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Reviewed Jan. 3, 2009
Billing Dispute of $232.34: I called to have payment arrangement date changed on 10/11/08 due to my bank account being closed for fraudulent charges. I called to change payment date & gave new account information. Instead of Financial Care rep telling me that payment date cannot be changed, this amount was taken on 10/17/08. I spoke to Financial Care supervisor & corporate offices. I was told that every date will be taken care of. I paid again on 10/24/08. The amount was taken again on 10/25/08. I faxed Customer Relations 4 times. The bank issued me a refund on 12/18/08. T-Mobile charged me again. Service was shut off & I had to pay $493 to have it turned back on. I have already contacted California Public Utilities Commission (no response yet back from this office; I had contact back in Nov 2008).
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2009
Without fail, every single month T-Mobile minute usage check fails during the last week of my billing cycle. For example, I get new minutes on the third of the month. If I check minute usage on the fourth, it'll show me an accurate, up-to-date total of how many minutes I've used. It usually updates within an hour to two hours. This is how I calculate my minutes versus how many days I have left. I do this all month long to see how many minutes I have left to use. However, anywhere from 10 days or less from when my cycle ends, the minute usage stops calculating up to the last hour or two and goes for a period of anywhere from 18 to 40 hours showing the last call.
For example, in November I went over by 109 minutes, which isn't cheap at .40 per minute. I called around the 29th of November when I couldn't accurately calculate my usage. The rep told me I had 150 minutes or so left to use. She however failed to mention the fact that it had not updated in the last 36 hours, so I used up those minutes and then some extra because I wasn't told how long ago the minute usage was calculated. This month I had 1,500 minutes per my plan and 125 bonus minutes. I kept checking my minutes and it said 1500 minutes used. It didn't say anything about how many bonus minutes I used. I kept checking it and it said nothing about the bonus minutes used. But I ended up not only using all those minutes and 10 more.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2009
T-Mobile has been a pain since I got it. I always have dropped calls, hardly any service and now there's something wrong with the towers. Everyone from Lebanon to Chambersburg with T-Mobile has been out for about 10 hours, almost 11. We were told that the problem would be fixed in a short time within 3 hours and it still isn't. I am very upset about this and it makes me really angry that I have to pay for this by the day and today counts even though I have not been able to use my phone almost all day. I have lost contact with important people that I talk to everyday. This is annoying because all of my family has T-Mobile. They are using up the house phone so I have no way to communicate with important people!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2009
Since this morning, the cell phones are not working in the area, T-MOBILE. When you call T-Mobile, the only answer is that they will be open tomorrow morning at 6 am ET.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2009
During our August-September 2008 billing cycle, my friend, who was on my plan, went over our 1000 minutes. I called T-Mobile to see what the cost per minute would be so she would know what she owed. I talked with Ann that day and she offered me a deal that would save me $8. Bump up my family minutes for one month only to 1500 minutes. It sounded like an okay deal. I was VERY clear with her that I did not want it to interfere with my month-by-month contract on the other 2 lines. I expressed my ANGER over having upgraded my & my husband's phones to the useless SideKicks and getting locked into a 2-year plan on those that do not expire until 12/09. She assured me that would not happen.
Imagine my surprise when I called on 12/30 to remove those 2 phones from my account and I was told I made a VERBAL agreement that day to a one-year extension. It baffles me how she could lie like that KNOWING how upset I was over the SideKick mess. My husband's SideKick track ball started messing up at 7 months... No, they were no help on that either.
I spoke to not less than 4 people and finally the supervisor who was listening in on the call with customer rep, Kim, agreed to speak with me. Alex got on the phone and said they "have to believe what their employees put in the system and that she said that I verbally agreed to a one year extension". I asked her IF that made any sense when I was so upset over the SideKick deal. Apparently with T-Mobile, not only is the representative always honest and correct, the customer must be the liar. Amazing!! We have been with T-Mobile almost since they started putting up with poor connectivity because of the promise of better service.
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I called t-mobile in order to discuss a problem my phone was having. The slider stopped sliding shut all the way. The lady I spoke with told me that if there's no physical damage and has never been dropped then it will be covered by the factory defect warranty. They are now charging me over 100 dollars for the phone. I had a hard case and a soft case for the phone and never dropped. There was not one scratch on it. It's obvious that the sliding mechanism failed inside of the phone and prevented it from sliding shut all the way, which is a factory defect. I will not pay this. On top of this the phone they sent me does not work and they are telling me that my battery is broken. Which is odd because it wasn't broken when it was in my last phone. Is t-mobile trying to save itself due to the hard economical times by screwing its customers out of their warranties?
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I signed up with T-Mobile because my husband is in the military and is stationed in another state. After signing up, there was a three-week delay in him activating his phone because he was in A school and he couldn't use it until he finished. After he finished, we tried sending text messages back and forth due to this was the only way he could communicate at the time. Well the text messages would not get to him from me or from him to me. I tried calling T-Mobile several times and was told things like, I didn't have a text package, I didn't have any money in my flex account and they were having problems in the area. After a week of me calling and him calling on his spare time, we ported our number out to another carrier. This was about a month and two weeks after I originally set up service.
I have now received my final bill showing two early termination fees. I tried calling to see if something could be done but was basically told that even if the services did not work, I was responsible for the charges. This came from a supervisor. The others basically stated because I was under contract the fees could not be waived, even though I did try to get the issue resolved before porting out. Then I was told that there was no corporate phone number or address that I could write to but I could chat online to see if I could get the issue resolved. Suffice it to say that did not work. It is not fair that these people are advertising these services but are unable to provide them. They refuse to waive any fee and are rude and non-responsive. I don't know what can be done. Is this even legal?
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2008
I decided to cancel mobile phone service with T-Mobile and change to Sprint. Approximately two weeks prior I called, and was quoted $100 per line early termination fee, since there was less than a year on the contract remaining. The day I called to cancel, I was again quoted $100/line and then transferred to a supervisor to actually terminate service. Again, I was quoted $100/line and told my final bill would be "$400 and something." When my final bill came, I was charged $200/line so I naturally called them up. Misty told me "Sorry, we have no record of that it is $200/line."
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2008
If you search T-mobile Rebate Fraud, watch your computer light up. I now know that there are hundreds of T-mobile customers who were promised a rebate after buying one of their overpriced phones. Here is my story: A few years ago, I decided to buy a new phone. I called T-mobile and spoke to a representative. She told me that I was entitled to a rebate so I would not end up paying the total cost of the phone. I would get the rebate if I promised to agree to a contract extension. I agreed and the phone arrived several days later. I sent in everything that was required.
