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T-Mobile Reviews Summary

T-Mobile's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from perceived deceptive practices regarding promotions and service quality. Many customers report issues with billing, unresponsive customer service, and difficulties in resolving problems, leading to frustration and a sense of betrayal. While some reviews acknowledge initial satisfaction with service and product offerings, the overwhelming sentiment reveals a trend of distrust and disappointment, particularly concerning support after the sale. This feedback suggests a pressing need for T-Mobile to enhance its customer service approach and better honor promotional commitments to rebuild trust and retain customers.

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Illinois
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I have had a terrible experience with the business reps and then customer service. If you have a business account with T- Mobile you are given a rep who will call and/or send emails with "special offers" of "free" products with either a low or no data feen (eg tablets.). I have even been told when I said I wouldn't use it 'why not get it anyway; you can give it away as a gift". I fell for this and for the emails that have FREE IN BOLD TYPE. I even asked specifically if this would cost anything and was assured it would not. Now fast forward a year - I find that I am being charged monthly for the device and for service. I contacted the new rep (they turn over regularly) who was going to look into it and never got mad. The next time I was contacted by still another new rep I explained the problem. This one directed me to customer service. I finally, after a lengthy conversation got her to agree to refund the data fees but not the cost of the tablets. She also claimed she couldn't even find one of the offers. A subsequent call to the new rep was never returned. In June I called and cancelled my service. I now find they only canceled the phone line but continued to charge data usage for the tablets! A friendly customer service rep arranged to refund the past month but not the previous month. I freely admit that I was not scrupulous in monitoring bills so I didn't catch these errors in a timely way. I claim naiveté and trust that businesses charge what they claim. Stay away from them!

Date of experience: August 30, 2018
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible T
August 30, 2018

Haha I guess so many people complain to T-Mobile that their system is constantly crashing every time I call it takes anywhere from 1 to 6 hours to get on the phone and then they still have system issues. A lot of the sales people and customer service people are uneducated on their services and a lot of them are rude. T-Mobile does not give proper information they lie about when you will be billed they make it hard to cancel.

Date of experience: August 30, 2018
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased a router that was on sale through t-mobile.com. 2 weeks later I was wondering what the hell was taking so long, so I called them. Apparently they cancelled the order without notifying me, because I did not answer a confirmation phone call they never told me was coming. The CS rep on the phone told me they no longer carry the item, so I am out of luck. I have never even heard of a company calling the customer to confirm a purchase, much less cancelling the order outright without notice because someone didn't answer. The order was only 35 dollars, not kidding. If they were going to call they could have just said at the time of my order, "You are going to get a call". I am upset that 2 weeks later I do not have my router and have to go about paying more and waiting all over again to get it. I feel that this company has cost me time, and time is money, so they have cost me money. I feel they should have gone to extreme lengths to compensate me for their extremely poor handling of the matter. There is absolutely no excuse for their behavior here. I feel that this is a very poor company who does not give a damn about me or my business, and I will literally go out of my way to do everything I can over the course of my life from here on out to make sure that this company fails. This company is pure garbage and should not be allowed to ever offer retail services in the United States.

Date of experience: August 29, 2018
California
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I was a T-Mobile customer for a little over three years. I was not dissatisfied with their service in general. Their cell coverage is not quite as good as the expensive options but it worked well enough for me. (Don't get suckered into their $10 per month insurance package.)

When I decided to change to another carrier, where I purchased a new iPhone, I also wanted to sell my old iPhone. You get more for a phone that is unlocked. Although I switched carriers in the middle of my billing cycle I had to pay for the FULL month before they would unlock the old phone for me. Therefore, they then owed me for the overpayment. They only pay you back with a refund Mastercard! The Mastercard arrived SIX WEEKS later! When I tried to activate the Mastercard (three times) the automated system would NOT ALLOW ME TO ACTIVATE THE CARD!

I called T-Mobile and got them to activate the card and then learned that there are LIMITATIONS to how and what I can purchase with that card! WHat BULL SHxT!

Date of experience: August 24, 2018
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They suck
August 22, 2018

T-Mobile refused to unlock my phone. I cancelled my account to switch to a different carrier and when I did, they wouldn't unlock my phone. Never trust them.

