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Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014
I signed my family up for T-Mobile about a year ago. We were switching from Sprint and did not have phones. My wife wanted the Gold iPhone, but they were out of stock. Using their 30-day return policy (when ordering online), we got a grey iPhone, then exchanged it when the gold came in. Here begins the problem. I also brought my parents over, but when my Dad tried to add themselves to our account, the rep they spoke with created a new account, and moved us over instead. For the next three days I had to deal with phone and store reps to sort out the mess that included phone sims being deactivated, billing issues, etc. Finally everything was squared up and I thought the worst was behind us. However, after checking my credit this December, I found that a collection had been opened against me in November by T-Mobile. No one EVER contacted me, even though I was a current customer.
What happened is the EIP agreement for the grey iPhone was under my original account with my credit, and the exchanged iPhone that had to go on a new EIP (T-Mobile was unable to bring EIP plans over at the time), was on the new plan under my Dad's name. Forget that there shouldn't have been a new account in the first place. T-Mobile could have tried to contact me about the balance, or looked at their records that show the grey phone as returned.
When I contacted them about this they stated that I had to contact the collection agency, and there was nothing they could do because the account was closed. Despite the bad data speeds with Sprint, they never did this, and their customer service issues were generally negligible. I have had several other incidents of incompetence, or just lies from phone reps at T-Mobile. I'll be taking my business to FreedomPop, and encouraging everyone I know to NEVER use them.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014
Based on T-Mobile's coverage map, I should have a "Very Strong" 4G LTE signal at my home and throughout my neighborhood, yet I am lucky to reliably get 2/5 bars on my iPhone 5S. I had the same experience with several other Nokia cell phones. All this despite installing their loaner in home signal amplifier, nothing but equivocation, disclaimers and excuses..... Only alternative is to contact the State Attorney General for consumer affairs....
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014
I had been with T-Mobile for over 2 years. Contract ran out in July 2014. So, I was not under contract when I switched to another carrier. Before switching, I was told as long as I switched before the due date that I would not incur new charges for the new month as you pay ahead for the new month's service. I switched to another carrier before the due date & T-Mobile is trying to charge me for a whole new month's service even though I am now with a new provider. I & my husband both called T-Mobile's customer service numerous times & were given numerous excuses... that include:
2) Told we were being charged to port numbers (that are our numbers) to a new carrier --- new provider said there should be no such charge & that we should not owe T-Mobile anything at all;
3) That we terminated our agreement --- again, our contract was up in July, almost 6 months ago, so we should not owe them anything because contract is long expired.
We have tried numerous times to contact T-Mobile to no avail to resolve this issue. We should not have to pay them for services we are not receiving from them. This has to be illegal. I asked someone from our new provider what we should do outside calling T-Mobile's customer service & we were told to report T-Mobile to FCC, BBB, Consumer Affairs, etc. This is ridiculous & had I known we would be treated this way by T-Mobile, we never would have been their customers.... Guess this explains why they are losing so many customers to other carriers. Please help stop T-Mobile from robbing & taking advantage of customers... This is disgraceful conduct by their company & they need to be stopped!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
I bought a cell phone at T-Mobile and 5 months later the cell had problems. They told me that they're going to change my cell but I will be charged 5 dollars, 3 days later I received a call telling me that it will be 20, and now they charged me 50.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
I am currently going through a dispute with T-Mobile at the moment. I have been with T-Mobile for more than 7 years and will be closing my account now. I have had a family line for my husband, myself, and my oldest daughter. We've gone through many phones throughout the years with no problems. We've sent our phones back through USPS like always, but this time we are being charged $680 for a phone that got lost by USPS. We did our diligence and returned the phone, but we are being charged. I am through with T-Mobile. I would rather find another carrier or not have a cell phone and worry about these problems. I've been a customer for many years and have always sent back our phones with no problem, so why treat a long time customer so wrongly? What they are willing to do is allow payment arrangements. I refuse to stay with a company like this.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2014
T-Mobile could not provide service at my 96 year old father's retirement village. So I took my father to T-Mobile to get his phone released. My father owned the phone, we had written instructions from AT&T on what we needed. The TM rep read the instructions, gave us a 4 digit unlock code and told us we were good to go. Went to AT&T, bought a plan, then tried to unlock the phone. The code didn't work. Called TM customer service. Told me the TM account was closed (transferred to AT&T) so he couldn't help me. The TM agent said I should have gone to TM first, explained to him we did and the TM store agent screwed up. TM customer service said too bad, it was my problem now. 6 calls to TM customer service, 3 weeks later and phone is still not unlocked. Had to buy another phone. STAY AWAY FROM TM!!!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2014
T-Mobile is by far the worst company I've ever had contact with! I have now been forced to pay three monthly bills (w/ the threat of collection agency!). AFTER I notified them in person, by phone, and by e-mail to close my account... And I'm not even sure it's over yet? They can, and will, tell you anything! Be warned! They WILL burn you!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014
Last month got a bill of $222.16 due date 12/16. On 12/4 paid $87.26 which I put towards EIP (iPhone 6). So the bill came down to $134.90 which I owed and paid 135.16$ on the due date so technically I have paid the 222.16$. But not according to them. I still owed 222.16 and only paid 135.16 and so on my new bill they put the 87.26$ as balance I owe them plus this month's which adds to 304$. Their explanation is I put money towards the iPhone 6 not the bill so I still owe them the 87.26$. What they should have done is keep the bill as it was not change it to reflect that I owed 134.90 which according to them I should have paid the 222.16$ plus the 87.26$ on the due date. Now I have to pay them the 87.26$ extra and I want to know where it's going. They have no answers. All they care is I owe them. They are a bunch of robbers!!!!!
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014
In Sept 14, we went with t-mobile. We had 1 month old Galaxy 5 we had just purchased from ATT. They gave such a sweet in store deal in Oxon Hill, MD. They said we would get a 350.00 credit for each line. We transfer two lines. He also told to turn in our Galaxy 5 for the credit, we did, then the ETF. Then all of a sudden since we weren't under any contract with ATT, no ETF. The salesman in the store assured us that they would pay us for the device again up to $350. Per phone to date, no credit, no device payment, they have our new phones. We were also told to wait on the credit before payment so the bill got so high waiting. They cut the phones off...... ** Charles **
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2014
Well let's start by saying I have never had a problem with my T-Mobile service until now. I paid my monthly bill as usual and everything was great. Three days later I received a text message from T-Mobile saying I used up all my hotspot data 5/5g. I have never seen a text message like this before so I thought it was pretty odd. I thought I received this message by mistake since I was on twelve hour shifts the past few days and hadn't used my hotspot yet. So I decided to call T-Mobile and spoke to their rep and she said all they could see was that I had used up my five gigs.
I asked to speak with a manager. Soon I was in contact with a manager and she basically told me the same thing very unprofessional and transferred me to tech support. Tech support told me that something looked very odd because that's a lot of data for three days. I agreed and he also told me there was nothing he could do for me because they're not allowed to reimburse data. Great, so what now? He said he would put notes in the system but other than that I'm basically out until next billing cycle.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2014
I canceled my T-Mobile account when the contract expired in April of 2014. I had a Samsung T-249 (old phone) and it was paid off. Now all of a sudden I am Mr. Popular with them because I wanted to cancel my 17-year service. I told them I was done because was tired of dropped calls and also receiving txt from operator number only with a number demanding I pay my bill which was on auto-pay anyway. I called several times about this with no help and I patiently waited for the contract date to be up. On that morning I called again and got directed to a supervisor to a billing rep and then a billing supervisor.
By this time I was real upset and just told them again I wanted to cancel. Paid my bill due next day and the person I was talking to, said I could use the phone free next month and they would cancel at that time if there was no word from me. This way I could maybe change my mind because of loyal continuous service for 17 years. Why was I leaving - I told her and she said they could tell that operator not send me texts like that anymore. I said “Too late,” also dropped called and other bs from them I was tired of.
Now I didn’t check to see if my contract was actually canceled but should have as I always see payment show up on daily bank statement online. Didn’t see anything there next month and thought that was the end. 90 days later got a bill and a notice of sending to collections. Look I am 62 years old on permanent SSDI and a seizure disorder among other things I rely on auto pay to take the headache from me about paying bills. When I get a notice like that I get real upset. I called several times to talk to someone and couldn’t get past the initial recording to redirect and tried online but my login was no longer valid.
Now I am here because my credit score shows collection and I already paid the bill the day I wanted to cancel service in April 2014. This is not right and when you are in the right no one seems to care but when I wanted to leave I had all kinds of help. It is one of the main reasons for leaving. This is ruining my credit and my score is worse and I was paying off other things and getting my credit up. To give them a call back number, they claimed that they couldn't understand what I was saying.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2014
T-Mobile’s robbed me. Not only have they affected my credit they also billed extra charges that were not possibly my Daughter or mine's charges. T-Mobile automatically added them. My Daughter and I live in separate houses. How could we have both added the exact same service on the exact same day? This was the third time this had happened. Along with the fact that my billing amounts kept jumping all over the place. I want the detail of my bill to make sense. They did not, left the company. Tried to go back, due to them controlling my phone multiple problems. Went back for three days, with more problems than ever!
Bottom line: Having to sue them affected my credit. Not doing it cell phone company’s way. They are all ripping people off. Don't know that Verizon is doing that. However, what I do know and have learned is: T-Mobile, AT&T, and now Sprint who is my current cell phone provider has been SUED by the Federal Trade Commission. SPRINT IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE IN MY OPINION. This little guy is tied of being taking advantage of because of not understanding and just paying the bill! I am currently ready to file suit against T-MOBILE AND SPRINT. :)
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014
I have a T-Mobile family line and paying bill regularly, but I was shocked to see $500+ charges for international calls in my last month's bill. Despite all explanation and even talking to loyalty department of T-Mobile did not help in any ways to either take care of those charges or even a settlement on it. I have been a genuinely good customer, and hoped that T-Mobile will do something about the charges but they are arrogantly adamant about charges.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014
I signed up for T-Mobile wireless phone service in August 29th, 2014. I had the 'FAMILY NO-CONTRACT PLAN' for a $100.00 monthly charge for 4 lines - a promotional plan in 2014. When the first came, I noticed the additional charges ran the bill up to $35.00 extra dollars the first month. I paid the bill quietly and opted to change carriers on the 10th of October 2014.
I changed to a new carrier, called T-Mobile to cancel my 4 lines and made the switch. 2 months after the switch, T-Mobile sends me a bill for 2 months claiming that one of the 4 lines was no cancelled and remained active. I asked to check if the line was being used during the 2 months; they said no. I then asked what the problem was - they continued to repeat the line that the line was not removed and it does not matter whether it was being used or not, I was financially responsible for the bill. I told them I was not liable. Next thing, I received a call from collection company for the same claim. I calmly told them I was not owing T-Mobile. I am determined to follow up this false claim to the highest level I am allowed legally, I want to protect future consumers from such unfair and deceitful practices.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014
We started a family plan with t-mobile which included 3 lines, 2 tablets and a hot spot. We paid 550$ down on September 28 and was quoted a 180$ per month bill. We were told that we would get excellent service in our area. Lies, all lies. We get absolutely no service. Also when we received our bill it was 367$ so I called to figure out why and was told I have 9 lines on my account. I argued for what seemed like hours and several transfers, (many to electronic answering services) that lines were added to our account without permission and further more we only had 6 devices we used. I finally convinced them that we had only 6 lines and they knocked the bill down to 291$ which I paid on the phone right away. So I then receive the next bill which was 292$ and I paid that.
Today I called since I still haven't received my mastercard that they promised they'd send to pay off Verizon; just to check on that and they claim I owe 736$ by January 5. I called to find out wth they were talking about and I swear I got transferred every five minutes and was given the runaround for over an hour. I asked for a complete break down of my bill and payments I made and this ** talked in circles the whole time trying her hardest to confuse me while never able to give an exact answer! Still not resolved. They still say I owe for the 9 lines that were supposedly taken off because they were prorated. Lol what a joke. I'm waiting on my reimbursement card then telling them to shove it. Going to straight talk, at least I know what I'm getting with them.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014
I had not had nor made the time but yesterday hearing more and more of people complain about the same thing, I felt it my obligation to share my story. Upon finding out I was going to be laid off. My wife and I decided to make some adjustments. I had been with AT&T for over 12 years and had no problems. We were attracted by T-mobile years earlier because they provided a home service for $10 a month. My wife then ported her number to them to qualify for the home service, therefore allowing us to cancel our land line. A few years later we added our teenage daughter to a "family plan". Upon, the recent news about my company selling and laying 90% of their staff off. I shopped around and found that what I thought would be my least expensive option was to port my line to our family plan. Big mistake. The store experience was awful, not so much for the sales people but a rude manager. I was promised that the porting would be smooth and I would not be without service. Important for me since my daughter was going on a field trip and my wife was swamped with work. Come to find that my phone is disconnected for 48 hours, went back and forth to the store (46 mile round trip).
Upon not having service I asked to speak to the manager who was more interested in finding out who had sold me the phone than to solve my problem. I told him "I am not here to get someone in trouble. I just need a solution." He stood up and asked me to leave and call 611. I was shocked and instead of going with my proud macho instinct I walked out feeling not only humiliated, mistreated and ego bruised. I must say for the most part 611 technical is really good. My phone was working, I was on a family plan, we were saving a little money. All was good. I thought. In the hunt for a new job I had been working on my CV and contacted some talent hunting agencies and gave them my contact information which mainly was home and mobile (both on T-Mobile).
It really hit me one night in November 2013 when my wife had agreed that the ones closest would pick up our daughters from faith formation class that evening. I was running late and tried calling my wife a record of 35 times having it go straight to voice mail. I was livid, how can she let her phone die, didn't I get her a car charger and even a back up charging unit? How irresponsible, now I have to rush and get them. If I was angry, not sure there is a term for how my wife was when we both arrived at the church almost simultaneously. She thought I had let my battery die as well. It so happen that it was a network problem. Ok, this happen, and we both picked up our kids.
This network issue became more and more obvious, getting voice mail instead of calls and since they were on the media announcing they buy everyone out of their contract. I thought maybe they are saturated. Now December comes around. One morning we have a knock on the door, it’s one of my neighbors, “hey, I’ve been trying to call you since last night to tell you you left your garage open.” He goes "pay your bill", funny, just not when you are days from unemployment and no offers. With everything going on in my life I had not looked for work in 13 years I still didn't add it up.
We had a wedding overseas and played an important role so there was no way we could cancel. We were out of the country for 3 weeks, I was hopeful to have some interviews lined up on my home phone - nothing. I then have a friend tell me he tried calling for tee time with a guy that was opening a business in my area and wanted to introduce us but he could not get through. Now officially unemployed I call 611 to see what the deal is. Keep in mind that the mobile service is intermittent both on the voice and text, not to mention very slow data. I must have spent a good 6 hours on with 611 until finally an agent told me “Mr. ** , they are trying to discontinue this service.” I wish someone had told me that before having jump through hoops telling me my internet speed and computer this, that and the other.
I cancelled it after not having any home service for the first three months of 2014 and the first three months of me searching for a job. My wife had been having very similar issues not to mention that trying to call within the "family plan" was a lottery to get through. My mom has T-mobile, very close friends have T-mobile and they all say the same thing.
The last straw was on a business trip I had to drive around to get signal to report on the job site. This is when I decided enough is enough and switched our family and business to Verizon. So far so good, I always thought how many calls could I have missed with job offers? Come to think of it the only interviews I had were set up through emails. I must say that T-mobile's collections is working fine. They had sent a signal booster, that had not helped. Even after I sent it back in original box and pack as if it were new, I got a $500 bill for a device that one had already been returned and verified through tracking. T-Mobile is a service provider - shouldn't they refund the lack of service, what about the frustration of not being able to make important calls, or business calls or possibly opportunity calls. They are a horrible company. I then receive a card for .18 cents thanking me for my time with them.
I hope more people take the time to tell their story with this company. I just think that like the lady I mentioned at the beginning, single mom, two jobs, most people do not have the time to be bounced around a call center of untrained and probably overwhelmed agents.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2014
I complained to T-Mobile that I was over billed $80.00. As someone else said, all that customer service does is transfer you to another customer service rep. I asked for the supervisor and was told that there wasn't one. Anyway, I complained to Consumer Affairs and the T-Mobile 'supervisor' gave consumers some crazy story and T-Mobile refused to give me my $80.00 back. I gave up.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2014
They took over metro pcs and are basically and maliciously gutting the company by taking cell towers off line and still charging the same 40.00 monthly that metro was charging for unlimited talk text and data. Big difference now in coverage. I live in folsom ca and used to get 2-3 bars At my house with metro and now with the takeover I have 1/2 bar to no coverage in my house. I have to go outside to use my phone. Same with driving around. I drop calls all the time now. Never dropped a call with metro.
