Like Sprint, Tmobile also has an employee referral discount program. You can get savings on new plans and service cellphones by going to t-mobile.com/friendsandfamily or calling 1-866-646-4688 and mentioning promo code 4450TMOFAN.
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Save With Tmobile Employee Friends And Family Discount Program
By 5.1.07
Sprint Employee Referral Deal Open To Everyone
By 5.1.07
My Money Blog details his experience with jumping in on the SERO (Sprint Employee Referral Offer) plan, which can you a good deal on a new cellphone and plan. Overall, it sounds positive and he got hooked up with free data transfer.
Helio Call Centers Staffed By Retards
By 5.1.07
Helio is an exciting new cellphone company! We heard about them some months ago when they just got started and were launching 2-page spreads in major magazines and taking out ads on prominent websites, except then they decided to only pay for the magazine ads and told the websites to go screw themselves. This general air of assclowns spinning asshats on sticks at the asscircus trickles down all the way to their call centers, which, based on reader Dave’s complaint, has their head totally up their ass. Which must hurt because it’s also got a spinning asshat on it (on a stick, no less) but we digress.
Feeling Cingular
By 4.30.07
Justin Callaway’s Cingular cellphone sent radio interference that destroyed one of his prized speakers, so he made an awesome music video about it.
Customizing the Motorola Vxxx
By 4.27.07
Here’s a cool guide for hacking your Motorola Vxxx (x being a wildcard) so you can make it show the color styles, shutdown and startup animations, outer text displays, etc, that you want.
6 Documents Sprint Reps Have That You Don't That Could Help You Buy Your Next Cellphone
By 4.27.07
If you’re shopping for a Sprint phone and or plan, you might find this six documents useful handed to us by one of their recently fired customer service reps.
80 Sprint Department Phone Numbers
By 4.27.07
Inside, a list of 80 different Sprint company phone numbers by department.
How To Negotiate What You Want From Sprint Retentions
By 4.27.07
A former call center worker told us how to get to, and deal with, Sprint retentions department so they will fix billing errors, or waive fees.
UPDATE: Kitten-Filled YouTube Mocks T-Mobile's $629 Foot-Dragging
By 4.26.07
From what we can gather, T-mobile said he was responsible for all charges made before he reported the incident. Then they said they would wipe all the charges, after he faxed a police report. Then they kept saying they never got the fax.
A Document Alltel Looks At When You Want To Cancel Cellphone Service
By 4.26.07
Inside is an official Alltel internal company document on what they’re supposed to do when customers call up asking to cancel their cellphone service.
JetBlue CEO Interested In In-flight Text Messaging
By 4.25.07
David Neeleman, founder and chief executive of JetBlue, said text communications could prove attractive but agrees with the misgivings of many U.S. airline executives about the onboard use of cell phones for voice calls.
Can I Get This Cheaper Online? Text Frucall
By 4.23.07
Frucall upgraded its free instant comparison shopping service for cellphones so now all you have to do is send a text message. Simply text “fru” and the product barcode to a special number and get the results back by text.
Reach Sprint Without Going Through Automated Menus, And 88 Other Useful Numbers
By 4.20.07
1-877-891-1384. Inside, we’ve got Sprint phone numbers for just about everything your heart might desire, from activations, to the CEO, to Malice Phone Call Traces, and more.
The $10,000,000 Sprint Cellphone Bill
By 4.19.07
The “Power Vision Access Pack” gives customers the ability to get on the internet, buy ringtones, watch TV, listen to music, and more.
Nokia "Repairing" Man's Phone For Over 3 Months
By 4.16.07
Bob sent in his Nokia for repairs. He expected it back in 10 days. It’s been 3 months.
What Is Mandatory Binding Arbitration?
By 4.11.07
Chances are, you own a product or subscribe to a service you agreed to “binding arbitration” once you purchased it. But what is it?
Verizon Beats Cingular/AT&T To Become Nation's Largest Wireless Carrier
By 4.5.07
“Verizon became the new market leader in terms of total direct retail subscribers/customers, with a total of 56.8 million, against 56.3 million for Cingular,” said IDC’s Julien Blin in a statement.
Meanwhile, Sprint is losing customers due to its general ineptitude. —MEGHANN MARCO
