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    Reviewed March 8, 2010

    This is a complaint update. After filing a complaint on March 1, 2010 (please reference original complaint filed) with Consumer Affairs, Better Business Bureau, FCC, and the Attorney General's office, I received voice mail messages from T-Mobile's Executive Consumer Relations. She wanted me to call to discuss the complaint I filed. I did not return her calls, because I simply could not repeat my complaint or be upset again.

    This has been an extremely stressful situation for me. I don't have the money to pay for this, and even though I was disputing the charges they suspended my account. The only resolution I wanted, was for them to do the right thing, and remove the roaming charges. As I said before, I should have never been charged in the first place. Unfortunately, existing customers are being charged instead of upgraded to free nationwide which is what new customers can get. This is wrong. I hope my complaint will help other existing customers from being taken advantage of by this company's deceptive advertising.

    On March 5, 2010, a message was left saying, "This is my final call, and because you failed to return my calls I will be responding to your complaint in writing, and forwarding a copy, advising them of our position, and the executive office now considers this matter closed." To my surprise, my cell phone service was reinstated, and the roaming charges were finally removed. I honestly thought they were going to continue to deny any wrongdoing, and make me pay the roaming charges.

    Of course, I wrote the above statement before seeing their written response to my complaint. The Letter from the company:

    "T-Mobile USA, Inc. ("T-Mobile") is in receipt of your letter dated March 1, 2010 regarding (customer's) above-referenced account. T-Mobile has made several attempts to reach the (customer) and has been unsuccessful; therefore, we are responding to both you and the (customer) via this letter. Please note that from the February 6, 2003 activation of the account through February 24, 2010, this (customer) was on the regional Get More 3000 rate plan. This rate plan provided a calling area, which consisted of the states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Any calls made to a state outside this calling area, or any roaming outside of this area was billed accordingly.

    A review of the account confirms that service was utilized within Florida and North Carolina between December 9, 2009 and December 14, 2009. Because this was not within the (customer's) calling area, he was billed for long distance and roaming calls while utilizing service in this area. The total charges for the (customer) roaming were $315.43, including tax. Records indicate that on January 11, 2010, the (customer) was offered, and accepted, a $75.00 credit for a portion of the charges to resolve the issue.

    It is T-Mobile's position that the remaining roaming charges of $240.43 are valid and owed. However, in a one-time goodwill gesture to a valued and loyal T-Mobile customer, T-Mobile has agreed to waive these valid charges. Service was also restored as a result of this adjustment. The (customer) changed to a nationwide rate plan on February 25, 2010; therefore this issue should not occur in the future. Based upon the foregoing, we respectfully request that this complaint against T-Mobile be closed as resolved."

    I stand corrected, they're still in denial! Consumer Alert: If you're an existing customer of T-Mobile, and didn't know that you're supposed to "opt" in to get free nationwide, they are going to continue billing you roaming charges. Contact them immediately! This important information needs to be posted on the Internet. Thank you.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2010

    The past three months has been an extreme hassle to try and get an issue resolved due to a double payment for the month of December. T-mobile issued a refund check on 12/31/09 in the amount of $133.30. In good faith, thinking the check was good, I cashed the check only for the deposit to be returned on 2/10/10. Due to this return, my account was overdrawn by the $206.84. After numerous heated, aggravated and stressful phone calls to T-Mobile Customer Service, they have told me they are not responsible for the check once it is in my possession, regardless of the check being returned.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2010

    T-Mobile has terrible coverage in my area. They admit that they only have two bars in my area, and that they do not plan to improve that anytime soon. They also say in some areas, they have a good signal, but they cannot guarantee a signal inside the house/building. They refused to let me out of my contract. I have two lines, which I have no signal on, for almost the entire day. When I am home or driving, I will receive all my texts and VM, from the whole day at one time. T-Mobile will not do anything to help me out with this, so I am stuck paying for a phone that only works 25% of the time. I hate T-Mobile!

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    Reviewed March 4, 2010

    Before paying with line 646, $90.94, I had the unlimited messaging service with 350 minutes a month. This included the fixed line service to pay $15. After a year, I bought another phone and talked to the operator of the company, T-Mobile, to make the new contract to be Family Plan. So, the employee of the company forgot to put the unlimited messaging service for both of the phones. And he said was that all is well. When the month had passed, I got the bill to the sum of $3643.38. I called T-Mobile and spoke to a representative, Humberto. He explained to me that accidents happen and that to error is human. I told him I would not pay the mistake of one of the employees. He told me he would fix everything. After 4 days, he called and told me I would only have to pay $832.98. My question is, do I have to pay that much money for the mistake of an employee?

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    Reviewed March 3, 2010

    Wanted to add 2 lines of Blackberry 9700s to my account on 2/25/10, with 2nd day shipping. Was expecting the phones to be received on Monday the 1st of March. Even received a phone call from UPS announcing there would be a delivery and to ensure someone would be home to sign for the phones. Stayed home all day, only to not receive anything from UPS. March 2, still nothing. Finally called today, Mar. 3, only to be transferred around for 20 minutes then finally to someone semi-helpful to be told that the phones were cancelled by a sales rep! The phones were tracked back from UPS, but nobody bothered to call the customer! While I've been diligently waiting for the phones? Absolutely ridiculous customer service, complete neglect and lack of care. I am extremely upset.

    Even when I was trying to add the phone lines on 2/25/10, the sales rep was extremely inefficient. I had already stayed on the phone with the sales rep (Nick) for 90 minutes! To result in nothing! I do not take time wasted lightly. How dare T-mobile waste my time such as this. Another 20 minutes today just to get through to a rep that could help me with the order situation. I was told I didn't have any ** record. How can I not have any public record? I am an existing T-Mobile customer! One can only put up with so much.

    Especially with the ridiculous overage charges. I monitor my text messages extremely diligently. #674 every day, but last month somehow I went over 5 texts, which is extremely fishy because I know for certain that I checked before I sent out messages. Thank god my contract is coming to an end in July. Expect a termination soon.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2010

    I have signed a contract for 24 months with T-Mobile for a home Phone service called @Home, a Voice IP service, and I have port in my 14 years old home phone number an account was created her. A $10.00 monthly service fee for providing me a service, I have the service for over year now.

    My first complain is that T-Mobile have change the cost of the monthly service from $9.99 to $14.99 without even contact me about, that is not disclosed in the contract I have signed. Second complain, T-Mobile now it is not longer offering @Home services to new customers and many services like call waiting, call forwarding and the most important to me conference call. When I find out the price change and the most important service to me conference call is not longer available, I have not longer need for this service, I am a real estate professional on the nights and weekends I use my home phone at home office number and I do contact multiple people at the same time.

    I have contact T-Mobile customer service many times trying to fix the issue, and they keep tell me that is nothing they can do. I was obligated to transfer my home service to a different provider who does have the services I need. Now T-Mobile has sent me a bill where a $200.00 (two hundred dollars) charges for early contract termination fee.

    I believe a contract is a dual term of responsibility, theirs to provide me a service on contract disclosed and mine to pay for service provide for the time in contract disclosed. They no longer provide the service and even change the cost of the service without information, so they broke the contract not me I try to have this issue fixed, but they don’t care about it. I have a business to care and I can accept this changes, I do want to T-Mobile reverse the termination fee and credit me back for the months I have paid $14.99 and not $9.99 what I have contracted their service for it.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2010

    Letter to company - "On January 11, 2010, I contacted T-Mobile regarding $289.30, in roaming charges on my December 2009's statement. I was told I didn't have free nationwide coverage, that these were legitimate charges, and there was nothing they could do. I was also told I should have contacted T-Mobile if I wanted to include free nationwide. I asked if this is available to T-Mobile customers who have a Get More plan, then why wasn't it included in my plan. I've been a loyal customer for almost 10 years, and clearly qualify for this.

    I didn't know I was supposed to contact T-Mobile if I wanted to include this. I didn't know it wasn't already included automatically. The representative told me that "I" had to opt in. It was up to me to ask for it. Why wouldn't I want it? Why would anyone want to pay roaming charges if they can get free nationwide coverage?

    Honestly, this has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I never received anything that said I needed to contact T-Mobile if I wanted to include this free option. I have paperless statements, so I never received anything by postal mail. I also verified my e-mail address on the T-Mobile web site, but never received an e-mail.

    I told the representative I would be notifying the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs. Finally, after spending more than thirty minutes, of my time, disputing these charges, the representative spoke with his supervisor who offered to remove $75.00, basically, to shut me up. Again, I told him I should not have to pay for any of the roaming charges. He told me that was all he could do. It was obvious this conversation was going nowhere.

    On February 15, 2010, I contacted T-Mobile again. After briefly speaking to a representative, I was given this address to explain why I was disputing these charges. I was then transferred to another representative who checked my account to make sure free nationwide was now included in my plan. I was told, unfortunately, the roaming charges are past due, so she couldn't change it until it was paid. When I told her I was disputing the charges, she put me on hold.

    When she returned, she told me her supervisor was willing to remove an additional $75.00, but I would have to agree to end my dispute. I said, "Excuse me? " I told her I wanted all the charges removed, and that I should have never been charged in the first place. She told me her supervisor was not willing to remove all the charges. Again, there was nothing more she could do.

    I am extremely upset, and completely frustrated with your company. I am also disappointed with your customer service department in attempting to resolve this dispute. Something as simple as including free nationwide for your existing customers who qualify, has become so difficult. No existing customer should have to jump through hoops, spend hours on the telephone, or write letters to have roaming charges removed. I refuse to be taken advantage of, or intimidated into paying for these charges.

    As you can see, I have attempted to resolve this dispute several times, but your company refuses to do the right thing. You have forced me to take legal action, therefore, I am also sending a copy of this letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office to investigate this matter, and hope they consider pursuing a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile for deceptive free nationwide advertising." I cannot afford to pay these charges, and will not pay for something that should have been included in my plan for free.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2010

    I ordered a cell phone from T-Mobile and the phone was sent with a defect. Plus, it was not properly set up on my account the way they contracted me to set payments up for the purchase of the phone. In return of their error, they resent out another phone, same model, with the corrections done on the billing information. But they did not send me a pre-shipping label with the other phone, but a merchandise recycling bag to return the first initial phone back--which was done on December 15, 2009. As a couple of weeks went by, I noticed that my bill was very high (over $500.00).

    I called T-Mobile to discuss why my bill was so high and they stated that I am being charged for a phone that has not been turned in. I replied back that the phone was being taken to the UPS office and dropped off with the bag that was provided by T-Mobile. They stated again that it was not received. So I went back up to UPS and the young lady that received the phone from me at UPS wrote out a statement that the phone was turned in to be mailed back to T-Mobile recycling center. Plus, I had the owners of the UPS store run the surveillance tapes back showing me dropping the phone off and the customer service rep for UPS putting the phone in the correct box to go out in the mail.

    Plus, I got UPS to talk to T-Mobile to verify the transaction taking place. I also got UPS to write out a letter to T-Mobile that this transaction took place and mailed it to the customer resolutions center. It is February 28th, 2010 and this is still an ongoing situation. I have gone far and beyond to resolve this but they continue to give me temporary credits stating that they have not found the phone.

    I have been battling with them too long with this irresponsibility on behalf of T-Mobile from the beginning. I feel that they have not been fair to whose fault this is. Someone in the recycling center is not doing their job to locate this phone and not caring that this bill is trying to get charged on my account when I have done all that they asked to get my end covered of clearing this phone off of my back and that I am not responsible for the phone. I have done everything to prove that that phone was turned in as it was supposed to be per T-Mobile. Thank you for your time of reading this and I am very upset because T-Mobile continues to cut my phone off and on because they are not trying to do their job on this situation.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2010

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for almost 2 years. Every time I call the customer service number, I get someone that I can hardly understand. If I can't understand them, then how can they completely understand me? I am seriously considering switching phone carriers because of this issue. I know everyone needs a job but putting all of these foreigners on the phone lines is irritating when they speak way too fast and have a deep accent. I feel like I am not getting quality customer service from this company.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2010

    On 04/28/2009, I purchased cellular service on the T-mobile website. The plan I selected was described as being month to month ($39.99 plus taxes) with no contract and the website indicated that with the plan, I was eligible for a free phone. I paid $60.10 (see attached copy of order checkout) for the service with my Visa bank card and waited for the phone to be delivered. I have bank statements confirming that the funds were transferred to T-mobile (also attached). During the process of ordering online, I realized that I could take advantage of number portability and requested that my previous phone number be transferred to the new service plan.

    Upon receipt of the phone, I called to have the phone activated and was told that due to issues between the two carriers (T-mobile and my old carrier, MetroPCS), the portability would be delayed. I was told that it would take a few days and was assigned a temporary phone number in the meantime. I used the phone for approximately 2 days before calling T-mobile to follow up on the portability. During the conversation, I was told that the plan that I had purchased was for a two-year contract. I informed the representative that I was not interested in a contract as I only required the service for 6 months and assured the representative that at the time of my online purchase, the website had clearly stated that the phone was free with the flexpay, month to month service.

    During that call, I insisted that the plan be canceled and we received a confirmation number for the cancellation. We were also given a return authorization code and were asked to mail the phone back for a full refund. We immediately returned the phone. We have confirmation that the phone was received by T-mobile in the form of UPS delivery confirmation (see attached UPS tracking results). We never received the refund of $60.10.

    Soon after, on May 6, 2009, we acquired a T-mobile phone from a family member and connected it to a month to month plan with T-mobile. We have no complaints regarding the service that we received using that phone. We made all our payments in a timely manner until canceling our service in August of 2009.

    As of June of 2009, we realized that we had not received the refund for the aforementioned canceled service and returned phone. At that time, we contacted T-mobile customer service and inquired as to the status of the refund. We were shuffled around from representative to representative, each claiming that they could not find the refund in the system. Eventually after approximately 3 calls, approximately 45 minutes each, on June 29, 2009 a representative realized that a separate account had been created during our short time with the internet purchased phone. The account was associated with the temporary phone number that we had been given. The refund was found and we were told that we would be receiving the refund in 7 to 9 business days. We were given the confirmation #. We waited and did not receive our refund.

    We again contacted the T-mobile customer service, and again we were shuffled around from representative to floor supervisor and back to representative, and again we wasted an inordinate amount of time. We were told that the T-mobile cash application department could not find proof of the payment for the phone being received from our bank and they were therefore unable to issue the refund without us providing proof of payment. Although absolutely ridiculous, we faxed a copy of our banks internet banking service statement containing the debit. The faxed bank statement contained the date of the transaction, the amount of the sale and the vendor (T-mobile). We were again told that we would receive our payment within 7 to 9 business days after they received the proof. We waited and never received the refund.

    Enraged, I contacted the T-mobile customer service on 08/10/2009. I demanded to speak to a supervisor. I spoke to a floor supervisor (I unfortunately don't have his identification #), who after a 40 minute explanation of what had transpired up until that point, stated that he understood what had been going on and apologized for the misunderstanding and delay. He offered me 500 additional minutes for our troubles and assured me that after I made my August payment, for the unrelated phone service we had, the check would be issued for the $60.10 I was owed, on the service we canceled in April. My payment was made over the phone on the next business day and I waited for my refund. I never received it!

    All this time we were arguing over a refund that was owed to us. We purchased a cellular phone plan and canceled the plan within the 14 day cancellation period and we returned the free phone associated with the purchase. The balance on our account should have been -$60.10, the amount that we paid. Somehow, over the months that we were arguing back and forth, unbeknownst to me, the canceled account had been charged other fees?! Somehow on the bills associated with the temporary phone number associated with the online cellular plan in question, charges of $25.48 and $34.62 were made and then credited.

    The famous $60.10 was also temporarily credited and then apparently charged again when the refunds that we requested were not granted. In the end, somehow, due to their flawed accounting and billing practices, on our bill dated 07/02/2009 we ended up owing them $94.72. Don't ask! We have no idea. We called and were told that an invalid charge of $34.62 was mistakenly applied to our account. We were told that it would be reversed, and it was! Wow! That left a balance of $60.10, the same amount that we had been arguing for a refund. Somehow what started off being money due to us ended up being owed to them?

    In mid September of 2009, we received notice from the Bureau of Collection Recovery LLC, that T-mobile was offering a settlement for our balance (see attached notice). I was in shock! How could this be? I made numerous attempts to resolve this issue and was met with resistance from T-mobile over and over again. I attempted once again to contact T-mobile after the receipt of the collection agency notice and was told by all representatives and floor supervisors that they could no longer discuss my case.

    One of the floor supervisors even hung up on me. I contacted the collection agency who informed me that I could pay the settlement, but I would then be reported to the credit agencies. I was told that in order to avoid the credit agency reporting I would have to pay the complete balance owed plus a service fee, totaling $64.31. I made the payment on September 23, 2009. To date, we never received our refund of $60.10, and paid $64.31 in a false charge to the collection agency. T-Mobile now owes us $125.41. They lied to us, made false statements, and failed to resolve our problem. In reality, they stole from us and we would like to see them be required to return to us what we are owed. We are now requesting assistance with this matter.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2010

    In January 2010, I began my journey to upgrade my phone and service as well as the possibilities with and without contract. It took me 4 phone calls and a trip to a Tmobile store to get what I believed was accurate information. I specifically asked the last individual about every charge that would be on my bill for the new month. I asked specific questions about hidden charges ("other"), shipping and handling and connection fees. I was assured that due to my corporate plan, there would be no shipping or handling or connection fees nor any "other" hidden fees. She said my bill would be about $93 with tax. It was not a problem, until I got my bill and not only was there shipping and handling but an "other"charge outside of the normal taxes and fees that every cellphone bill has on it. I called Tmobile and was treated like I was lying as well as he was the rudest person I have ever spoken to. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was basically told I was lying and I wasn't given that information.

    I asked to speak to someone above her and she refused giving me instead, I find out, a general correspondence address which I specifically asked for a presidential address. The issue is an additional "other" charge of $35 that I was told I would not have. I paid my bill because I do not want my phone or credit affected; however, I feel like the American public is at their mercy. I do not understand how it is that you can't speak to someone in authority to get resolution or to even be heard. I am the consumer and a great customer and feel that they believe they do not have to do the right thing. This is about much more than money. This is about standing up for not only myself but others that don't or can't stand up for themselves. I also have lodged a complaint with the FCC and am sending a letter to every Tmobile executive I found addresses. Thank you for taking the time to read my email.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2010

    "Free upgrade" phone is really a deceptive advertisement used by every cell phone company. It's illegal to call it a Free Upgrade, when it isn't free at all. According to T-Mobile, at various times, I and my children are eligible for a Free Upgrade phone on our accounts. When we go to get these supposedly Free Upgrades, we have found:

    1. the free phones are usually of poorer quality than our existing phones, so are not upgrades at all, but rather downgrades; for the last upgrade, we opted to pay extra to get a better quality phone; 2. there is a charge for doing an upgrade. T-Mobile called it an Upgrade Fee, in the amount of $18. Other cell phone companies have a similar charge, though it's even more expensive than T-Mobile's fee, for their supposedly Free Upgrade; 3. we are charged sales tax, an unexpected tax, and shipping too on the Free Upgrade (shipping because the last one was not done inside a T-Mobile store).

