T-Mobile online activation collected fees and billed for service that never worked
A customer paid a $30 activation fee, had number transfers fail on 3 lines, canceled the same day, then was billed plus late fees and stuck through repeated 40+ minute support calls with no resolution. Paid $65 to avoid collections.
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