Cingular cell phone bill for Family Plan outrageous, big scam

Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
Cingular sucks big time.

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"finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
> to bail out of this plan.

You're probably out of luck. In all likelihood you signed a contract with
Cingular that detailed that there'd be various taxes, fees, etc., and while
the actual rates probably weren't specified, and while you probably figured
the salesman's figure of ~$5 was valid, since you signed on the dotted line
you no longer have much recourse.

Even if you convinced some judge that you were outright lied to (effectively
impossible), you've only been 'damaged' to the tune of $7*12 months
(assuming a one year contract)=$84, which is far less than the value of the
contract to Cingular.

If you make a big enough stink about it and back it up with facts, you could
perhaps convince Cingular to issue you a credit for $84.

> The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> Cingular sucks big time.

It's not just Cingular, all the cell phone service providers do this. So,
while it may be a scam, at least you can still compare rates between
companies!

Exactly how in the hell is it Cingulars fault for taxes? These are
government imposed and they have no control over that. Let me guess, you
didnt get taxes at tmobile or sprint?

"finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
> to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> Cingular sucks big time.

In article <[email protected]>,
finiteguy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
> to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> Cingular sucks big time.

Taxes may be only $5, but Fees, and "Cost Recovery items" add to your
bill.

Good luck getting out of your contract.

"finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
> to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> Cingular sucks big time.

It truly is a ripoff. Why anyone would live in MA is beyond me. They don't
call it Taxachussetts for nothing.

Charles Perry P.E.

Your right, MA sucks for taxes and other reasons.
I am terminating my contract. I simply stopped paying for service and
will not pay the termination fee. I don't care about getting bad
credit for this, I'll live through it. I do get taxes from Tmobile but
they are not 20% of the bill. Cingular consists of some real scum bag
sales people. Verizon is the same way which is unfortunate, they used
to be a good company before the wireless generation.





On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:22:08 -0500, "Charles Perry"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
>> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
>> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
>> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
>> to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
>> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
>> Cingular sucks big time.
>
>It truly is a ripoff. Why anyone would live in MA is beyond me. They don't
>call it Taxachussetts for nothing.
>
>Charles Perry P.E.
>

hahaha, contracts are to be read not jsut to be signed. Everyone always screams and moans about o i got this o they did this. NO, you did that! Everyone who screams didnt read the fine print (why do u think its fine print)?!?! So dont say ur going to get a lawyer or somethng the only thing your going to do is embarss yourself. Just learn from this and read ur contract. I always have made sure people read everyhting so i dont have people coming back at me to rip me a new one. Take it easy and sorry bout it

I didn't say I was going to get a lawyer, I simply will not pay the
termination fee. I don't care about the consequences of not paying. In
my lifetime I have always payed my credit card bills on time and I
have good credit. When I buy something on credit I pay for it. For
this particulare transaction, I feel that it was mis-leading and I
don't care about fine print, bold print or any print. I will simply
not pay. What are they going to do, kill me? Cingular can go to
flaming hell.
As far as my credit rating? I don't care. I don't need any credit
anymore at this point n my life.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:13:21 -0600, Ralvarez
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>hahaha, contracts are to be read not jsut to be signed. Everyone always
>screams and moans about o i got this o they did this. NO, you did that!
>Everyone who screams didnt read the fine print (why do u think its fine
>print)?!?! So dont say ur going to get a lawyer or somethng the only
>thing your going to do is embarss yourself. Just learn from this and
>read ur contract. I always have made sure people read everyhting so i
>dont have people coming back at me to rip me a new one. Take it easy
>and sorry bout it

Originally Posted by R M

Exactly how in the hell is it Cingulars fault for taxes? These are
government imposed and they have no control over that. Let me guess, you
didnt get taxes at tmobile or sprint?

"finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a rip
> off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after one
> complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month. Anyone
> know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I want
> to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> Cingular sucks big time.

customers like you make my job hell. you VOTED on the taxes in your area. you have local, state and federal government INCLUDING the FCC to blame not the carrier. speaking for every CARE REP in the world. customers need to take responsibilities for their actions and not assume the easy route of blame.

Why risk your rating unnecessarily? Just dispute the charge for cause, and
let your credit card company sort it out.

