Consumer Cellular
Is This Your Business?2.6
3.9
Overall Score
Ed Vandalia, OH
Good luck cancelling. My mother was diagnosed with dementia and called to cancel her contract. It has been 3 months since she has used the phone and haggled on the final payment. They did not budge an inch and finally paid the amount even though I tried to cancel it months before. After the cancellation, I recieve a $5 late fee charge. Again, I have to call and wait 15 minutes to speak to a rep. She waived the fee but I wanted confirmation that the account was closed and NO MORE BILLING OR THREATS OF A COLLECTION AGENCY! I made the the agent stay on the line until I recieved e-mail confirmation that the account was closed and there would be not additional charges. After 20 minutes of waiting...I still do not have conformation. SENIORS BEWARE!!!
7 years ago
Timothy T Mulcahy Cornelius, NC
Switching to Consumer Cellular has been a nightmare for me!! It started by them lying to me about being able to use my own phone. When I went to Target they said I could not use my phone after 2 hours and spending $200 on a new phone. I left feeling deceived by Consumer Cellular. I called them but they proceeded to tell me that they were sorry but could not do anything for me I needed to go back to Target and return the phone--taking no responsibility for what they had told me or their agent Target.
I have had the program for 2 weeks and try to make a call but I get a message that my account is empty and I need to refill it. I am a salesperson for building materials and my phone is critical for my clients to get in contact with me and for me to sell. At the same time I start to receive angry emails from my clients say that my phone will not accept calls. I make my way to a land line and call Consumer Cellular--they tell me there is nothing they can do?? They use AT&T and T-Mobile towers and the AT&T towers are down and will probably back up in a couple of hours or so. I lost hundreds in sales and had a lot of upset customers. Consumer Cellular offers me nothing--or I could go back to Target and buy a sim card that will change my service to T-Mobile. I had no idea that I was signing up with AT&T or T-Mobile--very deceptive. So Consumer Cellular is not a cell phone company--they are a call center that can not help you with anything--I have no idea how they got a #1 rating for cell phone provider--They are not a cell phone provider--they are a call center which offers no support and takes no responsibility for anything that they supposedly provide and they are dishonest. Do not switch to them!!!!
7 years ago
mike heller Toms River, NJ
If I could give 0 stars I would. The service seldom works. Calls drop. Calls don't go through. If you are in any kind of building with a decent roof (grocery store, mall, ect) no reception. Sure the cost is low but if the phone never works who cares. To make it even more special the last few days, absolutely no calls incoming or outgoings worked on any of the three lines I pay for. The website also didn't work. No customer service numbers worked and when I finally got a number that did work (went through at least three of the first ones to come up in a search and they are not working numbers) the customer service was not only 0 help but their attitude was horrible. I strongly recommend that no one gives this company a single cent.
7 years ago
Wow Fort Collins, CO
Today I discovered my cell phone will not dial out, message is "my balance is too low." We have unlimited talk and text. Could not call customer service obviously. Looked online, showing nothing wrong with the account, bill is paid on time. In the afternoon, my husband says the phones have started working. Contacted customer service after work as the phone now magically started working and asked what the deal was. Listen carefully: They were informed when they started work today that there was an outage of the T-Mobile Towers. I don't remember in all my years of having cell phone service with another provide of the phone being "down" and not being able to call out for SEVEN HOURS PLUS. When I asked for credit for this terrible inconvenience (what if there was an emergency?) she retorted: It was only down for a couple of hours (a blatant lie) and the supervisors told us when we walked in this morning no credits will be given for this. The phones were probably not working for a lot longer than 7 hours since I woke up to this, possible all night and half of the next day.
Not reliable service, oh, and if you read the contract, they are NOT RESPONSIBLE if you cannot connect to 9-11. I will repeat that, they are NOT RESPONSIBLE if you cannot connect to 9-11 if their 3rd party service does not work. Shame on you for targeting the elderly. We will be switching carriers from CC ASAP after being with them for 2 whole months. What a scam.
