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I noticed a charge on my credit card statement from Vesta T-mobile in November. I have never heard of this company before and I have never purchased anything from this company before. I called Vesta at [protected] and the receptionist was well aware of the number of callers who have complained about un-authorized credit card charges from Vesta T-mobile...

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T-Mobile USA fraud and cheating

I purchased three T-Mobile To Go Phones about 6 months ago and have enjoyed their service until a ** Free Message** was broadcast to all 3 of my phones stating that effective 8/15/2006 all incoming text messages would no longer be free, now they eill be charged at a rate of $.05.

This is not as advertised on their website and Terms of Service Agreement (no Contract for TO GO service). This is a classic bait and switch tactic that should not be tolerated. As of this date 7/12/2006 they are still advertising on their website that all incoming text messages are free. This is misleading to all of their potential customers and their current customers.

Since I now have no control over who text messages me and there is no way for them to deactivate the incoming text or restrict it to an approved incoming list, I find this a blatant disregard for my ability to control my T -Mobile Phone expenses. It is not in the same realm as a wrong number to my phone because I have the option of not answering the number if I do not recognize it on my caller id. I purchased these phones under the premise and promise of free incoming messages and an understanding that I would be charged for outgoing only.

When I contacted customer service I was given a fax number and told that the reason there are no phone numbers or email addresses to go further up the corporate ladder was because T -Mobile was well aware of how displeased their To Go customers are going to be over upcoming changes. This stated directly to me by the Customer service Supervisor.

I feel that if T -Mobile To Go insists on going forward with this rate increase, bait & switch then all of the TO GO customers who are affected should be able to return their phones for a refund of the purchase price of the phone and any unused available balance so that we may seek a new carrier that will not advertise a free service only to begin charging us for this service. According to their terms and conditions we are only able to dispute this for the first 14 days otherwise it will be assumed that we agree to the new Terms. So hurry up and disagree T -Mobile To Go Customers!

I am searching for information on if a class action is possible or viable for this blatant scam / Rip - Off.

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Dec 19, 2008 2:32 pm EST

I am having lots of issues with Tmobile and TLC. First of all, I had to report them to the BBB four times before they sent me my husband's booking request form. Then they called me last week to book a flight for this week, of course I had already purchased the tickets.

Then the representatives proceeded to tell me that they do not have my husband's name in the system, I need to send them the booking request form. I have proof that TLC received the booking request form, it was sent certified mail and they signed for it three months ago.

I reported them to the BBB again and got a call from Elizabeth Powers, I left her two messages and she has not called me back.

This promotion was a scam and someone needs to start a class action. I am in the process of contacting a few class action attorneys to see what can be done. Obviously I'm not the only one having these issues. There are stories all over the internet similar to mine. Tmobile/TLC are running a scam together and all they do is play mind games by telling customers to contact the other one.

There needs to be a class action where even if we cannot get our flights we get compensated from the two year contract we were tricked to sign up for. It is now December 2008, the booking request form expire in March 2009 and TLC wants to send me another booking request from for my husband even though they signed for it three months ago. I still have a copy of the return receipt.

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Bonny
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Dec 25, 2008 12:09 pm EST

In August I was offered a choice to upgrade my phone with them, but I chose to wait until they brought out there touch screen phones and was told that my full upgrade discount would still be available. WOW! Was I ever wrong! I went on the website and to upgrade my phone and the prices were more than if I was a new customer. I contacted customer service and was ever so told that since I didn't upgrade in August I missed my chance and that I have to wait 22 months for another chance to upgrade. I have been with this company for over 3 years.

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Lucedale, US
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Sep 02, 2011 10:15 pm EDT

Hey, after visiting a T-Mobile Store my phone was cloned and international calls were made. Maybe someone in the store is involved in the scam. T-Mobile refused to investigate and, since, has charged me for everything but the kitchen sink. Don't use T-Mobile and if they merge with AT&T, don't use AT&T.

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mistyblue
Ashburn, US
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Jul 15, 2009 6:31 pm EDT

I have had so many issues with T-Mobile since SunCom switched over to them. We have unlimited text messaging and they were charging every text message as a phone call...one month a $6, 000 bill another $3, 000 etc. Each time I called, the supervisor assured me it was straight. I had unlimited internet added two months ago and now they are saying I never did and got another whopping bill. Does anyone know if you can get out of the $200 disconnect fee since we have had nothing but trouble with them? They are incompetent!

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jgammel
Redmond, US
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Jul 05, 2009 11:55 pm EDT

thats some b.s. You're a dirty rotten liar and you know it, even then if they told you that you couldnt upgrade, ask for a freaking supervisor...

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Dec 29, 2008 4:33 am EST

I know an engineer who works in the text messaging part of T Mobile. He has a site he can log on to and just by putting in a cell number, from any carrier, he can pull up that phones text history...full on messages to and from, every word. Now I can understand tech needing to see some history, but I don't see the benefit of them having to see actual messages. Plus, I thought it was not legal for anyone to access your personal messages, at least without consent. This engineer has used his access to track and down right spy on the person he's dating, as well as friends of his lovers. Is he overstepping and using his position out of protocol or policy? Is there anything to be done and to whom?
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T-Mobile USA promotional misinformation

Nov.17, 2006 while Christmas shopping at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, WA, we passed a Mobile Solutions kiosk. The young men inside asked if we were T-Mobile customers. We were. They indicated that the company had a great deal on upgrades which provided two airline tickets free with the upgrade. Since we were planning a trip to Florida, we were interested. We increased our one cell phone service of one (7 years old and huge phone) to three new phones and the myfave service. Before the young man began the paperwork, we noticed that the brochure said the program was good from Nov 23-25. We stopped the salesman, who claimed to be the district manager of Mobile Solutions. He said that the brochure was in error and that the company had decided to run the program for the month of Nov. OUR MISTAKE #1 we did not have him put that statement in writing. We offered to return the next week and make the purchase then just to be sure that we qualified for the tickets. NO NEED he reiterated. We purchased. He gave us the paperwork to file for the tickets. We filed. Two weeks later we got a letter from T-Mobile indicating that they had received the airfare information and that all was in order. Three weeks later we received a phone call from a T-Mobile customer service representative who informed us that since we did not purchase the service during the three day window we did not qualify for the tickets. Silly me, I thought if I explained the situation they would understand. After listening politely the rep said she would give me one free months service just to make up for my obvious lack of reading ability (my words not hers). I thanked her politely but said that I wanted what had been promised and I requested a customer service address which she supplied. Mr Samuel Platt responded to my first letter by thanking me for choosing T-Mobile, but there was nothing he could do since I admitted that I had read the brochure with its printed dates. My letter explained the verbal promises. He ignored that in his reply. My letter indicated that since I had not altered my service in 7 years, and suddenly did a sizable update on Nov.17, he might like to conclude that our action was based upon the expectation of two airline tickets. He ignored that part of my letter also. He did indicate that as to my request that at the very least the company cancel my 2 year contract and allow me to consider other options, he agreed that I was entitled to such a consideration just as soon as I paid the $600.00 cancellation fee. My second letter to Mr Platte explained that he totally missed the point of my first letter which was that as long standing customers we were giving T-Mobile a chance to do the Right Thing. We never heard back. When we consulted an attorney she advised contacting the WA state attorney general. We filed a complaint and received an e-mail from a young man that the complaint had been turned over to him. We waited. One month later we received another e-mail from him. Since the company had not returned his calls to the working cell phone number we gave him nor to the letter he sent to the address at the Alderwood Mall, there was nothing he could do, and the case was being closed. I hope people with really serious problems do not have to rely upon the AG's office receiving voluntary contacts before they take any action. We are writing a letter to the corporate office in Bellevue WA to complain that today the company sent us in the mail a letter stating that since we are in the top 5% of their customers based upon years of service and payment of bills they would like to offer us one free airline ticket to a US city after we purchase a ticket. Our letter to Mr. Robert Dotson, or current executive officer, explains that on Nov 17, 2009 our two year contract expires and that we will take the $30, 000 we expect to pay for cell phone service over the next 20 to 25 years to Verizon. We view their promotion as salt into what to us is still a fresh wound, and proof that the company has no idea what it is doing. Possibly a little less spent on advertising television ads done by very pricy actresses might give them a little money to respond to customer service.

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T-Mobile USA caller id not registering my name when I call out

My boss opened an account for me back in '07, the phone was in his name "Seth Brooks" & he paid for the service. I recently put the T-Mobile phone in my name & address, as my boss wanted to cancel the service. I called T-Mobile November 7, 2008 and made this change & TMobile assured me they would also make sure the caller Id will register in my name, they did explain it would take up to 72 hours for the caller ID to register my name "Lisa Lucero". I checked Tues 11/18/2008 by dialing my home phone # & the caller ID was still registering "Seth Brooks" (my boss)..I then called T-Mobile back & they said they would make sure it would be fixed, and it would be another 72 hours for this to get fixed...I called TMobile again a few days later & let them know the caller Id is still registering "Seth Brooks" name & they verified all my info again & stated they have done all they can on there end & it isn't there problem that I need to call all my friends & family & ask who their phone providers are, and the suggest I call Comcast, Qwest, Vonage Etc...to let them know they have my name registering wrong ...I then became upset & asked for a supervisor, which at that point, they put Duane rep ID#0653238 on the line with me, & he stated that TMobile has ehausted all their efforts in this matter. I feel that I have been unfairly mistreated here & demand that T-Mobile fixes this problem.

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charziee
Cloquet, US
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Jun 24, 2009 5:27 pm EDT

I agree ... have been battling this same scenario since I signed onto the TMobile At Home service ... either Qwest or TMobile failed to port my longstanding Qwest phone # over to Tmobile and I was "stuck" with the new number given to me by TMobile.

This new number carries the name of the person who originally had this phone #. Despite 5 calls to TMobile, I am told virtually the same thing as Ms. Lucero.

It is very frustrating. It is just wrong. What to do? Short of cancelling my service (which I have had for 5 years on the cell phone side) there seems to be NOTHING.

Guess I'll change my name? LOL!

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Colorado Springs, CO

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T-Mobile USA fraudulent activity

I went to a kisok in Brandon, FL. Spoke to some nice enough (although pushy) sales people. I was considering switching my cell phone service from Metro ONLY BECAUSE I was going to be traveling and did not want to hassle with the pre-purchased air time. I was told that I would have unlimited everything (which I had with Metro) including web, voice, text and picture msg and it would not cost me any more than I was currently paying!