In <[email protected]> on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:23:22
GMT, finiteguy <[email protected]> wrote:

>I didn't say I was going to get a lawyer, I simply will not pay the
>termination fee. I don't care about the consequences of not paying. In
>my lifetime I have always payed my credit card bills on time and I
>have good credit. When I buy something on credit I pay for it. For
>this particulare transaction, I feel that it was mis-leading and I
>don't care about fine print, bold print or any print. I will simply
>not pay. What are they going to do, kill me? Cingular can go to
>flaming hell.
>As far as my credit rating? I don't care. I don't need any credit
>anymore at this point n my life.
>
>
>On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:13:21 -0600, Ralvarez
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>hahaha, contracts are to be read not jsut to be signed. Everyone always
>>screams and moans about o i got this o they did this. NO, you did that!
>>Everyone who screams didnt read the fine print (why do u think its fine
>>print)?!?! So dont say ur going to get a lawyer or somethng the only
>>thing your going to do is embarss yourself. Just learn from this and
>>read ur contract. I always have made sure people read everyhting so i
>>dont have people coming back at me to rip me a new one. Take it easy
>>and sorry bout it

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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

In article <[email protected]>,
motogrrl <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> R M Wrote:
> > Exactly how in the hell is it Cingulars fault for taxes? These are
> > government imposed and they have no control over that. Let me guess,
> > you
> > didnt get taxes at tmobile or sprint?
> >
> > "finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a
> > rip
> > > off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after
> > one
> > > complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month.
> > Anyone
> > > know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I
> > want
> > > to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> > > taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> > > Cingular sucks big time.
>
>
> *customers like you make my job hell. you VOTED on the taxes in your
> area. you have local, state and federal government INCLUDING the FCC to
> blame not the carrier. speaking for every CARE REP in the world.
> customers need to take responsibilities for their actions and not
> assume the easy route of blame.*

On my bill, there are "Other Charges" that dd up to almost as much as
"Government Fees and Taxes", so don't Blame it all on the Government ! !
!

You might want to consider that a lot of insurance companies now use
credit ratings to determine insurance rates. Not sure how much one bad
credit hit would affect an otherwise good credit rating, but it's
something to think about.

finiteguy wrote:
> I didn't say I was going to get a lawyer, I simply will not pay the
> termination fee. I don't care about the consequences of not paying. In
> my lifetime I have always payed my credit card bills on time and I
> have good credit. When I buy something on credit I pay for it. For
> this particulare transaction, I feel that it was mis-leading and I
> don't care about fine print, bold print or any print. I will simply
> not pay. What are they going to do, kill me? Cingular can go to
> flaming hell.
> As far as my credit rating? I don't care. I don't need any credit
> anymore at this point n my life.
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:13:21 -0600, Ralvarez
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>hahaha, contracts are to be read not jsut to be signed. Everyone always
>>screams and moans about o i got this o they did this. NO, you did that!
>>Everyone who screams didnt read the fine print (why do u think its fine
>>print)?!?! So dont say ur going to get a lawyer or somethng the only
>>thing your going to do is embarss yourself. Just learn from this and
>>read ur contract. I always have made sure people read everyhting so i
>>dont have people coming back at me to rip me a new one. Take it easy
>>and sorry bout it
>
>

"motogrrl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> R M Wrote:
> > Exactly how in the hell is it Cingulars fault for taxes? These are
> > government imposed and they have no control over that. Let me guess,
> > you
> > didnt get taxes at tmobile or sprint?
> >
> > "finiteguy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hi All: I ecently signed up for family plan under cingular. What a
> > rip
> > > off. The plan was supposed to be 59.98/month. Got the bill (after
> > one
> > > complete cycle) and the taxes alone totaled over $12.00/month.
> > Anyone
> > > know how I can file a compalint with the MA attourney general. I
> > want
> > > to bail out of this plan. The salesman who sold me the plan said the
> > > taxes woud be about $5.00. What a real scam.
> > > Cingular sucks big time.
>
>
> *customers like you make my job hell. you VOTED on the taxes in your
> area. you have local, state and federal government INCLUDING the FCC to
> blame not the carrier. speaking for every CARE REP in the world.
> customers need to take responsibilities for their actions and not
> assume the easy route of blame.*


OMG....will you marry me???



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finiteguy wrote:
> Your right, MA sucks for taxes and other reasons.
> I am terminating my contract. I simply stopped paying for service and
> will not pay the termination fee. I don't care about getting bad
> credit for this, I'll live through it.

*shrug* bad credit is entirely your right.


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