I rarely write reviews, but this has to be done. I have never experienced such dysfunction over activating phones. My foster son dropped his phone, and we took it into the 8th st. location in Joplin, Mo. They told us that we would need to go to a phone repair shop to access the warranty on it. The repair shop replaced the internal parts of the phone. We then went to two Joplin, MO stores to get a sim card to activate the new phone because it had new serial numbers on it. It would not activate. The phone repair shop told us that they would need to order 3 new antennas for it. They told us to double check one more time with the T-mobile store that his sim card was good. To our shock, the employee told us we had insurance! My foster son's phone was purchased online before he came to my home, so I did not know (nor did he remember) that he had purchased insurance. At least 10 employees, (9 in two different stores) and one employee on a call to customer service could accurately read his account that he had insurance. Anyways, after learning about the insurance, we decided to not continue using the phone repair shop. We just got the new phone in the mail with the insurance, and we tried to activate it. The new sim card we have is now saying "locked." If you try to call Sprint/T-Mobile customer service, they tell you that they can not help you unless you give them a verification code that they text to your phone!!! This is what I'm talking about!! I can not believe the sheer stupidity. We are trying to activate the phone! They couldn't send the code to an email we could access. I am being dead serious. I live an hour away from the nearest store. This has been pure hell. Every store employee has a different answer. DO NOT USE THEIR SERVICE!! read more