T mobile is just a rat for doing what they are doing (My opinion turning the company into junk and inviting us all over to switch). Govt should never have allowed it. Obviously T-mobile was losing market share to those who wanted metro service. Shame on you metro. I will be canceling my phone with metro but will not switch to you. I hope there are millions who do the same (On principle) and you end up taking a bath. You deserve nothing but the sledge hammer.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2014
If I could put zero stars I would. Stay away from this carrier. Three days ago I bought a pre-paid plan with an unlocked phone. I had no service that night. The next day I called T-Mobile from a landline and told them that I still had no service. The rep spent 20 minutes with and finally said, "I don't know what to tell you." The rep said it may be a bad SIM card. So, the next day (almost two days with intermittent service - and let me tell you less than 50 percent), I went back to the store where I purchased the plan. Well, of course I had service there and I was not going to get a new SIM card. The manager said, "You just had to give it time!” So, out the door, back to my place of employment, no service!!!
So, for almost three days, no service. I went last night back to the store asking for my money back. My answer, "No way! We don't give money back on a pre-paid plan.” I said and showed what my receipt quoted, "Devices in 14 days will get a refund." He said, "That is not a device." I said, "What is a SIM card?" "You are not getting your money back. And there is no one above me that you can talk to you." So, I didn't want to make any more of a scene. I left and called customer support. Bottom line - No! So, for 72 hours I had paid $69 with just about no service.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2014
Since I am a global traveler and at the suggestions of some of my colleagues, I wanted to look into switching from AT&T to T-Mobile as a phone carrier. I contacted T-Mobile and started to explore the options I have. Trouble for us started right from the beginning when the rep 'assured' us that we can switch our three iPhones (4S) over to T-Mobile in a very easy manner and that they will actually buy back the rest of the contract (which expires in three months, March of 2015). The Sales Rep also 'assured' us that the unlocking and the switching from one company to another will be the easiest process possible. In addition, I asked if any of their techs will be able to help us to replace some our iPhone batteries in the process, since they seem to have lived their cycle, to which I was AGAIN reassured that YES, there will be no problem with it. Once all "assurances" set in place, we started what it seemed a process of pre-qualification, where the rep started to ask me some questions to setup the information in the system. We decided I will purchase three SIM Cards from T-Mobile, they will send them over and then we'll start the process of the transfer, both for the accounts & numbers as well as the phones.
The Sales Rep also mentioned that if all purchases and arrangements will be cancelled within 30 days from the first conversation, there will be no charges, no penalties and I will have a full refund on the SIM Cards purchase. That's when the whole trouble started... Soon after, I went to talk to a store manager in my neighborhood about the transfer and to start the process. The guy was quite knowledgeable and he started to explain to me that AT&T actually does NOT permit unlocks and transfers until the full balance (including penalties) is paid in full, and only THEN it takes up to 72 hours after the payment is received and the unlock request is submitted to have the phones unlocked. He also explained to me that T-Mobile does NOT buy back remaining contracts UNLESS you are purchasing brand new phones from them (fact that the zealous Sales Rep "forgot" to mention). I then spoke with AT&T about the remaining contract and I was given a penalty for almost $300 to be freed of the contract (again, which will expire in only three months). Knowing all of the above I realized that it is not at all worth it trying to switch to T-Mobile right now and it's better to wait until spring to do the switch.
I immediately called the T-Mobile Customer Care and started the process of cancellation of the account and all arrangements, that within exactly 9 days from the start of the whole process. I was given the confirmation for the account cancellation and verified it all, with the mention that my full refund cannot be issued until the NEXT billing cycle will come around, which she mentioned that will be on December 5th after which I will see the full refund on my Credit Card I used to purchase the SIM cards. Soon after that we started to receive one monthly bill after another (three notifications total) claiming our outstanding monthly balance ($109.30) when we didn't even start a service with T-Mobile. I kept on calling back after each time we received a bill notification and talking to one Customer Care Representative (CCR) after another who PROMISED me that everything will be taken care of (Notice that was NO mention of the fact the fact that the issue has been resolved, but that WILL be resolved, which contradicted entirely with everything I've been promised prior). Last time I received a bill was on Dec. 11th, 6(six) days after supposedly my refund was processed.
I called again (for the fifth time) and connected with a CCR who apologized over and over, explaining to me that unfortunately they will have to issue a Check Refund actually and that she personally will make sure that this will be resolved. She also promised she will call back to my phone number directly within a week (by Thursday, Dec. 18th) to verify that I did get everything I needed and that the check arrived. To our total surprise, on Dec. 20th we received a NOTICE OF COLLECTION PLACEMENT notice, which as you can imagine left us completely stunned. I called immediately again and for the sixth time T-Mobile and asked to talk to a CCR Manager in the US (they use a regular Customer Service somewhere in Asia - again buyers beware!). He introduced himself as Kenneth, which took all my information and looked into the whole historical information. Only then he was able to verify with me that indeed as of now the balance is 0 and that he will put in a refund by check going forward (not that it's been done, but that he sent it in for approval!!!). He was finally able to give me some sort of confirmation number Form ID: **.
As of now, we have to contact the Collection Agency and report that based on the Form ID above our balance is supposed to be 0 (zero), the same time hoping that the entire matter has been resolved once and for all. This has been one of the most painful Customer Service issues we've ever encountered, and I can only promise T-Mobile that we'll NEVER sign up with their service. Not after all this Signed, One Very Disappointed Consumer.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2014
Someone was fraudulently using my social to open a line through them and they refused to give me the necessary info so I could fix it.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014
Please note travelers, if you are carrying a non American phone, there's a high chance it might not be compatible with the t-mobile network. I signed up to a prepaid plan and found out after I paid for everything that I'd only be getting 2G service, no refund or help from service staff, just a "sorry this happens often." So please roam on your old number first to see if the network appears as 2G or better. AT&T offers me 3G and much better service on the phone. T-mobile is not worth the trouble.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2014
For over 7 years I have had a T-mobile cell phone account, using it solely for calls. I have had NO problems either with reception or with billing...I actually bragged about T-Mobile, but now.......My plan doesn't include texting and I have no use for that aspect. Several years ago I called to make sure that ALL texting/messages were blocked to/from my phone. Beginning early this December, I received a text message from someone unknown, not the usual payment receipt text. I called t-m, was assured that all texts were now blocked since my first request didn't include "bubble texts"-short texts. WHAT??? a text message is a text message but not apparently to this TM employee. But with 30 minutes into trying to rectify this and then on to their tech section which assured me no texts could possibly ever get through and that there wasn't any virus or hacking on my phone...
Today, December 17th, I receive not one but TWO text messages with info: "Please call a number and tell us you aren't a fake; love your fb pic." So back to customer service and Devon who keep his cool..explained that now, more stuff is coming in. PLUS, I was to have integrated tablet, phone and computer...no way, now am I going to put my on-line banking records on THIS phone or trust them to T-Mobile. So..on to their REAL tech service---and I asked for a received a month's billing credit.
The point is: Their security, if this is a reflection of how tight it is, is absolutely nada---and that you folks with T-M should be very, very prudent what you put on your phone. Several comments below, especially that of someone whose home is being burglarized (the unknown has her gps, so if she is away from her home, they feel safe burglarizing it!!!) makes me very, very T-mobile shy. I am to be contacted by this new, improved tech department within 24-72 hours for absolute resolution. I may take my business and my peace of mind elsewhere.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014
Tmobile could not provide us with service in our area. We changed over to another carrier who did provide us service. The carrier cancelled our number with Tmobile. Unfortunately we are setup with monthly pay plan, and Tmobile keeps on charging us for numbers that they no longer own. I spent several hours on the phone with them with no results. It was extremely frustrating. Anyone who uses Tmobile, be aware of letting them take money out of your account automatically. They owe us for 3 months. Will never go back to that company again.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014
I Make order couple weeks ago and I pay part of the money they are requesting. For two phones. I don't get nothing yet I calling several times. T Mobile to do something about my order and they don't give a **...all I can say is T Mobile. We need respect.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014
We were told if we signed up for T-Mobile they would pay the early deactivation fees. We had less than 30 days out before AT&T contract was up but decided to switch after seeing commercials for this special. That was in August 2014. It is now Dec 2014 and the manager will not call us back. Our AT&T bill is in collection and they have never paid the early deactivation fees. That is terrible customer service and now we are stuck for two years with them.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
I had an account for years with T-Mobile despite their spotty service. I recently closed it to take advantage of a family plan on another carrier. Although T-Mobile frequently advertises about having NO contracts and claims that you can cancel at any time, it's really just another scam. What they don't tell you is that when you do cancel, they are going to charge you for a full month of service. I transferred my number on November 8 and today 12/16 they charged my bank account $95. When I called to inquire, they basically told me to read the fine print. Bye bye T-Mobile -- not going to miss your crappy service or bs claims.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
T-Mobile had been running an ad stating that they would pay off our disconnect fees if we switched to them and bought a new phone while trading in our old one. We went into the store and they ran everything on the computer showing us how much the disconnect fees would be and told us that they would take care of the disconnect fees right there at the store. The salesperson even showed us the information on the computer stating that once he submitted the application and it was approved that T-Mobile would assume the responsibility of the disconnect fee. We waited about 15 minutes or so and they finally accepted it. After spending 500 on 2 new phones and having another 400 broken down and billed to us monthly we were finally free from Verizon. 8 months later my mother receives a letter in the mail from a collections agency stating that we still owed Verizon for a disconnect fee. I called T-Mobile and the only thing they could tell me was that there was nothing that they could do because it has surpassed the 60-day period that we knew nothing about. I could go to the store and maybe get the bill taken care of by showing them the paperwork that states it would be taken care of.
As for the inconvenience of having this go against my credit there is nothing that they can do. I wouldn't even be as upset if my phone worked when I travel outside city limits, but as soon as I leave the city of Columbus I lose signal and it does nothing but search for a signal until I get back inside city limits. Every once in a while it will show 5 bars and still won't allow me to make a phone call or use my phone in anyway outside city limits. I am so very disappointed with T-Mobile and all of their false promises. I told them over the phone I had a simple problem and asked them if they were too simple of a company to fix it. I was told I'm being unprofessional. In my experience being professional means taking care of your customer when they have an issue. The only answer I received was there is nothing we can do. I asked to speak with a supervisor, the girl said ok and within 60 seconds she told me 3 times that her supervisor was going to tell me the same thing that she just did. So customer service is not important to this company in any way. Several months ago I called in complaining that I couldn't send or receive group texts they shipped my problem to Apple, who then sent me back to T-Mobile because the problem was on their end.
Once again they said it was an Apple issue and transferred me to Apple. So I took my phone into the Apple store and they showed me how it was on T-Mobile’s end. I then called T-Mobile back and they could not fix my problem. A week later I get a message on my phone about a service update, then my messages started working correctly. I have nothing good to say about T-Mobile.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014
We canceled our T-Mobile account when the contract expired. We had a cellspot repeater, so we requested a return kit and sent it back. We have UPS tracking showing it delivered. T-Mobile sent us a bill for the cellspot, claiming that we had not returned it, then issued a late statement threatening to send it to collections. I called and gave the tracking number to customer service who was able to look it up and verify the delivery, yet they would not credit my account. Customer service claimed that it was shipped to the wrong address, but we used their pre-printed shipping label to send the package, so if it went to the wrong address, the fault is purely theirs. They said that they would have to issue a search internally to find it and that it would take several days. I called back after several days and they said that the search would take 5 days.
On the 6th day, I called and they said that the search takes 9 to 15 days. I asked to speak to someone in charge, and customer service said that tracking has no extension in their phone directory. They then transferred me back to the queue to wait for another customer service agent who (it was the same one I spoke to earlier) now claimed not to be able to hear me - when I tried to give them a call back number, they claimed that they couldn't understand what I was saying. They will not credit my account even though I have the tracking showing that they received it, nor will they allow me to speak to anyone in authority. Does anyone have the contact number for someone in T-Mobile who actually has the authority to do anything?
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014
When I first signed up with T-Mobile approx 5 years ago, I took out a plan for 2 lines that consisted of sharing unlimited data for approx 20 dollars a month. Throughout the years there was always a consistent monthly price I paid for their service, excluding monthly payments of new phones that I would purchase. For the past year or so, my monthly bill averaged around 160 bucks. Considering I have just purchased 2 of the latest Samsung Galaxy phones through them, that was a fair price I thought. Yesterday, I checked my account and saw that T-Mobile charged me 40 bucks on my last bill, bringing my new monthly payment to now, 200 bucks a month. I called them up asking for an explanation why.
Apparently, I was on an old plan that they no longer offered and they decided to "grandfather" me into their new plan, where each line in my account got charged 20 bucks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't being "grandfathered" mean to slowly be introduced to something new in the hopes that it will gradually be taken on? How is 40 bucks EXTRA a month being freaking grandfathered in? To make matters worst, they did all of this B.S on my account without ANY notification to me... no written letters... no phone calls... no nothing. At this point of the conversation, I'm absolutely fed up and asked the phone rep to stop talking to me for a sec as an employee of T-Mobile but simply as a consumer that has just been notified without warning that there will be a dramatic increase per month of a charge in a service she is with. She responds back with her sincerest apologies and says to me that T-Mobile doesn't usually make changes to an account without notification first and issues a credit of 40 bucks back to me.
She also starts to explain that they have a new promotion on unlimited data plans where If I got it, I would only be paying 12 or so dollars a month extra. I asked her how long has the promotion been in effect and how long will it last, she tells me that the promotion has been in effect for months and that as of current, the promotion is not due to end anytime soon. That got me thinking... If the promotion has been on for months... Why the hell did they charge my account 40 bucks extra and not the promotional price where it would have costed me just 12 bucks a month extra? Were they really hoping that I wouldn't notice that dramatic increase since I'm on reoccurring payments? That idea alone, pissed me off so much, that I said to her, I don't want any of the stinking promotions being offered and to just take off unlimited data from my account. So now, here I am with two fairly new phones and no data plan aside from the 1g they give gratis, I will always have to try and remember to connect to WIFI. T-Mobile is going down the toilet, do not bother with this company. Once I am done paying off my phones, I will be gone for sure.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014
Their reconnection fees are outrageous and of course the salesman neglected to mention them! The service is non existent in tons of areas! Poor quality connections! Internet usage shoddy in most areas!! I thought I was going to be saving money and due to all the nickle and diming and fees, it's more expensive than Sprint with 1/3 the quality! As soon as I can afford new phones somewhere else...I'm gone! I tell everyone I can that T Mobile sucks and to not get them! For the past 6 months every time I ask about the poor service, they say the system is being updated and will take a month to God knows when to get it fixed! I hate them! Do not get T Mobile no matter what the salesman promises you. I was promised they would cover my early termination fees with Sprint...6 months later they still can't seem to find my records and there isn't a live person in that department to talk to. I regret ever switching. Don't make the same mistake I did!!!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014
Last month I call T-Mobile while at the T-Mobile store. (You must go inside store to be able to reach them by phone without going to new accounts.) After 45-50 minutes the lady assured me that everything had been paid, I owed nothing, and that I would never have to speak to the vindictive, mean, and discriminating employees at the 164th store. I then went to Walmart knowing I would be able to keep number and bought a new sim card. My son had his phone stolen 6 days after I bought it, and I paid insurance on it. I suspended the line once I figured out how to from my phone a couple days later. I went into the store to pay bill and again in person told them about stolen phone. The guy said it had to be enabled to disable or something. That guy added data to the suspended stolen phone line at $10.00 dollars a month. Maybe when Jorge sold me 4 sims though I only had 3 phones, he just possibly liked phone number **. I did not get that number. But they still claim the mine son’s phone that was stolen ** as unsuspended and getting text messages.
Track it. I paid for it with the insurance! I again spoke to many representatives today taking over an hour, I was transferred to the cancellation department at least three times and I finally hung up because I had a prior appointment that I nearly missed. I figure even though I am the adult that paid off the phone so I could cancel the line, not just suspend, and cancelled primary number on account, never used one sim and destroyed one at store. Said I never wanted to go in store again in my life, and also wanted my number to port to new carrier. What part of cancellation or new account elsewhere do they not understand? I believe there are enough people with terrible service and over billing because of long calls accomplishing absolutely nothing but thinking every thing was straightened out, even doing a survey and answering with much higher numbers than what actually should have given. YES I would like to see a class action suit but they have arbitration clause that I was not aware of so I don't know if legally I can do anything. I think employees that cannot reverse things on an account should never be able to add things either. Big problem. My number does not even get an associate into the system.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014
I closed my account on November 23 when my bill was just paid. I had an outstanding balance of 160.00 for my equipment (galaxy 4 phone). I expected to have a bill for the 160.00 but my bill is 353.50. My bill of 153.55 was paid on November 23rd. I spoke to rep who essentially said I pay a months bill for no service because I closed a non contract account. As a consumer this is like paying a fee for closing an account. They said it is in the terms and agreement that you pay one month service changes. I could not find any such agreement. This is unacceptable and should be looked at through the consumer protection bureau.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2014
I have had four different phones and every time I need to get another one I am told I will not be charged for this phone. My husband and I have been with T-mobile since 2005. We have been misinformed and hung up on and lied to, many times.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014
T-Mobile is the absolute worst mobile service carrier and domestic provider in the Northeast. Just think for a moment. A company willing to pay off your early termination fees, give huge discounts on today's newest devices, unlimited (throttled data), give away the bank for millions of new activations... instead of adding more towers, RF repeaters and adding better area frequencies coverage... is looking to do ONE THING. Get Higher Valuation based upon active customers, monthly and pre-paids/ MVNO's. Legere is not legit. He builds up companies to merge or be sold at higher valuations than reality. This company has the lowest profit margins and the worst coverage after 16 years in wireless! They are the worst mobile company, unless you live in the big city, near airport, business hub or medical facility. Try leaving the immediate suburbs or major populations... data, voice and text is terrible.
