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Old 02-06-2008, 05:43 PM
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Well I signed up for T-Mobile back in Nov. of 06. 1 year contract. Well on Oct. of 07 I had went over my min and I called to see if I could up them so that I wouldn't get raped. They said yeah and it wouldn't charge me all the overage.

So I call today to cut my service off since I have a Verizon phone. Well the lady says that since I made the min change in Oct. it extended my contract till Oct. of this year. I was like um, no they said it wouldn't effect my contract. She says it says they informed me verbally of their contract extension policy. I know they didn't, I use to work for customer service and we put BS like that in to cover out butts when we didn't.

So they said to cancel it now it would be a $200 early termination fee. Any way out of this? What if I just quit paying for a month and let them turn it off and then send them a payment when they send me a final notice or whatever?
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Old 02-06-2008, 05:48 PM
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Have someone call them and tell them you died.
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Old 02-06-2008, 05:54 PM
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or tell them you moved out of there service area. i've heard that worked for some.
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Old 02-06-2008, 06:04 PM
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Have someone call them and tell them you died.
Would they not like make you have proof of a death certificate or something?
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or tell them you moved out of there service area.
this works but you'll have a hard time finding somewhere that's not in the service area
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Old 02-06-2008, 06:17 PM
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Yeah they have service almost everywhere because of the free roaming.
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Old 02-06-2008, 06:19 PM
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I'm thinking about faking my death and getting Jorsher to help me with a death certificate lol
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Old 02-06-2008, 06:25 PM
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Yeah they have service almost everywhere because of the free roaming.
You now live in Loring Montana, 59537
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I have sprint, they work the same way. If you change your plan they reset your contract....
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keep asking to talk to a higher person in command, keep bitching, be calm about it, explain that they didnt tell you that. if all else fails, tell them youll let everyone you know and everyone them know how shitty service is? or go with the death thing, lol
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