7 years ago
John Waynesville, NC
Even though they had complete records of numerous service problems for the 1st 7 weeks of joining their network that including them having me drive 50 minutes each way to a Target so see a technician who promptly told me he had no idea why they set an appointment as he was no in position to do anything, constant conflicting recommendations from customer staff and it just goes on and on. They refuse to offer any credit saying that I have intermittent service so not credit even though on multiple times customer service reps told they would credit as they was all customers to be 100% pleased. Total BS. Extremely disappointed Moving to another carrier. All talk but nothing to back up their talk. Beware
7 years ago
Ms Debbie Parkton, NC
First the tower service wasn't all that great dropped calls receipents couldn't hear me . There's was a time for a whole month couldn't text couldn't even get a credit issued then cancelled then was charged then had too call get that fixed they said fixed no chared then I still get a bill for $5.93 after I was told I owed nothing wouldn't use them again n don't think anyone else should either n what they tell you at the beginning isn't what got so consumer beware if you don't want to be taken to the bank
7 years ago
CindiDe
CC ads say they have great customer service. I beg to differ.
I wanted to go with CC because it's less expensive than other carriers. I wanted to keep my phone and number so I ordered the SIM card, I unlocked my phone so I could change service. After going through hassels with Target and my current carrier, I was finally connected then found I had lost my internet connection which I need. I don't have WIFI at home so the connection was important to me.
So I called CC to see if I was supposed to have internet.. The girl that I talked to said the only way I can get internet through CC was to get a hot spot.
I was extremely disappointed but decided to go back to my original carrier. After I paid over $100 to connect my service, I called to cancel CC. When I told the guy why, he said I should have been connected to the internet as part of my plan.
Then he had the nerve to try to convince me to go back to CC.
I'll only say that I was not real nice to this guy before I hung up.
CC is out of my life.
7 years ago
Annie Seattle, WA
I'm having a hard time believing this company is not a complete scam. My parents switched our family plan form AT&T to CC this week. First, they programmed the wrong phone number into one of the phones and we had to drive all the way across town to have that corrected—only to later find out that none of us could make or receive any phone calls, and texts were only intermittently being sent/received. Aside form being a complete hassle, it's unsafe to not be able to communicate to the outside world. The saddest part to me, is that this company targets senior citizens, who are less likely to be technologically advanced and/or may not be able to easily get around. There's no contact information on CC's website other than a sales phone number, hence this review. I want to warn as many people as possible to STAY away from this company. This company is the reason why the expression "it sounds too good to be true" was created.
7 years ago
Mary Manistee, MI
My phone stopped working after a couple of months. They kept billing me. After numerous tries I finally reached their awful customer service and got insincere apologies and excuses but no help. Then they piled on late fees and refused to work with me. I am stuck for 2 months of NO SERVICE, late fees AFTER I spoke with them, no retraction of the fees when I attempted to pay, no assistance to get my payment done....just endless fogging and flimsy excuses! Most people expect to get something if they pay, besides pure aggravation and mind games. Worst company ever. AARP should be ashamed for supporting their ripoff techniques to low level ncome members.
On one more phone call, I FINALLY got the late fee reversed...but the empty bills had to be paid. I paid them to go away. I still think no one should use them.
7 years ago
KRH Roanoke, TX
I switched from Verizon to CC about 2 weeks ago. I was thinking why pay $35 a month more for the same service, so I switched. Now I know why, service. CC was awful. They put you on T-mobile or AT&T's network, but you have lower priority than the real T-mobile or ATT customers. I was on T-mobile. Totally sub-par. Sometimes calls didn't go through, or they went straight to vmail, can't group txt, can't txt to an email address, txts sometimes took over an hour to reach their destination. I contacted customer disservice, they said it was T-mobile's fault. Then I went to WV (which isn't quite a third world country) and roaming started, on AT&T. Same garbage. Bottom line, 2 weeks was enough, this 69yo senior switched back to Verizon yesterday. Seniors, don't buy the hype.