I don't see Verizon and AT&T giving away devices and paying ETF's... because they actually have service where T-Mobile does not! Good luck with that long term debt and giving away the bank trying to get a merger deal for Softbank. The only positive aspect about T-Mobile, is unlocking GSM phones (after your mandated term contract) & using AT&T MVNO SIM card.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014
I purchased a new HTC one m8 in August 2014. I have had several problems with the device and network. On 11/17/14 the problems with the device started getting worse and by the 19th, I was unable to make/Receive calls, texts were unable to send off and on. I called T-mobile when I was able to complete a call (I think it connected via wifi) calling has been in and out, mostly out. T-mobile sent me a replacement device (same HTC). I was told by the rep they were out of stock but would receive the device within 4 days. This was on 11/19, I received the new device on 12/5 and activated it on 12/6. I discovered I still had the same problems and contacted T-mobile via twitter @tmobilehelp, I have spent countless hours tweeting with them trying to get them to send a different device after they confirmed it was not a service related issue.
I told the rep I previously had an iphone4 I bought used on craigslist and used it for 3 years (problem free) and my daughter now uses it with no trouble and that I wanted them to send me an iphone 5s in an exchange for the htc. They said I can upgrade with the jump plan but would have to pay a down payment of $378 plus tax and make payments of $7.16 a month for 24 months. I said "no way." First I'm a single father of two and disabled veteran living on social security with a house and only have just over $200 a month to live on after bills and that's an extremely difficult thing to do. I paid for a new device and owe nothing on it and after two new devices, common sense tells me, get a different device. Now all of this time I've been basically disconnected from my children and the world. I must have communication with my children first for emergencies and so they know they can reach dad if they need me when they're at school or friends, wherever.
Demanding I pay for another phone that is less expensive after I've paid for one and it doesn't work, that's just criminal!!! What kind of senseless idiots are providing what they call help, are employed at T-mobile? I've asked, "what are you going to do about crediting my account for service I've paid for but have been unable to use?" They totally evaded the question. Not one response to it! I've noticed that everything I'm able to do on this phone is going through my home wifi. I've also asked, "what are you going to do if you send me another HTC and it doesn't work?" They have not responded to this question either. I have told them several times throughout my frustrated messaging to just send the dang phone if you're not going to give me a different device, I need something so I can be reached and to call out. They kept eventually coming back with, just to clarify blah blah blah. And I would get so mad because it had been 23 days now 24 and they just asked me for my shipping address in the last hour or two. They have shipped two devices here and do not have my address???
Last night I tweeted them and asked, "why hasn't t-mobile even tried to call me?" They replied "good question!" I've tried several times to call T-mobile and every time when I tap call, the phone just goes bleep, and nothing. Any normal human being would expect the company they purchase products and service from, to take care of them when their products and/or service are faulty.
I paid a lot of money for that phone and expect t-mobile to provide me with a quality working device and after all of the hours spent and days without the ability to call, the blood pressure spikes and the flat out incompetence and what appears to be intentional robbery for lack of a better description. How are they losing anything by making a customer satisfied? If they got $500, $600, $700 out of a device that probably cost them $30-$40, I don't know, but you know the markup is outrageous. Who would have ever thought $500-$900 would be an average cost for a danged phone anyway. I think T-mobile should be held responsible for ripping people off and any other carrier or company that does business like this. Is it going to break the T-mobile bank by providing a paying customer whom has already paid for a device and should have a good working device no matter what the price tag was. I don't think so. In fact, T-mobile and the rest would find out, if you take care of the people who make you successful, you will remain successful. But, if you don't care about those whom are your livelihood, wake up.
Sorry for the venting but the past 24 days have taken their toll on me. This could have been simple and painless and I wish it had been. Now T-mobile has turned me into someone who is not going to give up. They should either hire people with people skills or maybe it is just T-mobile making their employees be **, I don't know. Just send me a phone that works and I don't mean for a few months or a year, like I said, I had a used iphone 4 for 3 years and no trouble as it's been with my daughter for 3 months now and still no problems. That's why I want an iphone because I can depend on it.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014
T-Mobile is the ** telecommunication companies I've ever come across. I went to the store to add my line in to the family plan. The staff there charged me 20 dollars. And I've paid 20 dollars transfer fee. I've already paid for the November bill in the family plan. Now I received a call saying that I have overdue. It turns out that they still want me to pay for my previous plan. I've called the customer service and they just kept transferred me to other department. Their answer is that I am not in that family plan. “Are you serious? I've paid for 20 dollars to transfer and paid for that bills. Now you are telling me that I have not been successfully added?” Their customer service is like a nightmare for me. I have to repeat my name, password and my problem dozens of times. For many times, they can't identify what the problem is - just keep you waiting and transferring with very arrogant and bad attitude. If you are going to suspend the service, I would definitely transfer to other companies. There is no point of spending a hundred dollars on these ** bills.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2014
I switched over to T-Mobile from Sprint under the impression T-Mobile would pay for my cancellation fee like they advertised. I sent first request and it "wasn't received" by Sprint so I was sent to collections, which I've never have before. I had to pay it off myself. I submitted second request online and it was denied. T-Mobile sent an email requesting additional info and I didn't get it. Because I didn't respond to the email within 60 days they refuse to pay the fee. I even spoke to Michelle who is the supervisor in the "Early Termination Dept" and she wasn't helpful at all! I was on hold for over an hour and was transferred multiple times to people who didn't know what they were doing and would send me back to the main menu. I would've never gone to T-Mobile if I knew this was going to happen. I feel they should've paid for it no matter how much time has passed. I am EXTREMELY upset and will tell everybody I know not to use T-Mobile. It's very unfortunate that I have to stay with them till I can pay off my cell phone. T-Mobile is AWFUL!!!
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2014
Problems since I 1st started with them... Not the phone, or phone service, it's their customer service. Worse than Bank of America. Set me up with wrong plan, 2 months. 3 calls to fix. They are constantly texting you for reviews, but they don't really care. 2 1/2 years later I changed plans, still can't get one of my family phones unlocked... 1st request they did not complete, 2nd request I received an email indicating I have a bill, so they will not unlock & I will have to request again once it's paid. I have not received a bill, never paid late, & they shut off the online access. Honestly, what the heck are you paying for? Will never return to this carrier.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2014
1. There's no email approach on T-Mobile's website to file a complaint/suggestion; 2. There's not enough T-Mobile stores in Dormont/Pittsburgh area; and 3. I don't like the touch screen tablet billing process at the stores. I think it should be the customer's decision.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2014
If there's anyone out there that is having difficulties using their phone after you have purchased a note to Galaxy Note 2 or 3 and your phone is not working properly after a year, please band with me so that we may file a complaint against T Mobile and Samsung. They decreased the productivity in the phone after a year so that we may purchase another one. It is unfair to the consumers that we pay six or seven hundred dollars for a phone and after a year it no longer works properly. I purchased this phone brand new and was able to use it throughout the entire house or anywhere I go. Now I'm having issues with my phone and receiving phone calls text messages etc. They are wanting to troubleshoot the phone so send a signal to the phone. Well if they can send a signal to work to the phone, they can decrease the signal so that it may not work properly. Consumer please respond.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
I placed an order (# **) on November 4, 2014 and after waiting over a month for my phone, it has not arrived and T-Mobile has already charged me for the phones. I tried to call t-Mobile to resolve order and ended up on the phone for over 1.5 hours and got transferred over 7 times. The customer service was horrible, if an agent doesn't know what to do they just keep transferring you and I have to keep repeating my problem over and over again until someone can help me.
All I wanted was to know where my phone was and if it was lost, how do I get new phones. It wasn't a hard problem to solve but it took 1.5 hours and tons of time to get resolved, which is unacceptable. If t-mobile charged me for the phone, I expect to receive them. Afterwards, I was told that it would take a minimum of 8 days to receive my refund (after already taking over 5 weeks) and had to place a second order (and pay for a new set of phones). So currently I have paid for 4 phones and have zero in hand.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
Had service for 6 months with a flat rate plan, hence the word flat rate, but every month they overcharge me so I have to call in to fix it and they claim it's computer issues. Come on, every month and on a flat rate plan. Then customer service on the 611 dial don't know anything. 99 percent wrong info and very rude. And not to mention their cellular service and data service is very bad and their excuse is that they are upgrading their towers. I can keep going with the more of their bad service overall. Use at you own risk.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
I spoke to a nice salesperson on the phone. She sold me an expensive phone and a plan, and charged me $485. I got the phone four days later, and hated it. I contacted TMobile, and experienced their terrible customer service for three hours. I realized I was dealing with a company that would agree to anything, tell you anything, and after they have your money, you get NOTHING BUT GRIEF. I never activated the phone. I never turned the phone on. I returned everything the next day. Yep, I owned it less than a week, and returned it. TMobile will take your money out of your account within minutes of gaining your approval, but it will take months to get your money back. First, they will credit your account within 30 days, as required, but NOT ALL YOUR MONEY! Nope. They also have a "security deposit" tucked away in another account.
Oh, wait, did you want that security deposit back? Good luck trying to find a representative willing to do that for you. After many, many, phone calls, and hours on the phone, I finally found someone willing to do the job. She made phone calls to the people who had my deposit, and convinced them that I should be given a refund. "No problem. TMobile will simply wait 30 days, and the customer will get a paper bill. When the customer gets the bill, the customer must call back and ask for the deposit to be refunded. At that time, if no calls have been made on that phone, then we will refund the deposit AS A GIFT CARD." I don't want a damn gift card. I just want to undo the whole experience with TMobile and get my money so I can buy a phone and plan somewhere else.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2014
Mobile sent email for free WiFi app. Have been charged 10.00 per month for two months. Asked them to remove and have not.
Updated review: Dec. 13, 2014
T-Mobile already corrected the error on my service plan this morning. It looks good now. Thanks.
Original Review: Dec. 3, 2014
I have a grandfather old plan (Value Family Plan) from T-Mobile for many years. Recently, T-Mobile sent me a notification letter that they are no longer carry this old plan and will upgrade my plan to "Select Choice Family Unlimited TT 50" with no additional cost, no action require..." I called in on 11/17/14 to verify it and the Customer Service Rep. gave me the same answer as like in the letter indicated and it will effective end of November 2014.
As of 12/01/14, they have changed my plan and I get charge for $10.00 for additional line, instead of $5.00 that I currently pay. I called them over last few days to ask for correction the error. They told me that they can't fix the rate for my existing additional line back to $5.00 that I have before. That mean, I have to accept a new plan with additional cost for my additional line. I have been transferred to many call....then, one of Royalty Customer Care Representative told me that she will correct the error within 24 hrs but until now it's not been fix yet.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014
I am upset about a tablet order I placed about a week ago... so miscommunication happened with the order and I called today to get it straightened out after I went in store and found out we had a problem. The representative assured me that she would fix the problem and send me the tablet I ordered which is a Christmas present for one of my kids. When I never receive the email to finish the order I called back concerned. Upon talking to another representative to tell me that I couldn't do anything, that they were all sold out… and there was not a way she could have saved the situation either. So I was lied to and now my child will not receive that tablet... I'm highly upset that that lady talked to me for 30 min acting like she could help me when all along she was lying and she even said she talked to her supervisor. Needless to say I will no longer be associated with T-Mobile - very unprofessional how I was treated...
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
We had a couple of T-Mobile's "Pay-As-You-Go" Legacy accounts... no contract, no statements. A few days ago, we contracted with AT&T Wireless, and AT&T performed a routine deactivation/cancellation of our T-Mobile service so we could port our existing numbers to AT&T. We called T-Mobile's billing dept. the next day to check on our account credit balances ($100+), and were informed they would forfeit any credits due our cancellation. The only alternative we were offered was to assign the credit to another T-Mobile customer. This is common THIEVERY... It's our funds, not theirs! Apparently, T-Mobile thinks its customers are just captives, and subject to their internal rules. We signed no contract, and expected a full refund of our credit balances, just as we would have from any legitimate business. We've filed complaints with the California Public Utilities Commission and the FCC.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
I've been a T-Mobile customer for a couple of years now. Two months ago, I decided to upgrade from my old iPhone 4 to iPhone 6. Since then things were getting progressively worse and worse.. It took HOURS to do all the papers and make all the transfers. The representative at the store ordered a wrong phone and we had to redo most papers. He also put a $10 monthly service on my account that I did not ask for, which I later had to cancel and call in to get my money back. I had $70 left on my prepaid plan which T-Mobile refused to transfer to my monthly plan (should have read the signs and left right then...) So that money was essentially lost.
My old iPhone 4 was estimated at $202 and I was told I will have to mail it back when my new iPhone 6 arrives in mail. I was told the new phone will be there in 3 business days. 7 days later, I got an e-mail saying I will get my iPhone 6 in 5 WEEKS due to a backorder. Over a month later, I finally got the iPhone 6 and mailed my old phone back right away. After a few weeks passed, I noticed a $51 credit on my account for the old phone I mailed as a trade-in ($151 short of what I was promised). Upon a call to customer service, I was told that they received the old phone too late and my trade-in offer expired! I am so outraged!
They lured me in with a $202 trade-in promise, then made me wait indefinitely and finally refused me what was promised and made it look like my own fault! I spoke with the representative over the phone, then with their manager and all I was able to get was a compensation of $10.. What a joke! I am leaving T-Mobile, my husband will be leaving as soon as his prepaid balance runs out. I am going to tell all my friends about this experience and this review will be posted in every possible place on the web. I hope T-Mobile enjoys the $220 they stole from me. Very unwise and shortsighted.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
I went to T-Mobile for an upgrade from iPhone 5 to Galaxy S5 in July. I was told that I qualified for 0 money down. I was so excited that I did not look at the actual contract. I decided to trade in my iPhone 5 which gave me a 200.00 credit. I owed a balance of $160 on the iPhone and decided to use the credit to pay off the iPhone. The following two billing cycles I saw that I was being billed for both phones so I called in. I was told by the rep that it takes 3 billing cycles for the credit to show and what I have paid so far would also go toward bill. It is now November and I was still being billed for both phones. I called again and was told that they have not yet received my iPhone. I was so frustrated that I decided to go back to my contract. Lo and behold, I see a $120.00 down payment on the Galaxy S5!!! The rep at the store located on 96th street and Broadway in the city repeatedly told me it was no money down!!! If I knew there was a down payment of $120.00, don't you think I would have made it in order to pay off the iPhone 5? I don't know where to turn!!!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
T-Mobile couldn't just let me go as an unhappy customer, insisting I owed more money for substandard service. I am now left with the impression Amsher (Collection Agency) and T-Mobile are insisting the stated inflated-amount owed is correct, however according to my updated credit report- as a result of this inquiry- Amsher states the "original amount owed" is actually $183. That appears to further demonstrate my consternation with the overall billing validity and what is actually owed. Per T-mobile's detailed response, my first response is why was the amount of $658.21 only brought to my attention once in collections from Amsher? When I cancelled my account, I was left with the impression my balance was paid in full per my conversation with the T-Mobile call center.
To my surprise, I received another bill in the amount of- for the sake of simplicity- $183, leaving me confused as to what would it take to actually settle the account. Approximately a month later, Amsher contacted me in writing and stated that the account was in collections and the final balance was now approximately $335. I had moved onto a different carrier and simply wanted to close the account but did not know when I could resolve this balance to the satisfaction of T-Mobile.
Fortunately my inquiries and with the assistance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, T-Mobile has now provided a lengthy rationale as to why the balance has ballooned to over 300% of what was supposed to be the "final" bill. In an effort for expediency, I contacted them directly this morning and the position relayed to me was that the balance is unarguably owed and moreover, T-Mobile was not interested in trying to settle the balance short of $658.21 even though I offered to make a payment over the phone immediately.
