Radio Shack Contract for cell phone fraudulent ripoff deceptive sales Jackson Mississippi
I was in process of an estate sale for my deceased Mom in Jackson, MS and needed a cell phone. Radio Shack sold me a cell phone with Cingular contract which I only listened to the sales person who said it was 39.95 a month, 35 cents a minute over the 1000 minutes a month, no cost for incoming calls. This was three lies. The cost per month was 47.00, 45 cents instead of 35 cents a minute, had to pay for incoming calls. What was not mentioned was that it costs $240.00 to break the contract and that there was an activation fee of $36.00. I was devastated with the bill when I got it $215.00. Cingular reduced it down to $160 bless their little hearts but Radio Shack I trusted to tell me the truth for they have helped me many times over the years. This was deceptive. I should have been told about the activation fee, the actual cost per month with tax and the cost per minute when I went over my 1000 minutes. This was a rip-off.
Dorothy
Mobile, Alabama
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Robert
Plainfield,New Jersey,
U.S.A.
Franchise has same responsibility as corporate
#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, July 27, 2003
Having worked for the company on and off for the
past 30 years I have to comment on the rebuttal.
Yes, sometimes some franchise stores are a little shifty. But they carry the Radio Shack name and they are just as responsible as a corporate store. A lie told at either type of store is still a lie. The customer should contact the company, either district level or main office at Fort Worth, TX. Just saying they are a franchise does not remove all responsibility from Radio Shack. If nothing else, they will lose the franchise.
Michael
Fircrest,Washington,
U.S.A.
radioshack doesn't sell cingular
#3UPDATE Employee
Wed, July 09, 2003
Radishack themselves only sell Verizon and Sprint phones, we do not sell cingular cellular service. I do agree that what you were told were lies. Its something that was teh associates fault, either because he was misinformed or greedy. However he was not trained by a corporate store, the franchise stores can carry whatever they want really. ANd they have been known to carry other cell carriers and merchandise a corporate store never carries. So you did not purchase it from an actual radioshack but a franchise store privately owned, that simply uses the radioshack name.