As most of you know, you only have 2 weeks to return your phones to T-Mobile but you don't receive a bill for about 6 weeks. Guess what, to get what I had with Metro I would have to pay $168.51 for 2 phones. I think that is ALOT MORE THAN the $104.00 I was paying to Metro PCS without any contract!

I tried calling the company to no avail. They said that they can't do anything about what the guys at the kiosk told me about pricing and that their pricing is fixed. They said they COULD LOWER my bill by removing some of the features. Well, that is not what I asked for when I signed up for the service. I could lower my bill at Metro as well if I wanted to give up some of their features.

Please be careful when you're comparing companies (I guess it is OK for the T-Mobile sales folks to lie to consumers as long as they sell the phones and lock you into your two year contract). I am going to go back and talk to the manager of the keosk am waiting on a call back from my attorney!

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T-Mobile USA awful customer service

My nightmare with T-Mobile began on October 28, 2008 mind you up till this point i have been a faithful customer for almost 8 years even through phone issues down towers and yes bad customer service i still remained faithful and hopeful that T-Mobile would go back to being a good company how wrong was i. I made the mistake of making a payment on the phone of 20 dollars on 10/17/08 and stated i would pay the remaining 140 in store on 10/28/08 rep told me fine and this was done 20 immediatley came out of my account on 10/28/08 i took a check in the store for the remaining balance of 140 in the store o 10/28/08 . On 11/04/08 i had to go into the bank and withdraw funds from my account and noticed my account was incorrect i sasked the teller to please show me my accoount she gladly did that when i noticed T-Mobile had done an electronic withdrawal of 140 and cashed my check of 140 i immediately called an the first hting T-Mobile said was ell you going to have a nother bill due in a few days so just leave it i then replied no please refund me my funds of 140 i did not authorize to have funds withdrawn form my account the rep pput me on hold stated she was putting it in the system and i should hear something in 7-10 days by the end of of the day i had occured 2 overdraft fees due this mistake on T-Mobile part that is an extra 64 dollars out of my account so now my running total that i have lost due to T-Mobile is 204 dollars i cooled down gave it a couple days and called back now i was up to 238 due to another overdraft fee (i had other checks out there for those that live in GA i had just done my emission and tag for my car) so that is how i encoured all these fees. The rep i got this day sarted out polite but as the covnversatiion went out was extremly rude she informed me that well the fees were my problem and tha T-Mobile was still researching the issuse i just wanted my funds and overdraft fees back I then asked to speak to a supervisor his name was Phillip rep ID 1049368 he was the WORST he got loud he was beyond rude when i asked to speak tio his supervisor he told me no i could not and hung up the phone i then waited and called back this time i asked strictly for a rep i got a guy named terrance rep id 0458653 he was polite and helpful. I thought my nightmare was over but it was only the tip of the iceberg a few days laater i recieve a text saying my bill is 428 of course i call now they say i never wrote a check and it was not cashed then they stated it was recievied but returned nsf mind you the check had been cashed and cleared on 11/03/08 but now on 11/10/08 they claim it was not recieved i had to call my bank verfiy that it was recieved, cashed and cleared a week prior to this now i call tmobile back give them the check number transaction number and they say we are going to investigate oh and by the wasy yor bill is due of 114 all i could do at this point was laugh to keep from blowing up . Two days pass i call t see whats going on and they tell me we need the past due amount of 114 and theat i have a past due balance of 160 i ask from when the rep starts looking he goes as far as 09/07 to find how far back this goes and he says i have no answer he states he is confused it shows this amount comes from no where but its there he transfers me to another rep She claimed to be a supervisor her name was crystal rep ID 1725093 she begins by telling me how i basically have no rifght to be upset i owe tmobile and that nothing can be done to help me till i pay them i then go through everything that has taken place since this started she then says let me see what i can do at this point im fustrated i haved lost close to 300 dollars because of tmobile i have gotten the worst customer service of my life im ready to sue tmobile for un do stress cause in the beginning all i wanted was my money back .At this point i would not reccomend or advise ANYONE to become or remain a tmobile customer i have three lines i am pulling my so in law has two he is pulling and family that has 4 lines tmobile is an awful company based on their customer service

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Aug 20, 2009 9:43 am EDT

dont ring customer support.. you will be on hold forever, ring the source

michael.wieandt@t-mobile.com
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Contact this t-mobile employee he is helpful 24/7 and can work out any of your problems. Thats his job!

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I recieve a bill for afni for a cell phone bill for T-Mobil for $184.17. I have never had a T-Mobil cell phone. I pull up the web site to find out that this is a fraud.

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T-Mobile USA free flight scam

I extended my contract and signed up for the MyFaves promotion where I was to receive a free flight. I have submitted my request (as well as two of my friends) and all of us were rejected, saying we didn't fill the form out correctly. It was an automated message that told me this. I've spent four days on the phone with Tmobile and TLC (the scamming travel company that Tmobile contracted with) and no one will help me. The ”Tmobile Concierge Customer Service” people are rude and claim there are no ”supervisors” to talk to except someone named ”Deb.” Deb doesn't return her calls and apparently (or conveniently ) was out of town until 11/12. Her mailbox was full (probably with complaints). Tmobile says there is "no president" of the company as it is "publicly traded." A "supervisor" named Steve told me this today. He then admitted that Robert Potson was the president but doesn't take calls from customers. Tmobile also says TLC, the travel company, doesn't have a "phone number." I told them to sell them one from t-mobile!

I hope everyone is calling or writing their attorney general's office and notifying their news stations about this scam as Tmobile is going to launch another "free flight" scam in about a week or two.

Get the word out! Shame on you Tmobile!

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Germantown, US
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Apr 02, 2009 3:34 pm EDT

You know what I did with that little situation...I threatened to go to the Media. I also contacted the BBB and pursued it with them. All the BBB will really do is mediate between T-Mobile and yourself, which is lame. If you still have not received your voucher yet, I suggest you take it to the FCC and the BBB. Also, try to get into contact with their corporate headquarters (located in Seattle). I did that and it eventually worked. Supposedly the voucher is worth $200.00, but who knows. I was sent an overnight check for $200.00 by some Corporate Consultant at T-Mobile because I told him I had connections at CNN and the Chicago Tribune and that I would spread bad press about them and that promotion. I have since switched to Verizon, but is better. All cell phone companies suck and will just nickel and dime you. Just a thought.

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Luis
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Mar 18, 2009 7:10 am EDT

Dont buy any phone to a t-mobiel retailer t-mobiel has no control over them t-mobiel as a carrier must have some type of manege over them. Any we are getting a lot of scams by indian people unfortunately.

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Dylan
Albany, US
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Mar 10, 2009 7:21 pm EDT

I'm sorry to hear about your problems with T-Mobile. You might want see how much you can lower your cell bill by via the website http://www.fixmycellbill.com which is powered by the company that I work for, Validas. We cut the average cell bill by 22 percent, savings of around $450 annually for the typical consumer. Even if you don't stay with T-Mobile (you sound pretty disgruntled), you can still use the service for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular but again, I would recommend seeing what you can get out of T-Mobile first. For more about Validas, check out our recent feature on Good Morning America at http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6887412&page=1 or in the NY Times at http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/validas/.

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Mar 10, 2009 2:00 pm EDT

I am having the same problem. I have wasted hours on calling TLC and T-Mobile. I it highly likely that it is a scam of a major proportion. I got my phone during 2007 promotion. I was also supposed to get SAMS-club rebates which I didn't.

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T-Mobile USA new google g1 phone not working - poor customer support

Please visit the website provided here for more information about the problem.

http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=Android3&thread.id=14957&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
I purchased the new Google Phone G1 from TMobile assuming that google and TMobile will provide good support. But I am upset that the support and attention is very poor. I am surprised to see that
Basically, customer support rep told to reset the phone to factory default for a problem that the phone was not connecting to internet. The factory reset messed up everything that I could not even get the phone to make any calls [some additional functionalities of the new phone won't let you get to the main screen without connecting to Google servers which obviously needs internet]. Now customer support says it can't help with it and asking to wait until they find out a resolution and they don't provide any alternative on how I will manage without a phone. I am very upset with this kind of service from TMobile. It has been 3 days since this happened and they do not have a clue on what to do.

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Hayward, US
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Jul 27, 2008 6:04 pm EDT

I paid a friends tmobile bill with card over the phone about 2months ago. I guess by doing that tmobile locks in people card numbers, because i received a charge for over $100 today and I didn't authorize it. I also have had my credit card no one else. Of course I called tmobile and they are denying locking in card numbers. But I know thats a lie. Has anyone else experienced this? If so please write in cause this has to stop!

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Earth City, US
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Oct 02, 2008 10:51 am EDT

T mobile has the worst customer care. I would not recommend t mobile to anyone. They are very unprofessional. They lie to there customers just so they dont have to deal with the issue. It seems when you call customer care the problem the customer has is never in that depatment. They will transfer you to every department. I have faxed letters, called every number to customer care and of course they just avoid me. I have reported them to the better business bureau and will let every person that I come in contact with know that t mobile are liers and theives.

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i was a Tmoible customer for years and had to end my service due to lack of coverage. I went back to tmobile when there coverage area expanded. I went into the 7th street store and asked specifically for the no contract term. when coverage did not improve i tried to end my service. i had been signed up for a two year agreement with out my consent. upon talking to the manager she told me i made the mistake she did not, she doesn't make mistakes. then proceed to say "i don't lie i'm a Christian, " im not a Christian however that does not make me a liar. when i asked her not to bring religion into the conversation she tried to claim she didn't and that christianity wasn't religion. i pointed out her lie and she proceeded to kick me out of the store. I called customer service from the parking lot and was told the would take care of it. i got a bill for almost 400.00 for one line the next month. when i called customer service again i kept getting disconnected once i put my account number into the system. when i finally got a hold of someone i was told it was investigated and i was already reported to a collection agency. i had gone thru all the channels to dispute the charges and when a dispute is underway no company can report to a collection agency. when i asked to be transferred to a supervisor it took repeated requested to get to one and was told if i didn't pay the amount the collection agency would file charges. so apparently tmobile only services Christians anyone not of this one faith they don't want your business.