T-Mobile's response is certainly compelling in detail however not without at least two essential omissions. The month of May 2014 is not accounted for in the $25 deductions for the inferred cost of the Experia Z1S phone, at least according to their provided dates of service and billing cycle. Secondly, the plan for which I paid for included- unequivocally- "4G" however my phone rarely reached those speeds within the areas claimed as covered by T-Mobile coverage map. This was and can be demonstrated by an application built by Okala, commonly referred to as "Speed test." Although the period of time I am referencing is in the past, I would encourage T-Mobile to provide any evidence the areas claimed as 4G reach speeds that the FCC insists this nomenclature implies.
At a minimum, taking just the two examples above into consideration undermines the reliability of T-Mobile's assertions in totality. If the case is to be made there is a categorical, quantitative balance, the oversight of mathematical facts intended for emphasis should withstand microscopic scrutiny. Furthermore, advertising a service that T-Mobile refers to as "4G" is a significant misnomer- of what I thought I was paying for- and which so happens to be the primary reason I closed my account; if anything I should be partially refunded.
T-Mobile is notoriously on the ropes in myriads of ways and these types of issues really appear to underscore the dysfunction that compounds their business model and state of affairs. I would offer to pay the $183 and simply move on; if that is not the case, I believe T-Mobile should be subject to the same laws as all of us are subject too. Moreover, I believe an investigation- comparing T-Mobile's claims regarding coverage and speeds and what customers are actually receiving and paying for- should be implemented. I can attest first-hand the shortcoming in product and service has taken place and in my sincere opinion, is a blatant and egregious mockery of Fair Trade.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
I signed up with T-Mobile with 3 lines. I received equipment on first line but there was a backorder on other phones. I decided to cancel and not wait for the other phones. I called, she stated to return the phone I have, she would cancel the other 2 orders and once they receive the return the account will be cancelled. I've now received 2 bills and a suspension notice for service that was never activated. So I began this horrible journey of calling T-Mobile. On my first 2 attempts they stated they had to transfer me and I was disconnected. On the second attempt the gentleman stated the account was never canceled and he had to transfer me. I protested stating I had been disconnected twice before. He stated if I want this cared for he would need to transfer.
I then waited over 7 mins to get another agent. She was extremely nice but it took another 3 people to ensure me they would cancel the service and refund the charges. This is the epitome of inefficiency and poor customer service. I was going to wait for my contract with Verizon to expire and then sign up for T-Mobile but you can forget it. Their executive team needs to read the book "The Effortless Experience". This was definitely not effortless. You can give all the rebates for change carriers you want but if you make it so difficult for customers to do business with you then you shouldn't be in business. As an executive in the Customer Care profession, I will use this example in every speech I give. I'd feel better if I thought the company would learn from these experiences. However, I have little confidence this will happen. A culture of continuous process improvement is what they should adopt. Shame on T-Mobile for placing their customer service employees in these situation and not empowering them to resolve it on the first contact.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I open account with T-mobile. They send a junk phone that would not work after a week. They charge $150, call it deductible, took a few days to returned their junk phone back. Now they say I have to pay $700. I think they are going to kill their customers this way.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
I've been experiencing many dropped calls of late in Honolulu as have my local T-mobile friends. I use a LG Flex with current os. Also, invariably when I receive a call while on another call, it disconnects the call I'm on. Yes, I've talked to T-mobile and to LG and each blame the other. What gives??
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014
I paid T-Mobile off at least 3 or 4 years ago. I recently checked my credit and it now shows that I still owe them 500 dollars after I have already paid them off. I do not understand it and they will NOT be getting a penny out of me. I sincerely hope that this company gets shut down for all the crap they are putting people through.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
I been paying a bill for two months for something, I don't have internet and between Walmart and your employees don't know what they are doing because they deleted all my pic and they are not replaceable and I'm very upset about it. I want my money back or take off my bill. Can't get anywhere on the phone.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2014
I recently upgraded to the Galaxy Note 4 through T Mobile. When I upgraded they told me when I used their jump program I would be able to get a $200 credit from my galaxy s4. Yet on my bill it still shows the original purchase price as amount due, I download movies on my s4 I was able to get up to 3 megabytes per second, on my note for which is more than one year newer, I can't get over 50 kilobytes per second. T Mobile says it's a Samsung problem however T Mobile sell Samsung products so it's basically my problem, to have to pay $131.24 a month, get terrible service, and other lack of customer support. Stay away from T Mobile, I don't know who they paid off to get a higher rating than sprint, but that is obviously a lie on T mobiles part.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2014
In September 2014 I contacted T-mobile to notify them that I am not receiving calls/texts and have no receptions in LA where I am living. I asked the representative to either compensate for not having services or I will transfer my lines to another company. He told me he will send me a transmitter for better services. I told him DON'T since I wanted to transfer my line. A week later, I received a box. I called T-mobile back and they said they will send me a return label. They never did. I called them again 2 weeks ago and found out my account is with the collection agency and I have to pay $340 to clear that. I told them this is wrong and I will not pay. They said they will report it and will ruin my credit. The collection agency told me T-Mobile will not take back the transmitter. I called T-Mobile and spoke to 3 different staff, explained over and over that a box was sent to my address without my authorization, and spent over 65 minutes but they all told me "I am sorry."
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2014
This outfit sucks. I am changing to at&t, no signal yet you can do all the games, social work etc. I WANT A phone reliable to do business, I am a contractor frustrated with T-Mobile.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
I was a t-mobile customer for 10 long years. The first 7 were fine. I ordered a smart phone 3 years ago and things went downhill from there. I could not get service on my phone. All of my friends using other services were using their phones just fine. After several calls and attempts to replace my phone, they offered me a cell booster. I told them I didn't want it and they insisted. They mailed it and said it was mine free of charge if it didn't work, keep it. When I received this bulky piece of equipment I called them and told them I didn't want it. Again, they said "keep it" and convinced me to get another phone which extended my contract. The next phone didn't get coverage either and I was forced to wait for my contract to end before I could move on to another service.
Finally, the contract was over and I switched service. I receive a bill from t-mobile for $300 for something I already paid for and had to call and dispute it. They cancelled that charge. Then, next thing I know I get a collections call for $401 for the cell booster. I threw the cell booster away because I had no use for it and I was told it was mine. I called them and they are sticking to it. They said I should have read the terms and conditions on the website. I was never told to go to the website. There is nothing I can do but pay the $401. So 3 years of no cell coverage and I now have a phone that isn't compatible with other services. Overall loss to me over $8000.00. Not to mention all the time I spent on the phone with them.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
We were T-Mobile customers for 10 years. Starting about a year ago, our service quickly went downhill - couldn't make calls, receive calls or calls were constantly dropped. I actually lost business over their lack of coverage due to calls I never received. After trying to give them a chance to resolve the issue, we finally just gave up and switched to another provider. We wrote them to ask how to return the phones THAT DIDN'T WORK! No response there. We didn't feel that we should have had to pay any of the remaining balance on our account due to the lack of service we had received, but they threatened to send us to collections. So, we agreed to pay the service bill but told them we wouldn't pay the remainder of the device charges because we wanted to return them.
We THOUGHT everything was resolved until we got another bill in September for the phone. I was so frustrated and ticked off I paid the phone off (or so I thought) with my credit card over the phone. The agent assured me we were good and would not have any more bills. BUT I just got another bill and when I called, am given a message that they've sent us to collections! We're supposed to take our issue up with them now, but they don't even give you the collection agency's name or contact info. What a bunch of crooks. How is it that we can give a business thousands of dollars and then have them ruin our credit because of their poor service!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
I paid all my bills due weeks before they're due. I left them because of their company is full of idiots. I ported over to Sprint. I get find out a few days later and after some research, my number was recycled and given to a T-Mobile customer. Now two people have the same number. I'm so glad I left T-Mobile. They constantly call me and not say anything. I call them back and they greet me with a "Thank you for calling T-Mobile Store." I told them to stop calling me and texting me because I am no longer their customer. It been 2 months and they still call me. EVERY ONE BEWARE. YOUR NUMBER WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO SOMEONE ELSE AFTER YOU PORT AWAY FROM T-MOBILE.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
We moved to T-Mobile in January of this year. From the beginning T-mobile has not been able to bill correctly. They have over a period of 7 months overcharged my account over $700.00. Like a idiot, never sat down and looked closely. Well just recently I did. It's pathetic. We have been charged for 2 phones we have never owned and equipment charges over double the cost of the phone. The contract price on the phones are $25 a month, I have equip charges of 60+, what the hell other equip could it be. Nothing. Then this month they suspend my service for non pay. After I have been on the phone over 5 hours so far, trying to explain their business to some non-English speaking person. Only to be transferred to customer service. I thought I was talking to customer service.
Then the transfer tells me they will call me back in 3 hours, and nothing. Then phones get suspended again, oh the first time I called they reconnected the phones. This has gone on for 3 weeks now. Do these people know what the hell they are doing. My question is, because I am not a big stock market investor, is T-Mobile on the market. If so let me tell you, they are one that I would not invest a penny in. Personally I do not see them surviving much longer. They can't, with that much stupidity running this corporation. It's a shame, the money being spent to watch these idiots only to run it in the ground. Clearly they have not a clue what they're doing.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I've been a loyal customer with T-mobile for about 12 years, when it was still VoiceStream. Anyhow, last year the day after black Friday I purchased the first Samsung Smart Watch. After 10 days I returned to the return center in Texas but never got my money back. During the time I spoke to numeral support personnel, one after another told me to wait 30 days after 30 days. In which I complied giving the great customer service I have always received. I had provided the shipping tracking number from UPS and the order number of the watch. Almost a year later, I still haven't gotten my money back. With each call I made, instead of getting my problem result, I'm was offer to upgrade my data, extra services, and more. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I had t-mobile as my cellular phones company for about 2 1/2 years. I change to metro pcs for the hot spot internet... I went to the store to purchase a phone card to pay my bill. I mistaking pick up the wrong card. I wanted a metro card ..so now I have a $50 t-mobile card that I cannot use. I try to get a refund from the store, they say no refunds. Please help me. Thank you.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
New T-mobile customers just be aware that you will be charged more than what is your projected, for me it was at least $10 more. I bought a T-mobile family plan $100 for 4 lines. What was calculated and know that there is going to be an additional taxes which would come to about $108-$109/month for the 4 lines correct? Wrong. They charge you $108-$109/month (4 lines) and on top of that there is some kind of additional taxes &charges for each line ($2.44*3, 2.62*1) adding about $9.76 for 4 lines. Instead of you paying $108-$109/month you would be paying $118.38/month (actual was $118.48/month). Next problem, the individual line taxes is based on which state, city your got the number and not based on which state you use the number. Because I called and asked about this information they reduced 10 cents. I was a happy T-mobile prepaid customer paying only less than $54 per month and additional 2 pay as you go lines. If you are a prepaid customer don't even think of moving to postpaid plan.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
Well my issues started on Oct 10th, 2014. I tried to view my account information from the t-mobile account info widget on my Samsung Note 3. I noticed then, there were unauthorized changes and charges to my account. That was the last time I was ever able to view my account, on my phone or online, it would give me "Error msgs", or tell me "the web page had been permanently moved". So I contacted t-mobile customer support. Told them I seen the unauthorized charges. They said that they corrected it, changed it back to my regular data plan of 91.99. I told them I wanted the matter investigated, so they said they would escalate to the fraud center. Yes my plan was back to normal, but my Note 3 sure wasn't!! I had problems getting online, and then noticed someone had made unauthorized purchases on my Google Wallet. They rented TV shows I had never heard of.
So I contacted Google wallet, they replaced the money and started an investigation through Google, but informed me that my device had been hacked (breached/compromised). They also informed me that if I had any debit/credit cards linked on my device, I needed to cancel them immediately, and get new ones, which I did. So I called T-Mobile back numerous times and all they would do is have me do basic troubleshooting which doesn't work if your smart phone has already been compromised... So after writing down dates, times, and representative ID numbers, each time I have called T-mobile, finally one representative dug a little deeper into my account, and found that my (IMEI) or serial number to my phone was being rerouted, as showing up as a non t-mobile phone. She asked me if I bought the phone from T-Mobile.. I told her I purchased the Note 3 in June at a T-Mobile store in Simpsonville, SC. WHICH I PAID FULL PURCHASE PRICE, and have the ORIGINAL PURCHASE RECEIPT.
She then had me provide my IMEI which was correct with the purchase information proving that I did buy my phone brand new from T-Mobile, so she said "Oh my Goodness, we are going to do a device exchange", and informed me that I would be receiving a "new replacement device." Well after 10 days, I received the "new" device and had the same problems. I contacted T-Mobile back, busy again, I could not access my account info on my "new" device. NOT 3 DAYS, after I received the replacement device, T-mobile said the serial number (IMEI) they had on file for the new device they had just sent, was correct but again it was being rerouted as someone else's phone... and they immediately deemed my replacement device "defective." After all those problems, I decided to take the phone to a Samsung Service Center, only to discover that they had sent me a refurbished AT&T device... Not a new T-Mobile Note 3, I paid full purchase price for, and still have the original purchase receipt. But the problems go on and on.
Being that my devices were compromised I have lost everything... When I use the WiFi at home it tells me "Error missing 911 address" and my WiFi address is showing up as in Chicago, I live in NC! I have lost all my social media accounts Facebook, Pinterest.... whoever breached my device changed all my passwords and will not let me access my recovery options... They have stolen all of MY intellectual property. They randomly take pictures from my phone and audio that I didn't take... I have had MULTIPLE BURGLARY ATTEMPTS AT HOME, since this has been going on. We had to change our debit/credit cards, and we are too scared to pay anything online anymore... I have done a lot of research and talked with many professionals, and everyone has told me that my phone was breached (hacked) by criminals that now have remote access to control my device, so basically a cyber criminal has remote access to my device, can change my WiFi 911 address, has stolen all of my intellectual property and I can't recover it.... I am a millennial, I am the age of people that invented social media, but yet I have no way to connect with anyone anymore.
MY biggest concern is my safety... Whoever is doing this has my exact GPS location at all times, and people are now trying to break in my home... And according to all the professionals I talked to, they said this is happening because T-Mobile and Samsung has vulnerabilities in the device and the network that has allowed this criminal to creep in and do this to me and my family.... I am in fear for my safety... and every time I call T-Mobile, they just send me a replacement refurbished device, that they claimed would be new... but yet none of the issues are being resolved. BASICALLY THEY SEE MY PHONE IS REROUTED AND NOT SHOWING UP AS MY PHONE SO THEY IMMEDIATELY WANT TO DO A DEVICE EXCHANGES....
I WANT SOMETHING DONE! I AM SICK OF LIVING IN FEAR BECAUSE T-MOBILE HAS VULNERABILITIES IN THEIR NETWORK THAT ALLOWS CRIMINALS TO TAKE OVER YOUR DEVICE, giving them your identity, your intellectual property, steal your credit/debit cards/change your WiFi 911 address, and have your exact GPS location at all times... Mobile sees that there is a big problem here but instead of fixing the problem they offer to send me a 2nd hand refurbished device each time... My fiance is a 100% service connected permanently disabled veteran, and we already have enough on our plate to deal with, now we have to worry and fear for our own safety in our own home. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP US!!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2014
Their customer service is awesome. They'll fix any unknown/errors in charges I receive and they're upgrading my old grandfather plan to be unlimited everything for every line I have w/o extra charges. :)
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
Five months ago I signed up with T-Mobile. Not a contract they said. After signing paperwork was told were really paying for the phones for 24 months and if you want to cancel you will still owe the remaining months. False advertising. Next our service is next to none. When speaking to a representative at T-Mobile I was told, "your area is not a good place for pick up at this time, sorry." Two months ago my granddaughter lost her phone on my T-Mobile account. Remembering the sales pitch quoted as "if you lose, damage or have any issues with a phone it will be replaced free." Called T-Mobile told, "no, the charge will be $175.00 to get a replacement phone." Now she has no phone. The worst customer service ever. Prior to T-Mobile my service was with Verizon, 17 years. Now I have 19 months to have no service with T-Mobile. Customer service is of no help. Any suggestions?
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
I recently went in to a local T-Mobile store to talk about my problems with signal strength on our phones at our home. I was told if I bought a T-Mobile booster my problems would be over. I have had the booster installed in our home now for two weeks, and have had little to no improvement in phone reception. Today, as I write, we are showing full strength at the booster receiver, but can at best only find one to two bars of service on our phones. Internet and tethering is just as frustrating for us, and I am at the end of my rope.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
On 11/14/2014, I notice my incoming calls on my t mobile service was not current. When I went on my phone and tapped on to (calls), I noticed under today for incoming calls, the date was 5 days past the date, was not current with the date of the day, which means I am getting late notification incoming call information (days late). This has been going on for months. When I brought this problem of concern to t mobile, the t mobile tech told me I had to reset my phone to correct this problem with (their) service. I was given instructions while on the phone what to do. I ask the t mobile tech, "Will my information be saved?" after I was told by the tech to tap on back-up. "Yes" the t mobile tech said, "your information will be saved after doing a reset." After doing so, no!!!! All my information was erased!!!!
