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I have filed an FCC complaint because I have been hung up on by customer service, refused a supervisor, un-resloved issues that require you to need a second phone which is not possible for me because I can barely afford one, or you have to turn the phone off and back on and it never fixes the issue, and then file an FCC complaint for them to only send me a...

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8/26 and 8/28/23 I spoke with several different people at your company about my phone having no data, and an "x" by it. We walked through a few things, and after nothing working, I was advised to wipe the phone and see if it corrects the problem. It did not. In addition I could not restore my backup from google as it wants to send me a text to verify...

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Straight Talk Wireless no service for 3 weeks of the month

On August 17,2023, I purchased a plan with unlimited talk, text and data with 10 G hotspot. While activating phone , I was told i only had unlimited calls and text and limited data with no hotspot. i told customer service that i could not make a call... she tried a few things to fix the issue, that didn't work. After over an hour on the phone, the call was dropped. After several attempts to talk to live support, i was told i would receive a call the next morning,,, that never happened.

then, text and data went out. So, to make a long story short, I went over three weeks without service that i paid for. After calling again, i was told i would have to buy another sim card when i asked for three weeks to be added to my plan. and that the service i paid for will be what i get. This is beyond annoying.. I am prepared to turn this over to my attorney if this issue is not resolved

Desired outcome: to receive the plan i paid for and 3 weeks added to plan

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My device needed to be replaced so I contacted stright talk wireless. was informed that my device would be replaced and the insurance was active on my device. I was informed after they recived the old device. my new device would be shipped. I recived confromtion that stright talked recived the old device. that I would be reciveing a tracking number from up...

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Straight Talk Wireless Customer service

I lost my phone I have since bought a new phone and activated it thru your service with a different phone number. I have made 8 calls to customer service provided my pin #for the lost phone. They require numbers I have texted or called from the lost phone. 4 service reps said they couldn't "verify" these numbers tho they're families numbers I text and talk to daily One verified one of them and asked me to hold on while he tried a second number. I held on 30 minutes he never returned. I tried again this evening got the same run around. I want this phone deactivated ASAP I'm paying your company for 2phones and only using one. No access to the other. I am signed up on auto refill with my debit card. I can't get them to let me switch to paying via online and stop the auto refill. I am going to go close that card out and also close out BOTH accounts and switch to another service if this isn't resolved ASAP.

Desired outcome: Please respond PLEASE CANCEL SERVICE ON MY LOST PHONE

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Straight Talk Wireless Straight talk cell phone problems with customer service.

I have had straight talk for a few months. Never got service when I left my home no matter where I was. I called a few times every month to get help and was put through many things only to have the same thing happen over and over. No service. I got hung up on many times. Could not understand tech support person. I would be on the phone for hrs. It never got resolved. I get charged 38.00 month for basicly no service. How can this be legal? Never had this many problems with other carriers or customer service. Rude people not caring about the issues and when they hang up after being on the phone so long and not getting any help its easy to give up and I think that is what they want you to do. Why is there such poor quality service and customer support?

Desired outcome: Credit for some of the time without service. Plus have the problem resolved instead of going through it all the time.

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On Saturday September 16th I had service just fine up until about 12:00 p.m. after 12:00 p.m. my service went away like no bars nothing just emergency calls only so I called straight talk wireless from alternate phone they told me that we needed to check my device so we did everything was fine on my device I told them that it wasn't outage with the Verizon...

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Straight Talk Wireless help line answering

i purchased a plan this am, have been with straight talk for many years, as I was at walmart decided to try out verizon. when I got my new phone they said I could transfer my plan to my son and keep my old number on my new phone. now everyone that i have talked with says no except for one and he started to and we lost connection. now i am out $50, not happy at all. ready to tell my kids to switch also to another carrier. I have proof I purchased it through my bank and ime number it went to and all

Desired outcome: I want my plan I bought this am to be transferred to my son's phone

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My phone screen shattered over a week ago. I have to tried to get the number switched to another phone for a combined time of over 100 hours and dealing with over 30 different tech support individuals. One support "specialist" actually removed my number from my account. Now when logging on Straight Talks website there isn't a phone number and I can't get...

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Straight Talk Wireless Multiline discount plan & billing issues

I have been over charged the last two months. Customer reps have destroyed my account to the point my four phone lines have been removed from my account. I’m working to get the fourth line back on my account customer rep is accusing me of not owning the phone. I have spent hours on hold & hours explaining the issues over and over. They do not understand English and do not understand how their system works. They hang up on me when they don’t know what to do. Then I have to call back and wait on hold again to do it all over again. I’m due a substantial refund because of over charges. I want to leave the company after being a faithful customer for over a decade.

Desired outcome: I want my overcharges paid back. I want all my phone lines on the same account.

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Sep 11, 2023 6:23 pm EDT

I called yesterday 09-10-23. I explained my issues. The representative told me that the line that was removed can’t be put back on my account because there is an error in the system. She told me I had to let a representative with higher capabilities to repair the service. She said she filed my problems with that department and that they would call me at 2pm est on 09-11-23. It’s almost 6:30pm est now on 09-11-23 and they have not called and my issues has not been resolved.

Also the refund promised two weeks ago has not shown up on my credit card.

I get a run around every time I call. No one knows what’s going on or how to fix it.