    So, we spent $80.27 on the most recent phone "Free Upgrade ", $49.99 for the phone, $6.29 sales tax, $5.99 for shipping, and $18 for the Upgrade fee. The last phone cost us $19.47, done in 2009. This was sales tax on the phone plus the $18 Upgrade Fee. Obviously, this isn't a Free Upgrade at all, if we have to pay an Upgrade Fee and sales tax.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2010

    I made an agreement last year with T-Mobile to pay off my early termination fees in the amount of $400.00. After complying with their payment plan almost a year later, I found out recently that on my credit report while applying for a home mortgage that a collection notice/attorney from Receivables Performance Management, LLC showed an unpaid balance of $83.00. This caused my credit score to lower to the point whereas I couldn't qualify for a pre-approval on a home mortgage. Even more frustrating is that T-Mobile did not send me any correspondence that there was a balance. I still had to pay the remainder of the balance some year or so later. Now, I am having a hard time removing the collection/attorney item from my credit. T-Mobile should reimburse me all of my payments for this blunder.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2010

    Please be aware of T-Mobile! I have been a customer of T-Mobile for several years without many problems. Recently, it is as if they have no idea what their prices, policies, etc. are. We have been told for years we were eligible for a new phone at a discounted rate every year since we are on a two-year contract. For several years we have had no problems with that. Recently they have failed to honor that, stating, "We don't do that anymore".

    I finally spoke with a manager who stated they would send my wife a new phone at a discounted rate, as well as add my son to our plan for a specified price. Upon receiving the phones, we were billed near three times what we were quoted. I tried and tried to no avail to remedy the situation within a few days of receiving the phones. I even stated since my order was, "recorded for quality..." to go back and listen to what they quoted me. The response: "We can't do that". Furthermore, many T-Mobile reps were downright rude!

    I finally spoke with a manager who stated, "Just send the phones back, and we will credit everything back due to 'Buyers Remorse'.” We did so, a month ago. They are stating they still do not have the phones we returned even though we used a local UPS store and T-Mobile's provided box and shipping labels. We are still to this day trying to dispute a $300 bill! They state they have no phone number for customer complaints, so they can do and say, even charge what the individual rep wants with no means of accountability.

    In conclusion, be very careful with them! I can't wait until our contracts are up so we can switch to another provider with better customer service. T-Mobile has awful customer service now! Maybe they just can't compete with Verizon and AT&T, so they are scrambling for business any way they can get it, even if it means misquoting prices on phones and plans. We will definitely change plans. I don't care if they offer us the top of the line phone for free to stay. My wife and I have had it with them!

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2010

    I wanted a second phone for my daughter. I wanted a prepaid phone for voicemail calls only and no texting. They said they could not block texting but they said was a deal on minutes and I bought a hundred dollars of minutes and a phone. The more I thought about it, I realized how dangerous driving and texting can be and I took the phone back a few hours later. They refused to refund my minutes. They told me to call customer service. I have spent hours calling customer service. You go through long menus to talk to someone and they say I should have read the contract. I have always thought you have a few days to void any contract but T-mobile refuses to refund my money for the minutes. I am now told to contact customer service. There is no phone number or email to contact them. I must write to a PO Box. I am going to look for a new wireless provider. I have been with them for 8 years.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2010

    I use T-Mobile as my wireless carrier. My billing cycle runs from the 19th of every month to the 18th of the next month. My brother and I share a family plan, Even More Plus for Families Talk plan. I was on the 750 minute plan ($49 per month). On Feb 11, I realized that I was going to go over when I was at 735 minutes. The customer service agents always encouraged me to use the online system so I thought I'd try it out. It was easy to change my plan to the 1500 minute plan ($59 per month).

    This morning when I checked my bill, it said $249.22. I was shocked and I called customer service immediately. They said that any change that you make online will always be effective from the next billing cycle. They also said that it says so when you make that change. I must have missed it when I reviewed my changes. I went back in later to see what the message looks like. I looks more like standard fine print, which is probably why I must have skipped it. I spoke to the agent and hung up when I realized that it wasn't going anywhere. I called back. After talking to the agent for several minutes, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I requested the supervisor to back date the change as a courtesy. He brought up a valid point that they had made a courtesy call in August 2009. I had gone over my minutes in August and they helped me out by bumping me up to a higher rate plan after the bill was processed.

    But this is a different scenario. I had already made the necessary changes to my rate plan before using up extra minutes but I had not noticed the effective start date. I talked to the supervisor for about 20 minutes using words like "request you", "I'm sorry for using your online system, I promise I will not make that mistake again", "I don't want to be fined for $200 for not noticing the effective start date", etc. The supervisor was very kind and told me that they can only make one courtesy call in the lifetime of a connection and he would not be able to help me out again.

    The current bill I have received is more than four times of what I expected it to me. The problem I have is that I cannot afford to pay this kind of money. I am getting out of a tough period and was hoping to not get into anymore money problems. Even if I could afford this bill, I shouldn't have to pay four times the expected bill because I strongly believe that I made the necessary changes to my rate plan before using their minutes.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2010

    I called Tmobile on Dec.28th 2009 and spoke with rep #1219. I told her that I went to pay my bill at an authorized dealer, but then my phone was not on yet. She asked me for all of the information that was on the receipt that I had. I gave her all of the information that I had and then she cut my phone back on. Now on Jan.26th 2010, I went to a Tmobile retail to upgrade my phone. I was told to come and pay my bill on the 28th of January which I did. When I arrived at the retail store, one of the representatives made me aware that a payment was not due until February 28th 2010 and that I actually had an $11 credit. My service continued as normal. I got my bill in the mail for February and it was even normal stating that I owed $125 by the 24th of Feb.

    Then on February 22nd 2010, I get a text stating that I owed $249.98 to continue my service by February 28th. I spoke with a couple of service reps and eventually I went to the retail store and had a retail rep call the call center. They battled back and forth about whose fault it was that I received false info. Now my dilemma is with the with rep #1219, the reason being that when I called back in Dec about my phone being off, she did a temporary adjustment on my phone so that it would be on right away. She was supposed to reverse the adjustment as soon as the payment posted that month which she did not. She did not post it until this month which is February. That is why when I went in in January to pay my bill it showed that I did not owe anything.

    Due to her negligence of not doing her job, it now is costing me double this month. I am on a budget. I am a single mother with a part time job and I cannot afford to pay $250 for something that is not my fault at all. I have flex pay for a reason, so that I would not have any overages because I knew that I could only pay a certain amount a month. Tmobile is blaming me for their employee's mistake. I really need my phone. I have a daughter with asthma and now I am going to be phone-less due to someone's negligence other than mine! How wonderful is that? They showed no integrity at all or lack of concern. I feel so used as a consumer!

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2010

    T-mobile are overcharging their customer for calls that were made 30 days after the cycling bill period has ended and paid in full. T-mobile also are charging his customer for using their system that they design (WiFi/over air plan mode/hot spot) to call or make long distance calls.

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2010

    I switched cell phone service to T-Mobile because of their ads stating, "no contract service.” I purchased phone and started service March 2009 online. I was very careful to watch for anything on their web site that stated "2-year contract required.” Because of the cost, I cancelled my service with T-Mobile on 1/9/10 and went to a lower cost provider. My wife and I are disabled and live on a fixed income. Together we take 22 medications that cost us $5000 to $6000 every year, even with Medicare.

    They charged me a "contract termination fee" of $200 on my final bill. I reported to them that I never signed a contact. They told me because I purchased a phone from them I had to honor a 2-year contract. I told them never did I read anything about a contract on their web site. I was informed that the cost of the phone was discounted in lieu of agreeing to a contract. They said I was obligated to pay the $200. This makes no sense to me. I cannot afford my food items some months due to the high out of pocket Rx expenses we have, let alone paying large company $200 for nothing. I keep a cell phone service because I sometimes experience dizziness while driving. I need a phone to call for help if needed.

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    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2010

    Until today, I had been with T-Mobile for 8 years. I have never been pleased with the network coverage but I thought the customer care made up for that. I had a family plan with three lines. My step son had the third line and when he moved back with his dad he no longer had coverage. T-Mobile had assured me that contract were only binding within the coverage area. Even though I offered to produce school records to show his new residence they kept me on hold for 30 minutes each time returning to the phone to steer me away from my intent to drop that line.

    They basically refused to let this line out of contract and insisted that they would charge me a penalty for early termination. I have cut all services with them and I would advise anyone looking for cell phone services that this network is the weakest of the three major providers and now customer care has become very cut throat.

    Don't trust any verbal information you get from them. This is not due to rogue individuals, they are very intensive in their training. This is clearly company policy to deceive and then when opportunity arises, they bully and deny.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2010

    I called in to get an internet stick and line from T- Mobile since we have an account for our Cellular Phone. Sales Representative helped me about 3 months ago. I was told that the stick I had to purchase is $49.99. Internet service is $49.99 supposedly, that was special unlimited internet service and month to month basis, means that I could cancel anytime without penalty. I even asked him because I had a bad experience in the past about a contract. He told me I could cancel anytime, no contract. He said the internet line will be billed on separate account.

    So telephone is under my husband’s name. We have a family plan. So 2 months passed by, we were paying $54 a month. This month, a bill came around $1,200. I right away called T-Mobile customer service on February 6th. Customer service said that they cannot help me because I am not an authorized person to even tell to them. So I got my husband on the line and got authorization from him.

    I asked them what this bill is about. He did not answer me. He connected to me another person (David) and he told me that I exceeded the limit which is 5 GB. I told him when I purchased, customer service did not even mention anything about limit. He said it is unlimited internet service. I told him that I cannot pay, this is ridicules. He told me that all the conversation is taped. I said go right ahead and listen my conversation when the time I purchased the stick and the plan. He then connected me to Finance department. Of course, he also did not help me because "I was not authorized." I got so upset. I told him that he is the 3rd person and my husband gave authorization to first person came to help. No, he said he still needs authorization. I tried to get my husband on the 2nd line but I lost connection to T- Mobile finance guy. I told my husband to call them and authorize me for the 3rd time. He then said later, he called and authorize me to speak to them.

    On February 10th, I called back and spoke to representative. She said that she (Marla P.) apologizes but there is nothing she could do. I asked her listen the conversation that they taped originally the day I got the stick. She said that they random record. I told her to close the account. She said that I have 2 years contract. If I close, there is a penalty. I got so upset and told her that they are all lying to get business. It is not fair to customers. I said I am literate and I do speak and write English very well. I could not be this wrong. She closed the account.

    This is not fair to any customers. They did not question authorization at the time I purchased the internet stick. But they make sure not to talk to me at all when I question the bill. I am sure I am not the only one that they lie to make money. I do not know what to do but to report what happened. I hope you can help. Now, they are saying that I am liable for the bill. They said that they send e-mail to let me know about 5 GB, which I did not even see any e-mail.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2010

    On May 14th of 2009, I had called to request a rate plan change to an unlimited calling plan. I was then informed that it would take 30 days to effect and continued to use my phone as usual. In September of 2009, I had received a large bill I assumed as a result of non-covered issues. On January of 2010, I received an alarming bill for $852.14, at which I further examined and to my dismay, I realized that I was slammed into a plan for an unlimited nights and weekends of which I did not agree to. I have made many attempts to convey these issues but it has fallen on deaf ears. The merchant (T-Mobile) continues to threaten to shut my service down and go to collections. In order to alleviate the error, the merchant has given a $70 credit as they realized that the mistake was legitimate.

    The physical and economic consequences have caused me a great financial burden. The T-mobile office was reluctant to address my concerns and at times belittled my argument as well as made some threatening remarks that service will be terminated. Furthermore, as a working mother with a disabled child, I find it appalling that such a company take advantage of its customer. In addition, I have experienced call interruptions, service problems as well as equipment failure of which none have been rectified or granted credence to. Please try to get to the bottom of this as all I get is runaround from one agent to another, stating memos are in place and that I am responsible for the charges.

    Also, please audit my bills as I asked to see them and the merchant has both refused to supply them and gave me no other recourse than to reach out for your help. I should not have to pay this outrageous bill and should be adjusted accordingly going back to June of 2009 for the overcharges made to me unbeknownst to me. This is a serious problem that should be addressed and investigated by your office as I'm certain it can affect other individuals facing similar concerns.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2010

    I called to let the customer service department know that I could not meet the 2/12/10 deadline and if they could be so kind as to give me until 2/16/10, just a few days longer, because my son is in college and I need his phone kept on. Well, as usual, it's always no with this company. Check my records to see how long I was a customer. Well, as soon as I can we are going to another cell phone company because it is sad when every word that comes out of your mouths is no!

    When you have loyal customers you try your best to work with them, even if your policy say something else—because your customers are the one who has you people employed and don't forget that. Everyone that comes to me about joining T-Mobile, I will definitely tell them no! Just like you all tell us. It’s sad when you can't consider a few more days to wait for your payment. You people are very loyal to your customers. I will be leaving this year if I have to buy out of this contract. My son, who is in college, will have his phone cut off and I will not be able to contact him.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2010

    I used a calling card to call overseas. Despite the fact that I called the toll-free number and I was prompted by an automated voice to enter the number I wish to dial, TMobile charged me for the toll-free number and the number I dialed through the calling card. I wrote to Better Business Bureau. TMobile's answer was that I didn't use the calling card properly and informed BBB that the case is closed. When I challenged their claim with data from my last statement, they did not answer at all. I see this intrusion of privacy and double dipping. When I first talked to customer service, I found out that some other customers complained about the same problem. I think TMobile is hurting and that's a way to collect some more income. I am on a loyalty plan which costs only $49.99 with unlimited calls. I have been with TMobile for many years, I often used those calling cards and I had no problem whatsoever. I actually used the same calling card few months prior to that incident and had no problem.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2010

    I have been a T-mobile customer since they first entered the US as Voicestream for several years with 5 phones and all technology. The last 2 year contract offered me 2 airline tickets. We registered and followed directions and never got one reply for the tickets. Confirmation number was not in the system. It was already 2009. We registered 2008 for tickets in early 2009 for a 1st Couple vacation in 27 years.

    I tried the web and there was nothing. I called and was given same 800 number for reservations. It was no help. I went to the store, no help. I spent 8 hours one day on the phone, overly nice and all I got was a merry go round. They lost a customer because they offer no customer service and ripped me off. I will never ever want another T-mobile high end smart phone again. I challenge anyone to try and get real help with authority on the net or phone. They lost a lifetime customer. Their service has also diminished to the lowest of any provider I know about. Pull off the freeway and you're out of touch. T-Mobile should pack up and go back to Europe and stop ripping off the United States consumers. Over ten years, and I don't exist. Good ye forever. Please leave.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2010

    Plain and simple, the worst service in Central Pennsylvania- specifically they dropped calls and have limited reception. After calls every other week (now scheduled), I am still stuck with my contract and simply have swapped SIM cards and phones. No service still. I've spoken to many friends and family who agree: If you want cell phone service, pick from Verizon, AT&T or Sprint.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2010

    I use Wi-Fi on airplane mode to call from my Samsung Katalyst and Tmobile charged me $605.34. These calls were not made through TMobile phones but from router (Wi-Fi) at home. So I cannot understand why they charged me. On the December bill which was closed on December 19, I did not see any bills from the calls i made via Wi-Fi. But later on, they charged calls I made on 12/16 retroactively, which doesn`t sound right. The notice on the phone I am using now by Tmobile (Samsung Katalyst) has a notice that you can use the phone to make calls through Wi-Fi on international calls free. So I don`t see no reason why they have to charge. Moreover, I made calls in December and I did not see the charges on the past bill which was closed on December 19.

    I just got off the phone with T-Mobile customer service and the lady told me it was a mistake they made with the notice and the mistake was corrected in November so we were not supposed to use the Wi-Fi to make international calls. So I asked her if it was a mistake and corrected with previous customers which has had the problem why you don't inform all customers not to use the Wi-Fi system but kept itunmentioned to victimize other customers. She did not have an answer but tried to offer me $200 credit on those calls which I refused. My question is that if those calls are not legitimate why do they want to give me $200 as credit to keep quiet. Thanks.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2010

    Tmobile advertised when I purchased my blackberry pearl, that there was a $100 rebate. After receiving the phone, I called to confirm. They said they would make a note in my account about the rebate. I was denied the rebate. I was told no such rebate existed, no notes were made in the account regarding rebate, so therefore as a "courtesy", Tmobile credited my account $50. They were nasty and basically accused me of lying. Further if I want to leave Tmobile, it will be $200 termination fee, per phone.

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010

    I used WiFi on airplane mode to call from my Samsung Katalyst and Tmobile charged me $605.34. These calls were not made through T Mobile phones but from router (Wifi) at home. So I cannot understand why they charged me. The December bill which was closed on December 19, I did not see any bills from the calls I made via WiFi, but later on, they charged calls I made on 12/16 retro actively, which don`t sounds right. The notice on the phone I am using now by Tmobile (Samsung Katalyst) have a notice that that you can use the phone to make calls through WiFi on international calls free. So I don`t see the reason why they have to charge. Moreover I made calls in December and I did not see the charges on the past bill which was closed on December 19.

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010

    I marched into T-mobile last April with great enthusiasm for obtaining a new cell phone plan and a fancy Blackberry for only $50. I went back 28 days later because the Blackberry Curve was not what they said it was (internet took forever, track ball didn't work). So the salesman told me it's just not their best model and if I want a better phone, I should have gotten the Blackberry Curve 8900 which would solve all my problems. So I fell for it and shelled out another $100. All seemed fine for a month or so until I woke up one morning to find all of my media (pictures, videos, music) erased. I took it straight to the store and the salesman said that kind of thing does happen. He did his best to recover some of it but basically it has wiped off the important stuff.

    Then a couple months later, the trackball got jammed to the left which made internet use impossible so they sent me a replacement phone. I have a Mac and Blackberries don't talk to Mac so I couldn't back up my data and lost everything again. Then a month and a half later, the internet and messaging went out. I tried calling customer service and they said to call them on another phone (which I don't have). My housemate even works for Blackberry and could not explain the error message I was receiving. He lent me his phone to call customer service and after an hour of being transferred, holding and chatting with an agent, his phone battery died and the problem was still unsolved. The next day, I called back to discuss my many issues with the "retention" department and they ordered me a replacement phone.

    They keep sending me the same model with the same problems. I have been in my contract for almost a year and have had nothing but negative experiences with this Blackberry Curve 8900. I am now on my fourth phone, hand writing my contacts one at a time. I've begged and pleaded to get some other phone but customer service says my only option is to "upgrade" (which means I pay full price for a new phone). I've spent $150 and countless hours with customer service because the phone I have does not work the way they said it would and now they say the only way to fix it is to give them more money. I feel like I have paid too much for too little and I'm going insane. What do I have to do to expose this scam I'm caught in?

