Call your provider and tell them that you are moving abroad. Make sure you say that you are moving to a country where they do not offer serivce (dont tell verizon you are moving to Puerto Rico or Canada). Tell them you found a new job and won't be back.

Tell them that you are moving to portugal, spain, france, England, argentina, or something like that. Europe or South america work the best.

T-Mobile: Don't say anywhere in Europe. Say a country in South America.
Verizon: Don't say Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, or any country that offers Vodafone. Say you are moving to South America (best bet)
Sprint: Anywhere except maybe canada
AT&T: Any country other than canada.
Virgin Mobile: Don't say anywhere in Europe or Asia.
US Cellular - Anywhere other than Canada.

any other company you can probably just use any country.

I have to agree with some of the visitors above that the laws are changing very rapidly with time and the suggestions here might not work

I used your advice and got out of my Tmobile contract today using CellPlanDepot.com Many thanks for all the advice y'all. I would of otherwise had to pay 2x$175 for the 2 lines, which is like a dang car payment! I will keep my car lol

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The statement in the article (Kiosks are 3rd party providers,not cell phone carriers) is false.  While some are 3rd party, not all are. For example if only Verizon Wireless products are sold and no off brand you can bet it is a Verizon Wireless direct Kios not a 3rd party.

 Hell i have straight talk $45 unlimeted everything from walmart it is owned by tracfone and runs on the verizon prepaid network which covers almost everywere. I dumped sprint as fast as i could and never looked back. I drive a semi all across america and have no problem with reception and i get unlimted everything for $45 dollars. i refuse to pay more when this option is out there......

I want to know what its called when a wireless company needs your permission to charge you extra fees and the amount of time you have to cancel service under those terms, thank you for your time and assistance.

If articles like this had dates they would be useful. California phone law is rapidly changing, but even on general principle no one should post something like this without a date, as it's going to litter the internet for years to come.

they're expensive and not even a big time company. i want to switch to sprint so bad, but i've only been in my u.s. cellular contract for six months. i haven't had dropped calls or anything, so i have nothing to complain about, i'm just bored with their service and i want a new phone (from sprint). should i waste my time arguing with them, cancel my contract, or just shut up and finish out the contract?

i bought a prepaid phone for emergancys and ive been getting calls from bell mobility asking to talk to the former customer that had the number, they left messages saying to contact them about a ugent matter, what should i do? i

Go see how Bas Rutten, the MMA legend, treats cell contracts at celldefense.com and have a good laugh.
Imagine unleashing Bas on your cell carrier. It might be fun!

nice site, thanks posting!

Hi, I swapped my cell phone plan using cellswapper and it saved my termination fee. It is nice to have such great service and that too with lot of ease. The best part is I took over a new plan at the same time without any charges. Thanks Cellswapperdotcom

I have sprint and all ive had is problems. I upgraded my phone and trhe i went to take it back they wouldnt take it back so ive had to keep its it sucksi t keeps doing weird tings ive been emailing a manger or something shes trying to get me to get a different phone. MY son has had 12 sprint phones in 1 year he hasnt even broke any of them either they just didt work right. The phones wouldnt send or recieve texts. Anyways Anyon know how i can get out with no etf i hate them i realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly want out to switch to tmobile there plans are cheaper.

My phone was stolen and i reported it. Also hve a police report. Is there any way i can cancel my contract since my phone was stolen? I'm on my parents family plan as an add on and don't want to trouble them any, but was thinking of pushing it with at&t. Anyone have any experience with stolen phones and contrct cancelations resulting from them?

I am moving to the UK for school and want to cancel my tmobile account. I changed plans almost a year ago cause I had been talked into a crappy family plan that gave me 2 lines but I still kept going over. I ended up paying $200 to get out of one of the lines and I DO NOT want to pay that again to cancel my service. Has any body had experience with this? Thnx

Hey everyone i just canceled my t-mobile service contract with no ETF, I got a letter in the mail stating there overage minute rate was going up to 45 cents. In order to cancel with no ETF your contract must have been activated (or renewed) service prior to June 28, 2008 and you must have had an overage with your minutes in the past 6 months. The person I spoke with was nasty but I had all my info on hand like the month I went over and what the contract stated. It took me no more then 10 mins to cancel with no ETF.