8 years ago
Carol Seal Beach, CA
No contracts. Advance warning if you are about to go over your data limit, with the ability to upgrade then switch back after billing. Wide array of plans.
8 years ago
Bill F Providence, RI
When I started with CC, I chose to bring my own phone. First, I had to check to see if it was compatible. On their web page, after you select to bring your own phone, it asks for the brand, model etc. It said that my (AT&T) phone WAS compatible. So, I switched to CC. Only later did I discover several problems, such as not being able to attach a photo to a text, nor being unable to text or call Europe. After well over 12 calls, NOTHING has been resolved. They have recommended several times that I buy one of their phones. I don't like that, as it's akin to bait & switch, which is , of course, illegal. I will be looking elsewhere and do NOT recommend consumer cellular.
8 years ago
Richard Alpharetta, GA
I got my SIM card yesterday, called to get the directions to plug it in, was told that after I turned the phone off and on I’d be all set. I Turned it off and on only to find a text telling me it would be 2 ½ hours before it would work. After three hours (it wouldn’t work till then), I called my brother only for the call to drop moments later. It has been over 12 hours and I still can’t make a call. If this can’t be fixed IMMEDIATELY, What do I have to do to return to Sprint? This is my ONLY phone!!!!
Is this typical of what I should expect from Consumer Cingular?
8 years ago
Renee L. Beahm Lincoln, NE
My wife purchased an Alcatel Go Flip phone. After a little over two months the phone failed one night as it was charging. We returned the phone to Consumer Cellular and they denied the warranty claim saying that the phone had been damaged by water. We have no knowledge of, nor do we think the phone was ever damaged by water. Don't buy phones from Consumer Cellular because they don't honor the warranties. We're being charged for a new phone of the same make because they denied us the warranty return. Interesting thing is, my wife was told they would not honor the warranty the first time she spoke to them about the phone not working without having any idea of what could be wrong with the phone. Upon a return call insisting the phone had not been damaged they came back saying the phone was water damaged after we sent it in. How do we know they didn't damage it upon return?? It is all very fishy, and it stinks.
8 years ago
Cullen Duke Whitney, TX
If possible, I would give a "0" star rating. Consumer's Cellular customer service is no better than any of the industry leaders and I believe is actually worse. I went through a week-long process to port two cellphones to CC after buying SIM Card packages in a retail store as advised by the CC web site. By the end of the week, I had been told a different story by every single CC customer service representative about when and how the data portion of the plan would be activated. In the end, CC was unable to activate the data service at all. A smart phone is no better than a flip-phone without a data plan. So I once again ported (in 1-1/2 hours) the cellphones to a leading cellular provider. I returned to the retail store and was told that I have to obtain the refund from CC. So, I called CC customer service and was told that all but the state sales tax would be refunded to my credit card in a few days after my request was submitted to accounting. 10 business days later, still no refund. So I called CC customer service again and was immediately told by THAT CC customer service rep that there is no refund on SIM Card package purchases, only credit against future service. That despite a prominent label and text on the packaging that says "100% risk free guarantee." I then asked to be transferred to a supervisor who smugly told me that the consumer agreement clearly states that there is no refund on the purchase of SIM card packages. This despite the fact that you first have to tear off the strip with the "100% risk-free guarantee" label in order to read the consumer agreement. This is clearly an immoral and illegal deceptive trade practice. I plan to find a class-action lawyer to sue CC on behalf of me and every other consumer who CC has smugly ripped-off. They are not the slightest bit embarrassed about such a deceptive trade practice.
8 years ago
Thoma zanotti Belen, NM
Popularity has created ways that are too long and a myriad of service problems which may not effect seniors with flip phones but do smart phone callers.
I have been attempting to gain resolution on why my Samsung s8 phones cannot call Europe while a simple flip phone on the same crier can. No one gives call backs and no one appears to have any answers.