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010

    I set up service with another carrier six days before the end of my contracted service with T-Mobile so that I would not lose phone service.

    I was only free to do this on the weekend before the date. I figured that I would just pay the full final month and be done, which I did. T-Mobile claims that when the new carrier pulled my phone number, the account was automatically closed and my contract was violated. They assessed $100 in early termination charges, despite being paid for the full final month plus possible late charge, threat of collections, and damage to credit.

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010

    I switched from Sprint (when my contract ended) to T-Mobile 2 years ago primarily because T-Mobile offered a Blackberry with WiFi that my provider didn't offer at that time. I ultimately wasn't happy with the service and coverage that I had with T-Mobile. So when my contract was up on January 7, 2010, I ported my number back to Sprint.

    Days prior to porting my number, I confirmed with T-Mobile the day that my contract would end and that I could cancel at that time without penalty or any fees. After porting my number on January 8 and thereby terminating my contract, I received a bill from T-Mobile charging me for the entire month of January (through the date of my billing cycle of January 26), even though they did not provide me with any services from January 8 until the 26.

    Thinking this was done in error and that they would charge me from December 27 (the beginning of my billing cycle) to January 7 and not for the entire billing cycle, I called them only to be told that because I didn't give them 30 days' notice before terminating my service, they could bill me for the entire cycle because I cancelled during a billing cycle. The representative claimed that they could do this despite the fact that as of January 7, I didn't have a contract with them and even though they didn't provide me with any service between the January 8 and January 27.

    I asked them to show me where it said that in my contract. I was told that I was bound by whatever the terms and conditions currently are on their website which includes this 30-day notice rule. I ultimately end up with a "supervisor" named April (1725357). I explained to her that I had called several days before the end of my contract, and no representative mentioned that to me when I directly inquired of costs entailed if I terminated on January 8. I asked her if the calls were recorded. She replied some of them are. However, when I asked her if they could be accessed, she said that she couldn't access them and that she didn't know who could and that she was "sorry" if someone gave me bad information but that I owed them for the entire billing cycle.

    I told her that I wasn't going to pay for service that I didn't receive but would pay for service prorated up until the 8. I asked her how I could go about disputing it, and she told me that I couldn't dispute it, because she had decided that they were legitimate charges. She said if I didn't pay it, my account was "at risk" and that I would be sent to collections.

    I asked her where I could make a complaint and the number for her legal department. She told me there were no phone numbers, and I had to write a letter to some PO box number. And she gave me an address in Washington State for the legal department. I asked her if she could at least hold off sending my account to collections, so I could contact the legal department. She told me that my account was already "at risk." That was the end of the conversation.

    Figuring that there had to be a way to dispute a charge, I called back about 2 hours later and asked to speak to another representative about how to dispute the charge. The woman who I spoke to (Cheri) was extremely polite and told me that April was mistaken and that T-Mobile no longer billed for the entire cycle when you cancelled in the middle of the billing cycle, and she "fixed" the mistake. Very scary. I still don't know who was right, but that supervisor April basically told me that I would either pay them or they would mess up my credit. I felt very bullied and without any options. I would never go back to T-Mobile. I think that they are very shady.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2010

    On several different new phones purchased through T Mobile I have had 3 really bad experiences with them. The first was a Blackberry pearl which I bought new and within 3 weeks, the phone screen went out, they replaced with a used one and this continued until my warranty was out and I had to purchase a new phone, the second phone was a Nokia flip phone which I had several different issues and the same thing they replaced with a used one each time until the warranty ran out.

    I then purchased the the G1 Google phone and this was the biggest mistake I have made, nothing but problems and of course T Mobile would do the usual. Sorry we can't help you but you can eat the cost and buy a new phone, which I did, and now I have just purchased a new Samsung comeback and less than 3 weeks but more than the 14 days they give you, it went bad as usual. Well, the usual we can't replace it with a new one because you are past your 14 day new phone warranty, however, we will replace it with a used phone but your warranty still runs from the original purchase date.

    Why does the attorney generals office of consumer affairs dept. keep letting these cell phone providers rape the American hard working people with their policies and bull crap of 14 day new phone warranty and ripping the people off of hard earned money and when you try to get out of your contract, they want to charge you for that. When will someone in our great country stand up for what is right and do something to help the middle class people from being the victim of this unusual standard of policies and unfair actions without being held responsible. Going weeks without a phone while you wait for your used replacement and they offer no cost reduction to your bill for their defective product and the cost of shipping and purchase of new phones only to be replaced with a used one, where they are making a fortune by reselling and using these phones for replacement.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2010

    On Jan 22, 2010, I spoke to a T-Mobile representative who reviewed my account and provided me the rates for texting, calling and retrieving messages from the Dominican Republic under their agreement with Orange. He congratulated me for having my international plan and protection plan and suggested minimum to no use of my G1 phone. I followed his instructions and barely used my phone. I made 5 calls, sent a few text messages and tops 2 or 3 MMS.

    I'm wrongfully being billed for international data usage in the Dominican Republic, a total of $452.53. I explained to manager and Representative Patrick that during my stay outside the U.S. my phone was not used for data. They indicated that if I sent MMS pictures that would be consider data usage and that I must research and Google carrier Orange in the Dominican Republic to question. He explained that my G1 T-Mobile phone has a 3-megapixel camera which can generate a cost of an average of $15.00 per send. If that was so, then, the amount of $452.53 is completely wrong. They refuse to help me, despite of my almost 4 years or more with them.

    On February 02, 2010 at 8:50 pm or so, the manager refused to help me and told me basically that I must pay charges as is (correct or incorrect). I'm placing a complaint against T-Mobile for customer mistreat and for unauthorized charges/usage during my stay in Dominican Republic on January 2010.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2010

    I bought a T-Mobile Sidekick3. I contacted T-Mobile about a flex pay plan. The customer support person told me to go to Best Buy and get a card so I did. I contacted T-Mobile for assistance in setting it up and informed them I wanted flex pay. I was told okay. By the time they were done, they set up a prepaid instead. I told them that is not what I wanted. They said they could fix it but it would take 24hours to reset the card. I called back the next day and not only did they not reset card but then they told me if I want flex pay. I have to buy another card out of my pocket. I should not have to. It was T-Mobile that messed up the first card. At least with AT&T, if they mess your card up, they give you another. Who do I need to call about this? I'm starting at the top and I'm not going to stop until the problem is fixed.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2010

    I have my phone replaced by insurance company Assurant, three times with only the same phone. They told me that I would have to go take it up with the store to give me a different phone. I am recovering from back surgery so when I was able to go into the store. They told me that they could give me a loaner until the insurance sent me another of the same phone that I have, but if I wanted another phone, I would have to buy one. This telephone is so messed up that I cannot hear it ringing if I am holding it in my hand.

    I called customer service and they sent me to sales. I have been paying $122.00 every month and have never missed paying. Sales told me that I should have been paying $59.95 per month and he told me that something was wrong so he told me that he was going to switch me back to customer care. Well, he just sent me back to the automated answering and I finally got to customer care.

    I talked to a guy and he told me that I was actually supposed to be paying $69.95 and with taxes and maintenance that I was supposed to be paying only $99.99. When I questioned him on how they were charging me $30.00 tax on $99.00, he tried to clean it up by telling that there were taxes on each benefit that I got. I told him that they can't charge me tax except on my total bill. Then he told me that there was a glitch in the computer and that if they didn't watch it that even though a customer's bill had been paid, the computer would still cut your service off and that all the customers had to pay for this. I informed him that it was not up to the customer to pay for the problems that they have with their computers and he told me that all the customers were paying. I told that I didn't care what the other customers were doing but I was not going to pay for their problems and I told him that I was going to contact the FCC about this.

    It has gotten worse with my phone since I spoke with them on Sunday. I am on a walker and have limited mobility. When I went in to the store 2 months ago, they told me that there was nothing that they could do for me. I told them that if I violated my contract, they would disconnect me and send me to collections and just as I am held accountable to keep the terms of this contract then they needed to keep up their end of the deal.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2010

    My wife died suddenly on December 2, 2008. On December 10, I went to the store to cancel her phone. They said I had to pay a cancellation fee. I explained that I came home and found my 55-year-old wife dead on the couch.They said I had to pay a cancellation fee. I asked for a supervisor who said I had to pay the cancellation fee. Then I was asked if there was anyone else I could give the phone to. I said no--my wife is dead. I need to cancel her phone.

    I still had my own phone contract with them. They refused to waive the cancellation fee. I left the phone on the counter and left. Within 5 minutes, they had also shut off my phone. They want cancellation fees on the phones. After refusing to waive the fee on my dead wife's phone, they said, "Well, you did not have to cancel your service." The company would not waive the fee on my wife's phone, so I have no desire to ever do business with them.

    A year later, I have them calling me, and now, they have sent it to a collection agency. I want them to apologize.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2010

    T-Mobile will not let us out of their contract, despite the fact that we have no reception whatsoever in the place we have moved. We have been stuck with little or no reception with them for years. Only my daughter's college got reception, and she has to take a leave because she will have to work full time now. T-Mobile's current excuse for making us pay to get free is that we do not have utility bills to prove that we live where we live.

    As I explained to many representatives there (representatives who refused to let me speak to a supervisor), we don't have utility bills because we are homeless and are living in a motel. This is the 3rd place we have lived in Massachusetts that has no T-Mobile coverage: Pelham, Bernardston, and Becket. Since I am unemployed and my daughter will not be in one place that actually has the scant coverage T-Mobile offers in this state, I've asked them to finally let us go. They will if we pay an exorbitant fee. This company hates customers, and their customers hate them back. We will have no phone at all, or my young daughter's credit will be damaged.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2010

    My wife and I have had nothing but trouble with our T-Mobile cell service this past 6 months. We keep having calls dropped, and once they dropped, the phone will not allow any incoming calls for quite a time period. We have changed sim cards three times, and phone, two times. When I spoke with a representative, the only thing they said they could do was give us more minutes. More minutes is not going to do us any good if we can't even use what we have.

    I have even spoken with a supervisor, and they did nothing to resolve our problem. The service is terrible. Fortunately, our contract is up in the next month, so we will be changing providers. I have been so discouraged with T-Mobile that I had to report it. Thank you. We have been paying for service for several months now without continual usage of our cell phone. Being cut off from a conversation when dealing with business issues is embarrassing and frustrating.

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2010

    I have lived at my current residence for 1-1/2 years and have never had problems with my cell phone receiving reception. Today is now 8 days since I have not been able to get cell reception at my home. I am a single mom of a 6 year old little boy, living in a remote area. My cell phone is my only source of communication. Currently I have to drive 3 miles away to get any reception. What happens if I need help and have to call 911? Am I supposed to get in the car and drive 3 miles away to call for help?

    I have contacted T-Mobile numerous times regarding the problem. All they can tell me is there is a problem in the area and they "are working on it". The have no expected date of when the service will be available again. My neighbors who have AT&T cell service have reception with no problem. Since T-Mobile is unable to provide me with any idea of when the problem will be fixed, I would like to cancel my contract with them and switch to AT&T. But T-Mobile wants to charge me a $200 cancellation fee to discontinue service with them. Is it fair that they charge me the fee when they can no longer provide me with service?

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2010

    I switched my phone from T-Mobile on Dec 22, 2009. I called T-Mobile and asked them to cancel my service. The lady I spoke to asked if I wanted to settle my last payment on the phone which I did for $64.72. Today, Jan 25, 2010, I received a bill for $62.34! I called and talked to Steve who said that it was a bill for the period of December 19 to January 18!

    I said I cancelled the phone on December 22 and settled my account on the phone. He said that the charges are not pro-rated, so, I have to pay another full month. I asked if he can remove this charge since I didn't even have a phone number with T-Mobile for this period! He said, "No, the charges are legitimate". I find this practice outrageous. They continued charging me despite the fact that I cancelled the service on the phone and paid the balance that they gave me right away. I think this is a deceptive practice to try to run people down and intimidate them to pay this illegitimate charges.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2010

    I cannot believe T-Mobile. When I moved and couldn't get service in my home, several tech support people told me they would do everything they could to fix the problem, and if not, they would let me out of my contract. After 6 weeks of switching phones, sim cards, cell towers, and money, they couldn't fix it. So when I finally decided to switch carriers, they peg me with a final bill for almost $500 (including the cancellation fee and overage minutes they promised to remove)!

    They lie! Now, I can't even see my bill, because they won't send me a paper bill, and I no longer have access to my account online! T-Mobile is a criminal, and no one should use this service. Buyer, beware!

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2010

    My phone fell on the wet floor. The battery fell out of the phone. I only can use the speakerphone to talk.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2010

    My T-Mobile phone drops calls. I cannot get access to even dial 911. When I talked to T-Mobile (Sarah) yesterday she said that she does not know what is wrong and will have to take the phone to local T-Mobile store. Sarah was extremely rude. She talked so fast and for so long that I could not get a word in edge wise. I yelled while she was talking, but she just kept on talking. T-Mobile's owners want our American Money, but do not give us the service we pay dearly for.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2010

    I gave my daughter a brand new Gravity 2 phone for Christmas for her trip to Central America. we set it up for her to make international calls, and all went well, until she flew back to Miami, where her phone was stolen. She realized this after she got to her hotel, and she immediately called me to let me know. I, not having a criminal mind, told her it was probably at the airport, and to go back there in the morning. I did not report the phone lost, because I thought for sure it would be turned in, and I wanted her to be able to get in touch with me. She was traveling alone, and had a 7 hour bus ride ahead of her.

    The next morning, we tried to call the airport lost and found for 3 hours, before I had to give up and go to work. After work, I did end up calling and reporting the phone missing at around 3 that day. When I looked at my phone bill, there were $300 in international calls, made just 40 minutes after my daughter realized her phone was missing, until the time I had it suspended. I called T-Mobile, and asked if they could waive the charges, but they said no, even though I could tell them the exact time she realized the phone was missing, and if they looked, they would see I have never called these numbers in the history (12 years) of my time with T-Mobile.

    I begged and pleaded, and they said the best they could do was offer me a measly 10% off the total bill. These charges don't include the roaming charges that were acquired, so in total, it is about $500 in calls my daughter never made. I find this so unfair, and do not know what to do. I never dispute my bill, and have been a faithful customer. Every time I asked to speak to someone above the person I was speaking with, I was told they all had the same level of authority. So, I am left with a $500 bill, not including my monthly charge, and what my daughter charged internationally, to pay because some scumbag saw an opportunity to call family in the Dominican Republic. If anyone knows what I can do, or who I can contact besides T-Mobile, I would greatly appreciate it!

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2010

    I returned a defective phone. I returned the phone within two days. I was charged a $10 restocking fee. Plus they did not give the full amount on my credit card. I spent 4 hours in the store the day after I bought the phone. When I got home, it still was not working. I'm mad for being charged $10 restocking fee for a defective product.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2010

    I returned a green shadow because I did not like the phone and was not aware of the contract differences between T-Mobile direct and an outside contractor. I returned the phone within 30 days per the conditions stated and it was honored at the time I returned the phone. Over the next 60 days, I had to be very persistent in order to get my refund of $209.99. I finally received the check then it got mixed in laundry, my bad. So I requested a replacement. I stayed persistent once again and received a new reference number for follow up on the new check but it never came. Finally, I called again and they said that they were out of business with no information on who to follow up with. I am out $209.99 with no recourse in sight for doing business with an independent cell phone company, Mobile solutions.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2010

    After being a customer for 5-plus years and paying over $10,000 in service I had stayed with T-Mobile without a contract out of loyalty. Not long ago they released a new plan that is no-contract base for a cheaper price than the current plan that I had. When I tried to switch they told me that I had to pay an activation fee for $99 because of the change. I advised them that I was a loyal customer and that I already had a line, so why would I pay for activation? They told me that it was like that and that's it. I was considering it but then I asked them to provide me with an upgrade on the phone without tying me to a contract. That was not possible either.

    They told me that the only way to upgrade for free or for a cheap price on the phone was to get a 2-year contract. I asked them what were the advantages of being a loyal customer for 5-plus years and they really could not answer the question. I decided to drop them and go with another cell phone company. T-Mobile does not care for their loyal customers. They are just concerned in getting as many new customers as possible to get them tied down for 2 years to make a "quick buck". I had to buy new phones that cost me over $500.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2010

    Because I lost my income, I wanted to reduce the expense of my mobile service with T-Mobile as much as possible. My current plan is $39.99 for 1000 minutes. I wanted to reduce it to 500 minutes for $29.00, an option that clearly appeared in the T-Mobile website as an available choice. I was told that to make the change I was to be subjected to a one-time charge of $35. The charge eliminates any savings I might have gained from a reduced service. I find this policy from T-Mobile an outrageous and callous disregard for its customers in a time of economic distress. How is possible to justify a fee imposed on a simple change in usage minutes?

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2010

    Even More Plus(SM) Individual plans with FlexPay. Even More Plus offers you even more freedom, flexibility, and value. No annual contract, dependable nationwide coverage, and the most affordable T-Mobile individual plans, including unlimited plans that start at just $49.99 per month. But now that I want to cancel it, they say that need to pay $200.00 to cancel my service when you all can see that it says there is no contract

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2010

    My wife and I had T-Mobile pay-as-you-go plans and since we didn't use our cell phones often and didn't 'text', we'd each spend $100 per year for 1000 minutes. Last summer we decided to get our daughter her first phone and we went to the T-Mobile owned store in our mall (not a kiosk). We were told by the salesperson that you couldn't text on prepaid plans, and since I'd already promised my daughter the phone for her birthday, I believe I had no choice but to sign up for the contract with 2-year commitment. Recently, we discovered that we could text on our prepaid plans. I felt completely taken advantage of. We are 7 months into a two-year commitment where we're paying $55 per month.

    That's over $1200 for the contracted time. Don't get me wrong, it's not that we can't afford it, it's that we were misled into paying thousands of dollars more than we needed to. I was very clear on what I wanted but was told it was not possible. I don't believe the contract should be valid, because it was signed under false pretenses. I went into the store with my complaint. I wasn't rude, but I was firm on my belief that I should not have to pay early termination fees (or any other fees) to end the contract, since I was either misinformed or lied to when I signed the contract. The man I spoke to (Al) said he couldn't help me. He called their CS department and they said they couldn't help me. I called the 877 number for T-Mobile this morning and 'Tanya' said she couldn't help me.

    I received a call from T-Mobile in response to my Better Business Bureau complaint. The representative (Ally) said that I signed the contract so it's binding. She said all the staff are well-trained in their products and implied that such a mistake was impossible. If that's true, then it only confirms to me that I was lied to rather than it being a mistake. The whole experience is sickening. I don't plan on giving up no matter what they attempt to do with my credit rating. I'm ** off and I'm going to fight them any way I can.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2010

    I purchase a wireless stick for internet with T-Mobile as a Christmas gift for my child. I made the purchase with a live advisor. I was not sure of the plans that were available to me. So, the advisor explained the difference between the two plans. So, I went with the cheaper plan after being advised of a limit notification alert that could be sent to my cell phone when I have reach my limit. The billing started on 12/23/10 and my child received the gift on Christmas Day.

