Nope, my mom has been on time with her bills. The people at Cingular says that the online fee (that I paid) was taxes.. but it CLEARLY said ONE TIME activation fee. Just for this reason i'm not going to Cingular and my mom is canceling.

when you activate a new line, even if its for a shared plan, you pay a 1 time start of service of $36.00 the only way you don't if you activate all the lines at once, since that way you pay for that on the main line.

It the same if you add another line next month, you par the start of service on that newest line as well.But i got news for you all cariers charge it, if you don't like it, go pre paid but pre paid plans sux!

but why the online say ONE TIME ACTIVATION FEE and then charge again on the bill for the same freaking thing?

It does not charge at checkout... It displays the activation fee so that you cannot call in after you recieve your bill and say "I was not told there would be an activation fee..." a previous post advised you to check your credit card statement... i suggest doing so.

So, what? they didn't waive it? If you were double charged for one line, then they should have waived it.

If they did, then you weren't really serious about getting service anyway if this make you cancel.

*sigh* I want to be in Business Sales..

Nope, because they give us the bullshit how the online fee was "taxes" and that it wasn't activation. Go on the Cingular website and try to get a phone and it says "ONE TIME activation fee".

Have you checked on your statment... yes it does show up on the invoice printed out .... but it DOES not get charged to your card... it only gets charged to your first bill as you can see below.... Check your credit card statement.. i bet you it will NOT be on there 🙂

Nation 450 w/RolloverChange Plan$39.99 Motorola V220 Camera PhoneChange Phone ONLINE OFFER ONLY! $0.00 Services & Features Change Features - Unlimited Mobile to Mobile Calling Included - Long Distance Included - Detailed Billing Included - Call Waiting Included - Caller ID Included - Call Forwarding Included - Basic Voice Mail Included - Three-Way Calling Included Accessories Add Accessories
Deposit Amount $0.00
[b]One Time Activation Fee $36.00[...
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err i meant

Nation 450 w/RolloverChange Plan$39.99 Motorola V220 Camera PhoneChange Phone ONLINE OFFER ONLY! $0.00 Services & Features Change Features - Unlimited Mobile to Mobile Calling Included - Long Distance Included - Detailed Billing Included - Call Waiting Included - Caller ID Included - Call Forwarding Included - Basic Voice Mail Included - Three-Way Calling Included Accessories Add Accessories
Deposit Amount $0.00
One Time Activation Fee $36.00
Sub totals
*Shipping and Tax Calculated at checkout
Calculated at checkout
*Total Due Monthly $39.99
**Total Due Today $0.00

Actually you are wrong about that, but just 1 thing.When youget a phone, whether its free or discounted.The government still charges you taxes the regular retail price.For example the v-220, regular retail is $179.99,the government is still gonna tax you on the non discounted price. So Tax is generally higher and billed to the card.If he got a 249.99 phone,and discounted he still pays that discount and the reg. retail taxes.so it all depends on the pohne he chose and reg. retail value.

It's never charged when ever i have upgraded a customer to a free phone. I do it all the time and it always says amount due today 0.00.

Sales taxes are generally dependant upon the State you are in.

I'm blue care so i work with all states.

You are one of those peckerheads in Care that keeps telling blue customers they can purchase an Orange handset and put their SIM in it are you??? 🙂

I've had 2 people in today telling me Care said they could.

What are you talking about? I don't even deal with GSM i'm TDMA. We are talking about taxes and activation fees.

jinx7676 said:
could also be a restoral fee if the phones were turned off due to non-payment

Reconnect fee is $36 per account.

Then call Customer Service and offer to fax us that CC reciept. If you did, we'll credit it for you, no problem.

You don't get charged the activation fee online when you place the order... If you just made a payment online for the activation fee you would have recieved a confirmation via email... We can track that payment with that confirmation number... But if you made a payment when you placed the order... it was not for the Activation fee... You don't get charged for it at checkout...