T-Mobile kiosk return at Walmart resulted in denied refund of activation charge
Customer with non-functional service for four days returned the phone bought from a Walmart T-Mobile kiosk. They were charged $55.85 with a refund promise, then refused the refund when revisiting T-Mobile.
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