Sorry this lengthy review, but it needs to said.
On 12/26/16 My wife and I visited this T-Mobile store located: at 15555 E. 14th Street, Suite 320 San Leandro CA. We went into the store to switch over 2 lines from Sprint to T-Mobile and 1 line from Verizon. I met with a sales representative known as "Will". We told Will that the 2 Sprint lines were not under a contract and that we were leasing the iPhones from Sprint under a device lease plan. We also told him the that 1 Verizon line was not under contract and the phone was owned by us.
We further asked if we needed to return the iPhones to Sprint. We were told "no because T-Mobile would be purchasing the iPhones from Sprint. We are also told that T-Mobile would be paying off the balance owned on the device leasing plan for the 2 Sprint iPhones. When I received my final bill in the amount of $521 from Sprint I uploaded the bill into the T-Mobile reimbursement website, I would like to also add that I was never told about the need to upload this document until I later returned to the store on January 10th asking for help.
A few weeks later I started to receive emails from Sprint asking for the unpaid balance of $521, I called and asked Sprint if they received the iPhones back from T-Mobile or a payment for the iPhones? They replied "No we have not received either the iPhones or a payment". About 2 weeks later I received a pre-paid MasterCard from T-Mobile in the amount of $140, this was not enough to pay the Sprint balance owed of $521.
After further researching this matter on the T-Mobile website I found out that under a device payment plan T-Mobile will only reimburse the customer the difference between the trade in value of the phone and payment balance owed to the former carrier. The calculation for pre-paid MasterCard I received from T-Mobile was as follows:
1st Sprint iPhone device lease termination fee $235 - T-Mobile device trade in value $165 = $70.00
2nd Sprint iPhone device lease termination fee $235 - T-Mobile device trade in value $165 = $70.00
Pre-paid MasterCard ($140.00)
Long story short my wife and I were mislead by the T-Mobile sales representative and the details of the T-Mobile reimbursement offer were not fully explained at the time of purchase. I visited the store two times asking to speak with "Will" and both times he was not present. The last time I asked an employee what is next scheduled day at work, and I received an answer. I decided not to go back to speak with Will was too upset and also I did not think he could fix this issue. I will not be continuing my business with T-Mobile at the end of my 2 year contract, I will not be recommending T-Mobile to any of my friends or family. read more