Weeks later, a letter arrived informing me that I was not on a family plan and that the fine print on the bottom of the rebate form should have been read before I sent in the rebate request. When I called T-mobile to complain, they said that they are not responsible for what their reps say or promise. However, I did have to fulfill my end of the agreement and stay with T-mobile until the end of the contract.
Two years ago, they did the same thing. I called a t-mobile rep and told her my daughter wanted a new cell phone for Christmas. She said I was entitled to a rebate. I asked if there were any restrictions such as needing to be on a certain plan and she said no. She guaranteed me that the rebate would be approved. I told her several times that my daughter would not be opening her phone gift until Christmas and the rep said that that was no problem-my rebate would be approved. So I filled everything out correctly and sent it in before I wrapped her phone to put it under the tree. Imagine my shock when I received a letter from Young America Rebate Center stating that my rebate was not approved because I needed to activate the new phone within a certain number of days after arriving in the mail.
I called T-mobile who informed me again that it doesn't matter what the reps may say to you in order to sell you a phone. They said I should have taken everything out of the box when it arrived, read the fine, small print down at the bottom of the page, and if I realized that the phone was not going to be used until Christmas, I should have carefully put back everything in the box, repackaged it and taken it back to UPS and sent it back on my dime. I asked if I was still going to be expected to fulfill the 2 year contract extension even though the rep did not tell me the truth, he said yes. I could not go back on my word.
Next month my 2 year contract will be up. In the end, I paid T-mobile at least $100.00 more than I feel I should have paid. What made it worse, the phone was extremely unreliable and not worth the $130.00 I paid.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2008
I bought a $350 white, D'WADE Sidekick 3 phone from T-Mobile, put it in my pocket and the phone turned blue in the first day. I called T-Mobile and they refused to replace the phone. After 2 weeks of trying to plead with them, their top supervisor said this to me, word for word, "Ma'am, any person with any common sense would never put a white phone in your pants pocket!" Cell phones are made to be held in your pocket, purse and shouldn't change colors!! I was furious at their advertised "#1 in customer service" that I demanded they cancel my account. They charged me $250 to cancel my contract, and additional late fees of over $175. In total, I lost approx. $800 in one day with T-Mobile...which does not include the phone charges I incurred. Who lets these people get away with this??
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008
My rebate was denied 3 times on 3 separate submissions because of a mistaken form sent in by T-Mobile representatives all 3 times. I purchased my phone on July 1, 2008. It is now October 21, 2008 and have yet to receive my rebate for both myself and my father of $150.00.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008
I added a phone line to my long time existing account with SunCom in June '08. ** is the line I added for my son. From day one, my son is unable to receive text messages from other carriers. I immediately returned the phone to the store but was told that the problem was because of the T-Mobile/SunCom merger. I was asked to be patient and they would work things out. I have visited the stores, spoke to customer service and tech support over the phone several times. On 10/19/2008, I went to the store once again to get this resolved. The clerk was on the phone with tech support, well, over an hour trying to resolve the problem. The phone is still not fixed. I called Customer service immediately (the store advised me to) to try to bring this to a close. The first thing they wanted to do was troubleshoot. I was still cooperative at this point. The rep wanted to switch me over to tech support.
After 4 months of this, I was tired. I asked them why could they just not send me a new phone or one compatible to the Nokia 6085 my son has. T-Mobile refused, even after I spoke to a supervisor (Robert ** ). I have been waiting for 4 months for a resolution, and now they want me to pay for an upgrade on a new phone. That is unacceptable, after I have been patient and cooperative with their instructions for 4 months of paying for a service that doesn't work.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008
I recently went to Toronto, Canada for a vacation and got a $500 bill from T-Mobile/Rogers (as international partner)! And the $500 charge was for Internet roaming charge that I did not even use at all! I called Customer Service and said that there's a setting on the phone (which is Sidekick 3) where it will automatically connect to a network or something. But the whole point is THAT I DID NOT USE THE INTERNET WHILE I WAS IN CANADA! They transferred me to another dept telling me that they'll give me $100 credit for it with a 1-yr contract! I will call them one more time but basically I would like to report this to the FCC and to BBB because they did not even take the time to investigate the problem and to give me details about the charge. I would like for them to show me what that 40MB of internet usage entails - that I did not even use! If you encounter the same scenario, please email me and let me know.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008
Well this is a little complicated but please bear with me. Two Months ago when I was in NJ mall (New Jersey Garden Mall), I was approached by one of the T-Mobile salesperson and he asked me if I had T-Mobile. I said no. Well he assured me that he could give me a better deal than ATT which it was the company that I had, and our conversation when something like this:
"How much you pay right now?" "Well $120.00 for two lines and 1500 minutes," "What would you say if I give you an offer of the same price with two extra lines and 2000 minutes? Remember all of that for the same price." "Well. I don't know? Because I have Text message and on top of that I only have two more months to finish my plan." "Don't worry, I will throw the text message unlimited minutes, and how much you think they going to charge you for canceling your plan?" "$200. Sorry $400 because it's two lines." "Look, I am going to do this because I like you, I am not going to charge you for the activation fee which it will help you to save money. This way you can pay the other company." "Well, if is like that I will cancel my plan with ATT and will Sign with you. Now the last question. How much I will pay for every month?" "Well, the bill is $119.00 but you will pay $125 or the most would be $130 including taxes no more than that." "Okay, that sounds very nice."
One week later, I noticed that the reception was horrible especially around my Area (Linden). I went to the store and I address my issues to the sales person. He told me not to worry and the problem was because I was a new member and it usually takes two to three weeks to start working properly. Three weeks passed and the same problem again. I went to the store and again he told me to be patient but I couldn't because important calls were dropping. I took upon myself to call customer service. They told me they knew about the problem and it was going to take at least 3 months to start putting satellites but they were not a 100 percent sure because it could be longer than that.
I said, "What?? I was told by one of your salesperson that it was going to take at the most three months. What happen??" "Well I don't know who told you that because they are just a franchise. They don't actually represent us." "Wait. Is that a T-Mobile store?" "Yes and no. Well, they are a store that sells T-Mobile's products but they are not part of T-Mobile." "Huh? Well in that case I want to cancel my account." "Oh, sure but you have to pay $200 for each phone which it comes down to $800 plus one month." "But is not even a month and you said they don't represent T-Mobile?" "Yeah, but you signed a contract with us for two years and if you change your mind you have to let us know within two week, no more than that."
