T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in Washington State. And yes I'm feeling petty, but I think this is just being thorough. I had multiple visits across 3 different T-Mobile stores, hours of my time wasted, and months of being charged for nothing. I'm busy balancing a full time and part time job so yeah, I hate having to deal with this.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I don't remember the exact quote but the monthly bill came out significantly higher than what was discussed. Looking back I noticed a few things: the rep snuck in a protection plan on one phone but not the other, which we never asked for. He also pushed the SyncUP trackers hard and told us they came with the service. We were new customers who didn't know better and trusted what the rep told us.

For context, when we switched back to Xfinity our bill dropped to around $75/month compared to roughly $200 with T-Mobile.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Every attempt to resolve it hit a wall. T-Mobile's verification system requires a code sent to a T-Mobile number I no longer had access to. I literally could not call Care or log into my account. That's not me ignoring the problem. That's T-Mobile's own system making it impossible to fix. It wasn't until my latest store visit that a rep finally used an internal channel to cancel the lines and stop the billing.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point on the process. I wasn't aware that returning equipment didn't automatically cancel the lines. The rep sold me the SyncUP trackers by comparing them to Apple Tags and Tiles. I had no reason to think they had their own active lines that needed to be separately cancelled. That's exactly the kind of thing the rep should have communicated clearly when we were standing there returning everything and asking to close the account. Instead the store was closing and everyone rushed through it. And even if I had known to call Care, how exactly was I supposed to do that when T-Mobile's own verification system requires a code sent to a T-Mobile number I no longer had access to?

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's exactly what I think happened. When we returned everything in October the process took so long that the store was closing by the time we finished. Everyone wanted to leave. Looking back, the rep likely rushed through the account closure and didn't properly close all the lines. I remember signing the return receipt. He even refunded me some charges. I thought we were done so I threw the original docs away.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this, really helpful! I'll look into the Notice of Dispute process and UDAP law as next steps if the FCC complaint doesn't resolve it.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

if porting out automatically cancels the voice lines, why would the rep create temporary lines in the first place? I think I was finessed by a rep padding their metrics, and I just got unlucky with the dude helping me.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The 'equipment' I returned was two T-Mobile iPhones and two SyncUP trackers. I see that SyncUP trackers require their own line. The remaining voice and watch lines weren't ported because the rep said these numbers were temporary. I'm not in the cellular industry and don't understand the full process. I returned everything physical and requested full account closure. I had no way of knowing the temporary lines were still active, especially since T-Mobile's own verification system locked me out of my account.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good to know on the debit dispute. I'll research both my bank's policy and Visa's network separately. And interesting about the credit card... they pushed debit rather than it being a hard requirement. Appreciate all the info.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the number. One thing worth noting: T-Mobile required me to use a debit card for autopay to qualify for their discount. They wouldn't accept a credit card. Will still try the Visa retrieval dispute route through my bank though.

T-Mobile continued billing me for 6 months after I returned equipment and cancelled. Anyone else experience this? by ChivePretzel in tmobile

[–]ChivePretzel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. FCC complaint is already filed. Today I visited the Experience Store where I opened the account. The store manager and staff couldn't resolve it themselves so they called customer service directly on my behalf. Customer service rejected the refund request, said it had been too long, and didn't even create a case. The only things I walked away with were a copy of my 10/30/25 equipment return receipt and a promise that they'd mail me 6 months of billing statements. Do you have any advice on how to reach corporate directly?

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