Wanna Leave Sprint

I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on how
someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially reimbursed
for the phones and chargers???

From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
Doug

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Sprint won't give you a dime for the phones and chargers. Sell them on Ebay,
pay the cancellation fee, and be done with it.

Why would you invest in all of that equipment before really finding out how
Sprint was going to work for you?

Guess I'm just getting tired of all of the recent Sprint bashing. Never had
a single problem with Sprint or Vision in these parts.

"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it.

class action lawsuit maybe?

As bad as Sprint service is they have to either feel charitable towards
you to release your contract or feel they're in serious breach of
contract. Since they attempt to basically commit to nothing in the
contract, that's pretty hard.

Sorry

PS I'm canceling Sprint at the end of the month, yes they are
consistantly rated as the suckiest!

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In article <[email protected]>,
"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug

Depends on how bad things are. A few dead spots or dropped calls does
not warrant getting you out of contract as you has a 14 day trial
period.

If your service has deteriorated and is totally unuseable, then call
Sprint Executive Services at 817-215-3070 and make your case.

Do what we did, send them back to Sprint, at Sprint's expense. Call
UPS at 1.800.PICK.UPS and ask for a 2day air pickup. Throw the N400s
or whatever in the 2day air padded pack and address it as so:

UPS ACCT NO: E92W92
Returns
Sprint PCS C/O WWL
2210 Outer Loop Rd BLDG 2 Door 141
Louisville, KY 40219

When they receive your phones, they will type the ESNs into the
computer and credit your account $149.99 plus tax, and now with
service credits we have 3 Sanyo 8100s that cost us about $50 each.

To verify that this is the legitamite returns address, call
1.888.211.4PCS or *2 on your pcs phone.

i have a friend who was able to get out of a contract simply by calling and
complaining about horrible service...seems if you call them enough times,
they'll eventually do as you wish....i know this to be true because i am witness
to how he did it....just keep calling and complaining....but i do have to tell
you, you may be able to get out of the service, but you are pretty much stuck
with the equipment

Doug T wrote:

> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug

If what these posts say is true than Sprint is a very nice company to
deal with. Get out a contract and not be charged 1.50 per line? Wow!
I hope the outfit you go to next treats you half this nice.

"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug
>
>
>

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LOOK DUDE YOU SIGNED A ****ING CONTRACT. STOP WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO GET OUT
OF PAYING THE FEE. JUST PAY IT, AND SAY "**** YOU SPRINT PCS, I'M GONE!"
THOSE BIG COMPANIES HAVE DICKS A LOT BIGGER THAT YOURS, AND CAN **** YOU
RASS A LOT HARDER IF YOU ATTEMPT TO **** THEM.

"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on
how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially
reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug
>
>
>

A ****ING LAWSUITE?? ARE YOU ****ING SERIOUS! THAT ****ER WILL END UP OWEING
MONEY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE IF HE TRIES TO TAKE ON A COMPANY LIKE THAT.
DON;T GIVE THAT ****ER ANY BULL**** ADVISE LIKE THAT.. HE WOULD BE BETTER
OFF LOOSING $150 THAN $150,000 AT LEAST. AND KNOWING THE TEAMS OF LAWYER
THESE COMPANIES HAVE, THAT BY THE WAY GET PAID MORE MONEY THAN MOST PEOPLE
SEE IN A LIFE TIME, WILL PROBABLY TURN THE SUITE AROUND ON HIM AND HAVE HIM
OWEING SPRINT MORE MONEY.
"Sam Iam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> class action lawsuit maybe?
>
> As bad as Sprint service is they have to either feel charitable towards
> you to release your contract or feel they're in serious breach of
> contract. Since they attempt to basically commit to nothing in the
> contract, that's pretty hard.
>
> Sorry
>
> PS I'm canceling Sprint at the end of the month, yes they are
> consistantly rated as the suckiest!
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

Skylar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sprint won't give you a dime for the phones and chargers. Sell them on Ebay,
> pay the cancellation fee, and be done with it.
>
> Why would you invest in all of that equipment before really finding out how
> Sprint was going to work for you?

