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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2012

    I was sold an unlimited package for what seemed at the time to be a very fair price, five lines for $240. However, my first bill was over $500. I called the company and was told that an unlimited package for five lines was not available at the $240 price and the rep was incorrect. They were willing to spread the cost. You can imagine my response to this offer. After escalating the issue to a manager, I was given the correct package. This took about three days to resolve.

    Fast forward a year, and we arrive at the current issue. Family traveled to Canada. We spoke with a rep and purchased the international package, .012 per minute, which again seemed like a very fair price. However, once my family arrived in Canada, their phones started receiving calls in text messages from T-Mobile. I contacted T-Mobile and was given the runaround. The rep told me that my wife who was in Canada would have to call to report the problem and the phone would be charged a roaming fee of $11 per mb.

    Infuriated by this, I requested the phones be suspended. The rep responded that my wife would have to call to have this done. I reminded the rep that I am the owner of the account. This went nowhere. We actually physically removed the batteries from the phones. Well, once they returned, we were notified by T-Mobile that our phones were suspended due to excessive use to the tune of $2,000. We cancelled our services and will report them to the State Attorney General Office for bait and switch and unscrupulous business practices!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2012

    It used to be a half way good phone service. I can barely use the internet. I have had 10 replacement phones in the last two months and each one gets worse than the previous. Go figure. When I changed my rate plan because 2 out of the 4 lines I have work, the other 2 are completely useless to me and I'm stuck with the data plans that do not work. They extended my contract for another 2 years after promising me that that would not happen. I'm very unimpressed after being a loyal customer for almost 10 years. I would love to make this work but I have lost $10,000 worth of business in the last month alone because of the lack of service and not being able to access my voicemail; not to mention the years of dropped calls and lack of internet that I have humbly put up with! I'm pretty much at my wit's end. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't cut the roaming data back to pretty much nil since I live in an area that pretty much roams of AT&T 98% of the time!

    As they did promise me that I would have at least 3g 5 years ago, still on edge, yep, edge anyone remember that! I'm not happy. I would like to sue for all the thousands of dollars they have cost me in business and phone plans alone. I just want a divorce from T-Mobile! My advice to anyone considering them, make sure you live in a big city and maybe you won't have the problems I have. I can't even make or receive calls at home without standing on leg bouncing around the driveway. Really cool, not! And not one of the so-called smart phones that I have paid a pretty penny for will connect through the Wi-Fi at home, which are all supposed to work? To top it all off, one of their reps tried to tell me that if I switched from my grandfathered unlimited data to a 2 gig or bigger that I would have 4g. Pretty funny since T-Mobile does not have 3g in the whole state of Maine. Do you think he was trying to scam me at all?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2012

    I have been with T-Mobile for over 10 years. I was notified by a T-Mobile representative on July 16, 2012 that T-Mobile was double charging me for services I already had paid for. He apologized profusely for the overcharge and did a refund for the past 60 days. He also told me that he could not refund me the prior over payments as he wasn't authorized to do so. I called T-Mobile on July 17, 2012 and spoke with another customer care specialist who denied this and not only could they not, but they would not investigate the matter further. I have been double charged for over 12 months in the amount of $20 which comes out to be a substantial amount. T-Mobile doesn't want to rectify the situation.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 16, 2012

    T-Mobile issued a rebate in the form of a Debit Card. I used a small amount leaving a balance of $31.94. The card expired on 03/2012 and T-Mobile refuses to replace the card, send me a check or credit my account. This behavior is morally and ethically wrong. The rebate once I qualified (which they made very difficult) and they issued a Debit Card, the ownership of that money is the name on that card, not T-Mobile. The issuer of the card is Citibank. T-Mobile in answer to my BBB complaint now says the card I have in my hand does not show up in their system. What a fraud. They are getting away with impunity and taking millions of dollars from customers whose rebate card was not used. Banks are required to forward money in dormant accounts to the state in which I live, California. T-Mobile and Citibank are perpetrating a scam. I just finished a complaint to the state Attorney General and would like to hear from other T-Mobile customers.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 16, 2012

    Termination fee and monthly fee - After being with T-Mobile for a number of years, paid all bills on time, we moved to Alabama and T-Mobile service was appalling. No service, dropped calls, etc. I had to pay $600.00 in termination fees even after upgrading phones to 4g, which was suggested by customer service for better reception, which did not help. Now I received a bill for an extra $170.00 for monthly service even though the contract was terminated during a monthly cycle. T-Mobile doesn't understand the word pro-rata and will charge the full amount. Please read your contracts carefully, it cost me $870.10

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 16, 2012

    T-Mobile's bait and switch - They told me one thing and then when I got it, it was totally different. I tried to call them and they said they would fix the problem. I received credit for one month and then right back to the way it was. I have two lines for the last year. One line is over two years old and one is a year old. When I wanted to drop their service, they told me it would be $400; $200 per line even though one is over two years old. I have had this service for several years, I believe around 10, and I can hardly wait until June 12, 2013 to drop them and go to another service. I don't care if they are the cheapest service out there. I guess you pay for what you get.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 15, 2012

    I signed up for a 2-year contract with T-Mobile in July 2010 and received a BlackBerry phone. There is little reception where I live. I was told by customer service it was ''too bad" and I was unable to break my contract. For 2 years, I had dropped calls and little to no internet service. I was paying $20 a month for internet service and mostly couldn't get online because of lack of reception in the county that I am in. I didn't know that this would happen. I called T-Mobile often complaining about their service and finally, after almost 2 years of complaining, a customer service rep gave me a $50 credit to my account and an extra 30 minutes because she saw that my call dropped (I was talking to the IRS when this happened). Finally after 2 years, the situation got worse where I completely had no internet service, even after signing up for another 2 years and upgraded to a 4G because I was told it would solve my issues and it didn't.

    So, I returned the phone and cancelled my contract. I told them I wanted a refund of the money I spent on the previous 2 years because I was unable to have internet and make phone calls throughout the county. They had admitted they were working on getting towers in this county in the future and said that they would reduce it to $10 instead of paying $20 for internet service because my 2-year contract require me to pay the internet, even though I wasn't getting it most of the time. I told them this was very unfair because I was paying for a product I could barely use. They never offered me to get out of the contract without paying penalties. I want every penny back for the complete 2 years that I couldn't make full use of the internet and making phone calls freely without having dropped calls and failing calls. It would be very easy to see in their system how many times I had called throughout the two years complaining about my internet usage and phone call usage with the BlackBerry.

    I had to get a second line with a different company because I could barely make calls from my apartment. Also, I had no reception at all on my way to school and I lived with this fear that if my car broke down, I would have no way calling for help because there was no reception. The T-Mobile number I had was **. My account number is **. T-Mobile would send me to a different state to make my bill payments and I complained to them that if there was no way of getting good service, why am I being charged so much money? And even though they had admitted of having to do very little with the county that I am in, why couldn’t I break my plan without having to pay penalties? They were not helpful at all. It was obvious that they wanted me to continue paying them and they didn't care about my issues with the product they didn't really provide to me.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 14, 2012

    This is in reference to my account with T-Mobile that spanned from November 2009 to November 2011, a two-year contract. Before the contract ended in November 2011, I called T-Mobile and let them know that I was terminating the service at the end of the contract, period. On December 6th, after the contract ended, I moved my account to a different carrier. The service was promptly terminated by T-Mobile. During the time I was with T-Mobile, I have had automatic payments and therefore uninterrupted payment. I sent all this information to T-Mobile Financial, P.O. Box 629025, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. The payment in question is one made to my credit card in January 2012 for December service which I did not have. Then, a late fee was added. I do not owe any money to T-Mobile and it is frustrating to have to listen to the harassing automated phone calls from the collection agencies.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 13, 2012

    T-Mobile called and texted me to update my phone and sign another 2-year contract. I told the rep that if I had all the same features including the Hotspot because I use it quite a bit for the same monthly cost, I would do it. We had a long conversation that day about the Hotspot. He said, "Oh yes, you will have all the same features including the Hotspot." I got the phone, Samsung S2, and the 2-year contract. Three weeks later, I tried using the Hotspot and the internet said I had to pay a monthly fee of $15. I called and they said, "Oh yeah, you already have it on your account. Give us 30 minutes and try again." I tried again and still no Hotspot. I called back and they said laughingly, "You will have to pay even though you had it before you're signing of the new contract in April." I said I want out.

    So I made a complaint to the BBB and finally got a call from the Executive Office and talked to Mercedes ** (877-290-6323, ext **). She told me that I would have to send the phone back. I sent the phone back in perfect working order. Mercedes ** called today and left a message saying there was water damage! I have insurance on the phone. Why would she cause water damage? To make me pay more money? Is this T-Mobile's policy? Are the employees trained to do this? I tried to call her back and of course, no answer. I filed a complaint with FCC and another rep from the executive office called and left a message. I tried to call back and of course answering machine every time. I will file with the Attorney General next if I can get resolution. I just want out! T-Mobile is using criminal deception to get customers to sign another two-year contract and then will not let them out of it without paying in one way or the other.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2012

    In June 2011, I went and changed my plan. They told me that they no longer offer such plan and changed it to 1000 minutes shared. I was never asked to agree to anything or was I told any information about a two-year agreement. A year later, I found out that lines that I kept away from contract in order to be able to easy cancel them when needed, have an agreement until June 2013! They asked for $200 ETF for each line and refused to look into this issue. Every single representative told me something else, while another gave me a wrong email, contractdispute@t-mobile.com. I have already filed a complaint with BBB and now will follow with FCC and the attorney general.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    T-Mobile got it wrong again. I bought the $100.00 for a year’s service. I got a text message back from T-Mobile that it is good for one month only. Strong suggestion, don't get T-Mobile. You'll be sorry. And the connectivity is bad as well.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    On May 10th, 2012, I contacted T-Mobile to confirm that I had fulfilled my T-Mobile contract. I had been very unsatisfied with their services over the past year (numerous additional reasons). It was confirmed that I had done so as of May 10th. I was immediately asked to re-up and of course would be sent a new phone. I let them know that I would be using a different carrier as my work place has discounted plan with another major carrier. I asked that my contract be discontinued. The representative told me that they wouldn't be able to do that unless I went into an actual T-Mobile store. I asked if I could do that on May 11th, and would there be any problems if I did. The representative said no, I would be billed until the 10th of May.

    As of today, I am receiving collection calls from T-Mobile, insisting that I pay for their service through June 10th (an additional month). I explained my contact history above, and the representative said, unfortunately she was not in the department that could adjust the billing, and she would transfer me to that department. The second person I spoke with said that she could not help me and it was the first department that would be able to adjust the billing for me. She attempted to transfer me to the department and I was cut off. I placed a call to T-Mobile. The third person also said that they could not help me and the best means of disputing the bill was to go to the myt-mobile.com website, sign into my account and dispute the bill there. Can I be so naive? Yes, I said thank you and attempted to sign onto my old T-Mobile account. Of course, the service is not available to me because I am no longer a customer of T-Mobile.

    I placed yet another call to T-Mobile. The fourth representative flatly told me that going over a single minute of the billing period caused me to be billed for the full month. Now where as a consumer was I ever informed of this ahead of time? And I did receive assurance from the original representative on May 10th. Don’t use T-Mobile. Their service is horrible unless you are within a major population center. "The largest 4G" is twisted statistics. I'll never go back to them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    This will be the third (same) phone we are exchanging with T-Mobile. They obviously sell junk that they do not want to back up. Why should I pay for a phone, carry insurance and then settle for a lesser phone? I'm so sick of this company. I will be speaking to an attorney ASAP regarding the service I pay for that they have not provided (a whole different story). Plus, I will be giving them as much negative feedback personally via Facebook, Twitter, and any other means available! I have 5 lines and intend to get out of all of them!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    I recently moved and in my new location, I have no cell phone service. After weeks of arguing with T-Mobile, their solution was to either pay to break my contract or use my Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi did not work on my phone. After convincing them it was not my Wi-Fi that was the issue and it was their phone, they sent me a new phone. I have had the phone for three days. It stopped working completely today. When I called in with the issue, they said they would send me a new phone. However, it is on backorder and they do not know how long it will take to get in. I can go to a store tomorrow and get a loaner phone. The customer service has been poor. They continue to promise to call me back with the solution of not having service, but I have never received a call back from anyone.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2012

    Last year, I transferred my phone number to a friend after eight years with T-Mobile, closed my account, and a payment of the final balance was made on the spot in order for the transfer to be processed. Now, a year later, I got contacted by a collection agency. They say there's an unpaid bill to T-Mobile for an amount that is three times the usual monthly bill. This is the first time that I'm hearing about it, so I asked T-Mobile for a reprint of the bill to know how they came up with this inflated amount. T-Mobile says they sold the account to the collection agency and keep no records themselves. I asked the collection agency (MCM), which says they don't have any information besides the final balance, opening/closing dates, and my contact information.

    How convenient that both companies don't have bill records and are just telling me that I owe this amount, which is to me is random, strange, and likely a mistake. Even if there was a partial month due (which at the closing of the account I was not informed that it was a possibility), it would be less than the monthly bill, not three times its amount. Without account records, there is no way to verify if this charge is legit or a mistake (scam?), and I'm stuck paying it on face value, or risk this going on my credit report. Warning: Stay away from T-Mobile.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2012

    On Wednesday, July 4th, I tried purchasing a phone from the company-owned retail store, located on 702 Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Before coming into the store, I called the store and make sure that the phone I wanted was there. I was reassured that it was and, also, that I can buy it without renewing my contract or adding any additional features to my plan. When I finally got there (spending a good hour looking for parking), I spoke to ** and told him that I needed to buy a new phone, because the old phone, sent to me by T-Mobile did not work.

    ** went to talk to his manager who was also present and came back with what he called "bad news". He said (and I quote), "yeah, bro, sorry, they want you to buy Mad prepaid and accessories with the phone. They don't make anything on the phone itself, so you'll need to buy something with it." When I asked what I need to buy, he shocked me with his reply. He said, "You got to get like 7 prepaid coupons ($10 each) and $150 worth of accessories."

    I got very angry and asked him why, when I'm willing to pay the full price, do I also need to get $250 worth of stuff I don't need and cannot return. He replied with something like "That's how it is. If you don't want the phone, don't buy it." When I asked his keyholder (plays the role of the manager when the manager, ** is gone) what he is willing to do about this because I would definitely complain, he said "go get it elsewhere". I am a customer of more than 10 years. It's insane that a corporate store can act like some kind of mob, trying to shake customers down when he is in need. I am never coming back to T-Mobile, ever!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed July 7, 2012

    On June 29th, my husband went into the T-Mobile on Whitesburg in Huntsville, Al and had a problem with his phone. His phone wasn’t working right and he wanted a new phone. The associate, Andrew **, did the sale deal and sold my husband another 2-year deal without my total permission. I was the primary on the contract. We were out of any contract deal, so he was selling his deal with another 2-year contract without my permission. I feel I should dispute this since I wanted to end this with T-Mobile. I have seen many complaints with your company and wonder if you will respond. I will be very vocal on Facebook with my complaints!

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    Reviewed July 6, 2012

    I have an old phone that was still able to turn on. So, I went out and bought a $50.00 refill card and added to my phone number I had on the old phone. After the phone did not activate with the new $50.00 refill, I tried to call customer service that said they closed on Sunday, Eastern time at 1pm. I chatted with an online person from T-Mobile that said I need to go to one of their stores to have the PIN for the $50.00 refill reversed. Well, I called the store and they told me I had to come in for them to reverse the $50.00.

    I got to the store and the guy working on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at about 12:30pm, said they are unable to reverse that I will have to purchase another $50.00 with new SIM card. I cannot afford another $50.00 this month. So, I ordered a new SIM card online at T-Mobile and put in my phone on July 5th. I called customer service at 1-877-453-1304 and spoke to Cheryl. She told me I only had up to 40 hours to call to get the PIN/$50.00 reversed. T-Mobile did nothing for me and the guy at the store lied just to try and make a sale. He did not care to help.

    I find T-Mobile does not train their employees very well and they did not offer to put a few minutes on my phone. I realize it is a mistake I made, but with all the technology our world has, they could not reverse the PIN/$50.00. I am upset and do not wish to do business with T-Mobile. I will buy a new phone with another company next month when I can afford another 50.00 or so dollars. Shame on the employee at the Happy Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ location for lying to me just to make a sale for commission instead of trying to do the right thing and reverse the PIN.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2012

    I bought two HTC phones from them two years ago. The reception on both went to almost nil after the first year. T-Mobile did nothing to fix the problem, and it was apparently a known issue with Microsoft phones. Now that the contract period is up, I switched to another carrier, expecting to cancel the service on the anniversary date. I am told today that they are insisting on an early termination fee of $282, even though I have yet to cancel the contract. I had a conversation with what had to be the most incompetent and disagreeable person in the world at their not-in-North America call center. Between his horrid English and his insistence on lecturing me about being professional, I'm filing complaints with the FCC, the state Attorney General's Office, the BBB, and the Consumer Protection Agency. These people are horrible. I would never, ever do business with them again.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2012

    I purchased 3 phones back in December. I ordered them overnight and they didn't come overnight. I asked for the overnight fee to be credited. I still never received that. The phones are Sidekick. They are the worst phones ever. They drop calls. They freeze. They shut off and nobody will help me. Every month my bill gets bigger and bigger when all of my charges are supposed to be one flat fee. My bill was not supposed to go over $235 a month. For the past 5 months I am paying $325-$340 a month. One reason for extra charges is because you continue to shut me off even when I make arrangements. I am told I lied. Why the ** would I pay $60 more every month when all I have to do is call? Nobody cares. They just say there is nothing they can do. I am told, “Okay, your arrangement has been made.” I even started getting paranoid and this month I called them a few days before I would pay and they said yes. They even sent me a text message that I had 2 days left to pay.

    I woke up to phones that were shut off again. So again I pay extra next month. And nobody can tell me why I’m paying for extra charges above that. Also, some months they give you a 10-day grace period. The CSR will tell you that it's 10 days. And then suddenly they decide they won’t do that. You people are liars and thieves and you should be ashamed. I pay over $300 - that is disgusting! You would think you would read all of these very similar complaints and do something about it. Why would we all lie? Why would we choose to pay more every month when all it takes is a phone call? Of course, I called you, idiot! I call all the time because your CSRs are too ** stupid to change my due date to fit my monthly pay period. I am outraged. Fortunately, I have a lot of knowledge and I am going to be complaining more than one time to not only the BBB, but to Consumer Affairs and utilities, the attorney general, and I’m calling news stations. You people need to stop lying and calling us liars. You bully people in a corner and then sit there twirling your hair and smacking your gum reading off your ** script: “I’m sorry, ma’am. I’m sorry, sir. Oh, I’m sorry.”

    No, you aren't. I don't want your stupid apology. With the amount of money you force me to pay, I should have a golden ** phone that connects to another solar system. This is not a joke. You need to do something and start waiving some of these fees that you basically stole from me. You never allow me to speak to a manager. What the hell is up with that? I’m reading that a lot here. Come on, what is wrong with you? You are the worst company I have ever dealt with and I cannot wait to go back to Verizon and take all my friends and family with me. You suck. So now are you going to actually do something right by me? And even after you shut me off, you called me to tell me that I still had 2 days. And 2 hours later you text saying I was suspended when my phone was paid and on for an hour and half. Get it together, you **. I want my account credited for all of these stupid restoration fees and I want to be credited for all the money I am paying over the amount I was quoted.

    Why the hell would I buy all the expensive packages if in the end you would charge me more anyway? Hello? And something is seeing a lot on here, too. All your people are stupid. Every so often I get an educated person who knows the product they sell, but that is an exception. Your people do not know anything. Hell, I’m lucky if I understand them. They all say something different because instead of finding out the answer, they guess just get off the phone. And who suffers? We do! If you don't start answering your customers and making them happy instead of calling them liars and ** them every chance you get, T-Mobile will not be around another 10 years. And I will not cry when you go under. I’m waiting like a fool.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2012

    I had a T-Mobile phone for years. It was prepaid and worked fine for those years. Then all of a sudden I can't call out or get calls at home where we live. I went through the call-them process. That was fun. I called daily. A week went by and still there’s no service for the phone. We got a different carrier (prepaid), but we want a refund of the remaining minutes left on T-Mobile. However, they don't have a procedure for refunding prepaid minutes. So, guess what? You can just kiss that money goodbye. That is a good way for T-Mobile to ** you over for money.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2012

    T-Mobile changed my billing cycle without contacting me. Luckily, I found out early and called them to fix it. After too many phone calls to T-Mobile, they said I owe them $37.94. They changed back my original billing cycle but I still owe them $37.94 and there’s nothing they can do. This is their mistake and they want me to pay for it. Please help. Thank you.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2012

    Poor signal everywhere - I have been with T-Mobile since they were aerial in 1997. The service used to be great on all the phones I had. I now have an HTC sensation, which I think is new enough to work correctly and I have had numerous dropped calls in this last year. Sometimes, I don't get my voicemail messages until 2 days later. Not helping with the job hunt! The contract binds everyone and I deserve some kind of compensation. I can barely use the internet.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2012

    I lost my 4G internet. I was told to cut off the phone to let it reboot. This did not work. I was then told to remove the battery source. I still don't have internet on my phone. I can connect to my home WiFi without problem, but I cannot use the internet service that I pay for through T-Mobile. It's not very dependable, and customer service needs to be better educated on not only products but customer service. I usually have to go to my local office to get a problem resolved, which is a big inconvenience if I need to use my phone internet and I'm not at home.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2012

    After several years of satisfactory service with T-Mobile, I am now experiencing serious problems with either the service or the phone. The phone dies even when fully charged. Incoming and outgoing text messages are indicated as "failed" deliveries. The solution to all problems associated with the service and the hardware is the same - turn it off and start over, or pull out the battery so the phone can "re-boot". I returned a defective phone purchased in December 2011 and was charged for the return postage. I got charged for having an unusable phone, including reactivating the account when the phone and account are technically dead.

    I supposed that in the event of an emergency, I will simply have to turn off the phone or remove the battery and wait while the phone reboots or get a failed delivery if I text for help. And then finally, pay for it all. How do I get out of this agreement without having to pay a termination fee? I've called T-Mobile, and I got told repeatedly it will cost me to terminate or it will cost me if I stop paying for a service or turn off the phone or reboot. I cannot get a real or trustworthy reaction or resolution. Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 29, 2012

    This was back a few months but I never got a chance to write a review, and to this day T-Mobile is still horrible. I went into a T-Mobile authorized dealer to pay my bill one day and usually I pay over the phone but since I was passing the store, I thought I would stop by and pay. I paid with cash and got a receipt saying I paid. Two or three weeks later, I got the bill and saw a past due balance plus the new balance. So I called customer service and thought I'll talk to them to see what was going on. After talking for half an hour, they told me, "Sorry, we can't do anything. Are you ready to pay?" Are these people nuts!? So I went back and forth for months and wasted my time on the phone for no reason. The whole issue was the store closed, not knowing it was going to close and the guy I handed my money to and printed me a receipt (authorized T-Mobile dealer) took the money.

    Customer service's story was that they never received payment and that it does show that I paid the bill but that an hour later that the payment was reversed. Who reverses their payment and how would you do this without my consent or signature? So their story was "you," meaning I, "had to go to the place and tell them why did you take my money." Well, if I authorized them to make payments and to be a T-Mobile dealer then that's T-mobile's issue not mine. Anyways, I went for months and months and just gave up. They had their managers and people investigate the issue but nothing happened. I was past due on my balance and one day I called them and talked to a lady and finally got my credit after 2 months of hassle. I don't know what she did and how she did it but I shouldn't have been put through that.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 29, 2012

    I just discovered that T-Mobile claimed I owed them $194 after my account had been closed for over six months! My plan ended in October, in which I paid off my bill. My normal bill was always around $90 in the first place, so how could I have owed over double the amount! I called T-Mobile and they transferred me to Amshare. The rudest person answered the phone, Nathaniel **! Then I was told to call the attorney's office, and lo and behold, no one had the account information as to why I was being charged! When I ended my contract, the guy on the phone told me once my billing period ended. I was done. Apparently, if you do not tell them you no longer want their services, they will keep you paying. I never received anything in the mail that I had even owed any bill! I will be sure to never recommend anyone to T-Mobile, especially after the representative lied to me on the phone! If there are some things you do not understand from this review, it is because I am too heated to explain everything in detail.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2012

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for over seven years and love the company and never had any problems with service in any way and would always recommend the company to all my friends and family. I recently purchased a new home at ** Maricopa, AZ 85138. I found out that I get no service in my new home. I also work from home now. So I called customer service and a service ticket was put in. I never heard anything back so I called again and nothing had been done. I had to cancel the service because of this. I was then told that I was going to be charged $1,200 and this is something that is unacceptable. There is no way I would have canceled the service if I was getting service! Please waive all early termination charges and send me a response to my request.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 28, 2012

    I purchased the T-Mobile Rocket and had to wait for it to get onto the internet. The customer service is in the Philippines often and they can speak English well but not answer the straight-forward questions like the USA technicians after I ended the calls without answers. The time to get to the internet grew more and more. The Rocket had bad reviews and I purchased it as I was assured that the bugs were gone. I always waited for it to break as it is weakly built; I did take care. The technicians had no idea as to the reason it did not work for me. They told me to hang on repeatedly; I cancelled service due to a non-working product.

