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Report: #1015726

Complaint Review: Simplexity - Reston Virginia

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  • Reported By: Kal40057 — Pleasureville Kentucky United States of America
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  • Simplexity 10790 Parkridge Blvd, Suite 200 Reston, Virginia United States of America

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On Feb 15, 2013 I was checking out at a local grocery store buying my family of five the food we would need for the next two weeks. Being unemployed we don't have much money. My card was declined due to insufficient funds. I knew that as of 6 am that day there was at least $1100.00 in my account. After having my card declined I checked my statement online and discovered two $400.00 charges ($800.00) from a company named Simplexity.

I had never heard of Simplexity and was very confused as to who they were and why they were charging my card $800.00. I found their contact information online and called. I was transferred to their collections dept and found out that it was in regards to an order I made through as company they owned named Wirefly.com.  The charges, I was told, were because I did not keep my Verizon contract for at least 180 days. Well, there was a good reason for that. I lost my job through no fault of my own. I could no longer afford to have cell service.  I was never notified before these charges were made. I was told by a Simplexity agent that they sent a letter, however I never received one from them. The agent in their collections dept told me he would escalate my case to their company headquarters and gave me the number to call them. He told me that in circumstances such as mine that they will sometimes reverse those charges.

He BLATANTLY LIED to me!Upon contacting the company hq I was told that there was absolutely nothing they could do and that they NEVER did that because it was impossible. I offered to set up a payment plan with them and even offered to return the phones to them.  They refused both.  It didn't matter that I was unemployed, had no food to feed my 3 children for the next two weeks, couldn't pay my electric, water, car and rent payments. My electricity and water is going to be turned off because they took every single cent I had. If ANY company is going to do something like this to their customers it should be in BOLD lettering on the main contract page when a person gets service through them. It should be made plainly clear.

Simplexity has an email address that begins with the words: We Care.  I find that hard to believe. As of today, 2/17/13, my family and I are hungry, sitting in a house with no electric and cold since all we have is electric heat.  I just have one question for the people at Simplexity.  Have you ever met a person who had lost all faith in the world?  You have now.

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AUTHOR: wirefly_kim - (USA)

POSTED: Friday, February 22, 2013

While we truly regret the circumstances of your situation, when you purchased your phones, you agreed to our terms of purchase when you placed your order.  Our purchase terms can be read on our website: http://www.wirefly.com/about/purchaseterms/, and they state the following:

To provide you with significant savings vs. buying in a retail store, the price you paid for your device includes an Instant Savings Discount from Wirefly.

By accepting this Instant Savings Discount, you agree to repay $200 of this discount ($400 for smartphones, tablets, and netbooks) and authorize us to charge your credit card in repayment of this amount if, you signed up for a 2 year agreement and during the 181 days after your new equipment is activated, your wireless carrier notifies us that the services you purchased have been suspended, disconnected, or deactivated, or if you return your purchase outside of the return and exchange provisions of our Satisfaction Guarantee.

Other than simply deactivating a line weve activated, your wireless carrier could notify us that you deactivated if:
         You fail to pay the carrier in accordance with their terms and conditions
         You transfer equipment we activate on one line to another carrier line, even within the same account
         You activate this equipment on a new line of service with your current carrier and use it to replace an existing line by deactivating the existing line.
 
We also include a copy of the terms in the package with the phones.
 
You purchased two phones from us in early August 2012, and the carrier reported your deactivation to us on November, 24, 2012.  We then emailed you on 3 separate occasions and sent you 2 letters via USPS that all went unanswered.  It wasnt until we collected the money you agreed to pay to us, per the purchase terms, that you attempted to contact us.  Had you contacted us after receiving any one of the previous 5 notifications, we would have gladly worked out a payment plan with you.  Your lack of response left us no recourse but to enforce the terms of purchase you agreed to. 
 
We sincerely sympathize with you and made every effort to reach out to you; but unfortunately we were not given the same level of consideration.

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Did Asked By Simplexity Employee, Still No Respone

AUTHOR: Kal40057 - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, February 21, 2013

The employee of Simplexity/Wirefly asked in her response to the report I filed that I send an email to the company to see if they could help me with the issue.  I have yet to receive any kind of response either by reply to the requested email that I sent or by phone.  Our power is still off, were having freezing rain outside, we have no food and our water is scheduled to be disconnected tomorrow.  What little money we have is being put into my wife's car so that she can get back and forth to work because we cannot afford whatsoever for her to lose her job.

If the employee and the company are truly sincere about what was posted in response to my report then I would appreciate a response of some kind.  My family cannot live like this until my wife's next paycheck which we will not get until Friday the 1st.  We are cold, hungry and really don't know what to do right now.

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Offer of Help from Wirefly/Simplexity

AUTHOR: wirefly_kim - (USA)

POSTED: Sunday, February 17, 2013

I work at Wirefly/Simplexity's HQ, and would like to review your order and assist you.  We do disclose our terms of purchase at the time of purchase, and we do explain these charges.  That being said, we would like to discuss your order issues with you and see how we can assist you/work something out with you so that you have the money you need to pay your bills, feed your family and resolve this for you.  If you would please contact us at that email address you found, and reference this complaint or direct this to the Social Media team.  We will reach out to you as soon as possible to work with you and resolve this for you.  We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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