51, Report:
#1042900
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2013
Tracfone wireless faked me into buying a rigdy expensive phone that acts up, Internet
hi my name is...... but i went with safe link and tracfone wireless is their sponsor i was told if i dont like none of the safe link phones i could by my own tracfone personally and use it as a tracfone and so i did i brought the trackfone LG800G for 59.99$ at best buy and the first...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
52, Report:
#1008221
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2013
TracFone Wireless, Inc. Sales Fraud - Never Delivered Airtime Minutes Purchased Miami, Florida
On 1-16-2013, I purchased 240 airtime minutes from TracFone Wireless for my TracFone cell phone. The total purchase amount, including fees and taxes, was $34.30. Instead of receiving my minutes immediately after my debit card was approved, I received a message telling me that I woul...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
53, Report:
#972851
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2012
Straight Talk,Inc Tracfone Wireless, Inc. Cell phone has to be reactivated every other day Miami, Florida
I purchased a smartphone from Straight Talk via my local Walmart store on 10-30-12.I was able to register and activate it and it worked fine that day.The next morning I could not make outgoing calls.I contacted them via a different phone and the rep had me do several procedures and ...
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Categories: Telephones
54, Report:
#972420
Posted Date:
Nov 22 2012
Straight Talk Wireless Subsidiary of TracFone Wireless 2 Broken Phones and Six Hunder Dollars Later Miami, Florida
Two of their cheap LG Straight Talk phones broke on me-- total worth of
$700; no warranty and no refund (exact same phone, exact same charger
issue), so I bought my own iPhone and
ordered a sim card. I called and followed all the instructions on how to do it;
everything was ...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
55, Report:
#972278
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2012
TracFone Wireless Straighttalk Wireless Runaround Kings (and Queens) of the World! Internet
Purchased renewal card for airtime 11/20/2012 afternoon. It did not work. Spent hours on the landline with four different customer reps, one call lasting a full hour and a half, while the person supposedly helping only broke silence every three or four minutes to sa...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
56, Report:
#960302
Posted Date:
Oct 26 2012
Safelink Wireless Tracfone Wireless The people of this town and me are being cheated out of their minutes of Safelink/Trafone usage. Internet
Every person I have seen in this town of Haysi, VA that have had either a Tracfone or a Safelink phone have been cheated out of their minutes. It's supposed to take 1/3 a unit to send a text but Safelink/ Tracfone have been charging people a whole unit a text. This really adds up if...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
57, Report:
#960300
Posted Date:
Oct 26 2012
Straight Talk Wireless Tracfone Wireless They sell phones to this zip code saying they will work off the Verizon towers in this area. Internet
My husband and I bought a Straight Talk phone after being told it would work in this zip code from the Verizon towers. Net10, Tracfone, Safelink and Verizon phones work here but Straight Talk does not. We ended up just giving the phone to his mom and buying us Tracfones that work pe...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
58, Report:
#959266
Posted Date:
Oct 24 2012
Simple Mobile TracFone Wireless Limited Unlimited Data Service, Simple Mobile is a Fraud Internet
Simple Mobile's Unlimited Data Plan DO have limits!! Once you reach an Unknown ('cause everytime you call they say is not limited) amount of data speed slows down or they even suspend your data plan until your next ReUP. They only say you have used too much data, and when you ...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
59, Report:
#951029
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2012
TracFone TracFone Wireless false promise -- false offer to add 20 bonus minutes when buying airtime Internet
TracFone sent an email offering 20 bonus minutes with purchase of air time card. Minutes were not added
Outright misrepresentation
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Categories: Telephones
60, Report:
#788692
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2012
TracFone Wireless, Inc. Fredrick J. POLLAK, President & CEO Scam or Rip Off by TracFone Wirless, Inc. Miami, Florida
On 10/07/2011 placed online web site order # 4103037 for item T105G w/double minutes for life FREE for a total of $15.69 and received an e-mail order confirmation for this order and the charge of $15.69. On 10/11/2011 TracFone charged my account again the amount of $16.06...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
61, Report:
#942085
Posted Date:
Sep 16 2012
Net10 Tracfone Wireless, Inc. Net10, Scam, Tracfone Wireless, Unlimited Service, Cell Phone , Internet
I purchased a new Net10 cell phone (Android) on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Family Dollar. I have a current Net10 cell phone (LG) and I do not like it! I had over 2,000 minutes on it and I wanted to transfer minutes and service time over to my new phone. Well, I ca...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
62, Report:
#938810
Posted Date:
Sep 10 2012
Straight Talk TracFone Wireless False advertising claim that works with either an AT&T or and unlocked phone. Truth is the phone MUST be unlocked. Not help in unlocling problems & third world support. Internet
After reading Straight Talk's online ad that the service would work with either an AT&T phone or an unlocked GSM phone, I purchased the service. I could not set up the APN info needed to make the phone work on data. Straight Talk support with heavy accents told me the phone must...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
63, Report:
#891534
Posted Date:
Jun 01 2012
TracFone Wireless Straight Talk, Net 10, American Movil, safelink wireless Deceiving customer service with no intent to resolve issues and wavering policies. miami, Florida
I made my very first purchase with Straight Talk on May 30,2012.