    I was informed that I would definitely have to pay the $200 early termination fee even though the product did not work. I sent a letter stating I will go to civil court if need be. I received a letter stating that I can resume service in the next 90 days. There is no working service and my contract was signed with a reservation of all rights and I do have legal recourse as I take T-Mobile to civil court for a defective service that I do not believe was the exorbitantly priced Rocket for over $180.

    The above comments and complaints allow me to see the true colors of T-Mobile as I had been with T-Mobile since 2006 without re-contracting. I'll try Metro PCS now as I pay $25 for unlimited text and calls. I reserve the right for a class action suit against T-Mobile as the Rocket did not work well and then not at all or a really long time to start working as agreed upon by the top engineer in Colorado for T-Mobile. Time to move on from T-Mobile now and they want me to move the matter to a civil process.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2012

    Network - I have been a dissatisfied customer for 18 months. I have 6 months to go before I switch to a reliable provider.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 26, 2012

    I had set up easy pay and once it was saved, it said it will charge my credit card 3 days before due date, which it clearly said, "Your due date is 06/21/2012," so credit card will be charged on 06/18/2012. Today is 06/26/2012 and my credit card was not charged so I went on MyT-Mobile.com and my account was showing past due. I went to make payment online and it still has same message saying, "You are currently enrolled in easy pay. If you have an outstanding balance due, you next automatic payment will occur on 06/18/2012 and will be charged to card number **."

    Since today was already 06/26/2012 and my account was not paid in full, I called T-Mobile customer service and I spoke to agent John **, ID no. ** and he did not have a clue what I was trying to explain to him. All he kept saying is, "I apologize." Finally, I made him understand that easy pay did not go through, so he then asked me for my CC info. I told him, "You already have it," then he put me on hold for two minutes to check. I explained to him that if T-Mobile easy pay does not charge customers CC on time, they charge $5 to each late payment.

    So imagine T-Mobile says, "Sorry easy pay did not work," and then later charges $5 to each late payment with almost two million customers; that's $5 times 2 million a month money they are making with their customers. This is cheating. This happened to me on my two accounts. This has also happened in the past. T-Mobile is cheating their customers and all they can say is sorry. Someone needs to audit T-Mobile accounts and they need better tech people to fix their everyday easy pay problem. They also need to hire some more educated people who can understand the T-Mobile system and who can be nice to their customers.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2012

    In February, my husband went to buy a new T-Mobile phone, cash. He chose a phone and went off to pay the out of pocket fees with no contract upgrade. Lo and behold, she entered us into another contract after we specifically said no when we chose the phone. When we went to upgrade our line this month, we were informed that and now I can't get out. Secondly, I called to lower my rate plan on my phone and was charged a migration fee of $450 total after I was told that I wasn't going to get charged. No one wanted to help me and even when I tried escalating it, they didn't give me a name to a manager because they were not allowed. I'm furious. Why would I pay all that money? I'm better off just terminating the lines and it would be cheaper.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 25, 2012

    Can you read? T-Mobile, they have good phone service but when you go to call customer service, you have to fight with them people to make them listen to what you have told them. They don’t listen to anything you tell them. They do as they please, nothing else.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 25, 2012

    Sensation phone - I recently lost my phone, luckily I had insurance. I did my insurance claim, got my phone to find out that it’s refurbished. I don't even have a week with the phone and the camera doesn't work. I paid $7.00 plus the $130.00 to get a refurbished phone. At the moment, I am very dissatisfied with T-Mobile and the insurance company.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 22, 2012

    Whenever I need to call, I get people who I can hardly understand, then I have to explain my issue over and over again because you can tell they are pretty much reading from a script. I had a charge on my bill so I called and I stated I did not ask for that service. I was told by the rep, "Well someone called in and requested it." "Really," I said. "Well since you keep phone records, I want to know who." Of course, she could not tell me, but continued to tell me that I asked for the product that came with the charge. I keep my cell bill down to a minimum. I did not put the extra crap on my bill and phones. I know what I do and so super frustrated to be told what I had called in and asked for, yet could not tell me when! Days like this makes me hate that I have T-Mobile and wish I could change.

    Monet in CSR needs to be retrained. When I got the supervisor I asked for, she rushed me off real fast with the "Well, thank you for calling and is there anything else I can help you with?" Uhm yes, you never helped me. When I stated I wanted to file a complaint, she sat quiet like she did not understand. I said I wanted to lodge a complaint about the CSR person who took a two minute phone call and turned it into a thirty minute one. Ugh, such a waste of time!

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 22, 2012

    Unfortunately for me, I got the dates mixed up and cancelled my T-Mobile account one day early. I could not believe T-Mobile charged me $50.00 early termination fee for one day! I called T-Mobile in hopes of getting this charge waived. I was informed by a T-Mobile representative that if I re-established another agreement, she could waive the fee. I was advised that if I don't sign up, T-Mobile could not help me. Is this practice legal? T-Mobile is holding the consumer hostage with this practice. T-Mobile will only waive if I sign up for another agreement! I consider this practice unethical and horrible! T-Mobile should be ashamed of themselves for treating long-time customers in this manner. It was 24 hours, not 24 days. I will never purchase anything from T-Mobile. I think it is important that the consumer see how T-Mobile treats their long-term customers. Consumers, beware!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 21, 2012

    I bought a phone and experienced issues with the phone before leaving the store. The sales associate said the phone just needed to be updated. Days later and many updates, I'm still having problems. When I returned to store, I was told I could only exchange for the same phone even though I said I did not like or want that phone. The store manager refused to give me the name of his regional manager. I called corporate offices and spoke with Alex. She transferred me to customer service and refused to give me her last name.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed June 21, 2012

    In this day and age, T-Mobile still hasn't improved their network coverage. I was an AT&T customer and was much a happier customer. I only came to T-Mobile for cheaper rates, but I highly regret it now. I have no coverage at both office and home.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 20, 2012

    After being with T-Mobile for almost 10 years, I believe this is the first time I have been so frustrated with the service I received. This past Saturday, June 16th, I called T-Mobile inquiring about changing my rate plan. I currently have three lines on my account and have for some time; unfortunately, my daughter damaged her phone and is unable to see the screen. Now I do have insurance on her phone, but at this moment do not have $130 to replace her phone. I am already paying almost $300 a month for cellular service.

    I first asked about removing the data plan from my daughter's phone since the screen was damaged and she is unable to use the service; with that, I was told no. Then, I asked if my rate plan could be reduced because there is no way 3000 minutes will be used; with that, I was told no. I am not understanding why T-Mobile will have a customer (a long-time customer at that) pay for minutes that they are well aware will not be used. At this time, I do not want to extend my contract especially if I am not purchasing any equipment. I just wanted to reduce the rate plan. I still have 3 lines on my account and did not ask about cancelling none of them. Maybe if my bill was cheaper, I could purchase phones, etc and get locked in for another 2 years with T-Mobile.

    I don't think I have ever been so disgusted and frustrated with any customer service/loyalty department before. After going back and forth with the customer service representative, and not to mention I did ask to speak with a manager and was not transferred, I was sent to the loyalty department and was told I could really benefit from the deals provided but only if I extended my contract. Again, why would I want to do that? I have been with T-Mobile almost 10 years and was told I wouldn't have any tenure with a new cell phone company if I left.

    In all honesty, what tenure do I have now with T-Mobile? I just wanted to reduce my rate plan because one of my phones was damaged and the other wasn't going to be used at all. The only offer provided by your loyalty department was to take $10 off of the data plans on two of my phones, which would drop my bill by $20. Really, I am still paying for a data plan on one phone that will not be used at all, and paying for unlimited texting for all three lines. Not once did I ask to cancel any lines; I just wanted to reduce the rate plan.

    Needless to say, after being on the phone with T-Mobile for over an hour, I was only given the $20 deal for the data plans. To add to my frustration, I was not able to log on to the internet service after the call on my line, only to find out, the internet was disconnected and reconnected but with the Windows software. I do not have a Windows phone, which is clearly stated on my account. Not only did I spend over an hour on the phone on Saturday, I had to call back on Sunday (June 17th) at least three times because representatives couldn't figure out why I didn't have internet service. Then when it was all figured out, do you think I was offered some type of compensation? Of course not, but I am constantly reminded each time I call that T-Mobile thanks me for being a long-time customer; no benefits offered at all.

    I truly believe in exceptional customer service because without your customers, there would be no company. I received unsatisfactory customer service, no beneficial treatment for being a long-time customer, and I truly understand now why T-Mobile has received complaints and lost customers. I have worked in customer service for over 18 years and even worked at a cellular company and never have I witnessed the kind of treatment I received.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 20, 2012

    I was told even after I returned new equipment to their Wilshire store in Los Angeles that they did not return my old phone plan back. Instead, they told me I had two contracts, one for a new two-year plan and one for new equipment which I returned to the corporate store. Two days after I purchased two phones, they refused to work anything out with me. I had never heard of such a thing. I always knew you purchased equipment with promotion at the time which could be a two-year contract but not if you returned it before 15 days or 30 days in California. Please help me. It's not fair to bind me to a 2-year agreement. With my old phones, I was on month to month.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2012

    Whenever we get the monthly bill from T-Mobile, there are unnecessary charges on the bill. Even if the bill is supposed to be at a fixed price, there are always other charges added to bring the charge for the bill up. So far, I have called them for the last 4 or 5 months whenever I have gotten the bill and they have dropped the charges and credited it back. But now they (T-Mobile) do not want to drop the charges and the rep that I talked to was disrespectful. When I asked to talk to the supervisor today, June 19, 2012, at 3:11 pm, they said that the supervisor, manager or anybody at a higher post is not available. And they kept on transferring me from one rep to another after a couple of minutes. And when I asked to cancel the service, they were asking for the termination fee. Why should I have to pay to cancel the cell phone line when the service is horrible? I have never been able to have a decent conversation. The call would drop after like 10 seconds. I always thought it was because of where I am most of the time, but it’s the same wherever I go.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 19, 2012

    After 3 years with the same phone and after 8 years with the same phone number with T-Mobile, I decided to upgrade to a smartphone. I ordered the phone, it arrived in 5 days. I charged it overnight and the next day it worked for about 4 hours before it just died. It buzzed itself into a coma and never recovered. I started the calls to customer service and tech support. After 2 plus hours and about 8 folks later, I was told it could be anything from a bad battery, a bad charger, a bad phone or just bad luck. I was told to try to place a new battery in it (at 2am, no stores are open).

    So the next day, I went to a Radio Shack that didn't have this battery in stock. I drove 1 hour to the closest T-Mobile store and they determined it was a "lemon". I bought a loaner phone and activated a SIM card for my existing number. I was given the address where to ship it back to (they couldn't give me a replacement phone because I ordered it online!). I followed their directions (get a tracking number and call T-Mobile back) and mailed the phone back. I then called customer service with the mail tracking number so that a new replacement phone could be ordered. They wanted to charge me $20 to do this. I refused since the phone was defective. I only wanted what I had paid for.

    After over 1 hour on the phone, telling my sad story over and over again, someone named Jaime told me that her supervisor had approved a new phone to be shipped to me expedited and overnight. I was told it would arrive no later than Wednesday (It was Sunday). Nothing arrived. Three days later, I drove back the hour to the T-Mobile store to return the loaner and get my deposit back. On Thursday, I called and was told by "Justin" that the phone had been manually ordered and that unfortunately it had been shipped UPS ground! I asked for a tracking number but was told I would receive that via text. I was told that if I didn't receive it Monday, I should call again.

    Monday came and went. I called Monday night and I was told that no order had been placed! The rep, Dustin, ensured me that he would ship me a new phone overnight (heard that one before!) and that I would receive a credit for the original cost of the phone. This whole upgrade began June 2nd, it's now June 18th and I still have no phone. I hope Dustin was telling me the truth, but I am very skeptical. I don't know how a reputable company can do this to a good, paying, long term customer.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 18, 2012

    This is the second time I have paid for a $50.00 unlimited talk and text monthly plan with a representative who switched me back to a $30.00 1,500 minutes a month plan leaving a $20.00 balance to buy crap I don't need. After a couple of calls to customer service, they were of no help at all and one could barely speak English. What the hell is going on with this company? As a consumer, I want what I paid for. Now your service tells me I don't have a $20.00 balance? Gee, I wonder where it went and I refuse to spend another dime with T-Mobile until you give me what I paid for and get someone who can understand what I'm saying. If I am not reimbursed for the plan I purchased or corrected, I will then sign up with another prepaid service and make a formal complaint to the Michigan Consumers Affairs Division.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 16, 2012

    I was sent a text that I could lower my monthly bill. After going through the process, I was supposedly going to receive a month of free data service to test it out. When the bill arrived the following month, there was no saving as the bill actually went up $80.00. When I called to inquire about what happened, they told me I agreed to data services for all three phones which was not discussed because one of the phones was supposed to be put on a lower plan due to usage and it is not even equipped to use data. After requesting to speak to a supervisor, I can't even say how many times they finally allowed me to go back to a similar plan like my old plan, claiming the old plan that I had before doesn't even exist anymore.

    So now, I'm locked into another two-year plan, not even sure if that now means that I'm stuck with T-Mobile for four years. They should not be allowed to tell people that they are going to save them money and then raise their rates like that. And on top of all of this, which took a good half an hour to fix this situation, I was never allowed to speak to a supervisor to see if there could be any comprise for the now $255 bill that I have to pay when my old bill with them was $175 a month.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2012

    Both our phones were shut off for a total bill of $11.20. That is right, $11.20. Well, you got $11.20, and may it fit where the sun does not shine. Get real. It's $11.20.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed June 15, 2012

    We have had terrible reception at our home near Ridge Rd and Cline Ave. in Griffith, IN since March 2012. We are lucky to have 2 bars inside or outside our home. Usually it is 1. At first, customer service and technical support had me believing it was our phone sim chips, even though my wife and I have 2 different phones purchased 2 different times. That assumption ended when in Kingman, Az, toward the end of May, I had 5 solid bars all the time. My wife would have to go outside our home at times to talk to me or she would lose the connection. That is totally unacceptable.

    Lately, when confronted with these facts, technical support for T-Mobile has said they have been having problems with new equipment installed in the Chicago land tower. Interesting though is, shortly after calling, our reception goes to 5 bars. A day or 2 later, back to 1. They must contact someone for a reset of the digital controls. I just wonder how long it will take to fix this and if anyone else is having this problem. I'm frustrated to the point that I want to break the contract and pay them off ahead of time.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 15, 2012

    The camera on my phone does not work and they do not want to give me a new one. When I first got it, the phone was working fine. After 2 weeks, the camera did not work, and because of that I called the company and they fixed it. Then after some time, it stopped working again. Then after that, I cracked the screen. Because of that the company thinks that the crack is the problem, but I never dropped my phone, I think it was because my phone was on the car and the temperature was too hot and made it crack. Well, the thing is they don't want to fix it or give me a new one. I do not have insurance for the phone, but the phone comes with a guarantee if it’s manufacturer broken.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed June 14, 2012

    My family and I were T-Mobile customers since 2003 and fulfilled multiple 2-year contracts. We traveled to Brookings, SD back in 2003 about once every 3 months and had spotty coverage along the route and had roaming in Brookings. In February 2011, our contracts were up and I informed a T-Mobile rep that we were going to switch providers because of the poor coverage between Minneapolis and Brookings. The rep convinced me to stay with T-Mobile by saying that when the merger with AT&T goes through, coverage would improve. My mother became ill in December of 2011 and had to go to a nursing home. Ironically, in December 2011, we discovered we had no service en route to SD or in Brookings. We made calls to T-Mobile who said they were working on it (this was right after the merger with AT&T failed).

    The next weekend we were in SD, the same problem occurred. Issues continued into January and February, and in March, after fulfilling one year of the new T-Mobile contract, we switched to another provider so we would have service while traveling in Brookings. T-Mobile charged us the full early termination charge of $200 for my husband and $200 for me, and added another $150 for turning my account over to a collection agency in spite of my official dispute and complaint to the MN Attorney General and the FCC. The T-Mobile rep who replied to the Attorney General's inquiry stated to me on the phone that they don't make any coverage guarantees; they can drop agreements with roaming partners and they can discontinue service on any towers any time they please.

    She stated that those things are covered in the Terms and Conditions and as a result, I have no grounds to complain about their service. They don't take into consideration that a customer has been with them for years and fulfilled multiple contracts or that their agents lie to get people to stay with them. They had also been making errors on our invoices in the months before we switched providers and also on our final bill. T-Mobile is a huge, unscrupulous corporation with no human decency or morals whatsoever.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2012

    I mistakenly hit the wrong number when making my payment. Immediately, I called. After time-consuming attempts to correct my error, we made progress. I contacted my bank and gave permission to discuss my account with a T-Mobile agent. This problem was corrected without me on the phone. The money was returned and after it was credited back to my account, I made the correct payment. About a week later, T-Mobile went into my account without permission and debited the same money again. This caused me to have a credit on my account for a payment for the upcoming month. I closed my account. The credit was not used for my cancellation fee. I was charged $700+ and my credit of $498.45 which they withdrew on 12/29/11 and I paid $248 on 01/03/11. What happened to my credit and why do I owe $700+ to T-Mobile?

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed June 11, 2012

    In April '12, I switched over to a new plan. The next bill showed up with $40 of overage calls based on my old plan. They also added a $10 feature called Unlimited Mobile which gives unlimited weekend and night calls. I never ordered this feature and the price quoted to me by the agent did not reflect this add on. After contacting T-Mobile by phone and online 3 times, they have agreed to remove this feature and credit my account the $40. I was told two previous times that I would be credited and never was. So, I told them if this is not resolved on the July bill, I will notify the BBB and file a formal complaint with the FCC. This is the worst customer service I have ever experienced with any company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 8, 2012

    All I asked was for them to send me a broken down bill for December and January, but they failed to do that again and again. Then they sent it to collection before resolving it with me. Even the collection agency agreed with me, and took 75% off what T-Mobile had asked me to pay. Can you believe I have been with that company since 2006? Every time I call them, I dread it because it takes forever to talk to just one person that can answer all your concerns, then you get disconnected when you finally think. Okay, she/he is hearing me and we're going to resolve this, then they put you on hold and I don't know where they go and they come back 30 minutes later or sometimes you just get disconnected because they have forgotten that they put you on hold.

    For instance, the end of last year, I was on hold for exactly 28 minutes, then we got disconnected. I called again, and waited 16 minutes, and I finally spoke to a CSR and changed my plan then apparently, they didn't change it properly. So I used the phone, thinking I have the new plan, but they never applied it properly, so they charged me the wrong amount. Then, they apologized, and took some responsibility, but not entirely. Fine, I said, and I asked them to send me a bill, but they never did. Instead, they sent it to Diversified, and I took care of it with them. But you know what's funny? They even agreed with me, and spoke to the supervisor and took off 75% off and charged me less than what T-Mobile was asking me to pay. Anyway, I told all my cousins and siblings about this, so the minute we find a better plan with another company, we will ditch T-Mobile in a heartbeat.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2012

    We joined T-Mobile sometime back and bought two phones. This was in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland. We continued for a year and took out one line due to high bill. I retained my # till now. While we were there, I bought the web connector **. The salesperson never told me about contract but told me my monthly payment is $39.99 which I have been paying until a week ago when we applied for cable TV and internet.

    Yesterday, I called customer service and I was told that I have to pay $200 for breaking the contract that was never there to begin with and we paid the same amount when we cancelled one line. I went to the same store where we bought the phones ready to fight with somebody but found the store was closed last year.

    I am sure that you have the information from the day I joined T-Mobile. Please review everything and deal with your employee and let him get proper training instead of misleading customers just to make money.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2012

    The cellphone I had sent back is missing. After my persistence for T-Mobile to investigate, Neal ** and Arthur from customer care told me they have found the handset. I called back to check on the credit I should be getting back from the handset, but received an answer that T-Mobile never got it back. We started with LG MyTouch back in November 2011, but we kept getting “not-sent” message when we tried sending a text message. Also, during a long conversation, we get dropped calls. Additionally, there’s a sudden silence while talking on the phone where the receiver hears us, but we cannot hear them - tons of statics and it sounds like we're talking to someone faraway. Every time these issues come up, we call technical support over and over again until we decided to exchange both our handsets with Samsung Exhibit II.

    Boy, we were wrong big time! It’s worse than our first ones - same issues, but twice bad! Again, we’re back with technical support and they finally exchanged it with the same handsets. It did not cure the issues, so we returned it. This is where the big issue started. The other handset presumed missing and we were charged $225.70 from it. We offered to take one of our handsets back and T-Mobile refused to do this for us. T-Mobile never considered that we had so many issues with our handsets since our upgrades. Gabriel ** from T-Mobile’s executive customer relations in New Mexico made me contact him so many times to no avail - until today when I had emailed him awhile ago with a copy sent to the BBB. He insisted that he had called me back and that he also had been calling and left a message. There were no voice messages in our phone coming from him or a phone call. The calls we had received are coming from the billing department wanting us to take care of the $225.70 bill. In short, he just wasted my time telling me something I had already heard. He should have just replied to the BBB instead of wasting my time to contact him. I will not discuss about more than half a dozen scrupulous so-called customer service/care I had encountered, including from a guy named Nelson. I hope they all get AIDS!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2012

    Cellphone bill - T-Mobile overdrafted my bank two times unauthorized, so I went down to one of the T-Mobile centers and spoke with one of the salespersons and nothing happened. I came home and called back to the customer centers and spoke with some lady who worked there and we were going back and forth with what she told me had happened, and I told her that was wrong. Now, I'm tired so I need to get some help, and also when they overdrafted my account, it made my account $66 negative.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed June 5, 2012

    I signed up for a family plan in January. I have three phone lines; one of the phones belongs to my 12-year-old daughter. My payments were supposed to be $201 every month. About 2 months ago, I noticed my bills were getting higher, $212.34. When I contacted them, they said that my daughter was downloading some games. I told them that I did not authorize them to charge my account, that my daughter was only 12, so they said they would credit my account and that they would block my daughter’s account so she wouldn't be able to download anymore. The following month, the same thing happened. Once again I called and they said they would credit my account. Then on my latest bill the charge was $234.34.

    I called and asked them why I was being charged $234.34, they replied once again about my daughter downloading games. I then told them that I have blocked her account so she would not be able to download anything! How was that possible? They said that my daughter agreed to the charges, I said she's a minor! She can't legally agree to any contract. They said that the only solution was for me to pay $4.95 extra every month to prevent her from downloading anything and that they would notify the companies that she downloads from to issue a refund. But it could take up to 2 months, and that was not 100% then they would refund me anything! I told them that they are breaking the law. My daughter is not old enough to agree or consent to anything. I am saving the money to terminate my contract with them.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 5, 2012

    I purchased my 3G phone from T-Mobile as an upgrade in Feb 2012 (been customer since 2004). Primary purpose of the new phone was to check email and other important internet access while at a mountain cabin. All was fine. I would receive messages about data roaming, but told by their customer service that I was okay. Apparently in February, effective April, the data roaming was capped at 5MB for my plan. I was not aware of this, although I am finding out today that they sent a notice in February about this. I no longer can even access data at my roaming locations as T-Mobile locks me out once I reach the 5MB (on a 200 MB plan).

    This has rendered my cell phone useless while either traveling to our 2nd home or to my parents out of state. They tell me to use WiFi instead. There is no WiFi as there is very limited internet coverage within miles of where I am staying/sleeping/living. So one day, all is fine, the next day, my phone receives a message at midnight that my coverage has reached its maximum and that's that. I have talked to T-Mobile customer service numerous times. Of course, the standard line is "I can understand your frustration. But...."