    By looking at the billing from the first interact with web service, I was charged $39.92 for 199.6201 mb of usage. Every time we turned on the web, I was charged for. My bill was prorated from the date of purchase 12/23/09 to 1/6/10 for the total amount due of $410.73. I received this bill today, 1/14/10. I call customer service immediately for clarification with my bill. The advisor place me on hold for 3 minutes. When she returned, I was told that there was no record stating notification the consumer of her limited and all charges are legitimate. I was mislead as a customer with T-Mobile. I am also a good customer who currently has 3 phones which currently cost me more then $250.00 a month.

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2010

    I wanted to end my contract with T-Mobile; they told me it would be a 200 dollar fee so I decided to wait until the contract was up which I did. At the end of the contract, they started adding on charges that they said would be waived if I renewed my contract and I said no I have fulfilled my contract and now I am moving on and they kept a charge on my account. And then they sent it to a collection agency and I was unaware of this until I checked my credit report and T-mobile would not speak to me about this.

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2010

    My name is Elias **. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I was a Sprint customer for almost 10 years. The area I live in had a lot of dropped calls, and after lots of consideration, I decided to look for another carrier. My choice was T-Mobile. I called to check about a phone and after I gave my credit card, I decided to put a hold on the transaction until I had a chance to make a final decision. All of a sudden, I received a cell phone in the mail and was very surprised. Right away, I went on my checking account and sure enough, I was charged $151.58.

    I did not have the money in the account and the charge was pending. I then went to the bank to cover the charges to avoid paying overdraft fees. I called to see what happened and they said I did place the order for the phone. I told them that I did not. They asked me for permission to review the taped conversation. I told them of course. It was determined that I did not authorize the transaction. Being that they did not have authorization for this and it was their mistake, they offered a $25.00 credit on my account.

    A couple of days later, I called to review the plan and confirm monthly charges. At this time, I was told that my initial payment was $126.58, yet my bank payment was $151.58. The representative gave me credit for $35.00 to make up the difference. I was very happy. I guess that's the way they suck people in to stay. Now it's January 2010 and I am very excited with the New Year until I received a text on the 9th that I owe $46.75 due on the 14th. On the 13th, I went to the bank, made a deposit, and when I returned home, I wanted to verify the deposit because I paid the $46.75. This is when I saw a payment in my checking account on the 9th to T-Mobile for $72.76.

    I did not have the funds in the account, being that I was not aware this was going to be posted to my account. This payment was also charged an overdraft. I picked up the phone and called T-Mobile to resolve this problem. I was on the phone for at least 3 hours being switched from one person to the other and retelling the whole story each time. The initial payment was also now $72.76, not $151.58. This was a big mystery for which she had no explanation. My bank statement showed $151.58 paid to T-Mobile. There was no communication and lack of customer service during this phone call.

    They are thieves that now took $151.58 and $72.76 and $46.75 and $40.00 in overdraft. I did not ever authorize EZ Pay on this account or give them permission to charge my account. The final decision was that T-Mobile will put a trace on the payment the bank is showing and that will take 6 business days to resolve. They confirmed that there will not be any more EZ Pay payments made to this account. Getting to this point was extremely frustrating and I believe I made a big mistake by switching carriers. I will never recommend T-Mobile to anyone.

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2010

    On Monday, January 11, 2010, I contacted T-Mobile regarding $289.30 in roaming charges on my December 2009 statement. I was told I didn't have Nationwide coverage, that these were legitimate charges, and there was nothing they could do. I have never paid roaming charges before. I went out of town and wasn't aware that I supposedly didn't have this coverage. I have been a customer for about 7 years (which is a long time in today's mobile carrier market), so I asked the representative to show me where I agreed to pay roaming charges. I would have never used the phone if I had known I was going to be billed an extra $289.30! I would have used my landline calling card or send an email. They told me that I should have contacted them to change my plan, but never notified me that they offered free Nationwide if I give up some of my minutes. When I told them I was disputing the charges and contacting an attorney, they were willing to take $75.00 off my bill to shut me up. I refuse to allow them to take advantage of me or any other customer. I want these charges removed.

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2010

    I signed a contract with T-Mobile at a Wal-Mart store in Fl. I have a Flex plan with 2 lines, 750 minutes with unlimited texting. The rep. in the store informed me the cost, a one time in-store charge total was $109.26. I asked her several times if that was my monthly amount and she said no. My contract states $59.99 monthly service, plus taxes, fees and other charges $26.85 (which is rather excessive) and a Reg. Prog. Fee of $2.42. I received my bill and it is the same amount as it was in the store. I called T-Mobile and got nowhere. They apologized about what the rep said and just informed me that was what I was to pay. My contract states monthly service plan $59.99 with other fees and charges that does not add up to $109.26. They refused to adjust and do anything about the bill. Then they charged me $4.99 per line (2) with additional fees! This is highway robbery and it should stop. These big companies have squeezed consumers enough.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2010

    I went to Mexico and used the internet on my phone. When I got home, my bill was over $1,000. I called before I left and the representative I spoke with didn't even know the exact rates to make a phone call to the states. The problem with T-Mobile's internet is the application keeps running even if your not using it. So I was charged for time I didn't even use the internet for. Most importantly, they did not inform me of the roaming charges I would incur.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2010

    I tried to use $50 debit card I got from T-Mobile when I purchased two new phones and extended my service contract for an additional 2 years. But card was locked up at $43.56. When I called T-Mobile customer service to complain, Lisa, the rep, said I actually overcharged the card by $6.44 and that I owed T-Mobile that amount. I asked how could a $50 debit card be overcharged when that was its limit? Rep had no answer, but she said that I'd soon be getting a bill for the amount owed.

    I told the rep that debit and gift cards are a gimmick used to make rebates/allowances amounts offered by companies as difficult as possible to access/recover. And that, as a result of my experience, T-Mobile would soon be losing me as a customer, which I've been for more than 12 years. By the way, the debit card was issued by CitiCards, another company I'll never do business with again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2010

    I got charged twice for $200, for 2 lines with T-Mobile. The phones were bought more than 3 years ago, in February of 2009. I changed my plan from 1,000 minutes to 700 minutes, which saves $10 per month. I explicitly asked the agent if my contract will not be extended, which he confirmed. The contract was supposed to be finished in September, which another agent confirmed on the phone. A couple of months later, I switched to Sprint, in November 2009, and I receive a bill with a $200 fee for these 2 phones. I called, but got nothing. I requested for the recording which confirmed that the contract will not be extended but got nothing. What's next?

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2010

    In November 2009, I wanted a blackberry and wanted a service that would provide me the opportunity to pay for it in increments. I originally came from AT&T. Unfortunately, I joined my son David *** with Tmobile. We explained everything to the Tmobile employee and they said, 'Oh, sure we can break your phone charge into 4 payments." The December bill was approx. $650. which included the phones we ordered. My son repeated what their rep told us about paying for the phone in 4 payments and when it was all said and done they said no. Today is January 4, 2010 and they want full payment all including bill. T-Mobile messed over my college student too (son). I should have learned then. What a mess, only God can straighten this out. If I had done my homework and found this site I never would have chosen them. I would have stayed with AT&T, at least they were truthful.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2010

    I bought a new phone with the understanding that I have 30 days to decide if I want to keep the phone or return it. No one told me about a $10.00 re-stocking fee. Jermaih and Tony never disclosed this information. When I went to return the phone, they charged $10.00 as re-stocking fee. When I asked Jermiah, he said he forgot to mention that. I had to pay the re-stocking fee!

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2010

    T-mobile's coverage maps are not even close to accurate. I got phones for myself and my mother. I explained to the representative that she lives in Florida and he pulled up a map that showed she would have "excellent" coverage at her home. He even printed the map for me. We bought the phones so we would not be tied into a contract. This took place on 12/7/09. My mother returned to Florida after Christmas and she has no signal at her house at all. She also was without coverage along route 95 on the way down to Florida. (What good is a cell phone without signal? ) I had her send me the phone priority mail so we would be within 30 days of the purchase. When I tried to return the phones on 1/3/10, I was told there is a 14 day return policy, though it never actually states that on the papers I have. The only mention of 14 days is for upgrades, which we were not doing. Customer service did take off the activation fee but said they had nothing to do with the phones, that was at the discretion of the manager of the store. The young man who had sold me the phones was there and remembered me and seemed to agree with me but could do nothing about the situation. It was up to the manager. She said she was not able to change the policy, though it wasn't actually written the way she claimed. She also seemed to think we were lying about coverage saying "I stand behind the maps."

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2010

    I purchased two T-Mobile phones on November 21, 2009 for my partner and myself for Christmas. It was a surprise to be opened on Christmas day and did not activate either phone until December 26th or 27th or 28th. I am very unsatisfied with my phone and tried to return the phone or any credit possible and was told there is only a 14-day period for return from date of purchase. T-Mobile at this local office activated our phones on that date. They will do nothing to settle my dispute of purchase date versus activation date.

    It cost $179.00 to purchase the phones plus $30.00 to change phones, and possibly additional charges that I am not aware of, plus $400.00 for both of us if we want to discontinue services with T-Mobile.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2010

    I was a T-Mobile customer from 2005-2009. I recently transferred my number to another carrier and canceled my service on Nov. 27, or so I thought. My complaint is also about the tricky cancellation and billing polices at T-Mobile. After my service was canceled, my husband realized that his phone line was still active (we had a family plan).

    I called customer service at T-Mobile right away and made sure that both lines were canceled and was assured by a customer representative that all lines were canceled. However, a month later I received a bill for a prorated charge of an extra 2 weeks of service that I did not use or want because my cancellation was 2 days after the next billing cycle has begun. I called customer service at T-Mobile again and asked them why I was charged for an extra two weeks of service and not just for the 2 days after my last billing statement. Their response (from both the representative and a supervisor) was that I should consider myself to be fortunate that they did not charge me the entire extra month, but rather just the 2 weeks. They said that it is stated in their contract that if I cancel even just 1 day after the next billing cycle has begun, they have the right to charge for the entire month even if their service is no longer used or wanted by the customer.

    As a customer, I think this is a an unethical and sly way of doing business. I have just read a similar complaint by another person on this website about T-Mobile. Although my extra charge is only ~$40.00, which will not break the bank, but in principle it is unjust and uncalled for. If I actually used their service then I would gladly pay for it, like for the past 5 years I was with T-Mobile. I worked hard for my money just like everyone else and this feels like I just been robbed. I hope T-Mobile are reading these complaints and change their unscrupulous business practices soon. Even though it is too late for me, I will warn everyone I know from now on about their tricky policies. Even if T-Mobile's rate plans are cheaper then the competition they have just lost a couple of customers for life. I refuse to waste my hard earned money.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2010

    I cancelled my T-Mobile in September of 2008. I had one month left on my contract, and was advised to just pay out the remaining term, which I did. I was also advised that my account had been closed, and that my phone would no longer be of use. In February ‘09 I discovered that T-Mobile had continued to charge me that standard $89 a month fee, and also cancellation charges for my request back in September. When I rang, they admitted the mistake, cancelled the account again (because it hadn't been done properly), and refunded my money (close to $1000).

    In May, T-Mobile started to charge my account again after 2 months of nothing. Again, they charged above the normal $89 a month, in some cases up to $230 a month. When I rang, they again admitted that it was mistake, cancelled the account again, and this time ensured that the direct debit was cancelled. Since then, I have rang several times to get my money back. Every time I call, I get the run around and I need to re-explain the details 3 to 4 times per call, and everyone says they can't help me.

    My last call to T-Mobile, around September, I spent an hour on the phone to various people before I spoke to a supervisor. After a very angered conversation, she agreed to refund my money (about $800). It is now January 2010 and there’s no sign of my money ("it will take about a month sir", what rubbish). I am gearing myself up for another hour long conversation with thieves, and am not looking forward to it.

    Is there anyway to make these people account for what they are doing? Looking through these complaints it’s obvious that they are consistently trying to defraud customers. Unbelievable that these goons are not on the front page of the national papers. They have stolen from me and have admitted it, but won't refund.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2010

    On November 12 or 13, I received an unsolicited phone call from T-Mobile offering a new unit at the low cost of $19.26. They explained that due to my long period with them, I was entitled to the offer as a valued customer. I do not have a contract and have not had a contract in the last 4 years. The new phone was a Model Samsung SGH-T639. I asked twice if this would lock me into a contract. They assured me this would not alter my "month by month" status. The acceptance of the unit will not lock-me to a yearly contract. Soon after the unit was mailed to me.

    On December 22nd, I called to clarify some charges on my invoice. They told me that I had signed a 2-year contract. I explained this was a mistake. According to the T-Mobile Customer Representative, their records showed that I had signed a 2-year contract at a Retail Store. They could not change the specifications and that I had to deal directly with the store that had signed me up. They said not to be responsible for the actions of the T-mobile retail representative.

    I was denied any help nor assistance on the matter. I had to deal directly with the T-Mobile Representative listed on the contract. On the meantime, I was under contract and it will stayed as is. They did share the following; The Representative who called was not a T-Mobile Representative. Was a Florida Wireless City Representative (Joe M. - store tel. number 305-356-), a third party sales agent. Therefore they were not responsible for it.

    T-Mobile is very fast acting on the contract, yet very slow being responsible for the actions that gives them benefit. T-Moblle and Florida Wireless are acting unethically. Consequences: 1-Unsolicited 2 year contract based on false information. 2- Stress. I am 83 years old. If the representative is not calling from T-Mobile, he/she should say so. They did say twice, I was not locking myself into a 2 year contract. I never went to the store, nor signed a contract. I am ready to return the unit.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2009

    I am a recent widow. I called T-Mobile back in Aug. '09 to see if reception was good where I was moving. They (T-Mobile) said, "Great reception". My husband of 19 years recently passed and I needed to inform people. When I got my phone, it never had more than 1 bar, had to stand outside to use and still phone would drop calls; and it would say 5-10 or more times a day "Sim card failed". I probably called T-Mobile over 25 times from Aug.-Nov. '09 for help. Finally, I had to port over to Verizon, which cost me $107 due on 1-1-2010, after putting out $60+ for this T-Mobile phone. They were automatically taking the money out of my bank account.

    On Nov. 19th, '09, a supervisor said she would make sure I got my $55.01 payment for Nov. '09 back due to all my trouble. I call every 6-10 days, keep getting promised $36 (they prorated for 9 days, even though I could not use phone) since end of Nov. '09. Then, I was told the money was released on 12-18-09 and it would be in my account (promised again) by 12-23-09; still no money! I called today, 12-30-09. Supervisor would not get on phone and was told an e-mail would be sent to dept. (This has been done several times by other supervisors.)

    Now, I'm told $36 will be in my account in 3-5 days. I have been told this over and over since 11-19-09. I'm sick of it! I just had a heart catheter, lost my husband, have to pay double for a new/used phone and it's the holidays. This is causing me great stress! I can't get anywhere with this phone company. My number ported over to Verizon is **, ID **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2009

    I have been a loyal customer of this company for over three years now, even going so much as to add my family members. They have been double billing me for a long time now. Each month, they want more money even though we have an unlimited plan which means our price is set and we don't have overage charges. Most of the month, I go without service or have issues with my device. When I contacted customer service, I always get off the phone with a pounding headache because they act as if they are incompetent when it comes to reading my account. I have to call them every month to just get proper service. I constantly go through dropped calls, calls not coming in or voicemail problems; and as far as I know, I live in a well-serviced area.

    I think it is very unfair how this cell phone company is treating me and my family. My bill is over $200 a month but if I decide to leave, I will have to pay hefty penalties. Something needs to be done. I know I am not the only person experiencing these issues. My daughter did not want to come to this company with me because she heard so much bad things. I talked her into it and now I'm sorry I ever did. She lives very far away from me and now I can't talk to her and my grandkids when I want to, because of the bad service either one of us gets at any given time.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2009

    The last billing statement from 11/23/2009 (for the time frame 10/23/2009-11/22/209 on my account **) showed two installment charges for items I never purchased - installment plan #** and plan #**. I called T-Mobile customer service around the 22nd of December and after 1.5 hours on the phone, the lady finally told me that somebody named "Maverick" picked up stuff in a T-Mobile store. She issued me the credit for the wrongfully charged $26.25 and I thought everything is okay now.

    However, on the bill for December, suddenly I was charged for the same thing again - and this time, twice. Now, I called the cancellation department to complain and make them fix the issue. After half an hour on the phone, the lady told me that the charges are right and I was the person who picked this stuff up in San Bernardino. I was not in San Bernadino since 4 or 5 years.

    Obviously, somebody in the store made either a mistake or somebody used my phone number to purchase items in the store. Either way, it is not my problem and I want these charges waived - and a compensation for this impossible customer service. It also is very concerning that obviously, there is no kind of identification asked when customers purchase items in a T-Mobile store. Everybody who has my name and phone number can basically purchase on my account. I was never asked for any kind of I.D. when I purchased my phone in the T-Mobile store.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2009

    I have a mobile telephone serviced by T-Mobile. I used a prepaid method of payment for this service connection. I went to South Africa last year and the last time I used it, it was in June 2008. When I tried to use it later, I found it was no longer connected to the service provider. I did not use it as I have another which I use at home. I found that I had a credit balance of over £25. When I went into a T-Mobile branch in Gourock to query this in approximately August 2009, I was told that my number had been removed from the network, and that I could not be refunded. As a pensioner, I do not consider £25 as a small amount and I wish to claim a refund of this balance. My T-Mobile telephone number was **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2009

    I called T-Mobile for the reason of lost signal and dropped calls. I asked them if I could get another phone. They didn't do anything for me (try to get me a new phone or discounted). After having issues with them, where they gave to a friend my personal information, they still didn't try to even help me. Their flex account is bad. I had to change to a new company and they take care of customer issues.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2009

    I was traveling for holidays to go from the west coast to east coast. In the middle of TN, my cell service disappeared. I got to my destination - there was no service, and error message states not registered in network. I called customer service. They kept trying to fix the issue. Finally, they state that I basically have no service in this area. Strange, as we were here last year and had service fine - I have filed multiple complaints with FTC, BBB, Atty. Gen. office. I will make sure they fix the issue and they pay for it - even if I have to change carriers. It is a pain in the ** though that their service area sucks!

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2009

    I took a T-Mobile phone in September 08. I am not even going to go into their first lie about moving from a prepaid to a flex without changing numbers. Anyhow, in June 2009, I got a phone call from T-Mobile telling me that I can have a 1-year contract, with the same plan, instead of a month to month contract. I asked what would be the advantage for me. The answer was as follows: "You will receive a 50USD immediate credit to your account. You will have the same advantages as people on yearly contracts, including phone upgrades, etc. You won't have the flex contract fees."

    After a month or two, not having received my 50USD, I called 611 (consumer service). I spent quite a long time on the phone being unhappy because I was told that this would be at the end of the one year not immediate. But you know what, after 1 hr, nothing was moving. I had to accept the fact that I just had been lied to by a sale person.