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Oct 11, 2009 2:52 pm EDT

[protected]! this person here in doing tmobile scams on craiglist. he tells u that he works for tmobile and that he can credit the cost of the phone u want. u actually see the credit on ur acct but after 10 days it is taken off. i called tmobile and they said the check bounced! so i was confused as to y there was a check thingy there when the guy said he will jus credit it. this andrew smith guy was asking for $250 for himself for doing the favor but luckily i waited until enough time to see that he is a scammer . if any of u guys came across this guy plz dont trust him. spread the word

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T Mobile sucks. It has charged me fifteen pounds a month for unlimited downloads with a fair use policy of two gigs. After the first day of surfing they send a complaint telling you that you have almost reached your limit. On the second day they tell you you have and then start to diminish the service by only letting you watch videos and listen to music before 4pm and after 12 midnight, but they say you can still surf the net. Every day after that you just can't connect to the service. When scanned the service has been switched of at the dns server and it won't do reverse look-ups. It then takes hours to get a connection and after you have a connection they keep breaking it and you have to go through the process all again. Furthermore, their measurements are inaccurate and what they say is a gig is only a third of a gig. These people are rip off merchants and you should avoid their mobile Internet products like the plague.

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Aug 28, 2008 7:47 am EDT

I am a customer of T-Mobile and have been since 2017. I would like to bring to your attention an incident which I experienced and am unfortunately forever affected and devastated with the outcome of an 8.5 hour day, with several levels of Customer Service Departments, Dash/PDA Departments and IT Departments. The end result for me is: total wipe out of back up materials on my Dell, Inspiron 1501, Laptop on contacts and calendar information. In addition to this, my T-Mobile Dash was affected by total erasing of my calendar (i.e. key business appointments, doctor appointments) and out of a total contact list of 284, 150+ contacts were �wiped out/erased� from my PDA.

I would like to explain how this happened and the experience I went through with the T-Mobile company on February 4th, 2017 from 9 am until 4:13 pm (non stop by the way) with the result of �erased information� mentioned above.

Problem I was trying to resolve: my T-Mobile cell phone had been set up with my work IT Department so the Network/Exchange server would download any entries made from my PDA, exchange Outlook entries, and home Laptop entries on Outlook (upon synchronization � which was automatically occurring throughout the day). The home Laptop synchronization occurred only when I was �connected� with the exchange work server so this was performed manually by me every morning on my laptop.

Another tidbit: the reason for choosing the T-Mobile Dash was the ability of the phone to create the key information and keep it within the phone/computer/laptop. This was highly recommended by my company. I wanted a Blackberry, they recommended the T-Mobile Dash. The unit was purchased with this in mind: all entries would be downloading automatically unto the PDA. This information was confirmed by me back when I talked to Customer Service online and via the telephone at [protected].

Upon our company declaring bankruptcy, lender, our exchange network server was discontinued. 3 days ago, I noticed my emails were not downloading nor were reminders on appointments functioning properly. Consequently, I contacted the Customer Service Department from my land line, home number of [protected], yesterday, the only day I had the morning free.

The telephone calls started at 9 am and ended in total disaster at 4:13pm.

Summary with details:

I started the process with a Customer Service representative by the name of Steven. Steven, transferred me to Jeff in the PDA Department. Jeff noticed I was currently paying $29.99 and advised me of a new plan adjustment which just recently took place and adjusted my new monthly charge down to $19.99. This was very positive monetarily for me so I was happy with this change.

I proceeded to explain the situation to Jeff and we started with the process of �fixing� my problem. I was asked to access my Windows Mobile center. The following instructions were provided and I followed them as instructed:

I was asked to go to the menu

a. Delete the partnership (existing on the device and laptop)

b. Asked to connect the cable from Laptop to Dash unit

Result: nothing, it did not work. Jeff then asked me to hold while he connected me to the IT Department. Next, I was disconnected while in the process of deletion of the server exchange�.

I once more called your Customer Service line [protected]. This time I spoke with an individual by the name of Isac or Isic (sorry for any misspelling of his name). In order to take down any information or even transfer me or go to the next step, I was asked once more these questions by him and again an offer to see if a resolution could be achieved by him. Here are the questions because I am now training and have been trained on the responses needed for the �ascertain� of the customer�s information:

1. Cell number

2. Last name

3. First name

4. Last 4 digits from SS# and I would correct them all to ask for pin number since this was a process Jeff explained had been put in place now at T-Mobile. I would mention this to the new individual and they would acknowledge this was true

5. Asked what the problem was so they could see if they could help

6. The problem (synopsis) was explained and the entire process

Unfortunately, none of the conversations prior to Isac, had been entered as notes within my account nor mention of prior telephone calls with Steven and Jeff.

Isac, after having me again explain ONE more time the problem, stated he would need to transfer me to the PDA Department. Again, I was placed on hold and once more the disconnecting occurred from the department.

Notation: My home number works fine and the disconnecting was not originating from my land line�.since for the rest of the day, I was talking back & forth with various departments.

I once more dialed your Customer Service Department [protected]. This time, I am asking for ID#s so I may track the phone calls, to whom I spoke with and be able to provide facts at a later date with the experience I had succumbed to, by �lack of service or knowledge�.

The individual I now spoke with was Regina ID#[protected]. Again I was asked questions 1-6 (mentioned above) and again, Regina had me go through the entire process from the Mobile Device Center to conclude the same: nothing solved and beyond her knowledge. She then stated it was not a T-Mobile problem, it was the manufacturer�s problem and she could not do anything about this. She then stated she would transfer me to the manufacturer of the PDA. I requested a telephone number so I may contact them directly should the line be disconnected. Regina provided me with the phone number [protected].

Upon connecting to this department and Regina leaving the telephone line, I spoke with a Chris. He was surprised at my being transferred to Blackberry because they were not the manufacturers of the HT unit (T-Mobile Dash). He offered to assist me in locating any information (i.e. telephone number, website, etc.) yet could not find any posted on the internet.

Chris was kind enough to offer to contact T-Mobile himself and explain the problem and how I had been also transferred to the wrong telephone number and company. He obtained a live person by the name of Brittany, who in turn transferred me to a Tiffany ID# 0732319. Questions 1-6 were asked once more. At this point, I was asking everyone for their names and ID#s so once more, I could keep track of all individuals affecting my PDA and laptop.

She after reading the notes on my account and after hearing all of my explanations once more, was not able to assist me and asked for me to hold (once more) to be transferred to someone who could assist me.

I am was now speaking with a Tech by the name of Sophia ID#0955010. Who again asked the questions 1-6. Again, I was asked to go through the Mobile Device Center and the partnership was deleted once more and the rest of the process followed once more. The process was unsuccessful and all kinds of problems are now occurring with the synching process. I was again asked to hold for a transfer to another department and individual with knowledge to review my problem and provide a resolution. Again, I was disconnected.

I again called your Customer Service Department, [protected]. Again asked questions 1-6 which were answered with a disgruntle from me since I was tired of this verification having to take place for the transfer from Customer Service to the PDA Department to take place. Luckily, I got transferred to the department this time without any mishaps.

I now was speaking with Phillip ID#1220211 around 12:30pm now. He walked through the entire process of Mobile Device Center process of �synching� with the PDA and all steps necessary for this to take place. Errors occurred again�..he then asked what version of the PDA system the unit had and upon verifying it was version 5.0, asked me to start all over since 6.0 was the version he was familiar with and would work better with Vista. Again, we started the process from start to finish. This time, the emails downloaded yet we still had problems with my Calendar not updating. Once again we restarted the entire process once more. We uploaded the 6.0 and restarted again. By this time, it is close to 3:00pm or so.

Phillip went into explanation that the exchange server was a requesting for the exchange server password because the exchange server was �inputted� in my Outlook. He proceeded to show me where and instructed me on how and that needed to be done. I deleted the Microsoft exchange server so I would not get asked once more any passwords or any other information necessary so we could move to the level needed for my Dash unit. The synchronization was taking place and was slow in the process so we agreed he would hang up and call me back within 20 to 30 minutes or so.

After we disconnected each other, I entered into my Outlook account so I could review all of my emails and respond to them until our next telephone conversation. This is WHEN I DISCOVERED all of my emails contained with the Microsoft exchange folder, in my inbox, which had been downloaded and existed in my laptop archive, had disappeared and my contacts which had been updated for the last 2 years had disappeared as well. The only existing information was my contacts from several years ago AND the ones existent prior to 3 years ago�NONE of my current entries, appointments, and contacts existed within my database/laptop.

Of course as you may understand, I lost it. I was a basket case since I relied 100% on my PDA and my laptop database as my �MEMORY�. I could not verify any information on the PDA since this was �synching� with my PDA. I was panicking now: what if I lost all of the information and all of the lost information was transferring now to my PDA via the synch and I was losing all of this information as well. I was devastated, panicky, destroyed and totally hysterical at this point. My business relies 100% on appointments recorded as I am a lender AND I have a small business focusing on client relations!

I waited patiently for Phillip�s call and was waiting for the sync to finish. Upon the sync finishing, I double checked my PDA and fortunately for me, ALL the prior information still existed within my PDA yet the information was non-existent on my laptop. Of this I was somewhat relieved since I still had access to �my mini memory� and could keep all of my commitments and had all of my complete contact information and database �SOMEWHERE�.

Phillip called again and I let him know of my problem. He was very apologetic and offered to transfer me to another layer of another Department of IT to solve my problem. I really was not confident at this point yet trusted once more T-Mobile would know what to do.

I was now transferred to Marcel � who stated he was from the 3rd level of IT departments of T-Mobile in Kirkland/Redmond ( I cannot remember which of the two locations). He also stated, upon my requesting this, he did not have an ID# since the 3rd level IT did not have these, yet stated his extension was 14137.

I again replied to questions 1- 6. I must say, Mr. Dotson, I am now questioning any processes anyone employee is asking me to do and this also upset Marcel as well. I explained the danger of this point of ANY ERASING of information because my PDA now was the ONLY source of information for my business and my contacts � the only one who now had remained intact. He reassured me after my cautioning him 6 TIMES and I did not apologize for this, that he better know what he was doing and I was also sorry for questioning him but I had now spent the entire day with various individuals and conclusion: totally messed up laptop, Verizon emails not functioning properly and my PDA the only source of accurate information for this.

I was very ADAMENT in questioning his skill and his assuring me the information from my PDA would not be altered or affected. The PDA was the ONLY source of information which I needed as a Lender and again for my business. He assured me several times, he knew what he was doing. He was a little miffed by my doubting his ability�..