    My complaint: T-Mobile has changed their plans with a generic statement that says they can change their plans. The coverage is worsening. The coverage is inadequate. I pay more for less. Lastly, I used to receive cell phone signals just fine at my home in a major city. When I upgraded my phone to the LG, my service worsened. I went to the local T-Mobile store several times and they have changed out whatever cards may possibly help. No better. Finally, T-Mobile contacted me and said I can receive a signal booster if I sign another 2-year contract. So now, to receive the signal that I used to use, I am supposed to commit longer to a company that can change their coverage at their will. As soon as I am out of contract, I will be leaving T-Mobile. I used to speak highly of them. Now I can not wait to get out of their management.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 5, 2012

    I had 3 lines with T-Mobile. All of our lines were dropping calls or the calls were echoing. T-Mobile to T-Mobile users are the worst connections. It usually takes at least 2 calls to connect to these users. My husband used his phone primarily for business purposes and after dropping 3 calls in a row, he called it quits. We will now be charged $200 for early cancellation on that line. I desperately want to drop T-Mobile for my other 2 lines, but it will cost an additional $400 for those two also. I have called T-Mobile at least 4 times in the last month with the same complaints and they act clueless as to these problems. Obviously, there are numerous problems they are not being forthcoming with.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2012

    I have an internet account with T-Mobile and I pay $39.95 a month for service. I was sent a previous bill for $68.00 and they told me $20.00 disconnection fee. I said I was never disconnected. I said how could you charge such an outrageous fee. The woman on the phone told me that I was disconnected from April-May. The manager said she would accept ten dollars. I said that is a rip-off. These people are liars and con artists. They need to be investigated.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2012

    As a manager, I used to be very satisfied. But today, I’m not! I had called (05/08/12) and arranged to pay my whole bill on the 26th of May, which I did before my agreement date. But on the 29th of May, T-Mobile charged my bank account for the same balance I had already paid in cash and in person at one of your T-Mobile offices. I’m really disappointed and upset because of your company’s terrible mistake. I called and talked to Ronny (supervisor) which told me there wasn’t anything he could do and wasn’t helpful at all besides being kind of rude.

    Now, I owe my bank 2 insufficient funds fees of $25.00 each. I honestly think this is unfair and wrong, because your company made the mistake by not checking my account payment carefully before double charging me for the same month twice and messing up my bank. Do you understand my situation? I demand with all respect a refund for your T-Mobile Company terrible mistake. I know I’m right and hope you guys do the right decision. Please return my customer satisfaction feeling back! Thank you!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 2, 2012

    T-Mobile overcharged the international text messages. I have a plan of $10 for international text messages. Then, my son went on vacation and the plan did not apply any more. T-Mobile is sending bigger and bigger bills. I need Consumer Affairs to step in. I sent a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and forgot to give the account number. The bill is now $1945.47. My account number is **.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed June 1, 2012

    I added new line to my account on second week of May 2012 with Plan (500 minutes and $10 data plan). I took Samsung Galaxy S II 4G Phone for $179 with $50 mail in rebate card. When I got my order, I called customer care in order to check what information I need to fill in the rebate form. But they said you are not eligible for this mail in rebate as plan required $20 data plan or higher. Customer rep did not tell me about this when I was adding new line.

    I don't use data plan much, I decided to cancel newly added line but CSR told me like you are eligible to cancel your first line and you can keep the new line with $20 data plan. And once you get your rebate card, then you can lower down your data plan. I was okay with this offer and they redirect my call to cancellation department.

    When I talked to cancellation department, they said why are cancelling existing line. We can give you value plan which is going to same as new line have and will also give you the same phone with $179 down payment and $10 each month for 20 months when you renew existing contract. I liked this offer and decided to renew existing contract and cancel new line. But cancellation department said they will renew the contract immediately but phone can be ordered once you return all the equipment that you got for new line.

    I said okay and renewed the contract and return all the things I got for new line. After 5 days of shipping, I called again customer care in order to make sure the equipment has been received from their end. Once CSR confirm that they received the equipment, then I tried to order the phone as per the previous conversation. But this time, they said they cannot give the phone with the same price and you have to pay full the retail price for the phone as you are on value plan. They have given me other phone price split option but it does not come to my budget.

    I decided to go back to my original contract and complete the existing contract and go for T-Mobile prepaid service. I called so many times to T-Mobile CS and explained the case at least 10 to 12 T-Mobile CSR of different department but not getting any resolution. Now, T-Mobile is saying they cannot put back to the original contract and if I am cancelling the line, then I have to pay cancellation fees which is $200.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 30, 2012

    T-Mobile - I do not get service in my new home and spoke to multiple representatives about the problem. They wanted me to renew the contract and purchase a hardware that would increase my signal. However, why would I want to extend my contract with a company that offers less than satisfactory services for almost $300 a month? I have been with this company for 2 years almost and have 4 phone lines with this company. I spoke to Alex employee number ** and he was only able to offer me options that would not work with my situation. I asked if he could terminate my contract and, if possible, waive my early termination fee and he refused. He was not helpful at all and customer service skills are not seen with this company.

    I am not getting the service that I am being charged for. And I don't see why I am being penalized with continuing my service with a company that is not giving me what I paid for. I know that there is some lemon law in California that if a product is defective, then it is up to the company to reimburse the consumer if viable options are not successful.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 27, 2012

    My husband went to Philippines for few weeks in March 2012. Before he left, he called customer service to have his phone opened so that he could use it overseas. He asked the rep if he should get a local SIM card for his phone. He was told not to and his phone is good to use overseas. When he arrived there, the phone did not work and no calls can be made. In the mean time, I am here in U.S. checking the account balance and I see charges of more than $300 for roaming charges. I called customer service at that time. The rep said he could not give me details of the bill because it is still in process. April bill arrived and the roaming charges were for internet access for continuous use day and night, including midnight, for 3 straight days.

    I paid the normal usage charges less the roaming charges. 2 weeks later, my service is being suspended. The rep said until all balance is paid including the normal usage, which will be due in 2 weeks, my account will remain suspended. She insisted that all charges are valid. I told her no normal person will use internet for 3 straight days, in which his phone did not even work. These charges cannot be valid. She said that this will be investigated, but we have to pay all charges, including next month’s usage, to have the phones work.

    I told her that we have been with them for at least 5 years under different phone numbers. She needs to consider that we are loyal customers and we will wait for the result of the investigation before we pay the fees. All we need now is to have the phones activated. She refused. I found these people don't even use common sense and are not willing to help customers. Loyalty is not important - only paying up the entire bill is the most important thing. They are not helpful at all and I will love to discard this new contract and move to a different carrier as soon as it ends.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 26, 2012

    I left T-Mobile on April 14th, 2012. For the month of April 2012, they billed my wife's cell phone $50 for data usage when she does not have a data plan, and when I called T-Mobile for a log of all the minutes that she supposedly spent on the web, they said they don't have that and all they have is the total time she spent on the web. How do I know, without any evidence whatsoever, that they are not ripping me off?

    Secondly, after I left T-Mobile on April 14th for another service provider, they billed me for the full month of May; their reason was they don't prorate and bill you for the full month irrespective of when you cancel. Interestingly, my new service provider prorated me for 4 days for the month of April to accommodate me within their billing cycle but T-Mobile wants your money for the entire month. This is unfair & a totally manipulated practice targeted at sucking money out of its customers. I would like for T-Mobile to: 1) provide me with a log of all minutes that my wife supposedly spent on the internet, and 2) prorate me only for the 4 days that I used their service in the month of April.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 24, 2012

    This phone (T-Mobile Sidekick 4G) is defective and T-Mobile refuses to rectify the problem. It constantly freezes up and requires you to take out the battery. I traded it in once, but they said the only way to get a new phone is to pay off the defective phone (Sidekick 4G) and upgrade to another phone.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed May 24, 2012

    Deceived by T-Mobile - My husband and I were thinking about getting new cell phones as our contract with T-Mobile was going to expire on 7/1/12 and we were having issues with our cell phones for a while. The fact that I got a new car and my phone is not able to sync all the time precipitated my husband calling T-Mobile yesterday, 5/24/12, to check and see if we qualified for an upgrade. My husband talked to Labrone who told him that since we were such good customers, we qualified for upgrade and offered the following: a free phone (had to pay shipping), a new plan for 1,000 minutes (we had 750) and unlimited text for $69.99. The phone is the Samsung Exhibit II.

    I was very happy to hear the good news. In the evening, I asked my husband o check our new plan information online. Well, to our surprise, our new plan did not mention anything about unlimited text and the rate was $59.99. I asked my husband to call to make sure our plan included unlimited text and that the Samsung Exhibit II phones were free of charge. My husband spoke to WC who gave us the run-around and stated that our plan was what was stated online, but he was going to have Labrone - who had been the one representative who offered the new plan to my husband - call us back last night because maybe he had added some offer he was not aware of.

    One hour passed by and it was almost 10 pm and there’s no call back. We called T-Mobile a second time. This time we talked to Jessy and explained our concern and the nature of the call once again. Jessy did tell us that our new plan included unlimited text, but the phones Labrone had offered my husband free of charge required a data plan - minimum data plan was $10.00 additional per line. We explained to Jessy that information was not the information given to my husband earlier that day and that we had agreed to the contract that included exactly what had been offered: a free phone (had to pay shipping), a new plan for 1,000 minutes (we had 750) and unlimited text for $69.99. The phone is the Samsung Exhibit II.

    Jessy became suddenly not so helpful and stated that we could get free phones, but it could not be any cell phone that required a data plan and that the Samsung Exhibit II did require a data plan. At that point, we requested that our plan be reversed to what we had before my husband made the phone call and spoke to Labrone as we did not want the new phones delivered. Jessy then stated that he could do that, but our contract will now be effective on 5/23/12 for two new years. Then, we got really upset stating that we had been deceived by Labrone and that we could not be bounded to a contract that was accepted on false premises. We requested to speak to a supervisor. Then, we spoke to Leo who reported to be a supervisor. Leo restated what Jessey had told us and gave us a phone number to dispute our contract with T-Mobile. He gave us two options of cell phones and both of them are a downgrade from the current phone we have, which, by the way, is a smart phone yet we do not have data plan. How could T-Mobile get away with this? This should be illegal and punished in some way.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2012

    This is now the second time I have posted a review over T-Mobile in less than two months. I am sick and tired of being pushed around and walked all over. We had canceled our T-Mobile contract on service end date. My husband and I paid the $200 termination fee in full! Today, we came home to find in our mail box yet another bill from T-Mobile with a bill much higher than are normal bill would have been if we were still with T-Mobile. When we went into the office of T-Mobile in Springfield, MO 65803, she took our $400 for the termination fee. We asked her if there would be any other charges or bills. She said no. We called the customer care and they too said we would not have another bill.

    Well, as of today, they charged us taxes of $34.16 on each line (which we were not aware of that would happen) and another bill for a month they claim we used, when it had indeed been turned off. Because they did not tell us of these taxes, we are having to pay a bill of another outrageous cost. We do not appreciate being pushed around and walked all over. The guy I talked to on the customer service began to get sarcastic and mean saying, "Well, this isn't my bill, so it's not my problem." Is that how a business should be ran? If so, I'm afraid it's a terrible way of doing so. I just feel (like others I am sure) that something needs to be done with this company and their wrong ways of pushing people around. Thank you.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 22, 2012

    Beginning of April, large data downloads appeared on my wireless bill. I have unlimited data with my T-Mobile wireless plan and did not realize that the average data usage on my Samsung Galaxy 2S had increased over 30-fold within one billing period until I went abroad and incurred $13,070 in data roaming charges. I am a frequent traveler and am familiar with data roaming charges, but I am disputing these charges because I did not initiate any downloads.

    Trying to convince T-Mobile that there may be an error on my statement, that the phone may be defective or even fraudulent activity may be happening with my phone has been a nightmare. T-Mobile, on numerous occasions, has been non-responsive to my requests (not calling back, dropping phone calls, etc.), suspending my phone service in error though I was compliant with payment requests to keep my phone service activated, and I have on multiple occasions been misinformed about the next steps in the dispute process, which has made this situation even more painful.

    The issue is not resolved yet but I have contacted the BBB as well as the FCC and will not back down.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2012

    Misrepresented Contract - I visited the T-Mobile store at 4454 Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, CA on February 13, 2012 to purchase a new phone because my old phone was broken. My previous phone had cost me $600 with a two-year financing agreement. When I went into the store, I asked the customer sales representative (sales rep **) what special deals they had for a new phone that would not cost me another $600. I specifically told him that I wanted a new phone and would be willing to create a new contract to get a special deal. I also told him that I did not want to engage in another financing agreement. He told me that he understood and that he had a great deal on a brand new Samsung Galaxy S2 if I entered into a new two-year contract.

    The price of the phone would be $200 but I would be required to pay taxes on the full amount of the phone of $600. It sounded fishy to me but he explained that it was California law and I need to pay the full tax to receive the deal. I agreed to proceed with the new contract and paid him $352.49 for the $200 phone plus tax. He then asked me if I wanted insurance and I said yes. I signed an insurance agreement where he circled the $7.99/month I wound be responsible for. When I received my bill in February, everything was fine but when my March bill came, I was surprised to find that I was being billed $15/month for a financing agreement over a two-year period of time to pay for the remaining $300 of the full purchase price of the phone. I called T-Mobile to complain and they informed me that I should go back to the store, which I did.

    I spoke with another sales rep who said that because I signed the agreement, there is nothing they could do. She also asked if I cashed in the rebate for the phone on the special deal they were having that day and I said, "What rebate?" The term rebate had never come up in discussion with the customer sales rep who I purchased the phone from. The new rep told me that I was supposed to have received $300 back for the phone and that the original sales rep should have provided me with a rebate form. Not only did he not provide me with the rebate form, but the deadline for submitting the rebate has already passed, and I am no longer able to receive the $300. Ultimately, I am stuck in a contract with T-Mobile for a phone that I was quoted $200 but for which I must now pay $600. I think it is irresponsible of the original sales rep to not only have quoted me the wrong price, but asked me to sign an insurance contract without showing me the financing agreement that was later stapled on top of it.

    At no point was I asked or required to sign or initial the terms of the financing agreement. In addition, the terms 'finance' and 'rebate' never came up in our discussion and I had explicitly told him numerous times that I did not want to finance the phone nor pay more than $200 for it. I told him exactly what I was looking for and in turn, he did not provide me with full disclosure of the terms of the contract. When I went back to the store, I was informed by the other sales rep that I was not the only person who had this problem and that the original sales rep was misinforming other customers as well, but that because I signed my contract, I was fully liable for the fees I was wrongly coerced into accepting. I do not think that I should be held liable to pay for something I had stated that I didn't want, and I believe that it is T-Mobile's responsibility to provide financing details to their customers when selling new contracts.

    Not only that, but bait-and-switch tactics, lies and asking customers to sign an insurance contract without showing them the financing agreement on the first page is downright dirty and unethical. I have done extensive research on the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Code of Civil Procedure 1750 1784 which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, including, but not limited to, persuading a consumer to sign a document by misrepresenting it to be something else. I am not the only person who has had this experience with T-Mobile. Their customer service department has told me numerous times to go back to the store and the store has told me numerous times to call customer service. Neither of them chooses to take responsibility for this problem. Therefore, if I get the runaround for a sixth time, I will file complaints with the FTC, the Better Business Bureau, and the California Attorney General. I will not give in without a fight.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed May 22, 2012

    My phone contract was set for 06/17/2010-06/17/2012. In 06/2011, the phone issued to me by T-Mobile broke and as I had insurance, I figured I would just go in to the store and get a new one. The clerk told me that I broke the phone and therefore it was not replaceable. I told him that I did not break the phone and that it just fell apart. He told me I slid it too much and therefore it broke. It was a MyTouch 3G slide phone, that is what it was supposed to do - slide. I explained that regardless of how it was broken that I was assured that the insurance covered everything from water damage to the screen breaking. I guess I was wrong or lied to when I signed up for it. The man said he would do what he could to get me a new phone and that he had to file something with the company and he needed my signature to do so. I signed the little box and was never given a copy of what I signed. That is where I went wrong.

    I expected my service to end in a month, so I called to verify the exact date and they said it was due to end in June 2013. I told them that I have the original contract in front of me and that is not true. The woman then said that I signed something in June of 2011 agreeing to alter my contract to unlimited and extended it one more year. I told her that is not true. I would never have done that as I was already dissatisfied with the service. She told me the only thing I could do was to contact the contract dispute center via email. I asked her to provide me with a copy of the new contract that I allegedly signed and she told me she could not do it. She provided me with the email address, contractdispute@t-mobile.com.

    I sent them a message and after not hearing anything for three weeks I called back. I told them I wanted to speak with someone in the contract dispute department and they told me that they did not have a number for that department. I then explained the whole story again, and the woman acted surprised to hear my issues. Don't they have some kind of notes system so I don't have to repeat myself every time I call in? She asked me to verify the email address with her and when I did, she informed me that it was wrong and the correct address was contractreview@t-mobile.com.

    If they think that giving me the runaround is going to make me stop trying to fight them on this issue, boy are they mistaken. I have already filed a complaint with the BBB and am putting together my information to send to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau. The only way we can get better service is to vocally complain in every form possible. I urge all of you with complaints to file a complaint with the BBB and actively fight them on whatever your issue is. I know it's hard work, but they make it hard so less people will actually do it. Do not let them win.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed May 22, 2012

    Defaulting on contract for internet service: I am just another who has had them blowing smoke and putting the blame on the customer. This is just a warning. I am sure you all know by now. Never give your credit card number to anyone for monthly billing. Always pay by check. You can never get your refunds or credits, and you hold the control.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 19, 2012

    I have been happy with the T-Mobile prepaid service since 2003 or so, and have had 4 or 5 different phones with the same account. My last Samsung phone died a few months ago after 6 years of faithful service, so we replaced it with an inferior $30 Nokia product from Walmart. This phone seemed cheaply made and indeed had intermittent issues with booting up and finally stopped working altogether after less than a year of use.

    I went to a T-mobile store to buy a replacement for my SIM card, and expected to pay more than the $30 to get a better product. I purchased another Samsung phone for $70, expecting the price difference to reflect a superior quality phone. The phone does work all right so far; my complaint stems from the fact that while researching some instructions online, I found the same phone on sale at Walmart.com for $28.

    Now, why was I charged more than double for choosing the T-Mobile store for a replacement? By the time I realized this disparity in price, the 7-day return option had already passed. Why does T-Mobile charge so much more for the same product when a retailer can offer it for less than half the price? This experience has left me very dissatisfied with T-Mobile, and when I am ready to upgrade to Internet capability, I will be inclined to choose another company.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed May 19, 2012

    A few months ago, I called to ask about service and pricing and was told they could send me a phone to '"try out". I accepted but refused to give payment info. Later that night, wondering if I had handled it correctly, I called and let them know I don't care to "try" their service so please confirm that no order was actually placed. I had read about the 4G scam, and how they actually have no 4G network, as well as read unethical reviews here on CA. "No problem, it's all taken care of," is the response I got. A few days later, a package was delivered and I immediately took it to UPS and returned to T-Mobile unopened, and added signature confirmation for my own protection. I called them daily until receipt was confirmed.

    Two months ago, I received a bill for roughly $85 from them for the service I never had. I called them yet again (at this point having logged an easy $1500 at my hourly rate on the phone with them). This time they were apologetic, nice, and seemingly co-operative. Mistakes happen, so when I was told, "We're so sorry about that, it must have been cancelled improperly. I've had my supervisor review everything and this has all been taken care of," I was willing to accept that mistakes happen. Today, May 18th, I got a letter stating "Final Notice, your account is overdue $18. If this is not paid within (10) days of the date on this letter, it may be turned over to a collections agency..." Date on the letter? May 14th, 2012 - received today, May 18th, 2012

    I called to spend a reasonable amount of time on the phone before being told, "It was turned over to a debt collector a few days ago, so we can't do anything."

    I politely explained that I've never had service, and this was the first I knew of any bill, not to mention it was a 10-day notice and here we are on legal day (1). I asked for a supervisor and was placed on hold. When the CSR (Melissa) returned, she said, "My supervisor said we can't access the account anymore so I can't even tell you who the collection agency is." I asked how she recommends we escalate this and was told to "wait until it hits your credit report and then write letters to the 3 bureaus". Apparently I'll have to do that, but I'll be signing legal paperwork first. If not with an attorney, then without. Do not trust this company with so much as a Facebook "Like"!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 18, 2012

    I received a notice from a collection agency regarding an alleged payment that was owed to T-Mobile for a charge that they stated was owed almost two years ago. T-Mobile states that there was a final charge that was not paid when I switched my son's account over to my family plan to save some money. I paid all of the bills that they sent to me for his account and assumed since the last one paid was through the billing date of when the account was switched, that everything was paid up. All the collection company can tell me is the bill is from 2010.

    T-Mobile says they have no records of payments or the transfer. They cannot tell me why they have no records of calls, bills, texts or emails to me about this so-called delinquent account. I am furious about being treated this way as a loyal customer of 9 years. For all the poor service and mistakes that T-Mobile has made, I've overlooked it. However, this is the final mistake that has driven me over the edge. This is just not right to demand payment after this lengthy period of time especially when you have no facts to back it up.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 17, 2012

    The phone bill went up from $138 to $184 with no clear explanation. It couldn't get resolved. There was apparently no reason for the increase. When I got the plan, I was told it would be $129.00 per month. I thought it had texting. It didn't. Then it went up an additional $20.00. Now, I get a bill for $188.00 with no clear explanation.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 17, 2012

    I am having issues with my cell phone and I have made several complaints that the phone that I bought is not working properly. I have finished troubleshooting this with a few people. It works and then I have problems again with my phone. I talked to someone last night. I think that his name was Steve, I am not sure. I have it written down at home. I started to troubleshoot it with him and when I told him that I did troubleshoot this a few times, he said that he was going to send me a new phone. I told him since I am having trouble with the Samsung that I want a different type of phone. He said okay and was going to send me a different phone but suggested that I look at it first in one of the stores. I told him to go ahead and send me one anyway after I asked several questions. He said that if I didn't like the phone that I couldn't send it back. He said look at one first. I told him okay but to note the log. He said that he was doing that.

    I went to one of the stores but they told me that I have to do it on the phone. This was on 05/16/2012 between 8:15pm and 8:30 pm. I talked to Page and she was telling me that there would be a $5 charge to send me a new one. I said okay. Then she decides, "Let's troubleshoot it again." I told her I did last night and other nights. I just want a new phone. She said that the person that I spoke to last night didn't write any memos in the computer. I said that, "You were just getting ready to send me a phone, now you are telling me that you aren't." She said that when I troubleshot with someone of the 8th that he claimed that it was fixed. I told her it isn't fixed. I wouldn't be calling if it was fixed. I told her that I would have to break my contract and go somewhere else. She said that she didn't want to lose me as a customer but she wasn't going to send me a new phone. It was past 14 days. I am having trouble with it. I am afraid that they are giving me a runaround so that I time out and can't legally do anything with this. Can you help me? Please send me a copy of this complaint. Thanks.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2012

    I bought three expensive phones from T-Mobile for my family's use. The service in my area, according to their promotional materials, shows full coverage. In reality, the service is horrible. I get barely a bar on the phone and calls are dropped constantly. Their advertising is very deceptive, and I think intentionally so. By the time I realized that it was that bad, I had no recourse and was involved in a two-year contract. I am considering suing in small claims court to make me a little more satisfied at being screwed by T-Mobile by costing them what they have cost me. The billing practices seem fraudulent also. I warn all of you, go with any service but T-Mobile. It is horrible in quality and in the quality of response you get from the company.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2012

    For the past 4 months I have been struggling to resolve a dispute for a broadband device account which I never have or used. But for some reason, I have been forced and was deliberately added into my account. I called customer service many times to solve this issue and I have also been advised to write to the dispute complain office in Washington, which I did. That issue is still pending on why and how as an old customer, they are treating me in a distressful way. Almost a bill of $500 and why since 2004, have I never seen such a thing in my accounts. what is going on now?

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    Reviewed May 14, 2012

    I purchased my T-Mobile Samsung phone last December, and it does not work at all. I went to a T-Mobile retailer and they told me that a new phone would be shipped overnight to me. That was last Thursday and I still don't have a phone. I am disabled and I can only afford cell phone service. I am paying for service and can't use the phone that I purchased. The T-mobile salesman lied to me, and I need my phone replaced as promised.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2012

    I am completely dissatisfied with T-Mobile. After going round and round with them about dropped phones calls, purchasing a new phone and every other problem solving tip they had over a 9-month period, I decided to call it quits. They are now saying I owe them $217 for a month of service plus a few days. I cancelled service with them on Feb. 18, 2012 and they have stated that I owe them for the month of Jan, Feb. and March even though I made my payment in Jan for the full amount. They have also stated that I used minutes, data and texts in the month of March! They have even listed the amounts I used. Now you tell me how I used services in March when I ended in Feb. I find this sad. T-Mobile was a wonderful company to have up until about a year ago. They always had great customer service and were willing to work with you. That, however, is not the case anymore. On BBB, there are some 30,000 complaints! That is not a way to run a company.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2012

    We have been with TM since 2003. I am sure many ask the question, if you were dissatisfied, why did you stay with them. We are on a family plan, and the phones were constantly breaking down, bad connection, freezing up, the phones would do things randomly. We have 3 of our family out of contract. We also have an android phone which has to have an internet connection. My son's phone broke. We had insurance on the phone, but the insurance company said we would have to pay $130 to get the same one. Well, at the time, we did not have the money. So we told him to just take one of our old phones, until we could work things out. By the time we called back, they said we were out of date, "you only have one month to make your claim," end of subject.