After that I hung up the phone and tried to be positive. Well I was going to pay $125 or $130 the most every month. Tax included Right? WRONG. My first bill came and it was for $335.00. After seeing the bill, I call customer service and to my surprise I was getting charge activation fee. I went back and for maybe 4 times until I got it fix (so I think). Now I got a call where they informed me that my bill will be $155. Huh? I thought it was going to be $125 or $130 the most? That's $30 more from what they told me. The sales person admitted he made a mistake but he could not do anything that it was too late.
I spoke to customer Service and the same running up. I ask him again if I could cancel my plan base that I am unsatisfied with my plan and with the way T-Mobile handle their business. He laugh again and said, "Sure it's going to be $200 for each line and one month." I said, "I should take you to court?" He gave me the address of the T-Mobile legal team that is located in Washington. My final plea is please let me out of the contract because I am not very happy with you guys and the way you handle your business. Please, please, please.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008
I called on several occasions regarding my September 24, 2008 and the coverages. After weeks of waiting for my detail bill, I was able to review and found that I was overcharged for 47 minutes. I called customer service to review my bill day by day and they said whatever the filter says is correct and corporate policy was not to review the bill in detail. I will not pay for a bill that cannot be explained to me properly and for customer service that cannot explain the charges billed to my account.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2008
As I was cancelling my phone services with T-Mobile, I found out unusual charge on my second phone. I called a customer service right away. I found out there's been game download, and subscription charged last 3 months while my 5 year old son was playing with my phone, about $215. I argued that t-mobile failed to safeguard unauthorized download and subscription from (minors or by accidental press of button) by fail to providing mechanism such as password to authenticate the user.
However, the rep. insisted that t-mobile web ask for confirm button twice which is sufficient, and you must lock the phone from anyone to access. They refused any partial or full reimbursement by accidental press of button. In short, if the button is pressed twice, you are liable for payments no matter how it was pressed. Interesting facts was t-mobile web button is impossible to program out from accidental access from the phone. I do believe they count on extra revenue even from unintended usage and not willing to correct charge as Sprint did. The supervisor on the phone started to raise voice, despite the fact that I was very calm and reasonable and I could not continue conversation. To my request for contact info., only thing I got was her name. She refused to provide address, or information in regards to this incident.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2008
I have had nothing but problems with Tmobile phones since I signed to them. The phone I got for free just 3 months ago, locked as in the keypad locked for no reason. Tech support had no answer and told me, since it's still under warranty to send the phone in and they will send me a new phone as long as there is no other damage. Which there was NOT! About a month later, I had a 100 dollar charge for water damage, based on circles or black dots on the back of the phone. Which there actually was no sticker on the phone, Either way, there was ABSOLUTELY NO LIQUID DAMAGE to the phone, none.
C'mon, this is southern California, I can't remember the last time it even rained. Of course there is no one who can help me and I have to just pay it. I have lost all faith in Tmobile because this is a greedy excuse of a scam. And after seeing the scores of other victims ripped off in the SAME EXACT WAY! I have no doubt that this is a scam. So far it does not look like I'm going to get what's fair (my $$$ back), so hopefully there will be a lawsuit against them and they will get what they deserve like the rest of the greedy corporations got. I can't even get to customer service because their lines are crossed with their pay as you go plan. This is a joke, I hope Tmobile gets what they deserve. All their phones are sub par and have problems. I personally know this because I have 4 or 5 of their phones. All of them have been defective in one way or another. I hope there is a lawsuit against them because this is NO way to treat your customers. I can't even get service on the Westside of LA. Please, please DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH TMOBILE. Their warranty is like a crap shoot. Buyer, beware!
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2008
I've been with you all since May 08. I've never missed a payment. I've always made payment on time and more than what the bill states but every month at least 2 or 3 times my service is interrupted for lost payment. I've done everything you all asked with faxes and going to the store and it hasn't helped anything. Your reps doesn't seem to be able to help. All are saying the same thing to the point I can finish their sentences for them. I changed to T-Mobile from another carrier thinking it would be better here but it's worse. If it's anyone that can do something please do.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2008
I was billed erroneously for my black and the people refuse to correct it. $35.95 is activation which I requested to be removed and after my requested was granted, it was again reinstated for no justifiable reason. They proceeded to included it again in my next billing cycle and threatened to disconnect my service if I do not pay. Even though my next balance should be just $75.00, I was inform to pay 146.00. This is a complaint against T-Mobile billing rep that are distorting my actual billing amount.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2008
I was having A LOT of dropped calls and had switched many different types of phones when finally I decided it was time to switch companies... The loyalities department tried to keep me by offering a few phones to me free of charge, however, already having tried a wide variety of phones, this wasn't a good option. I politely told him that I was planning on switching to a different company and he threatened me with the dreaded 'Termination Fee,' which I feel I shouldn't have to pay due to the lack of phone service I had been receiving... He made no mention of prorated termination fee and said I would be responsible for $400.00 (two of the three lines were still on a two year aggreement). One of the phones' contract would be up in November and the other one had approx. 18 months left (because I was once again, trying another phone- which they made me sign another contract). I feel as if I shouldn't have to pay the termination fees, at least not the total $400.00. A prorated amount would be fine, however, they want it all.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2008
I went to a T-Mobile retail outlet to see about replacing my old Nokia phone. I explained to the sales rep that I needed a phone that could be used for email and T-zones WAP sites, since I trade stocks via my phone. I was told that I could keep the same plan (T-Zones) and that email would work. It took almost 2 weeks of complaining before a tech rep finally told me that T-Zones will NEVER work with my T-Mobile Dash (even though it worked perfectly with my Nokia) and that I would have to pay an additional $15 a month for a data plan. Reluctantly, I agreed and got the data plan. I then called about my phone not being able to save contacts to the T-mobile server and that the T-Mobile web site kept showing my old Nokia phone (couldn't change it to show my new Dash). T-Mobile kept putting in tickets to get these problems resolved.