Date of experience: August 22, 2018
Maryland
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Got a prepaid Sim from Miami Tmobile. Paid for a plan that included Data.
Came to columbia, md and sim shows LTE but does not catch data. Have been chasing T mobile Technical support n store in Mall of Columbia, no resolution! Meanwhile I cant access data or hail a Uber!
Worst ever service! To add calls keep dropping!
My advise dont use T mobile ever!
My no *******461

Date of experience: August 22, 2018
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never!
August 16, 2018

Don't ever do business with T-Mobile! I have had a business account with them. I had to switch to Verizon because T-Mobile doesn't have service in my area. So, I was disconnected from T-Mobile yesterday. Now they say it will take 72 hours to unlock my phones.So in the meantime, I have no phone service for my business! This is a BUSINESS account!

Date of experience: August 16, 2018
Ohio
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Horrible Experience
July 31, 2018

8 days after switching over to a new phone carrier called T-Mobile my son's phone stopped working the screen was just black you could still hear the alerts but you couldn't use the phone because the screen didn't work. They sent me a new phone telling me that no problem it should be covered and just to mail back the phone that didn't work when I got the new. Two weeks later I noticed a $150 additional charge on my bill so I call to talk to a representative and I'm told because there was a crack in my phone. I tried to explain to them that there was no crack in the phone when I sent it and it probably happened during the shipment and then continue to tell me that because there was no damage to the Box that the phone must have been crashed when I mailed it back. So basically I'm being called liar and I'm very upset because now I have to buy another phone when I'm still paying on the other one after 8 days of service. I will never deal with T-Mobile again

Date of experience: July 30, 2018
Washington
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Excellent
July 24, 2018

So i needed help with customer service about my Bill and such and questions and concerns I had and the tmobile phone experts did a great job and I was so happy with the way they spoke to me and respected my wishes and things done on my account I am one happy customer. Thank you to ana ******* and ray ******* on doing such a great job you guys are the best thanks to the tmobile experts I am very happy 101 star from me to the both of you great job keep it up guys and great team effort. Love Francheska

Date of experience: July 23, 2018
Missouri
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Thieves and Liars
July 9, 2018

I opened an account with T-Mobile in April, 2017. I tried to use their service for a few days, but the reception was horrible at the place I work and at my house. I returned the phone, paid the restocking fee and asked them to cancel my account. They said they took care of it, but I notice in August I had been billed two $100 payments. I called them and told them their error. They said they would refund my money and close my account. They refunded me $100 and still owe me $100 and only remove my credit card from the account, they did not close it. Since then I have received a bill saying that I owed them more money, a letter from one collection agency and then a second collection agency. After receiving each of these, I called T-Mobile to get this taken care of and ask for my $100 dollars. Each time, I wasted four or five hours being passed from agent to agent until one finally lied to me and said it was taken care, only to find out it was not.

Date of experience: July 9, 2018
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Long story short, I moved to Austin TX. The tmobile network here is just bad. Couldn't make phone calls or use the internet. After 15 years with T-Mobile, I had to switch services. I payed off all my equipment and canceled their service. Two month later I still get billed to my account. Called cuatomer service. Was told they would refund me a 100 dollar charge they put on this month June(I canceled in April). They never did. When I called them back, they told me the refund was 'denied'? Thanks for lying to me and just taking whatever money you want out of my account! Great service! Looking forward to my new service at AT&T. Should have switched much sooner. Seems like T-mobile utelises a business model close to planet fitness! Lol! Taking money, giving no service, not letting you cancel. Nice!

Date of experience: June 28, 2018
Washington
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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RIP-OFF~
June 24, 2018

Paid $75.00/month for unlimited data but only got 200 megabytes because T-Mobile has no cell towers in this area. Called in May to ask what was going on and rep said since T-Mo has no cell towers I was on AT&T network and data is capped at 200 megabytes. Told him I wasn't paying $75.00/month for essentially no data and he agreed it made no sense and said he would switch me to their $25.00/month plan with no data. That was late May. On June 9th I switched service to AT&T so I could get data. On June 19th T-Mobile bills me another $75.00 (takes it out of my account). Call and they say they couldn't switch during the billing cycle. Yet they have charged me $75.00 for the UPCOMING billing cycle!

So T-Mobile has charged me $150.00 for 2 months of "Unlimited" data service and I've gotten a total of 200 megabytes of data! You could not PAY ME TO GO BACK TO T-MOBILE!