    We called TM; they kept trying to sell another contract and all we want to do is get out this contract once and for all. They would only offer us a $250 phone and we had to pay the full amount. We pay $30 a month for the internet. We don't have the phone to use the internet. We have to pay the extra $30 a month and keep the contract until Feb. 2013. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Every month, we would have to go through our phone bill with a fine toothed comb, because there were a lot of hidden charges, that we did not do anything to get charged for. I have over 150 calls in to them for constant problems that they never fixed the problem. If anyone has any information to help us out let me know.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2012

    In January, they were cancelling one of my phones because we roamed too much and they were waiving the cancellation fee. We also had problems with a phone but we had it insured so they sent me another phone and was to return the bad phone with shipping labels in the box the new phone came in. They had two labels, one was for UPS and the other one USP. I sent it back by USP; they claimed never received it so they charged me $200 for the phone. When we called about the phone, they claimed they looked for it but couldn't find it. They asked me how I sent it; I said by USP. They told me I shouldn't have sent that way. I asked, "Why did you send me a USP label then?" and they just blew me off.

    I refused to pay for it, so they end up charging me $200 for the phone and $200 cancellation they claim they were going to waive and then cancelled my other phone and charged me $200 and partial month service which came to $808 and I had 30 days to appeal it so I did. And, the only response I had was from collections of which total was now $1011 with collection fees. I tried to call T-Mobile but they wouldn't talk to me, told me to call collection. I asked them how it went from $808 to $1011. They charged me a $203 fee. We also complained about no service for hours and sometimes a day or two, but just get a runaround.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2012

    I had several complaints with T-Mobile. I had numerous drop calls, and I complained. T-mobile suggested it was my location. I explained that everybody I called I am losing my connection. That problem was not corrected throughout the contract. People stopped calling me because they thought I was hanging up on them. I had several co-workers complain about the drop calls and hanging up. I was also charged $360 for one month because T-Mobile told me Salisbury, NC was long distance, but I live in Greensboro, NC (less than 30 miles away). I complained and I still had to pay because T-mobile always have a reason for you to pay.

    My daughter called 911 to get help because her friend was having a problem at a party, but T-mobile told them I called them based on the police officer's report. T-Mobile told them the signal originated from my phone. I said that's impossible because my phone was off, and I was asleep. I showed the police. Well, my daughter did not receive any assistance from the police. The police came to my door, and the police said, "My husband and I were holding people hostage, and we looked suspicious." The police searched my house and they did not find any hostages. Then, the police apologized for the inconvenience, but my daughter needed help, and she did not get any help because the police dismissed the report after they searched my house. My daughter, my husband and I were traumatized from this situation. My daughter does not stay out at her friend's house anymore. We had to change our lifestyle because we cannot get help from the police because the T-Mobile phones are broken.

    I returned my broken phone (fell in water) in the pre-approved package T-Mobile sent, and they reported they did not receive the phone. T-Mobile charged me $78 for not returning the phone after I had a copy from the postal service for lost phone. Also, I told T-Mobile over the phone that I was not receiving my messages correctly. They told me it will be corrected. No, it was not corrected. I had numerous late messages more than days. I received several messages months later. That problem was not fix throughout the contract.

    I declined third party packages several times on the phone, but I had to call to get third party packages removed for two months in a row. Who is True Lite? I told them I do not want any internet services when I signed the contract, but I had to call several times to get my internet service charge removed. Why? I would pick up my phone and someone else would answer the phone at the same time. We exchanged numbers, and they would testify. Problem was not corrected throughout contract. I would call someone, and the phone would dial another number. Why? I do not know. Problem was not corrected throughout contract.

    I had several people call my house and reported they did not know me, but I would receive numerous calls from strangers all the time. I received so many strange calls. I had to file a police report and go to court. After I told T-Mobile several times, and they did nothing. Finally, I got tired of T-Mobile's extremely poor service and refusal to fix problems. I stopped using my phone, and I terminated my contract early, and they want to charge me $692. Really!

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    Reviewed May 10, 2012

    I was about to leave T-Mobile in July 2011 and called to see if they had any promotions. Sale agent promised a new deal and signed me up for another two years. For the next six months (with each new billing statement), I called to inquire as to the increased rate, not what I had been promised. I talked to scores of sales and retention agents. I was always being told it would be taken care of. Finally, I was told by one sales agent that there was nothing they could do and that I would have to protest it through their contract dispute office, that there was nothing they could do for me.

    Weeks later, I was emailed that they would give me a temporary discount that would equal the overcharges. I called today to verify that the discount was nearing it's end and was told that my contract had been extended three months as a result of the discount and that, "We have it in our notes that you agreed to the extension electronically." I told them I never agreed to an extension, and I was passed around again to multiple sales and retention agents, only to get nowhere. The extension all but negated the temporary discount I had been given. I bailed today at an expense of $200. How can this company continue these practices when there are so many documented examples of deceptive practices?

    Here is the email they sent me after nearly six months of back and forth. Nowhere does it say they are extending my contract as a result of fixing their error: "T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile) is in receipt of your correspondence regarding a monthly discount offer. According to our records, your account does not qualify for the $10 monthly discount for 24 months due to the government discount that you are already receiving on your account. We show that you have been issued an adjustment of $50.92 on October 11, 2011 and two adjustments of $10 on November 16, 2011 and January 10, 2012. As of today's date, we have issued a one lump sum adjustment of $240 to provide the $10 discount for 24 month period. Your account now reflects a credit balance of ($-199.38); nothing is due at this time. We apologize for any and all confusion and inconvenience you may have experienced by this issue. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at the address listed above. Our Customer Care department is also available to assist you from 3am - 10pm PST at 800-937-8997."

    After this, without me knowing, they extended my contract without notifying me or asking permission, effectively getting back most of the original overcharges.

    What an outrage.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2012

    I am being charged over $800 by T-Mobile due to a non-receipt of two defective phones. I returned both phones on separate occasions. T-Mobile stated they never received it and for some reason, the tracking never shows returned. Interestingly, this problem was never mentioned until I called them on an overbilling for insurance and international call. The insurance, I was overbilled since 2010, plus the international calls since October of 2011. I have repeatedly called and tried to speak to supervisors and to explain that I am sure the phones have some kind of tracking device. Why, as a customer of over five years, would I keep two defective phones? Not just 1 but 2. The whole circumstance is outrageous. I cannot pay for a $1,000 phone bill and T-Mobile has refused to even listen and come to some kind of reasonable resolution. In fact, the last representative basically stated that I can speak to FedEx. Then when I stated that it was a T-Mobile vendor not my vendor, she hung up on me and never returned the call.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2012

    File a complaint with the FCC if you want a response. It took me over 9 months to even try and resolve a billing dispute with T-Mobile. They switched my phone from a 2-year contract to month-to-month 10 days early and then tried to charge me the termination fee. They finally agreed to credit it because it was their error. Then they just charged the fee anyway. When I disputed the charge on my CC (as the amount was incorrect), they charged me $20 for disputing their incorrect statement. This was July 2011. I could not get anyone to speak with me on the phone. I was hung up on, put on hold, etc. I wrote four letters - no response. As a month-to-month customer, I could no longer see any of my 10-year billing history to try and figure it out myself. To speak with them, I used their online chat and have been told many different things. One rep told me my balance after all the adjustments was X while another said it was Y, etc. All lies.

    I was a T-Mobile customer for approximately 10 years. I've switched to Verizon. I feel T-Mobile just doesn't care about any of their customers - they overcharge and their customer service lies and has no idea what they're doing. I finally filed a complaint with the FCC. Then all of a sudden T-Mobile reached out to me. The issue still has not been resolved. I will file another complaint.

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    Reviewed May 9, 2012

    It started with them messing up our bill and over charging us 35 dollars and only crediting us 10 dollars back making us pay for something we didn't do, then my husband and I got a bill in the mail for almost 90 dollars higher than it normally is. They switched our family plan on us. We had a thousand minutes per line, and all of a sudden, my husband and I have only a thousand minutes to share. The third thing was, when I got my phone on the 97-cent promotional deal, we added a line for me which entered me into another contract. It wasn't supposed to even mess with my husband's phone.

    Long story short, we were having more problems with T-mobile. I called T-mobile customer care and they informed me that my husband's phone had been re-entered into another contract which was not supposed to happen. Then, about a month in a half down the line, we started having more problems with them, so we went in and changed our plan to practically nothing on our phones and today (May 8, 2012), I found out that they even more recently re-entered both my husband's phone as well as my own into yet another contract.

    I confronted them about that over the phone and they had nothing to say about it. Neither my husband nor I knew about this contract being renewed and the T-mobile office in Springfield, MO didn't say one word about another contract. I just feel that my husband and I are being jerked around. Because we are being jerked around, it's costing us in the long run. We now have to pay $400 to get out of our contract because if we don't, they will continue to walk over my husband and me.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2012

    Lousy internet connection service - I was told that there was nothing they could do and the customer loyalty service department offered $5.00 off a month for three months. When I told them that it was not good enough, they got very rude and argumentative. The worst service and most definitely the worst customer service I have ever received from any company.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2012

    I broke my T-Mobile phone. I had been paying for Asurion insurance coverage. I filed a claim with Asurion, agreed to $100 deductible and received a new phone very quickly. So far, so good. Great! Oops, I had lost the provided mailing label for returning the damaged phone. I called and got an address in Ft. Worth, Texas. I sent the phone back via US mail priority shipping with delivery confirmation. I went to USPS website 2 days later and saw that delivery had been confirmed. All done, right? OK to throw out the delivery confirmation code, right? No! Not that easy.

    My next bill from T-Mobile showed a $110 unreturned phone charge. I called Asurion and they told me it was T-Mobile that levied the charge. I called T-Mobile and was told to file a "lost phone location claim". I did so. Three weeks later, no word back on the claim so I called T-Mobile again. They say they never received the phone. They offered me a $55 credit (split the difference) to resolve my gripe, but I declined. I'm looking for the full $110. Throughout this process, I am unconvinced that they don't have my returned phone. My search of the web for similar incidents confirmed my suspicion. In my case, I'm not sure whether this is T-Mobile or Asurion that is playing games, but I will continue rattling cages until I get resolution (or until I get tired of trying).

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    Reviewed May 7, 2012

    I have been speaking with T-Mobile for the last 2 months, and they told me that my contract will be up in June 2012. When I called yesterday, they told me my contract will be up in June 2013. I am aware that every call is recorded for my protection and theirs. So when I asked for them to retrieve the recording, they told me they don't record calls. I am very angry. I do not want to be with T-Mobile until next year. I want it to end next month.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2012

    I went to the Northridge mall and asked a representative how to get international service, and the rep took my phone, turned my Wi-Fi on, and told me I could use this anywhere as long as there was a Wi-Fi access. So I used the service in Dubai without any problem. When I came back to the United States, I went to a T-Mobile store next to my house on Devonshire in Granada Hills, CA. I asked the rep if I can use my Wi-Fi to make international calls without being charged international fee. The rep explained to me that it would only take my minutes but that there's no international fee since I already paid for the Wi-Fi service with my carriers.

    I repeatedly asked him if he was sure, and he sarcastically replied, "What is the use of using the Wi-Fi if it is not to avoid the international fee? I am telling you using Wi-Fi is free." After he advised me, he noted on my account that he advised me on the Wi-Fi usage. So now, I have a bill for my international calls. I tried to communicate with several of the T-Mobile employees. They told me that yes, they saw the note that I was advised regarding the service but that he didn't write what the advice was. So they sent me to the store, and the sore said they didn't give that advice. So now, I am stuck with expensive international fees that could have been used by a $20.00 calling card.

    They were threatening me to disconnect my phone, unless I came up with the payment. By the way, I am their customer for ten years and I have five accounts with them. And I referred all my brothers and sisters, my colleagues, and friends, so we can have unlimited access between us. Unfortunately, I shared that misinformation with all of them. And now, we all are stuck with international fees. Just because T-Mobile didn't educate their employees well, we have to suffer the consequence. We are all closing our accounts.

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    Reviewed May 6, 2012

    Since July 2011, I tried to get T-Mobile to honor promised prices after re-upping for another two-year contract. After six months of calling every time my bill showed a higher rate than promised, I was told I had to email "contract dispute" department, which I did. Weeks later, T-Mobile emailed saying that I would be given a discount which extrapolated out to make good on their promised rate.

    I called today to verify that the end of the discount was this month and asked what my rate would be. They told me it would be the same but that my contract had been extended by three months effectively negating most of the discount. I said I never agreed to a contract extension, and they said, "We have it in our notes, you did it electronically." I argued about this as they switched me from call agent to call agent. I gave up and started looking for another provider. I went to my T-Mobile account online later to get my account number to port it to another carrier, and saw that my contract was now extended for another year! I called again to inquire about this and the call agent said, "The website assumed you wanted an extension after your recent calls."

    I paid $200 today to get away from them, hoping they don't add bogus charges to that. T-Mobile should be forced to stop their deceptive trade practices. There are so many of these complaints, I find it hard to believe they are allowed to do this. They are a big contributor to Congress members which control the FCC. What a disgrace.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2012

    I called T-Mobile on April 30th due to one of my lines had damaged their device. I was referred to the relations team to cancel my service with T-Mobile. I spoke with a rep over the phone and she offered me an upgrade and the device was going to be $79.99 and after taxes, it came to $95 and some change. I went ahead and paid for the device. The rep sent an SMS to the damaged device with confirmation and pricing along with order number. I explained to the rep to send it to my phone since the screen was impaired on the other one. The rep stated she had already sent it and I confirmed the pricing was $79.99. After receiving the device 3 to 4 days later, the phone that she shipped was the wrong model and they billed be $261.95 for the device.

    At this point, I am very upset. So I called in to customer care and explained my issues and then was referred back to the relations team who stated they did bill it in error and the money would be refunded but I had to send the phone back and when they received the device, it would take up to 30 days to get it back. Key factor after doing so when the device was received, I needed to call back and pay $79.99 again to have the phone mailed again back to me. This was stated clearly by reps and I am supposed to be without a phone for my second line for two weeks and have to take the risk of them screwing me again. I got so frustrated I canceled my service with T-Mobile then knowing this was caused by them, they billed me $200 per line to cancel my service.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2012

    After nearly 3 years with T-Mobile, I am finally so disgusted that I am taking them on. I will be writing the Consumer Protection Agency, the FCC, the California State Attorney General and whoever else I can think of. My story is no different than the myriad of stories on this site. There seems to be a consistent pattern of poor service followed by bilking the consumer to upgrade to newer equipment with promises of improved service. This unleashes the extended renewal of another 2-year contract, followed in most cases by no service improvement. What kind of repetitive pattern of entrapment is this and why have the telecoms been allowed to get away with it for so long? We have a revolving door of corporate greed, insensitivity and unfair business practice, as well as failure to provide a contractually promised service, which I think amounts to fraud when it is happening to such a high degree. There seems to be an unending line of people telling the same story. The M.O. is unmistakeable.

    This can no longer be permitted. We must seek relief from these business practices by challenging them in every state under contract law that should protect not only the corporation but also the consumer. T-Mobile and any other company who wants to treat their customers in this unconscionable way should be made to understand that its business practices, although protected by their contracts, are not licenses to steal our time and money. A clear message that they will not be permitted to operate in our states must be sent to all the providers.

    In this day and age, our lives, our health, the safety of our children, our efficiency, and our trust is placed on our mobile devices to provide dependable service most of the time. That is an important and sacred trust and T-Mobile appears to have not only broken that trust but also crossed the line of decency by the treatment of its many underserved and unsatisfied customers. If our legislators and state regulators can not or will not protect us from these expensive, deceptive, unfair and corrupt corporate practices, then it will be time to find individuals who will. Change of all sorts can be very satisfying! I hope someone contacts me from Consumer Affairs right away.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2012

    My phone stopped working and my husband wanted to change companies. Our contract has expired 6 months prior our wish to change. I wanted to port my number but was told that I would be required to pay an additional month to do so. Not willing to pay for something I would not be getting anything for, I told my new company to cancel the port. I called T-Mobile and closed my account. That was December 2011.

    I get a bill in January 2012, I called to find out why and was told I did not cancel the port and that was what the charges were for. I called my new service to see why they did not follow through with the cancellation and was informed that they had and provided me with a confirmation number. I again called T-Mobile and spent 2-1/2 hours working this problem out. I was told there would be a credit and that ignore any new statements if they should cross the path.

    February, March, then April, I get a letter stating that I was being sent to collections. Again, another 2-1/2 hours for the same information and again, I was reassured that the bill has been corrected. I don't believe this company has a clue about what’s going on. So, do not go with T- Mobile you will wish and spend the rest of your life trying to get rid them.

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    Reviewed May 2, 2012

    I am visually impaired and my cellphone bill has been $135.00 to $124.00 and is now $115. I have called customer service several times and explained my situation, but they said I must have pushed the wrong button. I said no and that I am visually impaired. They even called for me and explained I cannot pay the bill. That is, I am on a budget. My bill started out at $50 and then $80. Now, it’s this much. I would like a refund on my bill. They also said I have a data plan, which I don't have. I only have text and talk because of my low vision. Please.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2012

    On March 18, 2012, I called T-Mobile customer service to inquire about the new plans they have and if it would be cost effective for me to change. I was put in touch with Carly in the "customer loyalty" department because my contracts on 4 lines were up and I had considered leaving T-Mobile. I should have switched to another company but I got suckered right back in. I was also looking at getting 2 new smartphones, but I was reluctant to add them due to the high charges of the data plans and so forth. I was paying about $154.00 a month (including taxes) for the 4 lines with unlimited texting and 1,500 shared minutes, nights and weekends free. She said she could do 1,000 shared minutes, nights and weekends free, 2gb unlimited data package for each new smartphone and unlimited texting for all 4 lines for $114.99 a month plus taxes.

    At that time, I thought it seemed kind of low. Again, I should have listened to my gut! The conversation I had with Carly was by no means very quick. We were on the phone for quite some time figuring the whole new contract out. Before we even got to the recorded acceptance of the new contract, I asked her several times about the monthly cost, even reiterating back to her what she told me. I wanted to make sure I got it right and understood her because I did not want a bill shock next month. She assured me it was $114.99 a month plus taxes for 1,000 shared minutes, night and weekends free, two 2gb unlimited data packages for the new smartphones and unlimited texting for all 4 lines. I said okay, let's do this. Even after the recorded acceptance of the new contract, I made sure again. She assured me it was $114.99 a month plus taxes.

    On April 18th, I called customer service because when I logged in at the T-Mobile website, it showed a much different monthly amount due in recurring charges. I spoke with Jennifer (employee ID #**) in "customer loyalty" and she told me that my recurring charges will now be about $155.00 before taxes! She tried to help me but suggested that I contact contract review (which is a farce!) in hopes of resolving this. How can they get away with a bait and switch? Aren't there laws against this? T-Mobile needs to be held accountable. After hearing back from their "contract review" dept. today, they are standing by what they are now charging me! They say they don't offer a buyer's remorse on rate plan changes! I don't have buyer's remorse!

    I want the monthly price to be what Carly told me it would be! They are liars! Why can't they just listen to the recorded phone call from March 18th? So now I am locked into a false contract for the next 2 years! Don't use T-Mobile. Go somewhere else!

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    Reviewed May 1, 2012

    I have an account with T-Mobile and was sold a signal booster for free as long as I maintain an account with them. Today, I asked to drop one line on our 4-line family account for a daughter moving out of state. I was told there is a $200 early termination fee because of getting the signal booster. By their definition of account, the signal booster added 2 years to each line. The actual termination becomes $800 or $200 per line. The order was taken verbally, but the representative did say "account" and a $200 early termination fee - not $200 per line or $800. I talked to the rep who only confirmed that 3 lines would not qualify as a "T-Mobile account."

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    Reviewed April 30, 2012

    I had 8 years of great customer service with T-Mobile. Now, they have crossed the line. I cancelled my service and switched to Verizon and they charged me for a full month of service when I cancelled a few weeks early. T-Mobile wouldn't prorate my bill after cancellation! I could have easily waited till the end of the month to cancel my service if I would have known I was going to be paying for 2 phone services at the same time. Ripoff!

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    Reviewed April 29, 2012

    First, their website is one of the worst for customers that only want to cancel the account. And on top of that, the same day I cancelled the account, they charged my credit card. I called to ask them to return the charge money to my credit card because I had cancelled the service and the answer was, "sorry you're not getting your money back because our policy is no refunds." So they really really screwed me up. So, take my advice. Do not do business with the thieves from T-mobile, very lousy service but very good at stealing your money.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2012

    I was a good and happy customer with T-Mobile. But that changed today, Saturday, April 28, 2012. I've been with T-Mobile before it was T-Mobile. I started out with VoiceStream in 2001 and then it was bought out by Deutsch Telecom, which now it's T-Mobile. Today, I am no longer a loyal T-Mobile customer. I received a bill today, April 28, 2012 saying I owe $47.05 due on 5/15/2012. I suspended my phone at around 11:30 pm (PST). I did it online because I didn't have a phone available. I thought it’s great that I can suspend my phone for being lost online so that if someone finds it, they can't use it. Then, I walked to a T-Mobile store on April 17, 2012 to make a payment for usage from 23rd of February to 15th of March thinking that my bill will be prorated, right? Wrong! I was charged for a full month’s service of $48.72.

    I was mad because I thought it was going to be less than that. I asked the girl if she could cancel it on the spot at the T-Mobile store. Then she said that it will automatically be cancelled it. I wasn't worried too much about it. Then comes today, Saturday, April 28, and I receive a bill of $47.05 for service from March 23 to April 22 and not even having a phone available to use. I am being charged for another month without having service. I called customer service and told them about the problem I am having with the bill. I asked to have my service of 11 years canceled indefinitely because T-Mobile is not a fair company and T-Mobile robs loyal customers, such as me, for not having service and charging a monthly. I'm just afraid that T-Mobile will not give me credit and I would still have to pay for service I did not get.

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    Reviewed April 27, 2012

    I went in to a store in September. The person said I was overpaying for my plan and said she would fix it. She said that I would pay about $40 less than what I was paying. I asked if this would renew my contract or affect my upgrades. She said no. I have since moved and had no cell phone coverage in my area although T-mobile says I should. T-Mobile admitted to having several towers down after contacting them several times. Four months went by and the issue was not resolved. I canceled after having service with T-Mobile for over 12 years (It used to be Voice Stream). Now I owe $200 for each line I canceled. Apparently, when I went in in September, it did renew my contract even though the person that helped me said it would not. I have disputed the fees stating they did not provide service. They said as long as I was able to make calls, they provided a service. I explained I can only make calls in certain areas, that T-Mobile admitted to several towers being out over several weeks. I am still disputing this issue but it has to all be done through the mail.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 26, 2012

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for almost ten years. I've had a $30 plan with 300 minutes a month and free weekend calling. I had been reasonably happy with their service. In July 2011, T-Mobile called me and offered to upgrade me to a 500-minute plan that also included free nights. It would be the same price I've been paying for the next two years if I extended my contract two years. So I agreed. They left out the part where I would lose my fifty free text messages a month and would be charged the extra taxes and fees of the $40 plan I have been switched to.

    The problem is that every month since then, I have had to call and get the $10 credit added to my bill. Every month, I have to talk to a different person, I have to explain the above and I have to be put on hold. Only to be told that the previous person "didn't put the credit in right. Don't worry it is fixed now." Then the bill comes next month and the credit is still not being applied.

    In December, the person said they are sorry for all the inconvenience I have had. They will give me the credit for six additional months. I said to them why would I want the additional months if I have to call every month for the credit. Their reply, "Don't worry it is fixed now." January 2012 bill comes, it is still not right. I go to T-Mobile store where I signed up originally. Tell my story to supervisor Cliff. He says don't worry and he'll take care of it. Every month since, I've had to call Cliff and it is still not taken care of.