Finally, after a month, I was furious and asked to speak with a supervisor. A supervisor explained that my new phone won't work the T-mobile server and that my contacts can't be saved to the server. I was told I could enter contacts from the web site and send them to my phone, but first the old Nokia phone would need to be removed from my profile (put another ticket it). After more waiting and more calls, I am paying $180 more a year for a phone that can't do half of what my old phone did, and the website still shows my old Nokia phone. If T-Mobile had been honest with me from the start, I never would have purchased this expensive T-Mobile Dash. After keeping me waiting for over a month to fix my trouble tickets, it's now too late to return the phone and I'm stuck with a higher bill, additional 2-year contract, and a phone that won't suit my needs. T-Mobile representatives lied to me repeatedly (should be on tape since their phone calls are recorded). What can I do?
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2008
I was a SunCom customer prior to their being bought out by T-Mobile. With SunCom, I had a plan with 400 anytime minutes and 10 people I could make and receive unlimited calls to. T-Mobile only has a MyFaves with 5 people, but a fairly similar plan. When my bill arrived, they charged me for all my calls and I could not set up any options online. I spoke to one very helpful rep who said she put a credit in the account for the mistake and that my plan would actually be unlimited minutes for $29.99 until November 08. We went over all the account information and I was going to make a payment over the phone.
I was transferred several times, and finally I spoke to someone who said I could set up a payment for a week away, on the 16th. He was unable to set up for the 15th and tried to convince me to set up for the 15th anyway. I refused and he said he would just notate the account and I could call back the next day and set up a payment for the 16th. When I called back I found out that he had lied to me and the only way I could set up payments was to make a partial payment and then set up a 2nd one for the 16th.
Frustrated by that farce, I called back and again was transferred several times, each rep telling me something different. The last one refused to allow me to speak to a supervisor, claimed she would have her call me back and asked for my phone number, claiming that she had no access to my phone number which is the same as my account number. Needless to say, no one has ever called me back. No credit is reflected on my account. And my MyFaves has not been set up the way I was told that it was. It has been nothing but one misrepresentation after another with this company, and I honestly do not think there is one person from T-Mobile who can HONESTLY help me. I fear that my bill and my account will never be corrected, since every time I speak to someone they tell me I have to do something different, or they say it's taken care of when it isn't.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2008
I terminated my own account because they would not send me a new phone even though I have insurance and the 1 yr warranty on top of that. They created memos saying that I was being uncooperative with the troubleshooting because I wasn't able to use another phone. I had no car at the time to get up to a T-mobile store and they blamed me for that. They said I refused help.
I called them back today on Oct. 15th 2008 because I got an outstanding balance letter saying I owe them $225.92. Now, when I was talking to a customer rep., they told me that since I only had the account for under TEN months, that I will not be charged an early termination fee. I am being charged and I called them up. Talked to a supervisor and she told me I wasn't able to talk to anyone high up than her because I had no new information regarding the account. She ended up refusing to direct me to someone new to talk to and I cursed at her and told her her reps. need more training if they always tell me something new that's not in a contract.
I am very unhappy because now I have to pay $225.92. It's ridiculous-- I was made to look like an idiot so they can get me to terminate. Also, in their memos on my account, it says that I was made well aware that I would and that I know I have to pay that amount. I was unaware because they said it would be waived.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2008
I called T-Mobile in February of 2008 to change my billing date from the 5th of the month to the 15th. I explained to the representative at the time that the reason for doing this was to separate my bills by pay period. (I get paid on the 1st and the 15th of every month.) The representative was very nice and said she completely understood, as she did the same thing with her bills. She said it would take a month to go into effect. It did not go into effect until end of May 2008-- I had to call and make them aware of it each month in which they would tell me that the last representative forgot to put the change in my billing.
I got that excuse in March, April, and May and was fed up and asked them to cancel my account. They apologized profusely and offered me a credit on my next bill, instead, for all of my troubles. I told them that if it happened again I would be demanding that my account be cancelled without fee.
From June on, my payment was indeed debited from my account on the 15th of every month....until this month (October 2008). The amount was taken out on the 14th, a day early, which because I only keep enough money in that account to pay bills with, sent my account into a huge deficit. I accrued over $200 dollars in overdraft fees because I had accounted to everything else coming out before the 15th, except for the T-Mobile bill. I called to explain this to T-Mobile and was connected with a young woman named **.
I explained my situation and let her know that this had occurred in the past. She proceeded to cut me off of my explanation and tell me that this was not a T-Mobile error, but in fact a bank error. I offered to send her my bank statements dating back to the time the billing change was made and she refused it saying, "It is not our problem that you do not know how to manage your bank account," and laughed when I said, "Excuse me?" I then asked to speak to her supervisor and she said, "Sure, if you want to hear again what I just told you."
After about five minutes on hold, ** picked up the phone and asked what the problem was. I explained to her what I explained to **, and she also said this is not our problem? I reminded her that I spoke to several representatives in the spring who assured me that my payment would come out of my account on the 15th of every month and told her that I have bank statements to prove it. She then said that if I didn't make them aware of the problem six months ago then it was too late now. I told her that it was not a problem until this month which is why I hadn't called earlier. She proceeded to interrupt me and say that this was obviously my misunderstanding and the issue was considered closed. I told her that I would like to call back later and possibly speak with someone with more authority than her to try to resolve my problem. She told me that would be harassment and threatened to cancel my account and file harassment paperwork against me if I called back about this issue ever again.
