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BuzzKillington
02-15-2011, 12:24 PM
Their service was satisfactory for the 2 years I was with them but as soon as I canceled my service (2 days after my contract expired) things became rocky.

I used their flex pay service which is where you pay a month in advance. I use easy pay as well so it takes out the following months payment a few days before the bill is actually due.

The paid month was Jan 4th to Feb 4th and I was billed for Feb4th-Mar4th on the 31st of January, 4 days before the prior month was actually due. No biggy... still trackin?

I canceled my service on the 2nd of January since I switched to Sprint. I Continued to use my phone for the 2 days remaining on the service... the next pay period would be refunded.

I decided I wanted to keep my number but after calling T-mobile they said the line had to be active for me to do so... I asked what that would consist of and was told it'd be ~150 dollars to reactivate the line, 150 - the $85 credit on the line would cost me about $65ish, I forget the number actually told me. I laughed and said, "nnnoohohoho." He suggested I stayed with t-mobile because, I quote, "Once you experience Sprint's service, you'll come back to us anyway." (I **** you not... verbatim.)

I just received a statement in the mail for the next bill.......... Apparently that BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP reactivated it anyways. I call and call and keep getting transfered, put on hold then hung up on. I finally got ahold of someone and they told me my account was suspended, not canceled and that I have to pay off the $65 dollar balance on the account!!!

I told her I'm not paying anything... they owe ME $85 dollars... so she continues, "Ok sir, I'll be canceling the account now." I respond, "and what does that consist of?" "Well sir, I will be canceling the account but you have to pay the remaining balance." I repeated to her... I DON'T OWE YOU MONEY. So she says "I'll be canceling your account now." I about shat a brick. I asked to talk to a manager because I knew her dumb 3rd world country ass would mess things up more. I got forwarded to a manager who couldn't speak english either and decided to just hang up on me.

In total, I went through all 300 minutes on my girlfriends phone and another 40 on my new phone once I got it.

I really wanted to avoid going to a t-mobile store but they asked for it.

Datech
02-15-2011, 01:02 PM
Film it? Pretty please?

blueonblack
02-15-2011, 01:08 PM
Contact me if you need bail.

AmEv
02-15-2011, 02:06 PM
That's why we NEVER tie in our phones into contracts.

x88x
02-15-2011, 04:31 PM
Damn...makes me really glad I don't have a contract on my account with them. Month-to-month is the way to go. It's even cheaper (provided you already own a phone). :D Did you try going to one of the stores? I've found that's often a much faster way of getting anything complicated done.

Luthien
02-15-2011, 04:46 PM
Sorry, man. Your experience is another example of how horrible customer service has become. Good luck at the store.

dr.walrus
02-15-2011, 04:59 PM
I might put up my hand here and suggest that this drastic screw-up is obviously a balls-up by t-mo, but there's no suggestion that this is company wide.

What you need to do is write a letter of complaint. A big one - 1000 words. If you wanna follow that route (and you should follow that route, it'll get this sorted), I'm more than happy to help out with your complaint. I've sat on that side of the desk before, many times, and I know what gets the job done.

Konrad
02-16-2011, 09:52 PM
PAYG for me all the way. Sure I don't get access to some of the prettiest toys, and sure people associate these phones with drug burners, but oh well, no surprises ... worst they can do is eat my (low) balance and cancel service forever. All the usual options and bundles (free eves/weekends, voicemail, etc) are available, at a predictable flat rate ($5/month or whatever) ... just don't give those bastards your credit card or banking info (pay cash only) and you can't ever be screwed. Also, no junk mail, surveys, and other unsoliticited service crap ever appears and the number has generic registry data (mine just says "Telus Mobility") instead of your real name so you don't get telemarketing and spam.

Look at the bright side, Buzz: changing your number is sort of like changing your email account, you bring along your contact list and discard any names you've forgotten. If people can't contact you through other people who can contact you then they're usually not worth it anyhow.

SgtM
02-18-2011, 07:57 AM
Go in dropping words like Attorney General, FCC, FTC.. they'll bend to your every whim.

Mark_Hardware
02-19-2011, 05:50 PM
Just tell them you put them on blast at TBCS... They'' send someone out to personally kiss your, posterior :D

LiTHiUM0XiD3
02-23-2011, 02:38 AM
Just tell them you put them on blast at TBCS... They'' send someone out to personally kiss your, posterior :D

as much as i love our strong willed family (TBCS)

if u rly wanna scare em straight... get them to hand the phone to an actual tech guru... and get him to explain to them... that ur gunna drop this story on 4chan... /b/ specifically... i will put $5 down saying everything will be sorted very quickly :P


btw... this is why my phone is unlocked... any company acts stupid and i just pop in a new sim :P