    Today, I called him and asked for someone over him to talk to. He said there isn't anyone. I've already called them every month for the last nine months. It is ridiculous that I would have to call every month for the next 21 months. My time is valuable and I have wasted far too much already dealing with this problem. I can't believe that there is no one at T-Mobile who can resolve this problem. If T-Mobile is incapable of living up to their end of the contract, then I want out of my contract!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 26, 2012

    I have had a phone for about 14 months and this second one for the last 12 months and neither one of them works correctly. I was sent a new phone when the first one dropped calls and then the second never worked properly and the messaging has never, ever worked properly. I have been to the stores at least 15 times and called at least 30 times and it is never fixed for more than a few days. Now, I am not even getting my messages! I called and demanded a new phone and they said I could get a deal of $137 for another phone purchase, but no new phone as the warranty was out. I told them all the times I had called and the warranty was in place (until this month). They could not fix it and they kept putting me off. There is no recourse for this company. They don't think there is any poor customer service by not providing a phone that works after my numerous attempts and lots of time trying to get it fixed over the last year. So it is now the customer who forks out more money for a new phone. Is this now the new USA?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2012

    My boyfriend and I are on a family plan and in March, we received the mailing that mentioned one of us is eligible for an upgrade. So we went to T-Mobile and after talking with them, they allowed me to upgrade as well since I was due in less than 2 months. We picked new android phones, our plans then got slightly changed because the employee recommended tweaking our plan to include more talk minutes or texting or something and bought them and left the store. My bf ended up returning his phone about 20 minutes later after noticing that the new upgrade phone did not have a camera flash and was hit with the $50 restocking fee. I decided to keep my phone but after a week of not liking how it works, I decided to return it to also be hit with the $50 restocking fee.

    Since we both returned the phones, we requested the plan be changed back so as to not extend our contract dates, which was specifically stated. But all that was done unknowing to us was a price adjustment to our old plan rate, not changing our plans back to the original. So we are stuck with new 2-year contracts which we did not want because we returned the phones. Neither going back to the store nor speaking with the very same employee who remembered us because we have been to our town store a few times can correct the rate/plan problem. Apparently, "too bad, so sad, we can't do anything". Now on another note, I encountered numerous internet connection problems on my MyTouch Slide 3G phone and called T-Mobile many times. Nothing fixed the problem, not swapping phones twice or tech support helped correct the problem.

    I then called a few months later to cancel service and after a lot of coaxing into not cancelling and giving me a discount on the Samsung Galaxy II 4G and saying I should not have problems and not wanting to get the $200 early termination fee, I decided to do this. They sent the phone to my job under my boyfriend's name and no mention of the company I work for, so the secretary gave it back to UPS not knowing it was for me. UPS wouldn't give it to me at the store because I'm not the name on the label. So I had to wait a few more days for that nonsense to be settled before I got my phone. So now, I have my phone and I am still encountering internet connection problems here and there. Also, for 4G, this phone isn't fast at all! I'm angry because I did not buy a 4G phone and have our contracts both extended yet again because all of a sudden, we were told that if one of us upgrades, both our contracts get extended.

    This was never the case before, so I am really annoyed at this now. So I keep my phone but am calling T-Mobile every other day complaining about my constant lack steady of internet/network connection. Nothing tech support does helps and now I'm told I have to turn my phone off at least once a day to help the phone connect to the nearest tower. Also, I am now getting told maybe I am not in the coverage area etc. and the system shows I wasn't in the coverage area, etc. I work in midtown Manhattan and live in Astoria queens and I haven't traveled anywhere far from home or work. Are you telling me Manhattan isn't covered by T-Mobile? So now after more calls, a few employees say maybe it's the phone. I told them I doubt the problem is the phone because I had numerous problems/complaints on my 3G network MyTouch Slide, which was switched a few times. But after still having problems for the measly 12 days I had the phone, I decided to replace the phone as they suggest.

    Tidbit: If you do anything in the store ever, you can only go back to that store to get help. If you do anything over the phone, you are only allowed to do anything pertaining to that on the phone only. So I can't simply go to a T-Mobile store and swap the phone out. No, I have to go to UPS and buy a box and a label and I was told to call back with the tracking number and they can process my replacement phone and get the new one shipped out. So I did that and I called T-Mobile back. This particular rep told me I have to wait until T-Mobile gets the phone before they send my replacement. This wasn't the biggest deal to me, I wasn't in any mood to argue so I said fine, but I asked about getting a credit on my account for the cost of shipping etc. He said it's fine and I said my total was $17.85. He took the number down and said I would have this credit on my account in the next billing cycle or so, so I'm like okay, even though he didn't ask for any kind of receipt from UPS which I do have that shows this amount.

    So days passed and I tracked the phone and saw it's on its way to T-Mobile in Texas. So I'm a little annoyed with having to use my old phone again on 3G with its problems again. So I called to inquire about getting my replacement phone sent out since UPS tracking says T-Mobile will have it the next 2 days. So after so much ridiculousness on the phone and having to explain everything that's gone on since I received the phone to 2 different department people and even giving the address for it to be shipped to, I was told a supervisor will call me back in the next few hours. I'm so confused with what the problem is on sending my replacement phone and I'm like "fine whatever, I'll wait for the phone call that I'm sure will never happen".

    So cut to the next day, that being today after I tracked the phone and saw it's in Texas, but not officially delivered to T-Mobile, they will get it tomorrow. I called T-Mobile and again, I was explaining the whole story of why I need a replacement phone all over again and this time, I was not very nice to the employee. I don't curse them out or yell and scream, I am a nice person, a little too nice sometimes. I said, "why doesn't anyone put notes in your system? Each time I call, it's like talking to a new employee each of whom says different things about policy etc and who has not a single clue nor note to read about my numerous calls and problems". So now this employee asked what number on the account am I referring to about 4 times, placed me on hold and came back and said my phone should be delivered tomorrow. I said, "what are you talking about? I called yesterday about this and there was no talk of my replacement phone having been sent out."

    Since that employee was clueless as well, yet mentioned a phone call from T-Mobile supervisor that never happened, she didn't even know what I was talking about when I called a few minutes ago about inquiring when I am going to be sent my replacement phone and yet she insisted in her system that my phone is coming to me tomorrow. I said again, "maybe you at T-Mobile is getting the phone I sent because according to UPS, the delivery date to T-Mobile is tomorrow". But yet again, she insisted I am getting my replacement phone tomorrow. So I asked for the tracking number and guess what? She started reading my tracking number for the phone I sent back and I was like are you kidding me? So now I was put on hold and she came back and said I will have a credit on my account for $10 for phone shipping.

    I told her this was spoken about days ago and I was told my credit was $17.85, which is what it cost me. Then I was told the supervisor is going to call me back about the phone contract renewal which made no sense to me why I need a new contract renewal since the contract extended yet again when I purchased the Galaxy 3 weeks ago. So after more back and forth, I told her I don't want the phone anymore and I'm done with T-Mobile. I want T-Mobile to refund my credit card the cost of the phone. She stated again that the supervisor will call me back to discuss the contract renewal and they will process my phone order. So I said again, "I don't want the phone anymore, don't process anything, don't send me any phone but your supervisor can call me if they need to discuss anything." She said my credit card will be refunded in the next 30 days or so.

    I am curious to see if they will refund the full amount or if they are going to again make me pay a $50 restocking fee. So my boyfriend, who is the holder of the account, called to have our accounts split off the family plan so I can have my own account so that when I switch service, he doesn't get my early termination fee of $200 under his name. If they can't provide their own great advertised USA network coverage nor adequate knowledgeable customer service, then why should I be forced against my will into staying with this company for another two years and on top, be required to pay them more money upwards of $200 to leave their dreadful service? This is a terrible, and I mean terrible, phone company!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2012

    See this number. This was your number. I transferred it to my new mobile service years ago. I am still getting harassment about it. I canceled it in November over 4 years ago. I was still in military service. I had been a good customer of T-mobile for over 4 years. There was no contract but the hideousness of customer service called me a liar and pursued me relentlessly for over 4 years.

    Now I have another letter stating I still owe over 235 dollars(?) from MCM collections in Oak PA. Nice. eh? Years of abuse. Yes, I was screamed at when abusive collection agents told me I never canceled the number. I said, "Excuse me? I am talking to you on it." They told me, "No, you are not, and what number can we call you on? We will take payments. You owe us for over two months of service."

    They might have been talking about my son's number that was on my line. He canceled previously to get his own line. He is now, being as this is years later, in the military service now, so pursue him and harass him. I dare you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 25, 2012

    I was a T-Mobile customer for about 6 years on a month-to-month plan. They have been the only cell phone service I have used. I was very happy. I wanted to get an emergency phone for my daughter in August of 2011. I went into a T-Mobile store and, against my better judgment, entered into a contract because it would only cost me $20.00 more per month. So, it’s about $80-$85 monthly for both phones. I got my first bill and the amount was $125. I was shocked. I called and spoke with someone that I could not understand and who was rude and did not listen. I spoke with a manager and was told everything would be fixed. Needless to say, I have had a billing nightmare since the first bill: fees, fees, and fees. I have no idea what all these fees were for. I had to call every month to have my bill fixed. Then, they turned off my autopay without my permissions and messed up my billing account. This took a week to figure out with multiple phone calls (I guess they do not know the difference between a routing number and an account number).

    I had to go online and fix everything back. I got my payments caught up and the app was set back up. Two weeks later, they turned my phone off stating that I was past due. I advised I could show my bank statements as proof the payments were made. I was talking to a wall. I went into a T-Mobile store to try to fix it and they cannot handle billing. They could not turn my phone back on. I was fed up and so I went next door to the Verizon store and set up another account.

    Now, I have an account with a collections agency for T-Mobile for $723.00 - no explanation of the charges except that there is a $400.00 early termination fee ($200.00 for 2 phones). I have asked for itemized bills to show how I was late to shut my phone off in the first place and neither company will provide. I am filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Consumer Complaints) at 445 12th Street SW, Washington DC 20554, the Texas attorney general office’s Consumer Protection division (PO Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548), and the Better Business Bureau. I recommend any one that has billing issues with T-Mobile to complain to the FCC, your state’s district attorney, and the Better Business Bureau. Maybe if they have enough complaints, someone will listen and start regulating what these companies can do. It should not be David fighting Goliath - we should have rights as consumers.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 24, 2012

    I used my warranty to replace some damaged phones. I am charged monthly for insurance, which gives a warranty. Due to illness, I asked someone to place phones in a drop box (UPS) for me. When I received a bill with the charges for the phones, I called to dispute them. I was told they received the phones and my account would be credited. I noticed the charges again on the next bill and was told they didn't have the phones. I spoke to customer care and was informed that the man I spoke with couldn't have issued a credit because it had to be researched. I was on hold with the man for quite some time while he said he was researching the info and returned to say the phones were there. I was told 60 days have passed, so I couldn't be credited at this point. I am being charged over $500.00 for these old, broken phones and the replacements were not working properly after 2 weeks. I ended up buying a new phone. I was willing to try to get the phones to them, but they are not willing to credit or even partially credit me. My service will be interrupted if I do not pay for them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 24, 2012

    My husband and I added a 2nd line to the account in December 2011. That was when we entered into the two-year contract and bought two Blackberry phones from a T-Mobile outlet in Milwaukee. The agents at the outlet told us that both phones would cost us only $200 each, though their original price was $600! This amount would also get reimbursed to us as a rebate if we filled in the rebate form and sent to T-Mobile. So, basically the phones were free! They grossly misrepresented information to us.

    Earlier, we had a huge problem trying to get rebate on both phones. The rebate department refused it saying we were not eligible. We called them, wrote to them and went through an arduous, frustrating process. Finally, they sent it. Now, we have a new, bigger problem. It turns out that both phones are being billed at $40 per month in installments. In all, we will be charged $400 per phone, which was supposed to be waived off according to T-Mobile agents. We definitely don't need these phones. I want to return them and and not get charged a penny for it! This whole thing is turning out to be a fraud. Agents at the outlet lie to customers and lure them because there is no record of the dialogue between you and them. And then T-Mobile bills you exorbitantly and says you should have been aware of this earlier.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 24, 2012

    T-Mobile pulled out the one month service that I had authorized and then one week later did it again. I called them and told them the second payment was not authorized and I needed it back into my account because I had other items coming out. They said they would stop it but it may take 2-6 business days. It was withdrawn and now I am going to be stuck with bank fees plus being flat broke now.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 23, 2012

    I have had service with T-Mobile since 2004. Two months ago, they overcharged me more than $80. The total bill was $356 when it should have been under $300. To avoid disconnection, I paid $300 on April 8. The next day, I received a text telling me that if I did not pay the $56 my service would be disconnected. I replied asking them to disconnect it. On April 11, my service was suspended and I could not make any calls but I still received a bill for $206. I sent a letter to Phillip Humn, President of T-Mobile. I never received a reply from the President's office. I then sent a letter to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) . A month later, a woman called. Stephanie called me from the President's office in response to the letter from the FCC. She claimed that Philip Humn never received my letter even though a Ronald ** signed for the letter. She told me that I was not overcharged since I could receive letters and could also call 911. After talking to her, I received another bill for a total of $357. I am requested that the overpayment be removed and that my bill be adjusted.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed April 23, 2012

    Tmobile gave me a new unapproved contract when I downgraded. These jerks sold me insurance, took my money and when my phone broke, wanted to charge me close to $300 to replace it. So, I started using an old non-android non-smart phone and called to get them to downgrade my account to just plain phone/text on one of my phones. They never told me that they would be starting my contract over and now want to charge me like $400 to discontinue service with them! Our bills are always overpriced - way over their advertised pricing - and way way over the all inclusive deals that are out there now (ha, my "image text is UKOC" exactly the way I feel about T-mobile!).

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed April 23, 2012

    No coverage and an inability to cancel the contract: Endless phone calls and discussions with the company at all levels, letters to senior officers, no conversation beyond rote responses. A complete lack of common sense at all levels. Unbelievable!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 23, 2012

    In my plan, it states that my call to the US is for free if I'm on Wi-Fi. Now 5 days after I came back from my trip in the Philippines, my cell phone bill had gone up from $191.00 per month to $608.00. I immediately called the T-Mobile customer service and at one time, spoke to a supervisor telling me that my Wi-Fi call must have been routed to a different carrier that's why I'm being charged though restrictions were never mentioned in the plan, which plainly says I get to call to the US free of charge when I'm on Wi-Fi. I just dialed my US home number directly as if I was just calling from my work. Where can I file a complaint to reverse the charges?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 21, 2012

    I have been with you for about 4 or 5 months and even before my 30-day trial time was up, the problem was there. I stayed because your people kept saying they will be looking into the problem and get back to me in 72 hours, but did not. If you look at my account, you will see a long history with this problem with it not getting any better. My wife’s phone is worse than mine because it is not a smart phone. She could not get her calls when her mom was in the hospital with my phone. Without Wi-Fi I have to go to the end of my street to get bars. It’s the same at work and outside my work. Like I said, hers is worse than that. We pay our bill every month on time but have not gotten any good service. We keep getting the run around and we are sick of it. And since your people can’t fix the problem, we are asking you to cancel our contract. We were with Verizon and did not like their billing systems. We never had connection problems. I think you have a great company, but not for us. So please let us out without paying a contract fine to get out. I hope you will consider this. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 21, 2012

    My contract was to end June 17, 2012. In Jan. 2012, I had one of my lines turned off. Now, when I call T-mobile to check on how much to cancel service (April 18, 2012), I am told I am under contract till 2014! No one ever told me canceling a line puts me in another contract nor should my cancellation be 200 dollars when I was never told of $200 fee. I was told on Sunday the 15th my cancellation was $100. As I called back Wednesday the 18th to confess my cut off service, I'm told it's now $200 for the reason I explained at the beginning of this letter. I am hoping this matter will be solved swiftly. Thank you. I am asking for an early fee waiver.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 21, 2012

    If you want to sue T-Mobile here is your chance, December 2010, has changed your voice mail messages to the max of 45. That is a huge reduction from unlimited. Here are the facts, I had a contract from June of 2010, the unlimited everything plan. You go the store now and they do know about this limitation, I called customer service and they were not aware. They had to research it.

    So, go ahead, fill your phone with more than 45 voice messages then try to call voice mail from your phone, you will not be notified that your voice mail had reached a max. Then, call your phone from another phone; you will not be able to leave any more messages. I suffered through this issue and had lost several calls from my clients that I do business. In fact, I lost an account and lost revenue. The T-Mobile representative had admitted that is something they cannot fix. This big time lawsuit is for all unlimited plan holders since 2010.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    I have been unsatisfied with T-Mobile customer service and phone service since I've gotten my new contract. So when my 2-year contract is up, I will be done with T-Mobile. I spoke to an agent, who assured me that all charges on my account were accurate and correct; but when I looked online, I saw different. I talked to 2 different representatives before speaking to a supervisor, and each time, I was told something different pertaining to my bill. Yes, my account has an overdue charge, but each month, my bill was getting higher and higher.

    After looking at my account online, it stated that the #** used 446 talk minutes when I have 1,000; meaning, that I had minutes left to use and I shouldn't have had an overage charge of $12.15. The #** used 1,680 talk minutes, which should have an overage charge. They have been stating charges on my bill that I know nothing about, such as downloaded games that are not on my phone. The customer service reps were constantly contradicting their selves, and they are also very disrespectful and constantly stating that I was going to pay it no matter how I felt, because the charges were accurate.

    However, I am on a new contract as of this year, but I have been under my mother's plan for plenty of years prior to me getting this new contract, in which charges that I'm seeing now I've never seen before. They are sneaky and conniving, and I cant wait until my contract ends!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    I received a huge bill from T-Mobile. I called customer care and they transferred me to five different persons. I was told that the charges would be investigated and two weeks later, no one has called me back. Instead, my bill has jumped to $1700 of calls that T-Mobile states are roaming calls and they have no way of helping me out with roaming charges. On March 22nd, I called T-Mobile to advise them that I was receiving calls from Pakistan. So long story short, they said I owe this money and there is nothing they can do. When asked to talk to a supervisor in several occasions, they have put me on hold to come back and state that a supervisor is busy with other calls and will call me back. No one called me back. When you call them again, they state that they have no record of the conversation! Are you kidding me? We all need to start a class act lawsuit to T-Mobile!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    End of February 2012, my cell signal went from good to almost nonexistent over night! Less than a week later, a T-Mobile rep calls me on my cell and is promoting the T-Mobile in house power boost unit to improve T-Mobile's signal in or around my home! Here's the catch from the date forward that it is delivered to my door step, I will have to re-contract for two more years. Something I had no need for a week before receiving the T-Mobile sales pitch back in February. Plus, I have to pay the shipping for the power boost equipment!

    T-Mobile has become a company of no ethics, no customer service and complete thieves. T-Mobile is stealing our money every month (in my case, $177.00 a month for 2 phones) for phones that are now useless and that know these cannot be used anywhere around my home for even 10% of the time when I need to use my phone! I am now ending monthly payments to T-Mobile due to zero customer service willing to help restore my signal. This company has turned criminal. When a company takes consumers money and does not deliver services, that is called stealing! Stealing money is against the law in all states!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    We have been with T-Mobile for two years (next month). We pay for the highest rate plan, unlimited, due to business needs. We have never been late on a payment in our whole time with them. For the two years that we have had T-Mobile, we have had constant problems with extra charges on our bill for which I am constantly calling about. Last September (2011), I called about one of these phantom charges. During the call, I was sent to three different people before anyone could even explain to me what it was and remove it. At some point during this call, one of the reps that I spoke with "supposedly" changed our contract - mind you, our rates did not change, our minutes did not change, and we did not authorize any type of change to our contract period.

    Our contract should have been up at the end of May, on the 19th actually. I called a week ago about yet another billing problem as well as complaining about the service. We use our phones for business yet we can never use the data plan we pay so much for, and we are constantly dropping calls or unable to use our phones in buildings and so on. I was told that we could upgrade our phones - for a fee - and when I finally asked if our contract was up in May, I was then told, "No, it was September."

    It took two different people before they could explain to me that somehow one of the reps in Sept 2011 had changed our contract. When I asked what was changed, they could not explain this to me. No rate changes, no minute changes, no data changes - yet suddenly my contract is extended about 5 months. I hit the roof. I had just been unable to use my phone during an emergency and I was angry that somehow our contract has now been extended on crappy service that we pay over $240 for every month. Our bill is supposed to be only $215 per month, yet it never is and always goes up until I complain to several people.

    The third rep I spoke to, who was supposed to be a supervisor, told me that I would have to contact the contract dispute department. Of course, there is no phone number to them, only mail, fax or email. I have now sent several emails with absolutely no response. I even simply asked for them to let me know that they did get my email. Nothing. So, now I am faced with continuing to lose business calls and look unprofessional or switching to someone that actually has better service and paying a termination fee. We will be speaking to an attorney about this as we did not authorize any change to our contract nor did we ever authorize any of the hundreds of dollars of extra charges per year.

    Bottom line: do not use T-Mobile. We have been model customers and use their most expensive products, yet their customer service sucks, their phone service sucks, and apparently they can simply extend your contract without you knowing.

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    Contract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 18, 2012

    I called to add an international messenger service for my Blackberry or international BBM. The service was only needed while taking a vacation to South America. I explained I would only need the service for one week. The representative explained I would only be billed from January 9 through the 15th, 2012. In fact, I requested for the service to end on the start of the 16th. I was billed an additional $20 until the end of March before I noticed the additional charges. T-Mobile refused to honor their agreement and will not refund my money. They indicated it was not their policy, because the representative did not note in the account there that it would only be used for one week. I explicitly asked the representative to note I will only use the service for one week and it should stop by the 16th.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2012

    I agreed to 3 monthly installments, since I was unable to pay my bill in full. To avoid disruption to my service, I made a payment of $108.06 on 4/17/12, using a different account since there was no money on the account listed with the monthly installments. I spoke to a representative, who informed me it would be okay to do so in order to avoid canceling my account. However, they decided to go ahead and take an additional $108.06 on 4/18/12 from the account that had no money since it was the account listed.

    I called to cancel the additional payment and was told they could not help me and would attempt to withdraw the $108.06 again if I canceled the double payment. I am also being charged for a check cancellation fee. My bank has now charged me twice with an overdraft fee of $30.00. It is unfair, since I made the payment on time with a different account. The supervisor refused to help me and also canceled my payment installments.

    This is no way to treat a customer who makes daily sacrifices to pay her bill on time. I did not authorize an additional $108.06. I obviously have problems paying my bill, which is why I set up an installment. T-Mobile has no right to abuse their customers and steal unauthorized payments from customers, who are willing to pay their bills and keep their service. I should not pay for a check cancellation fee I did not authorize. I honestly am fed up with the customer service and wish to no longer be a customer.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 18, 2012

    I have been a loyal, paying customer of T-Mobile for over 7 years. I recently moved, changed my plan and bought a new phone from them and I've been miserable ever since. The phone hasn't worked properly since I bought it. It doesn't always ring for incoming calls and when I try to reply to an email, the recipient gets the email but not the contents of it. It's been this way for 5 months. I've called them several times but now they say it's a Yahoo problem.

    I changed my plan to what they said would be $59.99 for unlimited talk, text and data. When I got my first bill, I noticed a $20.00 data fee. I called to ask about this and it wasn't until then that I was told this would be an additional monthly charge. I've spoken to so many different people and they all have something different to tell me and why the previous person I spoke to was wrong. I'm so fed up but I'm not giving up.

    They have done a similar bait and switch trick on my son who is living on his own and making $10 per hour. They advertised a $49.99 monthly for unlimited talk, text and data for 2 people so he and his friend signed up. Again, they never told him about data fees and insurance fees. Last month, when I got my bill, there was an additional $200 "migration fee" on it. Turns out, when I changed my plan, there was a fee for changing that, no one told me about. T-Mobile did credit me for that. Who has time to hold on the phone while you wait for customer service for so long? Their service is disgusting.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 18, 2012

    My husband was hospitalized and is in a coma. While receiving calls from doctors, my T-Mobile phone broke. I called them to know about the price of purchasing a new one and they informed me that since my husband is the primary person on the account, I cannot purchase a phone without his permission?! I told them my husband was in ICU and no one knows when he will be able to talk. The manager from T-Mobile stated to me, "I'm sorry but that is our policy." It isn't like I was trying to switch the contract. I just wanted to buy a phone! But T-Mobile said no, not without my husband saying it is okay. I am now on my way to switch phone carriers to AT&T. They said that all I need is a document showing that my husband is hospitalized and they would switch everything and to my name. So, of course, that is what I am doing. AT&T was surprised but happy that T-Mobile did not request that but instead insisted on speaking to someone that is in a coma in order for the wife, me, to be able to buy a phone. Bye, T-Mobile!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 17, 2012

    We had an account with T-Mobile. This phone was on a "full suspension" of services and there was a breach to the contract when my password was given out. I reported the phone with the above aforementioned number stolen on 07/26/2009 to T-Mobile and the police (have reports). I was advised by Mike, a T-Mobile phone rep, to put a password on the account, which I did. My password was distributed unauthorized and service restored to the said phone. I do not know where else to turn. I like to clear up this matter, laid it to rest and clear up this misunderstanding and/or questions regarding the services and the breach of security, the issuance of my password unauthorized. Please help.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 17, 2012

    I have been unsatisfied with T-Mobile from the get-go. Customer service, phones and phone service. So when my 2-year contract was up, I jumped at closing my account. I spoke to an agent who assured me that my date was 3/24/12 and that I could port my number and close my account. I was thinking that I would be charged for a prorated amount from 3/7 to 3/24 and was willing to pay that. Well, on 4/16, I received a bill that was $21.00 more than my usual $152.00 monthly fee for days that I was not using the service - 3/24 to 4/8. I was and am with another company, have been since 3/24.