I'm curious what part of Cleveland Doug was having problems with.

If I may ask, Doug? (We used to use Sprint out in Lake County and didn't
have problems.)

**SJS (just curious)

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Adam Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> When they receive your phones, they will type the ESNs into the
> computer and credit your account $149.99 plus tax, and now with
> service credits we have 3 Sanyo 8100s that cost us about $50 each.

I would assume this is true if he was within the 14-day trial period...
he didn't say that he was...


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"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on
how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially
reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug

You didn't know that you had bad coverage in such a large area during the
first two week trial period? You had your chance to cancel and you didn't.
Now you must play the contract game of pay your way out of it. That is how
it appears to me, and I have little doubt that is how it would appear to
Sprint (or any provider you were to choose).

Tom Veldhouse

"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Adam Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > When they receive your phones, they will type the ESNs into the
> > computer and credit your account $149.99 plus tax, and now with
> > service credits we have 3 Sanyo 8100s that cost us about $50 each.
>
> I would assume this is true if he was within the 14-day trial period...
> he didn't say that he was...

He said that he wasn't, as it has been more than three months!

Tom Veldhouse

Doug T,

Are you serious?? Alltel doesn't even come close to the rest of the
providers. They are minor league players. Not sure why you didn't
check the service out prior to buying it as you stated you were an
Alltel customer. You have to have known about mobiles not working in
all areas. Especially with a provider that is limited like Alltel.

I have been in Cleveland and my phone has worked with no problems but
that doesn't mean your's will. First you are going to have to tell us
what coverage problems you are having exactly. If you have dropped
calls in a specific area, don't make calls until after you've passed
that point. If it is more than one location, do a search on issues in
your area. I haven't seen complaints about your location in a long
time. Possibly you are complaining about coverage when you go inside
certain locations. Mobile phones are great but if you are in a
building, USE the landline.

If you really don't want to stay with SPCS, pay the termination fee,
put your equipment up on ebay and see what you get. When you go with
the next provider you pick, before you sign on the dotted line, ask
about termination fees, roaming charges, Home or local charges. FIMF,
equipment prices and so forth.
Yes, I know that Verizon has the PTT feature now, wait a few months,
Sprint will have it, Cingular will have it and so forth.





"Doug T" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I made the mistake of signing up for a 2 year contract with Sprint about 3
> months ago. Well I have a family plan and I bought 5 phones, car chargers
> and all the other crap to go with it. I have horrible coverage here in
> Cleveland, Ohio and in the suburbs! Does anyone have any good ideas on how
> someone could get out of their contract and possibly be partially reimbursed
> for the phones and chargers???
>
> From someone who wishes they stayed with Alltel,
> Doug

Ralph Patuki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Doug T,
>
> Are you serious?? Alltel doesn't even come close to the rest of the
> providers. They are minor league players. Not sure why you didn't
> check the service out prior to buying it as you stated you were an
> Alltel customer. You have to have known about mobiles not working in
> all areas. Especially with a provider that is limited like Alltel.

Alltel bought GTE Wireless's network during the big merger that created
Verizon Wireless. Recall that Verizon borg'd GTE Wireless *and* AirTouch
Cellular. Both companies had a big customer base in Cleveland, and Verizon
wasn't allowed to keep both.

Alltel already was the landline telco in many of the rural areas surrounding
Cleveland, so they were a natural to buy GTE Wireless's Cleveland network.
Verizon Wireless in Cleveland is the network that used to be the AirTouch
network run by Newpar Cellular.

So anyhow, when Alltel came into Cleveland, they got a nice, solid, extensive
network. I was a GTE/Alltel customer from 1993 through 2001, so I speak from
experience. Don't know how they've done since then.

Plus, "mobiles not working in all areas?" Alltel doesn't have tons of native
coverage, but they have roaming agreements... an Alltel phone should work in
most of the country and across all of the major cities.

> I have been in Cleveland and my phone has worked with no problems but
> that doesn't mean your's will. First you are going to have to tell us
> what coverage problems you are having exactly.

And which part of the city.

**SJS

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