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what's up with T-mobile removing autopay discount for credit cards?
I just literally signed up for a new plan - debit cards have fees for providers too - accessing my bank account isn’t a good approach from a security perspective (noting that T-mobile has been hacked...
That was announced months ago. It is because credit card companies charge a service charge that is based on the percentage of every transaction, which eats into T-Mobile's revenue. Removing the auto pay discount for credit cards negates that.
shame on you Tmobile! for stealing so much money back. Nobody should use their debit card or bank account b/c TMobile has been hacked many times and sued for $500 million class action.
Jan 2023: 37 million accounts hacked. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/another-data-breach-has-hit-t-mobile-impacting-37-million-accounts/
Feb/Mar 2023: T-Mobile Announces Another Data Breach. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/t-mobile-announces-another-data-breach/
Aug 2021: breach that affected over 54 million people with social security numbers etc. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/t-mobile-data-breach-2021-heres-what-it-means-for-securing-your-data/
July 2022: T-Mobile Agrees to $500M Settlement in Massive Data Breach that affected >76 million people. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/t-mobile-agrees-to-500m-settlement-in-massive-data-breach/
T-MOBILE!!! This is the whole reason we need to use credit cards!! To protect consumers from you getting hacked. And, credit cards companies charge maybe 3%!!! You are trying to claw back and charge consumers closer to 15-20%!!! You could charge maybe $5 total per bill but not $5/per line!!!
AND this should ONLY be for new accounts!! not longstanding accounts that have been with you for years. Those accounts should be grandfathered in!!!
Customers: DO NOT give TMobile your debit card or bank account. Eventually it will be compromised and thieves could empty your bank account.
Call them and band together!!!
