Is there anyway a cell phone service can waive the cancellation fee of $200??

Question

The cancellation fee is rediculous....

Answer 1

doubtful you'll get it waived but check out this site and find someone to swap with ... just call you carrier and ask about changing the responsibility on the account first to make sure you can

http://celltradeusa.com/

Answer 2

As a person who has worked for all carriers I have to say yes but only in extreme circumstances. I varies from carrier, sounds like you have T-Mobile(they have the highest cancellation fee, next to Nextel-sprint)
1. Leave the country for longer than three months
2. Death of the person who uses the phone.
3. No signal in your home.
the last one is the one that you can maybe get away with if you do the following.
ask around and see which one of your friends lives in an area were there is little to no reception, if you have a friend then change your billing address to that house, at which point you call the company and complain tha your not getting services and you want out, it will take a little fighting but they let you out.

Now if you want to go to a different carrier, go to a place were they sell different carriers three or more is better. Tell them that you wanna change but your still in contract and what can they do for you. Independent dealers have more wiggle room than the direct stores (unless its for an upgrade). They can take a phone and sell it for up to $100 less than the direct stores.
what I done in the past is offered the hundred dollar discount to the customer. That way they are only paying $100 dollar disconnection fee. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Cancellation fees are very common and normal. Almost every service provider has it, except for those like Metro PCS that has terrible reception. But just so you know, if you use the right tactics you can waive any fee. Companies don't want to lose their clients, and if you make a huge deal about paying this fee they might waive it. If the first rep. you talk to doesn't want to do this for you, ask for a supervisor, and let him/her know that you were not notified about this fee. I know because I have done that with Cingular in the past. I also worked for AT&T and T-Mobile. Good luck! :)

Answer 4

No, the company subsidized the cost of the phone, dependent upon you completing the contract.

You did sign a contract and you are responsible for completing the terms. You can look at other low cost options, some companies have a vacation hiatus that will turn the service on the phone off, still hold your number however you pay a smaller fee.

Answer 5

Yes, it is ridiculous. I wonder how they stay in business when they treat their customers like this. My guess is that if you are canceling, they figure that you're already a lost customer and it doesn't matter how bad they treat you. I had a similar experience several years ago, I told the person over the phone that I didn't need a mobile phone for the time being, but when I do get a new one, I'll come back to the same company, and on top of that I'd spread good "word of mouth" for them. It worked.

There's a consumer advocate named Clark Howard who deals with things exactly like this, he also has radio show.

Answer 6

there are rare cases where the cancellation fee is waved, but only if the situation deams it not the fault of the cunsumer. lets say that where you live, you have a tower that got hit by a bolt of lightning and now you have no service at your house. This could result it them letting you go because it breaches their part of the contract. other then something like this, you are breaching the contract and are required to pay the early term fee.

Answer 7

usually the cancellation fee is a portion of the remaing contract on your phone - find someone to take the phone and contract off your hands - or if upgrading have them waive the cancellation

Answer 8

I was dropped by Cingular for making to many calls "out of network". I live in MN and worked in ND for a couple of months and they sent me a notice saying they were dropping me. The second thing I heard of doing is to call the company and tell them you lost your job and can no longer afford to pay your bills so it would be benificial to them to waive the fee and cancel you because you are having financial difficulties and can no longer pay your bills.

Answer 9

They could, but I doubt that they will. When I cancelled they made me pay it. That's part of the reason I don't have cell phones anymore. Greedy phone companies.

Answer 10

I had a carrier wave it after I moved into another service area. If you are polite, speak with a manager and have a good reason, you have a chance,