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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
tmo_mike_c Nov 16, 2017 12:34 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: Jun 25, 2012
Oh man this is a tough one brokcon57 because I can completely understand opting for that much data. We'd need our Care folks that have account access to take a look at this and see if a refund an option for this situation. With these features, they are designed to automatically bill for the service, so I can't promise it'll be refunded but you're welcome to Contact Us and reach out to our Care team.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
brokcon57 Nov 16, 2017 12:42 PM (in response to tmo_mike_c)- Member Since: Nov 16, 2017
I already contacted T-Mobile and talked with several payment supervisors. They all refused to help me.
I was considering using this same service again in the future, but if T-Mobile is unwilling to refund in a reasonable case like this, I think I will find another option.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
tmo_mike_c Nov 16, 2017 1:21 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: Jun 25, 2012
Oh okay. I was thinking you could reach out to our T-Force team through the social media but if you've already spoken to multiple sups, I can't say they'll refund it unless there's a billing error or something like that. I'm really sorry about all this and I wish I could have helped you.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
brokcon57 Nov 16, 2017 1:53 PM (in response to tmo_mike_c)- Member Since: Nov 16, 2017
It is very frustrating that T-Mobile will design an interface to manipulate users and cause them to accidentally purchase plans that they do not need. Providing an auto-pay service is fine, but requiring auto-pay to get access to certain plans and then making it difficult to disable auto-pay is not acceptable.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
snn555 Nov 16, 2017 1:37 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: May 3, 2017
Always remove a payment option before the next billing date. This can be done by calling T-Mobile and removing auto-pay. At no point is Auto Pay required. Some postpaid plans offer $$ off for AP, but is not a requirement.
You can also try to contact your financial institution to discuss this with them, but if autopay is enabled, then they might consider that approval or agreement to the charges.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
brokcon57 Nov 16, 2017 1:51 PM (in response to snn555)- Member Since: Nov 16, 2017
snn555 wrote:
Always remove a payment option before the next billing date. This can be done by calling T-Mobile and removing auto-pay. At no point is Auto Pay required.
Auto-pay certainly is a requirement to purchase a data plan other than one of the small "pass" plans.
It is not indicated in the mim.t-mobile.com interface that it is possible to remove auto-pay without canceling the account. That is why I mentioned the "Looking to cancel?" link in my original post. This is a very important part of this issue. That interface is designed to obscure the fact that disabling auto-pay is even possible.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
brokcon57 Nov 16, 2017 2:05 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: Nov 16, 2017
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
tmo_mike_c Nov 16, 2017 5:51 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: Jun 25, 2012
I get that you're upset about on top of what's already happened. How the interface is displayed and the navigation on getting to the autopay settings goes a bit beyond what we can help with here on support. However, I do have the means to give this feedback to the right folks. I do understand that doesn't change the situation, but it's still important to me to let our internal folks know your story and how this has impacted you.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
brokcon57 Nov 16, 2017 6:38 PM (in response to tmo_mike_c)- Member Since: Nov 16, 2017
MC wrote:
However, I do have the means to give this feedback to the right folks. I do understand that doesn't change the situation, but it's still important to me to let our internal folks know your story and how this has impacted you.
Thank you. If anyone from T-Mobile is interested in contacting me they are welcome to do so. I can provide contact information if necessary, assuming there is a way to do so through some private channel.
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Re: Very disappointed: prepaid mobile data account auto-pay charges
tmo_chris Nov 18, 2017 1:05 PM (in response to brokcon57)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
Thank you! The information you have provided here is more than enough for us to ensure the feedback is provided. Again, we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.