Pros: Call 5 numbers unlimited*
(Alltel gives you 10)
With select plans
Cons: "Smart Access" Plans
Long Hold Times
Fees Galore!
Summary: Many people may not know what Cricket is, and not understand my title, but to fill you in, you get unlimited everything for about $70/mo. The down side, is your coverage area is tiny, the customer service at best leaves much to be desired, and their phones are flimsy.
Knowing this, let's talk about T-Mobile.
When you're buying your phone, everyone will bend over backwards for you! You tell them Cousin Vinny needs to disappear, and no one will know what happened to Vinny! Of course, this is to be expected from a commission paid job.
Once you get your phone, the first thing you'll notice is that your bill is gonna be about $100/mo. "Alright," you think, "how did I get suckered into this?" Well your awesome plan with a whole 600 (gasp!) minutes and my faves was about $50, that's reasonable, your unlimited texting plan was about $15/mo, still in the reasonable range, your t-zones (internet) was $5, (doesn't seem worth it, does it?) and your unlimited t-mobile to t-mobile was an extra $8/mo (???). Now go ahead and figure out your taxes. Does your wallet hurt yet?
Now, this was my original T-Mobile plan, which I ended up changing, because it wasn't worth it to me. Now I've got the same 600 mins with my faves, 500 text messages, and... yup, actually, that's it. So why is my bill still $70? I don't know. But if you call their customer service, they'll be more than happy to explain it all to you in the most grammatically incorrect way possible. The best part is, when they explain it, it still won't make sense. But save yourself the headache and just say "thank you for your help" because after they've "explained" it to you once, they get a bit irritated "wit choo," and you'll lose all hope of them helping figure out your bill. But that's alright, go ahead and ask for a manager! They'll be able to help, right?
Wrong.
The manager's will be more than happy to throw your words in your face, put new ones in your mouth and offer you "100 bonus minutes" when you INSIST that their boss be contacted.
Still interested?
Well don't get a new job while you're with T-Mobile, because if your budget is tight and set up pay check to pay check, go ahead and change your billing date.
After you're told that the change will be effecting the following billing cycle, you notice, the date hasn't changed. Don't worry about it. It'll appear in 3-4 months, when you've forgotten about it entirely. To bad they remind you, by shutting off your phone for not paying your "partial bill."
Yes, you pay a "partial bill" AND a whole bill. On different days of the month! Wasn't it nice of them to tell you about that?
Now, you had your phone turned off, because you didn't know your "partial bill" was due, since no one told you this, so they charge you a $20 "re/disconnect" fee. Well, obviously, you couldn't pay your bill, since you were never told it exists! That sure makes a lot of sense, right? I sure thought so.
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