    Today (6 months later), I went into a T-Mobile store to upgrade my phone which, apparently, I cannot do. Unhappy, I talked to the guys about the salesperson's promises, and he told me that he never heard of such things (the proof is that my contract was changed on June 4th, not by the force of nature), and that I was plain stupid for doing it over the phone (humiliation 1, which was followed by a few more humiliating comments).

    Coming home and pretty upset, I kept my head cool, talked to a consumer service person, described the whole story and I wanted her to tell me what I was entitled to, or why I went to a one year commitment for. It took 20 min. for her to understand. Then she told me that she does not even see the 50USD, nor the conversation with her colleague from a few months ago. I passed the state in which I was. I asked for the recording of the conversations with 611. You can't have those.

    I feel absolutely abused, and humiliated by this system with no way to have anybody accountable for what they are saying. I was promised 3 things; none of them are going to happen, and I am committed to a company who has been lying.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2009

    After 15 years of being loyal T-Mobile users (my husband and I were among the first 1000 people to sign on with the company), I upgraded to a Blackberry smart phone at the end of 2007. Consequently, I called to upgrade my service plan via the telephone. On the phone, I chose the unlimited minutes plan and added features for internet access and unlimited text messaging.

    My husband pays the cell phone bills from the business account, and two years later, in December of 2009, he informs me that something is wrong with the T-Mobile bill. He has been paying exorbitant charges for my phone going over its texting limit, but just stopped to investigate as he was too busy before and because he simply never thought it was because our plans were just changed mid-stride and without our permission. Well, since I'm not supposed to have any limit at all, I called T-Mobile to find out what the problem is.

    Aubry (or Audrey) was extremely rude right off the bat. She told me that since this discrepancy is from two years ago, there was plenty of time for us to have rectified the situation even though what we ordered was just arbitrarily changed on us. I asked to speak to her manager. Chris repeated the same, although in a much more respectful tone. Later that evening, Leah, Chris' manager, called me and repeated the same thing, offering to credit my account $100 to make up for the approximately $3000 their error had cost us in the past two years. With T-Mobile's obvious disregard for loyal customers, my husband and I have since changed mobile phone providers, and really do hope we don't run into similar ethical issues.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2009

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile for a long time. This Christmas, I wanted to upgrade my 15-year old son's phone for Christmas. His upgrade was not available until January 5th, but the representative for T-Mobile said they would honor it one month early, clearly knowing that it was a present. I ordered the phone and the next day, my son received a text message about the upgrade and when to expect the phone! Since when does someone other than the primary account holder's phone number get messages about changes made to the account?

    When I called T-Mobile about my complaint and to get compensation since they had ruined my one big surprise (after all, my purchase was $300 after all the charges and shipping and handling), the representative kind of laughed and said, "Oh no. I'm sorry that happened," and proceeded to tell me she had the same thing happened to her. I was told this new feature was implemented about a month ago where they would send a text to the number that changes were made to. If that is the case, why didn't the representative alert me since he knew this was a Christmas gift?

    All I asked them to do to make it right was to credit my account for the full amount of the upgrade since it was their error and my enjoyment of giving my son a gift for Christmas was gone and he gets no surprise. The manager said there was nothing he could do since there was no billing error made. I am not going to let it go. I have e-mailed and sent T-Mobile a letter and I'm expecting a call in return.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2009

    I have been a loyal customer of T-Mobile since 2001. I have no problem extending contract with T-Mobile regardless of years to be extended because I am and was planning to not go anywhere. I have 3 lines (myself and my two children and we each share the same plan). My 10-year old daughter did not know that she had lost her phone. I found out that she lost her phone when her father received a call from her phone the following week and noticed that it was not our daughter calling. I immediately informed T-Mobile about the lost phone. They informed me that the line that my daughter uses had INT calls to DR totaling over $800.

    I never call DR in 9 years (maybe once or twice when my family went on vacation). I am highly upset that all they can do for me was credit me $200.00 towards the bill. I was a bit pleased at the moment because I have been calling all the departments trying to have someone help me. I understand that I did not inform them of the lost phone but I myself was not aware. I also cannot understand how a company like T-Mobile does not have an abnormal activity alert.

    I am pretty sure that when my bill is past due a few days, they will text me alerting me. Why did nobody alert me that a line which was only used to local numbers, all of a sudden has INT charges of over $800 of calls being made all day to Santo Domingo? My bill is due on 12/24/2009 and I am a single mother of two. I feel that I should not have to pay for this bill and that T-Mobile should have an abnormal activity alert to alert customers of fraudulent activity.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2009

    We bought 3 cell phones. Two have broken by things inside the phone breaking or coming undone. It is clearly a fault of the manufacturer. However, T-Mobile has their own description of what is a manufacturer’s fault. Their description is not a true manufacturing defect. We notified the store within less than a year of purchase. We also called the main number and got the same wording of their definition of a manufacturer’s warranty. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2009

    First of all let me tell you right off the bat that T-Mobile sucks! They are the most incompetent people out there and they are making everybody else's life miserable. The story is much too long and the space is not enough, but they are losers and suck at their job. Their phones are overpriced, the reception sucks and drops when most needed and the customer service always gives you the runaround instead of helping you. They say they are striving to satisfy the needs of their customers. Let me tell you, they are only trying to fill their pockets and nothing else matters.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2009

    I've been with T-Mobile now for 4 months. I hear static and echoing on my phone. T-Mobile exchanged my phone for a new one and now they want to do the same thing again and charge me shipping fees and I feel they just don’t care.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2009

    I purchased the T-Mobile Home Service Wednesday, November 04, 2009. I was told it takes 7 to 10 days before I can get my number transferred and receive a dial tone. The phone had a dial tone the following Tuesday. I was also told that I had a 14-day trial period. During the trial period, I called T-Mobile one time because I had no dial tone and the blue light on the modem (purchased from T-Mobile) was off and they had me reset the box by unplugging it and plugging it back in and the dial tone and blue light came back. I called Saturday, November 28 because I had no dial tone Thursday, Friday, or Saturday and resetting the modem was not fixing the problem and I wanted to cancel. T-Mobile said in my area there was a problem with the blue light staying on and that their technicians are working on the problem.

    When I got off the phone with customer support, the dial tone was gone again. I called them back and explained that I cannot be without a house phone and they said they are doing everything they can (basically I just had to wait until the problem was fixed). I called the next day with the same problem and I was given extra minutes for my cell phone and the home calls were transferred to the cell phone. I told T-Mobile that I will like to cancel and they said I will have to pay the $200 early termination fee. I called again Thursday, December 3rd and I was able to get a dial tone so I cancelled the call forwarding. Since that day, I have to reset the modem approximately every 10 to 15 minutes. When I wake up, the phone is dead. When I get back from work, the phone is dead. And during the day I keep resetting. I have been to the store where I purchased the modem but they tell me I have to call customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2009

    T-Mobile came out with new plans without contracts and offered to have new phones placed on an installment of 24 months. However, when I received my bill, they want me to pay for one of the phones up front ($380). The salesperson explicitly told me that both phones were able to be placed on this installment plan, but when I called them, they told me that only one phone was able to be placed on this plan and the other I would have to pay full price for upfront. This is not what I agreed to and they will not rectify this situation.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2009

    I called in to order two phones that they had on promotion but asked the Sales Representative John to tell me when my main phone number line was up for cancellation. He told me the 4401 was no longer on contract and that the 9895 was up in April. He then told me to just call in and have them switch my phone number to one of the new contracted lines and then have them cancel it. I asked him to please put that information in the file, so that when I call in to do it, there will not be any questions. I also order two other phones in the past and returned both. T-Mobile says that they have no record of the returns. Their computer systems are not set up correctly to track those, and when they are returned, apparently there is no one manually inputting that information in.

    In addition to being misinformed by the representative, I also do not get any signal to use the service in every direction that I drive in upon leaving my home. I had a car accident and was unable to call out for help because there was not any service available from them. Two days later, my power went out at my house; and once again, at my home, I had no service. People will call on one of the lines, and it doesn't ring. They leave a message, and we sometimes don't get it until 2-3 days later.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2009

    I had service since 2006. In 2008, my daughter replaced a lost phone, with no mention of this extending my contract. It did, and since that time, I have had very little to no service on either phone. I live 1 mile from the T-Mobile store. I've reported the lack of service many times, had the chip replaced each time, with no improvement in service. I was told each time I was under contract until November ‘09 and would have to pay $600 to cancel my service to 3 lines. It is Dec. 13, I went with another provider, and called to cancel my service.

    The replacement phone, that has never worked, is under contract until August 10. I was never informed of this. I can pay $40 per month until August 2010, or $200 to terminate. I choose $200, but T-Mobile will not turn off the service and continues to count each day the phone is active as billable. I have no coverage, cannot call or text, and no way to end this. I have been told for the past 18 months my contract was up November ‘09. I was never notified of this extension. I will have to pay $360 until the contract end, or $200 to terminate early, which I agreed to do, but the service continues and so does the billing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2009

    I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2005. I am currently locked into a contract until 2011. My issue is the inaccessibility of both T-Mobile products and the insensitivity toward my visual impairment by the representatives from T-Mobile. I prefer a product that has both a screen reader and a screen magnification program. However, screen magnification (ability to increase font to at least 14 PT) is absolutely necessary for me to use my phone effectively.

    I use phones that have complete data functionality as this is my main source of Internet use especially email exchange. Over the years, I have had phones such as the Dash, Samsung slider, and most recently, a BlackBerry 8320. These phones that I have had provided the ability to increase the font to a suitable size; however, I ran into many technical difficulties. These difficulties ranged from frequent system failures with the phones, as well as the phones rebooting themselves during calls or other important activities.

    My problem with the screen magnification capabilities is as follows. My newest BlackBerry 9700 does not save the font changes to be applied on all the phones functions. In addition, when I am on the Internet, and try to use the zoom-in function feature, the words become jumbled and unreadable. I proceeded to obtain a phone that met my needs. This is where the problems began with both the customer service representatives from T-Mobile as well as the account specialty department. Over the past few months, I have had many conversations in an attempt at finding an accessible phone for my needs. Many times, I have been misinformed about T-Mobile products which turned out to be inaccessible.

    An example of this was the G1 and the myTouch. In a final attempt at finding an accessible phone, I visited the T-Mobile store located at 735 6th Avenue in New York City on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM. The in-store representative was understanding of my needs and spent an hour trying to find a phone for me. In his attempts, he contacted the customer care call center for some suggestions. After a few moments, a request was given to the representative for me to speak with the customer care agent. Although I cannot recollect the agent's name, I do recall him saying that as the technology becomes newer, they are taking out the feature which enables customers to increase the font size. The call concluded with me realizing that I must cancel my service with this company. The in-store representative then showed me his personal HTC Touch Pro 2 which has the ability to increase the font size; however, the font can only be increased to an approximate size of 10 PT.

    I have done some research and found that AT&T is able to successfully meet my needs. I am ready to cancel my contract with T-Mobile as a result of T-Mobile's inability to provide an accessible phone for me. This evening, I contacted T-Mobile to discuss canceling my contract. Once again, the representative tried to offer me several phones such as the G1 and myTouch. In addition, she informed me that by law, T-Mobile offers phones for the hearing impaired and the blind; however, these are simple phones that do not support data plans.

    She proceeded to tell me that most of their visually impaired customers don't use data plans. She told me that I would have to pay a cancellation fee of $200.00. I asked to speak to a supervisor about this since I feel that I should not be subjected to pay this fee. She then told me that I should contact their legal department at the following address: T-Mobile Wireless Legal Department 12920 South East 38th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98006-1350. I would appreciate any help in this matter as I feel I should not be penalized for canceling a service that I cannot use. Thank you in advance.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2009

    Sadly, I have been a customer of T-Mobile since March 2009. Since then, we've had nothing but problems with each phone. My boyfriend has a Blackberry flip phone. It shuts down at random times by itself. It then turns back on and is unavailable because it has to go through a "rebooting" process. That can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to half hour. It calls people on its own and turns off on its own. We've already exchanged it once and have more issues with this new one than the old one!

    My two step-daughters and I have the same Samsung Gravity. The major issue I have with my phone is text messages. The contact information comes up incorrect. It will tell me it's being sent from a certain contact, when really, it was sent by someone else. Also, my phone will freeze out of nowhere. I can only take the battery out and restart it. Our phones will also end our phone calls right at the beginning. So before it gets a chance to ring, "Call Ended - Mom (for example)" will appear and I'll have to try the call again.

    Now, my daughter has issues signing onto her AIM account as "Server Timeout" comes up. These are all problems we have on a daily basis. I hold up our end of the contract, which is paying our bill in full, in a timely manner. T-Mobile's end is to give me the service I pay for. In no way, at any time, have they kept up their side of the contract. They tell me I have to go through Troubleshooting each time. I was even told by a manager, "We have to exchange the phone until we find the right one for you." So, I guess I have to go through "Trial and Error" until they get it right. That same manager then told me having 3 exchanges, on the same account, in less than a 90-day period, voids the contract.

    Since getting off the phone with him, I've spoken to 4 different reps and 2 different managers. The last manager told me, "There is nothing that voids a contract, nothing." So, no matter what they do, wrong or right, on their end, you are stuck in an unfair position. Through this process, I've been writing down name and numbers, also locations to where I've called. Just to be told by a rep that the numbers are no good because they will never be able to connect you back to a previous rep you've talked to. They make it so hard to get any help and then put the blame on you - asking what they can do to help and that they understand your concerns and frustrations.

    However, they never give you a suitable solution to your problem. I know my contract has been voided by them months ago. But it doesn't matter as customer satisfaction has been thrown out the window. I'm completely disgusted with T-Mobile and wish that I never switched from Metro to them. I will never give them a good review or refer anyone to join them. They are just thieves taking advantage of hard working, loyal, honest customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2009

    I have been with T-Mobile for over 5 years. I started off with 1 line then I added another one. I put my daughter on in October 2009. Ever since then, our bill shot up to $288.00 from $257.00 and $238.00. I have to pay $40.00 a month just for her line. I'm on a family plan and has been paying $109.00 a month for the last 2 years. After adding the third line, it jumped up to $250.00 a month. This month, they said that my grandson bought a game and they charged him $42.32. He said the game was supposed to be $6.95 and the man couldn't even tell me what the game is because it was a third party charge. I called to talk with someone back in October and they told me if I go with the 2,500 minute plan for $99.00, it would be a cheap $9.99 for the third phone.

    I would have the five favs and both sidekicks would be $25.00 for both. After I did it, everything changed. The bill is even more higher. I even printed out the plan. They won't explain to me what the other monthly charges were for.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2009

    I believe I was overcharged for emails on my T-Mobile account # ** for $4,244.30. I tried to resolve this matter with them five times. I had been a T-Mobile customer for about 5 years. I was using their Blackberry email plan then switched to an iPhone in September. On the iPhone, emails can be received through hot wire system which is free when the phone is in an area that gets this service. When this is not used, emails can be received through their 3G network. I had a monthly email plan with T-Mobile which gave me free emails. They claimed the plan did not include iPhones. All the emails I received were when I was overseas. I was charged up to $300.00 for one mail, whereas on the $29.99 per month program, the cost would be free. I think that I am being grossly overcharged and they are not even attempting to adjust the bill in any way.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2009

    On 12/7/2009, Mr. Mickey **, the owner of the company (Cosmos Air Purification), called with regard to his company account. We have 2 accounts. On account #**, he wanted to get another phone because the phone on that plan was damaged. This phone is insured through T-Mobile. However, the customer services department had him on the phone for about 3 to 4 hours; switching him around to different agent; and given different information each time. The representative was being very rude. In closing, they would not take back the phone and they stated to Mr. ** that he could not terminate his service because of poor customer service. This is affecting the sales of our company because this is for our sales representative. That person is without a phone at this time. We are losing business.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2009

    I got the update phone, Samsung Gravity. The phone was frozen always. If someone calls me, the other party was not able to listen me or vice versa. If talking to someone, automatically the call fails. Sometimes the vibration button was on without setting up, or the screen turned white without any reason.

    I've been missing important calls such as doctors' for appointments, confirmation etc. that I was waiting for months, or family calls, etc. Lastly, the phone was replaced. I got something worse, almost all calls failing after been connected. If someone calls like yesterday, a very important call with my orthopedic, I tried to answer. I pressed the answer button 3 times while the secretary was leaving a message. I was not able to answer. The answer button did not work. While having the phone next to me, I had four incoming calls. I did not hear them. There was no sound to alert me. Sometimes it works, most of the times not.

    Last night, a Union member called me. I had the phone next to me, the phone did not ring. I knew after I heard the messages sound. It is so upsetting having such services, because T-Mobile always request clients to return the damaged phone. They fix it and give it to someone else. We pay every month a higher bill, and we do not deserve to have a brand new item?

    I am tired. All companies are same. In addition, we are not allowed to chose a different brand of phone. It has to be replaced by the same brand, same color. My question is, what is going on with those companies? We are tired. I need a brand new working phone, not a piece of junk. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2009

    I would like to alert others to be wary of signing up for T-Mobile at home. I have learned a very costly mistake. The service is not working for me and although customer service is very nice, the service is not reliable and they are requiring me to catch the phone when it is not working and call my internet provider to test my modem at that time. I have already spent a good deal of time on the phone with both providers and tested many things with no luck. I should have called right away when we started having trouble, but dealt with it because it is only $10 per month. However, if I want to cancel, it is $200 fee. The catch is if I cancel both cell and at home, it is $200 each and you can't have at home without cell service! They stick it to you twice.

