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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.
whyTeeMobile wrote: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!!!
I agree although I'm already in the process of changing carriers. There are better deals out there. It is disingenuous and a money grab. See my posts with current Credit Card rates and the potential 100+ billion in extra revenue using my plan as basis. Deception of the increase rather than charging us for the CCrd fees and no concern of customer security by giving banking info in light of T-Mobile breaches. It's a German Company not a U.S. company, so why care.
