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Baitandswitch
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How to escalate a complaint

  I received a text from T-mobile.  They said I could buy 2 I phones get $700 off one, and receive a free line.   I called T-mobile, they checked my account and said yes you definitely qualify. I then went into a chat session and asked again and they again said yes I qualify(I have the print out)  So I went into the Store, I again, in front of 2 other live witnesses , asked them to check and see that this promotion was available to my plan before purchasing the 2 I phones. Again, they called spoke to another manager and yes they said all was good.   So we purchased the I phones, received the new sim card for the new line and everything was fine.  Until I got my bill, T-mobile was charging me $10 for the new line plus the other fees( fees which I already knew I would have to pay. I am not opposing those fees.  )   

So I chatted with T-Mobile, the rep agreed (I have it from the chat printout) I should not be charged, he took the fee off and said that all was good. 

Low and behold next month the $10 charge was again on my bill. I again called up another rep Christopher.  He said yes I see the problem.  He again removed the $10 charge and said that it was taken care of……Nope, next month the same thing I talked to another girl Crystal, she again agreed that I had did everything correct and there was just a delay in the billing. She took the $10 fee off and  she begged me and I mean begged me to say that the problem was solved.  I refused and told her until I see that the charge is not on my monthly statement I would not say the problem was resolved. She reluctantly said ok. 

Guess what the next month the $10 charge was their again!!!!! So I went into the T-Mobile store and at first they said they would take care of it then they started saying no this was only for some other promotion???? What??? I confirmed several times, printed from chats and if I wasn't eligible why would they all have said I was and agreed to take off the charges??? 

So the manager at the store, Said he agreed and would look into it.  I sent him all the chats, the copy of the texts, everything.  This guy tells me later that the girl that he was working with to get it resolved was let go and there was nothing he could do??? WHAT?  Was there only one individual in the company that could take care of this????

 

To me this is clearly a bait and switch scheme that T-Mobile is trying to pull off. Much like their "oh if we merge with Sprint we will create jobs"  but now we know that T-Mobile is laying off 5000 employees.

So I need to know how to escalate this and if anyone else out there experienced something similar so I can present it to the attorney general and the fcc.

  • contact TMO through either Facebook or Twitter..this will start you with tier 2 support over the call in tier 1 support agents.

  • I just experienced pretty much the same thing but it was for the S24 promo. I switched my plan 1st with a representative via phone to qualify according to him for the $900 promo. We traded in our devices as well, they had to be for the promo, again according to the rep. I upgraded to a S24 Ultra & the other upgrade was a S24 that I was told would end up being a close to a $10 credit per month since the phone was $799.99 & the promo $900. The extra $100 would be broken into bill credits. The representative reassured me that both phones met the qualifications after changing my grandfathered in plan (I have been a customer since Sprint days 20+ yrs) 

    So now I look at my bill & a $600 promo has been applied to both phones & not the $900 as promised. I'm actually being charged now $10 a month for the S24 & instead of under $20 a month for the Ultra, I'm being charged over $30. Even the price of rate plan doesn't match what I was told over the phone that day.

     I call T-mobile & they tell me that the rate plan didn't qualify for the $900 promo so they pick the promo it does qualify for. I said wait a minute this is not right. I was told & reassured one thing while getting something completely different. I took over a page of notes from that call & even when trying to get the agent to try a different promo code that was for $800 that we qualified for according to T-mobiles website & full terms I was told it was phone specific. Though on their website it does not mention this. I took a screenshot of this also. 

    Something has to be able to get done about this because these tactics are disgusting & why we lose trust in businesses.