I had to go to T-Mobile 3 times to get a prepaid mobile plan for the month I was in town. There was a lot of conflicting solutions from each associate (Anthony, Alicia, Francisco, Tony) on how to go about ameliorating the situation, and I received a lot of resistance and lack of cooperation from the initial person (Anthony) that gave me the wrong plan. Here's what happened:
11/30 - I come in and tell Anthony I want to buy a prepaid mobile, same as the last plan I used back in May. They tell me that plan isn't available so they set me up with a similar one. During this time Anthony is training a new employee (didn't catch his name) on how to do this. Payment is made and everything is sorted; they check that I can make calls, etc and I leave.
12/2 - My phone suddenly stops being able to make calls, and I have to use my Skype credits. I take my phone into T-Mobile for the second time and Alicia discovers that the associate trainee had installed a Tablet plan instead of a mobile plan, and because I already paid for the plan she wasn't able to call customer service as it required a Manager to refund my payment. She said if she went through customer service then it would switch the plan, but I wouldn't get my money refunded.
12/3 - The following day I return for the third time and Anthony is working. I told him I spoke to Alicia yesterday and I said I needed to see Tony the manager. Anthony says the trainee made a mistake and I told him as his trainer he should've checked his work before leaving. Anthony doesn't acknowledge this or recognize that his negligence contributed to the problem.
He then ignores my request to grab Tony the manager and he calls customer service. I stop him and tell him not to do that because Alicia specifically said that wasn't going to work (Also, Alicia said customer service takes about 45 min to get through). We go back and forth and I keep insisting and he finally grabs Tony. During the entire exchange Tony comes out of his office 2 times to give instructions, theres a ton of miscommunication.
While Anthony is still on line with customer service (he had hung up at one point and Tony told him to call customer service again) Francisco starts his shift and he jumps onto the project and starts doing work on his tablet. Eventually they both are able to cancel my initial tablet plan, issue a new sim and proper mobile plan. However, when I request a receipt they can't print it out. Not wanting to go through this whole ordeal without a receipt I then request Tony to come out and just give me a verbal confirmation and explanation of the new bill. Anthony resists and says that's not necessary. I insist again as Alicia said only the manager can refund the payment. He balks at that and replies that Alicia is not the manager and she doesn't know the protocol. I then remind him that this is my third time coming here and I wasn't leaving until I sorted everything with the manager.
Finally Tony comes out for the third time, we have a quick exchange regarding the refund, cost of new plan, other specifics and I leave.
Conclusion: Though I'm sympathetic to these kind of mistakes - as they do happen - I was really disappointed at the lack of protocol and understanding between the associates on how to correct the problem. This, coupled with the overall lack of cooperation and resistance from Anthony for my repeated requests to speak to the manager really made the process painful and drawn out. Thirdly, not being accountable to the mistake, not apologizing or showing a desire to prevent this from happening to other customers is what lead me to write this review. Next time I'm in town I will be seeking other providers for my mobile plan. read more