Sprint PCS Complaint

Sprint: An Unfriendly, Unworkable Company - Cell Phone Service

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Posted By: SG on 6/28/2005

Location: Austin, TX

If you are considering joining sprint, consider the below two scenarios that have happened to me as a loyal customer.

1st: A year ago, I received a notice on my phone that service would be cut off. Upon talking with a Sprint Representative, I learned that this was because I made a call one evening at *8:59 PM* (no, I am not exaggerating)that was roughly two hours long.

Because it was 1 minute before my anytime minutes, all of that phone call was billed to my Anytime minutes. Though I spoke with many different managers and supervisors, the bottom line for them was that I owed them $270.00 for that phone call. There was no willingness to put all but one minute of that phone call on my unlimited evening minutes. I wrote to many different people to voice my complaint and didn't even get a call back.

2nd: My purse was recently stolen. So was the cell phone inside of it. Sprint gave me the following options: Continue to pay the monthly premium until my plan expired (which only was prolonged because last December I changed the number of minutes in my plan and of course had to renew another one year contract),pay a $150.00 cancellation fee, renew another two year contract and get a $150.00 mail-in rebate, or pay the full price of another phone & keep that until next December. They made no effort at all to understand my situation, and at one point in the phone call the manager I was speaking with asked me whether I would blame the cable company if my TV were stolen. To which I could only say that one can cancel cable service at any time and only be billed for maybe another month, but still, you can cancel that service.

3rd: With no rollover minutes, I've been in many situations where for 8 months of the year I don't even use half of my minutes, and then 2 months of the year I go over them, leading to astronomical phone bills.


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    tander (06/28/2005)      
    I hate to say it, but thats why they stress to make sure you start your phone calls after 9pm, because if its before you get charged, I always start using mine at around 9:10, so as not to be charged.

    kula (06/30/2005)      
    I can not believe this!! The exact thing is going on with my daughter and a stolen phone. I was on the phone with 2 supervisors today and cannot believe the TOTAL lack of any type of customer care. They also gave my daughter the same routine about the stolen phone and either paying the $150 cancellation OR ADDING an additional line and paying an extra $30.00 per month over the next 15 month balance of the contract to keep the contract open on the stolen phone! The same reply was given to me about not their fault the phone was stolen. What they fail to acknowledge in the example they used on you with the TV set, if your Tv was stolen the cabl... more >>

    RAMOS (09/12/2005)      
    It is unfortunate what happen to you guys with that whole 9pm thing. It is definetly true that if a call is initiated at 8:59pm, it is a daytime call and will be billed as such. The bad thing is that the contract does define nights as calls made after 9:00pm. (9 o clock and 1 second).
    About the phone issue, they are only obligated to provide the service, and a contract does not necessarily suggest any right to a handset. Insurance is always recommended as that is the only way to guarantee a replacement phone. Sprint can only enforce warranty from the manufacturer and sell phones. A lost phone puts you at a severe disadvantage especially... more >>


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