Carrier reneges on trade-in and pricing promises for mobile switch
A customer switching carriers was assured, across multiple calls, that damaged phones would be accepted for trade-in and that pricing would stay near $180 per month, but was later billed close to $237 monthly, charged an unexplained $800+ fee, and given conflicting reasons for rejecting the returned phones. No return labels were ever provided despite repeated requests.
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