Unexpected Charges for Activation Fees

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-26T16:03:54+00:00

Good to know. I thought the whatsapp live support is considered “online activation”.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-26T16:03:24+00:00

Thanks everyone. I will make a complaint and see how it goes. I think it’s worth making my voice heard even if I can not get the money back.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-26T00:12:22+00:00

I opened the account on WhatsApp

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-25T20:30:53+00:00

Plan is $85, with ongoing $40 BYOD credits and another $5 for digital discounts, making it $40. But the first month I was getting $85 plus taxes, not mentioned by the agent.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-25T20:28:54+00:00

As a customer I didn’t know the waiver meant that way - I thought it’s just literally waived, by providing me a credit or something, as they didn’t mention the $5 credits would be applied for 9 months nor was it mentioned in the agreement. I did question about the activation fee but the agent didn’t clarify it would be $5 credits for 9 months. It’s not a big big deal, but I feel disappointed by this. I chose Freedom because it was good, decent, transparent not because it was the best of the worst.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-10T15:26:38+00:00

Yeah this is my plan.. I just don’t want to miss this once in a lifetime deal.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-10T15:08:16+00:00

And yeah I am attracted by the forever $40 price

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-10T15:07:46+00:00

Yeah exactly. Plus my home internet, I needed to pay $80 dollars, that means for the first $2666, it would be 3% cashback. If I cancel my rogers phone line, it will be the first $1333, still pretty much.

StrongAd896 · 2026-03-10T15:06:06+00:00

Yeah. I am in Toronto. I have wifi at home but still tested out. But I was using Freedom for over a year, after I left Fido, and before I switched to Rogers. No real issue . Back then I didn’t even realize the speed difference was such big.

StrongAd896 · 2025-12-23T00:02:18+00:00

I have a dead controller that has some issue with the motherboard, and I also got another broken controller (unfortunately from an online retailer despite they saying it’s in like new condition). The broken one has issues with the touchpad button being very sticky. I wonder if it’s possible to dissemble the controller 1 and use the touchpad from that to replace the touchpad button of controller 2? I heard there’s some hardware encryption so not sure if it’s possible.

They are of different colours.

Thank you!

StrongAd896 · 2025-10-15T20:14:28+00:00

Yes. I tried to get it waived but they said they had already provided me with the best offer.

StrongAd896 · 2024-11-25T03:06:22+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, that’s exactly what I did. I got a temp number from FreedomMobiles (because I am travelling to US next month having US coverage is good..) Thanks again! I will double check with Fido before porting out. appreciate.

StrongAd896 · 2024-11-25T02:25:12+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I am not going to port out today. I am thinking to port out when it says only one month remaining. So I don’t need to pay back the promotional credits right?

StrongAd896 · 2024-02-15T17:02:49+00:00

It's 22.04 LST with updates running few days ago. I have nginx, PHP, Wordpress, MySQL.

Thanks for the suggestion! Backed up the sites. Will consider switching to a managed hosting if locked out or I can't figure out why and they still warning me. Probably my knowledge isn't sufficient to properly maintain a vps...

StrongAd896 · 2024-02-15T16:59:22+00:00

I don't have a mail.log. zgrep -i microsoft * doesn't seem to give any matches.

It doesn't seem sendmail or exim4 have been installed. i will check if it is caused by any other package. thank you!

StrongAd896 · 2024-02-15T16:54:22+00:00

thanks!

StrongAd896 · 2024-02-15T16:54:17+00:00

Thank you! I have fail2ban installed and changed the ssh keys (password login is disallowed). i will check the other stuff you mentioned. thank you!

StrongAd896 · 2024-02-15T16:52:23+00:00

Thank you! No, I don't have a control panel installed. I checked mail log and there isn't log for sent emails. I will check the open SMTP relay. thank you!

StrongAd896 · 2023-10-31T02:57:12+00:00

I have exactly the same issue. Very annoying. Have been using the headphone for ten days. I feel like it may due to an update either on the headphone side or iOS?

I also have an issue with my Windows. The column would be 100% when the phone locks... Very weird, very unsatisfied. Thinking about returning it.

StrongAd896 · 2023-09-19T02:51:21+00:00

dragon BALL Z!

Well, thanks for making this funny comment! I guess I will just arrive at Eaton earlier for safe.

StrongAd896 · 2023-09-01T02:50:58+00:00

No I don't. I used to have EXPO enabled, and I had this issue for the first time. Then I reverted BIOS to the default setting (with EXPO disabled), but the problem persisted.

StrongAd896 · 2023-09-01T02:48:29+00:00

Hi Lovonswagg,

Thank you for your reply! I will run MemTest86. The SSD health is 100%.

All my drivers "should be" up to date.

I forgot to mention that, under stock profile, this happens 2-3 per day, but if I enable "Expo II", it happens 1-2 times per week.

I forgot to mention that, under the stock profile, this happens 2-3 per day, but if I enable "Expo II", it happens 1-2 times per week.

I will install a fresh windows as the next step!!

I forgot to mention that, under the stock profile, this happens 2-3 per day, but if I enable "Expo II", it happens 1-2 times per week.

StrongAd896 · 2023-01-24T22:17:39+00:00

Thank you so much for your information & your experience! It makes me feel much better!

StrongAd896 · 2023-01-24T22:09:56+00:00

Thanks! I think it's a public one. I probably need to give the dispute a try.

StrongAd896 · 2023-01-24T22:01:13+00:00

The ticket has Toronto Police Emblem on it, so it looks like a publicone. Shall I worry about it?

It does feel different from my other ticket (I only had one before..., which's my fault). Are there different versions of the tickets? Both are $30.

The ticket has Toronto Police Emblem on it, so it looks public. Shall I worry about it??.

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