    How can they charge me for something I did not use and increase the amount to boot? I called the company, they informed me that it was in the terms and conditions agreement that may be but they should have reminded me or mentioned it when I signed up or when I was cancelling my contract. T-Mobile is sneaky, they are leeches and need to be held responsible for their actions against good, hardworking people. BTW, I was never late on not one payment. Just as I said, I am more than willing to pay for what I used, but not for the other days.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 15, 2012

    T-Mobile is the worst phone company out there. They charged me thousands of dollars for insurance I didn't ask for. They just charged me another $100 to renew my phone. Wonderful company. Congress is better than T-Mobile. Go back to Germany! We don't want you here.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 14, 2012

    I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2004 and have had numerous high end smartphones with them. The only one I have ever had an issue with is the LG G2X. I have already had five of these phones and they all freeze and randomly reboot. During the time, the phone is frozen. I do not receive phone calls or any alerts. I purchased this phone when it first came out and was the top of the line phone they offered. Yet now, the only possible replacement they are willing to offer me is a sidekick that has even worse reviews than this phone. Rather than offer me an equitable replacement, they seem to be more concerned with trying to sell me a new phone. That has been their other suggestion as far as a solution to my problem. They can offer me a onetime credit of $100 to use towards the purchase of a new phone.

    Since I am still under contract, a new phone of the quality like this one would cost me about $500-600. I told them that I would consider the HTC Sensation an equitable replacement seeing as it is the phone that came out right after this one and is what they were offering to others having the same problems as me back in October. However, I was informed that they no longer carry that phone and therefore they can only offer me lower end phones.

    Everyone I have spoken to has been rude and unhelpful and it is impossible to speak to a manager. I was promised a call back from one over four days ago and still have heard nothing. When I called to complain yet again and ask about that call from the manager, I was simply told that it shouldn't take that long to get a call back, but they still would not connect me to one. I am absolutely outraged that I am being forced to honor a contract when they are not being forced to provide me a device that actually allows me to consistently use the service.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 12, 2012

    I made payment arrangement with a T-Mobile representative, then they turned me over to a collection agency. Payments were made on time.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2012

    I have been with T-Mobile for almost 6 years now, and I think I have enough now. My recent experience with T-Mobile was very unpleasant and dissatisfied. I called to inform them about the weak signal, "no service" message that constantly happens lately, and data service charge on my other line. The sale rep was nice and courteous enough to credit back the $50 charge and sent me a new SIM card. He said that my SIM card was old. He also found a different plan for me with a lower price, and that comes with a 2-year extension (my original contract is set to expire in September 2012). And I also requested an internet blocked on the other line. Boy, how much I wish I did not extend the contract!

    Here it all starts. 5 days later, I received a SIM card. I called to get it activated, and a service rep informed me that my next month's bill will be higher, because there's a $50 data charge? That didn't sound very good, since I had requested a block on that phone; and I thought they had forgiven that charge. When I informed them about that, they didn't seem to know!

    So I asked if I could cancel my "over-the-phone contract extension" that was just 5 days ago. They said, "No." I understand that most cell phone company give a "cooling off" period. I am only 5 days in the new contract, and they won't cancel? I then repeatedly asked to speak with a supervisor, but they wouldn't transfer me! I called the third time, and they gave me an e-mail address to write to dispute my contract, but they would not let me speak to a supervisor at all.

    I liked T-Mobile customer service before. But the recent encounter has changed my mind, since T-Mobile charge a flat rate for early termination fee. I may just pay that amount, since I am still only a week into the contract and take my business somewhere else. It is not right that they won't reverse a contract after 5 days.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 12, 2012

    I have been contacted via telephone by a collection agency and informed that I owe a sum of money to T-Mobile. I was a T-Mobile customer for years, up until November 2011. Since I am not a current T-Mobile customer, I cannot log in to my account online and see any details of the supposed charges. The collections company will not give me details and directed me to contact T-Mobile. When I contact T-Mobile, they told me they have no details. I have not been contacted in writing about this debt. I have not received any bill or statement showing any amount owed, though I submitted both of my previous two addresses to T-Mobile.

    I was a happy T-Mobile customer for about 8 years, until in mid-2011, I started receiving larger than usual bills, being charged for calls to numbers in my Fave 5, poor phone reception due to my move and having customer service representatives tell me on the phone that they had made changes and corrections to my account that were never actually made. It was due to the improper billing, phone signal and extremely poor service that I left T-Mobile in the first place. Now T-Mobile has added on additional fees besides the cancellation fee when I believe if they did a true account audit of their mistakes, they would owe me money.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 11, 2012

    They always try to overcharge me every month with any excuse that they have, knowing that is not true. An example: They try to charge me data usage when they blocked it for me, so we do not use it. They try to charge me a 911 call even when they did not have record that the phone call was made. They try to charge me for 3 months an overdue fee even when I told them that I have the bank statement that it shows that the check was before the due date. Now, they did not cash the check even when I sent the check before the previous month.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 11, 2012

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for almost three years. I originally was on their flex-pay plan, which I loved. I began receiving offers that I was eligible for a contract plan that was supposed to reduce my rate. After researching, I opted not to change my plan, because I appreciated the consistency of my current plan. I began to get harassing texts offering the upgrade for months. Then I was advised by several representatives that the flex pay plan was being discontinued and in order for me to continue service, I'd have to convert my plan. Hesitantly, I changed my plan and it has been nothing but a headache since.

    Every month, my bill is higher than the previous month. I have spent hours on the phone with customer service agents over the past 5 months because of the exorbitant charges. They say they’re issuing credits and canceling services that are causing these charges. They advise me to pay the bill as it appears which includes the overages. I have complied, but they haven't. I am so frustrated and want out of this contract. They refuse to let me out without the $250 cancellation fee for each line. I feel they have completely violated the terms of the contract by not providing the service they agreed to by misrepresenting the fact the Flexpay plan was being discontinued and because of their inability to resolve my ongoing issues.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverage

    Reviewed April 11, 2012

    I recently started a 2-year contract with T-Mobile the 25th of February. I have the HTC 4g Amaze. I paid over $400 for the phone and to start the contract. Less than two weeks after getting the phone, I was texting with a friend when a few of the messages I received continually started coming to my phone non-stop for about four days. On the fourth day, it was every message I received that day and the following day came in to my phone non-stop to the point were it would not stop and I had to turn the phone off. The day it started and the following day, I spent several hours on the phone with customer support. They had no idea how to fix the problem.

    While on the phone with them, they were asking me if I wanted to upgrade my plan. I was under the impression when I started the contract two weeks prior that I had the highest data package (10gb unlimited) and the WiFi hot spot. Apparently not. So I upped my plan to the 5gb unlimited plan and the WiFi hot spot. How is that unlimited if it has a limit? Okay, so I knew that I wouldn't have that great of service in my area before I got the phone and contract but I did it anyway because I wanted this phone in particular. So I get a call from them a few days later saying I need to go into a T-Mobile store and get a new sim card and that will fix the problem. The problem almost stopped before I got the new card. I received a call later on in the month asking how satisfied I was with my service. Other than the hiccup, I'm satisfied. I can make calls and text in places I couldn't with other providers. All is good for a few weeks then my phone has started resetting itself 2+ times a day which is okay except when I'm in the middle of doing something.

    My billing cycle begins the 9th of every month. So last I get a courtesy call again and was informed that I was almost at the end of my billing cycle and my data usage was very close to being used up. At that point, I was informed that I was limited to 100mb in roaming coverage which they knew from the get go that I don't live in T-Mobile coverage area and failed to tell me that. They also failed to tell me that the WiFi hot spot that I'm paying for cannot be used in roaming areas. Today is the 10th of April. My billing cycle just started yesterday.

    I just got a text saying my data usage is almost at max so I called customer service to find out and no one can explain to me how I've used more data in two days by downloading 4 songs and looking at Facebook 2-3 times for a few minutes than I've used in the last month and a half downloading hundreds of songs and watching movies and porn and going on Facebook and my email several times a day, YouTube, and the list goes on. Also yesterday, I was using someone's WiFi (which is not supposed to count against your data usage) when I was using my phone. I've read through a few reports on here and they all seem pretty much the same. I was happy with my service until a week ago. I'm not sure what to do at this point being so early into my contract.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2012

    T-Mobile is charging me for the service (internet) I did not ask for. I complain on several occasions but they refused to remove those charges from my bill. Right now T-Mobile is threatening to suspend my service. My number is **. Thank you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 11, 2012

    This complaint is about T-Mobile cell phone company (Customer service 1(800) 937 8997). I am a current customer with T-Mobile. I own a Samsung Galaxy S. This particular phone has a known software issue where the user is not able to send text messages that are more than 40 characters long. Every single Samsung Galaxy S model has this problem. T-Mobile is well aware of this problem and fully admits to this software issue.

    I have spent hour after hour on the phone with T-Mobile consumer service. The only resolution T-Mobile has offered me was to replace my Samsung Galaxy S with the same exact phone with the same exact software failures. I have done this three times. Yes, that's correct. T-Mobile has sent me three broken phones in a row, each with the same software failure. I have asked T-Mobile to either replace my phone with a different model that works. They refused. I asked T-Mobile to upgrade my model and I would pay the difference. They refused that also. I asked T-Mobile to replace my model but with fixed software. They also refused that. The only solution T-Mobile has offered me is to keep sending me the same exact phone with the same exact failed software.

    Please help me with this out of control, abusive company. In addition to not replacing my phone with one that works, they won’t allow out of my expensive contract without a significant expense. I am a registered nurse. I often use my phone to send critical messages relating to people’s health care. Please contact me at **. Once again, thank you for your help in advance.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed April 10, 2012

    I cancelled my account on March 7, 2012 (not under any contractual obligation), after being a customer for 8 years. Simply, T-Mobile is charging too much, so I decided to switch. I paid the final bill on March 22, and there was nothing beyond this "final billing statement," which I owed or could possibly owe. I checked, going through everything online and over the phone with the representative, including the dates.

    Out of nowhere, I received a bill for $330.81 which includes a contract cancellation fee of $200 and somehow a full month's billing for my plan of $59.99 and $70.82 in taxes and surcharges. I was told the billing cycle had started 3/3 and that I would owe for the entire month, even though I cancelled on 3/7. Then they stated I had agreed to a contract when I changed the plan in early February from a Faves unlimited loyalty family plan to an individual classic unlimited talk and text plan. And I was guaranteed and assured there was no contract involvement with that change according to the representative. I never signed anything. I never gave authorization for such a contractual obligation. I would never, ever, under any circumstance with any company, sign or agree to a contract for any reason whatsoever. Not ever.

    In the 8+ years of being with T-Mobile, I have declined any and all sales pitches (from their periodic follow-up customer service calls) that would ever require a contract. Now, I am subject only to a mail-in request system to dispute the charges based on their research. This is fraudulent on every end of the spectrum. The recorded discussion between my self and the representative is the only apparent evidence by which they determine the outcome of the dispute. Let's see if that recording is actually utilized or if somehow it's left out of the equation. Hmmmm.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed April 10, 2012

    Charged $93 for nothing after an expired contract - I have been getting harassing phone calls from T-Mobile for the last two months. They started after we cancelled our service to switch to a new company. We had been with them for over 8 years and had been very patient in waiting for our contract to expire as well as enduring horrible phones to be able to switch without extra fees. We paid all the way through our use date of 2/14/2012, and then we received a bill for dates of service 2/15/2012-2/15/2012. What? We didn't have the phones that day at all. We were being charged an entire month’s service for one day, which had been cancelled?

    It's really quite sad because I wasn't angry with them and would have given decent reviews until now. Now, I am angry. I am done with the harassment. If I owed them money, I would pay it. If they provided a service for me, I would pay it. Neither of those things applies, so I feel they are making a one last ditch effort to squeeze money for something they shouldn't be able to. I have spent far too long on the phones with them trying to get someone to help me, but alas, all their poor employees are instructed to do all that they can to ensure bad reviews are documented, I suppose.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2012

    Add on my bill, unauthorized ring tone services - $9.99 was charged for two months and not credited in full to my account after contacting T-Mobile about these unauthorized charges.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 9, 2012

    T-Mobile keeps calling my house asking for a person that does not live here and never has. We have told them many times they have the wrong phone number and a day or so later, they called again - 22 times in 30 days. We have a phone log. After calling them and explaining to them they have the wrong number, we are told they cannot help us. What the hell? Then why are you calling here again? They asked for the wrong person. This is called harassment. Can someone out there help me?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 7, 2012

    I've been off-contract with T-Mobile for 3 years. On March 2, 2012, T-Mobile Agent Melissa ** used deceptive, unclear, a possible credit from her supervisor, and "bait and switch" tactics to send me to an automated contract renewal message. I hung up on the message, angry that Melissa had been deceptive! I hung up on the message because I did not agree nor accept.

    T-Mobile Contract review says a keypad was pressed. They have refused to provide any proof, however. It was T-Mobile Agent Melissa ** who accepted the contract on her keypad. She committed fraud and identity theft by accepting the contract without my knowledge or consent, after I rejected the offer by hanging up.

    I am a victim of a corporate crime. It's outrageous for T-Mobile to tell me that there's no proof of contract, yet will hold me to a family contract I don't even need anymore nor can afford! It is T-Mobile's job to provide proof of contract, not mine. I did not accept because I hung up. I know my rights as a consumer, and they have been violated. All I want is to be returned to my previous off-contract status immediately. It's outrageous that a corporation like T-Mobile can activate contracts by fraud!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 6, 2012

    I ordered an upgraded phone via the phone. I received a text message the next day that the phone was backordered with no expected delivery date. I immediately called and cancelled the phone because I did not want to wait forever. They told me it takes up to 24-48 hours to cancel the phone, but I could go into the store to pick up one. It was the discretion of the store whether or not they could help me. The store called customer care and was told no, they could not provide an upgrade and I would have to wait. I received a text message the following day that the phone had not been cancelled as I had requested but was being shipped. When I contacted customer service, I requested to speak to a supervisor after speaking with their agent for about 20 minutes. He said he would get one, but he came back and said the supervisor was busy and would call me back within 2 hours. After 2 hours, I called T-Mobile’s corporate offices and they refused to speak to me, transferring me to their customer service phone line that then proceeded to hang up on me.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 6, 2012

    Our daughter moved to Nebraska for college in the fall of 2011. When we took her out there, we noticed we had very little coverage. I called CS and was told she could go off her Wi-Fi. Well, that was great when she was in her apartment. We went with it for awhile until she really needed to use her phone and couldn't. I again called CS and was told again, “Yeah, we don't have good coverage there.” Needless to say, we had to switch her phone service. Now, we have a $200.00 fee - nothing they can do! In the meantime, I found out that when we changed to have two data plans instead of one, all our lines (4) were extended out on a new 2-year contract. We have been customers for over 8 years. I just don't understand what happened to customer service. I am very disappointed.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 6, 2012

    Okay, I purchased a Sidekick 4G at the beginning of the year. I’ve always had issues but I could manage, wasn’t out of control until late March when my phone wouldn’t respond, ending my calls, force closing my messages, my emails, my internet. I would have to take out my battery to make a call. I would take out my battery to respond to an email, to write an email. I would pull my battery to be able to read a message when it came in, I’d pull it out to type a message and I’d have to pull out my battery to access the web. I can’t tell you how many times a day I have pulled out my battery, think of yourself, could you imagine the stress and headache of having to do that for every email or call or message or internet?

    I pay for those features and I can barely use them. Okay, on the 25th, I ordered another Sidekick 4G, I was under warranty, I received that phone on the 28th, as soon as I put in my SIM and battery, powered it on, the screen stayed black and did nothing but vibrate. I called customer care, we troubleshooted it, had me pull out my SD card and hard reset it. As soon as it loaded, it turned on but I was having the same issues with the new phone as I had with the old phone, but way worse. They sent me a refurbished phone, the original was new, so they sent me someone else’s broken Sidekick after their techs thought they fixed it.

    Okay, well I went to the store which is located in Steubenville, OH, in Hollywood Plaza and ordered another phone, she gave me my receipt with the address the phone was being sent to and I did a change of address that day. She also backed me up and said she did call customer care but that phone got sent to WV, a completely different state and it was delivered the 30th. I got a notification saying my phone was delivered, well I looked, I didn’t receive a package, I call customer care and said someone signed for it and might add that I didn’t sign for the phone, 2 days before this phone. So, I think my mom’s home and 1 of my brother’s kids are all in school, it’s around noon so I called them, they said no, they got no package.

    I called customer care, they tracked the number and it was sent to WV, my address is in Steubenville, OH, the phone that was shipped before this one went to OH. Okay, well she said she will lock the phone and I asked for her to match up my signature with the one from UPS, she put in my request and still no call from them and whoever signed for it, if anyone really did only signed my last name. I was told but she said, sorry she will send one out and I will receive it on Wednesday. Okay, well Wednesday comes along the 4th of April and I haven’t received a notification, a tracking number, nothing. So I called and the lady told me rudely, I’m under investigation, that they won’t send me another phone and I was getting charged $300 for the stolen phone, the stolen phone that was sent to a different state then I’m in.

    I flipped out it took me 5 1/2 hours from 12 to 5 something to get this resolved and that same day, T-Mobile Corp called me due to my complaint with BBB, he wouldn’t answer my questions and he didn’t help me with anything, it was 100% worthless but customer care finally gave in and took off the $300 for the stolen phone. No kidding, 5 hours later and ordered me yet another Sidekick 4G, supposed to be delivered on the 8th. As of today, the 6th of April, it’s been 12 days I’ve been without the features I pay for on my phone. This was their argument; I want reimbursed on the time I can’t use the services I pay for. For them, it’s not a service issue, it’s a manufacturing issue and that there was nothing they could do but send me that same phone.

    Yes, I paid for this phone through Yenz Samsung, won’t help me it’s your problem, I bought the phone from you and you get the phone through them. They said, sorry sir, nothing I can do if this phone we’re sending doesn’t work, you will be eligible for a replacing. I said, okay, what would I get? They said Exhibit 4G, okay, I hung up checked it out and in the reviews. There is yet another guy that got that phone from a Sidekick exchange because his wasn’t working okay. Well, he says it had the same problems, blah, blah. Okay, that phone doesn’t have any of the features my phone has, the features are why I bought the phone. Well, there was nothing they could do about that the phone is $100 less than the sidekick, so they want to give me a down grade keep my down payment on my Sidekick and the money I put on the Sidekick and make me pay the $275 owed on the Sidekick.

    The Lemon Law I read says for everyday I’m without service, I’m entitled up to $25 a day on that line for lack of service or manufacturer issue. If the phone is returned 3 times I’m eligible for an upgrade or I can get out of my contract for free. I want the $25 a day for the 12 days I’ve had no service due to my phone issue, I want the money I put down on my phone and the money I’ve been paying on my phone to be credited to my account so I can get a whole other phone, that’s $350 for my phone service not working due to the company selling broken phones. The $60 I put down for the phone and I get charged $25 a month on that phone that’s $510 total I want credited for.

    I’ve been nothing but polite, I avoided even asking for anything but them to take back the phone I’ve had nothing but problems with. Take the $300 owed off my account, I shouldn’t have to pay for a broken phone because I signed a 2 year contract and I will not settle for a down grade phone. I want the phone offered shouldn’t be similar in any way, shape or form. I’m not a fool, this product needs to be pulled off the shelves and the people under warranty should get a complete and a total refund and an upgrade from your company 100% knowing the phones have nothing but problems. I wish this department helps me or I’ll keep going higher and higher. I’m very outgoing, you will see if I can’t get what I requested, I want the refund on my phone in full and out of this 2 year contract and I promise I will not stop pursuing this issue until it’s resolved in full.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed April 5, 2012

    I signed up with T-Mobile on March 5, 2010 for two lines. About 2 weeks ago, I called to terminate one of the lines which was my daughter's. I was advised that I was going to be charged a $100.00 early termination fee. I explained my two years was up March 5th, at which time I was advised apparently my daughter, who was a minor, visited a store in June of 2010 and obtained a new phone/phone number which "extended" my contract. How can a minor negotiate any sort of contract? I disputed this via the dispute email with a complete explanation. I received a notification that my dispute was denied because I visited a store and I did this and I did that. Obviously, they did not even read the explanation.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2012

    Unfair Binding of a Contract To Lousy Internet Stick: My complaint stems directly from T-Mobile's inability to produce an efficient and objective contract. My father and I have both had T-Mobile's cell phone service for years and are quite satisfied with the product and service we have received. Last year, I elected to choose T-Mobile to provide internet service as well. We entered the store under the pretenses of choosing one of their "Unlimited" internet plans. At the time of arrival, the fine print addition of "Reduced Speeds after x GBs" was not publicly posted. Our particular store gives customers a 20 day window in which to test the device and return it if it does not work satisfactorily. However, I believe we were brought into our contract under false pretenses.

    At no time did the sales representative inform us that the internet stick slowed to "Dial up speeds or slower" following the data cap and throttling down. It was advertised as unlimited internet that would still be functional following the throttle down. Instead, the device is inconsistently functional at best when operating at peak levels and borderline unusable after being throttled down. The severity of this issue is not noted anywhere in the contract. Only the throttle down heavy usage policy is mentioned. Should we have been made aware of this issue objectively beforehand, we would have not signed the contract or would have at least had a chance to discover this during the testing period.

    Instead, I'm told it is our fault for not discovering this during that 20 day window and have now been trapped in between paying $400 to opt out of the hardly functional service or continuing to pay upwards of $80 a month for the next year and a half until the contract finishes, with no compromises or options being offered outside of upgrading or paying more for additional data service. I feel T-Mobile should have been obligated to include that information in their contract and dispute being held to such an agreement given their failure to provide me with adequate information.

    I was contacted today by an office Representative for T-Mobile USA who politely ignored the issue at hand, apologized half-heartedly and repeatedly informed me that they "declined" my request to be released from the contracts without the early termination fees. I don't have $400 to pay for outlandish fees nor do I desire to continue paying upwards of $80-$100 more per month to maintain internet that is faulty, unreliable and beneath the standards of what I need to work with. I don't have money for attorney's or court cases. All I want is to get out of these contracts that are sucking our money dry for a service that doesn't live up to expectations or advertisements. If anyone has any information that can help me, please email me at **. I'm opting out of being contacted by an attorney as I don't have money for this and I am not about to dive into anything bigger unless I know proper action can be taken. Thank you for reading.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 3, 2012

    On November 8, 2011, I received a replacement LG cellular phone from T-Mobile (agreeing to return the device if I do not accept using T-Mobile prepaid label). After receiving the phone, I returned it within a two-week period during the month of November. T-Mobile’s customer service representative agreed in March 28, 2012 to remove the phone charge of $518.92 (a non-return device fee) which was added to my bill in January 2012 billing period. After review, the phone was in a T-Mobile facility. On April 3, 2012, I received a text message from T-Mobile stating the charges will be reapplied due to the phone not being received within 60 days. I do not have the phone, which is now in a T-Mobile facility and was returned since November using a T-Mobile label.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 3, 2012

    While logging in to T-Mobile to add minutes to my son’s prepaid account, I was prompted to change my password. I entered the new password. Then, I was prompted that the old password was not valid; then neither of the passwords worked and I was locked out of the account. Customer service is totally worthless and the supervisor is even more worthless. They could not reset the old password or give me a temporary password to use since I did not have possession of the phone. They had no other way to verify who I was except for a 4-digit PIN from 2 years prior when I open the account. I could have given an SSN or anything else but the PIN. It seems odd to me that a business would make it so difficult for someone to purchase from them, but T-Mobile has always been that way. I am surprised they are still in business.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 3, 2012

    I have been a customer from 2006 and up until 2009. When the new towers were put up in my area, I had no problems but from then on, I cannot get home service. Every time I complain, they upgrade my phone and said that will fix the problem and without me knowing it extends my two-year contract. Now at the end of my rope having received the best phone and WiFi capable, I still get no service and cannot get out of my contract. I just got off the phone. No, not a T-Mobile phone but a Qwest phone so I can talk to someone and I was told, "Too bad. We do not guarantee service or customer satisfaction."