You are recommended to conclude an agreement in the office of the official provider and before signing the contract learn the terms intently. Usually the most gainful for the provider terms of the agreement are printed in small print not to attract the Client attention. As it was already mentioned in the previous post – one can sell his contract to the other person in order to avoid the penalties.  
By vavilon7

What are they going to do? Send the cell phone police out to collect? No, they're simply going to hand the account balance off to a collection agency and 'charge off'. Now what are the collection agency folks going to do? Send over the unpaid early termination police? No, you're simply going to tell these fools that they will never see dime one of that money and eventually they'll get the idea that your case is, well, 'uncollectable'... 'charge off' number two.

So, stop being sheep to these multi billion dollar corporations and transfer your numbers, an unpaid ETF aint going to tarnish yer credit score if EVERY other credit card, mortgage, auto etc. is and always has been on time and pristine. It's a phone bill for cryin out load... not a friggin HELOC!

I knew about the early cancilation fee for Verizon. I had two weeks or something to see if it worked. I tried to get reception at my home and couldn't. I bought $1000 worth of antenae equipment that the dealer sold me. Still no reception. They took back the equipment, but by then it was too late to cancil the phone contract.
I changed to ATT and got perfect reception. Now I want out of the Verizon 2 year contract without the termination fee. Verizon calls every day and demands their money.
Here's what I'm going to do: (I have the time) -- I'm going to sit outside the verizon dealer with a sign that reads "Verizon service stinks! Go down the street and get better service from ATT. -- I'll bet it works. I do this kind of off the wall stuff all the time.
Kenny

Sprint sent my boyfriend a second phone, on a family plan, to try out. He decided he didn't want it, so he sent it back in the required time, in their packaging. For the last 1.5 years, he's been charged $60 a month for that phone even though he has called and told them it was returned. Now, 1.5 years later, they are saying they never received the phone. They will not help him. He has been calling and all he is hearing is "you signed a contract". Does anyone have any helpful ideas? In addition to this, he asked for the $99.99 everything plan. They gave him the $69.99 everything digital plan. He's ringing up overages like crazy. It is his fault that he wasn't checking the bills and didn't discover this immediately, but come on, a little help would still be appreciated. He now owes $427 for his monthly bill and overages. If he cancels, he will get charged $400 ($200 per line) for the phone he uses and the one he never used. That phone was never even activated. NEVER EVEN ACTIVATED and they don't see a problem?

If and when you cancel your contract phone, you can then purchase a prepaid cell phone and start saving money! With a prepaid cell phone, you pay only for the minutes you use and can use the phone to text as well. Since I switched to prepaid, I have save over $30 a month on my cell phone bill. I would recommend this to anyone who is in the need to save money.

Why go through the whole bother - switch to prepaid! You'll probably either have to wait till your contract's over or bite the bullet and pay the penalty, but at the end of the day you'll still come out ahead. With prepaid you only pay for what you use/need. No hidden charges and no cancellation fees. After years of contracts I switched to NET10. I bought the prepaid phone at Wal-Mart and it came with 300 minutes included. Each call is .10 and texting is .5. Best decision I've made. I'm saving more than $50 a month! Aren't these savings worth the switch? I think we've had enough of cancellation chains.

I signed a contract with Att&t after they bouht out my provider. I was told that the bill would only increase $5 and the plan woudl remain the same... I signed a 2 yr contract to switch from old provider to new (ATT).

I have had problems ever since. Constant need for adjustments, eventually my 'agent' was banned from my account - and I have been told by ATT that they will not be adjusting any more bills, and the bill is now over $20 more than I signed on for.

I DO NOT want out of the plan (they offered that for free) But I WANT to force them to honor the price that was agreed upon when i agreed to sign the contract!!

Do they have the right to breach the contract without penalty?

Complain to the company, but do it the right way. When you call the customer service representatives be polite and professional, thoroughly explain the situation to them, and be patient. If this is the first time this has happened you could ask for a discount to recompense you for your troubles.