Although I was quite happy with cc years ago I c as n no longer recommend.
8 years ago
Catherine Vitale Thorofare, NJ
I have had this service for less than 3 months. The coverage is ok. The problem is they notify you when you reach 75% of your data use that they will upgrade you if you reach your data limit. They do not notify you again at 90% or at the time they are increasing your data. The data does not roll over. So, I was charged for 5 gigs, used .3 of a gig and the data did not roll over. I called them and the Rep's response was "over is over" you have to pay the $10.00. I asked to speak with his supervisor and was informed none was available and they would call me back on the next business day. I was not informed when I signed up for this service that I would not be notified when I reached my data limit or that I would automatically be charged. They do not allow for the consumer to just go with out data till the next billing cycle.
8 years ago
Carol R Logan, UT
I have had Consumer Cellular for four years. Until I took a recent international trip, I was very satisfied - excellent customer service, easy to use web site and account management, good rates if you aren't a heavy data user. If you plan to travel internationally, do not even consider CC as your phone carrier. Because they don't support international texting/calling on the AT&T SIM card, which is better for where I live and travel typically, I had to swap out to the Tmobile SIM, which I did three weeks before leaving on my trip. It was a major hassle. I was told I could then swap back to the AT&T SIM upon return. When I was in Europe, the nightmare began. After using my phone on a few occasions to send/receive texts, all of a sudden I was unable to send texts or make calls. And I was unable to access the CC website, as if it was blocked. Using my partner's phone, I contacted CC and was told it was a "system failure". She said that somehow my international service had been terminated - on CC's end. The rep restored my texting while I was talking with her. It took several more hours to restore my calling. This was very disturbing since the following day I was traveling solo in Europe for another few days and couldn't trust that CC would reliably provide service. Returning to the U.S. it was a fiasco to swap out to my AT&T SIM again, and required a supervisor to resolve the problem. When I sent a letter requesting reimbursement of the significant roaming charges incurred on my partner's phone while communicating with CC to resolve the problem they caused with my phone, I was told that they do not guarantee international service because of international towers, etc., etc. None of the supervisors, nor the "resolution rep", could explain why my partner's cell phone carrier had no problem providing service on the same day and from the exact place where my CC service was inoperable. And why I could connect to his carrier's web site but not CC's web site. At no time did CC accept responsibility for the problem, despite the first rep who took my call from Europe stating specifically that somehow CC had terminated my international service and wasn't sure how/why it had happened. I will be terminating with Consumer Cellular since I will be doing more international travel in the near future. And, because they lost my trust and good faith by failing to acknowledge their responsibility for the problem I experienced.
8 years ago
Nancy Springfield, VT
Their marketing and website are misleading. Sure they don't have a "contract" BUT they fail to state UP FRONT that they will run your credit report and based on that information you will either HAVE to establish autopay OR ELSE...those were the words stated to me tonight by Nancy, a supervisor. The "or else" means no service...too bad, so sad. No where is this vital information stated up front. It's only after a lengthy ("friendly") conversation is the credit report asked to be run...and then the gavel strikes. Some seniors/disabled consumers feel obligated to agree to this...making it a CONTRACT. Whether Consumer Cellular agrees to that terminology or not, means nothing. Because the consumer wants the service and HAS TO AGREE to CC's DEMAND of payment type.
This is NOT the why AARP touts this business, nor should it. AARP does NOT only represent the well off retiree's, they also, and should, represent the low income seniors who are living SS payment to SS payment. And sadly are easily persuaded to give their precious financial information to a stranger over the phone.
Please AARP rethink this affiliation or persuade them to change this policy. Perhaps I will reconsider renewing my membership if you did and were successful. Thank you.