We again hooked up the cables and once again started the process of �synch�. I was now double checking everything and at one point noticed my calendar on the laptop changing. I was alarmed by this and told Marcel. He assured me this was good.

Upon the synchronization, I was asked to look at the PDA for information downloaded for both the Laptop and the PDA.

ALL OF THE CALENDAR INFORMATON HAD BEEN ERASED! I tore off the cable and still was not in time to stop the deletion of 150 new contact entries I had previously entered on my PDA. WHICH HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE! I was now irate and told Marcel that I found it unacceptable and was devastated and had explicitly explained the ramifications of any errors and he had assured me earlier, he knew what he was doing. Now he had the audacity to state it was not his fault!

He wanted to transfer me to another representative and I said I had spent the entire day with T-Mobile reps, lost appointments, lost money today and now had another appointment I was not missing: a date with my husband at 5pm for the Sonics game. He said if I could not stay he could have someone call me. I said I needed someone to call me back tomorrow, February 5th, at 7am. This would be the only time I would be available.

Marcel again stated it was not his fault and we should never have selected to update the contacts�within the Mobile Device Center. He said he was trying to help me but I now was not available for the problem to be fixed. Mr. Dotson, I hit the roof! I demanded for someone who knew what they were doing to please call me back today, at 7am. And hung up after an assurance from Marcel that someone would without fail, call me back tomorrow, at 7am even if another manager on shift.

Mr. Dotson, although the Sonics lost against the Chicago Bulls, this �break� in the 8.5 hours or so with T-Mobile and disastrous outcome was exactly what I needed at the moment. I apologize if I could not stay any longer on the telephone BUT quite frankly I was DEVASTED with the results!

Today, February 5, 2017, no one from that department has called me back and it is 9:40 am. I did place a telephone call again at 7:15am, with Customer Service Department at [protected]. I spoke with a Tisha ID#[protected]. I was asked once more to provide answers to questions 1-6 or else she could not help me. I was upset and demanded to speak to a Manager level. Again, Tisha stated she needed questions 1-6 answered. She only understood 1-5 and corrected me that the pin number was not a choice or question they asked and that the 4 last digits of the SS# were needed. I re-trained her, after providing the 4 digits of my SS# and was finally transferred to the floor Supervisor, Rachel ID#1120204 in Texas Call Center.

Rachel was super sympathetic and promised to provide help via her Floor Manager and she would personally put in my request for a Manager to speak to me and would call me back with a name & ID# of the individual who would call me back and try to assist me in finding, if possible, solutions for the mess T-Mobile Departments had created. She called me 20 minutes later and provided the name of the Floor Manager in Texas Call Center: Silvery � she did not have an ID# because had forgotten to ask. She apologized for this. She was also kind enough to provide a fax and email for the HQ and your name as the �top dog�.

In the meantime, via the internet, I searched for all of the Executive Officers names, so this letter and the experience and devastating results, would be brought to the attention of someone with �power� to fix, apologize, fire, anything which would avoid this type of inefficiency and destruction of other clients� information from happening again.

The information is lost permanently on my PDA and on my laptop. EVERYTHING has been erased from my PDA and I am hesitant now on doing ANY TYPE OF sync on the PDA or the laptop.

Should you have any solutions, I am more than happy to listen since I have lost everything � there is nothing else to lose.

My clients, my business, my income has been affected in a way which is unforgivable and has had and will affect my salary and client relationship and my being to cal back clients when the contact information has been permanently erased from both databases for the next who knows, months!

I am at a loss for words�.outside of this letter. I have been having major problems with T-Mobile these last 2 years but this incident = the worst in my entire business career (20+ years)!

I look forward to a reply from you and your company. I also look forward to any resolutions which may exist.

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Sam
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May 04, 2010 3:09 pm EDT

I called customer care center and suspend my account and all the lines under this account. I am told there will be just $10 charge but they charged me regular monthly price. When I came back to US. I noticed that and called TMobile. They offered me $25 deduction from my next bill. And it happened again on March. They cahrged me when I was out of US.

They apologized again but I am really dissatisfied and find this website from google to post my complaint.

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Sep 11, 2011 10:14 am EDT

I have had nothing but the worst experience with Tmobile and Asurion.
In March of 2017 I upgraded to a family plot to add my fiancee. He started a new JOB where he needed to know the roads so we chose to get him the Tmobile Tap which has a navigation system, we were excited he could have a nice phone plus has nav. for his new JOB. My fiancee wanted to transfer photos from his ancient phone to his new Tmobile Tap phone but the only way we figured he could transfer them was by sending them to me with his ancient phone and then once i had recieved all of them he was going to place the sim card back in the other phone and i was gonna send the pictures to him so he could save them and have them on his tmobile tap. We were at the food court of the mall while we were doing this and he was still sending pics to me ( it was taking awhile), we chose to go home and do it since it was gonna be a long process once we reached to the car he noticed he had forgotten the phone on the table where we were eating. We went back talked to security and the information desk and all we could do was leave our number and wait for someone to turn it in. We called a couple times hoping the tmobile tap would be turned in. I called tmobile after awhile and questioned if we could have it replaced tmobile said ofcourse! since we had insurance on it, it was going to be fine. I never knew we had to go through another company to get this claim started. I called in about a month after this happened and Asurions system was down so they told me to call back tomorrow since they couldn't view any information and they really couldn't do anything about it at the moment. My fiancee and I havevery busy schedules – he was doing well with his JOB so he wasn't needing the phone straight away. last month(July of 2017) he realized that he needed the phone and besides we were paying for the insurance. So I filled the claim online then at the end it said claim could not be completed. I was very confused as to why and chose to call it in. I talked to a rep. and at first were very nice at the end they assumed I still had the phone and was just trying to get a new one! WHAT IN THE WORLD! I can't believe this I clarified what happened and the rep said i had 30 days to file and that i knew it. I never recieved any policy papers. When I bought the phone I place insurance on it for a reason – my fiancee's JOB is labor and i knew a touch phone could be hurt what if he dropped it! I additionally questioned for a supervisor and she did not give me any answers to any of my wuestions just kept repeating that they could not replace it! I DON'T KNOW WHY, I AM STILL PAYING FOR THE INSURANCE. MY FIANCEE HAS NO CHOICE BUT SO USE HIS ANCIENT PHONE! I have a reference number which is [protected] the supervisor's name is Kahmisha. She truely did not know how to answer my questions. I am just like everyone else who unfortunately gets stepped on by these companies! Like who can we talk to to get this resolved do i freaking have to sue them because at this point I will not only sue them becuase I am mad but becuase tmobile gave me fake information and i never recieved any policy ALSO! beucase it is unfair to all of us who support these companies by getting services from them. We are the reason why they are so huge! why do they have to step on us like bugs and give us fake information. I additionally have flex pay, the first time i went in and got it was beucase i did not have any credit and the tmobile rep. told me it was only a one year contact which i was excited about not that i call in they tell me it is a two year and they do apologize for the FAKE! information but it's two years! SO I JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE FAKE FOR THIS INCORRECT/FAKE INFORMATION! That is so incorrect! Honestly, I trust them enough to believe in there word if they start with this what else are they gonna trick us with? I am not going to rest until this is solved because it is unfair and i am sure I am not the only one that has this occured to them. No matter what i say to asurion and tmobile they really dont care because really I am a small person with no voice and they are the huge companies! well i dont care this is so stupid that i have to do all this in order to get my issue fix. No matter what Everyone thinks NO ONE SHOULD EVER GET TMOBILE OR GET ASSURED BY ASURION. Most of my friends and clients usually go for tmobile becuase it's CHEAP. But, i will no longer talk excellent things about tmobile with them i will let them know to go with another company as they are the worst company ever, from assuming the worst from my issue to giving me fake information!

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May 26, 2011 4:43 am EDT

When is T mobile going be be off the market ! poor customer services, poor coverage and unethical business strategies . T mobile customer services do change your contracts without your knowledge. Stay away from T MOBILE for real Be very afraid

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Apr 22, 2009 12:57 pm EDT

In December 2017 I called TMobile as my husbands Samsung that was about 3-4 years old was not working well. No surprise there. I called to order a new phone and was talked into purchasing the useless SideKick Slide. When I purchased these phones (talked me into one for myself) there was NO mentioned that I had just entered into a 2 year contract! They also didn't mention that in order to make the phone even marginally useful we would have to sign up for an internet plan. We had been month to month with TMobile for years and I did not want to enter into a contract that costs a small fortune to get out of.

Within 6 months the track ball on my husbands phone stopped working apparently a common problem, they did give me a return code to get a refurbished phone. I had just paid a lot for a new one, but hubby decided to just stick his sim card into the old phone and deal with it. Yes we hate the slides that much!

It was when I called to have his phone replaced that they sprung on me that I was the proud owner of a two year contract. I was livid.

Fast forward to September of 2017. My friend who is on my contract, yea I know BIG mistake, got a new boyfriend and went over our 1000 minutes. No problem she will pay it. I could not find the per minute charge anywhere so I called customer service. Another big mistake apparently.

The CS rep, Anna, had a plan that would save my friend $8! For one month only increase our minutes to 1500 family plan. I was ADAMANT about not getting stuck with a contract on her line or my kids and explained my ANGER over the SideKick mess. I told her it was bad enough that I was stuck with these junky until 12/9 and DID NOT want to be stuck with a contract on the other 2 lines. I was assured that would not happen.

I'm sure by now you have figured out the rest of the story. I called on 12/31/08 to discontinue service on these 2 lines and was told I verbally agreed to a one year extension on 9/3/08. I do not know how an employee in good conscience after hearing how angry a customer was about being screwed into a 2 year contract could document that I agreed to a one year extension.

I talked to several other people that day including Kim in Customer Relations (what a joke!) and her supervisor Alex who were less than helpful. I asked her if it made ANY sense that a customer who had expressed such ANGER over being suckered into a 2 year contract would say... 'yea sign me up for another year on a service that is marginal at its best'. Her response was Anna documented that you agreed so we have to TRUST her.
Of course they will trust the person who is trying to get a few extra bucks by extending a contract. I would have just paid the overage and went on with my month to month contract. I've been screwed by TMobile once again and didn't even get a kiss.

You would think that after about 6-8 years with them waiting for the promised 'better coverage areas' that they would not treat you like this.

