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SwillVZWagent

Apr 15, 2009, 12:19 PM
Ok, this happened to me a while ago and i need to vent this about my experience with Sprint CS.

I had a customer who ported their number from T-mobile to Sprint then to Verizon within 2 hours. Now the customer didnt tell me they just ported from tmobile onto sprint less then an hour before So right from the getgo you know this is gonna have problems. Well the port was not working out so I called T-mobile customer service and they gave me their port center they say that they pushed it through to sprint and now i had to go through them.

I then call sprint and tell the CS rep the situation and they say, " awww hell no" (under their breath) "let me transfer you"

Time spent thus far with sprint 1 minute

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rarodrig26

Apr 15, 2009, 1:07 PM
Solution: First, tell your customer he's an idiot for not deciding what carrier he wanted before switching to Sprint. 2 ports in 2 hours i do believe is a record. Second tell them sprint said thanks, we are all filled up on stupid customers here.
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SwillVZWagent

Apr 15, 2009, 5:15 PM
haha. yah he definitely was not the smartest.
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Kayslay34

Apr 15, 2009, 2:44 PM
SwillVZWagent said:
Ok, this happened to me a while ago and i need to vent this about my experience with Sprint CS.

I had a customer who ported their number from T-mobile to Sprint then to Verizon within 2 hours. Now the customer didnt tell me they just ported from tmobile onto sprint less then an hour before So right from the getgo you know this is gonna have problems. Well the port was not working out so I called T-mobile customer service and they gave me their port center they say that they pushed it through to sprint and now i had to go through them.

I then call sprint and tell the CS rep the situation and they say, " awww hell no" (under their breath) "let me transfer you"

Time spent thus far with sprint 1 m
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Sprint_2008

Apr 15, 2009, 2:58 PM
"I had a customer"....
You should already have the appropriate Port Number is your a corporate rep. A few errors on your part, for not calling the right department from the start. But nonetheless not a good experience for both parties. All in all its not a difficult situation, but sorry you had to go thru that!
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SwillVZWagent

Apr 15, 2009, 5:17 PM
Well im not a CS rep...I work at an agent store. and the story is true. I believed i was being pushed around because no one knew what to do
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CS2006

May 5, 2009, 8:29 PM
All the same you should have assigned a temporary VZW number for the customer and handled the port separately.

We have had T-mobile reps give false account numbers many times however which slows down the porting process.
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drake

Apr 15, 2009, 3:03 PM
We need to get you off the team, you give us a bad name, there are procedures in place, and you did not use a single one.

I hate you ๐Ÿ‘ฟ
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Sprint_2008

Apr 15, 2009, 3:12 PM
drake said:
We need to get you off the team, you give us a bad name, there are procedures in place, and you did not use a single one.

I hate you ๐Ÿ‘ฟ


Exactly!
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Sprint_2008

Apr 15, 2009, 3:12 PM
Sprint_2008 said:


Exactly!


But i dont agree on the i hate you part lol
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SwillVZWagent

Apr 15, 2009, 5:22 PM
but I work at a verizon agent...not for you ๐Ÿคจ but again read my newer replies...i dont hate sprint as i said i dont like your customer service. Your phone service itslef is underrated and i hate that your plans are so cheap now...but verizon is still better ๐Ÿ˜‰

Just thought i would share this funny story. I wasnt ever really mad because it was a slow day and after it was over i was laughing my ass off with my buddies from other stores about it
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GTAexpert

Apr 17, 2009, 9:50 AM
First off....my apologies for the lengthy wait with CS. That sucks. I have spent countless hours on hold during my long go retail days with issues and it just plain sucks.

Secondly, sorry a few folks misunderstood you. You have to understand the combative nature of us loyal Sprint folks here in PS that post regularly. We get bashed a ton for things that often are wrong and unfair.

Third, your positive attitude is appreciated.

Last and most important, port issues are a pain in the A$$. I dont care what company it is. Since VZ's hostile takeover of Alltel, any time I port a business customer over we have to wait for days, sometimes up to two weeks for that jumbled mess that is Alltel to release the number. Something folks dont realize...
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Menno

Apr 17, 2009, 3:28 PM
Was this actually from alltel/verizon or are these numbers from Trust markets? Trust markets (the ones still running alltel ads) are a completely different company from the portion verizon bought.

And in order for a takeover to be hostile, it has to be without board approval (buying up stocks to get a controlling interest) I'm pretty sure the people who bought alltel a few years ago said they did so to rework the company for sale (I could've swore I read an article about it... kinda like the firm that bought Chrysler).

I agree with the customers who port twice bit..

My favorite was a customer I had that we ported over from Sprint... we spent over an hour on the phone with the port in department to get everything working and th...
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GTAexpert

Apr 22, 2009, 10:42 AM
Never fails the ridiculous requests customers make, huh?

This is actually not a trust market to my knowledge. I would like you to pm me and elaborate if you don't mind Menno.

Thanks!!! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜
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chadlos

May 5, 2009, 2:29 PM
i cant understand how people like that work in sprint if we have a lot of metrics to care our quality and customer satisfaction i hope those reps take a training ๐Ÿ˜ณ
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thedish8204

Apr 28, 2009, 4:01 PM
I am also sorry you had to go through so much to get the request resolved. I am sorry that our agent said that under their breath. I do work for Sprint as Retail Store Support and we work so hard to not hear people say "I hate Sprint CS" and when someone doesn't own up and just simply say "I can't help you but I will find out who can since you have been trying to get this resolved for so long". Wow that was hard huh!!!??? ๐Ÿ˜› But seriously - sorry you went through that and thank you for level headed about it. I would hope any future contacts to Sprint will be better.
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SwillVZWagent

May 6, 2009, 3:53 PM
I gotta say. Lately sprint has stepped it up when i have dealt with them. Even doing good enough to take my sale away from me a couple times ๐Ÿ˜ก . That was an extraoridnary situation, which ticked me off at first but i found super humorous later on. It also helps that I transferred to a store where Verizon has by far the best coverage and everyone has money to spend. So I have to do very little work with othe carriers now.
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thedish8204

May 7, 2009, 1:11 PM
I completely understand. We all have those situations where you are just like "Is this really happening, has everyone just gone insane (or stupid)?!!", but all you can do is just get through it then laugh it off later.
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