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T-Mobile Reneged on iPhone Trade-in
On April 1, 2023, I traded in an iPhone 11 for an iPhone 14. I did this through the Apple website because there was a $400 rebate. The Apple rebate was $180 and the T-Mobile rebate was $220, for a total of $400. The $220 was to be applied as a credit to my monthly iPhone 14 bill. Apple paid their $180, but T-Mobile refuses to pay the $220 credit. Their initial excuse was that they did not offer that rebate program. Then, they said that the rebate was only for business customers, so I was not eligible. Today, July 12, 2023, Apple told me that T-Mobile initially accepted the rebate, then rejected it because there were "Missing required carrier fields". I don't even know what that means. T-Mobile never told me this over the course of about 15 phone calls to them over 3 months.
This is poor customer service to a loyal customer for over 5 years. I have referred many customers to T-Mobile over the years because of their quality of mobile service and customer service. I have spoken to several customer support people and their supervisors, but they keep saying that there is nothing that they can do to resolve this. Without satisfaction, I will switch to another mobile vendor.,
what was the promo? and what was TMOs part of the promo if it was purchased from Apple?
The promo was “T-Mobile Special Trade-in Deal”. This is from the order details Apple website.
TMO’s part of the promo was $220 as stated in the Apple order details “-$220.00 T-Mobile bill credits over 24 mo. Monthly payments after bill credits, $20.80/mo. over 24 mo. at 0%”.
Below is copied from the Apple order:
Resumen de pago
$719.00 financed by:
T-Mobile
T-Mobile Equipment Installment Program
iPhone 14 Plus 128GB Purple $899 $20.80/mo. over 24 mo. at 0% APR
-$180.00 instant trade-in creditTotal Financed via T-Mobile before bill credits $719.00
Monthly payments before bill credits $29.96/mo. over 1-2 mo. at 0% APR
-$220.00 T-Mobile bill credits over 24 mo.
Monthly payments after bill credits 20.80/mo. over 24 mo. at 0% APR
@tidbits correct me if im wrong but dont the promos usually take a few billing cycles to kick in?
anywho.. you should be seeing a $9.16 credit every month for the next 24 months (drops your monthly payment from $29.96 per month to $20.80 per month). which looks to be right with what you are showing above..just needing that credit to start kicking in per month.
That is what I figured. But, when I did not get the $220 credit after 3 billing cycles, I called T-Mobile and they informed me that I will not get the credit because 1) the promotion did not exist (not true) and 2) this was a "business promotion" (also not true).
$220 credit over 24 months=$9.16 credit per month putting your monthly bill for the phone at $20.80 per month.
$9.16 x 24 months=$220 in the end.