(By dom)

I've had this nextel phone for a while now and my upgrade is August 1st. Ive have nothing but problems with this phone. My test messaging, internet, 2 way and calls will randomly stop working... ive tried to talk to sprint about letting me do my upgrade early so i can get another phone for free! but they keep saying no only $50-$75 off another phone and im like no... im a new mom and i dont work and the husband only brings in enough to pay my car insurance, internet, the cell phone bills, and rent. we only have enough for diapers and food is there a way to get a free phone without paying any money for it??

cell phones suck dont buy one unless its prepaid and stop walking around on the phone all the time like its your security blanket jackasses

After fighting with AT&T for a very long time, I looked around on the internet and found a company that took over my cell phone contract the same day. I did pay about $40.00 but it was far less then the termination fee AT&T wanted. After doing this, I saw they also had plans I could use without a contract so I signed up my 17-year-old for that service. It has come in very handy when I took away her cell phone for a month and did not have to pay for service since I wasn't in a contract. I just looked them up and here is the link http://www.wirelesswithout.com I only used them after exhausting my resources with my carrier. It worked for me......

I have been a loyal customer with t-mobile now for five years and have been trying to get out of this contract for about a year now. Speaking of which this is a three line plan that is completely unlimited. There are not really any changes to my account other than the usage charges as well as the listing; other charges which is completely different every month and i have paper copies to prove it. Does this apply to the "materially adverse" clause or is there anything else i can do to get out? I have been noticing a decrease in my coverage and i can't even use my phone inside my own home now, I have been there for six years so i highly doubt it has anything to do with the home. Someone please offer me some assistance here because this is driving me nuts, and i've had it, I WANT SOME BUTTS!

SINCE VERIZON BOUGHT ALLTEL AND VERIZONS ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE INCREASED AND THEY ARE THE SAME, DOES THAT MEAN I CAN GET OUT OF MY ALLTEL CONTRACT BY SAYING THE CHARGES CHANGED?
FOR FREE?
IM DESPERATE TO GET OUT OF ALLTEL,
MY PHONE IS SLOW,
THE CAMERA STOPS WORKING SOMETIMES SO DOES THE SERVICE,
IT TAKES 2 MINUTES TO SEND ONE MESSAGE AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO OPEN ONE.
I WANT TO SWITCH TO A NEW SERVICE SO BADLY I HATE ALLTEL.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?
HELP PLEASE.

I have a Question: my friend Jennifer G. Black (not her real name) just moved and her cell phone does not have reception in her new house. Her son is having terrible health problems and she needs a reliable cell phone. She just found out she has about a month and a half left on her contract (her contract was for 2 years), but she wants to switch carriers now! When she signed the contract, she didn't even know she would be charged a fee if she tried to cancel. Becaus of her son's health problems, she's had to spend a lot of money on doctors and medications. now she doesn't have the extra $200 to spend on a cancelation fee. This is rediculous! Is there any way she wouldn't have to pay the full $200?

hey whats up guy's a couple of years ago i had sprint which were i lived it sucked big time and it was constantly dropping calls every 5 minutes so i went to att and i spoke to a rep there and we were talking about my contract with sprint and he told me if i wanted to join att all i would have to do is bring in my phone bill from sprint and he would surender my contract with sprint and renew it to att he said by law if you decide to choose a different carrier you can and your current carrier would have no choice but surrender your contract with them. you will still be charged a ETF but at least you dont have to stay with a carrier you do not like. also you can even keep your same number cause by law they have to surrender that too so dont let a contract fool you into thinking your traped cause your not. also he was telling how good he thought t-mobile was too so i know he wasnt trying to rip me off hope this helps

Get out of your Cell Phone Contract -Article on Yahoo

Awhile back I mentioned a site that I used to drop my Sprint Contract called Cell Plan Depot (.com) and today they were mentioned in a great article on yahoo's homepage along with a few other sites.
Here is the link for everyone here: ..well this site won't let me post a link unless I am a member so I posted the part of the article about CPD below....you can see it on yahoo today.

Cell Plan Depot
Also based in the U.S., Cell Plan Depot has plenty of Canadian listings to look through as well. Registering and posting an ad is free, but only for up to 14 days. There are extras involved in their Gold ($19.99) and Diamond ($24.99) membership packages that include messaging, live chatting, photo slideshows and geo-mapping, among several others.

Hope it helps!

Hey everyone, i have a dillemma that sucks and im broke right after pay day because of it. I lost my instinc not too long ago and i had it deactivated so whoever found it couldnt make it any calls. i went to sprint store to get another phone and since i didnt ave insurance on instinct i had to pay retail on a new phone; so i bought high note.. the representative at store had told me i should be able to recieve any voicemails, texts and everything that instinct got as well as my contacts which were backed up online after 4 hrs. I went home and after 6 hrs i didnt recieve anything; so i called customer service and after about 1 hr we finallly found out that the backup system on instinct is only for the instinct, not for any other phone... so they said to go and get instinct and download contacts to computer and then return it and get another phone if i want. so i went to sprint store and got instinct and paid a huge difference in price and i went down street and plugged in laptop and waited and finally got contacts off website to computer and i went back to store to see if i could return my phone and get my money back and also cancel my contract but they said i had already done exchange from highnote to instinct and that i could cancel contract and pay 200 but the phone was mine to keep they werent taking back..... i hadnt planned on getting an instinct.... anyone got any advice... wanna get out of that gay company.

After trying over and over to speak my way out of my Verizon contract I tried that Cell Plan Depot site and after 2 long weeks and $15 I managed to save about 176$ in ETF's. THANK YOU LINDA FOR THE PROMO CODE CPD123 25% discount code, I owe you 5$ or a beer on st patties lol
Cheers!!!!!
Mandy

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I wondering if I will still get hit with an ETF if I exeed my spending limit and they cancel me for not paying. will I still get the ETF OR will they just cut me off and i will i have to pay only my balance??????????????

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Another website worth mentioning is Cellout.ca - it's very similar to other cell phone swapping websites except it is 100% free to use. I posted my phone on there and I was fortunate enough to have somebody take it over.

Check it out and give it a try.

- Lindsay

I purchased a instinct in Sept. cust. rep told me false info to get me to purchase insurance. Now my phones touch screen is not working and I tryed to exchange phone at the store like the rep told me to do. Now they want me to take my phone to a repare place in a differnt town than where i live and let them see if they can fix it. I told them the rep said i could exchange it in the store. They said cust service reps make mistakes all the time, and not to worry about it. They wont exchange my phone. I been with sprint for over 6 yrs. and I told them I didn't like have someone lie to me. i asked to leave them and break my contract, they said no. Its now been 2 days and my phone is still broken and not sure what I should do. My account is current and i have insurance.

i have a 3 year contract with solo and im in just over a year and my phone broke how can i get out of my contract or get them to replace my phone?

My phone is through my mothers contract, its an add a line they is supposedly under contract. Well i am married now and dont want to be on mommy's phone bill anymore not to mention that her i and dont hardly speak anymore. I want out and i want to get on my wifes plan with sprint. i spoke with AT&T and they said there is nothing they could do untill my contract was up in 10 months! what on earth can i do SOME ONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!

We renewed our phones last January with a 2 year contract with US Cellular. We'd like to upgrade to Blackberries. This would give them $50-60 more from our family a month. They won't let us without paying the penalties. The soonest we can do it is July with no penalty. I can't for the life of me understand why the company won't allow us to upgrade and hand them more money every month. We are willing to wait and now may even change providers.

What's up with that?!?

Thank you for all your comments on this forum. Maybe I got lucky but someone took over my 3 Sprint lines on the site which was suggested above CellPlanDepot.com. Much appreciated, now I am switching to a pre paid plan lol!
Robin.

I followed the instructions here and successfully ended my contract with Sprint even though I had just (2 mos ago) purchased a new phone for my daughter because hers broke. That meant I had to sign a new 2-year contract with Sprint. My son told me about the material change/adverse charge situation today. I found the UCAN page and used the specific language suggested.

**Don't give them any other reason than that, because doing so will cause them to try and remedy the other issues and will delay closing your acct.

**Your Sprint account must not have any past-due balances; that locks the acct and they can't override it.

**It might be better to give up your current wireless phone number. If I hadn't done so, Sprint would have made me wait til the end of the billing cycle (3 weeks from now), which would have been after January 1, thus not allowing me to close my acct due to breach of contract agreement. I've had my wireless number for 8 years, and it's still worth it to get out of my Sprint contract.

After I've paid the remainder of my bill, I'm going to become a member of UCAN.

There is a site that allows you to match up with someone who will take over your contract.
Unlike the other sites their service is free.

mobileswap.org

does anyone know if you can get out of a family plan without paying the cancellation charges if you want to go under another plan?? I now pay $90 for 2 lines on a family plan(a family member is the main person). But, want to switch to my mom's plan and pay $20(the $10 per line)can I do this? Just switch everything over to my mom's account? And would the other person have to approve this????

I saw in this discussion forum a guy who suggested a site called CellPlanDepot.com. I used it to get out of a verizon family plan(3 lines) and surprisingly actually got out. Also I found a site that had coupon codes for cell plan depot and I used CPD123 and got another 25% off the listing price so I presume you could use this code also if you take a paid package. For me the cancellation fee I was faced with at Verizon was a whopping $580 and they wanted me to pay tax! Couldn't believe it. I paid about $18 to save $580. If you are serious about getting out of your contract and want to save big perhaps this lead could assist you also. Let me know if you need further info.
Linda

Have family plan with Verizon, 4 lines ,4 phones. Family wants to go to I phone. have 1 year to 16 months of current contracts. What to do. Just call and say we want out, try that . Do not know of any changes in plans but will look. Do they work out deal if we keep one line and can cancell the others.

Does the recent dispute between Sprint and Cogent count as grounds to sever a Sprint contract? (AKA, due to your company severing the internet, I cannot contact my websites over my internet phone that you operate)

I just want to know what T-Mobile will do if I just refuse to pay my bill.
Im sure they will report me to the Credit Bureau, but can they
get a judgment against you or garnish your wages?

I recently had a major problem and needed to ditch my contract. I tried a bunch of sites but no luck. I contacted some site http://www.cellplandepot.com and they were very helpful. They actually found someone to take over my contract and didn't charge me which was nice of the rep. Anyways I don't car to start an email war but we need a place to speak out against this wireless providers as renewing our contracts without notice is simply unlawful. I am going to speak with lawyer about doing a class action suit next week. The rep at Cellplandepot.com said that they would support my cause and put something on their site if we get enough people involved.
Mark

I tried to take over a contract from someone else - twice. Both times, AT&T tells me that I cannot simply take over a contract that I must first create a new account for $39.99/mo for 450 min. All I want is the one phone line that someone offered me for $31/mo with 4 months left on the contract. Is this not possible?! I am not an AT&T customer, but how many people are already AT&T customers that would want to pick up an extra line with less than 24 months of a contract? Contract swapping is useless if that's the only way I can do it.

I HAVE 3 NEXTEL PHONES AND 2 SPRINT PHONES, I HAVE BEEN WITH SPRINT FOR OVER 6 YEARS AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED FAIRLY AND NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I DO HAVE 3 NEXTEL PHONES I PURCHASED ONE FOR MY BUSINESS AND MY SALES PEOPLE ALWAYS CALLED ME ON MY PERSONAL SO I REALLY HAD NO NEED FOR IT, I ENDED UP GIVING IT UP TO MY SISTER. WELL MY MOM AND STEPFATHER WANTED TO HOP ON MY CELL PHONE WAGON SO I GOT THEM LINED UP WITH NEXTEL, AFTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS I RECIEVED A BILL FOR OVER $700 MY MOM AND STEP FATHER WERE NOT PAYING THERE BILL. I CALLED NEXTEL AND COME TO FIND OUT THEY EXTENDED MY CONTRACT WITH OUT MY CONSENT TO MAKE THERE BILL CHEAPER AND STILL THEY DIDNT PAY THERE BILL. WHAT CAN I DO TO FIGHT THIS I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO MY CONTRACT SO I AM STUCK WITH THREE CELL PHONES THAT I AM PAYING MONTHLY ON AND THEY WILL NOT TERMINATE THE BILL DUE TO THE FACT MY MOTHER HAD MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND THATS ALL SHE NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES. SUCKS BEING SUCCESSFUL AND HAVING PARENTS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!! PLEASE HELP WITH ANY IDEAS

Suncom and T-Mobile have become one, with T-Mobile buying out Suncom and taking over all customers. Would this be grounds to cancel the contract with no early termination fee?

I recently broke my blackjack II, and i don't have insurance, and I know that my phone's condition is not covered under the one year warranty, but i was wondering if i could start a new contract and get another phone without having to pay an early termination fee for the new contract.
Is it possible for me to start a new contract and cancel on the 30th day of the contract, and not have to pay the early termination fee???
Someone please help me out here!!!

http://www.TradeMyCellular.com worked like a charm for me, best of all it was totally free....

Can i buy a new phone @ altell with my same 2 year accout i already have? or dod i have to terminate and then renew the contract again. i want the glimmer but im not do for an up grade n my dad says you can buy a new phone with your exsisting contract. what i need to know iscan i buy the new glimmer with my current 2 year contract @ the sale price or do i have to pay for early termination.

I want to cancel and I am going to lie about my adress and say I dont get any reception, of course by using a bogus adress. my question is if by making my own fake lease, will that work?

does a "Sprint contract" require your signature?

does a Sprint "contract" require your signature? Sprint rep told me I have another 1 1/2 year to go? I don't remember signing anything 6 month ago? In fact, I haven't changed anything in about 3 years!?

I have unicel and I live in Maine and it is like I never have service, anywhere. I can't make phone calls at my house or anything. My parents have T-Mobile and it works much better and they get service in many places that I don't. Is there any way I could get out of my cell phone contract with out having to pay the outragous termination fee?

i just cancelled my nextel/sprint account.........the easiest way to do it is by saying you are moving out of the country and therefore your wireless service doesnt work abroad and they will waive the cancellation fee. if you are lucky you have family oversees like i do , and you can tell them to fax/email you a copy of any utility bill with an address on it. change the name by using microsoft paint or photoshop or any picture programs and send it in. make sure it looks legit. the best way is to erase the whole address and write it again with your name so that the font matches. when you call its a long process to cancel it. and they will tell you to fax the proof of residence to them and that it will take 24 to 48 hrs for them to contact you. but if you insist like i did, you can send the rep a direct email and they will cancel it on the spot. im telling you this because i know what it feels like to want out of stupid nextel. I had 2 lines which would of cost me $400! but now im getting the iphone 3g july 11!****** also be careful trying to port your number to another wireless carrier.... im choosing not to because i dont know how the system works and maybe sprint will realize i was lying and charge me the fees. so id rather just get a new number than to risk it! i hope this will help all u people a lot.....trust me it works because i did it!

talk to several people at your carrier get there name and office location then suppion them in small claims court see if they wont find time to call you now

Over here in the UK you are bound by the dreaded contracts. I have used the method of going abroad to buy myself 6 months leniency, but that's it.

Yep. Had 'em all. No antenna coverage on Nextel, when they were just Nextel; Sprint is just like what you've been reading - unethical, criminal and uncaring. Verizon has good coverage, fair customer service, expensive everything. They're all just doing what is the AMERICAN WAY of doing business; the reason why we are the only developed western country without a national health plan. It's all about GREED here. Get the money any way you can, because you're on your own. Don't be accountable for anything, anyone or yourself. And don't follow-through or finish anything you're doing for anyone, because who really cares? This is America, land of ME and MONEY. Obviously, I've been around after owning three businesses and working in medicine for 34 years, and dealing with all kinds of business and consumer issues and PEOPLE. The lure of money makes companies and their employees (who do not have a sense of ethics or morals) do whatever it takes. The answer to most of these e-mails is to post a comment; fill-out a complaint and file it with the appropriate agency; follow-up your complaint with 2-3 phone calls to that agency; contact your congressman and even some law enforcement agencies (U.S. Justice dept; U.S Trade Commission, and FBI or FCC for criminal violations). I am very persistent, formidable and intimidating when I have to be I have helped lock-up over 400 criminals (locally and abroad) over the years; the reason 350 employees of the Rhode Island DMV, and state government, and local mob were investigated and prosecuted for operating stolen vehicles; grey-market and false vehicle records, including the governor himself! There is a line of people out there who wish they had seen me coming before they had to deal with me, because I fear no-one. What I am telling you is to never back off! Write intimidating letters, make the calls to speak to the top people, and document everything. Ask to see records, record dates, people's names and verify they have received your faxes and letters. Every place I do business has either the utmost respect, hate or fear, when they see me coming. I don't care, because I'm actually a nice guy. But also the most formidable person on the planet. Use what you got. My father taught me that "can't" isn't a word. YOU C-A-N anything. If your little voice inside is keeping you down, start reprogramming it. YOU, and a little effort can do anything. Go GET 'EM - and tell the naive people out there, I'm NEXT.

Just picked up a short term Verizon contract and free mint crackberry as part of the deal on http://www.adioswireless.com

http://www.trademycellular.com is a free service that lets you get out of your contract.