    I wish I had read the fine print more carefully. I thought about keeping at home only because it is cheaper to pay $10 per month than cancel; but to switch to another carrier bundle to get a discount on home line and cell, I would have to pay $400 to get out of both contracts. While I understand that there is cancellation fee for all cells (that should be the next legislation!), I think it is wrong to charge two cancellation fees when you can't have at home without cell.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2009

    Very rude customer service in store and over the phone. Bought the G1, had several problems with it, exchanged the phone twice, to realize that it was the ear phones and not the phone that was the problem. went to exchange the earphones and was told that they were the wrong ones. Guess what tmobile said. Basically who cares. they sent me the wrong ear phones nad won't replace them. They told me that I need to buy a new set. They sent me the wrong item and then told me to go buy a new one. The lady on the phone gave me a credit for the ear piece and told me that I needed to go to the manufactures website to purchase it. Why am I being so inconvienced when they messed up. Not to mention I need to pay for shipping. Worst customer service I have ever recieved. When I told them I was going to switch providers, they didn't even care, they just said ok I will get you to account services. they obviously don't want to deal with their customers so they clearly don't care if they have any.
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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2009

    On Nove 12 /09, I purchased a cell phone, HTC TouchPro2, from T Mobile for 350.00. From day one, I experienced problems with the phone but contributed the issue to “user error”. Following speak with a friend that is very tech suave and she recommended that I take the phone back. I waited to my disappointment, and returned the phone on 12/01/09 (really should say tried). I explained to the rep that the phone would get stuck, the touch screen would not operate and the phone would not cut off with the power down button. The representative at the store looked over the phone and then cleaned the phone and the battery with hand sanitizer. I asked her why she would apply liquid to the phone, knowing that the first question asked—Has the phone been water damaged? Explaining to the rep that I have no house phone and I really need a phone today. Seeing no solution was too taking place at the store I decided to take my phone, call the customer service, and get assistance that way. Everything was explained a subsequent time. I just knew being a customer for ten years will get me extraordinary treatment. Wrong--Wrong and another wrong. The outcome was to have the phone replaced. I told the rep I want a T Mobile certified phone. However, the catch is not replaced with a new phone, (which was purchased), but with a refurbished phone. Why I questioned? That is the policy at this company. There are no guarantees the phone will be new that you receive. I wonder is it just the luck of the draw? How is it decided who receives a new phone? What has happened to customer service? Customer loyalty? In addition, the big kick in the butt comes when offered to have the used phone shipped priority mail with the cost of this my responsibility. Nice, pay to have faulty merchandise replaced!! Now I wait with hopes of receiving a new phone. 
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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2009

    I have not had a working phone since November 17th T-mobile sent me a replacement phone however the replacement phone is also defective and I have been with out a working phone for over now 3 weeks. T-mobile has promised me a new working phone however I have yet to recieve my replacement phone. I am unable to use my phone in an emergency situation I am unable to use the phone to contact clients My car broke down on Monday November 1st it was myself and my 3 kids in the car and I was unable to use my phone to call for a tow truck and help. I have tried to be patient with T-mobile but they have yet to fix the issue. Both in the stores and over the phone wit customer care.
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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2009

    I had accepted a job in the US Virgin Islands and was moving there in about 6 months. To stay in touch with my family, we decided to sign up again with T-Mobile for all of the mobile to mobile benefits. Before signing up, I wanted to make sure that the phones would work correctly without any roaming or long distance charges. The service map online said that it was in their network. I called customer service to confirm and they told me it was in their service network and I would have no fees, no long distance, no roaming, no fees, period, unless I went over my minutes. I went into an authorized T-Mobile store to hear the same thing, then again over the phone. So, I signed up with two phones on a shared plan and asked that they put a note in the account about the phones working in the USVI. They said they didn't need to do that because it would work. (I regret not pushing this further.)

    So six months down the road after getting our first bill while in the islands, we had a huge bill full of roaming and long distance charges. I called them. They quickly apologized and removed the fees. Then, the same thing happened next month. I asked why this was happening when I was told there were no fees there. The CSR said that it's computer issues and they are happy to remove the fees whenever they come and they were trying to work out a long term solution. On the 3rd month with the same fees, I called to have them waived. The CSR was nice but said they had waived them twice already and would not be doing it again. I demanded to speak with a manager who said the same thing.

    I requested to have my contract cancelled without fees due to them not being truthful, and they said they would with a $250 fee per line. After spending hours on the phone speaking with multiple CSR's and managers who were all unwilling to uphold the information, I was given about where the phone would work without fees. I told them I would not pay the bill until they would fix this. They had no comment. They just cancelled my phones and sent me a bill for $705! T-Mobile is the worst cell phone company out there and is unwilling to stand behind their products. Since then, I have had AT&T with no problems. I still think T-Mobile has the best value and am disappointed that they would treat a good customer this way. T-Mobile, I am happy to come back to you if you can resolve this issue.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2009

    I've been with Tmobile since 2002. I have purchased 3 Blackberry cell phones and have had software issues with 2 which includes the most recent Blackberry 8900 that was purchased September 2009. I have taken this cell phone into Tmobile store for reseach of software issues and even had SIM card replaced. For an entire week I was without service of the internet, which I'm paying $24.99 a month and use this telephone for business purpose. I've had 4 cell phones (Blackberry) Curve replaced and each had software issues. The most recent cell phone I had to pay for and you would think Tmobile would accomidate and not charge. Now experiencing problems with this Blackberry 8900 and spoke with several rep. and tech and was offered to change cell phone at my expenses....WOW where is customer service. I just purchased this cell phone and Nov having issues with the software. I can not afford this,make monthly payments and committed to a contract. Something need to be done about this and soon.
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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2009

    I was getting charged for charges that shouldn't have been accepted; $386.16 worth of downloads. My daughter's phone was taken and her locker partner downloaded all of the October charges.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2009

    T-Mobile has stolen my information through a third party spam virus. They won't let me get out of my contract without paying $200. I asked them, "Can I get a new different phone with another number?" They said all they can do is give me the same phone with the same number. This is ID theft by this company.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2009

    well i have been a t-mobile customer since 2004 and right about now they have me under a lot of stress for something that one of their manger told me i change and put my sister and my two neice under the same plan and they told me it would be 133.00 a month for her bill and i put my sons and me under the same plan so our bill would be 213.00 a month now i have a customer service person calling me with a total differant story and i feel that what every was told to me from customer service it should go we didn't won't nothing change but putting my sister and my neice phones together and my sons and mine together no changes should be made and the person who i talk to said it wouldn't be no problem so i'm asking you to please check into this for me and also have them give their customer service people some kind of id number so customer can write it down and if a problem come up we could give that id number and they can go and talk with that person who we talk to.
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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2009

    False advertisement! I had been a T-Mobile customer for 3 years. I was on a plan. I would receive monthly bills. In May of this year, I decided to add my daughter to a Family plan. One month, when I noticed my daughter's text usage, I decide to add unlimited text. I did this online after complaining to a representative in regards to an upgrade they had denied me even though I was entitled after having the phone for 3 years. To my unpleasant surprise, I received a bill of $744. I called T-Mobile notifying that I had upgraded her to unlimited text. They did not honor it or reduce the bill. I decided to change to FlexPay. FlexPay is when a customer chooses a plan and pays for the plan in advance for that month's services. This was on 10/19/09. On 11/19/09, I came in to the T-Mobile store on 228 East 86th St. NY, NY 10028 to pay for the following month & took advantage of the new unlimited family plan for $99.99. I paid $93.02.

    I was surprised because I expected to pay more because it was $99.99 plus I anticipated having to pay tax & whatever other bogus fees they always add on. The manager who took care of me said it was because it was a new promotion. I left there thinking I was set with my new unlimited plan. On Monday, 11/23/09, I had absolutely no service, no incoming or outgoing calls or text. Nothing! I went online to view my account. It stated my balance due was $98.37. I was furious. T-Mobile was charging me a 2-month rate. I had no service & had just paid them almost $100 & they wanted more to restore my service. Aside from that, the T-Mobile website had a ** with a lizard on it advertising a ** app. Why would they put such offensive lewdness on a website? I thought they were more reputable than that.

    This just kept getting worse. I called customer service and spoke to one idiot after another. I asked for a supervisor. That's who I meant about the other. They just kept repeating that I had to pay $98.37. I kept explaining that I had made a payment. No one knew anything; no one could help me. In the end, the supervisor said, "I can't help you or explain." He said, "go back to the store & deal with them." I was irate!! I asked him, "Isn't this T-Mobile?! Is this not customer service? Are you not the supervisor?!"

    Next day (day 2 of no service!), I went back to the T-Mobile store. They stated they didn't make a mistake; it must be a glitch. 1hour & 20 mins, I was in the store while they were on the phone with T-Mobile customer service. No one knew what they were doing. When I say no one, I mean, even the T-Moblie customer service they were talking to. They kept insisting I pay the $98.37. At one point they passed me the phone and stated she would explain to me why I had to pay. When I questioned her and stated angrily to her on how this doesn't make any sense, she became sarcastic. Then she hung up & shut down my phone. My phone displayed a message that read unregistered. How did a plan being advertised for $99.99 turn into $191.39? When I asked for my money back, they stated that they would only refund me $40 and they would mail it in a check.

    At this point, I felt cornered into just paying the money or lose out either way. I had no service. My money wasn't going to be fully refunded & the refund would be mailed. That means I would have had to go to a new company, buy compatible phones (2) and pay for another new service plan. Not to mention, I did this on my lunch break. I was 20 mins late & ate nothing. I hate T-Mobile! I will say one good thing. Sharon at the store was very patient and really tried to help and reason with T-Mobile!

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2009

    My daughter moved to South Africa and she had a T-Mobile phone and the line was on my account. Of course, I told her not to use the phone when she got there and anyway the phone would not work over there because it was locked. Anyway, for some reason, she called T-Mobile and asked them to unlock the phone so she could use it overseas and they did unlock the phone without my permission. As a result, I incurred a huge wireless bill of $800. They made the changes without verifying with me just because my daughter knew my SSN and it was assumed she had my blessings. The point is, anybody could do anything to your account since T-Mobile does not verify with the account holder and you are responsible for the bill. It is ridiculous.

    When I realized what happened, I called T-Mobile customer service to cancel that line and they told me it could not be done immediately. It could only be canceled in the next billing cycle which was 11/9/09. They see that I am incurring huge expenses and never authorized the changes in the first place and would not cancel the line. This is exploitation and nickel and dime-ing customers. I feel I was wrongfully treated as a customer and should not be responsible for those charges. And you know when you call, they always say the call is recorded for quality assurance. When you ask for those records, they can never find them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2009

    I called to order the two phone family plan for free. then gave my information and the offer was 99.99 and $43.00 fee, they didn't tell me that was x's 2 and I called again after they tried to take over 250.00 from my account instead of 163.00 as was agreed upon. The changed the type of phone and plan...I insisted that I did not want to pay a dime over 163.00 and 99.99 a month and yet they took 183.00. I called again after they still would not process the order 4 days later, and some idiot from india or whereeve who couldn't order lunch in english gave me some double talk...and I 'thought' we had it clear I was not interested in spending any more money and two hours later T Mobile took another 20.00....and yet they still won't process my order wanting more and more information after taking my money....I can send copies of the emails sent to me. My order number is 400769199
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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2009

    On 11/22/09, spoke to him regarding charges to my account. When I changed my plan in 04/09, his rep was to block text messages incoming/outgoing for free. Carlos, the rep, didn't do so. Since then, text charges have been charged. He is only willing to rebate me for past two months because he can only go back two months. I asked if he could then give me a credit for the following four months ahead. He refuses to even consider that his rep is not capable of doing their job. Poor customer support, which is more like customer rip-off center! These guys are rude and brainless. Definitely phone service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2009

    Problem with T-Mobile prepaid plan refill - I had 440 unused minutes in my prepaid plan before refilling. I refilled $10 on 11/21/09 (last date to refill to avoid losing the unused minutes). After refill, my new unused minute is 156. The correct unused minute should be 475. I called T-Mobile CS and they were not able to help to recover the lost minutes. I lost around 320 cellular minutes.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2009

    I have been with t mobile for 5 yrs, and have since refered family, and friends to the company. Well I had a phone that I had problems with so with the insurance they exchanged the phone out, not once, not twice, but 4 times. I told them this was reduliculace, to get me a phone that works, they told me they would ony send me this phone over, and over untill I guess I give up, or they would give me another phone of their choice not mine. Then they told me to cancel my service because that was the only other option, and I will pay the 200 early disconnect for both of my phones. That is very very poor buisness, and they should not be able to send out phones they know aren't any good.I believe they want me to leave even thought I pay my bill every month, never to have a disconnect. I think this is wrong cause I payed 400 for my phone, and now they want me to have a 200 phone, and that's not right.
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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2009

    I had a Sidekick with T-Mobile for sometime, the original. Well, the phone started acting up so I decided to go online to my T-Mobile account and order an upgrade of the phone. I got the phone and was paying on it just fine. Then, I noticed my phone bill was high. I thought maybe it was because my payments were late, but then I noticed they kept my old phone on my account, so they were charging me for two phones which is over $257 a month. I called numerous times to have them stop charging me, but they continued to charge me. If you asked them that the phone was not used, not turned on or anything when I got my new phone, yet, they continue to charge me which I think is ethically wrong. I have paid them over $3000 in a year for those two lines, possibly more than that. I have told them since my contract is up, to shut off both phones, I am going broke just trying to keep my phone on because they are charging me for two service plans.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2009

    t-mobile sell people cell phone and when they brack you have to buy new ate full price where all the rest will replace it for free there tacking people for there money
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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2009

    Basically we have been having issues with the phones off and on. We thought it was the phones because they were at least 2 & 3yrs old. Went to the T Mobile store to be told that they have a 3G network that they now want you to pay $35.00 to become a part of. There were a total of 4 lines with mine still being under contract. I have 3 MONTHS left to my contract and dont you know they want to charge me 200.00 termination fee? They basically told me that they don't guarantee service and with constant dropped calls or calls going directly to voice mail where my husband almost lost a 2.3 million dollar account...they do not care about the consumer.My family and I have been a part of Tmobile since 2002 and for my letters to both the CEO Robert Dotson and VP of Retain Ms Gilbert to go unanswered is purely unprofessional on their part. I am waiting to see if they respond to the BBB since I see they have a F rating. I hope that what they sow they will reap. I will definitely make sure to let people know what they have done to me and to do what I have now done with the 3 phones that are no longer under contract with Tmobile...go to VERIZON. They have a B+ rating!
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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2009

    I've been 7 years with T-Mobile - service drops, network drops for hours you cannot even call 911. On trying to upgrade phone, there is no discount. I try calling customer, a lot of low class people are working there. If trying to escalate the complaint to corporate, hopefully you don't get Stephani, the worst customer service for the CEO ever. I think T-Mobile pays her to be impolite and scare customer away. In simple words, the cheap things cost more at the end. T-Mobile is a piece of **. They never give you a decent phone for little money and their plans are **. Hopefully everyone has money to pay for better service than them. I don't know how they have number 1 customer satisfaction when they are cheap, low class and mean. Never ever again!

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2009

    When I try to pinpoint my date of renewal, they always change by adding months and even year to my service. I currently have 5 lines and desperately want to change to Verizon. They want to charge me $200 for each line as a disconnect fee. I have been with them well over ten years and their way of doing business has gotten worse and worse. They are unable to produce any signed documents to prove that I upgraded any plan. We are in the process of selling our home and in turn buying another soon. If they try to charge me a $200 fee for cancelling service, would it mess up our credit if we refuse to pay it based on the fact that there are no records of upgrades? P.S. We have purchased replacement phones because of loss or damages but always bought the standard phones, nothing fancy.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2009

    T-Mobile obviously has no qualms with inconveniencing customers while being unjustly enriched. I pay for my service and apparently, T-Mobile does not care when they don't deliver. I've been with T-Mobile for five years. I purchased the 8320 full price last year but it soon had some issues and I had it replaced for $125 with Asurion Insurance. All was well until September 2009 when the phone would go from Edge to SOS and rarely to Edge. From 09/13 - 09/19, my phone would not begin working until 6 pm and then off and on with an 'insert sim card' message. Afterwards, I had to catch the signal on Edge to make calls. The nationwide outage T-Mobile customers endured on Tues 11/03/09, no incoming/outgoing calls/texts, has been a daily occurrence for me for hours on end with T-Mobile.

    I notified customer care all the way, and purchased two new sim cards, to no avail. Obviously, the phone was the issue. However, while three Asurion reps agreed I was still under extended warranty and my phone should be replaced, T-Mobile refused. The Asurion rep even told the T-Mobile rep to go to streamline and she would see the warranty information. She then agreed but decided I should be passed off to RIM for troubleshooting. RIM sent me back to T-Mobile where I troubleshooted for three hours, (Great rep, Miguel) but the instructions left me with a 507 error and blank white screen. The only option I was given was a new two-year contract and an 8320 for $79.99 (Jacob # **). I mean these people heard me using a friend's phone for three hours until she had to take it back. I have a toddler and had no home phone. While I've had a few dropped calls/reception issues with my phone throughout the years, I didn't see a reason to sever ties until now.

    My contract will be up in a week and I've continued paying $84 without the benefit of using it. I reported this to the FCC on September 20, 2009. On November 6, 2009, Theresa from customer relations called about my FCC report and asked me to provide proof of my Blackberry purchase in the form of a receipt from T-Mobile. This was an upgrade purchase from the 800 customer service number which of course does not provide receipts. Another representative, Barbara, stated that servers go down and nothing is 100%. I've worked in a bank and servers have gone down, but we still have to service customers even if it means doing so manually. T-Mobile obviously has no qualms with inconveniencing customers while being unjustly enriched. I pay for my service and apparently, T-Mobile does not care when they don't deliver. I'm completely done with this service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2009

    On Oct. 2, my husband cancelled contracts on his T-Mobile cell phone and mine because he was buying iPhones for both of us. He went to the T-Mobile kiosk in the mall to tell them we were switching to AT&T. They tried to talk him out of it, but never mentioned that our phones were still under contract. We had not realized that every time we bought new cell phones, we incurred another two-year contract. We thought the contract was only for the first two years of service with a new company.

    When our final T-Mobile bill arrived yesterday, we were upset to find they had charged us $200 per phone for termination fees. I called T-Mobile and spoke with Gloria ** (she wouldn't give me her last name), who explained to me about the contract. Gloria told me that the contract for ** would have been up on 10/16/09, exactly two weeks after we terminated it. The other phone, **, was under contract until 12/14/09. Clearly, if we had known about these contract termination dates, we would have waited to switch to AT&T. Gloria was able to reduce our termination fee on ** to $50, but the $200 fee for ** still stands.

    I contend that this is deceptive business practice, since no one would have incurred these fees if they had known their contract was almost up. Gloria said T-Mobile is under no obligation to inform customers about their contracts or termination dates.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2009

    I did an upgrade in Sept. and the customer service rep gave me a new deal of Flexi 35. We confirmed that the deal involved a new Nokia N86 handset with 800 mins. and 200 texts and with insurance and the monthly line rental will be GBP33.39 p/m. I was surprised to discovered that your staff now went ahead and set a direct debit on my account for the insurance for GBP8.99 p/m. The 1st installment was presented to the bank and it was returned unpaid. I contacted my bank when I received a letter for a default notification and bank charges. I have been debited GBP35 for a failed direct debit and the insurance company are now seeking payment for two months. I will please urge you to please look into the complaints and refund my bank charges and cancel the insurance. I called on 20th Oct. and complained to one of your staff who says someone from the complaints dept will contact me within 5 working days but up till now I have not been contacted.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2009

    When my first phone went bad, they did this. They sent me another phone "which" of course, had been recycled. This one quit working after a month. Then they sent me another recycled battery which of course, quit working. By that time, I was upset and had had enough of TMobile and their games.
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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2009

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile for the past 5 years and never had as many problems as I have had in the past 2 months. For the past 2 months, I have had terrible service on my phone. My calls are constantly lost, my internet does not connect, and my messages are being sent. I have basically been paying my bill for nothing. I have called the customer service line over 4 times and have not been helped. They continue to argue with me and insist that it is an issue they are having with Sidekicks. I have 3 other lines with T-Mobile, which are not Sidekicks, and the problem is the same with all the phones. I do not understand how they expect me to be happy with being credited $20 on a bill of almost $200 a month. This is ridiculous, and I hope the service improves soon. Otherwise, I will disconnect all 4 lines.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2009

    I've been charged $24 for data roaming charges for 3 months now. The first month, I didn't notice it. The second month (beginning of October), I called to complain. I would never have signed up for such a service. I requested that it be removed and I be refunded. I was asked if I traveled internationally. I said yes, but I did not use my phone. I had my phone with me for the calendar and clock. I didn't need to make calls or send text messages, nor did I receive any.