After I followed the t mobile tech instructions, I spent 6 hours on the phone talking to different t mobile customer service, technical support and a supervisor. The supervisor told me it was (their fault) of my information being erased and all he could do is offer me a 5.00 credit toward my next bill. Then I asked for a complaint number to file a major complaint, I was told they DID not have a complaint number!!!! What kind of multi billion dollar company don't have a complaint number!!!! (This is nothing but bad business to be connected with!!!! I am switching my provider asap!!!!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
I had their service for years and decided to change provider. I don't like the idea of paying full price for a phone so I went to Verizon, plan came out to more data and just a 20 dollar difference. Problem was when I switched, T-Mobile will charge you for the full month if you cancel your account before your cycle ends. Big ripoff.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
Having to cancel bunch of services after having to move out of the country early this year. This is the only company that continues to hassle me with monthly bill statements for a remaining credits that they owed me. I phoned months ago asked them to cut me the check so I can be done with them. Nothing happened and still receiving statement from them to this date. Very annoying when dealing incompetent people. Many services that I had to deal with was nothing like this. Just needed a phone and was done.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
I am currently on the fifth hour on the telephone trying to get my T Mobile account established after many years of being a Verizon customer. I am 62 years old and my experience with T Mobile has, bar none, been the WORST customer experience I have ever had. The process they have to treat customers is so convoluted and complicated that no one representative can be responsive for the whole process such that you are passed from person to person, repeating your story and your account information over and over. I am seriously contemplating going back to Verizon because, honest to God, these T Mobile people are inept.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
I have three lines, none of which can download, view a video or use the internet. Speed test checks out slower than dialup anywhere from 17 kbps to 118 kbps, several trouble tickets closed with no notice and nothing solved. My area show it's an excellent 3G area, my phones show a 4G with 5 bars, what's wrong with this picture? I have spent several hours on the phone with reps. and tech support, none can help, all have different excuses. Not 1 of my trouble tickets has been resolved or have notified me of closing t mobile. For a large corp., seem to be looking out their belly button. They are the worst provider of cell phone service I've been with and now leaving. Good luck to who ever stays with t mobile.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
I have got the notice by postcard from T-mobile, saying that due to being a long term customer they will migrate my service to the current new service without additional fee. First I did not believe that T-mobile offers such a sweet deal so I called back to them and asked the representative whether it is just a joke multiple times. They all answered me Yes, it is true as a part of loyal customer appreciation and told me the specific date for the migration, Plus, they told me that if the migration did not happen that day, please call them back.
On that day, nothing happened in my plan, so I did called them back and explained to them clearly the whole story. This time, the customer representative transferred me to the customer loyalty department. After listening to my story again, she told me that she fully understand and told me specifically that she will change my service herself. The plan will change Today. She also confirmed that my bill will keep the same. However, hours later, I checked back to my account. I only found out that she just upgrade my plan. It means my bill will increase, it only took effect on the next billing cycle.
I am so upset about their lying in my face that I called back to confront with the associate in the customer loyalty program. This time, they said that we will cancel your upgrading. And tell what on earth you think that you won't enjoy more service without paying more money. Totally different story this time. With this experience, the customer loyalty program is just a department of liars to the customers. Don't waste your time and efforts to listen to whatever they told you. They changed their story whatever they like. I did not think there is single positive impact of this department added to the company, if this is just a single case for T-mobile. Otherwise I am really concern about the credibility of T-mobile, or if they ever had some.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I owned two T-mobile phones, both 3G and both worked. Both had to be replaced through insurance after paying $90 co-pay to insurance company. We did not get equivalent phones but got 4G phones that never worked. I am handicapped and my son was going off to college and he could not call me from his orientation to be picked up even though the motel was several blocks away. All other service carriers' phones worked and a friend loaned him his phone. Numerous calls were made holding the phone up in the air, outdoors, to a 5Fix line where I left multiple messages. I made a trip to a T-Mobile store to get 3G phones but could not get any. The last straw was no service during an impending hurricane and no one had come to the house as promised to install a signal booster.
I went to the T-Mobile store and paid what I thought was my final bill. I had had the right to equivalent phones and got phones that didn't work. I told the clerk to cancel, he asked why, I told him and that was to be it. Or so I thought.
Since 2012, T-Mobile had tried to collect various amounts of money from me, including $600 of early cancellation fees and unspecified charges including equipment, when I owned my phones. I filed a complaint with FCC and got back and forth letters from T-Mobile "executive response". A phone call from a female exec stated the early termination would be dropped, leaving a balance due of $700!
The response to why the signal booster was not installed was, after all , I would have to pay for it - I expected that and asked for it and it was not done, knowing I am also handicapped. The final executive letter, addressing the non-working phones was typical of today's non-customer service. I quote: "Just because we sell phones doesn't mean they will work."
A collection goon called again early yesterday morning - offering to make a settlement deal for $400 - which would remain on my credit report as a bad debt for years. He told me I would have to write a dispute and I told him to get it from T-Mobile, and the FCC and if he didn't what to do that, there is no requirement to make a written dispute. I had not gotten an itemized list of charges from the collectors.
I had this company since 2002 with NO late payments EVER! This is before they lost their excellent customer service forever. Whatever deal they have - forget it. I suggest getting a Tracphone on QVC for no more than $100 that you can pay over 6 months and get 1300 minutes and triple minutes for life on this smart phone variety (android) that does EVERYTHING. I have had the present phone since March and I have not had to reorder minutes (includes data) yet. $105 total outlay for NINE MONTHS of perfect service with a totally charming LG phone with everything. What would YOU DO?
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I found out that the 2 brand new phone and charged for full price was noted in my account as a pre-owned. When I complained to Tmobile rep. in regards with this saying that the phone is brand new. I asked that how come that when I viewed the record of this phones were noted as a pre-owned. (I also took a photo of the detailed on this 2 phone so it will serves me as a proof in the future). The rep. file an investigation and she said that the confirmation will sent thru email. I did not get any email confirmation so I called the next day to follow up for this issue, rep. telling me that the phone was new on the first time it was been sold to me, because after my complain they updated the my record as new on my online account. Nothing anymore show you can see the word preowned in my account. I asked how come the phone when it was first sold in my account showing that the phone was showing as a pre-owned. After complaining about this, they updated the phone purchased record as new.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
From 8:30pm on could not contact anyone by phone. All calls failed. This is not acceptable when it is your only phone to make emergency calls.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
I've lived in 3rd world countries where numerous calls are dropped in the middle of conversations or telephone calls can't for whatever reason even be made. This is T-Mobile! T-Mobile is a huge company which doesn't know its tail from its head. Very difficult to find anything or anyone who knows what they're doing. Actually one person says one thing & another T-Mobile employee says another. This company needs to move to Russia, The Sudan or perhaps Iran where they know how to deal with ineptitude of this magnitude. Billing is a joke. I was billed outlandish amounts for months until I complained, lol...
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
I have been a T-Mobile customer for 12 years. After moving 1 mile down the road in my current location, we began experiencing coverage and connectivity issues with our service after living there for over one year. We were also in the market for new phones, as ours were more than 4 years old. We contacted T-Mobile customer service to discuss the closest cell towers around us (ironically 1-2 miles down the road in either direction). However, one tower is still a 2G… really in this day and age T-Mobile has yet to upgrade their towers? The other one, a 4G tower, but we were not close enough to pick up that signal CONSISTENTLY. I do not live in a wooded area. In fact, I have an open yard and still couldn't get service. This resulted in dropped calls, no ability to contact any emergency assistance, etc as we couldn't get a signal to make any outbound calls.
As I discussed the recent changes in the cell phone service at my new location with the customer service rep, I also inquired about upgrading our phones. Thinking of course, better technology, better reception, a win for my family. The rep then told me, point blank: “I’m sorry, but new phones will not help your service issue. The only thing that will help is an upgrade to the towers and that is not going to happen in the foreseeable future.” Again, he apologized for my frustrations, but there was nothing that he could do to assist me.
Deflated, we began the search for a new provider. This was not something that we wanted to do, but we were left with no other choice. After 12 years… it’s not that I didn't like T-Mobile… your customer service has always been very helpful in assisting me with bill payments, phones, plans, etc. But the one time I really needed something, I was told that it wouldn't and couldn't happen. So, we switched our service to AT&T. For now, we have cell service that we need. Now, with that being said, we arrive at the root of the problem.
I was with T-Mobile for 12 days during my last billing cycle. 12 DAYS!!! AND FOR THAT, I GET A BILL FOR $119.53. REALLY? Why? Because it isn’t prorated. Why? Because I didn't ask YOU to port the numbers, the new carrier ported them. And per item #3 in the Terms and Conditions (which we all read as consumers, right?) It clearly states: "You can request us to port your number to another carrier, and Service for that number will be terminated when the porting is complete. If you port your number, you are responsible for all usage and Charges through the end of your current billing cycle."
So, I can view this two different ways. I did request that T-Mobile port my numbers be ported to another carrier, via that carrier and AS SUCH, my coverage should have been termed and prorated from that point. Why on earth would I ask T-Mobile to port my number when you wouldn’t even know who to contact at the new carrier? I mean really? And then you will terminate my account when the porting is complete? And how long would that take? As long as you wanted because you would then be in charge, not me… the one who pays the bill? No, I pay the bill. I make the changes. I make the request. PERIOD.
So I receive a bill for what you deem as my “final charges” for the last bill? And I'm expected to agree with the charges? No, actually, I do not agree. My account # **. Here is how I see my final bill: T-Mobile’s estimate of my Final bill = $119.34. Plan Coverage for 12 days = $80/30 days in billing cycle = $3 per day x12 days = $36. Taxes, Fees, lines charges and other charges = $39.53. Total FINAL BILL THAT I WILL PAY – no more = $75.53 (That’s a reduction of $44). Surely T-Mobile will not go bankrupt over $44.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
I started my service with T-Mobile on 9-13-14. On 10-5-14 T-Mobile sent a text message saying I'm about to lose service because my bill was past due. I told them it's not 30 days and I started service on the 13 of last month and the salesman told me it would be due on the 13 of each month. They told me my billing cycle starts on the 13th but my money is due now on the 7th. I told them I would take legal action, they adjusted at that time. It happened again. I'm paying for 30 days of service but only getting 24. They told me I had a difference of $6 due but I paid my bill in full. If T-Mobile do this to all their customers that's a lot of free unearned money. I paid for thirty days and them to honor it. They gave a ten-day grace period to pay added on the six dollars. I have the money but refuses to pay what I don't owe. I will seek legal action. There should be a class action suit because I can't be the only one they're cheating.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
I started an account. 2 days later I decided the service wasn't good and the data was slow. For this reason I returned the phones and expected to get a refund based on the sales rep that said I could get the refund if I was in any way not happy.
The manager in the store spoke with customer service and she told me I would receive the refund in 7 to 10 business days. She also said I would also get a bill for the 3 days of service that I had the phones. I never received either one. I then called customer service and they said it would then take even 5 more days. I waited 2 weeks and again never received it.
I called again yesterday and customer service then says that since I paid cash for the phones, then the store should return my money because the store made some kind of mistake.. At the store they called customer service and they want to tell me that the company wants to take off the amount due on the bill ($80) from the refund ($151). And now I have to wait even more because the store didn't return my money $151. I want my money $151 back and the bill separate. And why would I be charged $80 for 3 days of service anyway. That is an outrageous amount. Account # ** In store Sales rep #**.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Nothing like getting screwed. Don't believe that they will pay off your contract with your current provider... They try to check your credit with people you can't understand, after an hour and 4 non English speaking people later. Now with no credit check, they tell you that "we will do a no credit check account." This way they don't have to pay off your contract. They don't tell you this. They string you along, "Sorry we lost your bill. Can you bring another in?" "Oops lost that one. Can you bring another in?" Ok this time we will mail it in. By this time 14 day to return phone has passed. Customer service just sorry you to death. So I was lied to and screwed over for 4 phones I'm stuck with. Since I put out 960.00 on 4 phones, I really don't have money to go anywhere else.... Don't fall for this. Larry at T-Mobile is their boss who did this to me. I would like to talk to Larry; no one can tell me when he will be at work.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Nothing like getting screwed. Don't believe that they will payoff your contract with your current provider... They try to check your credit with people you can't understand, after an hour and 4 non-English speaking people later. Now with no credit check, they tell you that "we will do a no credit check account," this way they don't have to payoff your contract. They don't tell you this. They string you along, "Sorry we lost your bill, can you bring another in?" "Oops lost that one, can you bring another in?" "Ok this time we will mail it in." By this time 14-day to return phone has passed. Customer service just sorry you to death. So I was lied to and screwed over for 4 phones I'm stuck with. Since I put out 960.00 on 4 phones, I really don't have money to go anywhere else... Don't fall for this. Larry at T-Mobile is their boss who did this to me. I would like to talk to Larry; no one can tell me when he will be at work.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
I am extremely disappointed with T-Mobile. I order the 2 iPhone 6 on September 29,2014. The orders were supposedly good. A week after I placed the order I called because I only got one text. The customer service informed me that one order was cancel because I didn't do the auto sign which I did because I have the confirmation email. Then they told me I had to place another order which I did and did the auto sign with customer service on the phone. I called a week later because I didn't get the text and they told me I had no order placed. At this point the customer service said she would see what she could do for me. She looked into all these option and then just said sorry, that she would have to place a order again in which we did.
I called again because I was suppose to get the phone two week ago and all I was told was that I have to wait six to eight weeks. The lady then tells Alva. ** tells me I have to replace my order bc it was cancel. I was so upset that I asked for her supervisor because she was extremely sarcastic. A man called Joseph ** answer and made every excused on the book for his customer service. At the end like all of them, all he said was sorry.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Every time I try to log into my T-Mobile account, I get the error message that "Sorry we do not recognize that combination of username and password. Please try again. Or reset your password." I opened my T-Mobile account on June 14, 2013. I have had this login problem since the beginning of my account with T-Mobile. They are quick to ask you to pay your bill when it is due, but so very very slow to correct a simple problem. I spoke to LEO a Tech rep. a week ago today. He mentioned the problem as something many other T-Mobile customers are having now. I told LEO that I would not pay my bill until I heard back about the service tag dated 26 Sept 2014. I was told then that in a week I would hear back the results of the service tab. I also said I would not pay my T-Mobile bill until I heard back from them. As of 8pm 2014.11.05, I have not gotten a response from T-Mobile.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
In 2006, I went online to pay my monthly statement ($50.00) I agreed to auto pay, yet the next business day T-Mobile withdrew ($350.00) from my bank account. Immediately, I called to speak with a customer service representative who informed me that based on my current usage they CAN bill you in advance for "unused months" and that I agreed on this, because I signed up for auto pay. I dropped them altogether after disputing, and contacted my lawyer. However, my child signed up with T-Mobile in 2009. She had their service until Dec 2011, her second edition Razor cellular phone broke. She contacted them, the representative said because she was no longer on a contract (it expired the year before and was paying monthly) T-Mobile would upgrade her to a $65.00 a month plan. She canceled, her "monthly" billing and received confirmation from the representative. However, for the next year T-Mobile has sent their "in office" creditors hassling her, she doesn't owe the company a dime. Her phone broke, she canceled her "non contact" service and paid and received an confirmation. Following the harassment, she's spoken to 3 representatives, they've agreed, T-Mobile doesn't like losing their customers and do this frequently.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
First, and foremost, I commend all the customer service reps I've had to deal with over the years, all have been extremely professional and helpful as best they could be. Unfortunately, I have very little confidence in T-mobile the "company." Recently I had to have an Iphone replaced, no problem, paid the fee and received a new phone which did not work. Received another phone and was told the non-working phone did not have to be sent back. Received a bill today for over $600, why, because I am now being charged for the phone that was not sent back, and because it's over the 45 days time limited I have to pay the full amount for the phone. What is more upsetting is the rep insisted I received several alerts informing me the phone had not been received. When asked what number were the alerts sent to, the rep stated a number other than the "primary account number." Needless to say I flipped. Unless you can identify yourself as the primary account holder there is nothing a rep/manger will/can do for you. Yet, an issue as important as a phone not being returned the company does not/did not notify me, the primary account holder, and I am now expected to pay to the tune of $600.
