[wplug] OT cell phone help -- other more on-topic cellphone question

Justin Smith justin at adminix.net
Sat May 17 22:48:30 EDT 2014


And for what it's worth...T-Mobile did away with contracts quite a while ago. 
All of their plans are now contract-free, so it's identical to what you would 
consider "pre-pay." 

Just thought I'd clear that up.

-- 
*Justin Smith*
GNU/Linux System Administrator

/"Any fool can use a computer. Many do."/


> Sounds way too much like a paid endorsement for T-mobile.  Considering 
what
> they did to my X, there's no way in hell that I'd sign any contract with
> those people.
> 
> She simply called to ask about early termination of her contract since it
> was up in three months anyway, and she wanted to join me on my 
contract
> under a different carrier.  The CSR gave her a rash of crap, and when my 
X
> asked to speak with a manager they hung up on her...then to add an 
illegal
> act to what they did, they immediately cancelled her phone to keep her 
from
> carrying her number over to another carrier, even though they never 
arrived
> at an agreement about her terminating early.  .... then T-mobile had the
> gaul to send a collection agent after her for breach of contract even
> though THEY THEMSELVES shut her phone off early without coming to 
agreement
> with her on terms for canellation of service.
> 
> Yeah...T-mobile ain't happenin in my world.
> 
> I'm stuck with Verizon for now since my plan has more than just my 
phone on
> it and I'm not the customer of record for the service...and I JUST BOUGHT
> the Galaxy S4.  Had I known beforehand how Verizon locks down the 
phones I
> would have dropped off of the plan I share with other family members 
and
> gone with something different like a pre-pay and bought the phone 
outright
> instead of accepting the subsidized contract route.



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