Went there with a phone I bought at Walmart. They charged me $20 to activate it. Went out to my vehicle and started playing with it, couldn't get online. Went back inside and they said it's not compatible. They kept my $20 to activate a phone that was not compatible. I bought a One Plus Nord 200 5G from them on the spot. I didn't have much choice. I was holding a phone that couldn't go online and needed one. They told me, "Make sure you want this one because there are no returns." I was in awe. Who in the US sells a product they don't actually stand behind? They told me I have to buy the charger also because the charging port is a special one that is exclusive to Metro and the charger isn't sold anywhere else. When I got home I found out the charging port was a standard C type charging port that I already have a dozen cables for.
I spent the next 3 days learning how to use it. It was like no other phone I've ever owned because there is no (Back One Screen Button), and no (Apps Currently Open Button), which made it really hard to learn how to use, not to mention no instructions anywhere to be found. I finally got it all figured out after 3 days and I was happy with my purchase aside from the fact I got ripped off for the $20 activation for a useless phone and ripped off for an overpriced charger I don't need. I went back a few days later to buy insurance for the phone, they said sorry, you only had 24 hours to buy insurance. I said I have 30 days to buy insurance. They argued with me about it for 5 minutes before saying hold on, I need to check with my manager. She went into a back room for 5 minutes, came out, and without a single word started ringing me up for the insurance purchase. Not a single word, no apology for arguing with me telling me there is only a 24 hour window, just rude, rude, rude. Online it says $5 a month for insurance, she is charging me $6, screwed yet again.
On day number 3 they sent me a forced system update I couldn't opt out of. It changed every last detail of the phone. Made it unrecognizable. Not only did I have to relearn how to use it, but they forced so many things on me that make the phone the biggest piece of crap I have ever owned in my life. If I ever have to make an emergency phone call to save my life and I only have a few seconds to do it, you might as well count me as dead. Before I can do anything, I have to get past 15 seconds of some ridiculously useless adaptive brightness screen that has nothing to do with anything, especially considering adaptive brightness is turned off. That's only one of 100 changes they made to my phone that make it unbearable. It has done nothing but lag ever since. Just getting the phone to wake up and the screen to unlock with the lag is a nightmare. I have never been more disappointed in a phone purchase in my life and I'm stuck with it. I've been a MetroPCS customer for nearly 30 years and I'm sad to say they screwed me so bad this time around that I just can't see staying with them much longer. I may go back to the two Dixie cups and a string soon. ~ D. Reale, Lynn, MA. read more