Alexander L.
This might be the worst service…
This might be the worst service cancellation experience in my life! I just wanted to cancel my Tmobile internet service. I tried to login to my online account but was hit with an "access restricted" message with no explanation. So, I went to a store, waited in line, was informed that their store could not process any cancellations. They directed me to another store. I drove to this 2nd store, waited in line for 30 minutes, was given a ticket number and was told that it would be another 90 minute wait at the store. I couldn't wait this long so they gave me a customer service phone number to call. I tried calling the customer service phone number but after waiting 40 minutes I had to give up. I called this phone number again the next day, waited another hour, finally reached someone. After 15 minutes of identity verification, they said I could cancel but if I didn't return my T-Mobile internet box within the next day I would be charged a penalty of $300. Wow. Yet I desperately wanted to cancel so I agreed to these terms. After that, the customer service rep said that he was NOT authorized to initiate a cancellation and that I would have to wait for a manager. So, I waited 20 minutes for a manager. The customer service rep came back on and said that he couldn't find a manager. He then said that he was informed that I couldn't cancel right away, and that I would have to wait until the end of the billing cycle and that only after that they would let me return the internet box. I explained that I would be traveling out of the country by then and that I needed to cancel sooner than next month. He said that it would cost $300 to process the cancellation sooner than next month. I told him that this was not acceptable and that I needed to talk with a manager. He put me on hold. After 30 minutes he came back and said he was still waiting for a supervisor. Before I could respond, he put me on hold again. Eventually a manager came on the line. He made it a point to tell me that he had been pulled out of a meeting in order to talk with me, and asked what I wanted. I explained that I needed to cancel sooner than next month because I would be traveling. He went away for 10 minutes, came back and announced that because of these travel circumstances I could cancel now. We initiated the cancellation process. This process was agonizingly boring and slow. Throughout the 45 minute cancellation process he kept giving me tiny updates on where we were in the long chain of events that would eventually lead to a cancellation. He also kept saying “thank you for staying on the line” and he kept telling me that he was documenting everything that was happening. Finally, at last, he announced with great triumph that the service had been cancelled! At last, it was done.