2nd issue; I recently took advantage of the new T-mobile prepaid debit card. Not so much for myself but more for my grandson who resides in a different state. Wiring money can be costly and after reading the Terms and Conditions I was impressed with the services offered therefore, I ordered a card for myself and my grandson. Once again T-mobile the company is now showing it's lack of loyalty to it's customers. The Terms and Conditions specifically state the secondary cardholder cannot reload the card however, nowhere in the Terms and Conditions does it state the secondary cardholder cannot use the card to withdraw money via an ATM. When I called to address the issue I was told, the first time, they were updating the Terms and Conditions. The second time I called I was redirected to Black Hawk who is the card holding company. Needless to say Black Hawk, like T-mobile, simply stated there was nothing they could do, and the Terms and conditions would be updated. Bottom line, even when you read the fine print you are still subject to false and/or misleading information.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
My phone went black on me so since I'm a prepaid customer I was told that I have to mail it to T-Mobile and wait for about a week or so for the replacement phone. So finally received the phone today, it's a refurbished phone with no battery, charger or back cover which I sent in original box with the phone because no one at the store bothered to tell me not to send anything but the phone itself. I just got off the phone with customer service so they said they will do a research on where all of my accessories went then will notify me by email! You might think how stupid she is sending the whole thing but yeah that happens but that's why the people at the store should be trained to explain regular people what to do in this kind of situations. So basically I can't even sell the phone since I don't have an original box neither any of the necessary accessories. Brand new phone that I got 4 months ago cost me $780... Beyond upsetting situation. Don't even know what to do now.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
I bought an IPhone 5 from T-Mobile Store 3001 El Cajon Blvd, Ste 102 San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 521-1069. A week later I return the IPhone 5, and I have not get my money back yet. It has been over three months. I have contacted the store several times. I even took sometime off from work and I came to the store and still nothing happened. The end result, I still did not get my money. The store manager (**) told me that he notify the General Manager ** already. The bottom line, if I don't hear back regarding this issue within the next two days and make sure it is resolved, I am going to proceed with a Lawsuit and I am going to mention how bad is the service. Also, I am going to mention the above names in the Lawsuit. I will be suing for IPhone 5 price, days off from work ($60/Hour), negligence, other things.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014
I was a loyal T-Mobile customer for years. I recently moved to an area that has no T-Mobile service. I switched my service to a different carrier, and hoped T-Mobile would eventually have service here. I had 5 lines, and own all of my phones. I was month-to-month billing, no contracts. I tried to time the switching of the service to land at the end of a billing cycle. It did not work. For the 5 lines, the bottom line on my bills was $153.00 each month. It had been that amount for at least 6 months. I received my final bill dated 10/18/14, for roughly 1/2 of a month, and it was $163.91. That is MORE than any of my previous bills for an entire month of service. I spent hours with customer service trying to get an explanation, and have received none. I have spoken with supervisors Chris, and Cedric (neither of whom have a last name), and both of whom work at a undisclosed super-secret location (site 114).
Apparently, after several hours of calls over the last few weeks, they will NOT provide me with one of the past bills (Aug 19, to Sept 18, 2014). Additionally, when I asked to be taken off of their collection call list until my dispute has been resolved, I was told NO, and to just pay the bill (told no by their collections dept). The first supervisor I talked to last week said he would get copies of the bills to me. He also committed to calling me at a specific date and time to review the bills. He failed to honor either commitment. T-Mobile's customer service is HORRIBLE, as is their billing. DO NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES use T-Mobile's easy-pay. Be sure and review each and every bill for mistakes. Their billing is a total joke. As I stated above... How can a bill for a partial month be MORE than my bills for an entire month???
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
I was baited into switching to T Mobile from Verizon (not due to service problems) as it seemed like a good time. I needed a new phone and their "promo" led me to believe my monthly bill would be cheaper and the trade ins I gave would give me a discount. I had service problems immediately but could not leave my mother I was solely responsible for. I made several calls with nice customer service but nothing resolved. I explained I knew it was a coverage issue. In this process I realized I was charged (actually higher price for Samsung Galaxy4 and their Wifi that I was now responsible for) if I wanted to switch carriers. My bill was actually $10 higher than with Verizon. I received NO discount for three devices I gave them. My mom passed away in July. I went to the store I initially did business with only to have the manager be very rude and condescending. She basically repeated same thing and said my coverage on map showed excellent service! It didn't and doesn't!! I have dropped calls repeatedly, I'm not able to make or receive phone calls, and can't send texts! This happens in various places and at different times. Mostly! I can't rely on phone service from home where I need it most! I'm not out in the middle of nowhere.
My last conversation (I've had so many I've lost count) with a "retention specialist" a couple weeks ago ended by her ordering a signal booster and promising a phone call I never received. She also took my credit card information for the $25. My response today was there is no record of an order for the booster! I have tried to be patient and resolve this but it is not fair or ethical business practice to do this to customers who work hard for their money and pay their bills only to not get the service or satisfactory customer service! I will never again do business with TMobile and dread trying to end my services through them! Stress I don't need at a particularly hard time for me!
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
I called T-mobile to inquire about setting up a hot spot on my phone. I was given the billing info for adding more data to my unlimited data plan. I asked about an outside device that I could use and get billed as I used the data, since I probably wouldn't use $120/yr worth of data. I was told they have a broadband device that is usually $10/month, but there is an in-store special this month and the broadband is free for year. I just need to go to a store for the deal. I went out of my way to get to the store. Once there, they knew nothing about the special. We called the service line and was told the service person I spoke to gave me the wrong information. Isn't this like bait and switch? They should have at least honored the deal quoted, but all I got was an apology. T-mobile is sounding a lot like Verizon. I am very disappointed in how they lied, then just blew me off with an apology.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2014
T mobile added a second line, and additional charges on that line, for a SIM that I never requested, authorized or even received! I have a $50/mo plan, but somehow my second bill is $250.. After one month of service with T-Mobile I'm switching providers. Previously used Verizon for 8 yrs; so going back to them or AT&T. Their customer service is sure to play the put you on hold and transfer you until you hang up game. I wish they could be rated zero stars, they're really that bad.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
I had a Family Plan, 4 phones. Over the last two years I've had endless problems with billing and spent dozens of hours "fixing" their errors. Once my contract was up I cancelled service September 9, 2014. But I was billed for two more months! "We can't cancel until the billing date October 9". BUT they don't tell me that until end of October. Meanwhile I've given everyone another carrier and no calls are made on T-Mobile from Sept. 9.. On top of that I'm billed all of October! What was a $85.64 for Sept. 9 ended up a $345.00 bill.
After three hours of calling, being cut off on 'transfer' efforts by them... I finally said "Send it to collections, I refuse to pay that!" Some of my other issues include phone turned off twice when I'm 1 day late = $80.00 Fee. One time I needed it for a 911 call! After close to an hour to Billing, they removed the fees and they acted like they were doing me a favor. Another issue - They sent a payment through 3 days before I authorized it. Costing me overdraft charges for three days, hours on the phone to T-Mobile and their insufficient fund penalty on 4 phones. T-Mobile is CRAP. I'm with the other carrier at half the price with simple customer service, prompt, efficient. Plus I didn't use a lost phone for 18 months but had to pay for it despite it being stolen and no longer in use! Otherwise $250 charge! I think T-Mobile just got too big.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
BUYER BEWARE! I purchased a phone online from Washington. My son was in Wisconsin. He got his phone and 2 months service and I came to see him. The phone sucks, period. It never makes a call, and it's a Nokia with Windows, a nicer phone. Every call, or every text, says "no service" but you shut it off and restart it and it works. For one time. One call or ONE TEXT. That's it. After one month, it shut down. It never worked right in the FIRST place. But after two weeks of Walmart visits with proof I'd paid for my service and phone, I finally got a "free month". But that was from Walmart, not T-Mobile, the ones who were paid for a month without giving it to us.
I called and spent an easy month on the phone with these ** and all they want to do for me after two months and a hell of a lot of crap to deal with, is a "restart to factory condition" and "give me one free week". Sorry, no go. My time is worth more than that, and this service SUCKS! Domingo **, Ed **, Mary **, Apple **, Victoria **, Domingo **, Jean ** and JC **… Those are the people who should lose their job today. For hanging up on me, for being non professional, and for giving me crap when I was doing THEIR job for THEM. I got nothing, and the service sucks. I told them "you are being recorded" so they hung up on me. T-Mobile will record YOU but if you say you are recording THEM, they hang up. Constitutional? No. They don't want to be sued and they are an awful demonic company with no values and no service. BUYER BEWARE!
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
I pay $10/month for JUMP, which allows me to JUMP up to any new phone every 6 months and buy back my old phone. 7 months into program, I chose to UPGRADE to IPhone 6 online. Sent me iPhone and saw 2 monthly charges for my S4 and IPhone! They told me I didn't do JUMP, just upgrade, even though I didn't add the S4 to another line. Can I send my S4 in for the JUMP? Nope, I'm told to send new iPhone back, wait till get credit and reorder. Go to brand new T-Mobile store, they have no iPhones, so told me might as well order online. After receiving notice they received 1st iPhone back, I went on line and made SURE that this time I chose to JUMP. RECEIVED IPHONE BUT NO RETURN LABEL FOR S4? They told me I didn't select JUMP again!
Must return IPhone again, wait and then go into store to do a JUMP. It's ridiculous how hard they make it to JUMP. I have filed an FCC complaint. Also the covered is terrible, can't use in my house without them sending me a CelFi extender. The so called 4g is very slow, IF you can get coverage! (Medford, Oregon). Every time I call support or FB support, they are very helpful, but most cases don't know what they're doing. Growth Pains. I still am trying to support T-Mobile as long as I can, because of their new policies that are causing the BIG 3 cell companies to get their heads out of their **. They have been matching T-Mobile's plans and lowering their prices. T-Mobile says they are installing more towers for better coverage, we'll see!
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
We moved from AT&T to T-Mobile 4 months ago. We kept losing calls and had problem after problem with 2 out of the 3 phones. I tried to cancel our account while I was traveling when I had no service 6 days after signing up. The manager refused to take my phone back. I still had 8 days to cancel the service. Long story short, after 30 some phone calls, I'm not making this up, they finally agreed to take the phones back. I shipped them back to T-Mobile using a prepaid label. I put all 3 phones in the same box. I found out last week that one of the phones was not in the box, and now T-Mobile wants over 700.00. The UPS store that I sent them from had cameras. I showed myself putting them in the box and the box was taped very well. I am now in the process of fighting to get them to release us from this bill. The store we went to also opened a fraudulent account using my SS number.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
T-Mobile is charging TAXES twice for the 4 Line plan of $100. This 4 line plan makes up four lines of $25 each, and again charging TAXES on each individual line. Moreover, the tax rate is different and inconsistent with state, local and federal laws.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
I was a customer with T-Mobile for over a decade. I started with them back when they were VoiceStream. I completed a contract period with them and transferred 3 of 4 lines to another carrier in Sept of 2012 because I wanted to get iPhones and T-Mobile wasn't offering them at that time. I told them to cancel the 4th line. About 2 months later I get a bill and call to find out what's up. I learn that they left that line active, which had been an add-on $10/mo line and was then rotated up as a primary line at $100/mo. I explained that we had moved 3 lines and killed the fourth line and the rep said they understood and would get it fixed.
Meanwhile, I keep getting bills with late fees added on. I lost track of how many minutes/hours I spent calling their customer service department and billing department over the next few weeks. I spoke to "supervisors" and "managers' who assured me that it was their error and the fees would be reversed. One person even looked up the killed phone line and verified that there had been no incoming or outgoing calls from that number after the transfer/kill date. Next I start getting calls from a collection agency that they turned me over to. I make another attempt to get T-Mobile to get this resolved once and for all. I am told that once it goes to collections, there is little they can do but he will get it fixed. The calls from the collection agency stopped, but they still had me on their list of deadbeats. I left it lay until April of 2014 when I called to order a phone record I needed for a court date. I was told that I would have the record in ten business days (it still has never shown). At the end of that call the agent asked if there was anything else they could do so I told them the history. I was assured that they would do everything necessary to remedy my problem.
Today (10.29.14) I called to inform them that my 2 year contract has expired with another carrier. I tell them that I see how aggressively T-Mobile is trying to get new customers and buying out contracts from the competitors. I revisit my case, now they don't have any of the notes past last April when the last guy tried to rectify this situation. Today I am told that once it goes to collections, there is noting more they can do....Nada....Zilch....Zip! I am DONE with these imbeciles!!!! How does a company spend all that money to try to lure new customers and they cannot fix a silly little billing error for a loyal customer of 12 years?!!!!! Lunacy at the highest, maybe they were trained by Federal Government Agencies? Save yourself a ton of aggravation and KEEP CLEAR OF t-mobile!!!!
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014
When you transfer your service from AT&T to T-mobile, be sure to prepare to pay your early termination to AT&T or any other carrier. Because after you receive your last bill from AT&T or any other carrier, you have to submit your request online by attaching your final bill to T-mobile, and it will take 8 weeks to get that processed. I'm paying $800 to AT&T for etf, which I will get reimbursed in stupid prepaid card which is worthless. So make sure before you transfer the service ask them.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
I was with Sprint for a few years. I was dropping call left and right, my internet was slow. All in all, a bad experience. Sprint reached out to us with a business plan, $20 a line. Aside from being half the price, I don't drop calls anymore and the internet actually works...
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
Called customer service at T-Mobile today to initiate a new cell account. After many questions AND a credit check the person told me on the phone that I had to pay at $50 charge -- Because I have nearly perfect credit (808) which is better than 99% of all others, I inquired why. Person could not tell me and also wanted to charge me $10 for a SIM card!!! I signed up with Ting Wireless online -- no credit checks -- no person that does not know what they are doing -- no extra charges. Bottom line, I'll be paying about half of what T-Mobile wants for a starter account.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
I left AT&T after 10 years - went to T-Mobile. What a large mistake! The internet service, the phone service are a farce. They told me I used 3 gigs in data in 3 days. When an identical phone doing the exact same thing never came close to that amount. They charge me $549 for a new phone and it is defective and they send me a refurbished phone and expect me to pay full price. I traded in a S4 that was new. They gave me $100 then charge me $549. When it’s deemed bad they give me used and expect full price. Not in my lifetime. When they give me a new phone I will pay them cash for the remainder of what I owe and close the account. They said they would give me the unlock code at that time. I will do it in the store and make it like a hostage trade because that is what they are doing to people.
I have been in the store talking to a customer while I was in an hour long line. I told her the problems I was having and the clerk who was waiting on her told me he would ask me to leave if I said anything else about the company. He then called me a liar. Well I didn't take that lightly. I told him to try and have me removed. My next step is to picket the store and let all the people know the horrible service they will get if they change to T-Mobile. Also they offer to pay your ETF off - well that’s not true completely since they send you a credit card with a ton of stipulations on how you can't send your money they just sent you. What a racket. I don't have a lot of time to picket but I know I am not the only one. If I can get the public disenchanted and they lose customers to the tune of tens of thousands then I guess I can have my pay back. I even wrote a letter to their corporate office to try and resolve things. Guess what? They never had the courtesy to write or call me back. Ladies and Gentleman, this is truly a company that doesn't care about you.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I have not had any service on my T-mobile phone since October 19, 2014. I called tech support and everyone had a different opinion as to what was wrong with it and all seem to think it may be the phone. After the last technician had me wipe out everything on my system, they offered to send me a new SIM. This is a phone that was working perfectly and I can connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi, but can't make Wi-Fi calls anymore. The new SIM will have to be paid for since I do not have access to a local T-mobile store, where I would get it for free. I did some research online and found that this same problem is happening across the country from Washington state to Florida.
T-mobile has been denying a network problem for more than a week. Today I saw several comments on a network status monitor where they admitted to several customers that there is a problem and hope to have it fixed in 48 - 72 hours. I saw that some of them have been without service for more than a month. T-mobile is also having problems with their billing system as well as paying for services online. What is going to happen to the people who cannot get out of their contracts or owe money for their phones? T-mobile is still advertising the good service that they provide along with some new phones. STOP them, until the issues are fixed. How can the FCC allow this to go on?
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
May 2014 we decided to switch to T-mobile (worst Mistake ever!). A few months later we bought a home and moved. Since August we have been without service in and near our home. They have sent two travel tickets to see what the signal strength was and the technicians came back with saying that there was not sufficient signal coverage but that in a few months we should have better coverage. I told the agents (called on 2 separate occasions) that it was unethical to be charging for a service that is not being rendered. I was told I could buy a signal booster by the agent. I refused to pay any additional fees just to get basic signal.
He offered to waive the $25 fee and just charge me the shipping charges. I refused to pay a dime. So he said that he could credit my account $5 each month for 3 months to compensate for the shipping charges. I felt like I was being forced to stay with them and settle for less than acceptable signal coverage for the price of $200+ a month. I asked if I could return their phones and just cancel the service all together and he said NO unless I pay off the phones ($1500).