I decreased my plan to 700 minutes, dropped caller tunes, unlimited text etc.. I had them block the text message so it can't be used at 20-25 cents a minute. I have emailed them, as per instruction of Alex, because all they want to do is 'make me happy'. You've got to be kidding. In my experience when emailing TMobile you get the automated response and then in about 1 in 5 emails you may get a response that does EVERYTHING but answer you complaint or concerns.

Thank heavens I have been able to warn off at least 5 people about TMobile and apologize to the ones I encouraged to sign up during my first year with them. Here's hoping I'm forgiven.

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T-Mobile USA no response on their end

pretty much going through the same crap as you guys. though i havent made as much effort in calling them repeatedly and such. i originally sent my form in like january. but i didn't put 3 different cities so they returned it to me, having me redo it. i did, and resent it in in i believe early september at the latest. my requested flights are all about mid-end of december.
i called them about 2 weeks ago and they had received it (im pretty sure, by the way the lady sounded) and comfirmed my name, etc, and said id receive a call shortly. still have not heard from them.
im gonna call again, and again, til i get somewhere. but as of now, i haven't.

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T-Mobile USA bad business practices

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, 800.00 ... 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 bucks for a device that didn't work, and a 2 year contract to get into my new crappy 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 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 dollars 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! Rick St Petersburg, Florida

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Mar 19, 2012 6:10 pm EDT

T-Mobile was never known for great service, but what they lacked in spotty service they made up for in really good customer service. I use to sell their phones and I must say they had the best free phones, plans and incentives. I use to defend them to everybody that complained. I have the service now..I've been a customer for a very long time, but I can tell you all now that T-Mobile has got to be the worst company around. They don't appreciate their customers, they hire the worst customer service reps, their service sucks..(lots of dropped calls) They're very rude to the point of cutting you off in mid sentence and even yelling. I am very disappointed in this company. I've been grossly overcharged and I feel I've been riped off by them.

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T-Mobile USA fraud and incompetent customer service

I read the reviews of different Pay As You Go plans before I got my mom, who was coming for a visit from abroad for about 2 months, a cell phone. I did notice that several people were claiming that T-mobile was "stealing" minutes but the majority of reviews were positive and my previous experience having a regular phone plan with T-mobile several years ago was good.
I got my mom a $50 card with 400 minutes thinking that this should be enough. The minutes were gone in less than a week. I was a bit surprised but I figured: ok, she talked on the phone a lot.
I went to the store to refill the minutes and the store clerk suggested that I get FlexPay My Faves plan, so she can call for free her favorite 5. I got 600 whenever minutes, free nights and weekends and Faves for $49.99 (plus taxes and surcharges, etc. - $66.71 all together). I figured that this should hold my mom.
A few days later (including a weekend), i checked the balance and to my shock saw that 143 whenever minutes have been used up. Plus there were 39 My faves "free minutes", all together: 182 minutes. Now, my phones has a registry and according to this registry there were 107 minutes used total. The majority of calls were to the Faves.
I called the customer service the first time around 11 pm ET. I have to echo others reviewers: it was the WORST customer service experience that I remember, even worse than Time Warner (and I hate those people with passion, but at least they are not trying to cheat you). For some bizarre reason, somebody at t-mobile came up with an idea that if you say the customer's name after every two words, that will somehow be pleasing to the customer - believe me, it is EXTREMELY annoying, especially when your complaint is not being addressed in any reasonable, making at least remote sense, way. By the time the customer service rep started telling me that my phone can not be used with My Faves (after their own store suggested this plan and set it up in the store), I lost patience and asked for a supervisor. The supervisor, of course, was "on another call." I was promised a call back within 30 minutes. I asked the rep what should I do if I don't receive this call. After assuring me that i WILL get a call, she said that I can call back and say that she is a liar.
As you can guess, I did NOT receive any calls within an hour. I called back and immediately asked for a supervisor, explaining briefly what happened. She rep asked me to give her 5 minutes to try to resolve my problem. I gave up, although it was already after midnight and I have to get up around 7 am. However, when she started reading my contract back to me, I almost lost it. Her supervisor was also "on another call." I told both reps that I will join other people online who talk about stolen minutes and customer service quality and will be writing to the BBB but I do need to get the problem resolved.
At 2 am (and I did explain to the first rep that i was on the East Coast), I received a call from the first rep's supervisor. She did make an attempt to explain what happened to my minutes: it was "due to engineering problems" that my minutes were not correctly credited to the Faves. Her explanation for more than 60 minutes discrepancy between the total number of minutes registered by my phone and T-mobile calculations was even worse - but at least she tried. She said that the calls are rounded up to the next minute (which would require at least 60 calls to accrue the extra 60 minutes. I didn't have any strength to fight at that point (around 2.30 am). She told me that 50 minutes would be credited back because they were supposed to be My Faves minutes and she gave me another 50 minutes for my pain and suffering(my words, not hers).
I couldn't deal with this issue anymore for a few days and I did get a land line, so my mom now makes most of her calls from that line.
Today I decided to review the minutes usage to make sure i actually got the credit and to make sure that nothing fishy is going on. The data I found on their site was for the first two days. I called customer service to find out if I can get this info some place else. I was told that i can NOT until the end of my billing cycle.
As I promised T-mobile, I AM spreading the word on the net. I will be writing to the BBB when I get more time and I am seriously considering writing to the DA to see if they can open an investigation into what appears to be blatant and brazen consumer fraud.

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I have been a customer of T Mobile's for 15 years. No more! My phone was stolen. I reported i and assumed that insurance would cover it and was told I would receive a call.. After 3 weeks, i called back when I got nothing but a suspension of service for a phone I already reported was stolen. I was told that I had not reported it to the insurance department which btw is not a department but a third party company. I was still charged for the 3 weeks without a phone they failed to provide. THANKS T MOBILE~~~~
My daughter and I had taken 1, 000 pictures a week or so prior to the theft. T Mobile told me there was no way to retrieve them. This was false. Apple told me that they could have been backed up if T Mobile had not given me misinformation. Once the phone died after being stolen, the pictures were lost. THANKS T MOBILE.~~~
Tech support told me I could trace the phone but somehow I was locked out of my account, which they NEVER fixed and admitted they gave up. The phone is a total loss. THANKS T MOBILE ~~~
When I was transferred to the insurance department, the woman told me that she wasn't sure if the email she was sending me had a claim but was not sure if it included a number I could call Back regarding the claim. i was also told that I could not use the insurance when i changed carriers. I paid for it, but it's a benefit solely for T MOBILE. I'm living to be a customer of T Mobile's by now. THANKS T MOBILE~~~
When I paid the amount of $106 so I could get to the other departments, after 30 minutes of complaining about T Mobile's failure to follow through with phone replacement, the CS representative asked me if I wanted my payment confirmation to my phone. YES THE PHONE THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN. THANKS T MOBILE~~~
This company is so compartmentalized that you cannot do ANYTHING WITHOUT another dept's involvement. THANKS TOMBILE~~~~
A POX ON THEIR HOUSE.

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Nov 07, 2008 6:58 am EST

I read the reviews of various Pay As You Go plans before I got my mom, who was coming for a visit from abroad for about 2 months, a cell phone. I did notice that several people were claiming that T-mobile was "stealing" minutes but the majority of reviews were positive and my previous experience having a regular phone plan with T-mobile several years ago was good.

I got my mom a $50 card with 400 minutes thinking that this should be enough. The minutes were gone in less than a week. I was a bit surprised but I figured: ok, she talked on the phone a lot.

I went to the store to refill the minutes and the store clerk suggested that I get FlexPay My Faves plan, so she can call for free her favorite 5. I got 600 whenever minutes, free nights and weekends and Faves for $49.99 (plus taxes and surcharges, etc. - $66.71 all together). I figured that this should hold my mom.

A few days later (including a weekend), i checked the balance and to my shock saw that 143 whenever minutes have been used up. Plus there were 39 My faves "free minutes", all together: 182 minutes. Now, my phones has a registry and according to this registry there were 107 minutes used total. The majority of calls were to the Faves.

I called the customer service the first time around 11 pm ET. I have to echo others reviewers: it was the WORST customer service experience that I remember, even worse than Time Warner (and I hate those people with passion, but at least they are not trying to cheat you). For some bizarre reason, somebody at t-mobile came up with an idea that if you say the customer's name after every two words, that will somehow be pleasing to the customer - believe me, it is EXTREMELY annoying, especially when your complaint is not being addressed in any reasonable, making at least remote sense, way. By the time the customer service rep started telling me that my phone can not be used with My Faves (after their own store suggested this plan and set it up in the store), I lost patience and asked for a supervisor. The supervisor, of course, was "on another call." I was promised a call back within 30 minutes. I asked the rep what should I do if I don't receive this call. After assuring me that i WILL get a call, she said that I can call back and say that she is a liar.

As you can guess, I did NOT receive any calls within an hour. I called back and immediately asked for a supervisor, explaining briefly what happened. She rep asked me to give her 5 minutes to try to resolve my problem. I gave up, although it was already after midnight and I have to get up around 7 am. However, when she started reading my contract back to me, I almost lost it. Her supervisor was also "on another call." I told both reps that I will join other people online who talk about stolen minutes and customer service quality and will be writing to the BBB but I do need to get the problem resolved.

At 2 am (and I did explain to the first rep that i was on the East Coast), I received a call from the first rep's supervisor. She did make an attempt to explain what happened to my minutes: it was "due to engineering problems" that my minutes were not correctly credited to the Faves. Her explanation for more than 60 minutes discrepancy between the total number of minutes registered by my phone and T-mobile calculations was even worse - but at least she tried. She said that the calls are rounded up to the next minute (which would require at least 60 calls to accrue the extra 60 minutes. I didn't have any strength to fight at that point (around 2.30 am). She told me that 50 minutes would be credited back because they were supposed to be My Faves minutes and she gave me another 50 minutes for my pain and suffering(my words, not hers).

I couldn't deal with this issue anymore for a few days and I did get a land line, so my mom now makes most of her calls from that line.

Today I decided to review the minutes usage to make sure i actually got the credit and to make sure that nothing fishy is going on. The data I found on their site was for the first two days. I called customer service to find out if I can get this info some place else. I was told that i can NOT until the end of my billing cycle.

As I promised T-mobile, I AM spreading the word on the net. I will be writing to the BBB when I get more time and I am seriously considering writing to the DA to see if they can open an investigation into what appears to be blatant and brazen consumer fraud.

