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If you think AT&T is bad, wait until you see T-Mobile

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Myiphone7

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WOW. If you think AT&T is bad,

T mobile is worse!

I needed to check if my iPhone 5 is unlocked.

The guy said give me your iPhone 5 and I'll check for you and we'll then set up a plan.

I said no I'm with AT&T. I just need to check if its unlocked so I want to buy a sim.

The he started telling me about his plans "unlimited this or unlimited that"

And I'm like no! I just want to buy a sim.

Then he said well if you don't want to buy a plan and just the sim I'll have to charge you $20.

I WANTED TO START ABUSING!
 
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chiefpavvy

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In other news, a sales guy wanted to make some money. :D

They're all sharks who will bend you over and take you for every penny they can extract. Don't be fooled. Doesn't matter what color the logo.
 
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Baggio

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lunaoso said:
Maybe it's 20 in stores. Just because he said 20 in store doesn't automatically mean he wants to pocket 10.
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The nano SIM is $9.99. They are probably required sell them with at least $10 worth of prepaid minutes.

9.99 + 10 = 19.99
 
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Myiphone7

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ryalf74 said:
Why is the SIM so expensive? That's not so good for T Mobile
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Yea exactly my thoughts. Although I'm an AT&T customer, and reliably pay my bills, they replaced my sim without a hitch when I thought it was causing problems.

They even expressed shipped it free of charge.

(That's not to say they haven't caused any problems but the sim case panned out good)
 
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Baggio

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Myiphone7 said:
Yea exactly my thoughts. Although I'm an AT&T customer, and reliably pay my bills, they replaced my sim without a hitch when I thought it was causing problems.

They even expressed shipped it free of charge.

(That's not to say they haven't caused any problems but the sim case panned out good)
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You don't have an account with T-Mobile. Why should they give a free SIM? You don't think T-Mobile would give you a free SIM if you had an account and you were having problems and a new SIM might solve it?
 
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Myiphone7

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hyteckit said:
T-mobile offering free micro-sim right now.

Just got myself 2 free ones online yesterday.
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It says you must get a 2 year contract with a qualifying plan.

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Baggio said:
You don't have an account with T-Mobile. Why should they give a free SIM? You don't think T-Mobile would give you a free SIM if you had an account and you were having problems and a new SIM might solve it?
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Exactly. That's why I asked to BUY one. It costs 10 but he was up charging me 20 with no explanation as to why. It's in the OP I don't know why I have to repeat myself.

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lunaoso said:
Makes sense. There's your reason OP.
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Wish he would have told me it comes with minutes. I would have bought one since I have family from overseas coming in the summer.

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On second thought, I would've used up the minutes haha and just enjoyed being unlocked.

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Blorzoga said:
What the hell does that mean?
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I meant I wanted to start abusing him.
 
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Baggio

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Myiphone7 said:
It says you must get a 2 year contract with a qualifying plan.

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Exactly. That's why I asked to BUY one. It costs 10 but he was up charging me 20 with no explanation as to why. It's in the OP I don't know why I have to repeat myself.

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Wish he would have told me it comes with minutes. I would have bought one since I have family from overseas coming in the summer.

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On second thought, I would've used up the minutes haha and just enjoyed being unlocked.

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I meant I wanted to start abusing him.
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I explained above, why he said $20. I have gone through these same motions with previously unlocked iPhones.

But, you you could always get them a lot cheaper on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...nkw=t-mobile+nano+sim+card&_sacat=0&_from=R40
 
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Myiphone7 said:
WINNING!!!!!!!!!!

Just got one for ONLY $4.99!!!

That guy at t mobile can **** ** ****!!!!

Thanks so much!! You rock dude!
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You must be new at this, but i ordered couple tmobile micro sims on their websites for free.

All i need was to activate them with a plan whenever i was ready to use.
 
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Myiphone7

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And just so the people who think I was trying to get a free ride, I just BOUGHT one.

If I wanted it for free I could have played him like a finely tuned piano.

As soon as he checks I could've been like I'm leaving have to go.
 
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TOYSTER17

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They sell them for $20 in store. Initially the guy that helped me said it would be $20, but by checkout he didn't charge me anything.

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Baggio said:
I explained above, why he said $20. I have gone through these same motions with previously unlocked iPhones.

But, you you could always get them a lot cheaper on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...nkw=t-mobile+nano+sim+card&_sacat=0&_from=R40
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I'm confused by the "custom cut, not factory cut" statement. Are these micro sims that they're cutting into nano sims?
 
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Baggio

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TOYSTER17 said:
They sell them for $20 in store. Initially the guy that helped me said it would be $20, but by checkout he didn't charge me anything.

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I'm confused by the "custom cut, not factory cut" statement. Are these micro sims that they're cutting into nano sims?
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I don't know for sure. If you are thinking of buying one, you might want to ask the seller before you pull the trigger.
 
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Myiphone7 said:
Yea exactly my thoughts. Although I'm an AT&T customer, and reliably pay my bills, they replaced my sim without a hitch when I thought it was causing problems.

They even expressed shipped it free of charge.

(That's not to say they haven't caused any problems but the sim case panned out good)
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not to mention, local AT&T and Apple stores hand out free SIMs around here like candy. Just tell them you have an iPad ;)
 
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