Sprint Axing Customers?

You have to think about---Calling in 100 times a month or 300, what kinda life does these customer have that they can sit on the phone that long......I agree most of these people (Not saying missdiva) are trying to game the system with credits and discounts they shouldn't have in the 1st place......

I have a sweet retention deal as well, but I unlike other's know when to quit...You cant say it doesnt happen you see it on here and other boards everyday....I couldnt believe one post that asked "Can I get unlimited incoming with SERO"....My jaw dropped, and I must say this is in away Sprint fault because they spoil people with these perks (Some of them had no intensions on leaving, they just want what everyone else has)....And now Sprint is getting rid of them (Again not pointing this to missdiva).....

But you cant sit and say this 100% Sprint's part.....People have to proclaim some self-responsiblity in this as well even if its only 30% their fault.....


And even with 10 transfer's and 10 hangs-up that still doesnt add up to 300 calls to CS a month.....That's INSANE I cant put it anyother way, and their cant be a billing problem that is that complicated to fix requiring that many calls a month, I just cant believe it.

 

Hundreds in a month is insane, I don't even think that's possible. Like I've said before, there ARE people who deserve to be booted and who are unreasonable/rude etc. Not everyone lumped into the same "call number" group is the same though.

Remember, one call is not one call in their book - it could easily become 15 w/ the transfers etc etc. Just calling after I got the letter took about 25 "actions" !

90 "actions" in 6 months is not that much when you have an ongoing problem, other regular questions/swaps/etc and deal with some of the less educated CS people.

 

From what I read in the notice....It was strictly targeted for those calling anywhere between 100 and 300 calls a month to CS....

If 15 calls was the limit for a month....Alot more then 1000 people would have gotten the notices. Try more like 10K

 

To me if I had to call CS this much, then they are not worth having as a carrier, If I called CS 3-4 times with an issue (or less) last year that was a lot.
This year due to a problem with my old Blue account registering SMS that were included in my plan, did cause me to call 3 times so far this year, unless something happens with my migration, I don't have any need or desire to call them again this year.

What I am saying is, if you were having this many issues with them & their CS, I give you credit for staying with them so long, I would have told them "Lemon Law" and said good bye a long time ago.

 

Why in their right mind would anybody have to call ANY CS 100 times per month? That is CS for just ONE company. I don't get it. Do people seriously not have antyhing better to do with their lives?

 

It's 90 "calls in 6 months. Including transfers, being hung up on, being disconnected, having to call a different number. For ex, if you call and need tech support, that's AUTOMATICALLY a minimum of two calls, even though you dialed once. (You give both people your name and phone # and they log it in)

 

So if you send an email to them does this count???

 

lol you better watch out. if it does count you will be sprint axed next

 

Yeah i know

 

First off on cancellation: If they credit you your current bill, and waive early termination, and allow you to port without penalty that's about as generous as they can be. What stings about being canceled? Is it the case that one has such a good deal that no one else can match it? If so, this is a akin to a landlord raising rent after several years of charging under market rate. It sucks when it happens to you, but it is within their rights.

Calling CS too much: This is the part of this issue that really sucks rocks. I have a SERO plan (which is a sweet deal) and I helped my brother get two SERO plans (one for he and his wife). Both in my and in his case, the plan came with optional add ons (6pm nights etc.) which we did not order, and did not desire. We waited on hold more than three hours (and no, I am not exaggerating) and gave up, and called back several times just to reach customer service. We were able to correct the problems.

My own experience with Sprint's customer service has been horrible and repeatedly so. In my case, this means I sincerely try to avoid calling them, and only call for a billing error. Anyway, if I had any faith that their customer service was even reasonable, I'd be less concerned about this recent action.

Let's stick to the facts. If you want to cancel someone for abuse, then let's call it what it is. State the specific reason. If Sprint has some evidence on MissDiva that she has done some abuse, they should share that with her and not _____ foot around.

Simply calling customer service should not be grounds for termination. There are many normal things that can happen that cause one to need to call customer service (and possibly repeatedly) to get the issue resolved.

-Dan

 

I agree with you and apparently Sprint does too. If you have that much trouble and are calling in that many times then by all means leave and find another carrier that can fit your needs better.

 

According to the latest WSJ article it's actually 25 calls a month on average. That would add up to 150 calls over 6 months. Also it appears that it wasn't just about the number of calls they were making. It was also the type of issues involved.

When they cancel 1,200 customers I'm sure there will be a few mistakes in there somewhere. So it's quite possible that your cancellation wasn't very justifed.

