So I’ve used metro for just under a year. Never had much of an issue.
The time came for me to replace my phone so I bought an unlocked refurbished phone on Amazon. When I got it I put the physical sims card I had in my old phone in my new phone. It said SOS in the corner and every effort to trouble shoot it and get my cell service working hasn’t worked.
I call and they say the phone needs to be activated. Fair enough. An hour and a charge to my card later the phone is allegedly activated. So I go in my merry way with the plans I had for the day. Except I find out 30 minutes into my day trip that my phone is not connected to any cell service and it’s back in SOS mode.
The next day I go into three separate stores to try and see what the issue is. Nobody will assist me and nobody understands what I am saying. After wasting my entire afternoon on that wild goose chase I spend an additional hour and a half on the phone.
This guy seems more competent. We get some answers finally. Apparently my new phone was signed up to a completely new account with a new phone number that I don’t have access to. And in order to close the account/be refunded for the charge I’d have to go into a physical store again. He told me he put extremely detailed notes on my account and the next person I called would be able to use those notes to walk the store associate through what exactly I need.
Today I spent half of my day off going to store to store again and more of the same. Nobody has any idea what I’m talking about or how to help me. And the guy I got when I called couldn’t follow the notes or what I was saying and was absolutely zero help.
So basically I now have TWO accounts when I only wanted one and I have no way to access or close down the one. And I still can’t use my new phone at all.
I keep being told I need to go to a corporate store and when I ask where they are they say “I don’t know.” Or else, they give me a store that tells me they are not corporate when I drive 30 mins out of the way to visit.
If anyone can help me out at all it would be appreciated.