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myleka
Ft. Washington, US
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May 14, 2009 11:24 am EDT

I have been trying to place an order through T-Mobile using my consultant discounts and it has been everything but pleasant. I was told that i would have to go into one of the retail stores and that i could not use my discounts, i tried calling the company to help me, and they were unable to, so i decided to call the person who handles the business affairs between t-mobile and mary kay. apparentaly he telling them to resend the phones doesn't matter. UPS had admitted to losing the phones but they simply refuse to resend me the phones although they have been told and authorized to resend the phones that UPS openly admitted to losing. the last time i had this poor of a service was with Sprint PCS. i have been humilated and embrassed because i've had fax a copy of my id and my social security card just to get the phones delivered and have been unsuccessful with this. after today, i willing not be suggesting this company to any of my friends or family, because i would hate for them to go through this same type of treatment.

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greg
Oakland, US
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Jan 24, 2009 3:35 pm EST

Thank you. I am looking for a family plan and saw t-mobile seems lowest $ if clalls are in fave 5. Seeing this report of customer service will allow me to spend my nights and weekends doing something else than speaking with cs for hours on end. Useless cs reps usually take me to some level of rage!

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T-Mobile USA free flight

I registered for the T-Mobile free flight last November after extending my contract for two years. I was told I was qualified. After almost a year of constantly calling and filling out the form multiple times, I recieved my free flight booking request last week (October 2008). Each time I call it seemed like the process had changed and the representatives had no idea what was going on. I have to use the flight by next March, which is almost impossible due to the holidays approaching and my wife is an accountant and cannot leave the office during tax season (Jan-April). We will probably end up not using the flights, which is a little disappointing because we were hoping to plan a trip to Las Vegas over the summer! I am very upset with T-Mobile and the disorginization of the whole process.

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rose hart
Vernon, US
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Jul 18, 2009 12:29 pm EDT

I registered and was approved for the free flight program. The date to book travel was extended to June 17, 2009. I called at 9:00 a.m. that day and was told "all circuits are busy, call back later". I continued throughout the day (perhaps 40 to 50 times and received the same message) I never made contact. At 4:00 p.m. I called again for the 50th time and I was put on hold (your call will be answered in the order it was received). I was on hold for 61 minutes and my cell phone went dead. I received my bill from T-Mobile and they charged me $25.00 for that call. I was credited that amount when I called them the next day and was also told that the promotion ended and that T-Mobile has no access to the travel line, blah blah...I must have called the customer care dept. a dozen or more time and spoke with manager, directors and it became so frustrating that I ended up crying on one call. My complaint is that due to the volume of calls that T-Mobile should have expected to and is responsible to take measures to handle the customer calls. I have written to customer relations and if I do not get resolution, I am going to small claims court. THEY SIMPLY CANNOT GET AWAY WITH THIS.

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princekeem
Smyrna, US
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Feb 23, 2009 3:28 pm EST

im having the same problem. they sent mines back saying everything had to be different. im waiting for my booking form to come i have a few days left so i was going to ship it overnight delivery. they keep saying ppl will call and they dont. im so frustrated like is there a way to sue or something? this is not right!

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Charlotte
US
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Feb 19, 2009 3:09 pm EST

I had trouble getting my reservation form (they said I activated my phones past the Thanksgiving 07 weekend deadline - not true). They finally sent the form, I sent it back in late November 08 with three different destinations, 3 different dates and have heard absolutely nothing. I hope some attorney is getting this together for a class action lawsuit. I'd join.

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carebear3030
Lexington, US
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Feb 02, 2009 2:10 pm EST

I have been on the phone with the TLC Conceirge line every 2 weeks for the past year. My first booking requests for received by them on April 6th. I had them delivered requiring a signature. That set never got entered into their system at all. After MONTHS of being promised emails to managers I finally got my new booking request forms in October...and I of course immediately sent those in. In December I called because I still have not heard from the agent. They say I did not include a departure date on one of my 3 dates. I have copies of everything that I sent in and yes I had all the correct dates. When I told her how aggravating this has been she informed me that she has no record of me ever calling. THEY DELETED ALL OF THE NOTES FROM MY PRIOR CALLS! Why would they do that other than they knew they were in the wrong. I'm sure I'll never receive my flights as promised.

This is a scam and I do hope a class action gets started! We do not deserve to be treated like this! Do a Google search for TLC Marketing and Free Flight program. This is not the first time they have put consumers through this. There have been other companies (such as JCPenney, and Levi) that have offered this flight program and their consumers have had as many problems as we have. TLC has designed this progam to be as cost effective as possible...at our expense!

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CynthiaK
Severn, US
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Jan 30, 2009 9:25 pm EST

I too am having the exact problems. Also I have a Family Plan, means 2 tickets right? Well, they are saying that I only get one. For over 3 weeks I've been getting the run-around. When I did try to book a flight (before I realized I only had 1 ticket) they wanted $86.00 to fly from MD to FL. $25 is for booking the the rest is taxes and fees? Really? $61.00 in taxes and fees? I could get the same flight thru Expedia for $146.00. It's a scam. To fight back I made a complaint with The BBB (Better Business Bureaus_http://www.bbb.org/online/consumer/default.aspx) and also e-mailed my local TV station. I also plan to e-mail my local Attorney General's office. If you want to do something, do the same. I would love for national shows like 20/20 or 60-Minutes to report this. Complains (other than in boards) in mass is the only way to stick-it to T-Mobile. The Class Action Suit is a good way to go. See above.

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rachelr
Springfield, US
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Jan 27, 2009 12:43 am EST

I, too, am having the exact problem as everyone else here. We submitted our booking request form in mid december. We've called countless times, and we get absolutely nowhere. I started a yahoo group for this issue so we can all help each other! And, if necessary, it organizes us better in case we need to start a class action suit. Here's the link: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/rippedoffbytmobile/ please join! We have more power if we organize ourselves.

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tmobile scam
Chicago, US
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Jan 26, 2009 1:16 pm EST

This is so ridiculous! Something has to be done about this! All the stories are the same and guess what? MINE IS EXACTLY the same! They keep telling me to wait 5-7 business days and this has been going on since AUGUST! I've had it! I understand that they are trying to get new customers but guess what TMOBILE this is NOT the way to SCAM people! I have been with TMOBILE since 2004, re newed my contract for 2 yrs because of this and now I'm stuck with a contract until NOVEMBER 09 and NO TICKETS/ NO FLIGHTS! Someone has to do something!

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Raethelyn
Dallas, US
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Jan 16, 2009 10:05 pm EST

I too, renewed my contract through T-mobile in November of 2007. I thought I was getting a great deal and have an account in excellent standing with them. I was purchasing my sister a cell phone for Christmas anyway, so I took the opportunity to get the second account because the promotion allowed for 2 tickets.

I got my booking form at the end of March with no problems, but didn't receive hers. It took hours of calls and frustration to have someone finally figure out that she had only been set up for a one year contract instead of two. As a result, the system didn't automatically issue the form.

I finally got not one, but two "replacement" forms in September 2008. I made plans to go to New York in January. My sister was living in NYC when the planes hit and has not been back since. This is the only way we could afford to go, and it is definitely not just a getaway trip. Remembering how long it took just to get the forms, I made sure to keep the originals myself and send photocopies to TLC via certified mail. (It's not like they'd notice the difference, all they sent me was a standard letter with a tracking number.) The return postcard shows they were received and signed for on 12/15/2008.

Surprise, surprise I haven't been contacted by a booking agent yet. Further, per their agents, TLC was closed for the better part of two weeks during the holidays. It is now January 16th and I called for the final time this morning to try and get this resolved. I contacted TLC and was greeted by the rudest rep yet who said he couldn't find anything under either name despite the fact that every other rep could locate them. He said he had no supervisor available and when I asked for the supervisor above that person that they weren't there because they'd "taken a long weekend".

Each time I spoke with anyone who actually assisted me in either TLC or T-mobile's customer service department every person told me I'd done everything correctly. I work in a call center for a major online travel company and have heard every excuse in the book for people wanting to cancel their reservations. As a result, I am extremely careful in booking travel plans and always read the fine print.

Nowhere in the contract does it say that they have any blackout dates where they won't be processing requests. It clearly states that I will get a call from a booking agent fourteen CALENDAR days after they have received my forms. It is far past fourteen calendar days and business days even if you subtract four days for Christmas and New Year's.

The final call I made was to T-mobile in a last-ditch effort to get my tickets. After the regular rep cold transferred me to the wrong department, a sympathetic supervisor named Angela waived my entire bill for February. That was nice, but it still doesn't help my tickets any. I figure the best case scenario is that I call on Monday and hope they do something more after I advise them I've already sent complaints to the FCC and BBB and that my attorney will be sending a demand letter. Wish me luck.

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chhawksfan
Nashville, US
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Jan 09, 2009 4:38 am EST

I started the TLC free flight process last July. I filled out the form and had it returned and said I needed to do it again because it wasn't done right, just as I was getting ready to mail it I got a call from them. They wanted to set up my flight and said oh no need to mail it now we can do it over the ph. but every date I requested had no seats free...I picked dates in the middle of the week, on the weekends, to different cities and no luck . So I was given a # to call when I could figure another date...haha I work for the school system so that means set vacation time until this stupid thing expires in March and as we know any school holiday is going to be a blackout date in their book... So I started calling again in Dec. to get tic for Feb. no calls back from TLC...the wonderful concerige (sp.) haha tells me they can only me email them. I call again on Xmas break eveyday and am told TLC hasn't checked email..I look up TLC's # which concerige doesn't have and call to find out they are closed for 2 wks for holidays! Thought only the schools did this? I call concerige back and they are shocked, they were never told TLC would be closed! RIGHT! Well Ashley that I was talking to was nice and spoke to her super..I was told I would get a call by Wed.(1-7-09) from TLC..NO CALL so I call Ashley today again..well NASTY RUDE Bill answers and starts chewing me out like this is my fault! I ask for his boss and sit on hold for 20 mins and then told boss can't do anything ..I said I want to talk to boss BRIAN and he finally gets on the ph and said he is Ashley's only boss and never told her to tell me I would get a call by WED. cause it is a 5-7 day wait! So I am at the waiting game again...then they want to talk to me about my sisters tic? She doesn't share a ph or any lines with me how can they do that? HEPA LAW! I said NO I am not calling abou that... SO anyone that wants to file a class action I am on board and I know my sister will be also! We both got stuck with 2 yrs of service cause of this scam!