I have worked in customer service for 8 years so I understand the frustration of dealing with issues on a daily basis, but I have never seen anyone treat a customer in this manner nor have I, or would I ever treat or insult a customer in such a way. Having never been treated in such an insulting way, it was so upsetting to me I have missed out on a morning of work, and as a kicker I am out over $200.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008
I called customer service to complain about lack of cell coverage and numerous dropped calls. I spoke with a very nice person named Courtney who said that I should speak with the long term customer supervisor and switched me over to Ricky. This person was rude, not helpful and would not even agree to look at my cell phone bill ($120 per month for the past 15 years) to note the dropped calls. He was mean, rude, and this person should simply not be a customer service person for T-Mobile or any company. I will be switching my service due to the poor treatment I received from Ricky at T-Mobile.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
I had to closed down my business. I need to terminated my two cell phone services for which I am been charge 400 dollars.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
I purchased a BRAND new blackberry from a Tmobile retail store around June 28, 2008. Since then I have had to exchange my phone with Tmobile 5 times. They keep sending me phones that are not brand new, they are refurbished and they keeps having the same problems. I paid almost $400 dollars for something that is not working and causing me stress and costing me time and money. Every time they send me a replacement they charge me $15 dollars for shipping. Not to mention the countless hours I spend talking to them, then being transferred and having to repeat myself 3 or 4 times. Every time I call, I spend a minimum 1 hour on the phone with them and I am fed up.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
We currently have 4 cell phones with T-Mobile and I would to express how unhappy and dissatisfied I am with their customer service. One of our phones broke a few days before the warranty expired. The company sent 3 refurbished phones that didn't work. But they were very quick to offer to sell us a new phone. And that's obviously a trick that they play by sending phones that don't work. We had to buy a new phone and of course renew the contract with T-Mobile. I think that someone should be checking on this company to make sure that they aren't committing any fraud against their customers.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
On 10/3/08, T-Mobile withdrew $278.98 from my checking account to pay a phone bill which was in my brother's name. They said that my debit card was set up for automatic withdrawal on his account. (Note: I do pay my bill online with my debit card in which I am on my brother's account) but I only pay my bill not everyone's bill on the account. They stated that I checked the box to deduct out of my account on a monthly basis. I told them I did not check the box and after a little while of arguing with them and several attempts to speak to a manager, I finally got to talk with one and he did tell me that it was a glitch in the system and he was sorry for all my trouble and my money would be back in my account within 1-3 business days. So he admitted fault on T-Mobile's part (Manager's name: Steve ** Employee # **). He told me for safety, he couldn't give his last name. He also told me that he would call me on 10/8/08 to make sure everything went through ok.
I DID NOT RECEIVE A CALL!!!!! So I called back and told them I did not get my money and I told them who I talked to and gave them Steve's name & # to get back in touch with him and they told me that the name and # meant nothing to them and that they couldn't find that guy if they wanted to! So that means their employee lied to me!!! So then the rep I spoke to on 10/8/08 advised me that the information Steve gave me was incorrect and that it takes 1-3 days to get the refund approved and 1-3 more days for it to go back into my account.
I called back on 10/9/08 to make sure the information was correct that I received the day before and I advised them of the check that bounced in my checking account due to their mistake.They noted on my account that they did issue a $35 credit to my phone bill for the bounced check fee. The young lady I talked with that day insisted it was my fault and I must have made a mistake, but it said in the notes that T-Mobile did admit fault from their system. She assured me that I would have my money no later than 10/13/08.
When I did not receive my money on the 13th, I called back and they said my refund was declined because when they took the money, the bill was due so they could not give my money back. They took the money on 10/3/08 and the bill wasn't due until 10/5/08. All the notes from all of the previous times I called and the admitted fault were mysteriously gone and they said they never existed and that I was making it up just to cover my mistake. T-Mobile fabricated the notes to cover themselves because every time I spoke to them, the notes were the same and on the last day I spoke to them they were totally different. From previous experience, I would not advise anyone to use T-Mobile as their cell phone provider. They are crooks and will screw you over any way possible. They do not give a rat's ass about your well-being and this is not the only time I have had problems with them and that goes the same for everyone else I know who has T-Mobile.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2008
I was charged an early termination fee of $200 after my contract was supposed to expire.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2008
I have been a customer of T-mobile since 2006 and have had several problems with the company. I have called several times to complain and have continuously been given the run around and was made promises that never came to fruition. Below I have listed the number of issues that I have with the company. I am requesting that we have our cancellation fee be waived and let out of our contract in an effort to find service that will work appropriately in our home.
We have no service in our home. We have called on several occasions to complain about having no service in our home. We were promised several months back that a new tower would be put up and we would get better service. This has never occurred as our service has only gotten worse. Not only do our phones not ring in our home, but it also takes at least 3-5 tries to send a text message. Again we called and were given cheaper texting and promised the problem would be fixed. In fact I was told that this process usually takes about 4 months but since we are such good customers it would be put on a fast track and be done within the month since T-Mobile does not have a tower near my home. PLEASE. This has never been fixed, and it is a self admitted T-mobile issue.
If you look at our usage you will see that we cannot use hardly any of our minutes. In the past two months, I know we have hardly even used half of our minutes. You can also check the call records to verify how many times a number is called back or the conversation is dropped short due to dropped calls. I am sure you can understand just how frustrating this is. Not to mention our phones are local to our family and since they cannot even call us, it is not even worth it.
My husband and I both work in law enforcement. I work for the Adult Parole Authority and my husband in the prison system. I have had several offenders on my caseload work for your company selling phones. I called and complained and was basically told that even if we left the company they would still have access to my personal information, i.e., social security numbers, home address, phone numbers, etc., so basically too bad. If I was concerned about it I could call weekly and see who accessed my account, of course, after they already had whatever information they were after - not comforting. I did not sign a two-year contract with the phone ending in **. I specifically asked them when I got the phone and the person I spoke to at the store informed me it would not add time to my contract. Again another hassle.
We no longer want T-Mobile service as none of the problems we have with the company have even been close to rectified and we constantly get pushed off on someone else who feeds us more lies. We are respectfully asking that the honest approach is taken and we are let out of our contract so that we can actually use our phones. Thank you for your time and consideration with this matter.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2008
In an effort to lower my cell phone bill, I was planning on switching from AT&T to T-Mobile because I read they had lower pricing and better customer service. I order a plan and a phone, but my old phone number was never ported over. A few weeks went by and I emailed the company and never received a response. I then called and they said they would get back to me about porting the number over. Another few weeks went by and I tried my phone to see if it was operating at my office downtown San Francisco. I noticed that I didn't get ANY signal downtown and thought that if I didn't get signal there, I probably wouldn't get it in many places. After no response from the company and little reception in a major city, I decided to just cancel my contract since I had not yet even used the phone.
I emailed the company asking them to just cancel the contract since it wasn't going to work out and didn't get a response back for at least another week. I finally got an email telling me that because the 30-day buyer's remorse period had passed and that I would be charged $200 for cancelling. I called the company to discuss it and explain the details of why the service was not going to be a good fit and they refused to let me speak to any manager who would only tell me what I was being told now. They wouldn't even negotiate with me on the fee. I feel extremely wronged by these business practices and would like some recourse if possible.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2008
Hi, my name is Linda ** and I've been with t-mobile cell phone company since 2003. I had three lines up until the 15th of September and I dropped one of my lines that didn't have a contract on it. I let that line go to a month to month, so on September the 15th I called customer service to drop that line. There was no problem. It was out of contract. The reps name was Connie. She dropped the line and my daughter and I went to another plan that was $30.00 cheaper and that would fit our needs. Well I get a bill that states that I owe a $200.00 early disconnection fee, so I called and talked to a guy name Matt the day I received my bill. My bill date ends on the 23rd of every month. Well there is another problem with my bill, they did not prorate any of the bill from. Is there a law that let's you out of a contract in 30 days? If not, they messed me around on my bill can that do it?