8 years ago
A Laslo Oakland, CA
I have a cellular phone and have the misfortune of being a former customer and employee of this company. There IS a contract with the customer, in spite of what is told to you (see Terms and Conditions on their website). If you do NOT have AARP (their 3rd party affiliate) you are forced to arbitrate and cannot sue them, they do NOT give the REQUIRED FCRA disclosure and run a hard hit on your credit AND have permission to dive into your consumer habits and credit further, they do NOT honor the soldiers and sailors relief act for active duty military members, if they sign you up for AARP they charge $16 instead of $12 the actual AARP charges, they will increase your plan if you go over and charge you the greater rate for the whole month and you are responsible for calling to drop your plan back down again. The reps are disreputable ghetto punks and for every SIM card (or new line) they get credit for a sale (so they love switching out the SIM)and have a lowered talk time, they are held to an avg 5 minute talk time and will often hang up to meet their stats, the minute they end the call they chatter about how stupid seniors are "somebody get me some cyanide", the owner has many disgusting cartoons of seniors on his website, they fail to disclose that you CANNOT change your plan when you go over plan, the two towers they bounce off of give them lower priority than their own customers so clarity and speed are an issue (charging in full minute increments to other cos partial minutes), got to say it Verizon has the BEST reception and network out there. The whole industry is moving to embedded SIM cards that do not switch out so, with any luck, they will be gone soon. Pull up the terms and conditions on their website and call your state attorney general and the FCC and report them for consumer fraud in every state you have used their service in or bounced your signal off a tower. Troll them by calling and keeping their reps on the phone for hours. The reason they do NOT have check by phone is that, each time you do it, they have a contract and they are too cheap to pay for the software. If English is not your first language, notice they ALSO did not disclose that your complaints against them on the State website are automatically ignored since they claim it was a miscommunication (other cell companies spend money for a language line). You fought the war to end all wars, gave us tremendous changes in technology, medicine, education. For Christ sake Gates is a senior citizen. I would say to reconsider and go directly to ATT or Verizon on a plan. Also, if you call to cancel, reps used to take the hit of the cancel against their sales and WOULD FORGET TO PROCESS IT. So you might find you are still with the jerks when you thought you left long ago. So make that looonnngg call to have them explain everything that your service/phone can do and call your regulators FCC, State Attorney General, Senator, Congressman. Become proactive consumers. Dont bother with AARP, they get a cut and dont care. Dont bother with BBB who uprates companies if they respond to a complaint, not if they do anything.
8 years ago
KJS - New York
Horrible!!! Tried to go from T-Mobile (very good) to Con Cellular - Horrible!!! (Reason for change, I wanted to pay less for a data plan). After inserting the Con Cell sim card into my iPhone the iPhone would not go past "Searching" mode. For 3 days, 4 hours a day, Con Cell couldn't get it to work. Con Cell manager says "Your iPhone is not compatible with our network". WHAT??? An iPhone not compatible??? She says, "You should purchase a phone from us"????? WHAT???? I said no way!!! And guess what....they locked my iPhone so I can't simply put my T-Mobile sim card in to go back to T-Mobile!!!! Holiday weekend is shot until I can try to have T-Mobile and Apple to get my iPhone back up and running. Thanks for nothing CON CELL!!! Horrible to due to a senior citizen!!! AARP should be ashamed for endorsing them.
8 years ago
Tony G New York, NY
CC has demonstrated a pattern of abusive billing practices aimed at senior citizens, myself included, who are usually less vigilant.
I was overcharged by $61.60 for the month of September 2017 while I was overseas from August 22th to October 2nd and not using the service.
I had requested a freeze of account on August 17. My monthly bills had never been more than $33.00 before, and the cost should remain constant since I used no data service with less than 1,000 minutes phone calls ($20.00), plus fees and taxes (less than $11.00), totaling less than $31.00.
I tried to reason with CC for many times, the responses I got, however, were self-contradictory, false and absurd!
On August 17, a representative stated that I could not freeze my account, and that I had to do it on the 6th of the following month when a new billing cycle was to start.