My civil rights have never been this challenged. I moved to T-mobile because it felt liberating not being in a contract. Nevertheless this is just as bad because you still have a contract and someone is still telling you what you can and cannot do with your money. To top it all off you have to speak to a 19 yrs old, script reading youngster that hasn't been trained to think outside the box and give you genuine solutions or answers to your concerns. VERIZON PLEASE TAKE US BACK.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2014
I'm paying T-MOBILE for service and we are not getting that from them. It's not a Tower in my area and we can't get a connection to the phones - but T-MOBILE is getting paid for something that they are not giving to the customers. T-MOBILE is Lying and I feel like they are Defrauding the people and on the backs of poor people. Today I found out that T-MOBILE was taking money for insurance for 10 months until the today. But they said that they gave me $16. I wanted to know who gave me & my daughter the insurance and not my wife phone - that I would never do. All 3 phone would have had it. I ask to hear the Recorded conversation back then. Please help me out. Thank you.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I'm very disappointed with t-mobile service every end of the months because first week wifi is okay, then almost does not working **. One day I wanted to pay my monthly phone payment but (my friend gave me that number just a week ago) I dismembered my number. I just gave to server, check my number, he checked. I paid $53.50 and l just left. Day after, my network did not work. I just shocked. I paid yesterday, why... I thought it should be working. I went to that branch in Arlington, Virginia. I met that server and I told my network does not work. He was paid my money, wrong number... OMG. He called customer service. It takes a long time. During the two day, my network does not work. Also I lost my job. He was very goose guy. I hate him.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I returned via ups 4 months ago to T-Mobile and I just got a bill for $750.00 and T-Mobile said they never got the phone, I called them and the rep said it was found in the warehouse but never logged in but now T-Mobile said I still owe the money as the time limit is passed. I sent back the defect at the local UPS/FedEx store and I should not be owing T-Mobile anything. I put the old phone in the box T-Mobile provided along with their labels and dropped it off so where it went from there is not my problem.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I've been with T-mobile for more than 10 yrs, it was great until just last yr In December 2013. Got The Galaxy s4 - started with no Internet, and then the calls keep dropping. I've even called emergency number and my called drop. I think this is BS, called T-Mobile so many times this year and they just keep telling me it's a freaking tower. I've got 4 replacement phones and they all had the same problem. I'm just going to a different carrier. They should just stop lying to the people and leave the BS.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I was interested in upgrading my phone to a Note 4 as I currently own a Galaxy S4 however I have been with T-mobile for five plus years & thru the years I've probably had two upgrades within having three lines on my account. I have spoken to three different department in t-mobile, lastly speaking with T-mobile consumer credit. I had explained my concerns as I was told with the first rep "We run your credit every 90 days." I was transferred to the second rep. "We run your credit only when you ask." Third rep in consumer credit dept. "We can not run your credit once you have an account with us, only for NEW customers." Ok so I'm upset b/c (1) in order to get the Note 4 I need to make a down payment of $500 dollars when the full payment of the phone is $700 b/c my credit score is based off when I first applied with T-mobile as though my credit has made major improvements thru the years. Now I'm waiting for Jay (supervisor) to call me back! Unreal!! I would think T-mobile would want to keep their LOYAL customers! Hmmm...
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I have a samsung s3 that was no longer under contract bought and paid for. I intended to sell the phone since it was no longer in use. I contacted Tmobile, asked for the unlock code. Was told by the rep it would be sent to me in 1 to 2 business days. After one day I received a email stating it wouldn't issue the code lock because I haven't paid the monthly bill. I have been with tmobile since 2001 and own the phone OUTRIGHT. I owe nothing on this phone. The current bill status has no forbearance on this particular phone only on my active lines.

Reviewed Oct. 26, 2014
In Jan 2014 my daughter was given an IPhone 4s. It was a Sprint phone and being a tmobile customer Sprint would not unlock it. Tmobile offers to give to me 299.00 if I traded the sprint phone for one of theirs. I DID. And I to date have never been credited or given the 299.00 from Tmobile.. with many promises that my check is in the mail.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014
I have been a T-Mobile customer for about 14 years now and have had nothing but problems the last few years with call waiting, text and for 4 months with billing. I do not text and I don't want to receive text messages, but every so often I get one and have to contact customer service and have it removed, even though prior reps said they removed/blocked text service. I do not want call waiting, when I am on important calls and I don't want to be interrupted with the click, click of a waiting call. Every so often I have to call them and have them turn off call waiting even though it was supposed to be already off. Their excuse is that when they do updates sometimes things revert back to default.
Four months ago, I did not get my detailed bill. I called and they said “You are already getting detailed billing.” But I said that is not what is coming in the mail. The next month the same thing - no detailed bill. This rep said they fixed the problem and said they will send me a copy of the detailed bill and I should be getting detailed bills from now on. Month three, no detailed bill. This rep said there is a $5.00 fee for a copy of my detailed bill. I told him I never got the first one or the replacement one. He said he would waive the $5.00 and send a detailed bill. I finally received it.
Then one phone on our account died, went in to buy a replacement phone and I get a text messages saying "thank you for signing up for paperless billing." I told the sales clerk I did not authorized this. Why was I not told you were changing this? He stated there is no opt out on new accounts. This is not a new account, and we were just replacing a dead phone. So I call customer care and this rep said there is not an opt out option yet for paperless billing, but would put our account back into getting detailed paper bills.
So this month I get the bill and again no detailed billing. I call customer care and I get some ** who says I will have to pay $1.99 per month to get a detailed bill. I said, "I have been a customer for years and never had to pay for it before." I asked for a supervisor and told this young girl that I had an appointment to get to; she said if she ended the call while she was checking on the detailed billing she could not call me back. For the second time I asked for customer service and was told she was trying to help me and needed to put me on hold. I told her this is ridiculous, this has been going on for months now.
I finally just hung up on her and lo and behold several minutes later she called me back! Wait! She just told me if she ended the call to check on the billing she couldn't call me back! I told her we were going to take our business to another cell provider. Reps are not knowledgeable and when you ask for someone above their heads, you are put off and ignored. And what is this $2.00 jump charge that is now on the bill.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2014
My husband and I have dealt with MCM harassing us for nearly a year. They claim that we owe $800 to T-Mobile, when we've never even HAD T-Mobile. We've constantly tried filing a dispute, but it's always the same thing: they tell us they'll take care of it. We go a few weeks without hearing anything, and then BAM! Harassing calls and letters again! I had one particularly rude woman constantly interrupt me to say it was an attempt to collect a debt when I was trying to explain to her that we've never had T-Mobile. I don't know what else we can do, but I am NOT paying money towards something we don't even owe, not to mention we've never even had. If I could give them zero stars, I would.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014
This could be one of my worst customer service experiences in my entire life. I ordered the iPhone 6 on Sept 12th and received it Sept 19th on the release day. After activation it turns out there is zero to one bar at my house so I had to use wifi to send and receive texts and make calls. When I went to work the next day, there was mostly no coverage but occasionally one bar. No big deal right? I mean it happens and not every carrier has good coverage everywhere, this is the case with my area. So just return the phone right? Get a refund and move on. Not so fast.....I called customer service to initiate the return process and they said "OK no worries just send the phone back with the pre printed shipping label and once we get it we will be able to cancel your account and since you only had it a few days there will be zero charge for the phone or service under the buyer's remorse rule." I did as instructed and had the device packed and shipped from a local shipping store on Sept 27th (one week after getting the device). I checked the delivery tracking and found the phone was received by T-Mobile's warehouse dock on Oct 3rd.
I called back to customer service that day and asked what will happen next...they said "call back in 3-4 days to see if it's been "checked in" to the warehouse." Ok waited 3-4 days and called back....the rep said "well it's not checked in yet so we cannot cancel the account of the full price of the phone would be due ($750)." The rep said "wait 3-4 more days and call back"....OK I did. On the day I was to call back in I received an email stating that T-Mobile has not received any device from me and therefore cannot move any further in the process until said device is received....remember the UPS tracking confirmation from above? Yeah I know right? So I called back in again....the rep completely dumbfounded says "well at any rate there is a balance due....how would you like to take care of it?" I said "there shouldn't be any balance due and you should have my device as UPS states they've delivered it and your warehouse personnel signed for it." The rep needed to initiate a research request on the IMEI number to see what was going on and it would take...wait for it....3-4 days to process before any information could be obtained and that they would surely call me on that date with a follow up.
Ok so the day comes and to no surprise, no call with any update. SOOO...I called AGAIN to customer service and spoke with a rep who had no clue what was going on, said there is NO record of me calling in to them at all with any concerns, no notes of any kind regarding a rep needing to call me back, and said there is a balance due and how would I like to take care of it. Geez really??!! SO we started from square one again with the need to initiate a research request on the IMEI number to see what was going on and it would take...wait for it....3-4 days to process before any information could be obtained and that they would surely call me on that date with a follow up. The rep stated that it appears that UPS delivered an "EMPTY" package to the warehouse. WOW that's odd because the weight of the packed device was 1.10lbs and the delivery confirmation stated the delivered parcel was 1.10lbs. The rep didn't like this bit of info at all and became extremely patronizing and rude. Her Name is Alisha from Oregon if that helps anyone. She said they will have to research it and see what will become of the situation and she would surely call me back. Ha ha ha OK sure I'm waiting.
Anyways, in the meantime I called the shipping place and told them what happened and they said at least 6 other phones had all allegedly mysteriously disappeared in the warehouse after being received. And that they had packed and shipped iphone 6 returns to other carriers with no issues reported. So today I was to receive a call which didn't happen. I called in to T-Mobile and it turns out they did find the phone 21 days later and that I had been correct in that my device was in their possession the entire time.
So I received a refund for the device finally today but no, there is the issue of service on the line. I had the device for exactly seven days and could not use it on it's own signal much of that time...most use was on wifi which doesn't take from your plan. They said that they could not cancel the service until it was scanned in and despite it being in their possession for the last 21 days that I had to pay for service during that time. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!! It cost me about 8 hours total being on hold and on the line with customer service in the last month which I had to pay for in usage time on my AT&T line (which does have service at my home and business). I'm now waiting for the final bill as the billing cycle has to close and apparently no one at T-mobile has any way to know what will happen in the "system".
I will be posting this statement on the Consumer Affairs, Better Business Bureau, The Rip-Off Report, the FCC's websites. Furthermore I have the law firm Jacoby & Meyers working on a class action lawsuit against T-mobile for the undue arduous experience it's making consumers go through. So if you have had a similar experience please voice it at one or all of the above avenues for consumers and do call Jacoby & Meyers as they would be interested to include you in the suit against this organization.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
2 years ago I naively signed up for a contract with T-mobile. There was a 2 year contract signing and the salesmen told me my phone would be paid off and I would just have my monthly bill. When my phone broke and they didn't adhere to the insurance policy they had set up for me, they also then brought up that I owed them another $350 for the phone. I had to cancel my phone line, pay an additional $200 for canceling. 2 years later, today, I checked my credit report and noticed an unusual charge for $637. I called the company and they said it was from T-mobile. So now that I've already paid almost $700 for canceling, I now owe them another $700 for what I've already paid for. Their customer service is HORRIBLE!!! I have never spoken with such disrespectful and argumentative people in the service industry. I am HIGHLY disappointed in how this company is ran and operated. Not to mention their service isn't even that great. DO NOT EVER USE T-MOBILE!!! unless you like ** money out your ** for no reason and getting double billed. Worst company I have ever dealt with. I'd rather deal with the IRS.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
I use TMobile prepaid and for at least 6 months now, I have dropped calls and at times I cannot call out at all. I have complained to T-Mobile several times and the only thing I have received is "I am sorry." I know several people who live northeast and have the same problems with t-mobile. I pay every month but my services seems to be getting worse. Is there any help for me and who can I turn to?
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
Horrible customer service. They sell JUMP ins, but no one will tell you that there is a $175 deductible. And it is attached to the phone number not device. If you want to switch something it gets cancelled automatically, and they won't tell you about it. You will find out when problems begin. No service at most of the US. Very slow Internet. Every time you call, they promise to fix the problem, but everything stays the same. When you call back to check what is going on, they apologize, promise again and that is all. Can't wait until August to leave them.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
About 2 months again starting with a LG G2 and later with the G3 I started to see a odd message with the phone area restricted access with some phone numbers, at first they were long distance and the last 2 were local numbers. At first support said clear out the cache of the phone, when the errors continued it occurred to me that it was something else. Long story short of seeing error today, instead of the Cache it turned out to be cell tower issues. As to why they never came clean over this just blows the mind. To be fair to them I got credited $40 for the two months, however this should have never have happened in the first place.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
Switched from Verizon to T-Mobile a few weeks ago. My "excellent" coverage in my home was non-existent so I called to complain and they gave me a free signal booster which is working well so far. I need to go up to the mountains for my job once a week and there is NO SERVICE up there. When I checked the address on their coverage map, it shows the coverage at that address is "excellent". So now I need to go up the mountain for my job and can't even talk to my boss. T-Mobile is guilty of false advertising and they shouldn't be able to get away with it. No wonder why they're so cheap, there is no coverage. If I want to go back to Verizon, I'll have to fork over $450 to pay for my new phone.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2014
I bought my T mobile phone and data plan in Wash DC. When I attempted to use the phone in my home address in Central Illinois, I found such poor and spotty coverage that the service could not be considered. The unlimited data plan was spotty and often absent. It was a huge frustration. When I travelled to thailand and the flight took me thru Tokyo, my T-mobile phone text all changed to, what I was told was, Korean, and nowhere could I find help reversing it. When I arrived in Thailand, I could receive calls, but not make them and when, finally the phone was lost or stolen and I found the website and found my account I learned the phone was a refurbished, which probably explains the language change. I am so disappointed that the $88 prepaid credit with T-mobile that I'm going to throw away will be a reasonably priced lesson for me.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2014
T-mobile called right before we were moving to NE (in an area with zero t-mobile coverage) and asked if they could send us a signal booster. We said no, we are moving and going to be canceling in a few months, they kept pressuring us promising no shipping charge, hidden fees, no extension of contract, no cost to us whatsoever is what they said. So we said fine. They finally sent it two weeks before we left. We never even plugged it in or used it at all. We called to cancel our account and were told it was completely closed out. We figured the "signal booster" box was not even worth sending back since they said we were completely done with them. It was just a small black, apparently plastic box with one or two cords. We threw it out and moved.
Then a few months later a charge for $375 was taken out of our checking account. Called the bank to dispute and was told nothing they can do since it was already out of our account and in T-mobiles hands. Called T-mobiles customer service two different times, both for over a hour. After talking to multiple people there all they would say is to write their customer complaints. I am so angry that they took that much money out of my account when all I agreed to was to have them send us the box. I never agreed to anything else. I didn't ask for it! On top of that they said we were completely done with them, they didn't need anything else from us and then months later they charge my account without even asking for it back first? I cannot believe that they think that it is acceptable to contact a customer, pressure them into agreeing to be sent an item after promising up and down that they will never be charged for it and then help me close out my account saying everything is good to go and then come in and charge me $375 out of nowhere. I am so disappointed in T-mobile for this situation and the way that the customer service couldn't give an explanation. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get my money back.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
May 2014 I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile with the promise of paying my early termination fees. On June 21, 2014 I submitted the 175.00 to T-Mobile by mail. 120 days later I contacted T-Mobile and have gotten the run around. Basically "tough luck" we never got it and the 60 day window has passed. Their only answer other than a sad face (:-() was if I had a tracking number I could track it. At no time did they instruct you to send it with a tracking receipt in the promotion. As a hardworking person it was a financial crunch to break the Sprint contract and have T-Mobile not properly honor their promotion.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2014
June, July - still receiving billing on daughter's phone. Aug, 2014 - phone call with customer service requesting COMPLETE cancellation of account. They advised that 2nd phone was still active and assured me that a payment of $135 would close the account. Oct, 2014 - yet ANOTHER billing on 2nd phone which apparently was NOT deactivated. Phone call with customer service (and repeating my issue with 3 different customer service reps), I am advised that they STILL cannot cancel until the 20th of the month 'to ensure no additional charges on the account' but would NOT provide me with a $ to get these guys out of my life.

Reviewed Oct. 16, 2014
I had a Windows 8 phone which I love for all you haters out there. I use it for work so all of my devices are linked and files synced. I was eligible to upgrade my device and needed to do so in order to get the performance I required. T-Mobile has ONE windows 8 phone. There were more choices at one point but they substituted them with more iPhones. I was sent to a brick and mortar store to check for stock of higher performing windows phones. The clerk LAUGHED at me then proceeded to berate me for not using a REAL phone.... like an iPhone. I left immediately, feeling completely embarrassed.
I called support, got the plastic “sorry for your experience but we can't do anything”. I explained I would be forced to change carriers to get the device I required for work, another plastic sorry. I switched to another provider. I paid my last bill. That was August. End of September I got a paper bill for $345. I am being charged for early termination fees by a company that advertises no contract accounts. I'm also being billed for a full month after the account was canceled. I'm told that this is done to keep T-Mobile from losing money. Carry the devices your customers use and I'd still be blindly happy as a customer for another 3 years.
There's a special place in hell for senior management and CEOs of phone service providers and the jerks at T-Mobile have their own table. I'm going to adjust my budget, cut out part of my vacation and pay your "bill" just to stop the multiple automated daily calls and keep you from screwing my credit. I hate you T-Mobile and wish you nothing but lawsuits and bankruptcy. You deserve nothing more. I forgot to mention that the manager I spoke with the first time was a rude ** at a third party call center. The second was nicer, especially when I folded and agreed to pay the damn bill. Just a reminder when you contact support, you are not talking to anyone directly at T-Mobile. It's some poor person making minimum wage in a call center.