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Straight Talk Wireless Customer care

I have been a customer for 10yrs with you and I pay for 2 lines [protected](mine) and [protected](my wifes) yesterday my phone got destroyed and I went and bought a brand new straight talk phone at Wal-Mart well then my wife liked the new phone more then I did but I was happy with her old phone I called customer care got disconnected twice but once I got thru they switched my wife's SIM card to the new phone ( A03) and its working that's fine we wanted it that way but now as far as my line is going they tell me I need to buy a new SIM card and minute card and I'm going to lose my number and the remaining minutes I have for the month just because me and my wife hadn't called 2 of the same ppl in the last 60 days even tho I have verified the 4 digit pin that I set up with my account so it just feels like you all are trying to rip me off or make me do and learn new stuff that I don't want to do

Desired outcome: all I want is to keep my phone number I've had for 10yrs and the remainder of my minute card on my wife's old galaxy s21 which I'm still paying on

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Date of incident: Noticed the missing device on account 9/1/2023. Issue time: 9/1/2023-9/3/2023 Straight Talk has put my elderly parents at risk. They bumped their home phone off our account into limbo and left us no way to use auto pay or manual pay to up the service. They gave a 4 hour window for urgent repair which was not completed. Then they gave a...

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Straight Talk Wireless Replacement phones

The service is great and the phones are comparable to other companies phones. My complaints are about how they handle replacement phones. I bought a new phone back in May. That phone ended up being defective from the factory not by my hand, and I needed a replacement. I did not ask for my money back thinking they would just send out another new phone after receiving the defective one. That is not what happened. I have waited 4 months for a new phone and have received a refurbished one instead. I was told that the warehouse sends out available phones whether that be new or refurbished. None of this was explained to me when I sent my phone back. So if you have a defective phone ask for a refund and just reorder yourself. Now I have a refurbished phone with a defective screen and my only option is to send it back and get another replacement whenever one becomes available. And that phone could be another refurbished phone.

Desired outcome: I want a new phone. I bought a new phone I want what I ordered. The phone being defective was not my fault.

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8/29/2023 To Whom It May Concern, On or around 8/11/2023 my home phone I have with Straight Talk was dropping calls and people couldn't hear me or I couldn't hear them also they were complaining they couldn't get through. I called Straight Talk on 8/15/23 or so and was told I needed a new Home Phone Base Device. They had me disconnect all wires and then...

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Straight Talk Wireless Updating my credit card

8/28/23 I started at 8:58 I tried to updated my credit card because my phone was off all I wanted to update my cc. I call three time and no was able to help me they told me to call my bank and I did and my bank said everything was good no problem it was on the phone company side. All I want to do change my expire date and cv number. And I was told they could not do it I ask why, and they said they could not tell me. Tell me why I have been a custom for years never had a problem. Use another credit card to get my phone on the card today I wanted to used my same cardis its for bill only I want to change to the card I have been used please get back with me

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On Mon July 31st, I went to the Apple Store in Cheektowaga, NY to purchase a new IPhone. I stayed in the store while I attempted to activate my new phone. I contacted Straight Talk and started the process. Before we could complete the transaction, my phone (old one) went dead. What happened was my current phone was deactivated before my new phone wa...

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I have a phone that used to use Straight talk wireless. I stopped using the phone in June 2022. I am now attempting to use the phone with another provider, not Straight Talk, however, Straight Talk has locked the the phone. In order to unlock the phone, we followed the process that was offered. First we paid $23.99 for "eligibility" to unlock. Once that...

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For the past month, I'd been dealing with issues after issues with my phone. I've had with you for over 10 years. Yet, you changed policy about having numbers on the line. No warning or policy change went out. I double checked my email. You took my main number off my account associated with my email. Removed lines I had my nieces on. So I went through...

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Straight Talk Wireless plans and servie

Purchased a new phone and upgraded to the silver plan for me and my son unlimited talk, text and data charged me $107. 45 July11, 2023. Spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with customer service to make sure both phones were upgraded and under my name and auto refill. But then this month nope they charged me $37. for my son account the bronze plan UGH. Called again today 8/16/20 spoke to Jenny for 25 minutes with my son on the line to get this straightened out lines merged Silver plan auto refill took out of my account today $40.55 only to find out 2 hours later she did not upgrade my sons line which would have been another $4.11. Called customer service to be told that no he could not be upgraded until the end of his plan REALLY they don't have the capability or the technology to do so. Then I asked at least 20 times to speak to a manager or supervisor to be hung up. That is not the first time I have been hung up on by this company.

Desired outcome: both $40.55 and $37. for me and my son's plan for August reimbursed to my bank account

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Straight Talk Wireless 2 line silver plan unlimited high speed data for $75 + tax/fees

Purchased the 75 dollar silver plan. Supposed to get 2 lines of unlimited talk text and data. Got one line, the other line stopped working after one gig was used. Called, they hung up before I even described the issue. Called back and spent about 15 min on the phone supposedly fixing the issue which they blamed on a glitch in their system. They said the issue would be corrected within an hour and to just restart the phone in about an hour. They claimed the internet would work again and be set to unlimited. So I got a ticket number from them and then my phone stopped working right after that call. I could make calls but no internet. I call back, another 15 min and they fixed my phone. Then rebooted the other phone, the one I'd originally called about, and it still didn't work. Realized why they said wait one hour to call back if it didn't work. They had closed up for the night. So my wife is still without internet. It's issue after issue with this company and often they just hang up on people before the issue is even described.

I just want what we paid them for without having to spend 15 to 30 min on the phone with them almost every month. Looking for a more honest company now. August 14th 2023 is the current date when I tried to fix this particular issue.

Desired outcome: Give us the service we paid for and compensate us

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