Date of experience: June 24, 2018
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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On February 15,2018, I sent them my phone for replacement due to microphone mal-function. On Tuesday, February 20,2018, T-Mobile acknowledged receiving my cell phone. Since then, every 10 to 15 days, I called them to see the status of my phone and I am being told that I will receive it within 10 business days. After several calls and waiting several of those 10-day waiting, finally, I received my phone today, May 2nd, 2018 with No Battery and No Back Cover. Such a marvelous service! I am done with T-Mobile as long as I shall live.

Date of experience: May 2, 2018
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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T-Mobile Sucks $#*!
March 12, 2018

I'm trying to help a 78yr. Old friend cancel his aircard he no longer uses. He went into the store to cancel his card. He was told he had to pay his balance of $94. The T-Mobile rep charged his bank account $904, and he got the run around to dial 611 to cancel. The line never had a tone of any sort. So I called on his behalf, 75 min later, 8 representatives (one who had no idea what an aircard was), and still no resolution. What the heck is going on T-Mobile? An elderly man has been dealing with this for 2 MONTHS! He told me his frustration and still we can't get 1 rep to cancel an aircard. Maybe just maybe you might want to hire people who have at least graduated high school, and please train them well enough to call themselves customer service representatives. UNBELIEVABLE.

Date of experience: March 12, 2018
Minnesota
1 review
26 helpful votes
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Awesome!
February 7, 2018

My husband and I were looking to get new phones. We went to several different stores and at the end of the day we find ourselves at our local t mobile store in Gadsden Alabama. I have never seen such wonderful costumer service like we received at t mobile. The sales guy, Maurice, went literally above and beyond to make sure we got the phones of our choice and and the plan that was best for us. I have never seen someone go out of their way like this man did. He is just an awesome and understanding guy. The whole t mobile team at our local store is great. But Maurice really stands out. I highly recommend anyone needing a new phone or even if your considering switching to definitely go with t mobile! And be sure to ask for Maurice! ;)

Date of experience: February 5, 2018
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Highly recommended
February 7, 2018

So i went to the US, decided to get myself a temporary local phone number. T mobile didn't disappoint, with all the features coming in the package i didn't have to worry about running out of cell data. Highly recommended

Date of experience: February 5, 2018
Texas
1 review
21 helpful votes
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I have an old T Mobile account that you only have to buy minutes to keep it active, no monthly charge. I had the old big sim card that I couldn't cut down to the nano size without damaging it for the new phone I got for Christmas. I took it into the shop at La Cantera in San Antonio, Texas and told a young man named Matthew about my situation. He took my old phone and got the sim card out of it, went to a desk computer and did his magic on a new nano sim, put it into my phone and it worked perfectly. He asked if I was a Military Veteran as I was wearing my Vietnam Service cap and thanked me for my service after I said yes. He gave me a discount and told me to come back or call if I needed anything else from T Mobile. It's was rewarding for me to see this respectful young man appreciate a Military Veteran and be very intelligent and professional at the same time. T Mobile you have my continued loyalty from this great experience!
Retired Air Force MSgt

Date of experience: January 1, 2018
Colorado
4 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I've been with T-Mobile for years. Any time I have an issue they rectify it in no time. The issues I've dealt with have never been with service but equipment (not purchased through T-mobile) or account access. One call to their customer service and I've always been taken care of. On a couple of occasions the call center rep has suggested a plan change to save me money and it's always been followed up with a credit. I'll stick with T-Mobile!

Date of experience: January 1, 2018
California
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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When my six year old misplaced a cell phone we called to suspend the service. We simply use it for internet during long drives. We called to suspend when he lost the phone only to find out that they will suspend the account but you still pay the full amount, WHAT A JOKE! In order to not pay for it you must cancel the line so that you loose your phone number and if you find it and want to get a new number you have to pay the sign up fees again, GOOD BYE T-MOBILE We are changing back to Verizon or going to AT&T Service is spotty to begin with!

Date of experience: December 31, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Explained I was terminating my account. Was told to pay $666 which I did. Now I have a bill for $164 even though I had paid the amount I was told to pay. Regardless T-Mobile will charge you for another payment even though I had paid for everything. T-Mobile claims I owe it based on their fine print and that they don't have a resolution department. If I don't pay they a sending me to bill collectors.

Date of experience: December 12, 2017