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Leesa Miller
US
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Nov 12, 2008 3:39 pm EST

I also received a promotional deal with tmobile last november 07, for the free flight! I'm begining to think that this promo is fraud! I too have had countless times of talking to reps who don't seem to know whats going on. I sent in the forms and activated two accounts within the guidelines and only got one voucher. Everytime I call they say they don't have my husbands name on the list. Then they check out his phone number's activation and say that he qualified and will have to do a business inquiry and get back to me in 7 - 14 days. Then no one calls back! So I am stuck doing the same thing again. I left a message with a supervisor in the "concierge" department and another inquiry is supposed to go out today. I am at a loss of what to do next. By the time I get the second voucher there will be no flights left and flights have to be booked by March 31, 2009. This seems like a scam. You would think there would be a class action suit with all the complaints I have seen on the internet. If anyone has any phone numbers please post a comment. The number I have been calling is [protected]. What can be done about a fraudulant promotion? I wonder if anyone has received an actual flight through this promotion.

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T-Mobile USA beware of easy pay

On September 18, 2008 T-Mobile debited my bank account $318.61, $47.62 was a legitimate monthly service bill the remaining $270.99 was a restocking fee for a replacement phone that I never received (my phone is under warranty). They'd sent me the replacement phone in June and when I went to UPS to pick it up the box was not taped, damaged and empty. I refused delivery and immediately called T-Mobile, the representative assured me that there would not be a restocking fee for this phone, and sent a second replacement phone to me. I got that phone several days later and returned the defective phone per the instructions sent with the replacement phone. I have the UPS tracking print outs for both phone orders and spoke with four different customer service reps. and a customer service manager between the 18th and the 26th of September when I went to a local T-Mobile store to try to resolve this issue. Each of these people acknowledged that I'd been billed in error, each person could view the UPS tracking and acknowledged that I did not receive two replacement phones. It appears that customer service can only request the refund, another department, The Cash Refund Team, actually approves and issues the refund, this department has repeatedly denied my refund because the return tracking label in the box was not used. Since the 26th of September I have been working with a sales manager at the local store and to date October 10, 2008 I still do not have a refund. Unfortunately for me, I did not actually have $318.61 in my bank account at the time that T-Mobile debited my account so I have been charged another $175.00 in bounced check charges and another $50.00 in returned check fees from two other companies where I'd written checks and they bounced. I am now $495.99 behind with no end in sight. I speak to T-Mobile every day and cannot get past the customer service people to a person that actually has the authority to refund my monies to me. I have discontinued my EASY Pay option, but this can take up to two billing cycles so it is likely that eight days from now, my bank account will again be debited for my monthly service, sadly, there will not be sufficient funds to cover this debit so I will again be charged returned check fees and T-Mobile will probably suspend my service for non-payment. To make matters worse I have 12 months left on my contract so I will also be charged an early termination fee of $150.00.

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T-Mobile USA scam

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ele/861442981.html i contacted the person on that add about the new sidekicks 2008, the person claimed that worked with tmobile and added a credit or bonus to my account, i saw the amount sum up to the account so i saw that and proceded to order the phones, we paid the person 300 through western union the person says her name is Nikki Ortiz, everything was good until a month after, Tmobile is charging 941$ for the phones, they saw the balance going up and then the same person that put the credit is the same person that took it out, still knowing that they keep charging the amount, they are not responding my calls, they cut the service, i was trying to negotiate giving the phones back and all that but every try to talk to them is not succesfull, If anyone sees this add don't be fooled, If someone can be of assistance or help please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Beware T Mobile and virgin mobile and possibly many others.
After downloading a so called "FREE" mp3 ring tone maker from tmobile I received a text message that I will be charged $9.99 every month for subscribing to Jamster, not even a minute went by and this text came through, I called T Mobile and they said they would refund my money and block Jamster for me at a premium of $4.95 if I want that service too, I said are you kidding me! How could this have happened I said! why and how could I be charged for this, he sounded very nervous and said it's a third party sir but we have ways to block them and refund your money and not to worry it will be taken care of this time, but next time you should text in capital letters STOP in the message and it will be blocked. I hung up because I was to frustrated to talk and started searching for answers on the Internet and found that there is a class action law suit against tmobile for Jamster and other products and many people complained they had been ripped off and that TMOBILE and Jamster and others are part of T Mobile. Folks ITS A SCAM! plain and simple. I hate the cell phone companies to the point that I don't even want one now. These people are low life ###

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noraz123
Burlingame, US
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Sep 22, 2010 10:32 pm EDT

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mob/1960402692.html

Goes by Kyle Grayson now. I almost fell for it, until he asked to be paid by Western Union.

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smith67
Kent, US
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May 14, 2010 9:47 am EDT

The same thing happened to me with Nikki Ortiz, but instead the Craigslist listing was out of Pennsylvania. I wish there was a way to get in contact with her to get my money back.

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T-Mobile USA lies, over a barrel and deception

T-mobile, customer services are bare faced liars. The guy I spoke too, belittled me and tried to make me look stupid.

By the end of the phone call he was calling me and liar and wouldn't let me talk as he liked the sound of his own voice.

I changed my bank account details and phoned t-mobile, they made the changes, then 3 months later I get a baliffs letter. I pay the bill phone back t-mobile to which I again let them know my details and again they change them.

3 months later I get another baliffs letter, again I phone get some boy who doesn't even understand what I am saying. I speak slowly and still nothing is entering his head.

I then speak to a supervisor. He tells me I'm a liar, I didn't ring them, they have no notes on the screen. I tell him that I did, he then goes on to say are you calling me a liar, I don't lie our systems don't lie. He then gives me no chance to talk. I then ask when my contract finishes. He said last month!?

I ask why am i still being changed and the reason is I haven't given 30 days notice? How does that work when I've signed a contract that says on the 23rd of september my contract expires, that is a legal document that states that. I am then changed twice what I am normally because I'm now not getting the special rate I signed up with? Contridiction, I'm either still in the contract or i am not?

This isn't my first bad experience with t-mobile but it will be my last. A few years back their computers went funny and took 6 months direct debit in one go, right before christmas. It wiped my account out and it took 2 months before my money was replaced!

DON'T USE T-MOBILE.

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GM2000
Lucedale, US
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Sep 02, 2011 10:14 pm EDT

Hey, after visiting a T-Mobile Store my phone was cloned and international calls were made. Maybe someone in the store is involved in the scam. T-Mobile refused to investigate and, since, has charged me for everything but the kitchen sink. Don't use T-Mobile and if they merge with AT&T, don't use AT&T.

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I renewed my My-Faves contract with T-Mobile back in November 2007 and sent in all of the paper work to TLC Marketing and that has been the end of it. I have contacted T-Mobile monthly as well as TLC and have only been thrown back and forth. The only information that I have received is that I do qualify but I have not gotten a booking request form from...

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T-Mobile USA bad service

I purchased a pay-as-you-go Nokia model 1208 phone from a T-mobile phone distributor 3 months ago...21 June 2008. My limited warranty says T-mobile will repair or replace any defective phone or defective phone parts that is not operating properly for its primary intended use...for one year from date of purchase/activation. Just after 90 days of very limited use (as of 26 September 2008) the phone died and would not take a charge. I was told to call customer service and got the run around for an hour and a half telling me that I needed to call the battery manufacturer for a replacement; however, there is no way to tell if the battery is the problem. T-mobile customer service was totally inadequate and unhelpful in resolving my problem, my service outage, could not give me a refund for my remaining minutes (over $90 worth), or refund the purchase cost of the phone. I'm ready to switch to anyone else that can provide decent customer service. I do not recommend T-mobile to anyone thinking of buying a cell phone. I am not satisfied with T-mobile's product support service and believe they have not honored their limited warranty statement.

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Lary
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Feb 24, 2009 11:52 am EST

Do you people out there know out there that if you purchase a phone from t-mobile and you do not discover that it has a defect immediately that they will not replace it with a new phone.

I purchased one and it had a glitch in the text messaging part. Not something you pick up immediately.

I took it to two separate stores who could not figure out what the problem was the second one told me it was definitely defective and to return it. I went back to my original store of purchase and was told they would not replace it but would send me a refurbished phone in the mail. I said that I just wanted it replaced with a NEW phone and they said it was not their policy. Today I received their replacement which was all scratched on the screen and had little white spots on it. I am assuming it had been hit or dropped. I called their customer service and was told that they absolutely would not replace it with a new phone it was not their policy. If I cancelled their service I would have to pay the $400.00 for early cancellation.

Call me crazy but is this not abuse to the consumer. How did all this happen and why do we let them get away with this kind of business practice. I am just letting everyone out there know that think before you use T-Mobile. They do not have the customer service that you think they have.

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Brad
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I have started a plan with T-Mobile about Dec. 11th 2008 I have had 3 TMobile branded cell phones fail on me and can not get a one of them replace by TMobile. After many calls to tech support I have now learned that all account notes from the first phone failing are now missing and replacement will not be honored. I have been waiting since Dec for a replacement. Also my Fave 5-s were changed incorrectly by a tech and I lost a lot of minutes due to this issue. The best tech support could do was give me a one time hook up of 50 minutes. I am highly pissed. I run a computer company and rely on my cell as the main line. I have already lost 2 big contracts and have tons of clients of mine pissed off at me because I keep telling them my new phone is on its way. I was also told my new phone was on its way when I first called in. Every phone I have had so far and that's 3 in a row, have not been dropped they do spaz out and reboot when they want tell me no network coverage or no sim found when ever they feel like it. I need this issue fixed. I would like to know how you got 2 years in a row JD POWER best customer care award and now I am treated like no one cares. I run a business I need reliability. I am starting to look like a fool to my customers cause I am trapped with this phone for the next year and 1/2. I also call tech support just about every day to try to fix these issues and nothing is what I get.

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mosike88
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Dec 01, 2010 12:26 am EST

2 weeks ago, I paid 30 bucks asking for changing to the $30/month plan with 1500 talk+text. but it seemed that they did not change the plan for me, just put $30 into my account, just like "Paid as you go"..
It cost me money when I made every phone call or text..I talked to the dealer and he said "it is ok, do not worry, it will change tomorrow.."