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2008
Well After Hurricane Ike hit Houston, My phone has been acting up which has cause problems for me. My partner has been getting upset cause he thinks I am avoiding him. My job can not get a hold of me. I just went to T-Mobile from Sprint and it seems I went from bad to worst. T-Mobile has really cause issues for my partner and I this week.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2008
On Friday, October 3, 2008, I applied for an account online, stating that I wished to port my mobile number from Sprint to T-Mobile. The T-Mobile website obtained all kinds of information from me, including billing information, my driver’s license number, and other sensitive information. Shortly after completing the enrollment procedure, T-Mobile sent me an email stating that I needed to call so that they could get more information from me. When I called, I was told that T-Mobile needed additional information, including my social security number so that a credit check could be processed. I had no problems with that. I understand that the need to run a credit check - that is perfectly understandable.
Account Setup Problems & Customer Service Assistance Problems: When I received my phone, I received no instructions as to how to activate my phone. I was not given an account number, neither when I setup my account online, nor when I received my phone. Since people who called my phone number were still being sent to my old phone, I knew that T-Mobile had not automatically ported my phone number. So, I called Customer Service. The first representative hung up on me. So, I called back. The second representative asked for my account number. I didn't have an account number, so she put me on hold and then hung up on me. So, I called back once again in a very angry mood. The third representative tried her best. She could not lookup my information by the information that I had already given T-Mobile (the number I wished to port, my ssn, etc.), nor was she able to lookup my information by the order number that T-Mobile provided me. So, she had to re-collect all my information and setup an account from scratch.
The lack of basic understanding by the T-Mobile customer service representatives and problems with how the T-Mobile computer systems are setup caused me to waste over three hours of my day. When I ported my phone number FROM T-Mobile to Sprint last year, the whole process only took 30 minutes. Needless to say, I am not happy with my T-Mobile experience... but I am even unhappier when I think about how my account was setup.
Concern About Data Security: I am very disturbed that none of the information T-Mobile collected about me (including my social security number, my driver’s license number, etc.) was not in the system. I am concerned that T-Mobile's data collection practices are sloppy and have been compromised. I want some assurances that the data T-Mobile collected about me are actually safe and will not be easily stolen by hackers or by your employees and sold on the black market. But so far, nothing.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2008
I am very happy with the wireless service compared to Verizon for the reception. However their billing is atrocious. I signed up for a service for 1000 minutes, the bill for which was approx. $99. When I went on vacation I asked them to lower my plan as I was not aware that I could suspend the service. Though I asked that the service be changed on July 2nd they changed the plan only at the end of July billing me for the whole month when no service was used. When I came back in August I was billed for $689.50 for just one month. Their explanation was the lower plan will force me to pay for nights and weekends.
To bill a customer for 7 times the original plan is pure exploitation of an uninformed customer. I am sure that there are several other cases like this and someone should initiate a class action lawsuit so that the interests of the public are protected.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2008
I originally contacted T-Mobile last year, via retail location and phone to customer service in October 2007, regarding this issue of my phone being defective. The keypad does not work properly. After several attempts to work with customer service and be constructively connected with technical support, I finally worked with a representative in which the software on my phone was re-installed. This was an apparent attempt to resolve any software issues that may contribute to the defective handset keypad.
This comprised of over 3 hours of download time, in which I had to use a separate phone line and two computers. The original download encompassed effort to install software on my computer, just to determine that the software would not work on a Windows Vista operating system. I had to repeat processes with a backup computer with an XP operating system, hence, a significant amount of time was expended unnecessarily. It was established by technical support that the phone was defective upon completion of this download, among other diagnostics.
A replacement phone was sent to my residential address in February 2008. I was unable to take delivery of the replacement phone that was shipped via UPS as each delivery time was a time in which I was at work. There were no phone calls from UPS or T-Mobile, nor any note that delivery was attempted or after-hour pick up option or location. Since T-Mobile selected UPS as the carrier, and the carrier did not perform reasonably, I hold T-Mobile responsible.
Subsequently, I have contacted T-Mobile several times via e-mail to customer service, and several phone calls to customer relations, just to experience false promises of re-delivery, excuses such as blaming UPS, demands that I contact technical support again, etc. I have called in just to have T-Mobile customer service tell me that I must call on a phone other than my cellular phone.
I am requesting that T-Mobile immediately send a replacement phone, honoring the initial warranty offered with the purchase of the phone. I am making this request without conditions of having to call customer service and technical support as it is clear customer service is not empowered to handle this request, in addition, technical support has been unable to diagnose a remedy other than replacing the phone.
T-Mobile has not honored their warranty in a reasonable time frame with reasonable requests. Anthony ** in the T-Mobile Client Relations has credibility issues and cannot return phone calls. Subsequently, the company has provided false information to the BBB regarding the matter.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2008
I switched to T-Mobile in May, 2007. Worst mistake of my life. The customer service reps give you the run around. They want to transfer you to everyone else instead of helping. I have been sent 3 phones and the third phone is also defective. I could upgrade my phone for $177 or cancel my service. I will cancel my service as soon as May 2009 comes around. Then T-Mobile can follow my trail to the nearest competitor.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2008
I bought an iphone and switched to AT&T. I did this because of bad customer service and dropped calls at T mobile. My phone had to be constantly turned off and on because it was getting "stuck" on cell phone tower signals, according to T Mobile which would leave me with zero service. One time, I called in and they reset my phone without my permission and it erased all my messages, they could not recover the lost information. This is my business phone and it caused me major problems. To top it all off, when I switched to AT&T, I did it 15 days before my 2 year contract with T mobile ended (I was calculating from the date I started the application process, not when the account was officially activated). They would not budge, and charged me $200 for cancellation fees. I will never do business with T Mobile again.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2008
My son's phone was sent back 4 times, each time it was the same problem. I was told that I was charged because the screen on his phone was cracked. The phone we returned the screen was not cracked. They went and spoke to a minor and exchanged, charged me for a phone that never works. These are not brand new phones they are sending us, they are refurbished phones. So each time we were getting a used phone that already had problems. I pay insurance on a phone and they did not inform me that I could use my insurance. They never spoke to me regarding the phone but to give my son permission to troubleshoot it. No one has authorization to make decisions on my account but me.
