Alltel Cellular ripoff lied tell me over and over Clovis New Mexico

I used to work for Alltel in the financial services department (long story as to why I no longer do, so I won't elaborate).

This is perfectly acceptable practice. If you have 2 accounts listed under your name and your friend is supposed to be paying the other one and does not, Alltel can and WILL shut off BOTH lines, even if yours has a zero balance. This is considered a related account.

Let's set up a hypothetical here. Account A (yours) is at 0.00. Account B (your friends) is at $150.00 and 45+ days late. Since Account A and B both are registered to your name/ssn, Account B's delinquency is considered a risk and to Alltel, Account A also has the POTENTIAL to be delinquent, therefore BOTH lines are shut off.

Having worked in that department, I would actually ACTIVELY look for related accounts and if one was seriously delinquent and the other had a zero balance, guess what? BOTH would be shut off if I couldn't get a payment on the delinquent account.

Mark,

You have just had to learn a hard life lesson the hard WAY. I too have learned this lesson the same way. What you have done seems noble on the surface, but almost always leads to problems. If this friend asked you to put the phone in your name, there is a good chance he had not portrayed him self credit-worthy to other creditors, making him worry about whether alltel would provide him service, or provide the service with a very high deposit. You in theory Co-signed his debt. There is only one reason a creditor asks for a co-signer. They feel statistically, they will not get paid. It sounds like your friend proved them correct several times by not paying his bill on time. Companys have this credit approval down and can predict whether someone will pay fairly accurately.You should be extremely upset with your friend. I believe your anger, while just, is mis-directed. LESSON: NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER CO-SIGN/GURANTEE ANY LOAN FOR ANYONE FOR ANY REASON UNLESS YOU ARE READY TO PAY IT YOUR SELF.

I am an Alltel employee in a retail environment. I am constantly asked if someone doesn't pay their bill that is in someone elses's name, will it affect them. That is common sense. Ofcourse it will.

No disrespect intended, but after reading your report, the question one should be asking is, "Why would you allow service for a friend, who is not responsible to begin with?" If they are a risk, and your good credit is on the line, why would you think to add them if it is a possibility that they wont pay their bill?????

It's not Alltel's fault....There's an old saying "With friends like that, Who need's enemies," In the end, sad but true, your friend's name isn't on the account, your name is. Which means any problems will have your name all over. Do you honestly think a big company has the resources or time to dissect every promise to pay, or lack of??????

Tell me something, are you still friends??????

Dont blame Alltel, just think twice before you are so generous to your friends.....