    I was told they would remove the charges and investigate why I was charged in the first place, so it wouldn't happen again. They called me a week later and left a message that they were still investigating and would call me in a week. They never called. I naively assumed that they were still investigating, but had removed the service and would refund the charge.

    When I saw my third bill on 11-4, I tried to call repeatedly. I kept getting a message that they had too much call volume to answer my call. I tried their online chat service. I never got a representative for several minutes. I tried to contact them via web or email. I found no address or web form. Once I reached them by phone the same day, I repeated the entire story. I told them even if it had been accidentally activated, I don't need the service. Remove it and refund me. The woman told me she couldn't remove a valid charge. I told her to get her supervisor or I would file a complaint with the Attorney General and Better Business Bureau. She did.

    The supervisor didn't know anything yet and asked me to start over again. Then, she told me she would have to end the conversation if I was not polite. I've paid for these erroneous charges because I'm signed up to auto-pay. I have just removed the auto-pay service. I won't pay my next bill unless it reflects a 3-month refund and removal of the service. I have had an account with T-Mobile since 2005. I've never signed up for such a service or disputed a charge. I cannot take my business elsewhere as they have me locked up in a contract.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2009

    My cell phone cost $349.00 and broke within the first year of use. The slide bar separating the top (phone/LCD) from the bottom (keyboard). These two items are screwed together and all 6 screws came loose causing the two parts to separate. T-Mobile does not sell them anymore and won't replace it; HTC, the manufacturer says it's out of warranty and will cost $90.00 to repair.
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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2009

    I have had a prepaid plan on a phone for almost a month, so a payment for services was due for the 300 minute plan unlimited nights, weekends and unlimited internet service. I go into a T-Mobile store to make the payment and at the same time to open up a new account with the same features on another phone. I told the man who helped me that I wanted the new phone to be on a new separate account and I wanted to pay for the monthly service on the phone that was due. He turned around and did the complete opposite of what I asked and linked the two phones together in one account. I didn't realize that he had done that until one day when I called customer service to find out my balance on one phone. The balance was outrageously high and it was because the balance was of both phones.

    I called customer service and told them that my newest phone's internet was not working properly and wanted that feature taken off but I wanted that feature on the older phone. The lady put me on hold for about 10 minutes, came back and told me that the internet on my newer phone was taken off, that the other would still be working. She put me through to another dept. so that the accounts would be separated and it took them another 30 minutes before I hung up. Later that night, when it was too late to call them back, I tried to use the internet on the phone I wanted the feature on and I couldn't access the internet. So, I went online to look at the account and found that the accounts were still linked together and that the lady who had helped me really didn't help me because the internet feature that was interrupted was in fact the one on the phone I needed the internet on and the one on the phone I didn't want the internet on was still connected, so I was just paying for something I couldn't use.

    I went online again to disconnect the internet on that phone because I couldn't use it anyway. The next day, I called them and told them to put the internet back on the phone they disconnected by mistake and they wanted me to make a payment. How the heck do they expect me to pay for something I paid for a month upfront? It's a prepaid service so if they are asking me for payment to get the service, why didn't they wait until my month was up to take the feature off? It was already paid for. They are nothing but a rip-off! As a single mother of four and no child support, I don't need a company so big to rip me off. They should be ashamed.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2009

    my daugthers cell phone the sidekick 2008
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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2009

    We have an overcharge in my phone bill and we found some calls and services that we did not request as well as some charges that we are charge for, messages received and not responded; also charges for text when I purchased unlimited text messages. The bill is adding up to the current charges as well as tax and late fees when this issue is still in dispute. Any advice and help is going to be highly appreciated.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2009

    purchased a contract w tmobile in March 2009 its is november 2009 shortly in April 2009 started having problems with the motor Razor uptil now Could not get a clear sound on the phone couldnt hear no Clear signals at all the parties on incoming or outgoing calls everytime my calls would completed id have to charcge it up especially when id use my text Messages the bars would fall after i would send my second texts out or if i would send would have to recharge the phone even when i chatted on the phone i have to immediatly have to charge the cell again over and over I have sent the Phone back to Tmobile 3 times and not only that the charger doesnt work @alll since a mos later after purchasing the Phone and when i call a Landmine phone my phone does not show my named it shows being registered to a Angela Parson i have not had this issue resolved i have called Tmobile in reference to these Issues several times every mos later i have to call them in reference to all these issues that has not been resolved and it still has not been rectified the problem this issue has not been resolved to this day I miss ATT
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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2009

    Since moving to San Diego in March 2009, I haven't been able to receive any cellular reception at work and only spotty reception at home. I called T-Mobile Customer Service several times about this issue and was told an engineer would be sent out to my workplace to determine if cellular service and towers are available. I also visited the nearest T-Mobile retail store to discuss my issue and find solutions to resolve it.

    The manager said I could cancel my service since I wasn't able to receive cellular service at work and constantly dropped calls at home. But they needed to send out an engineer to confirm that there isn't cellular service at my workplace and surrounding area before I could cancel. The engineer confirmed no service in July and also said there are no plans to install cellular towers in that area. I returned to the retail store to see if I could cancel my service. Another rep assisted me and listened to the engineer's voicemail on my phone. She proceeded to call T-Mobile Customer Service to request cancellation of my account. The customer service rep over the phone argued with the retail rep and nothing got resolved.

    The retail rep was told I couldn't cancel my service without paying the required ETF but would log everything that has been happening with my account since March. After calling customer service one more time and without any resolution to my problem, I sent a letter in September to complaints/customer service in New Mexico asking if I could cancel my account without paying the ETF due to all the problems I've been having. Without any word from them, my account was abruptly cancelled on October 10th so I thought T-Mobile agreed to cancel my account without charging me the ETF since I only had six months left. Two weeks later, I received a final bill with the ETF of $200 and one month's charges on it. I called customer service to find out what happened.

    The rep barely listened to me and basically argued that T-Mobile was correct and all they could do is reactivate my account. I could barely get in a word because the rep continued to talk while I tried to explain my situation. I finally had to hang up because it was clear the rep was trained not to let anyone out of the ETF no matter how bad the service is. I was prepared to pay the remaining 6 months of ETF charges but not to have my service cancelled without notice and then receive a ridiculously high bill. I have been a T-Mobile customer for more than 5 years and in my opinion, customer service over the phone and in New Mexico is horrible. This company does not care about its customers and really does rob their customers. I hope this company loses the ETF lawsuit against it and many more customers.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2009

    I have had an account with this company since March 30, 2009 and ever since, they have been billing me for two months, talking about it's their billing cycle, even though my bill is only eight days late. For the past seven months, I have gotten a double bill. Should that be happening even though I did not start my account until the 30th of March 2009?

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2009

    I have been with T-Mobile since the Aerial days, and must say the service and support has declined dramatically over the years, until finally, I just had enough. Every month or so, the signal degraded until finally, I could no longer get reception anywhere, including my home, which had worked for about a decade. Their support people were not only rude, but also incompetent. I was tricked into changing my plan, as I was grandfathered into a great rate, only to find out that they not only misrepresented what I would get on my new plan, i.e. T-Zones and unlimited internet, but also boosted my charges into orbit.

    I was also promised I could go back to my old plan if I was not happy. Not true. It really wasn't about the money, as I was accustomed to having bills as high as $1,800. Once, it was $1,400, because they signed me up for unlimited internet and then charged me by the packet. Absolutely ridiculous. I changed to a Blackberry, which they could barely get to work, and paid top dollar for it, with the promise that I could go back to my previous plan if I was unhappy (should have been wise to them after they pulled this one on me the first time).

    Don't fall for this. Not only could I not go back, but I was out over $400 for a device that didn't work, and a 2-year contract to get into my new ** plan. I raised enough of a stink that they promised to unlock my Blackberry phone, so, at least, I could sell it. This they also changed their minds on, and decided to keep the lock my phone, making it for the most part, a paper weight. This is quite unfair. I paid for the phone. It is my asset, my property, and they crippled it.

    At this point, I was pretty much fed up with T-Mobile, and gave them an ultimatum. Either fix my issues, or Cingular would. Once again, T-Mobile promised to work with me, unlock my phone and try to figure out what the problem was, but once again, they decided not to unlock my Blackberry, and ignore my service issues. As I promised, I made the jump to Cingular. I had to purchase yet another Blackberry, because T-Mobile would still not unlock my device (Note: the Cingular transition went off without a hitch. They did exactly what they promised, and then some).

    T-Mobile called, now demanding $200 for breaking my contract, and another $100 for my monthly bill. My take was, no way! I feel they owe me money for my device! And as for the contract, I just signed it. Nothing was working right; the contract is a 2-way street! They must provide service as promised, or the contract is null and void! My house is clearly on the map for supported areas, not to mention that I was promised that if this did not work, I could cancel. I refused to pay.

    After working with their billing folks, I agreed to pay the bill, if they unlocked the phone. They felt that was reasonable (I didn't, as I felt the contract issue was totally unfair, but would have paid it just to make this all go away). Once again, they changed their minds, and refused to send me the unlock, and once again, I refused to pay. I now am being hounded by credit bureaus, threatening to damage my credit, but still, I will not pay. It is just wrong.

    In summary, this would never have had to escalate to this point if T-Mobile had just been honest, upfront, and provided the service as agreed. As it stands now, they might have put a dent in my otherwise stellar credit rating, but I have cost them countless customers by sharing my experiences with everyone I deal with personally and professionally. With the competition for cell phone service being at a peak, T-Mobile should at least try to buff off their already tarnished reputation. I feel their unscrupulous underhanded and unethical behavior is rapidly catching up with them. Buyer beware!

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2009

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile for over a year and in that time have never had a late or missed payment. The payments are automatically deducted from my checking account on the 28th of each month for the next month's service which begins a new service period on the 3rd of the following month. My problem began when I added a second line for my daughter, Destiny.

    On 10/01/09, I added the new line and paid $329.84 using my daughter's debit/credit card. This amount was to cover the price of the My Touch phone, two months service, additional caller tunes option and other taxes and fees. I received order confirmation and shipping information via email and my daughter received her phone via UPS on 10/05/09. The $329.89 was debited from my daughter's account on 10/02/09. On 10/03/09, the service on my phone was disconnected. When I called, the customer service representative said that I owed for the second line which I had just ordered. I explained that the second line was paid for using my daughter's debit/credit card and gave her the number of the card. After some time, she came back on the line and stated that she saw my payment and that there were problems with the T-Mobile payment system and that the problem was corrected and my number would be restored.

    On the morning of 10/22/09, my phone was once again disconnected and I was told that I owed $168.36 for my daughter's services. I explained once again that the full $329.84 for my daughter had been made for her phone and two months' service and that my personal phone bill was paid as always on the 28th of the prior month. I was told that I needed to fax in a copy of the bank statement showing the $329.84 payment. I did this and included a copy of the confirmation letter that T-Mobile had sent when the order was placed.

    My daughter and I have since made numerous calls and emails to the company and they continued to give us the runaround. I have asked if I can go into a location and take my documents and I am told it must be handled through the T-Mobile billing department. When we have asked for a phone number for billing, we have been told repeatedly that no number is available other than the fax number that we sent the requested documents to. I went into a T-Mobile store, despite what I was told, where a representative took my documentation and stated that he would assist me in getting it taken care of, and as usual with this company, nothing has happened.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2009

    Last Thursday morning, October 22, I made an overpayment to T-Mobile through their on-line payment system. Instead of paying $27.61 I inadvertently paid $2,761 all because of no decimal point. T-Mobile sent an automatic acknowledgement of my payment of $2,761 to my cell phone. When I noticed the error, I immediately called T-Mobile. They suggested I call my bank to put a Stop Payment on this transaction. Bank of America put through the Stop Payment and suggested I call T-Mobile to ensure the transaction would not be submitted for payment on their end. Both Bank of America and T-Mobile said the transaction had been cancelled and on Thursday afternoon, when I checked my checking account on-line the transaction had been deleted.

    On Monday, October 26, my checking account had been debited for the whole amount of $2,761 and my account was overdrawn. T-Mobile had submitted the overpayment. I called T-Mobile and was told it would take 4 to 7 business days to get my refund. As of this morning, October 28, no refund. I called and insisted on speaking with a supervisor at T-Mobile and pleaded with him to expedite my refund and he agreed to speed payment up to within 24 hours and call me back tomorrow. Charges I incurred over the weekend were all hit with a $35 late fee. Bank of America said they will waive the fees due to the obvious overpayment but not to make further transactions on my account until I get my refund.

    This has really stressed me and to top things off, I suffered a herniated disc on Sunday morning. I had no choice but to charge three prescriptions to my credit card as well as groceries. My doctor only accepts checks or cash and I owe for three physical therapy sessions, payment due this Friday. My home equity loan is due for payment tomorrow, along with other bills due for payment by November 1. I do not have cash savings and have a very small amount of cash left from last week.

    I doubt I am the only T-Mobile customer to have made this mistake. I pay most of my bills on-line and T-Mobile is the only one I have ever encountered a problem with. I do not believe anyone should be made to wait a week to have their own cash refunded to them.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2009

    In July 2008, I bought two cell phones from T-Mobile - one is Samsung Beat and the other a Nokia 5310. Both of the phones are defective. I used the one-year warranty to return the phones to get new phones, but I still have the same problems with the phones, and the warranty has now expired, and right now, I am stuck with two defective phones. The problems with the phones are they drop calls, the Samsung Beat freezes up while dialing, both phones have poor reception (if people call, I can't hear them or they can't hear me), and the Nokia 5310 shuts off on its own.

    What I would like to know is wouldn't this be a breach of contract on their part or unethical business practice? I notice that if I don't pay the phone bill on time, T-Mobile starts hounding me to pay the bill; but when it comes to T-Mobile to fulfill their part of the contract by providing good service, all I get is the runaround or excuses. I have been dealing with this for over one year, and I would like the contract terminated. I am paying over one hundred dollars a month in phone bills and still getting poor phone service.

    I spoke with Jason ** from T-Mobile and this was the offer. He insisted that I keep one phone-line and terminate the other, which does not make any sense because I will be having the same problems except it will be with one phone. He also said that he will exchange the phones, but that does not make any sense either, because they would be the same brand and I already did an exchange. I don't want another set of phones that are malfunctioning. He also said that I could get different brands of phones, but that would be an extension of the contract.

    I do not want an extension of the contract, and I would have to pay extra to get these new phones. If I want to terminate both phones, it would be $400 or $200 each. I should not have to pay to get new phones or to terminate the contract when it’s obvious that T-Mobile is at fault. That is unethical business practice; the only one benefiting from this is T-Mobile. Why should I continue to pay for poor service? I want to be released from the contract. I already paid for over one year of poor service, and I am tired of having the same conversation with T-Mobile, and if they don't want to hear from me anymore or if they want this to go away, then they should release me from the contract. What T-Mobile is doing is unscrupulous.

    The phones drop calls incessantly; therefore, when I am having a conversation with someone who is offering me a job or I am setting up an appointment for an interview, I lose that call. I cannot get the calls because the phone takes a long time to get back signal. Whenever someone is sending me a picture text, I do not receive it; yet I have to pay for that text, which I did not receive. Both of the phones are unreliable, and they are my only source of communication right now, apart from my e-mail address. I do not have a land phone. I only use my cell. It's not right that I am paying over a hundred dollars for a service I am not getting. Where is the justice?

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2009

    Tmobile sold me a phone that doesnt work and filed to replace after only having the phone for 2months. they also pulled my payment out of the wrong account which i never give!!!!! which cost me to go over i now have a told of $275 in NSF fees they told they could send a lettler telling my bank it was an err they filed to that and now I'm being charged more fees... I called their customer relation talk to a jason motlen who was nothing but nasty on the phone and didnt care, i asked my case to be resigned to someone else he refused to do so. their call canter does nothing but give you the run around. I have had with tmobile and want all funds returned and my case to be asigned to something else! this whole company doesnt know what they are doing and are nothing but careless
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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2009

    In a nutshell, I was told when I called in to make a payment arrangement on my account that my account had been cancelled. I had not received a letter that stated my account was cancelled. I received a bill as I always did for the last roughly 9 years doing business with T-Mobile (Voice stream - when I first signed up). The representatives stated my account was cancelled due to non-payment but I just made a payment on my account the previous month. The representatives acknowledged that I had made payments on my accounts. So how was the account cancelled for "non-payment"? My cell number is being utilized by someone else but it still has my name (first and last) coming up on the caller ID.

    I know this may be extreme but not far-fetched. If by any chance, the person that is utilizing the number that has been associated with me for the last 9 years, calls and threatens the president, the Secret Service would be after me, not the person that recently obtained my number in the last week or so. All of my family, friends, social contacts, and business contacts know my number associated with the T-Mobile service. I would lose out on opportunities to make a living by losing my business contacts and this would further hinder me from paying my bills in a timely manner.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2009

    In October 2008, I requested that messaging services be turned off on 2 of my 3 telephones (we will call them Phone B and C) in an effort to combat unsolicited pornographic spam that I was not only extremely offended by - I had to pay messaging fees for being spammed.
    Instead of turning off messaging on phones B/C, they turned it off on phone A, that I was actually paying $14.99 per month for unlimited messaging on. I called back and asked that they please straighten it out and they apologized and said it was taken care of. That evening, phone A now had text messaging but it did not have a dial tone so it couldn't make/receive calls. I called back and they said it would be taken care of. Later that evening all three phones were back to having voice and messaging. I figured I would live with paying the price for the unsolicited spam and just keep the messaging since it was obviously a pain point for TMobile to configure properly. THEN, I got my bill. It showed me having the "Family Plan" for 3 phones but it was now charging me for every minute used on the phone A. I called back and was told that it was a billing error somewhere and they would open a help desk ticket and straighten out the bill. The following Month, the same thing happened, and it happened for an entire year. Every month I would have to call them, explain the problem from the beginning, ask them to please fix it, ask them how much I actually owed, and then send them payment. This was extremely time consuming to say the least.
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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2009

    My husband and I just moved to Maryland two years ago because he started a residency at a hospital in Washington, DC. Now a resident doesn't get paid much, and we were looking to find a mobile service that wouldn't clean us out every month. After shopping around each month, we ended up with T-Mobile. First of all, they had a million hidden charges each month, and they overcharged a lot for texts. Secondly, their service was horrible! More than half the time, we had no signals where everyone else had full service. Still, we stuck it out for the full two-year contract because we didn't want to pay the Early Termination Fee. So when the contract ended, we got our numbers ported over to another service. A month later, we received a bill for a whopping $421!