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 2, 2012

    Associate had promised excellent coverage while taking the connection but there is no proper coverage and calls are getting dropped frequently. Calls never go to voice mail and caller gets impression that I am deliberately not picking the call. Service is very bad. In addition to that, there is a data policy change where I can use only 5 MB of data out of 200 MB allotted to me while roaming or traveling. I am a business consultant and my profile involves traveling.

    T-Mobile says they will check previous month roaming to decide on this. Reasonable judgment may be made by tracking the history over a year and in my case this is not possible. I am unable to download any documents or project files within this limit. Within new limits and horrible service, I cannot satisfy my clients or business needs.

    My credibility is also at stake. This policy is against the contract which I had signed while taking the connection and is a breach of contract. I am paying for 200 MB while am restricted for 5 MB if I travel. This was not there in contract when I signed. I have written more than 30 emails and had talked over 24 hours to different representatives but there is no response and no respect for customer complaints.

    Third problem I am facing is lots of scams which I am receiving in my mobile and I am unable to control this. Many of them are T-Mobile apps connected for scams. No response to my email. I can join a lawsuit if someone has initiated on this.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 2, 2012

    I was a customer with T-Mobile for three years. I felt my cell phone was extremely high so I decided to terminate my T-Mobile account on Feb 10, 2012 and switch to Boost. My account had a 0 balance. T-Mobile charged me $93.00 for the month of January. I paid that in full. T-Mobile then charged me $200, which I was expecting and was going to pay.

    When T-Mobile called for payment, they told me my bill is $344.02. That is $200 for early term, $84.98 for monthly recurring charge, $9.60 other charges and $49.44 for taxes. This is extreme in my opinion. If I could not afford their service, how does T-Mobile expect me to pay $344? This is exactly the reason why I wanted to leave T-Mobile. I felt like I was being scammed the whole time.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 2, 2012

    I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2001 when the company was Voicestream. Through all the years of being with them until the last two years, I received good customer service by phone and at the stores. In November 2010, I purchased two of the Samsung Galaxy (3G) phones. I am not a heavy data user, and I rarely approach my 2GB limit. Shortly after purchasing the phones in 2010, T-Mobile went to 4G service in the Dallas area where I live. Almost immediately, the 3G service went kaput, and I was stuck with two two-year contracts.

    There are no good days and bad days any more. They are all bad. The phones, even from day one of the billing cycle, are very slow. As a test, several times, I have killed all tasks on the phone and tested the speed for accessing Facebook and my one email account. The Gmail account takes about 3 minutes to download; on average, about 3 email messages, all text. Facebook is sporadic. On most days, I give up after 15 minutes. It pulls up the newsfeed page with no images, and when I try to navigate to my status updates or notifications, it goes to "loading" but never loads anything.

    When I have talked to T-Mobile on the phone or in the stores, they always say I should try to get a new SIM card. I changed SIM cards at the store. The clerk said the poor speed was caused by my having a 2G card instead of a 3G card. I had never heard that one. I left the store (3 months ago, approximately) somewhat optimistic that the speed issue had been solved. It has had no effect, however, and the speed did not improve. My phone says I have 157 MB free, and I keep my tasks scaled way down in hopes of improving the speed. Nothing helps.

    In November, I will be changing to another service provider, because T-Mobile is not interested in improving the experience. At this point, I would go back to flip phone and just use it for calling. But even getting another phone would cause me to have to sign another contract, which I will not ever do again. I'm done with them.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 30, 2012

    We've been with T-mobile for over 10 years. We had business account with 4 phone lines. We've switched to a different provider knowing that one of our line is out of contract and other 3 lines still have 6 months contract left with T-mobile. T-mobile billed us $400.00 early termination fee for all 4 lines, including the out of the contract one. We've sent many letters to contract dispute T-mobile email, but I've not gotten any single response. Thanks.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 28, 2012

    You have an employee at east side location that is running a hustle on customers who are going to pay on their bill. He has someone on the outside. They told customers that all they have to do is pay half the bill. They go on the computer and say that we wrote a check for the bill, but they make statement. I take full responsibility for falling in their trap.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 27, 2012

    I phoned T-Mobile regarding internet service. I was promised the ability to browse, check email, etc., with data stick. I received data stick by mail and had have difficulty ever since. I use on limited basis and receive messages right away that says: "Data usage has reached the limit." Plus, data becomes extremely slow. T-Mobile has mentioned they will not let me off the 2-year contract and expects an early termination fee. I have not received services as promised. I am interested in a class action suit.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 27, 2012

    The sales girl in Wal-Mart basically told me the phone had no contracts, no agreement, and no monthly bill. I bought a phone, took it home, and tried it. It did not work at my home. The reception was really bad. I have AT&T now. It works here at my home. But it costs more money. I was trying to save money and switch phone companies. Well, based on what the sales girl told me, I just turned the phone off and did not use it, but kept it in case I needed a phone for a family member and a friend, etc.

    About 2 months later, I get a bill for over $80. They said I had to call and cancel my service and that I had to pay this money. No one told me this. If I had known, I would have returned everything since it did not work. T-Mobile refused to credit me the money they claim I owe them. They should advertise that you are obligated and under contract until you cancel with them. Lies, deception, and trickery —that is what it seems to me. I am not happy.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 27, 2012

    I contacted the Loyalty Dept after having to deal with some idiot whose first language is not English. I spoke to Dave. My issue was taking an authorized user off my account, without being charged an early cancellation fee. I explained what my situation was, that I did not want this person using my account, and I did not want either of use being charged an early cancellation fee. I verified 3 times with Dave that all I had to do was remove this person from my account. He assured me that in no way was there an early cancellation fee. I told him to wait until the end of my billing cycle to do this, so the person had time to arrange phone service.

    Today, I get a bill for $486.03. I called and was then told by whatever lackey that answers T-Mobile’s phone, that Dave wrote in his notes that I requested the phone service in question to be "suspended" the day I spoke with him, that I was made aware of a "change in responsible party" for the billing, and that I was still liable for the early cancellation fee. This came from Dave's supervisor Christine. Lies, I told her.

    Okay, so the fact that your employee lied and lied in his notes on my account, is to be totally disregarded and that you still think you can quote to me your "you agreed to the contract terms". Pull up the recorded phone call, and let’s listen to it together. "I’m sorry for your frustration, but we do not have the capability to do that, you would need to contact the Contract Dispute Dept". Yeah, I know better. I then told her that T-Mobile could sue me till they were blue in the face, their fee was not going to be paid, that I was highly dissatisfied with what passes for their customer service, and that I would exercise my futility by contacting their Claims Dept. Her response was "That is your choice" and she promptly disconnected her call. I’m ready to cancel my acct with them, let them try to collect on $400 early cancellation fees. I will buy an unregistered phone, go Google and Skype and bypass all these conglomerate wannabe's.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 26, 2012

    In September 2011, I ported my family plan over from Sprint to T-Mobile with the understanding that I would have better service and cell phones as well. I ordered the phones online and I have had problems with them and the service since I have received them. I was sent 3 g2x phones which a representative assured me that the phones are great and had no issues or problems.

    During the first month, I've had problems with the phones freezing and cutting off as well. We were also unable to make calls which not to long after I had an emergency and the phone was unable to connect calls. I spoke to T-Mobile about the issue on several occasions but all they would do was refer me to the manufacturer. Keep in mind that you cannot take the phone to the store to have them checked, all you can do is call tech support and hope to talk to someone after finally getting through the automated service and waiting an additional 30-45mins on hold before you actually speak to a representative.

    Finally, I was able to get them to replace one phone which was mine. They still will not do anything about the other lines I have. They said because it was a known issue with the g2x, I would have to go through the manufacturer to have something done about the phones. The manufacturer refers me back to T-Mobile. Since September, I have had four phones and it seems as though the ones that they send out, only gets worse.

    The last phone that they sent out was a My Touch 4g with only the front part of the phone. No battery, no charger, and no back to the phone. I called and was hung up on when I expressed my frustrations about paying for phones and service that does not meet my standards. It’s like having a phone that works and service is at least okay is too much to ask for.

    I would like to leave T-Mobile service alone but the cancellations fees are high per line and I do not feel that I should be obligated to pay them because my phones are horrible and so is their service. What should I do?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 25, 2012

    We have had 5 phones from T Mobile for around 4 years. The T-Mobile phones (including My Touch and My Touch Slide) had a history of breaking down. 2 phones stopped working within a month. However, my recent experience with T-Mobile necessitates escalation as I have not received any assistance from the North Olmsted Plaza T-Mobile Store or the regional manager. In short, T-Mobile store manager has acted in a very unprofessional manner, has mislead the consumer, has lied to cover up his error, has failed to provide any assistance or a contact for escalation of this issue. Moreover, the regional manager has failed to address a serious customer concern and has neglected her duties. I have included a chronological detail of events leading to this complaint.

    August 2011: My 17 year old daughter Nikita ** and I inquired regarding her phone (**, My Touch G) problem as the back light stopped working. She had the exact problem a few months back when she first got the phone. It stopped working within a week and was replaced. Although, we had purchased extended warranty, the T-Mobile staff indicated to us that warranty only covers a one time replacement. He also indicated that our only option was to buy another phone at $400, as the current contract does not end until December 14th, or renew the contract and receive the phone for $200. I indicated that we preferred iPhones and were not planning to renew the contract as T-Mobile did not carry them. My daughter wanted to consider her options and decided to return in a day or so.

    August 2011: My daughter Nikita ** returned to the T-Mobile store during the week as we decided to purchase the phone instead of renewing the contract and paid $400 for the new phone per previous discussion.

    September 2011: My daughter's second phone's back light stopped working. My wife and Shivani went to the T-Mobile Store in North Olmsted Plaza. Once again, my wife was told that our contract expires in December 2011. However, ** was extended for a period of 2 years a month ago.

    September 2011: We discussed the event with Nikita **, who clearly indicated that she was never told that the contract was being extended. Moreover, she was told by the T-Mobile staff that if she needs to extend the contract, she will need the account holder to make any changes.

    September 2011: I returned to the T-Mobile store and spoke to the staff who promised to communicate the issue with Matt, the store manager. Over the next 3 weeks, I stopped by the store and called the store multiple times but was unable to contact Matt until sometime in mid October. During our discussion, I informed regarding our preference for iPhone and to check when the contract ends. In addition, he has to review the issue with Nikita and extension of her contract.

    Matt looked at the paperwork and agreed that this was an error as Nikita is neither an account holder nor old enough to sign a contract. Matt indicated that he will correct this error. All he will need is a receipt for the $400 paid towards the new phone. He also indicated that the contracts end on December 14th.Granted that Matt could have pulled the receipt from the T-Mobile account, I dug through my statements and returned to the store a week later with receipt.

    December 17th: My wife Sandhya **, my daughter Nikita **, and I returned to the North Olmsted Plaza T-Mobile store. They confirmed that we were out of our contract and safe in switching services. Matt validated that our contract was up. We went to the Verizon store afterward and signed up for our phone services.

    December last week: We received a bill of $1,350 from T-Mobile for early contract termination among other charges. I returned to the North Olmsted Plaza T-Mobile store and once again explained the entire situation to a completely different store clerk. He took down the information and promised that there is nothing he can do, but Matt will call us back which never happened.

    On January 7th, I reached Matt at the store and asked him regarding the bill, issue related to Nikita's contract and why are we receiving an early termination charges after we were told that our contract was up. At this point, Matt denied ever speaking to us and maintained that charges were for early termination. Clearly, Matt is lying, as not only I, but my wife and my daughter were present and discussed the contract end date of December 14th.

    Unable to reason with Matt, I asked to speak to his manager. Matt indicated he was the manager. I asked for an escalation contact and Matt refused to provide me with one. Upon further pressure, he indicated that we are told not to provide anyone with regional managers contact information and that she will call us back. I was able to obtain the name of the regional manager as Dana **, but he would not provide me with her office phone or address.

    Needless to say, neither Matt nor the regional manager called us back. My wife and I spent over an hour and a half with the T-Mobile customer support trying to obtain contact information for the regional manager but only got transferred from one department to another.

    My wife spent another 2 hours on January 8th with T-Mobile customer support and finally got the phone number for Dana **. My wife left several messages at 216-525-6102 for Dana ** over the next several days including on 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/13, 1/16, 1/23 and 1/30 but never received a call back.

    On February 1st, we received a notice from the Collection Agency. Our T-Mobile balance was transferred to collections. On February 2nd, my wife Sandhya ** called T-Mobile customer support once again and finally reached someone who was willing to listen and informed Sandhya to send a written complaint to customer relations.

    In summary, this complaint is regarding unbelievably unprofessional conduct of a T-Mobile store Manager, complete negligence of a T-Mobile regional manager Dana **, and conduct bordering criminal behavior of T-Mobile staff.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 25, 2012

    My new cycle starts on the 24th. My phone was on the charger and turned off late on the 24th through the morning of the 25th. I woke up and turned it on to find a message from T-Mobile letting me know that I have reached my 2gb limit and my speed has been reduced, asking me to upgrade to a faster plan. I got on the web just to check the speed thinking it is impossible for me to use the 2gb in just one day just by judging from my history of usage. The speed was very very slow to a point that it was not doing anything. They call this unlimited internet usage. What a jock.

    I was so angry and got online to check my usage to find out that I have exhausted all my GBs in one day. Also, it was showing that my account was using MB while my phone was turned off. So I called T-Mobile and spoke with a rep that checked my account and confirmed all the usage and offered me to upgrade to 5gb which got me even more upset. I told him that I had nothing but problems with this service and demanded for him to look in to this issue and to give me back all my GBs. He apologized then told me that there had been a new update to their system two days ago which caused this problem.

    He reset the GBs and assured me that I have used zero MB since the 24th and asked me to turn the phone off and on for the rest to take place. It worked but after my blood was boiling and got me irritated for over 45 minutes. The rep had the guts to ask me again to upgrade to a 5gb speed after all of this had been said and done. They are pushing so hard to upgrade and pay more and their 4G speed claim is the biggest false advertisements ever. I don't get the speed they claim I should unless I'm inside a T-Mobile store, and not to mention many, many, many other problems. I have a print out of my account showing the MB used just to have a proof. I will log back in and get another printout of it after the fix. Please get me someone to sue this company and look further in to their fraudulent activity. I would like to be the first one to sign up.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2012

    I did an upgrade on my phone account and purchased a new phone. I received a used phone, with no charger and phone was in bad conditions. So called T-Mobile costumer service and let them know that they told me to return the phone back to this address; T-Mobile return center TX, 4500 Cambridge Rd Ste., Forth worth TX. 76155-2234.

    I went to UPS and I send the phone, got my tracking number on 2/24/12 and paid $10.38 to send it back. Then, I received a confirmation saying that Dale ** signed and reserved packaged. I called T-Mobile and spoke to Joan on 2/29/12; she said she was going to put for a search on the phone. I waited a week and nothing. Then I called again on 3/6/12 and spoke to Patricia, she told me the phone was not found. I was angry and asked to speak to a manager. She told me there was no manager. I called again on 3/7/12 and spoke to Anna, she told me to wait for 10 days so the phone could be found and inspected and my $94.90 would be returned. Here I am still waiting, it is 3/24/12 and I still haven't gotten my refund. I am tired of getting the run around. I want my money back now!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 24, 2012

    I have been so sad all day and crying, I couldn't control my tears even when I was making the complaint to the T-Moblile representative. I am a single mother of two and out of a job. I was so desperately in need of a new phone since last year but could not afford it. However, I liked the Samsung Galaxy ll too. I saw that it was new on the market since last year so I decided to save up and get it for my birthday, which is March 16th of this year. When I received the shipment I was excited. Lo and behold, when I opened the package, all was there was a charger and the manual, the box wasn't tampered with or anything. I am so sad and disappointed with T-Mobile, especially since I have been with them over 5 years. I spoke with them today. They told me they filed a complaint today, March 22, and it takes up to 72 hours. I am here waiting and so disappointed.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile for over 9 years. About 1.5 years ago, the signal at my home became non-existent. I was told I could cancel my service. However, if I changed to a Blackberry and got wireless at home, the problem could be solved. I bought the new phone (2-year service required) and got a wireless device. The service got better for a while but then again, I got no service. I have been calling the customer service people for months now.

    I have three phones and no service. I took one phone off that I used for business and they took off the early penalty. I have found now that I need to use my home for all my business needs as I cannot afford my office and I still cannot get service for the other two phones. When I asked to cancel my other two phones, the answer was no, they do not allow that (I just did it a few weeks ago with the one phone). This is a sad day for T-Mobile customers, I am sure at $200 to $400 per month for 9 years; about $32,400 would be enough to cover an early penalty (of about 5 months early).

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    I have been a customer of yours for nearly 6 years, or maybe more. My issue is this. I am paying $175.00 for 3 lines, with no data, unlimited text and 700 free minutes. Other companies are much cheaper, and allow you to have unlimited of everything with no contract. The young woman I spoke with, Andrea, (wasn't sure, her accent was so thick). She sold me on the unlimited text, data and talk for $150.00. Had me on hold for over 10 minutes total, saying she was checking my account, updating my phones etc. Then at the last minute, told me I had to extend my contract for another 2 years. I was incensed at this. Not only was it an underhanded, conniving way of doing business. It was also very very,very unprofessional. Why in the world would I go under another contract, when I am already under one I am not satisfied with, that ends in January of 2013?

    Why couldn't I get the unlimited talk, text and data until my contract ended in January 2013, to satisfy a long standing customer. Her answer to this is, no, its not how T-Mobile is. I am counting down the days when I can cancel this phone contract. It's horrible. The customer service has been programmed to get your expectations up high, and then sneak in another contract at the last breath. So unfair. No wonder your company is losing business. You will lose mine as soon as I get from under this contract. All of my colleagues and friends have switched to another that is less expensive, and includes all the features for much more reasonable price. I in turn will do the same come the end of the year.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 22, 2012

    I was sold 2 phones to upgrade my T-Mobile account. I believed these phones upgraded our current month-to-month agreement with T-Mobile. The sales rep wrote this as a new 2-year contract. Next, the rep sent the wrong phone to me. When I tried to return the phones and cancel the new contract on Tuesday, March 20, I was told that because the sales rep gave me a $60 discount on the new phones, I was forced to keep the new contract. I was also told that if I cancelled the contract, it would cost me $200 per phone (two times $200 is $400). It was my understanding that the sales rep gave me the discount to compensate for charges for a lost phone and the problems I had trying to get T-Mobile to remove the lost phone from my account. I did not understand that this was a ploy to lock me into a 2-year contract.

    We ordered 2 phones to upgrade our service from an online sales rep on Friday, March 9. We received the ordered phones in the mail on Friday, March 16. We tried to get T-Mobile to cancel our service on Monday March 19, but after being told at your Olympia store that we could only cancel our service and return the phones by calling T-Mobiles customer service. The phones were never opened and returned as soon as we could get to the postal sub-station. We started our calling nightmare on that evening. On Tuesday, March 19, we finally reached a human and things went down hill after that.

    We have become greatly dissatisfied with T-Mobile due to several problems. Until this year, we have been a loyal customer of T-Mobile for almost 12 years and we always paid (and continue to pay) our bills in full and on time. We do not deserve this type of treatment. We just want to be released from T-Mobile and T-Mobile needs to stop predatory sales practices.

    My wife and I are college professors. I teach Business and Economics and I know how to use social networks to let readers learn of predatory companies. I teach at a college that has socially active students that will flood the social networks with information on a predatory company. I sincerely hope I am wrong in my belief that T-Mobile is a predatory company.

    I hope that T-Mobile’s management learns: *That a long-term good customer is leaving the company due to problems that should not happen. *That it took me two days to get to a human customer rep and the automated system keep hanging up on me. *That the company’s sales rep used questionable sales practices to hold a customer hostage with a contract that was not the desire, understanding or intend of the customer. *And that the customer service department (I spoke to 4-different reps, the last one sounded like a trained closer) may have followed company policies, but did not do what is right. Customer service should have canceled the unwanted contract without any fees.

    What I want to happen: I want T-Mobile to cancel my mobile services without any fees or cost. I want my service to be cancelled Thursday, March 29, and I do not want any hassles regarding the returned phones.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 22, 2012

    On March 16, 2012, I received a letter from Customer Service Department, stating my balance of $72.45. I was very disturbed upon receiving it. Why was I getting charged for service? I had not used cell phone which I had lost at one time but found it 2 days later. I didn't have use for it, so I decided to keep it just in case of an emergency. I thought I pay month to month upon using it. I was not aware I had to call or better e-mail and cancel service, and yet T-Mobile was charging me for just having it! I believe this is unjust, unfair. I called on March 16, 2012 and spoke with Paul. He told me I had to send an e-mail to cancel service.

    Then on March 21, 2012, I spoke with Mel - same thing. He did mention I had until April 4 to cancel service. On March 21, 2012, I spoke with Lynn and she told me a totally different story. She said I could cancel by phone so she forwarded that information. Also, she said I would receive my final bill and charges. I would like to talk with someone that would explain to me my situation and resolve this.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 22, 2012

    I have been with T-Mobile for about 2-3 years now. The phone I was using was starting to have some issues, so I contacted a representative, who happened to be an acquaintance. He mentioned the promotion they were having on Valentine's weekend. I was told that I could get a free smartphone, if I extended my contract for 2 years. I was told that I had to pay a deposit on the phone, and then I would get that money back from a mail-in rebate.

    I got 3 new phones, extended the contract, and got some accessories. All total was about $380 for the down payment. I sent my rebate form in, but am still waiting on that. One of the phones I got, however, has never worked right, from the start. It had issues ringing during a call. Sometimes it would ring, sometimes it wouldn't. I went to a store to get a new one, but since I was out of the 14 day "buyer’s remorse" period (which I was never notified about), I had to pay $20 to get a replacement phone. I was pretty upset about that, but reluctantly paid it. The replacement phone, which they sent me in the mail, was garbage. It was more of a piece of junk than the first phone was. It was slower, less-responsive, and still had ringing issues.

    I called T-Mobile about it, and they basically said that since the 14 day period was past, there was nothing they could do about it but send me a replacement phone. They wouldn't refund my money, or give me a new different phone. The rep I spoke to on the phone told me that I had to either get another replacement phone, or pay for a new different phone, on top of paying for the current broken phone.

    He told me that I have to pay for the phones, which for all 3 phones, is about $650. He told me that I may or may not get the refund back, because my line was no longer active. (I have cancelled my line and went with Sprint.) When I asked about why I had to pay for the phones, when this was supposed to be a "free smartphone" promotion, he said it was free if I had a higher paying plan, which I don't. I am on the "value plan", so I didn't qualify for the free phones. (The representative I spoke to when I got this all set up kindly neglected to mention that.) The rep on the phone was very persistent that there was nothing he could do for me, and was very adamant about not helping me. He was terrible! He sent me to tech support so that I could try to get a new replacement phone.

    The lady I spoke to in that department, instead of issuing me a new phone, immediately went to troubleshooting. She had me do a couple of things, and then told me to watch the phone for a couple of days. It's still having problems! I asked the lady what my cost would be to just cancel my service, since I'm so frustrated. I was told that after I pay for the phones in full, the service charges, the cancellation fees, and the down payment I had to make, it would be about $1,800! I am so mad. I will never do business with T-Mobile again. I was lied to and used just so they could make a sell, and they won't make it right!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2012

    I have been with T-Mobile for about 12 years. Over the last few years, they have gotten too big for their own good and their customer service is in the crapper! Customer service reps follow a script and do not deviate! I finally reached my breaking point and switched to another carrier. Over the last few years, I have noticed that after I make a payment by phone message and receive my confirmation number, the following month, they claim they didn't get the payment and the confirmation number is not valid. I am not the greatest with record keeping, so I'm making another payment! I paid my February bill and switched on March 6, 2012. I had the final payment, with my billing cycle date of the 22nd or 23rd of each month. I was told they do not prorate, so I am responsible for the entire month of March even though I switched on March 6, 2012.

    I received a call today, March 21st, stating I still owe February and will receive another bill for the month of March, which will be my final bill! T-Mobile is out of control, constantly requesting payments over and over and over! On top of that, I was paying almost $75 per month for talk and text only! T-Mobile is a lying, cheating crook of a company!

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    Reviewed March 21, 2012

    I am a very unsatisfied customer. I have the Samsung Galaxy S. I have had this phone for less than a year. I have had to send it back for over 7 times. I am having freezing issues, overheating and the phone going totally black. I have had to removed the battery. I lose calls. I have had to send this phone back 5 times for the charger port problems. However, each time I have called, they just send a me another phone. Of course the same one. I am very frustrated with T-Mobile service. I am a valuable and paying customer. I have also purchased other devices from them like the Springboard Tablet, and I have just added a second line for my son.

