I was in the market for a new cellular service phone provider recently and my first choice was T-Moble, as the T-Mobile Store is located very close to where I live, and I am always a huge fan T-Mobile as a company in general.
I decided to call call T-Mobile ahead of time to prepare myself for my visit so that I would have all the necessary information, identifications, and documents that I needed. When I called (around 6:44pm) I was greeted on the phone by friendly, T-Moble Expert named Irving Cruz Carbajal. I felt comfortable with Irving right away, and so I jotted down his name at the time, so that I could ask for him specifically when I arrived at the T-Mobile Store later that night.
I arrived at the T-Mobile Store, about 30 minutes before they closed. I would have arrived earlier but I had to determine how to port my main number in from another carrier etc., which took much more time that I anticipated! Let me tell you what, the T-Mobile Store was packed around the time that I arrived that night! The gentleman who initially greeted me and checked me in (sadly didn't catch his name), informed me that they were so busy at the T-Mobile Store that night, that they might not even get the chance to assist me. This I totally understood but decided to wait for Irvine anyway.
Irvine was super kind, and he even took his excellent customer service skills to the next level, by informing me of the various promotions and combination options that I could get for the best deal, despite it being past closing time for the store that night! After, Irvin informed me of all of the promotions that T-Mobile was having, I decided on a fantastic promotion that they were having involving multiple lines, and then Irvine immediately began assisting me with setting up my account and services.
Unfortunately, little did I know, they would run into some complications setting up my account this night, despite my best intentions of setting everyone up for success ahead of time and before I arrived. Sadly, these complications ended up causing a significant delay in completing my account set up this night. Due to this, I wasn't able to connect my cellular service after all (this was on a Thursday, December 7th, 2023). Instead I was instructed by T-Mobile (one the phone that day) to wait until the next day to finish setting up my T-Mobile account. Irvine then gave me his T-Mobile Business Card, and he instructed me to return the next day. At this point, coming nail the next day was totally fine with me because I could tell the team was exhausted and my account was already nearly completely setup as well. I definitely understood that the team was ready to go home at that point, because it was already nearly 9:00pm at night by the time I left T-Mobile Store. I really just don't know how to tell the entire team at T-Mobile how much it meant to me that they all stayed late to try and assist me that night with getting my T-Mobile cellular service connected.
While at the T-Mobile store that day, I only really ventured over to the Apple display (I'm a very biased Apple product only fan here) and while I've heard great things about this new iPhone 15 Pro based on feedback from a friend who has held one and got to play around with it in person, so much so that he fell in love with the feel of the Titanium and immediately purchased an iPhone 15 Pro for himself, sadly, this did NOT happen for me. I literally couldn't even tell that the devices had been upgraded this year at all because they were strapped down to the table and you couldn't pick them up, hold them, or even move them one bit.
I can't stress this enough T-Mobile, the way that you currently have devices set up in your store right now is a HUGE problem for your customers and your business alike. If customers can't touch or experience the products at all, then they will be FAR less likely to purchase anything from T-Mobile. I understand the need for security, but this is so extreme, that I left the store having felt like I never got the chance to check out the new Apple product lineup at all. I'm a HUGE Apple fan and I couldn't even imagine my way around this road block.
Just a heads up, I definitely recommend giving yourself at least an hour buffer before closing time, if you are coming in to any of the T-Mobile Stores in order to sign up for their services. This gives the team plenty of time for process your account, in case something comes up and there are any delays associated with activating your service. Additionally, would give yourself an extra 15 to 45 minutes in buffer time, for getting in and out of the T-Mobile Store on time, during the Holiday Season!
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