On Nov 6th, I requested the termination of the service, but was told "I would like to let you know that as of November 10th your account has been cancelled. Because we will in arrears, you will receive one more invoice through today’s cancellation date".
How could it be "we will in arrears"? Looked into the statements that I received, there was a charge of $23.43 for the period of Nov 7th - Dec 6th, 2016 before the service ever got started (I signed up on Dec 18th, 2016). I was then charged and paid through autopay every month thereafter.
A representative in early October claimed that I was charged for $61.60 for the month of September because I changed my service level.
The representative on Nov 10 claimed said that CC has been "hiring and training" and "would like to apologize for any confusion that occurred." Nevertheless, she completely ignored the issue as how to return the unwarranted charge of $23.43 for the period Nov 7 - Dec 6 2016, and the overcharge of $61.60 (September 2017).
I offered to close the case if CC returns $10.00 for its overcharge. Instead, they sent me another bill at $60.24. There people are just gross!
8 years ago
Aaron Lammers Collingswood, NJ
Do not trust this company! They are a complete scam, I ordered a phone, with an unlimited plan. as soon as I got the phone I realized that their "unlimited" plan DOES NOT INCLUDE TEXT! As soon as I realized this, I called and cancelled my order, and said that I wanted to return the phone. They said that I could return it, so I packaged it right up and sent it back. The phone was in mint brand new condition. They then sent the phone back to me, and refused to accept it. They said the phone was damaged. The phone is perfectly fine. It looks like they just took a little razor blade and just made a tiny little scratch on the bottom of the phone, and now they refuse to return it! That scratch was not there when I sent it back. I never dropped it or anything! I never even used it! I just tried to send a text and then I put it back in the box to send it back. If there is a scratch on it it was either there when I got it or they put it there!
8 years ago
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Charles Lavery Hickory, NC
I like having consumer services phone line very much. I only pay for what I use each month. And customer services are all Americans and speak clear plan English. I'm glad I switched!
4 years ago
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David Cape Coral, FL
When I was with this company I liked them a lot. They were inexpensive, reliable and their service was good. Some where along my moves I just lost track of them and now I'm with T-Moble. There is absolutely no reason that I would not go back with Consumer Cellular.
5 years ago
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JOHN M. Campbell ,
Can't recommend Consumer Cellular highly enough. After years of paying AT&T almost $100/mo. for service, I switched to Consumer Cellular for $30/mo and their service is better than AT&T!
5 years ago
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Beth Butler Hot Springs Village, AR
So far so good. I have just signed up. From what I have been able to learn the prices are amazing. Appears that coverage is excellent. I am looking forward to have a less expensive phone. No contract either!
5 years ago
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Rocatta Tait Norfolk, VA
Transferring service from T-Mobil to CC was incredibly difficult. It took literally hours on the phone, 1 new phone, and 3 SIM cards. The customer service reps failed to return calls or follow up and wait times were extensive.
Since then I have been very pleased with CC ability to provide quality phone service at 2/3 the cost.
6 years ago
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Theresa Giacomazza Bedford, OH
They are very reasonable. This is a great plan for seniors and it doesn’t cost a lot. You get everything from them like you do with other companies. Just for a lot less money.
6 years ago
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LifeOn Adventure Newport, KY
Prices great! Plans are changeable! Simple to understand website. I have used the the on-line chat and called customer service with good results. I purchased my phone with them because it made it easy to pay for it on one bill.
6 years ago
heather cox Chicago, IL
Nobody seems to have the proper amount of training to help any customer with any question they may have at all. I've had my new phone for a week and a half and I've talked to 10 different people about how to get my phone set up and every single person has given me a different answer and zero help at all. This is absolutely rediculous.. Shutting the economy down and giving everyone stimulus checks really made for a lazy society and zero customer service help anymore. Anywhere. Who knows if this will get resolved. Nobody's trained anywhere.
