Carrier Device-Insurance Premium Increases and Confusing Payoff Terms Erode Trust
A long-tenured customer nearing the final payment on a financed phone found the payoff terms unclear and was offered a confusing trade-in-for-financing deal instead of simple payoff confirmation. The same account saw an unexplained device-insurance premium increase and received extra unrequested replacement phones during a claim, on top of ongoing signal-quality complaints.
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