first things first. i would give them a zero star rating if it would let me!
my entire family and i have been loyal customers with t-mobile for twenty four years, with not only our/my personal account, but our trucking company business account. i never have had any kind of serious issues or problems with any of the employees at this store, with the exception of a few very minor issues that were resolved without any problems throughout the twenty four years that myself or any family members, nor my company have been what in business terms are considered as vip clients, up until approx three weeks ago (and is still ongoing). the light for the screen on my samsung galaxy phone burned out, resulting in the screen being black and rendering the phone completely unusable.
long story short, as i said, this is a personal family account that it is on. when i got the phone, i was informed that i was not registered as an authorized user for the account, and only my father was. so, while we were both at the store (my father and i), purchasing the new phone and charging upgrading our plan, my father instructed them to add me as an authorized user on the account, which i came to find out that they never made the change and add me as an authorized user. now what i am about to explain is an extremely important piece of valid, legal, and binding information that this entire issue is regarding. my father, who is 86 years old, became critically ill several months ago and is physically incapacitated. i am his son, and his only remaining family. i'm 60 years old. i have him living with me now, and am his full time caretaker, and handle all aspects of his life, and wellbeing. all of this was done through legal means, with the assistance of our attorneys. my father created what is called a "durable power of attorney" in which he is "the princeple" (the person who is assigning/giving a designated person known/specified as "the agent" the power/the legal rights/the legal permission) to control all of the "principles" financial agreements/aspects, this 100% absolutely, undeniable, includes making decisions, regarding contracts, as well as signing them. per california probate code § 4406, it is illegal for a third party company (t-mobile) to refuse to accept and honor this 100% legal and valid "durable power of attorney", which is what they are doing, while knowing my situation. due to their absolutely 100% illegal refusal to accept it (and take in mind, im a 24 year loyal customer, that is literally being refused to replace my broken phone that i got at that very same store! they are literally holding me hostage, due to the fact that i have absolutely no way to access my contacts list, my emails, or any of my texts for nearly a month now! and they are fully aware of this! i have made nearly 10 trips to the store just to be continually refused and treated with disrespect and having cell phone salesmen trying to act as if they are legal experts regarding all of the laws regarding this matter, even after i literally showed them every law and probate code. every one of them had the nerve to say that the laws that i showed them, directly from the government website were wrong, and they were right...seriously!!
i filed a report with "their" legal department, only to come to find out that "their" legal department has nothing to do with t-mobile!! they are a third party information collection company that takes down information and then forwards it to a district manager, which they did in my case. the manager called me one time, spent no more than five minutes with me, then said he was going to look into it. that was more than a week ago. i have left him a message every single day since, and he has completely ignored every single one of them and will not return my call! i've tried to contact hr, but the number that they have listed on their hr website goes directly to customer service! this is not how any company treats a 24 year long loyal client....period!!! i never wanted to bring my attorneys into this, but i am now im so far beyond angry, and pissed off for being held hostage, and who knows how much money, etc ive lost due to their refusal of an absolutely 100% legal, valid dpoa, and knowingly locking me out of all.of my contacts, emails, texts, on top of the fact i had to go but a prepaid phone, and am still paying t-mobile for no service and to be treated 1)illegally 2) worse than any compny in my 60 years on this earth, that i am forced to have my attorneys litigate this to the very fullest extent due to their employees actions, and absolute lack of actions, ethics, treatment, and illegalities!!
never again!!
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there are so many other things they have done that i didnt even mention, being that this was already an extremely long review!! read more