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Complaint Review: T-Mobile - Nationwide

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  • Reported By: Melia — Canton Georgia USA
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T-Mobile Prove a disability to a corporate office Albuquerque, NM Nationwide

*Consumer Comment: Inconvenient but not a RipOff

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     Approximately 10 months ago, we added my handicapped sister-in-law to our cell phone plan when T-mobile had a new program.  My husband and I brought my sister-n-law to the local T-mobile store and was told because she was transferring over from Verizon she would need to purchase a phone that used the T-mobile platform.  The local employees were very nice and helpful to make recommendations on which phone would best suit my sister-in law.  They knew she was visually impaired (due to diabetes) and an amputee.

     My first bill, after the addition to our phone plan,  showed a number of directory assistance calls on my sister-in laws phone.  I called customer service with T-mobile and discussed that her number should be coded that she is visually impaired and will be using directory assistance frequently.  Her line was coded with Verizon and she was not charged when it was necessary to conduct business. T-mobile did reverse those charges and still had not established a way to code her line to prevent this from happening.

   Now months later, T-mobile mails a letter advising that we need to provide proof that she is visually impaired and they will then reverse the last charges after receiving proof that she can't see. I feel this is a total rip off after we buy another phone and now the corporate office wants her to get a letter from her doctor stating that she is visually impaired  (also paying a co-pay office visit charge).  The charges on just the last bill was $54.00 and will be appx. the same amoundt for the prior months.

     The local T-mobile store can see that she is wheel chair bound and visually impaired but the corporate office in NM cant trust their employees or their customers. The other 3 people on our plan do not have issues but I feel I have to advocate for my sister-in-law.  Shame on T-mobile. 

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Inconvenient but not a RipOff

AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, November 09, 2015

This may come as a surprise to you, but the clerks who helped you at the store are not Medical Professionals and can not diagnose or give a medical opinion as to the level of someone's disability.  Now, who can do that?   Her doctor.

Now, of course you are going to say that it would be obvious to anyone that she has these disabilities.  Yes, she could be in a wheel chair, yes she could have some vision issues.  But it takes a doctor to say that the vision issues are serious enough that it requires her to use Directory Assistance.

Now on the usage.  According to their site they charge up to $1.99, so at $54/month that runs to about 27 calls to Directory Asssistance.  That is about 1 per day.  Now, I don't know who your sister is calling but is she really calling a new phone number just about every day?  If she can dial 411, why can't she store common numbers in the phone?  In fact many phones(even the entry level phones) now have voice recongition where all you have to do is say "Dial...." and they dial the number.  You can even give them the numbers to dial.  Even with many mid-level phones she could actually look up information and have it dial the number without even touching the phone.

So yes, while it may be inconvenient to get a letter from the doctor, it is not a RipOff.  As it appears that they have no problem waiving the fees, they just want proof.  Nothing more than just about every other business would want, or are you saying that in all of her time with this disability she has never once needed to produce a letter from the doctor to any business or government agency?

As for being charged a Co-Pay for this from the doctor.  In all honestly if your sister has been going to this doctor for any length of time the doctor should know her disability and medical history.  Where if she(or you) called up and asked for him to write a letter, he should have no issue doing that.  Where if the doctor wants her to come in and pay a CoPay to write a letter, perhaps it is time to find a new doctor.  I have had to get the occasional letter, and never once have I ever paid a Co-Pay for a visit
 

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