1011, Report:
#8570
Posted Date:
Dec 03 2001
Alltel is very crooked.
Notice: Dates in this report are approximate, not exact.
I signed up for an analog phone and plan in October 1999 through Kansas Cellular. At some point in the following year, Alltel bought out Kansas Cellular. The plan was a special promotion to Farm Bureau members. My father...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1012, Report:
#8392
Posted Date:
Nov 30 2001
MCI WorldCom rips off customers and refuses to fix it.
I purchase a phone from MCI 9 months ago. It is a little Nokia. I spend almost $300 on this phone. My credit is not so great so they asked for a $250 deposit or they could set me up on automatic bank card drafting. That mean they would take out my monthy payment of 69.99 every m...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
1013, Report:
#8025
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2001
WorldCom's Customer Service: A Costly Circus
I got a Nokia cell phone and contract with Worldcom in August and did not get my first bill until November: a game of not letting me know my minutes, etc.
By the time I was ready to pay or contest the charges, I hadn't decided, I had the bad luck to be parted from my phone.
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Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1014, Report:
#7611
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2001
Worldcom Wireless Shody Ripoff Service and Billing
I have had contracts with MCI Wireless or Worldcom Wireless going almost over 2 years. A Skytel Pager and a Cell Phone. MCI does not have voice network on wireless so it resells Cingular stripped of features you would find with a Cingular plan. Now to the issues:
1.They failed to...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1015, Report:
#3739
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2000
Southwestern Bell Wireless complete failure
I have two wireless phone accounts with Southwestern Bell. I opened the first one 2/2/2k. For 8 months the problems appeared as follows:
1-The first phone (an Erickson fliptop) had almost no reception and standby was less than 8 hours.
2-After two weeks of complaints we were...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1016, Report:
#2633
Posted Date:
Jul 10 2000
Circuit City Sprint PCS Cellular Rebate
I bought (2) Sprint PCS Nokia Phones from a Circuit City in Mason, Ohio - both phones carried a $50 rebate with a 10 week delivery time. I mailed all pertinent information in 1 week after purchasing the phones. I called 3 months later after never receiving my rebates and they inform...
Entity
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
1017, Report:
#1012
Posted Date:
Dec 17 1999
Sprint PCS cellular phone service
I purchased a nokia sprint phone in October 1999 and called for phone service. I gave the representative my information and address and this information was supposely keyed in. I had requested service for $100 a month, road side service, and insurance that would cover if my phone...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies