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AutoPay discount changes noted in the link. $5 discount per line not available with a credit card

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Last Edited by superslickz May 1, 2023 at 05:51 PM
From a supposedly T-Mobile employee on Reddit, here is the latest update (5/1/2023) on Autopay discount:

Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/...ange_date/

The new autopay changes requiring a debit card or bank account to receive the discount goes into effect on May 18th.

EDIT: May 18th is for new and existing customers just enrolling in autopay

May 20th customers enrolled in autopay without debit card/back account/T-Mobile money will receive text messages over the next several months depending on bill cycle. They will receive a text message 30 days before their autopay discount is removed. Then a 15 day reminder, and again 3 days before. So the date for existing customers enrolled in autopay will vary from account to account.

Most reloadable cards are eligible for the autopay discount while non-reloadable are not and cannot be used for autopay.

Will update this post with more information as I get it.

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i_CEO
02-16-2023 at 04:34 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:34 PM.
So no more credit card Cash-backs on top of auto pay discount. Sad ☹️
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02-16-2023 at 04:39 PM.

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02-16-2023 at 04:39 PM.
Quote from i_CEO :
So no more credit card Cash-backs on top of auto pay discount. Sad ☹️

How much they get hacked giving them your bank account info is probably a bad idea
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thund3rcat
02-16-2023 at 04:39 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:39 PM.
I wonder if they'll let you pay partial with CC and the rest with autopay.
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bababoi
02-16-2023 at 04:51 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:51 PM.
RIP cc cellphone protection benefit. Between citi costco cc dropping extended warranty and now this. I am not having a good start of the new year, not at all.
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Eagles89
02-16-2023 at 04:53 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:53 PM.
This is basically like a 5% price increase
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02-16-2023 at 04:55 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:55 PM.
Doing the same crap as Verizon, absolutely asinine
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betterthanhalf
02-16-2023 at 04:58 PM.
02-16-2023 at 04:58 PM.
Wish they would "grandfather" this change
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ancientman
02-16-2023 at 05:00 PM.
02-16-2023 at 05:00 PM.
paypal debit 1% cash back?
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CoffeePleeze
02-16-2023 at 05:02 PM.
02-16-2023 at 05:02 PM.
So basically the charge for using a credit card is a sliding scale depending on how many devices you have receiving the discount. That sucks. I would rather pay whatever the transaction fee is costing them. My main reason for using a credit card is 1. Data breaches and 2. Ease of disputing erroneous charges.
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iuku
02-16-2023 at 05:24 PM.
02-16-2023 at 05:24 PM.
This affects my cellphone protection from Wells Fargo credit card.
This is how tmobile works around price lock and gets the price increase.
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Kouskous44
02-16-2023 at 05:30 PM.
02-16-2023 at 05:30 PM.
Can make debit card numbers linked to your bank accou t through privacy.com . Cancel the privacy.com card if tmobile ever gets hacked.
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