We have been using Unicel and a bag phone in the North Woods of Maine these last few years - we were promised that with the new regulations concerning digital communications that we could continue using Unicel service during the summer (last year) and that towers were bring built to accommodate that area - Unicel sent us a small cell phone, telling us we could no longer use our bag phone - so my husband signed a contract with them under those conditions - we went North and the phone didn't pick up any signal at all and there were no new towers - nothing - we finally reached Unicel when we returned home and requested that they hook up our bag phone which they finally did - this summer the bag phone is not going to be able to be used and as we are still under contract to Unicel and will be until next March - we will have no phone service for the summer and there are still no new towers - I have a medical condition and a phone is absolutely necessary - we live an hour from the nearest village and electricity and land lines - I have spoken with a Unicel representative and he said that the area in Maine where we are located is on the fringe of their network and just because we have no service is no reason to terminate the contract - although I might add that US Cellular does get a signal up there as does Verizon - what - if anything - can we do ??

My son-in-law to be has a contract with Sprint. He has had his phone service suspended and still gets the outrageous bills from them every month. They will not let him terminate his contract. He has been billed every month since Oct. and of course he isnt paying the bills, because he wanted to change carriers and terminate his contract with Sprint. How can they refuse to let him terminate his contract? I think they told him he would have to pay all that is owed to them and they might consider terminating with the huge fee of course. If they had of let him terminate the first month, they would have gotten their early termination fee, but now he owes so much to them for a service he cant use, he cant afford to pay them at all.
Any suggestions out there that can help in this situation?

I forgot to mention that I also found a great short term contract on cellplandepot.com, im tired of paying the activation fees when I sign up for a cell phone agreement. When I took over a plan on cell plan depot's website I actually was given 50$ cash incentive to take over the contract. Sweet deal. Later y'all!

I just came across www.cellrelief.com - it looks nice, works with most US and Canadian wireless providers. The safe bet would be to try to list your contract on all plan swapping sites - the nice thing about cellrelief.com is that's there's no risk - it's free.

I just came across www.cellrelief.com - it looks nice, works with most US and Canadian wireless providers. The safe bet would be to try to list your contract on all plan swapping sites - the nice thing about cellrelief.com is that's there's no risk - it's free.

Just posted my at&t "family" plan for free with www.adioswireless.com
Didn't want to pay $300 in "pro-rated" early termination fees!
Got a fast reply... 1 week , paid $19.95 . No more at&t

Maybe these sites work for some people, but I'd personally recommend trying some local forums, newsgroups, or Craigslist. We got the best response from a deals website Just saw this site mentioned last Wednesday evening on CBS 2 News. They claim to be able to help you break your cell phone contract. Anybody have any feedback about it? www.CellPlanDepot.com

I found a site through google and it has some short term contracts n stuff www.cellplandepot.com. I found a Sprint plan for my mama which was 8 mths remainin in contract.....a lot better than signing the 2 yr agreement no? What do you guys think?
Jen

my carrier is sprint and recently I lost my treo 650 and have a replacement from my insurance and pay $50 dollars.
And after receiving the replacement i canceled my insurance, this happen two months ago.
i accidentally drop my phone and messed up the screen, i don't see anything anymore, but phone still received calls with empty screen.

my question, how can have this fix? i just canceled my insurance.
can I still use the warranty for the phone?
who to call and where to take to have it fix?
The insurance or sprint?
please help me.
thank you

Thanks for all the good advice, I WAS an original pioneer member of Sprint since 1996, cancelled service for 1 yr. then restarted since 1999. Long story longer, I have always had to call them and write letters when I had a billing problem. This last problem prompted me to NOT pay, and see what my options are:

My last phone kept turning off by itself, so I went into the store to see what I could do with it, next thing I know the young man is telling me that because I've been a customer for so long, that it would be cheaper to pay for 3 new phones, and would ONLY be charged $15 for each, he said he was upgrading my account to convert it to a Family plan.I told him I specifically DID NOT want new contracts, and he assured me that was not the case. I mailed one phone to Virginia Beach to my sister from SAn Diego, 2nd phone was my replacement, 3rd was xtra, and my Mother already had her phone. I told the young man that was helping me, that my elderly Mother was waiting in the car and I needed to take her home, he said that would be fine. I took my Mother home, went back, he had me sign 3 receipts for each phone, Ipaid him $45-, before I signed I asked again, "NO new contracts right?" and he said absolutely NOT. He did say that I needed to get insurance on all the phones, and he was not going to let me leave the store without adding insurance, since it would be a GREAT benefit to me for ANY future problems with the phones. I did agree to let him do that. When I go thome, I realized they had kept my leather case when they downloaded my old numbers into the new phone, I went back after a few days, and the same young man said they did not have it, I asked him to check the back, since that was where they downloaded all the phone numers into the new phone, no leather case. Then, I got my phone bill and several hundred dollars had been added onto the bill, I called Sprint right away, and they said the young man in the store made a mistake, and they reversed the charges on the "New, cell phone contracts" I explained that this was suppose to be a "Family Plan" and that one of the phones was NOT even being used. Sprint said they would send fedex to pick up the phone, I left clear instructions to my Sister, she said fedex never showed up for the un-used phone. I was gone on a family trip to Ireland. Also, they said they would reverse the charges which they partially did. When I got back from Ireland, I picked up my mail, and my sprint bill of $400- plus dollrs. had been sent to a collection agency, and was now..................$1,187.00 !!!!!
I typed up a letter and mailed it to Sprints corporate office, I've been playing phone tag with their dept. called "Employees helping Customers??" and she wants me to find my ORIGINAL reciepts and documents from the day I went into the store. She said they need to have something in writing stating that by receiving these 3 new phones, that it was NOT a new contract??? along with another old issue of never receiving a "FREE airline companion travel ticket" I asked her why I needed to fax all of this to her, when they should have all these documents and notes in their computer, her response was that they don't save everything. So........before I fax whatever I can find, does anyone have any final suggestions for me? I'm thinking if they don't have any documentation then why should I provide my receipts??? So lets see, I was a customer steadily since 1999, I let the phone get turned off, and am now using Virgin Mobile (no contract).............I think Cricket is still cheaper, and lo and behold Virgin Mobile works in conjunction with Sprint !!!! I bought the cheapest virgin mobile phone for $15- at wal mart, and a top up card, you can choose pay by the minute, or pay a monthly charge, with 'NO' contracts, and they issue you a credit right away if you refer other people. So if anyone out there has decided to try virgin mobile ( I am recommending them to you) please email me for my reference info. since they issue a $25- credit for referrels, AND they let you play contest games on your phone for free and you can win bonus minutes. They also have a website where you can play online, and you can try and win cool stuff. Good luck everyone else, and thanks for any future responses I may recieve. Happy Spring !!!

Sprint caused many headaches for me during my stay with their service, one of their retention employees told me to try www.cellplandepot.com before I paid the early termination fees and to my suprise I got out!! Posted my plan, easy to use, and saved some serious dough! They are like the Ebay of cell phone contracts.

I've been Sprint customer since around 2001 and
recently changed carriers. Shortly after I received a
double bill and $150 early termination fee. Sprint
states that I renewed my contract with them in 2007. I
did not, nor would I ever agree to a renewal. I did
however visit a Sprint store in 2007 to inquire about
fixing my faulty phone that would shut off randomly.
They said they would not help me unless I renewed my
contract. They said I would receive a new phone if I
renewed. I refused knowing I would soon join a family
plan with a better carrier. Today they are saying they
have "notes" in their file that state I gave them a
verbal contract renewal in 2007. I feel as though
they do this to many others, which is why I am filing
this complaint. I don't want to pay this and I don't want
my credit score lowered. What to do..........?

On June 24, 2004, Verizon Wireless, Cingular and Sprint PCS entered into an
Suggestion to the Sprint problems: I found the following on the BBB site. I would contact your state Attorney General's office, regardless of whether or not you live in one of the below named states: Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with thirty-two Attorneys General*. The Assurance settles charges the business violated consumer protection and trade practice statutes through misleading advertising and unclear disclosures relating to service agreement terms and wireless coverage area. Under terms of the Assurance, the businesses agreed: - To provide coverage maps showing where the phones work to consumers - To give consumers at least two weeks to determine service is available where they need and want it and to terminate service contracts without incurring any penalties if the service does not meet their needs - To permit consumers to terminate service contracts within three days for any reason without paying the early termination fee or any activation fees, and - To make changes in how they advertise and sell their services and coverage. The assurance was for settlement purposes only and should not be considered as an admission of guilt or finding of violation of the law. *Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

In November a rep. at Costco sold me a new plan with Verizon. My plan with T-Mobile, I thought was just for a year and had expired in September. Although I couldn't see the screen he was looking at he said "yep" my contract was up and sold me 4 new phones and a new 2 year plan with Verizon. Now I get a bill from T-Mobile saying they want $600 in cancellation fees and that I had a 2 year contract. I have checked all my paper work with T-Mobile and nowhere does it say how long the contract was for. I had done it on the internet. Who is liable for this? Me or the Rep. at Costco?