When I called the customer care, they switched me around 3 times and explained to me that they did not want to pass the BUCK but this was not there problem. They then transfer me to a department that could not help me, who then transferred me back to customer care. NONE of the phones we returned had a cracked screen. IF I knew it did, do you think I would want to pay for the same phone that we returned FOUR TIMES!!! My other line (same brand phone) was sent back three times, and each time we received a refurbish phone. I was billed for something I did not authorize, and I would never authorize something that we had to return 4 times within a year.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2008
I bought a T-Mobile sidekick for $300. For the first 6 months, I paid over $150 for service but now I currently pay over $120 a month for my service, and I am having various problems with my T-Mobile Sidekick 3. When I first bought the phone, it functioned properly for the first 3 months. After the three months, the phone began to malfunction - the SIM card couldn't be found, I couldn't receive or send text messages, I didn't have service, calls drop all the time, buttons do not function properly and many more problems. Since then I have been receiving a refurbished Sidekick 3 every month, for a $15 shipping fee, only to result in problems continuing.
The week of August 20th, I was on a business trip and I really needed my phone but I had no service at all for a majority of the trip. Later when service was restored, I could not receive emails or text messages, but most importantly the phone states that there is no SIM card in my phone which is basically the brain of the phone. I called T-Mobile to resolve this problem and spoke to a Sidekick representative and I was told that personally they would not choose a Sidekick because customers have various problems with the phone and the phones are not good. After several hours of trying to help restore my service for use only to fail, I was told there is nothing they can do. Later on, the phone began to work but calls were only allowed to be sent and received but most of the calls were dropped, but I still did not have the option to send text or receive text messages or email or access the internet which I am paying $20 extra a month for.
On September 9th, I called in with the same problems and the representative assisted me in testing the Sidekick which failed. I was told since there is a outage to the east of the Missouri River, there is nothing that be done. September 30th I called T-Mobile again and after a representative tried to fix my Sidekick but could not accomplish this once again, several representatives have told me the Sidekicks always have problems, and that if they send me another phone, it will be a refurbished one because 95% of the time, the replacement phone is refurbished. Refurbished products are products that had a problem and were sent out to the company for a fix which I have worked for video game stores, car audio stores and a cell phone company which from my job experience and personal experience refurbished products continue to have problems.
After asking the representatives if they were in my situation what would they do, many of them said it's a bad situation but there is nothing they can do about it. I was transferred to the insurance company and I was told that they do not cover computer damage which in case is what the problem with my phone is. I was told my warranty was up on September 21st so I can either upgrade my contract and buy a new phone or pay $110 for a phone from the insurance company. Which is not fair because 75% of the time, I had my phone it didn't work properly and I am paying a bill for bad service. And I am being told to pay another $300 just to have a working phone.
Right now I currently use my phone for my business, and also being a college graduate I use the phone to receive calls from potential employers. I was in the middle of a phone interview the week of 13 and my phone dropped a call which I could not return because the SIM card could not be found. I cannot have a nonworking phone and paying $120 a month and being asked to continuously dish out money because that is outrageous.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2008
I have just recently opened a new family account, with two lines. I had gotten this account for my brother and his wife. My brother has financial problems and I need to close this account. T-Mobile is not willing to terminate my account without charging me $400.00. I have explained my situation to them and all they can say is there is nothing they can do for me. I feel that this is so unfair being the account is only a month old and the economy in our country is forcing us to get our priorities in order again.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2008
When I went shopping for a new phone at a T-Mobile Center, there were advertising signs all over the store that said that the Blackberry Pearl came with a mail-in rebate of $50. The sales person also said that I was eligible to the rebate. The $50 rebate put the phone within my price range, so I bought it.
A couple of weeks after I had sent my rebate forms in, I got a letter in the mail stating that "purchases from an unqualified selling point are ineligible for the rebate program. The letter also said to call the T-Mobile Rebate Customer Care at * *** *** **** by February 15, 2009 to notify a customer care representative of your situation so your rebate can be reprocessed.? This all sounded very fishy to me. So I called.
The customer care representative that answered the phone verified that I had purchased the phone at a qualified selling point. Here comes the twist. She said the real reason that I was not qualified for the rebate was because I did not have their internet service on my plan. None of the marketing signs at the store said anything about having internet service on the plan to be eligible for the rebate. I asked to speak with the supervisor because this is false advertising.
When I talked to the supervisor, Dave (he did not want to give me his name), he said that the terms of the rebate was written on the rebate form. I was only given a rebate form at the store after I had made my purchase. I bought the phone because the rebate advertised all over the store made it affordable to me. Their sales person, the same person that reviewed my plan before I finalized the purchase, told me that I was eligible.
The sad thing is that the Rebate Customer Care representative that answered the phone said that she gets a lot of calls concerning this same issue. Hundreds, if not thousands of people all over country are being cheated just like I was.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2008
I'm living a night mare. I had their service for four years. When I tried to update my phone, after HOURS on the phone they sent an empty box. After spending HOURS on the phone I canceled the service. They then sent another phone. After not being able to get through to anyone on the phone I dropped the whole package off at the T-Mobile Foothill Store in Lake Forest, CA. That was in July.
In August they sent a 'final bill' that I owe $597!. I have spent HOURS and HOURS and HOURS trying to reverse it. Saying over and over You're charging me for a service I never had for a phone I never used and your manager has had since July.? I was told, You can make payments. For what?!! I'm trying to get back the three months of service fees I paid for a service and phone I never had!! Unbelievable!!! In my opinion they are crooks!
I FINALLY got them to reverse the first charges. I had to pick up the phone that the manager said was sitting on his desk since July. No customer service! They refuse to respond any kind of help on the three months of service. I've talked to two reps and sent e-mails. NO response.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2008
We recently lost our home,like a lot of people. My husband is totally disabled and we live on a fixed income. We depended on our cell phone service in the past since he was so ill- we felt we always needed a phone. Plus our oldest daughter lives in Louisiana (aka hurricane country)and recently went through Hurricane Gustav.Those things coupled with the fact that we could not afford a landline made the cell phone necessary.
After we lost our home we had to relocate in another state. I can only use the phone in our new digs if I stand right by one particular window- if I dont there is breaking up and dropped calls. Also since our move text messages are delayed by as much as 12 hours. Then there is the matter of the bill. We used every penny to relocate. I called T-Mobile to make payment arrangements. I got connected to financial care amd an hour later the bottom line was pay up by the 28th or get cut off.