Last week, my phone could not make any phone calls or texts, and I dialed "#999#"..oh my god, $0.04 left..they have not changed the plan for me..
Then I came to one T-mobile store in Manhattan last Friday (Black Friday), and they told me that there was no any plan in my account, only "paid as you go"..and it has run out of money now...They sugguested me to go back to the original T-mobile where I asked for this plan service and talk to them...otherwise, I had to pay another 30 bucks for this plan if I still wanted to use it..
From Saturday to This Tuesday, I have come to T-mobile store in Sunnyside (46st, Queens Blvd) for 4 times, the problem was still there, every time they used all kind of excuses to avoid to admit their mistakes..."I have to ask my manager first, he is taking care of his baby now...come here again tomorrow".

On Tuesday, the dealer asked me to talk to their prepaid staff on the phone and the guy told me that "you have used up all your minutes...in 1 week"
Then I asked them to print out my phone bill and so I can check how many minutes I have used...but they said "No, we can not do this for you..."
If I have used up all the minutes (1500 minutes) in 1 week...I think I have called Jupiter or Moon every day...

The most funny thing is the dealer in the store kept telling me "sorry, it was our mistake (the prepaid staff did not change the plan for you)..but I can not help you here, I have nothing to do now..."..He showed me the system in their store and tried to comfort me...the system did not say I have used up all my minutes and in fact, nothing happened...1500 minutes remaining...
and he dial #999# on my cell phone, it still shows $0.04 left (Paid as you go), not "minutes" left (Plan)...

How come one T-mobile said there was no plan in my account (only "paid as you go") but the other said I have used up all 1500 minutes of the plan?

How come the dealer in T-mobile said it is their fault but can not help me? Am I the one who forces them to make mistakes?

How come I got the phone bills and reports before but now only "sorry, we can not tell you how many minutes you have used"? maybe because T-mobile does not admit their fault.

what a great service of T-mobile..

I will cut the T-mobile now, today T-mobile maybe only lost me one customer, Tomorrow the second...

and I will suggest my family and friends to quit T-mobile...I will tell everyone what happened...

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GM2000
Lucedale, US
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Sep 02, 2011 10:17 pm EDT

Hey, after visiting a T-Mobile Store my phone was cloned and international calls were made. Maybe someone in the store is involved in the scam. T-Mobile refused to investigate and, since, has charged me for everything but the kitchen sink. Don't use T-Mobile and if they merge with AT&T, don't use AT&T.

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Québec, CA
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BTS STAFFORD
Québec, CA
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May 30, 2011 6:56 pm EDT

To Whom this may concern i have a proublem with your tmobile cells phone we try out your phones for about a month or longer and we have call you people so many times that we cant get no services on the phoneswe couldnt call out or even send out any texting we would be an trouble if we had to call 911 because we wouldnt beable to call we want to send back your phones as soon as we can with no charge at all your company got into my account and took 200 from my checking please return my money to my account i have told u people alot of times that i couldnt get no service on the cells phones many of times and you wouldnt listen now im telling you all once an for all im sending back your phones and i want my money put back or i will get intouch with who ever i have to i want my money and every thing off my credit from you company thank you Mr and Mrs Thomas Stafford

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JBPHenderson
Newberg, US
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Feb 18, 2011 12:34 am EST

I had a similar situation with the threat of a $400.00 fee made by Tmobile and terrible customer support experiences, too. They were AWFUL to deal with. After my contract had ended, I was told that I couldn't get out of it because I "went online to tmobile.com and signed up for another two-year contract". Lies! Horrible lies. They had no proof of such a thing and wouldn't supply me with any either. I fought for over a month, threatening legal action up the wall, but it wasn't until I discovered a list of phone numbers and e-mails of "higher ups" on consumerist.com that I finally got some resolution. I spoke to Pancho Hall, at [protected], ext. 3418039 and had my Tmobile account closed once and for all. It was a migraine and a half though. I don't have any enemies, but if I did, I wouldn't recommend Tmobile to them. Never ever.

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Seattle, US
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Apr 12, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

They stink!

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phxrepo
Seattle, US
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Apr 12, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

T-Mobile simply has NO customer service. Hopefully someday they will have no customers.

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T-Mobile USA incorrect invoices and harassment based on incorrect billing statements

Fax: [protected]
Very important*****very important*****very important
Attention: robert dotson, president and chief executive officer
Re: xxx-xxx-xxxx (last final notice )
Account: tsukada, lourdes
Date: october 13th, 2008
Dear mr. dotson,
Mr. dotson, attached are bills which have been submitted over, and over again. as you will notice, the dates are in consecutive order and barely enough time to even get a corrected bill before notices of late payments (which is incorrect), automated calls stating i was late with payments and the last bill – “final notice” before sent to collections”.

It is disappointing to find the inference, suggested by ms. young via telephone, the shipping charges were for “equipment i had ordered”. these allegations were once again completely unsubstantiated. therefore, for the record, the details of all “shipping charges” for equipment “i ordered” is listed below for my “record to be intact” and for you to observe the assumptions and continuous phone calls to my home and un-sub stationed notices in the mail.
1. 8/9/08 with kyle of level iii, another cell would be sent out without shipping charges of $10.84 would not be charged
2. 8/15/08 with eric and then rebecca cell again defective and another cell would be sent out to me without any shipping charges to be added to my bill (order# [protected]) – mind you this is the 3rd replacement). the defective cell was to be dropped off at the nearest t-mobile retail store – which was done. this confirmation of not charges on shipping was also confirmed with kevin.
now here is a “history of statements” provided in chronological orders, so you may observe the amount of follow through and headaches your company has caused and again, unfounded inferences.
1. bill of $102.72 which had a due date of september 24, 2008 was received by me on 9/16/08. a phone call was placed with t-mobile customer service and a question arose on the shipping charges reflected on the invoice. a letter was faxed to your hq, whereby after the receipt of the fax to your office, ms. young left a message stating, the afore mentioned, (i.e. items ordered by me. within the message, her message indicated and led to believe, the shipping charges would be credited and the final bill would be to the amount of $75.54. her voice mail also indicated these were removed as a “courtesy”. as you may imagine, most consumers do expect a corrected invoice and normally wait in the mail so as to pay and show evidence the amount paid is correct. this avoid futures misunderstandings with payees.
2. on october 5th, 2008 i received an invoice with a “past due” inference and the amount of $75.54 was confirmed within the letter. in the meantime, numerous automated telephone calls were being received on my voicemail at home stating the bill was past due.
3. on october 7th, 2008, a statement was received with a “past due” notice. as you will notice the date indicated on this is september 30th, 2008. as you will notice the due date for the previous bill was indicated as september 24th – and the date for this statement is not even 4 business days later. nevertheless, a payment was made on october 7th and posted, by my bank, as completed on october 8th, 2008.
4. on october 9th, 2008, another invoice for $75.54 was received stating indicating “this is your final notice and the next step would be collections.” again, notice the date of the october 6th, 2008!

Mr. dotson based on the history transactions and results listed below, you may concur with me, an invoice reflecting the corrected amount is the minimum any consumer would wait for before generating a payment.

1. past history of the phone calls back and forth
2. the nightmares of the defective cell phones
3. major mess ups with my laptop
4. erasing of my contacts several times from my cell phone

in this case even more when the past history is so nebulous and plenty of cause for a consumer to have the assurances the transactions, credits and follow-ups to complaints are posted with clear evidence to the consumer (i.e. paper). a simple telephone message by ms. young stating an amount, is not sufficient evidence the matter has been properly handled.

I would also your cooperation in verifying the information prior to hassling consumers with unwarranted phone calls and automated invoices for “incorrect transaction histories”.
Mr. dotson, it is unfortunate; the experiences are still negative with t-mobile and evidenced once again with the final transaction. these types of experiences are the ones which alienates consumers vs. building loyal consumers. as can be evidenced with the current market crisis, excellent customer service is the driving force in today’s market which builds loyalty to a company.
All cooperation to finalize and put to rest on this matter are appreciated. i would also request this matter of “resolution and final closure” be put in writing. it is an unfortunate request i make now, yet based on the past history, this is unavoidable.

I appreciate your cooperation and look forward to receiving the finalized confirmation in writing from t-mobile.

Sincerely,
Lourdes tsukada
Cc: cole brodman (chief technology and innovation officer); brian kirkpatrick(executive vice president and chief financial officer); dave miller (senior vice president and general counsel); susan nokes (chief customer and operations officer); neville ray (senior vice president, engineering operations); manuel sousa (senior vice president and chief people officer); rob strickland (senior vice president and chief information officer)

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Savannah, US
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Jun 27, 2009 1:24 am EDT

I have been a T-mobile customer for 4yrs. THEY SUCK ! I HATE being HARRASSED by their computer calling my cellphone at random times, including early in the morning and late in the evening.

The "service" is marginal and overpriced, it takes 15 minutes or more "on hold" to get a human being on the phone, but --

I'm calling them tomorrow, and giving them 1 week to decide if they want me to keep paying these damned HIGH BILLS of $80 or $90 for the very SMALL amount of time I spend on the the phone.

If they refuse to insure that I will not be CONTINUALLY HARASSED SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY if my payment of the bill is late

I'm quitting them.

F*ck t-mobile.

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T-Mobile USA rudy and aggressive customer service

I have Suncom and the telephone customer support was always top notch. Friendly, caring people that never brought the worse out in me. T-Mobile has since taken over Suncom. I called last night due to the fact my internet browser on my phone would not connect to the internet. I called T-mobile to get assistance. The aggressive woman who answered the phone asked for the last 4 digits of the person's social which is my wife. From day one, I was put on the account and given permission to make any and all decisions I wanted to. The Suncom representative told me I could use my last 4 when I called customer service on the account. I had to call Suncom several time to resolve problems and since I was on the account, I was always helped using the last 4 digits of my SSN. Now, they won't. The idiot told me she saw my name and that I was able to make decisions on the account, but still would not assist me because I could not remember the last 4 of my wife's SSN. Then she became loud and mean ever so refusing to help me. I asked to talk to her supervisor and she then informed me she could "guarantee" the supervisor would agree with her (they must be good friends).

You should really think twice before using T-mobile. Their telephone support was the worst ever, PERIOD!

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Email Customer Care
Vancouver, CA
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Oct 11, 2008 4:25 am EDT

T-Mobile has outsourced their email customer care to a company named NCO. NCO's center in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada has been where ALL your emails have been coming from for a long time.

Now they have sent all the emails to the PHILIPPINES! Get ready for your email and webchat customer care to be coming from Filipino people! HAHA. I thought T-Mobile would never go offshore? They do through NCO. You thought your customer care was bad before?!

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