4 years ago
Robert Cooney Mount Vernon, WA
It is unfortunate that you can’t leave a zero star review. One of the worst experiences I’ve ever had with a company. First and foremost, they are committing fraud. They told me there was coverage where I live and, Simply, there wasn’t. This was after trying for weeks and weeks to make it work. Switching out Sim cards, spending hours and hours on hold, talking to customer service… Wasting time. And, then, when they were unable to provide the service they promised, having the goal to charge me for what they couldn’t provide.
4 years ago
Joyce LaPoint Miller Lawrenceville, GA
the past year plus they have gone from great customer service to ZERO. you literally have to wait several HOURS to get a return call & by then you are not available & have to call again & wait a few more hours. your whole day/night is tied up......totally unacceptable . thinking of switching to Xfinity. for just $5.00 more will have UNLIMITED data vs. 1 GB now.
4 years ago
My Bag Houston, TX
Im a disabled person,to sign up for consumer cellular service they hurry and answer their phones to update a plan or sell another phone. If you have an issue or want to cancel the service the wait time is over an hour, they lie about they're unlimited plan, please stay far away from this company, they always have an excuse why the phone time is so long, its not senior friendly.
4 years ago Edited February 8, 2022
Mary Wong Charlestown, MA
Consumer Cellular lies, cheat, and steal from your wallet. They often use your text messages as a vehicle for the own selfish purposes. The IT people peeks through your email and your text messages to find what kind a consumer you are, and they lie about not looking. They will be a subject of investigation soon from the states they provide service too. They are big trouble with local and federal authorities,
4 years ago
Are Tea Haddon Heights, NJ
When you research services they wer sure to keep you on short hold times. Had the answers too. 3 days later I am a customer and I was the 105th in que. WTF. For two days in a row. So I went to the live chat format - they don’t understand what “Live” means. Waiting, waiting and if a call comes in in your phone while you wait, their chat bumps back to the beginning of the wait time. My advise.... Don’t. Not worth the agg. I’ll stick with Verizon thank you.
4 years ago
Ronnie Smith Santa Fe, NM
Not the service CC claims they are.
It took weeks to get my phone setup to make calls to Canada. The web site claimed it’s easy, just enter 1+ area Cade and number. It doesn’t work that way. I now have to call a number to connect to Canada and then given a code and then enter all over again plus the code. I’ve tried to get ahold of anyone to help because this method does not work. I’ve missed many calls to Canada and I am unable to talk to someone/anyone that can help.
4 years ago
tom spencer Atlanta, GA
We have been long term customers of Consumer Cellular. Recently they have added a $5 auto pay fee. I have never been late on a payment in over 10 years, get ebilled and now they want more money. They are not a full service phone provider. They buy bulk time and data from other carriers and resell them. In doing so the customer does not get spam blocking on calls and texts. You don't pay much but you don't get much and now they want more for offering less. Time to find another carrier
4 years ago
Richard T. Bell Ocala, FL
Worst cell phone company on the planet, when I tried to report a problem, they would not even answer the phone, no call back, no response what so ever. Unable to hire enough personnel to staff the company, used COVID excuse. It reminded me of AT & T 35 years ago, absolutely no damned difference. Consumer Cellular is one horrible company. Don't waste your time reporting a problem, it will never be corrected. They will use the ever famous COVID excuse.
4 years ago
Mike Yaeger Washington, DC
Stay away from this company. And do not buy a phone from. That's how they lock you into their service. Go to Walmart and purchase a phone. I have trying to get the phone I purchased from them unlocked to go to a didn't carrier. They have been avoiding this and basically telling me that they cannot unlock it. Even tho I own the damn thing. Now it's been past the 30 day mark so I cannot return it for a refund. Please whatever you do, go to Walmart and avoid doing business with this company.
4 years ago
George Stone Saint Ignatius, MT
Consumer Cellular was a good company when I started with them, presently they have turned out to be just the opposite, coustomer service is very bad' I was sold a phone which gave me problems from day one I requested a return on it and they refused the return because it was more than 14 days mind you it gave problems from day one contacting them is ridiculous you end up on hold sometimes for hours unless you want MISERY don't hookup with Consumer Cellular.