    I feel as though I have been treated unfairly because I have not gotten what I have paid for. I paid $400.00 for this phone and it has not yet served its purpose. The only thing the company has offered me, is exchange for another one or a blackberry phone. However, if a blackberry was what I wanted, that was what I would have purchased. Then, I was asked if I wanted a sidekick - No, I want a Samsung Galaxy phone. Then, I was asked again if I wanted to pay $399.00 up front for a Samsung galaxy 4G and they will give me a 100 dollars rebate - No, I have already paid $400.00 for the Galaxy S and it is not serving its purpose.

    I feel that I have been just brushed off with a bunch of crap. They get your money and put you into a 2 Year contract, and don't care if you are happy nor get what you paid for. I feel as though as many returns as I have had on this phone, you would think after the third returned, they would had offered me the next Samsung Galaxy phone 4G at no charge, just for the inconvenience. This is as tacky as it gets. Why should my option be to downgrade my phone.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2012

    T-mobile defective phones and bad customer service - I have the Nokia E73 cell. I bought it in May 2011 when I signed a new 2 year contract. Over 2 weeks ago, my cell just stopped working, showing nothing but a white screen. I called their customer service and, as usual, got very bad service and a lot of wasted time on the phone with them.

    Finally, they agreed to send a replacement phone. The first rep promised it would be a new phone, since this one is less than a year old. The second rep refused to honor that. Then they were going to charge me extra for having to use the insurance, which I'm paying for, for their defective phone! I argued against that, threatened to file a complaint. They waived it and sent a replacement phone. That phone didn't work either, still nothing but a white screen.

    Next, they said they would send a battery. I read the battery number/info to him three times. He put me on hold. When he came back on, he said he ordered a new battery and read me the battery number. It was the wrong battery! This, after I had read the info to him three times! Then, he said I had to send in my defective battery, before they would send me a new one. I said no way. I requested to speak with the guy's supervisor and he refused, and then disconnected me. I called right back. New guy sent me a battery. He was very nice.

    I just got it. New battery doesn't work either! Neither piece works, just that white screen showing, even with a hard reset. This has been over two weeks without a phone and I need my phone for work. I have had it with their lousy customer service and terrible phones. Never again will I ever sign any contract with them!

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    Reviewed March 20, 2012

    I was literally reduced to tears today by the lies and manipulations of the customer service specialists and even the customer service manager. I have had frequent website issues, plus the telephone prompting is limited and cuts consumers off and forces them like cattle into a category. To say that this company truly does not respect its customers and their needs is an understatement in the extreme.

    I was lied to from the beginning of this contract. I had an opportunity to upgrade my BB from the beginning of this contract and was told that I could not. Now that I am eligible for a full upgrade, and found out that I was lied to over the phone by the representatives, I was asking for a better discount on the phone since it was their error and I have suffered the consequences of such. I was told that they could offer me the full upgrade discount in response. I am already entitled to that discount already! This is not doing anything for me that I can't already get on my own. This statement kept being repeated to me like I was completely incapable of reasoning this fact out. This is insulting to my intelligence and I am sure if they are doing it to me, then they are doing it to others. Round and round I went saying that I would be cancelling my account in the near future with all the lying and broken trust issues that are going on. The only reason why I am not doing it now is because I am in the middle of moving and I wanted to get another line for internet service.

    Needless to say, after numerous frustrating conversations where the representatives will do absolutely nothing for the distressed customer, I ended up not even getting my Hotspot device. They apparently have customers to spare because there were numerous things they could have offered to me over our lengthy conversations and they never offered anything of substance at all. I even made suggestions that were completely reasonable that would make me happy and move things in a positive direction—nothing, just more empty words.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2012

    I spoke to a representative on 3/15/12 about paying my bill for an amount that weekend and the balance few days later. They cut my phone two days before the second payment, so now I'm being charged $40.00 suspension fee for my family package (2 lines). I called to find out what happened and the representative who claims to be a supervisor named Amber #** and by the way, was so unprofessional and was a total nightmare. For some reason, she seemed to find my complaint to be funny, wasn't giving me chance to explain my situation and was bluntly disrespectful with the whole procedure. I'm so fed up with this company. They don't listen carefully to your reasons for calling customer service, but rather "brush" you off the phone quickly except when it comes to getting money from the clients. I've signed up with T-Mobile since 2008 and all I'm looking for is someone professional from this company to deal with my dilemma. Help!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    Eight months ago, I left AT&T to sign up with T-Mobile to lower my phone bill. I signed both my dad and I up on a family plan. Since then, I have had my phone replaced 4 times (5 phones in total for me). I've spent numerous hours both in stores and on the phone with customer care and not once has an issue been more than temporarily resolved. Every phone I've had crashes, freezes, turns off and on randomly. I've been late to work due to my phone shutting off in the middle of the night and my alarm never going off. One of the five could not receive calls, and another could not make calls, only receive. My 4G never works properly unless connected to Wi-Fi (when the phone decides that it will actually connect). So what is the point of paying "x" amount for data usage every month when I am unable to use it?

    Majority of the eight months I've been under contract I've also received an additional $1.99 charge for data on my dad's phone. One problem, his phone cannot access the internet, I even made sure of it by changing the shortcut of his one soft key (non-smart flip phone) to his photo folder. This way, he could never accidentally touch a key that would make the phone try to connect. I talked to customer care. I was told the fee was taken care of and there was a mistake and would not happen again. I have then dealt with the same billing issue every month.

    As far as still trying to replace my current defective phone, I have had no luck. The best they say they can do is to give me another of my current make / model, give me a phone of lesser value, upgrade my contract or contact Samsung directly. I called Samsung and just as I thought, they claim it is the provider’s responsibility to handle the issue of replacement. The manufacturer can only uphold their warranty which is repairing my personal phone and sending that same phone back to me. Seeing as this is mainly an issue with T-Mobile, I declined Samsung's offer and I am currently still dealing with T-Mobile's "Game". If this is not resolved fully by the end of the month I am changing back to AT&T.

    Also, to avoid a cancellation fee, any customer of T-Mobile who pays their bills are paying for a service of which their contract states. If any customer under contract pays for a service in which T-Mobile fails to provide, the company (T-Mobile) is in breach of contract. If the company breaches contract, the consumer is no longer legally obligated to the contract. No contract, no cancellation fee.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    I purchased 2 phones and switched service because I was told that T-Mobile was a good company. After 2 days of having the phones, I could not access Wi-Fi and was only getting 2g access. I contacted customer service and after endless troubleshooting, they decided it was the handsets which I could return at any T-Mobile store and ship back the other devices from there. When I got there, they told me that I was lied to and that I had to ship the phones back and do without for 3 days until they sent replacements. I was also called an idiot by a store employee named ** at the Florence, KY store because I was angry.

    I personally think that he should be fired and I should certainly be compensated for the humiliation of being called an idiot and laughed at in front of a store full of customers. This is unacceptable, I had to go to the emergency room after the incident because I have heart and nerve problems and it almost led to a heart attack. Is this the usual treatment of new customers?

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    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    I am a customer since 2003, 9 years of being a loyal T-Mobile customer, approximately, last 8 without contract status - Jan 2012, I entered a local T-Mobile store (Hollywood, FL), on unrelated phone issue with voice mail - at check out. The sales clerk presented that I would receive a 50% (or more) reduction in my monthly billing, if I signed into a new 2 year contract - I did. In fact, 4 weeks later, when my first new bill arrived, it was only a 25% reduction. I called immediately to T-Mobile customer care, they said, that 25% was the max savings for that plan. I was clearly misinformed and misled.

    I requested to cancel the new contract, based on what was deemed misleading, misrepresentation , and consumer fraud - a clear act of "bait and switch" routine. T-Mobile declined my request on several levels - they offered a small amount to "compensate for my troubles as a loyal customer". I simply want a release of contract and billing status back to prior - why would they, they would make 25% more each month right? Thank you for any assistance in this matter.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    T-Mobile overcharged my bill - My bill is mad high. I had called for two months to remove apps of my phone and they haven't. I'm still getting charged for it, over 60 dollars more on my phone bill. They said I am going to get credit. I'm waiting.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    I keep getting network out of order for the past 3 days. I have to keep on sending out my messages over and over until it goes through. It's annoying and frustrating!

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    Reviewed March 18, 2012

    I was having problems with my phone and it is quite obvious they outsource their customer support. They had me go through tons of troubleshooting numerous times and even had me on hold for nearly 10 minutes. This is the worst of the worst! Never get T-Mobile, they have nice phones but you will not get anything fixed. Customer service sucks!

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2012

    I called T-Mobile regarding my bill. We had gone over the minutes on our package, and I called because we have never been happy with the service and I called to see when our contract was over. I let the agent know that I was unhappy with their bad service, their bad phones, and the charges on my bill. The agent said if I would sign up for a new 2-year contract, they would take off the charges for the overages on the minutes, and I could change to an unlimited minutes package which I agreed to. He said that I should see the credit on my account the next day.

    I waited 2 days, and there's no credit. I did not want to pay the bill until I saw the credit. But it was due on March 16, and I knew that if I did not pay the bill by that day, I would have a $20.00 fee for each line (We have four.), and that would be $80.00. I called on the 15th and spoke with another agent, and she hang up on me. I called back and spoke with another agent, and this one told me she would credit back all the charges and even take off the internet charge for the last month and this month and that I would see the credit the next day.

    Next day, there's still no credits. So I called again and talked with another agent. I told him that I wanted to cancel my 2-year contract that I had just signed up for two days ago. He said that I could not cancel it, because I had already agreed to take the contract. I said that they had not lived up to their commitment because they had not taken off the charges from my bill. I told him that I wanted to speak with a supervisor, then he hang up on me. I called back again on Thursday; the same thing. They finally transferred me to a supervisor who said that there was nothing I could do and that I could not cancel the contract.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 16, 2012

    We have been customers for 10 yrs. On January, we had very poor service at our house. We could hear people on the phone but they could not hear us. David went into the store for help. They offered a signal booster. They said we had to sign up for a two year contract to get it. If it didn't help, we could return it within 20 days and the contract would revert to what it was before we got the booster. We did and we have the UPS receipt showing the date, 2/6/12 and the person at T-Mobile who signed it. David wrote a letter explaining all of this. No response.

    On 2/17/12, I (Melinda) did a live chat and was told everything was corrected and it was reverted to what it was before we received the signal booster and yes, they are showing it was received. I have the print out. On 3/12/12, I received an e-mail which they finally responded to from the one sent on 2/14/12.This e-mail stated that the booster was never received and to add insult to injury, the e-mail stated that during the last telephone call that I pressed a button saying that I wanted a rate plan change and agreed to remain on the service for 2 years. I have asked for proof and none has been provided. I did ask for a $10 deduction in the one monthly charge two times which was $20 I think but this was for poor phone service. It doesn't even make common sense that I would want a two year contract when I haven't had one for years.

    Yes, I would love to have an attorney that would fight them and would take a percentage of the total fee. Thanks.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 16, 2012

    Over the past two years, I had numerous instances of contacting T-Mobile customer service with issues regarding my "network" services. I purchase an additional two year contract for my phone when I purchased an internet phone in 2010. My husband and I were on a family plan and he continued with his "phone only," phone. I added internet and text capability.

    When traveling in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and other Midwest points, I was unable to connect to the internet. In my contacts with T-Mobile, I was told they had local "contracts" (e.g. Iowa Cellular) but, these were not always available. I grew increasingly dissatisfied with not only the lack of consistent coverage (and, paying $30/month for something I was not consistently receiving) but the availability of T-Mobile customer service. Their local outlets in Beaufort closed. I had only "phone" customer service reps (who read from a script, call their customer immediately by first name, and appear not to be prepared to deviate from their algorithm-script when faced with issues) available and their answers were not satisfactory.

    Thus, approximately 8 months before my T-mobile contract expired, I changed providers. I knew there would be a penalty for "breaking" my contract. I was told it would be "pro-rated" based on the months remaining. However, I was "flat-billed" their $200 termination fee, plus taxes. In a phone conversation with their customer service rep, I was told there was never any "pro-rated" fee options that I had failed to notify them I was leaving their contract and there was no recourse other than to pay. I believe their inability to provide contracted services, inability to provide customer service in "real" time (not from a script), and inability to negotiate with long-standing customers are not only poor business practice but reason for others to be "forewarned" and advised not to sign up with this provider. Their current ads indicate they are have the "largest network" available. My experience would indicate otherwise.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2012

    For the past 3 months, my bill has gone from $160 to $180 now to $300. I'm tired of T-Mobile. They lie so much, they give us hidden fees. We have been with T-Mobile for 7 stressful years and I'm done! I'll file them on bankruptcy.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2012

    I am not happy that T-Mobile charged me a month when I moved to AT&T a few days into a billing cycle. I have been with them for six years and a great customer. Now, they would rather hassle me than appreciate that I was a good customer for a long time. What a waste. I feel ripped off.

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    Price

    Reviewed March 15, 2012

    I have a Garmin-Asus phone. The navigation works great, but the issue with the phone is the Android software. When I am using an app on the Android market, I get thrown off, which I can not fully get use of the phone. I have been given 6 replacements phones within a year’s time. The best thing they can do for me is tell me I am eligible for an early upgrade, which will cost me $184.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2012

    I have been with another phone company for the last ten years and due to job relocation and not receiving service in the new area, we change to T-Mobile Family plan for $99 unlimited minutes. The additional line added was for $5 each. We purchased new phone costing over $1500 and $175 for activation fees because the old phone was not compatible with T-Mobile network.

    Less than three months, they want to terminate our other phone line. I called them, and they said they can resolve this by changing plan to unlimited minutes and add date plan with it. Each phone line cost additional $25 for minutes, and $10 for data plan. That will be over $200 for T-Mobile Family Plan. They are promoting the unlimited minutes to get people to sign up. They are nothing but a scam.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2012

    I had purchased a T-Mobile plan for my daughter. She had recently passed away and I had no more use for her phone or service. So I went to T-Mobile Customer Service to pay the remainder of her bill (which I did). I was told by a kind person that the early termination can be waived by simply notifying Customer Care to supply them with the #, acct #, billing responsible party name and death certificate. I did all of the above and have been receiving calls from credit collectors from T-Mobile. I had not received any communication until I started receiving threatening calls from credit collectors. I will be very proactive in this policy lie as written in their Customer Support documentation online and let anybody on the net or any other means of communication about this company's treatment of a grieving family because we had no use for a phone.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 15, 2012

    We have been with T-Mobile for over four years (personally and professionally) as a family. When calling in to change our plan, they told us our contract was not up and we had to pay $200. Only to have been in the T-Mobile store the day before and the manager there is telling us it is fine to make the change. Two conflicting stories from the same company. I'm just trying to consume our money. We were going to stay with T-Mobile but on a different plan but after this horrid experience, I plan to never use them again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 14, 2012

    I have called T-Mobile three times asking them to fix their online payment system. Every time I try to refill minutes online with a credit card, I get a system error, thus preventing me from completing the process. And I get this error while trying to pay with separate cards. Each time I've called them and spoken to an employee, I've gotten a palliative "Oh, we'll talk to the tech guys about it" or "We'll get right on it." Well, obviously they haven't, otherwise, they would have fixed it by now. It's incredibly frustrating and annoying that I have to keep calling in order to refill my minutes. If I were a more paranoid person, one would think they were doing this to me on purpose to get me to switch to one of their monthly plans and to draw from my account automatically.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 14, 2012

    I recently found out that I am in a 2 year contract with T-Mobile. I never ever agreed to any contract. I have had T-Mobile for a long time and I made it a point not to get locked into a contract. I recently called about some questions I had and that's when I found out that I was locked into a contract. I have contacted T-Mobile and filed a complaint with them. I gave given them over 2 weeks to respond and they are just ignoring me.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed March 13, 2012

    T-Mobile has been charging me a $9.95 web use fee and my phone does not have web access. The charges have been taking place since October and they refuse to credit my account. The charges were inputted without my consent or my contract by their system.

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    Reviewed March 11, 2012

    Here’s a follow-up to my complaint about a month ago. Stephanie from T-Mobile Corporate Offices called me from 1-877-290-6323 ext. **. She began the conversation with wondering how she can resolve the issue after receiving my FCC complaint. She read some of the complaint I wrote to the FCC and I further stated to her the issues I had during my contract. I told her I was forced to switch to a new carrier because they sent countless replacement handsets that did not work properly. She tried to make excuses saying there was a six-month time interval from when replaced one of the phones, which has nothing to do with it. The Blackberry 8900 and 9700 were replaced several times because of software issues. I could barely use the data services I paid extra for each month ($35)! She said they will not offer any credit towards the termination fee and credit my account for some of my data payments being that the phone didn't work enough for me to use the data plan fully. She further stated she was going to submit a letter to the FCC saying that my issue is resolved/closed in a nasty way.

    Before hanging up, I made sure to tell her how rude her customer service was along with other customer service reps. T-Mobile didn't help me at all or offer anything for the inconvenience I had to endure. They got my money every month ($100) and that's all that matters to them. They don't care that they have customers that they send defective devices. They do not care that my money was wasted. They do not care that they got my money while my phone simultaneously shut off, had software reset messages on the screen, automatically deleted information and text messages, shut off while I was driving and using it for directions, and so on. More complaints will follow to the FTC, Consumer Affairs and the Better Business Bureau. I will not stop until my problem is resolved.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2012

    My family tried to do a good deed and took in a homeless friend of our daughter's: we fed her, gave her place to stay, and a cell phone. After she betrayed us and stole $500.00 from us, I immediately cancelled the cell service. T-Mobile charged us $200.00 to cancel the contract. My family has been with T-Mobile for about 12+ years and never had a late payment. I wrote to the top eight people at T-Mobile (members of the 1%) and asked for some credit. Instead, I got a pre-written dialog speech from a female member (of the 99% like me) about how T-Mobile gives no one a break if a contract is broken.

    Reminds me of The Devil and Daniel Webster, I sold my soul to T-Mobile. My contract is up March 20, 2013 and I'll be getting a new phone service. Can't wait, marked my calendar. Oh, did I tell you they also stopped supporting my home phone that is still on a contract. Do not use T-Mobile; there are other companies out there that don't commit you to diamond-based contacts that don't break, no matter what the circumstances.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2012

    I am very angry and dissatisfied with this service. I bought this phone and service for my mother and we have been having problems every since. The second week of November 2011, I called Dan **, and requested for him to suspend the second line to acct # **, phone # **. I discovered in January 2012, that this request was never honored. I had to walk in and take care of this matter and they told me it was done 1/25/2012. I am asking for credit for the time that there were no activities.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2012

    I had a family plan with 3 members. About 6 months ago, the account number dropped out to go solo and I contacted T-Mobile that the account would be taken over by me, which they assured us was no problem. The account holder told T-Mobile that I would continue paying for 2 phones, but month after months I was still being billed for the 3rd phone, which was allegedly cancelled. Every month T-Mobile would charge me about $47 extra for that cancelled line. Every time we called, the T-Mobile rep would assure us that there was an understanding and the matter would be corrected.

    I finally had it after about a year and opt to cancel the whole family plan. T-Mobile stated that it would be cancelled the following month for some made up terms or rule. This extra month that was supposed to be cancelled obviously got men an extra bill for $71 for the extra month which they added with the made up cancellation rule. My total cancellation fee would have been around $600 more or less. However, the T-Mobile rep said that since my name was not the account holder, they are encouraged not to cancel an account but to drop the line as if an accident. This drop call technique is constant; then your account is put as a cancellation risk. Then, you’re’ back in the beginning again. Nothing on file seems to be a common encouraged phrase.

    After about 20 minutes, the call is transferred 4-5 times and then you’re back in the beginning. After a final transfer to the cancellation department, the line was dropped. This will go on for months. So back to the $600 cancellation fee. For this or that, I have no problems with as I know the consequences. However, we were told via a phone rep at a local T-Mobile store that even if the original account holder transferred the account to me, I may take over the account that was supposed to go to the T-Mobile website and transfer the information to my name and physically and remove the original account name. But since I did not do this (because I though about professional service) as they stated, I have to pay $940 plus the $71 (for an account I did not have for this month as it was allegedly cancelled). And here is the best part, T-Mobile phone reps do only put a notice of name transfer to an account but cannot change the account. Only the account holder can do this.

    Most of my surcharges, to add irony to this falling empire, is that those months of calling and complaining to them to change and take care of the matter were actually been charged as it is not a toll free number depending what non NY state picks up your call. One time the T-Mobile rep with the Indian accent (my girlfriend is Bangoli, no offense intended) told the original account holder that this specific call was picked up and been monitored in India, which is affiliated with T-Mobile. He has no idea how to change the account to my name and drop a line. I summoned the original account holder and gave her the cash to pay the bill in one shot and get a receipt.

    This is the worst experience to have with an agency that supposed to be flexible based on your need and economy. T-Mobile has been hostile. Even now our house phone is ringing with T-Mobile reps wanting to talk to the original account holder to see if there was a mistake done and we want to come back. I am honest and mature and, therefore, decided to pay the total cost plus the added made up fees in order to move on. I lose, yes, because I chose T-Mobile, but never again. Now, I am showing another friend about the surcharges and extra made up fees in the bill and this friend is also going to cancel his T-Mobile 2-year contract. I was with them for over a year and they never took care of my needs via customer service. The only exciting thing about T-Mobile is the gamble on what state or overseas rep will pick up your call (this is the fun part). Their motto should be "Go on line and service yourself.” T-Mobile should be changed to "T-Morebills". I will never give T-Mobile the satisfaction of putting a capital "t" at front of mobile.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2012

    I just lost my $143.30 credit in minutes with T-Mobile. I had lots of circumstances stopping me from calling by the required date to add minutes to my phone. They will not let me sign up to have minutes added automatically, so no matter what happens to you, they have no mercy on you, even if you are a senior and have had their service for 8 years. My message is this; do not use T-Mobile for anything. Shop around. They have the most expensive minutes around, anyway. I wish I had never used them, whatsoever. Avoid T-Mobile. They would not want to please you.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed March 9, 2012

    I have a family plan with three lines on my T-Mobile wireless plan. I recently received an email from T-Mobile that starting April 5th 2012, they are going to change the limits of my data plan while I'm roaming. Right now, the limits are limited to overall data limits but the new term limits on my already limited data. I looked at the terms of contract that I already signed when I signed up for my wireless plan and I believe when they change any terms, I will be able to get out of the contract without paying any early termination fees. I called T-Mobile said that I don’t want to agree to new the terms and waive my contract and they refused to do so.

    Please help mediate as they are legally obligated to waive my contract if they change the terms. I don’t want to cancel my service but I would like them to waive the contract so if these new terms are really impacting me then I would like to have the option of canceling my service without paying the early termination fees. Early termination fee is up to $200 per line. So in my case, it would be up to $600 as I have three lines on my plan. I would be more than happy to provide the copy of the email that I received and also the original terms and conditions.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2012

    I've seen it in other complaints/disputes as well. T-Mobile is seemingly notorious for renewing contracts on your account illegitimately so that if you ever try to change providers, you get stuck with bogus termination charges. You can forget about their customer service working with you at that point. It’s extremely frustrating experience. In a nut shell, this is what happened to me after being a loyal customer for 10 years. I will certainly never give them my business in the future. That is for sure! Hopefully, this will help someone else avoid this same pit fall.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2012

    On February 22, 2012 I had contacted T-Mobile about my bill. They state it was going to be 2 days late. Well, the agent that I spoke to made notes on my account and said it was fine as long as I made the payment. So then the agent then looked at my current rate plan which was 750 minutes for both of the phones on the account which can out to a total of $59.99 a month. She then offered me 1,000 minutes for the same low price of $59.99 a month, which I, at that point, thought was a good idea.

    So I said okay to it, but the agent never specified that I would have to agree to a renewal of contract which was an additional 24 months, until she transferred me to an automated service which then stated that I would have to agree to 24 months on my contract. I hung up the call. I absolutely did not ever agree to anything. So the agent had the liberty in enrolling me without my consent.

    The consequences are that I’m abandoning T-Mobile, which now they are charging me $200.00 per line cancellation fee which comes to a total of $400.00. Honestly, I don't think that they should charge me for an error they committed. I really need this to be sorted out and I should be able to get my money back.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2012

    I spent a long time being sold on service that came with a free phone last week by two different representatives. After clarifying everything about three or four times, I finally decided to have them run my credit and place the order. Our phones never came, so I called to see what was going on. I found out someone messed up on my name and or address and caused a security alert on my account. After days of trying to fix this mess, I ended up being informed that the offer I was offered and sold does not exists. Needless to say, I was very upset at this point because T-Mobile was not willing to fix their mistakes. I ended-up calling Call 3 Problem Solvers. T-Mobile left a message asking for my order number, so I called back and left it. Four messages and three days later, still no return call from T-Mobile.

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