Do not expect anyone to listen or to care, because they won't. They also magically lose communication logs on your account, unless they conveniently contain information they can use to abuse you some more or get their way. I work for one of these centers, but as a manager, I'd immediately terminate any employee who treated our client's customers the way I have been.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014
T-mobile has the worst customer service that I had to deal with in my entire life! I opened an account on 2012 which I transferred to a family plan a month later, therefore, that account was cancelled. Now 2014 I go and get some finance at a random store, and I find out I was sent to collections and I have been there for 7 months because of a T-mobile debt. I was never notified about this charges since I kept paying my plan and equipment on the new account, apparently I need to pay 300 dollars to T-mobile for a "month of service" in 2012, and that was not it. I called customer service and they say it is not their responsibility and can't do nothing to get me out of collection. Be aware people, T-mobile is just the most selfish, manipulating and full of ignorant employees company ever. They WILL NOT help you, never.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014
T-Mobile worker entered my phone number for my wife's newly purchased phone account. This caused me to lose all of my contacts that were on my sim card (even though my sim card never came out of my phone). Meanwhile, I received a text message saying that I am now signed up for the Jump program and insurance that no one in my family was asked if they wanted (but they sure as hell were going to bill us for). Upon calling about lost contacts, a "higher up" associate said they could email contacts to me in a file. Upon not being able to open said file, I was told to return to the store where the bonehead responsible for the screw up in the first place could use a different phone to open the file. Upon opening the file, it was discovered that the contact list was not mine. Thoroughly screwed. After paying off phones, I will go to another carrier.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
We switched over to T-Mobile earlier this year because their pricing seemed fairly reasonable compared to our previous carrier. It started off really well with our local store having friendly staff, a good selection of phones, and overall a good atmosphere. We then ended up with a family plan with 3 lines and 2 new phones. The agent offered several things, which we agreed to, and he also said that we don't have to worry and he'll automatically apply the changes:
2. Expedited shipping for the phone I requested, and to waive shipping fee.
3. We requested 1GB data on 2 lines, but the agent said that he will set it at 3GB and refund the difference if we don't go over 1GB.
On the next billing cycle, my mom had to make several trips to the store to make corrections to our plan and the invoice. The corrections weren't "automatically" applied, and according to my mom, the store manager didn't seem friendly either. After one of her trips, I was surprised to find out that my data plan wasn't working. What happened was that instead of dropping my data plan from 3GB to 1GB, it was taken out completely. My mom called their support line and my data was eventually restored.
Another major inconvenience that we experienced is that they decided to switch our plan to prepaid mode in the middle of a billing cycle. This required another set of calls to their support to restore our lines. The last incident was that my mom happened to review our last phone bill and found duplicate charges for EACH line on the plan (I'll post a screenshot later if I can edit this post). She called their support again and had the duplicates removed, but I guess we'll find out if we receive the appropriate credit on the next billing cycle.
Aside from duplicate charges, she noticed that the tax was way off. When you purchase a new phone from a carrier, the very first thing they charge you is the tax for the full amount of the device (i.e if the phone costs $699, you pay the appropriate tax for that amount). Technically, if you need to pay off the device in 2 years, then you just pay the flat rate of $699. What we noticed is that they still add the device's tax in the monthly bill. On top of that, there's some other weirdness in the tax numbers that we can't explain. How would you explain a $5 (and some cents) tax for a $10 line? My mom called their support and asked about the specifics on this, but they hung up on her.
That was a long ramble, but basically, you only save money if things go smoothly. Otherwise, you'll be wasting more time than you have to. Also, ALWAYS check your bill and check for discrepancies even if just seems off by a few cents. Remember, these additional charges may be applied per plan and per billing cycle... and depending on how long you've been with them, you might be surprised to what the total amounts to.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
I start to be aware of T-Mobile scams after my bill went up. I was in a family plan with 4 more relatives. One of the tricks they are doing to customers is on late fees. When one of the lines is past due, they charge $20 to each line. At the end I decided to move with other carrier, but they charged me the whole cycle bill, because it's a penalty for doing that (stated in small letters in the contract, that never we read). In the South Florida area where I live the signal is very poor. I have an iPhone 5S and the meter signal never reach more than a half. Check your option very careful before choosing carriers.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
We were Loyal T-Mobile customers for almost 10 years. Never in all that time were we EVER late with a payment. When our contract expired we decided we should look around to see what the competition was offering. We found that it would be to our advantage to go with a monthly plan and found a deal that we felt would meet our needs for a few dollars less per month. We decided we should give T-Mobile an opportunity to match the deal we found but they could not or would not do so. About 2 weeks after we switched to the new company, we received our final bill from T-Mobile and in that final bill they tried to charge us for a full month’s service when we had only received a half month’s service.
We called T-Mobile and advised we were willing to pay for the service we received but would not pay for service we DID NOT receive. They agreed to cut the bill in half and said we could pay at one of the T-Mobile stores as our account with T-Mobile had been cancelled and we could no longer pay online as we had done for years. As it turns out we forgot to go to the local T-Mobile store. When our bill was less than 2 weeks old we received a call from T-Mobile saying that if we did not make the payment THAT DAY, the bill would be turned over for collection. I'm talking about a $30 bill. NOT $100 or $150 or more, but 30 measly dollars. I explained that we had simply forgotten to pay the bill and would do so when our Social Security money was deposited into our bank account which would be the following week (we're pensioners). The representative said the payment had to be made THAT DAY!!!!!!!!
I was so irritated by the threat that I told the representative that if T-Mobile felt it was necessary to turn a 10 year customer’s $30 bill over to collections to go for it. We will pay the bill exactly when we said we would but to treat a 10 year customer that way is a good indication of what you can expect if you ever do have a late payment. I will never consider T-Mobile as a phone service provider again should the need arise and I will advise everyone I know to avoid them at all costs.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
Tried to pay my phone bill online by dialing 233 using my Debit card, after giving all infos about my card, i was later transferred to a representative who later transferred me to another representative then we go disconnected. I had to call back to speak to a rep who started asking all my infos again plus 5 other security questions with about 4 possible answers each, my ss number and in fact it was exhausting. after spending close to an hour, i gave up. Will have to go in to a T-mobile store tomorrow and pay my bill. (Representative not polite at all....)
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
Not happy at all right now. Switched to AT&T 10 years ago because T-Mobile stunk and have been with them ever since. Thought it was a great deal to get my 13yr old a phone through T-mobile, even though my gut still said stay away..... Called 3+ times already with a billing issue and I've only had the service up and running for 10 DAYS! Get your ** together T-mobile. At least don't patronize me and pretend that you fixed it.... Call it like it is, you aren't fixing it - you're patching it until it works itself out after I make a payment. Until which time my son will still get text messages hounding him for a past due balance which isn't really past due. Kind of annoying and probably just the beginning of my issues..... Anyone thinking of taking up T-mobile - consider it carefully... is the headache worth it?
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
I have been a T-mobile Customer for a while, experiencing hard time by the customer service loyalty team. I hardly receive my bill in the mail. I been double charged from their billing department every month. When I called them, all they have been talking to me - third party application. I have download Vibere, to be use for free phone calls, end off getting charged from T-mobile a very higher bill. Had call 611 customer service - asked why I have not been billed this month. Told I've been signed up for paperless without my request. T-mobile being doing this to me - for a while I was promised to a 6 months free Ipad 1GB internet where they end negative result. T-mobile deserves 0 star, they have been robbing people in Las Vegas.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
A little over a month ago, I chose to leave Tmobile and go to another company. Prior to that, I had signed up for ebills. So when I ended my service and went to sign online to see what I would still owe on the account, I was denied access, as I was no longer a customer. A week later, I contacted customer care to see when I would receive a bill so that I could pay them the balance of what was owed. They told me that day that I owed $99.58 and would receive a bill soon. All I ever wanted was a bill showing what the charges were so that I could be sure there were not any extra charges on it. No intelligent person would take an amount given over the phone and just PAY it without ever seeing what the charges were for. I had JUST paid my bill a week prior to ending my service and should have only been charged for a week of service following that. $99.58 didn't sound right. I wanted to SEE it. Two weeks go by, but I receive no bill.
Then I start getting calls from a number I do not recognize. I look up the number and see it is Tmobile. I call the number and they tell me my balance (which I already know) and I explain to them I have no access to online bills, was told I would receive a bill and STILL haven't received one. This is all I want from them in order to resolve this balance. The customer service person I spoke to said they would resend one (implying one was ever sent... which is was not). Four days pass and I receive a letter, not a bill, stating that my account is past due $99.58 and I need to pay that amount immediately. I call AGAIN (this makes three times) and ask if THIS was the "bill" they were supposed to send or should I still be expecting something? The person I spoke to that day stated that a bill was on its way and that I should be patient. This was a Saturday. There was no mail today (Monday) because of the holiday.
So I was being patient. Turns out that Tmobile can't take their own advice cause AGAIN, early this morning, on my day off, I received a call from that same number. I did not answer because I was asleep, but mid-afternoon I received a second call from that number, asking when I was going to pay on the balance, which was now over $300. Now, this is bordering on harassment!!! This makes the 4th call, in approximately 6 weeks, where I have spoken to someone requesting a bill which I STILL haven't received. Meanwhile, they are telling ME to be patient about getting a bill but continue to call me all the time about it and the amount I owe has gone up over 3 times as much, surely including late fees by now and they are threatening to turn it into collections!?
They stated on this call that I would remain on the list to be called until the balance was paid or they had an idea of when it would be paid... WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND!???!? I will pay them when I get a bill and know WHAT I am paying for! How is this even right? When you provide a service for someone, aren't you legally responsible to provide them a bill to see what they are being charged FOR? I am not dodging them... I am the one who contacted them to begin with requesting a final bill. How can I not be able to access the information online? I don't even have access to my old bills to compare the charges to previous bills if I ever DO receive a bill. Nothing about this is right! If anyone has T-mobile and plans to go with another company, please be cautious of this!!! This is the kind of stuff that will affect your credit and allow them to add on extra charges while they insist you are not paying them what they are owed.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
When I call 611 for assistance, each time the Customer service rep assures me the problem has been cleared and I call back over and over and continue to get billed for the Samsung Galaxy 4, when I have been assured I would have credit for the phone. All calls regarding my issue in trying to secure the Galaxy 5 had been recorded and documented on my account. I now have two phones I'm supposed to pay for and I'm tired of T-Mobile not having the technology to correct their errors, or have the follow through by their customer service reps and supervisors (yes, I spoke to supervisors during my efforts) to correct my account with what they stated they would do... Now I have to call 611 (customer service) and be on hold for too many minutes of my valuable time and tell my story for the 5th time and see if they can correct the issue as the bill is due on the 17th. T-Mobile Corporate office needs to hear their customers and fix these issues!! I have been with T-Mobile for 13 years and deserve the best customer service and accurate account billing and efforts available in the market! AT&T is looking better every day!! !
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2014
First the whole experience was very unprofessional! I opened a prepaid one month unlimited everything for a friend... they started harassing to pay 2 weeks before bill was due again then shut off before the date it was due but what's worse is they lost my id! And give a **! They call to say they have ID go and "oops it's just gone so sorry"! Well that's not cool I'm broke I can't just go out and buy another one and I just got that id! I will never ever go to T-mobile again... especially the one in lancaster ca ave 1 and 10 st west right next to Wendy's!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2014
TY area is covered. It is not. They need to upgrade a tower so I have constant dropped calls and horrible reception. Believe me if there is ever a class action law suit I will jump on board if able to. I should be concentrating on my cancer not this BS. T-Mobile you are heartless and horrible.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
My husband and I had been customers of T-Mobile for over 20 years. We decided to go prepaid to cut our monthly expenses but wanted to keep our phone numbers. We were barred from the website to pay our final bill and then received a notice yesterday that the balance had been turned in to a collection agency! We were not even behind! Today I get a notification to my email that it has been reported to the credit bureau. WHY??? I am so upset! In tears! We are on a fixed income now and could not afford the high monthly payments. Does loyalty not count for anything? We have paid T-Mobile more than $22,000, not including the purchase of phones, over the last twenty years and had no complaints about their service. This action on their part is just unbelievable and hurtful. Now we have to go through the process of getting this removed from our credit report. Sad!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
My account with Tmobile was suspended for non payment after been with them for 14 years. Something happened with my bank account so I could not pay it. Well what's going on is that now I owe I new bill even I haven't used the service. Is this right? Anybody knows?
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
My last renewal I was offered, 69.00 if I renewed for unlimited talk, test, data which was 10.00 less than my bill+ 130.00 for a new phone. When I got my bill it was 92.00 +, almost 500.00 for the phone. About 6 months later, and tons of calls, the charge was taken off, but my bill was still 82.00 and I gave up and kept paying it. Now 2 years later they are saying I was getting a discount. My plan is 92.00, discount no longer applies. I agreed on 69.00 unlimited, I never agreed on 92.00. This is not right! Last night I was told, they would switch it back to the old plan, but they didn't. It has been over 2 years, them switching it back, now they switched my plan, to less data for 72.00. But it went up to 82.00 after 2 months! This should be illegal.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014
Bought a brand new Sony Xperia only three months ago. Paid cash for the phone, and it's been having the same issue with charging when it randomly feels like it. T-mobile has done nothing to alleviate the issue even though I have insurance. The store site ran a diagnosis and said the phone was fine, then handed me a junky cord to go home with. The problem has continued. I've been through 7 charging devices.... now my only way of contacting authorities in emergency is smoke signal or something similar since I will NOT agree to a refurbished phone when that is NOT WHAT I INITIALLY PAID FOR.
I have never been so disappointed by any one company. Or paid such high prices for ** service. They reroute my calls to the wrong department. Have me on hold twenty minutes at a time only to be put through to another dept instead of supervisor or district manager as I had asked. And they had the call disconnected a couple of times after all of that. One technician said they would call right back, and never did. What the actual f? And no resolution whatsoever. My phone is dead at 6%.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2014
I recently switched from T-Mobile to another carrier. When I tried to go to T-Mobile's website to pay my final bill, I found I had been blocked from access. They started calling me 5 times a day to get me to pay them, I told them to send me a final bill and I would, and to please stop calling me. They said they couldn't stop calling me because it was an automatic system. Whatever (And they did continue to call many times a day). When I received the bill I had asked for, I called them and said I wanted to pay my final bill. They wanted to charge me twice what was notated as my outstanding balance. The bill they sent me acknowledged that I was no longer with them, and quoted me an outstanding balance, which they then wanted to double.
I told them I was willing to pay what was on the bill in my hand and no more. Now they've got people calling again trying to say that what I got wasn't a final bill, and that I still owe them. I told them I had asked for a final bill with my outstanding balance, and it's not my fault if they sent me an incorrect bill. If they hadn't blocked my access to pay online, none of this would be happening. Very frustrating!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
It took 23 calls to say goodnight to my daughters. Very frustrating! Unfortunately it's not an isolated issue.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014
T-mobile sold me a defective sell phone for 230.00 dollars & refuse to give me one that works properly. Now I have a broken phone & have to buy another one.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014
I have been a T-mobile customer for 3 years and have 3 phones on my account that I pay insurance for. I called in June 2013 to report my daughter's phone that I pay insurance for every month has a crack in the screen. They said that I would need to pay the $175 and send the phone to them but because my daughter was leaving the country for a few months I asked if that was ok that we did it when she got back and they said yes. I called today and they can't find it on file nor will they approve my insurance policy. On the phone they were very unprofessional and would not even let me talk with a manager. I will be leaving T-mobile and paying for insurance very soon.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2014
I signed up with T-Mobile after they showed me a map that said I was in the Good to great cellular service area, and indeed, I was. After returning home I had one to two bars of service and calls would drop constantly or fail. After returning to T-mobile to see if anything could be done I was told that they would send an operator out to tune a tower. After a week my service was still dismal to non-existent. I returned to T-Mobile a second time, and a third only to be told I need to buy a cell booster which runs $150+. I bought one. My cell service has gotten slightly better, now I can talk for about 30 seconds to 3 minutes before my call is dropped. I sent emails, called customer support, and returned to the local store, only to have absolutely nothing resolved.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
T-Mobile added $40 worth of services that I have never requested and without notification ($20 insurance plan to 2 lines and $20 of extra data to 2 lines). I tried to contact customer service but was hung up every time and their online chat support is never available so I could not request a refund. Be careful if you plan on signing up for T-Mobile because they could sneak in extra charges without telling you.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
T-Mobile sent me a final bill for twice of what I was suppose to be billed. When I called to speak with a rep, I was informed that I owed more than what was sent to me on a final bill. They transfer me 4 times and I was given different information with everyone that I spoke with. My situation was never resolved and I never received the correct billing information.
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