4 years ago
Ronald Smith Braintree, MA
I spent 3 days without a phone. I spent the three days trying to solve the problem.
Every time they told me what to do it didn't work. Finally after 4 trips to a Target
store, someone was there who got me partial service. There word means nothing. The
worst time I ever had with a phone company. Please don't believe their adds. Please,
please do not go with them
4 years ago
1 2 Cleveland, OH
the cost advertised was low, however the service for value is D-
sorry the hype and how they market their products is a very poor value
I wish I didn't have to use any cell phone, the quality of the phone sucks, apps just open on their own, have to wait over 1/2 hour to get some help, run away very far away, they are nNOT amazing, they are pathetic
4 years ago
Simplicity Auburn, WA
The one star is because the only way to reach customer support is by phone, and the wait times are 30+ minutes! Even their chat isn't working....because when you click on it, it says "Chat is not available".
I'm also not happy they are involved with AT&T, who supports OAN, which spreads conspiracy theories and subverts our country. I'm switching to T-Mobile.
5 years ago
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Gayle Lopes Nashville, TN
Long long long waits… Reps used to be easy to understand but no more…on hold and then disconnected . I don’t have another hour and a half to wait to try again. I’m trying to see if my din can attach me to his TMobile account so I can have coverage and a cheaper bill. Can’t believe rep didn’t call me back — he certainly had my phone number!
5 years ago
James Westerberg Buffalo Grove, IL
Terrible customer service. i bought a Consumer Cellular Link II cell phone and had a question about a problem i was having trying to text someone and called there 800 # to speak with someone and was put on hold for 65 minutes. They obviously couldn't care less about trying to help consumers who purchase their products
5 years ago
Catherine Paras New York, NY
My experience is the worst ever and I've had a lot of cellular companies started out at $20 now my cell phone per month is up to $59 I still can't download any pictures I still can't download anything and I can't send any pictures will definitely get another cell phone carrier this carrier is horrible I went to Target I went to BestBuy which are locations were for Consumer Cellular nobody fixes my phone I spent hours and hours of time on the phone with consumer Consumer Cellular representatives to fix my nobody can fix it do not I repeat do not get this consumer cellular service it's horrible
5 years ago
michael witt Albany, NY
This is without a doubt the worst phone provider I have ever dealt with. Constantly being overcharged, customer service is a joke, if you want to talk to customer service expect a 30 minute to hour delay if they don't hang up on you first. I used the local Target store to purchase thinking that would help. NOPE. THEIR MISSION IS TO RIP OFF THEIR CUSTOMERS. My local Target store has a consumer cellular rep available for about an hour a week if they even show up at all. And then I am supposed to be understanding about their predicament. THIS COMPANY SUCKS. DO NOT USE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
5 years ago
Radhika Nina Marie San Francisco, CA
In the beginning I was sold by the promises that it would have low monthly rates and flexibility. There were so many problems with this company insofar
as not ever being able to get a customer service person on the phone, the 25 Day, not 30 day pay cycle and the fact they will without customer consent bump you up to the next tier and have a $45 plan become $65 for .10 gb overage of data. I wish I would have gone to the FCC about this fraud of a company who claims to have the interests of the older adult at heart, it's a shame they are allowed to continue their shady business practices.
5 years ago
DJR Salt Lake City, UT
Was traveling,camping, and using my phone as a hotspot and went over my data limit -owed an additional $22 (15 days late) which I would pay on next bill. However, they contacted me on Friday and threatened to shut off service. On Saturday I instructed my bank to pay the $22 which CC would receive on Tuesday. I called CC and told them that payment was on its way, rep acknowledged the info but CC shut off service two days later on Monday. Fortunately, I was in a city, cancelled CC and went back to Verizon. $22 overdue for 15 days and they cancelled service! what a BS scam.
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