 

Here's a little more detail from an official Sprint bulletin:

On June 25, 2007, Sprint mailed contract termination letters to approximately 1,200 customers, representing fewer than one out of every 40,000 customers.
• This action was necessary after we determined that a small percentage of our customers were calling Care, in some cases, hundreds of times a month, even after we explained to them that we would not be able to resolve their issues.
• In many cases, callers had issues that were not related to their Sprint service, or were requesting actions on their account that were not permissible under Sprint policies. These customers were informed at each request that Sprint could not take the action they were requesting. • This will not be a large-scale cancellation and will have no impact on the overwhelming majority of Sprint Nextel customers.
• Sprint is giving these customers 30 days from the date of the letter to transfer their cell number to another carrier of their choice, and we have agreed to waive their final balance and early termination fees.
• While we have worked hard and will always work hard to resolve customer issues and questions to the best of our ability, rather than continue to operate in a situation that was unsatisfactory for Sprint and our subscribers, we chose to terminate our relationship with these particular customers to allow them to pursue other options.

 

Of course Sprint will try to slant this in their favor but I'm not so sure that at least some of those customers didn't deserve what they got.

 

They are working on bringing the customer care back to the US and are working on a whole new billing system right now. That also explains why there's been an extra long hold times lately.

 

I don't know how much of it is "crap" as you put it. Just this past month I was incorrectly billed. It took one call and zero transfers to fix it and credit my account nearly $50. I didn't demand anything. I didn't ask to speak to someone ele to get me a credit for my inconvenience above and beyond the credit for the improper billing. One call, and done. I have almost no doubt that the vast majority of the people that are calling in are the types we see often on these forums...if they don't get someone willing to give in to their ridiculous demands, they hang up and call back again later.

The line about customers calling in about non-service issues probably is not crap either. Does Sprint mean people are calling about their tv? Of course not. It does probably mean people are calling because they don't like their phone anymore and want to try to get a new one somehow. That isn't a service related issue, yet I bet Sprint gets calls like that all the time.

The fact of the matter is, billing issues or not, it shouldn't take that many phone calls to get it fixed unless the person doing the calling is demanding something unreasonable.

Of the just over 1,000 people that got this letter, will a handful probably be unjustifiable terminated? Yes. But they are still calling into CS a lot, they are being given a zero balance, no ETF, and they can keep their phones. So moving to some other carrier and selling their phones to help them buy a new one with someone else doesn't seem like such a bad deal.

Sorta funny that I am defending Sprint right now...part of me wishes I would have received the letter!

 

I can't force roam...not possible on a BlackBerry. But I wish I could so I wouldn't have such unreliable service at home.

I don't really want out of my contract, but I wouldn't be broken-hearted to leave.

I have had many issues as well, and I don't think it has ever taken more than three calls to get them fixed. It's 2 (or 3) more than I should have to make, but it is not 25.

The person that started this may have been part of the handful I said would be wrongly caught in the "roundup" but I would tend to think that if people do need to call into CS that often they are trying to work the system/problematic customers or they should be happy to be gone and not have to deal with Sprint any more.

 

Yes I know there are many trying to work the system and are problematic. I have personally known a few people on the forums who I've communicated with who were problematic and always looking for something else (ie, new phones, another discount, a better retention deal, etc)

 

Same with me. I have a pretty good deal (non-retention or SERO) myself but it's no where near as good as many on the forums have. I was happy with what I got and never tried to keep calling back looking for more and more even though I know I could have easily gotten free 6PM N&W, FIMF, etc. I also have never tried to get a free phone and have pretty much paid full retail for all of my phones since 1997 (with the exception of a couple of $150 upgrade rebates).

 

Last I'm going to say is---

-For the Price I pay
-For excellent services I get
-For the stock that I have in S
-For the amount of people that I have referred to Sprint

I'm not going to sit here and b----, complain and 2nd guess Sprint on something that doesnt effect me...Sprint has been good to me.

 

And how do you know for a fact that they didnt deserve those letters....You cant fight for something when you dont have all facts....All you basically have is a "He said, she said" situation....

So little were I see your "Fighting" will get anyone, This is really between Missdiva/Others and Sprint, since they are the only ones that know the true facts of what has taken place...Missdiva tells us one thing and Sprint is saying its something else, who's to say which one is factul truth....Now could missdiva been targeted in error sure, but without seeing the account and having all facts....we cant sit here and make that judgement call...all you can do is wish her the best at fighting this, and getting it corrected if she was targeted in error.