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frontpage Posted by Demon170 • Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025 8:48 AM
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frontpage Posted by Demon170 • Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025 8:48 AM
Total Wireless 128GB Apple iPhone 13 + 90-Days Service (New Customers w/ Port-In)
(ID Verification Req.)$165
$249
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You get what you pay for.
You can buy this phone for more without the requirements.
If they did not require this some folks would buy dozens to resell (which I have no exact issue with other than it make such a deal impossible to offer)
Decide for yourself.
It's really no different from walking into T-mobile and signing a contract to get a 'free' or subsidized iphone. They take your id there.
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EDITED: I found some. Thanks
I tried to purchase the phone with plan, but it requires me to login to see available plans. When click to login page, it doesn't take my phone number since it's not yet in the system. There is no option to sign up.
Though the order was expected to ship promptly, it did not. I contacted Total Wireless support multiple times via phone and chat, and spoke with several representatives who assured me the device would arrive within 3 to 5 days. Those assurances proved false, and after many weeks of delay, I gave up and switched to a different carrier.
To my surprise, the order arrived on July 8—over six weeks late and far beyond its intended usefulness. I reached out again to initiate a return and request a refund.
During a chat session, the representative told me the return shipping would be free and that he would send me a shipping label. Initially, he pasted only a return address—not a proper barcoded label. When I clarified the difference, he responded: "We will send you the shipping label to your email. Just print it out." However, in the very next message—without giving even a second for the label to arrive—he wrote, "I've been waiting for an hour for you to receive the label in your email." This was clearly untrue and misleading. He then abruptly closed the chat with: "Thank you for chatting with Total Wireless, have a good day! Bye!" without confirming whether my issue had been resolved. No label ever arrived.
I continued to seek resolution. The next day, a representative told me to physically deliver the box to your warehouse in Indiana—an unreasonable and impractical request given the distance. That call ended abruptly. On a third attempt, another representative insisted I would have to pay for the return shipping myself, contradicting what I had previously been told.
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Edit: Based on thread search, choosing "Other"
One caveat: I've seen people claim that when activating (not when purchasing) you can choose a new number. Maybe this is possible with chat but I got an error message that the IMEI needs to be activated with an existing phone number
The port seemed to go through within minutes. Outgoing does work. Incoming still going to GV.
Though the order was expected to ship promptly, it did not. I contacted Total Wireless support multiple times via phone and chat, and spoke with several representatives who assured me the device would arrive within 3 to 5 days. Those assurances proved false, and after many weeks of delay, I gave up and switched to a different carrier.
To my surprise, the order arrived on July 8—over six weeks late and far beyond its intended usefulness. I reached out again to initiate a return and request a refund.
During a chat session, the representative told me the return shipping would be free and that he would send me a shipping label. Initially, he pasted only a return address—not a proper barcoded label. When I clarified the difference, he responded: "We will send you the shipping label to your email. Just print it out." However, in the very next message—without giving even a second for the label to arrive—he wrote, "I've been waiting for an hour for you to receive the label in your email." This was clearly untrue and misleading. He then abruptly closed the chat with: "Thank you for chatting with Total Wireless, have a good day! Bye!" without confirming whether my issue had been resolved. No label ever arrived.
To illustrate this interaction, I have attached screenshots of the chat to this email.
I continued to seek resolution. The next day, a representative told me to physically deliver the box to your warehouse in Indiana—an unreasonable and impractical request given the distance. That call ended abruptly. On a third attempt, another representative insisted I would have to pay for the return shipping myself, contradicting what I had previously been told.
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