangement and connected through a cigarette lighter in a vehicle. Although the batteries charged huge heavy batteries, I only used it while in my vehicle. The customer service experience was horrific. The calls were sent overseas to persons who nearly understood or spoke English. The problems I experienced were resolved then reappeared months later. I never resolved my issues and I'm saddened to give up on a service I had forever. I always liked T Mobile then something happened during the attempted merger with AT&T. I don't know what it was but it went from a first class organization to fly by night.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 19, 2014

    On 03/15/2014 I called tmobile to make sure that they had coverage at my address. They said I had 3G. We went to the store and got 3 phones. When we got home the phones had no service. On 3/16/14 I called corp and spoke to Rachel and Yari both told me that due to no service at my house, I could go back to the store and get my phones back and the money would be refunded to me with no restocking fee due to no service and it hadn't been 24 hours. When I got to the store the Manager Trevor refused to return my phones and told me I owed the restock fee of $150.00. I explained to him what Yari and Rachel told me and he told me that they lied and I owe the money. I explain to him that the federal law is 72 hours to change your mind. He told me he didn't care, he wasn't giving me my phones. I turned them into Tmobile. I left the store and called corp back and spoke to Nicole. Nicole told me that I should get my phones back and that she hasn't heard of that. She would call the store and call me back. She called me back and the store said no they refused to give me my phones back.

    On 03/17/2014 I called corp back and spoke to David at 8 pm and told him the story. He told me he would look into getting my phones back and refund my money. His manager would look into and call me back. He called me back at 12:10 am and told me he would look into it more with his manager but he thought I could get my money back and my verizon account paid off and they would send me 3 phones to replace the phone that they couldn't get back. He would call me back on 3/18/14 by 5 pm. I never heard from him so at 6 pm on 03/18/2014. I call back and spoke to Tyler. He said they were still looking into it and wait until the morning. On 03/19/14 I called back and spoke to Gail and told her the story and I spoke to April the sup and she told me that if I don't want the contract they can't do anything and I lose my phones and they won't give me my money back. I told her, "the federal law says you have 72 hours and I have called with that time and I went to the store." She didn't care.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2014

    T-Mobile was my carrier for about 5 years. Since I began using them, they had embedded a charge for "Premium Handset Fee". After a few months with them, I stopped receiving a bill (online or by mail) which I let them know on at least 3 occasions. I called several times to ask why I was not being sent a bill, why I kept paying monthly but still receiving late payment texts each cycle, and how I could lower my monthly rates. During none of those calls, was I made aware of this fee or where my bill was actually going each month. While changing some features of my plan online, I was made aware of the above charge. I called to find out what was wrong.

    After taking a look at my history the representative told me that it had been attached to my bill from the start and that it was not supposed to have been, yet they could not compensate me for "something like that". The next day my service was cut off and I received a message saying my account was in collections even though it was up to date. I had to switch to a new carrier on the 8th of March and T-Mobile is now saying they will charge me until March 16th and I can't make a final payment to close out my account. I posted complaints on their website, which also disappeared and finally, they blocked me so others can't read the truth about the situation.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 11, 2014

    We had two accounts combined into one TMobile family plan and an inept girl lost all my contact information. After this was discovered, the staff was unable to retrieve the information. Why are less than knowledgeable people working behind these counters. They wouldn't even give me a $25 credit for my troubles. Shame on TMobile and the staff at this location!

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