Sprint PCS - Sprint Nextel Ripping off Children wth Ringtones, Internet
I would like post my extreme concern with what is going on with Sprint PCS and their targeting of children to generate outrageous fees for their parents. The ongoing marketing of Ringtones to kids for $1 and $2 dollars each seems to be a great way for kids to show off their phones and differentiate themselves from their friends. Just recently, my eleven year old received information about new ringtones which he really liked. As he read the information, the total cost to buy the two ring tones selected would be $2.50 as he proceeded to purchase the ring tones; he then received a notice that the fees to download the ringtones would be an additional 0.03 cents per some sort of measure which he did not know what it was. So, he proceeded to get his ring tones and then realized that we were charged an additional $77.00 on top of the $2.50. He communicated with customer service about it and was told that unfortunately, his phone did not have data service and now he had to pay the additional fees for the ring tones.
This kind of practice makes me sick to my stomach. How can these companies get away with such practices? If this is happened to you post your comments. If you have not checked your Sprint bill lately, I highly recommend that you do every single month. They will generate charge after charge month after month without you knowing about it.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Nudist
corning,Arkansas,
U.S.A.
federal communications commission compliant form 2000
#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, January 26, 2010
to the parents of this child that that got riped off by sprint i have had dealings with a phone company called centuytell that was trying to make me pay a $400 bill that bill that i owed an never had any service of any kind i filed a compliant same as th one in the above rebuttal this can be filed out on line as of this i havent had to pany money it has ben three years also if you have an account number be sure to include it in where you tell them what happened this compliant form i am talking is good for the internet any kind of radio or tv advertisement over have of tv ads are scams the scooter store is one another is viedo professor another is orbitz one more is kevin trudeau debt cures hope this helps you an your child there is one more form that can be filed but i pefer the fcc this one you can get your money back if you paied any here is th sencond national consumers league fraud center this one will go out 2 all law enforcement world wide.ray ne arkanas