Out of desperation my youngest daughter(who helped us move) suggested we visit the local T-Mobile store and see if human contact might help. The manager called was shocked that we had been treated this way and immediately called T-Mobile to plead our case. T-Moblie agreed to let us pay 20.00 on the 14th (we had to use a friends checking account- my daughter paid the friend the 20.00 and T-Mobile deducted it on the 14th). The remaining balance on 124.00 would have to be paid no later than the 27th. We told her we would have no money until the 30th-why couldn't T-Mobile wait 3 lousy days? She said they had already bent over backwards and they would not do more. Then we tried to impress on this woman that that account could not be used again and she said come back to the store on the 27th and she would call again and see if maybe they would change their minds.
Then something terrible happened. SHe became very concerned about why our bill was so high. She was downright indignant. And in that moment on ignorance we allowed her to change our plan to more minutes.THATS RIGHT. Now we have a new contract! No way out. To top it all off we went back on the 27th and she made the call. Of course nothing could be done and our cell service was slated to be cut off ASAP.
Also our new bill is over 250.00 and we will have to pay the past due plus 40.00 to reinstate our cell service. I hate this service and despise the way we have been treated. We've been kicked enough. Now we have no emergency phone - Ihope nothing happens to my husband or one of my kids. T-Mobile's busines practices are reprehensible.
The consequnces are unknown at this time except that we (the whole family)no longer has any peace of mind. MY husband illness is incurable and he is very ill. Also the T-Mobile store manager did not tell me that we now have a new contract due to the change she helpedus out with.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2008
On December 22nd, 2006 Ive bought a T-Mobile pre-paid cell phone from the Hollywood T-Mobile store. The purchase is $132.06 for both the phone and its activation. On September 4th 2008, I had a visitor and I wanted to give him this phone to use in his brief visit. I bought a $25 refill card (at the local Walgreens) and followed the instructions on its back, refilling my phone by its number (which is on the screen whenever I open it). I then tried calling and was not able to. I called T-Mobile Customer Service and was told my number was given to someone else since I havent used the phone for 90 days. This was a total shock to me because those are not the terms I have on my phone and no one let me know that my number is taken away and my phone becomes useless (if I cannot even refill it, it means my $132 were spent in vain).
When I heard that, I was very upset and wanted to get a phone line for my guest. I was told I cannot get the service unless I buy another Sim card and on the other hand, if I dont want to purchase other services, I cannot get my money back that means that I get no service and no refund. I asked to talk to a supervisor (named Christine) and she understood the absurdity and promised my Sim will be fixed within 24 to 72 hours and I could use the $25 on it. This was not optimal as my guest came for 10 days and the problem might be fixed after 3 days. Nevertheless I agreed and was expecting a call telling me when it is handled. That phone call was 3:15 hours.
The next day, at about 8 PM, Christine called me and told me she didnt get her deal approved and I dont have choice but to lose my money without getting any service or buy more services. This is not acceptable to charge money for a service [they] cannot supply and, if did charge for it, must refund it as soon as realizing cannot deliver. At this stage I have no use any more for the pre-paid minutes (as my guest has left already) and I want the $25 Ive paid for the refill card back. I do not want another card or a new pin number as I dont know if I want to use it or when. I also want the phone to be unblocked and ready to be used whenever Ill need it.
132+25=$157
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2008
My cell phone the motorola W490 stop working that i received 5/08 and I called 8/08. t-mobile sent me a replacement handset that the neighbor downstairs accepted wet from ups, when she brought it upstairs the box was wet. I contacted tmobile right away and spoke to a rep named ruthy which advised me to open the box and take return label out and affix it to the box. which i did and mailed it back
now tmobile is charging me a hundred dollars after i notified them and did what they asked of me. Which I feel is unjustified the reps has been nasty to me and i was even interrogated. They said its nothing that they can do. They are charging me $100.00 plus taxes for the phone
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2008
Within 3 weeks i had to goto the t-moble store in lancaster CA 2 exchange my broken blackberry curve phone 4 times and they also gave me 3 different sim cards. in the 3 weeks and the problem was never solved!! so i was forced to cancell my survice with t-mobile. they are billing me for each day of those 3 weeks of service witch i did not have full service for those 3 weeks! i was getting droped calls and missed calls and sometimes could not receive or send out texts for up long periods of time.
this problem has been oing on for 2 months and they keep sending me false bills with the wrong ammount that i owed. so if i would have paid that bill 2 months ago i would have been out 354.18!!! becasue now the bill is 101.78 because i brought it tho there attentiction that the amount was wrong they have changed the amount 4 times in 2 months!
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2008
My step-daughter had a phone that was stolen. I filed an insurance claim and received another. That phone was a pile of junk as all insurance replacement phones are refurbished. Not only was the original phone free, but the refurbished phone cost me $70 and died within 2 months. I decided to upgrade her phone and order a new additional line of service for myself. Her new phone came in and was attached to a new phone number that bill collectors were calling day and night (that's another story in itself).
I decided to go ahead and order another phone for my daughter's birthday (she wanted the new curve). Upon waiting for the phone for 2 weeks, I decided to call T-Mobile and find out where it was. They said the phone was delivered, but never signed for. In looking around my front yard and entry, I could not locate it. T-Mobile said they would send another phone, but I would have to wait until they received a new color since they were out of what I ordered. I finally received the phone 2 more weeks later. During that time, my curve crashed and I contacted T-Mobile to obtain a replacement. They ordered the replacement and sent me another refurbished phone. Again, I paid for a new phone and although it crashed (not by my doing), I received a 2nd hand phone.
During all of this, I found the first new phone in my BACKYARD where apparently UPS placed it. I ended up being billed for the all the phones except the replacement one and in addition, had sent the broken phone back to T-Mobile in their prepaid pouch from UPS. Since then, I have been told by TMobile that they do not have a record of getting my broken phone and are billing me twice the amount of the new phones as a restocking fee. In placing several calls and trying to track down the phone (I was didn't write down the tracking number), I was told I had to pay.
After 9 years of loyal service and all the trouble I've had over upgrading phones, I notified them I would be switching carriers if they didn't make things right. They said the best they could do was reduce my bill by $100 when it's a $400 charge for the broken phone. I will be moving all my service to another carrier!
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