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Bait and switch
We went to our local T-Mobile store to check on the "$1000 rebate on S25". We were on a $120 a month for four lines plan, and were told it didn't qualify. As we were leaving an employee told us that he "found a plan that works"-the Go G5 55 plan for $120 for four lines (my wife and I are over 55 so we qualified). He also promised that it qualified for the $1000 per phone discount. It required sending in the phones by 3/3/25. My wife wanted to wait for the bill to be certain, but that would mean we lost the discount, so we sent them. We received the first bill today and it's for $180 a month, only $500 rebate per phone (nothing to do with quality of the returns-they are prefect but still being examined). This plan only qualifies for half. We were also offered the "Go G5 Plus 55" for $220 a month for $1000 a phone, both "offers" FAR more than the originally stated contract. We even had it "guaranteed" a second time after my wife got paranoid and called T-Mobile's customer service and "Adrian" told us that the plan MIGHT not qualify, so he suggested we return to the store. We did so, and the employee "went in the back room to talk to his regional manager" for about 20 minutes, then came out and ASSURED us that the plan DID qualify, was $120 A MONTH and $1000 rebate per phone. This is a PURE "bait and switch". We can't just go back to our old plan because now our phones are gone and T-Mobile refuses to return them. We are now stuck paying about $100 more a month when we NEVER would have upgraded the phones under that set of circumstances. As far as I can tell, this violates the Federal FTC Act as well as three CA laws: The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that bait and switch sales practices are unfair or deceptive trade practices, and violate the FTC Act. CA state Business and Professions Code (B&P) Section 17500: This section prohibits unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent business practices, which includes bait-and-switch tactics. California Code of Regulations, Title 4, Division 3, Article 10, False or Misleading Advertising: This section specifically addresses bait-and-switch advertising. Cal. Code Regs. . 4, § 1304.1 - Bait and Switch Advertising: This regulation outlines the specifics of unlawful bait-and-switch practices. T-Mobile REFUSED to escalate me to a manager and only gave me a PO box for their legal department. This is a HORRIBLE way to do business. it is illegal, likely criminal, and you have pissed me off enough that I now have reported it to the FTC, the FCC, and the CA State AG's office. I also know several DDAs at the Alameda County DA's office who are being consulted.
How T-Mobile Calculates Monthly EIP Costs
Greetings. I am not (yet) a T-Mobile customer. I have a question about purchasing a new phone from T-Mobile. In the first attachment, I show that T-Mobile is offering a $1,000 promotion for my trade-in - the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G in good condition - if I purchase a new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra on an EIP. In the second attachment, I show that the full retail price of the S25 Ultra with 256GB of storage $1,299.99. Thus, if I apply my $1,000 promotion, I should pay $299.99 for this phone after all is said and done. The second attachment also shows that my monthly payment for the 24-month EIP will be $20.83. But $20.83 x 24 months = $499.92, not $299.99! It's a little misleading, however, because T-Mobile actually doesn't apply the $1,000 promotion evenly over the 24 months of the EIP. According to T-Mobile's website, I'll get a one-time bill credit of $320, and the $680 balance of the promotion with be divided evenly among the 24 months of the EIP. Let's see the arithmetic in that case: $1,299.99 - 320.00 = $979.99 - 680 = $299.99 / 24 months = $12.50 per month. This is less than the $20.83 per month that T-Mobile advertises! So my question is: How does T-Mobile calculate a monthly payment of $20.83?? This question has stumped three different T-Mobile customer service reps, but then I shouldn't expect them to know anything about the calculation of monthly costs, since their purpose is to sell and that is how they are trained. Can anyone explain how the $20.83 per month is calculated?
No heart company?
I and my wife are 79 years old and living off of social security. In addition, I am physically handicapped and my wife is a believer-in-people but not very smart or cautious. In December, she went to Walmart and talked to the T-Mobile department there and she was told that she could get a better phone without any cost and she bought into it. She had a Samsung Galaxy 15 phone, which she turned in and got a Motorola in the exchange. The Motorola is a piece of s*** phone (compared with the Samsung) and my wife had a lot of problems with it and decided to return it and get the Samsung back. She was told she could not get her phone back. I then gt involved and made a lot of phone calls during the next 2 weeks and in January, I found another special where she could get another Samsung Galaxy A15 at no cost and we took that deal. My wife went to a T-Mobile store (not at Walmart) and talked to a supervisor there to get her Samsung working well. She asked the Supervisor about the Motorola (and what to do about it) ad he said "give it or throw it away". Now 5 months later, I have moved to another company that has offered us a deal at 50% less per month and we moved. I was told that to move, I had to pay off what was still owed on the Samsung phone (due to the fact it was a 1-year deal) and I paid for that ($75). Nonetheless, I was also told that I would have to ultimately pay for the Motorola phone as well and that would be $140 more. I called customer service and ultimately talked to a supervisor that gave me all the "legal" mumbo jumbo, which meant that my wife was responsible for this and that there was nothing they could do. To begin with, my wife was "scammed" into getting a worse phone and she suffered greatly for 2 weeks. She was then told by a T-Mobile supervisor that she could do whatever she wanted with the Motorola as it was hers and free. The Motorola has not been used at all since January and doesn't eve have a line to it. I begged the supervisor to make an exception as the $140 means nothing to the company, but to us it means food for 2 weeks. The T-Mobile supervisor said "Your wife's fault, live with it" T-Mobile shows no heart at all. I am glad I left but I still have the problem of how to pay for something I have no use for, is costing us money we don't have, and was originally sold to my wife by lying to her.
Worthless Scam Company
For the past two years now i’ve had auto payments set up for my phone but without fail every month I get a text saying I’m past due on my bill and now owe an extra $20. They continue to steal from me regardless of how many people I talk to, or, how many times i turn auto pay back on. This company is a crock of and I’m trying to escalate the complaint.
"Warning: Don't Fall for T-Mobile's Scam!"
This is the worst company I’ve ever encountered. They run a total scam! They’ve been charging me for over a year for a phone I don’t even have, and they keep billing me for phones that aren’t mine. I’ve made several complaints, but all they do is continue to charge me. I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone. I have a huge platform on social media, and I’m going to let everyone know what they’re doing. Seriously, do not sign up with T-Mobile—they’re running a scam!
T-mobile gateway with seperate router
I’m just starting out on T-Mobile home internet but didn’t want to stop using my Asus Router which is set up nicely already to handle everything in this household (both wifi and ethernet). Here’s what I did to avoid any problems. I hooked my Router’s WAN port (which use to go to my cable modem) to one of the two ethernet ports on the back of the T-Mobile Gateway. To avoid double NAT and other problems, I went to Administration on my Asus RT-AX82U and changed it from Wireless Router to Access Point. I made sure to download the Device Discovery Utility linked under Access Point before saving the change so I could get the Router IP address to log into it after the Router reboots. Then just type the new IP into the browser to continue managing the Router. I hope this helps anyone that simply wants to keep using their Router and it’s setup with the T-Mobile Gateway. I can’t totally disable the wifi in the T-Mobile Gateway (mine is the Sagemcom), but I switched it to 5Ghz only in the Tmobile app to cut down on any interference (which hasn’t been a problem anyway) and still only use the WiFi from my Asus Router.
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