Web Order # 4725217
using email address [email protected]
I order Part number ST64PSIMC4MB which is suppose to be a micro sim card for an ATT iphone 4.
On this order I also paid for overni...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
64, Report:
#817517
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2012
Straight Talk TracFone Wireless, Inc. Fraudulent enticement to replace problem phone with far superior phone and generous minutes = 30+ hours invested for spit Medley, Florida
I purchased a $98 Straight Talk phone and $30 per month pay as you go service. Calls were constantly dropped, reception was painfully poor. My next door neighbors were also less than thrilled with their service. After hours on the phone the technician promised far superior phone rep...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
65, Report:
#818724
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2012
Net10 A company of tracfone wireless Net10 Reserve Scam Internet
i had bought an lg900 g on sale for $25 for net10 so i was thinking hey this is a great deal considering with straight talk they are $90 at that time. i put my $50 plan to get unlimited well that is 50,000 minutes instead of truly unlimited and it slows everything down so you use mo...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
66, Report:
#793595
Posted Date:
Oct 30 2011
TracFone Wireless, Inc. American Movil Unfair Business Practices Miami, Florida
I have a TracFone that is for triple minutes.
TracFone text me with a separate, unsolicited offer with no restrictions, exclusions or expiry -- buy 450 and get 950 bonus. I purchased the 450 minutes at entered the promo code and received another text to call the...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
67, Report:
#519553
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2011
Tracfone Wireless Inc SafeLink No Bills ~ No Contracts ~ NO SURPRISES? ~ YOU'RE IN CONTROL? (how do they get away with it?) Miam, Florida
The next time you place that text message via your TracFone, watch what happens if you are in an area with no reception... keep your eyes on that display: ) 1) Purchased a new TracFone 2) Followed instructions for transfer of my number with AT &T and charging phone3) Port reques...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
68, Report:
#761007
Posted Date:
Aug 04 2011
Straight Talk Prepaid Cell Phone Straighttalk Straighttalk.com TracFone Tracfone Wireless America Movil Verizon Verizon Wireless Deliberate scam! My new phone worked for two days, then service was interrupted. Read the fine print. Denver, Colorado
I bought a Samsung R355C phone and an Unlimited card thing for $45.00 at Walmart. My ex helped me set it up, he used to own a cell phone store, the phone worked fine for two days.Then, I couldn't make any phone calls. I could still receive incoming calls, I could still s...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
69, Report:
#759213
Posted Date:
Aug 02 2011
Tracfone Wireless inc. Phones that don't do what they are advertised they will do, lie the LG 290 C camera phone internet
Any one who has this model phone should know this, I contacted LG and they tell me this phone can take pictures and your are able to send them to others and you can transfer them to your computer. However after Tracfone reprograms this phone for their service you can no longer trans...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
70, Report:
#744399
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2011
Straight Talk Wireless - Walmart Tracfone Wireless Inc. Straighttalk Wireless pushes limits of overt fraud, irresponsibility, unresponsiveness to customers. Miami, Florida
I ordered a refurbished phone with free OVERNIGHT shipping. I received a tracking number for my phone SEVEN days later. I called them three times within the NINE days before the phone finally arrived and they kept saying Were sorry with no other words to offer any help to rectify th...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
71, Report:
#175381
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2011
Tracfone Wireless Ripoff, Sent a Net10 phone in a Tracfone package. I'm stuck with Net10. Miami Florida
I've had a Tracfone for 3 years. I dropped it and the display broke. I phoned Tracfone and asked if I could transfer my 300 minutes to a new phone. I went to their website and bought a Motorola c155.I received the package two days after I'd requested express overnight delivery. The ...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
72, Report:
#722191
Posted Date:
Apr 26 2011
Tracfone Tracfone Wireless, Inc. Stole my phone number and over 800 minutes and gave to someone. Internet
I turned on my tracfone and was told my SIM was unregistered. Therefore I have no service. I contacted their customer service which is located in the Phillipines. After 3 frustrating hours with their so called customer service, I learned tha...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
73, Report:
#714503
Posted Date:
Apr 06 2011
tracfone wireless inc. refused to provide service days payed for Miami, Florida
I have been a Tracfone customer for 8 years. From time to time they have made mistakes, and been willing to correct them. My current problem is totally outrageous, payed over $100 for something that i never received. I have recently gone thru a period of illness (I'm 56 and had a st...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
74, Report:
#712833
Posted Date:
Apr 02 2011
Tracfone Wireless Inc. Net10 The company REFUSES to REFUND MONEY DUE TO ADMITTING SYSTEM ERROR Miami, Florida
When adding minutes to my Net10 phone online January 31, 2011 it said it could not be processed. On February 1st my automated banking said i had a lot less money than I should. After getting a print out from my bank it showed 8 charges for minutes and 7 overdraft c...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
75, Report:
#693348
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2011
Tracfone Wireless Debited bank account 8 times, at $19.99 and rendered minutes, and service days for only one of those $19.99 charges Miami, Florida *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
My dealings with tracfone concerns my transaction with the company dating 1/30/11-1/31/11 when I tried to add 60 minutes, and 90 days of service to my cell phone. I along, with countless others of tracfone's customers, if consumer complaints to other consumer blogs researched ...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies