1, Report:
#1382526
Posted Date:
Jul 01 2017
qlinkwireless.com I qualify for a lifeline phone and the service I've had is going to stop service in Oklahoma as of July 6th. qlinkwireless has my info and was going to take over but they aren't getting it done. Internet
I am low income, disabled, retired, and live alone. I've had a lifeline phone for several years but my provider, Budget Mobile, is stopping it's service in the state of Oklahoma on July 6th and told me to find another provider which is qlinkwireless. They said someone in my househol...
Entity
qlinkwireless.com
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
2, Report:
#1338193
Posted Date:
Nov 15 2016
Budget Mobile Lifeline phone budget mobile fail Bossier City Louisiana
Entity
Budget Mobile, Budget PrePay, Inc.
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
3, Report:
#1337436
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2016
Budget Mobile FRAUD Louisiana Nationwide
I applied to relieve a free government phone from budget mobile . I received it five days later and almost a week later the phone just went black.I called customer service at budget mobile and explained what happened.they said they were issuing a new phone and should receive it 7-...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
4, Report:
#1334183
Posted Date:
Oct 20 2016
Budget Mobile Failed to provide service, phone caught fire, won't respond to calls or email. Bossier City Nationwide
I signed up for Budget Mobile, and the phone they sent me doesn't work. After only two phone calls, the phone over heated and caught fire. And I had to take the battery out of it to stop the heat. I called Budget Mobile, and they failed to respond to both phone calls, and mult...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
5, Report:
#1329981
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2016
Budget Mobile Horrible Horrible Company - Nothing Good Whatsoever About Them! Nationwide
I would never wish Budget Mobile on anyone. They have been a nightmare to deal with since I joined them a year ago. Every single month I have to call because my minutes do not automatically renew and I can't use my phone. Then you're on hold forever, get cut off, before someone ca...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
6, Report:
#1305434
Posted Date:
May 13 2016
Budget Mobile Budget, Lifeline, Obama Phone Order never shipped never processed no resolution only lies and stalling. Bossier City Nationwide
I place my order with this company for a Lifeline phone on April 8th. My call about 10 days later to get shipping information and I was advised that my order has not been processed yet and to give it at least another week. 2 weeks goes by and I call to check on my order it's still...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7, Report:
#1250136
Posted Date:
Aug 22 2015
Budget Mobile Budget LifelineBudget Mobile Lifeline Scamming government for providing phone service Bossier City Louisiana
I signed up for lifeline service through Budget mobile at a booth outside the Welfare office in Stockton CA.
The screen on the phone froze after the first month. I found the customer service # on line. 888.777.4007. I called them and pressed the # for techinical support. I t...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
8, Report:
#1246031
Posted Date:
Aug 03 2015
budget Shawn I went. to budget mobile store on University in San Diego California where I was told that I need to give my qualifying information to them once I gave my information to the clerk she she began without asking me downloading my information to her phone I asked her what was she doing she said she needed to send my information to her boss because she didn't know if she could collect that certain information after waiting a while I was told what's going on the clerk told me I should leave and come back tomorrow because they will not be able to help me today San Diego California
so I left and went home and got a better document and when I got back to the store the boss came from out of the back and out loud in front of all the other patrons ask me for my document by name letting everybody know what the qualifying factor was very embarrassed. at that p...
Entity
budget
Categories: Liars
9, Report:
#1227018
Posted Date:
May 05 2015
Budget Mobile unreliable, unresponsive, and a horrible product Bossier City Louisiana
This company almost seems not to exist. After registering the sim card they still turned off my mothers lifeline phone including 911. They turned it off last Friday, they have banker hour customer support, or so they say. I have yet to get a person due to hi call volume. I have ...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Social Services
10, Report:
#1224856
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2015
Budget Mobile Leopoldo Rios aka Leo Rios. Very rude, insensitive and poor communication skills. The individual smells really, really bad too. Gets your personal information and enters it into the system to make a profit without your consent. Will be suing the individual and company in the very near future. Inglewood California
This individual is very rude, insensitive and has a very bad odor. He requests your personal information and enetrs into the database for a profit without your consent. He also speaks to his employees like they are slaves. Dont know how he is employed by the company.
I would be...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
11, Report:
#1215511
Posted Date:
Mar 13 2015
budget mobile Terrible customer serivce. Deceptive statements, cancelled account rather than service customer Bossier City Louisiana
this link is to file a complaint with the california public utilities commision againt any wireless carrier and BUDGETMOBILE: &n...
Entity
budget mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
12, Report:
#1214130
Posted Date:
Mar 08 2015
Budget mobile lifeline provider approved 7 months ago never got phone Nationwide
was approved for lifeline by budget MobIle 8/31/2014. still haven't got phone. I've Sent 40 emails to cust service but always get same runaround.
they keep saying I will receive phone in 10 bus. days. I've also received notice of inactivity do they will cancel account.
...