    Apparently, our number was ported one day early, and so we're being charged a ridiculous $200 per line! We have a baby on the way next month, and money is tight, but they clearly don't give a ** about anyone or anything except their money! This is incredibly unethical and unfair. My advice to anyone and everyone, don't ever become a T-Mobile customer. They will rip you off!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2009

    contacted them as phone is not working through ear piece you have to switch the speacker on i have had problems with this phone before i was put on hold and cut off a couple of seconds later i had to use my land line last time i had a problem i had to complain like this i need phone as i go back offshore on tuesday 25th october 2009
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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2009

    called to complain about defective phone,after about 2 hours of aguring said they would send me refurbish phones,but i found out that the phones that i bought brand new were also refurbish because of the mountain of problems with the g-1 phones. my phones lock up screen goes blank battery runs down fast,and all these problems started with the downloads they send you i was connected to 8 different people and not one resolved my issuses,in fact there service is horrobile there phone rates dont cover whats on your phone so why send me a phone to replace the same one i have excuse me the2 i have if studies show it doesnt work,been through techinal support numerous times and that hant resolved anything,its obvious its a defective phone and they refuse to admitt it,its not dependable it freeses up it goes blank loses numbers and a lot of times you dont recieve calls,all i want is my money back because i feel i have been jipped by t-mobile and its not fair
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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2009

    I used to be with T-Mobile, until I received a bill from them for $1,400.00. I had the G1 android phone and went on a cruise in July 2009. I had used the phone for 3 phone calls which I had the international rate plan and knew I would pay more for these calls than normal. When I returned from my cruise on a Saturday, my phone worked fine. Then, on the following Monday, I went to make a call and a voice recording stated that my T-Mobile account had been temporarily suspended due to a large bill.

    When I called T-Mobile, I spoke to a male that wanted nothing other than me to pay $400.00 upfront to have my service restored. He also stated that I currently had a $1,500.00 phone bill and I was charged $1,400.00 in data roaming charges. I explained that I only used my phone for 3 international calls and he stated that my phone was absorbing data and wasn't necessarily from me using it.

    My phone is a very important item for my profession so I paid it. As I thought about it more, I called T-Mobile back and spoke to a female. I asked her to look over my account and explain what these data roaming charges were. She stated that since my phone was turned on, it constantly is updating and for 10 hours while I was in St. Thomas. I told the female that I was willing to pay for the international calls but was not going to pay for something that I didn't use. She then stated that the $1,400.00 would be taken off the bill.

    I then went and cancelled my service with T-Mobile and opened an AT&T account. When I received my final bill from T-Mobile, the $1,400.00 was still on it. I called T-Mobile back and spoke to another (supposed) customer service rep. I explained my previous conversation with the other female. She then stated that there was some notes on my account but weren't clear. She then stated that T-Mobile would not "eat" the $1,400.00. I told her I wasn't going to eat the $1,400.00 either.

    She stated that they are a business and can't just take charges off the phone. I told her that I would not pay for something I didn't use. I also asked her if I would have turned my phone off for the 7 days I was on my cruise, would I have gotten credited on my account and she stated "no." As a result, I refused to pay the $1,400.00 and waiting for T-Mobile to send it to collections. How many other people have been charged for their phone "absorbing data" and paid the bill? This is outrageous that these big businesses can charge you for a service that you didn't use and then affect you by sending it to collection and hurting your credit report.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2009

    I am running with money problems and I had made arrangements with T-Mobile to allow me to make payments on a $185 cell phone bill in the means of that and because cell phone companies charge for their services a month in advance, the following month was added to the $185 for a total of $363. Immediately, my account was suspended. I can't receive phone calls, can't make phone calls. I haven't had cell phone services since September (can't call or receive calls) and I am still being charged for services I am not utilizing/rendered, because the account is suspended. My bill is $544.20 minus a $200 payment I made last weekend.

    I spoke with Tanisha, T-Mobile rep., and she told me that I will continue to be charged because the account is still active. I told her that this was not right and that since the account is suspended, I should not incur charges. I am currently working; however, I don't make a lot of money and it will be practically impossible for me to try to catch up when I am still being charged for services I am not receiving. Times are not for this type of situation, plus I have been a loyal customer for over 5 years. Can you help?

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2009

    In 2008 T-mobile purchased SunCom.I was having trouble with the sim card so i was told by T-mobile i had to get a new phone because a t-mobile sim card would not work with a Suncom phone. It was not time for a upgrade and i did not want to extend my contract because t-mobile purchased suncom. The sales rep in the store told me to contact t-mobile customer service and they may work something out. I called and explained what was going on. The person on the phone told me that i could pick out a new phone... i then asked if it would extend my contract because i did not want that and it was not my fault that a t-mobile sim card would not work with my suncom phone. Nothing was wrong with my phone it was the sim card. The sales person on the phone to me that t-moblie is trying to make the switch easy for the suncom customers and it would not extend my contract. Well i just learned that it did and i requested by phone, email and a letter that they go back to the phone conversation or show me a contract where i agreed to a new two year contract. I received a letter from T-mobile stating that account notes , correspondance and any calls are proprietary and confidential info of T-mobile and would only be produced in response to a subpoena or court order. I did not agree to a new two year contract and the sales person told me my contract would not be extended. Now i am stuck with a ETF of $200.
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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2009

    My contract was over in June, and I cancelled my service and had not used the phone. The service was shut off for non-payment, because I disputed the amount from March and April because they charged minutes for weekends. I have had previous problems with them billing me for this, and I filed a complaint with the FCC. They have continued to bill me up to October 2009. I have documentation to show my contract was over in June. Why should I have to pay for the past months when I had no service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2009

    My complaint is with T-Mobile. I have not had a phone for 3 weeks now. On September 28, 2009, T-Mobile service went out worldwide. They failed to let customers know what is going on. On Friday, October 2, 2009, I received a new phone due to my current phone being damaged due to software problems. T-Mobile did not contact me to let me know that if I take out my battery and SIM card, it will erase everything I have on my phone. I have been on the phone with T-Mobile for 3 weeks now, and they are only telling me to wait and they will give me credit. The thing is that my contract ends in November 20th.

    I asked them since I have only a month left and I have no service and no contacts, I will give my two months' pay for the service if they can cancel my contract since they cannot provide me any service and I lost all my contacts. And I said I take my business elsewhere to another phone company that can provide me service that can actually work. They told me no and that they can only give me credit or send me a newer version of the phone. I said why send me a new version of the phone when I have no contacts or service. I told them they are going to lose me as a customer, so why not terminate my contract since you cannot provide me any service and my deleted my whole phone's data. They said everything is backed up on a server. But it had been 3 weeks without a phone and nothing is happening nor do they want to do anything.

    The customer service is horrible! They don't return your calls, they are very rude, try to get you off the phone as soon as possible, they transfer you to person to person, and they don't have any answers. I need my phone to run my business and I know I am never going to get anything back. I don't want anything from this company. Financially, they can keep their credit. I just want out of my contract. This is really affecting my business.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2009

    We have been with T-Mobile for about 3 years. We only wanted basic service. Over and over, we were charged for extra things and there was nothing we could do about it. We are changing companies now after having gotten a huge bill because we were calling other people in our family on our plan. We should be able to call any person with T-Mobile service, but especially anyone we are on the same plan with. When I called, the guy I talked to let me know that it was my own fault that I didn't use my phone correctly, and he talked over me while I was talking.

    We reported it to the manager. We got a phone call from someone in Customer Service named Teresa. We got the call on Monday and she said she could be reached on the Friday before we got the call?! My husband has called during the hours she said she is in the office, and she has not been there or returned the call. We are now going to Verizon and I am scared to death! It pretty much feels like the cell phone companies can control our lives and there is nothing we can do about it! It is getting very costly! They went paperless, so they said the calls are online - we went on and could not access it at all. We got an e-mail, after the fact, giving us some kind of information, saw comments on Verizon that they say that things are free, but charge you anyway, even after the people have contacted them - they say they can charge. People say that they nickel and dime you to death! If they ever do take something off, you still have a huge tax fee!

    I am really disgusted with the way they can control your life - literally - is there nothing that can be done? There is not even any evidence that they are not misrepresenting the phone calls/text messages you do!

    Our daughter is in her first year at college, and it's been an adjustment for all of us. We can stay connected with the cell phones. However, we are paying college bills. The cell phone companies are way out of line in their attitude, and in the way they put extra charges on. It is costly just for the service anyway! Can nothing be done about this?!

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2009

    I was without data service for my T-Mobile Sidekick for 2 weeks and was charged for it. They only refunded me less than $20.00. I asked for a new phone or to upgrade because we have had nothing but problems and was denied, and said I had to pay full price. The message I got from T-Mobile: On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was affected by the recent outage. We plan to begin restoring users' personal data as soon as possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan.

    We will then continue to work around the clock to restore data to all affected users, including calendar, notes, tasks, photographs and high scores, as quickly as possible. We now believe that data loss affected a minority of Sidekick users. If your Sidekick account was among those affected, please continue to log into the T-Mobile Sidekick forum at ** for the latest updates about when data restoration will begin and any steps you may need to take. We will work with T-Mobile to post the next update on data restoration timing no later than Saturday. We have determined that the outage was caused by a system failure that created data loss in the core database and the back-up. We rebuilt the system component by component, recovering data along the way. This careful process has taken a significant amount of time, but was necessary to preserve the integrity of the data.

    We will continue working closely with T-Mobile to restore user data as quickly as possible. We are eager to deliver the level of reliable service that our incredibly loyal customers have become accustomed to and we are taking immediate steps to help ensure this does not happen again. Specifically, we have made changes to improve the overall stability of the Sidekick service and initiated a more resilient backup process to ensure that the integrity of our database backups is maintained. Once again, we apologize for this situation and the inconvenience that it has created. Please know that we are working all out to resolve this situation and restore the reliability of the service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2009

    I am concerned over the re-stocking fee when I returned all merchandise (Cell phone, charger, etc., plus the bluetooth device) in their original packages. With the exception of testing the phone and bluetooth when I purchased, it was never used by me. What is the cost to me for returning the phone within the three day free look period? My understanding originally was that there would be no charge. When my dad and I were told that we had to pay a restocking and cancellation, I did not like it but I thought that if that is what I need to get out of this then so be it. Then to find out that my cancellation of the service was not a cancellation at all. It was recorded as a return of the phone. The cancellation never happened and the records show that I still have the bluetooth.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2009

    In May 2009 I purchased a T-Mobile sidekick LX 09 cell phone. Since the purchase and renewal of my contract I have had nothing but reoccurring dropped calls and loss of data. The data would always come back a day or two later, but I was always inconvienenced by not having available data service. Weeks would go by and everything was back to working fine, but on October 2, 2009 I noticed I could not access the internet and lost all of my data on my phone including my calendar, notes, contact information and email capabilities. I also lost all of my text messages. For the next couple of days I had a non working phone unable to access anything. On October 10, 2009 I received a message over my phone from T-Mobile that all data was lost on all sidekick phones and to NOT restart the phone. Well my phone restarted (rebooted) on its own so I lost everything forever. Today is October 14th and I still do not have any data (they made a statement all data has been restored) and during several phone calls in the past few days the phone completely dropped the calls and restarted on its own. So today I've lost all of my contacts, personal data and cell phone quality due to a server crash on the company's part. My phone is pretty much useless. On Friday, October 16, 2009 I plan on going to another carrier to buy a new phone along with a new contract. I am 5 months pregnant and I need a reliable phone and company that will protect my data and my security of information in case of an emergency.
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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2009

    I bought the samsung gravity for $155.00 in March. I returned it in June as it was shutting off inetrmittently. They sent me a used phone, that within 1 month had the SAME PROBLEM. They then sent me ANOTHER USED PHONE, that didn't even connect to the network. I called and told them after 3 phones, instead of them sending ME ANOTHER USED, UNTESTED, REPLACEMENT PHONE, I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE the $155.00 credited to my account as I would just rather cancel the additional line rather than repeating the drill again with a 4TH USED REPLACEMENT. They said No, I'd have to pay the $200.00 Early term for the line, and would get NOTHING off of that fee. After that experience, along with their sidekick fiasco, AGAIN, I would recommend staying FAR AWAY FROM T-MOBILE. !!!
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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2009

    My wife and I are having issues with service and connectivity in our areas that are supposed to be covered. I have called and talked to representatives repeatedly and I get troubleshooting only. The service that they admit to not being able to supply to one of our phones is not available to terminate without a $200 fee. On another phone, I now have a loud static noise every so often after using their troubleshooting. I am willing to compromise and pay $200 for three phone lines to be terminated, but they are not willing to waive fees and I am stuck with a $600 fee for service that is not up to standard. We are having to pay for service that is not usable.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2009

    Since switching from T-Mobile to AT&T Wireless, I have nothing but call failures and dropped calls. I'm unable to use my paid services 50% of the time. Calls to their technical support were inconclusive as they wanted me to take unusual troubleshooting steps like find another phone and use my SIM card in that phone. AT&T has been a nightmare.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2009

    My daughter overspent her minutes allowance on T-Mobile resulting in an astronomical bill. I called to find out what we could do as I have been a customer for over 10 years and in the past, they have adjusted my plans to absorb some of the charges. Not this time. They said the charges are legitimate and I have to pay. Meanwhile their billing website would not let me access the current month's account until after the billing cycle ended so I had no way of knowing daughter went over allowance. And there is no mechanism to alert the primary account holder (me, the paying parent) that the account has gone over plan limits or that changes were made to the account without my knowledge by daughter. Consequently, I switched service providers. When I tried to re-access my account to pay the bill and get some phone numbers, the account shows as cancelled and won't let me access. So now, I guess, they will have to wait to get paid.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2009

    I have been a customer of T-Mobile since 2003. I frequently called Guam from CT from April 2009 to July 2009 and was charged total about $1000, which I complained but paid. I do not believe that the charge was not fair and beleve that T-mobile misled me for following reasons.
    1. When I called t-mobile regarding the bills, I was told that Guam calls were considered as an international calls. I have been made international calls uncountable times, so I know for sure that I have to dial a country code first. T-mobile web site actually tells you so as well. I, however, did not need to dial the country code to call Guam. i just needed to dial as I callded any other states. It led me to believe that I was making domestic calls. 2. Guam is part of the US like Puerto Rico. 3. T-mobile does not charge as an international call if I call Purto Rico. 4. One customer representative even told me that "671" was a country code. In fact "671" is an area code. (I did not realize the charge because i was middle of moving and it was automatically charge to my credit card. I trid to access to "my tmobile" to check my account. I trid to receve a password which is supposdly sent to my phone as a text message. As I mention later my text message service was not working well that I could not receive a password.) I also have a text service which i paid $4.99 for 400 messages. I, however, could not use it 1/3 of the times. I called a customer service and technical support, but it was not fixed. By my not being able to use text message created problems.
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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2009

    I want to complain about T-mobile's policies and fees for international calling. I recently went on a trip to the Bahamas. Since I knew the fees for international calling, roaming, etc. would be different I decided to call and find out. I spoke to a friendly, seemed to be knowledgable gentleman, who told me that calls would be about $2.99 a minute. Any internet use would be about $15.00 a kilo-byte. So I decided I would not use my phone for internet at all. I made one call that was about 11 minutes and two other calls that were about 4 minutes. No internet, no texting, no checking voicemails. My bill was $200 higher than normal. Of course I was staring at the computer wondering wtf. When I called the girl on the phone had a lot of trouble even figuring out where the charges came from. She said I was charged $2.99 for each time someone called and left a voicemail. I was also charged anytime I had an email. Basically I was doomed because the phone was on. I didn't even have to be using it or doing anything. They graciously credited me for some of the voicemail calls and half of the internet, even though I didn't use any. They acted like they were doing me a favor. I told them that when I called to get prior information before traveling I was not told of these other possible charges. Oh well, doesn't matter. Moral of the story, TURN YOUR PHONE OFF. If you have to make a call, turn on the phone for that and then turn it off. It's draining your bank account just by being there. Use a payphone, it might be cheaper. Don't even think about internet. The T-mobile people are nice enough on the phone, but they pretty much act like the don't care.
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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2009

    I'm a long-standing T-Mobile customer, and I'm on a calling plan which offers unlimited text messaging for $19.99 a month. But to my surprise, I was charged $38.40 for text messages besides the unlimited text message monthly fee of $19.99 in my bill for the month of 9/09. When I called T-Mobile customer service on 9/11 about this, the lady informed that she won't be able to do anything in this regard as this is a valid charge because these were international text messages. I told her that I was never informed verbally or in writing during enrollment. Besides, I've international call blockage on all the lines of my phones. So how come these international messages could pass through that blockage?

    I was given a rude unsatisfactory answer that their system works like that where voice calls could be blocked but not text messages. I again called the T-Mobile customer service on 9/12 to talk to a supervisor or manager, but I got the same reply from a CSR, who tried to pose as a supervisor. This is a big ripoff by mobile carrier(s), as if the voice call could be blocked. I'm certain that the text message could also be blocked.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2009

    This is the second time T-Mobile has forced me to forfeit money to them and destroyed my phone. It seems that no one, including the manager has forgotten how to put a SIM card into a phone. I paid in advance - now I'm without service and I have to eat the cost of a Palm 650 smartphone. I'm due $81.53 and the cost of my phone. I still have not been reimbursed from 3/09, same deal. There is one T-Mobile store that probably could do - however, it's quite a distance from where I live. It would be an hour each way. The phone was fine when I brought it in to the first store; however, it was never completely activated. We were told that by customer service. My neighbor was able to put his T-Mobile SIM card in under 3 minutes.

    I want my service working. As long as they haven't reimbursed me for anything yet, I want my service that I've paid for working. They either have to fix mine or pay for one comparable. My wireless # is still on their service. I agree with the BBB rating of F (for failure) - not accredited BBB - but I still want my service that is guaranteed in writing. I'm going to keep billing them for every day without service and my phone. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2009

    I had a phone for my son in which I had recently found out that he had missed a couple months & the phone was shut off. I was okay with that because my contract was up in June 2009. I was just going to pay the past due amount & be done with it. When I received the bill, I noticed they had charged a cancellation fee. So, I contacted T-Mobile to advise them of the error. It was to my surprise when T-mobile stated that the contract wasn't up until Oct 2010 because the contract was extended in October 2008. I advised them that I had not extended the contract nor did my husband who is the only authorized user on this plan. I advised the rep that I had added my husband to make a change but gave T-mobile strict instructions to check ID with date of birth of 3/17/70 since my stepson has the same name.

    Now, I know for a fact that T-mobile did not check any IDs because my stepson does not have one. I advised T-Mobile that they allowed an unauthorized user to extend the contract. The rep continued to advise that I am responsible for the bill. I was furious since T-mobile is the one who allowed an unauthorized user to make changes to my account. I asked for the paperwork they had pertaining to this & she would not send it to me stating that they do not have it.

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