Entity
Budget mobile
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
13, Report:
#1212134
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2015
Budget Mobile Budget Mobile lifeline phones being given outdated phones that don't work. Customer service provider isn't responsive to complaints. Salinas California
Last January I signed up for a lifeline cell phone through Budget Mobile. They have been putting stands up throughout the city(Dept. of Human Resources, shopping centers etc. ). They were inside of a homeless day center signing up homeless people for their services. I was told I...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
14, Report:
#1208472
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2015
budget mobile pay them for replacement phone i never received boise Internet
my budget mobile was stolen i contact them they say send money order of 20$ we send you replacement phone wich i did since 12/21/2014 to this date i haven,t receive it. i email them several time no reply. i contact budget costumer service only voice mail answer. i checked online my ...
Entity
budget mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
15, Report:
#1204376
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2015
Budget Mobile, Life Line, Food stamps phone, budget Prepay Inc. government pre paid phone Bossier City Louisiana
I had set proof of my case with food stamps but wasn't approved for a phone. So I made a call to the Budget Prepay Inc. Customer service line and the representative. Informed me to take a picture of the number on the front of my food stamps card. I told her I was never to give out t...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Federal Government
16, Report:
#1204150
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2015
Budget Mobile LIFE LINE budget mobile SCAM Life line SCAM California Nationwide
Budget mobile is a scam, they offer free service but once they turn off any phone you havethey send you a pay by minutes phone. Nothing is free from them. They do not answer phone, its on a loop that asks you to hold for 5 minutes then it hang up. They dont answer emails or log on t...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
17, Report:
#1203808
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2015
Budget Mobile The company charged my cedit card twice for talk minutes, and did not give me those minutes. Nationwide
On Jan 22nd I tried to add more talk minutes to my phone as I always do....I was charged twice for minutes I never received. I tried getting in touch wt sevetal people concerning this matter ,gave them all the information they needed and in the nd, they could not help me, this is ...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
18, Report:
#1199773
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2015
Budget Mobile Victims oops Customers or those considering becoming one read this first!! Bossier City, LA Nationwide
I wish I had read about this company on this site before I signed up with them..(I also wrote comments under rebuttal of this company under the report There is nothing FREE about this company.) Luckily I was not out any money for this company (that can be replaced) but out of a lo...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
19, Report:
#1178525
Posted Date:
Sep 22 2014
Budget Mobile Pre-pay, inc. Pay for more mins, the payment went through but the mins didn't and when I went to call I could not get a hold of a live agent, it just hung up on me. Bossier City Nationwide
Around 7pm I paid with my mom debit card and she was present and made a purchased of 10 dollars plus tax that round about 11.01. The Website mention an error of the CVV code then I went back and typed everthing right, then I got got another error saying Fruad, but the aqision went t...
Entity
Budget Mobile Pre-pay, inc.
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
20, Report:
#1171211
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2014
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Budget Mobile California Lifeline cell phone Not a FREE phone!! Internet
It's not free!
After seeing a TV commericial I called to get Free California Lifeline cellphone and free service from Budget Mobile. Somehow I ended up paying $50.00 - no other choices about what type of phone and service were given when I appied, but it seemed worth it anyway to ha...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
21, Report:
#1169166
Posted Date:
Aug 12 2014
budget mobile Obama phone multiple problems Lexington Kentucky
i have had nothing but issues with this company. I've had my service with them since about February 2012.
My first phone was a blackberry. The ball quit working, then the phone stopped working. It took me 2 months of arguing with the very rude people at my local budget mobile sto...
Entity
budget mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
22, Report:
#1166807
Posted Date:
Aug 02 2014
Budget Mobile They sold me a $65 phone and failed to provide Lifeline Service Phoenix Arizona
All dates are approximate except 6/16/2014 and 7/28/2014
06/16/2014 I drove 60 mi R/T to obtain Lifeline text, talk and internet phone for which I qualify. Mr. Salas told me to purchase his $64.81 cell to receive internet. I submitted my 2012 Tax Return submitted showed no taxab...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
23, Report:
#1160161
Posted Date:
Jul 07 2014
Budget Mobile Alexia Washington They Use your minutes to do pointless surveys. Do not answer them as they will use at least 15 minutes of your time and claim it is your fault Nationwide
I recieved a call from Budget mobile last month and without warning me that my minutes would be used up in the survey, they basically stole over 15 minutes from my account.
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
24, Report:
#1159815
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2014
Budget Mobile Budget Mobile Lifeline sends out broken phones calling them refurbished Detroit Michigan
About six months ago I recieved my lifeline cell. Several of the keys barely work if they work at all and need to be pressed several times. I have contacted Budget Mobile several times and they have said it's a refurbished phone and if i'd like a replacement then I need t...
Entity
Budget Mobile
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
25, Report:
#1158510
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2014
BUDGET MOBILE F My grade for customer service and from 1 to 10 a 10 for aggrvating customers Louisiana
This company lies to it's customers and deliberately aggrevates and frustrates people. They blatently ignore federal law as to making reasonable accomodations. They are completely irresponsable and fabricate false documentation when making a complaint. No one at Budget Mobil...
Entity
BUDGET MOBILE
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies