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Posted By: Tanya <tlsmith19@juno.com> In Response To: Re: Sprint users Beware!!!! (Steve MacLellan)
Thursday, 7 September 2006, at 9:23 a.m.
> From the help section at Sprint.com it says:
> "Your Sprint PCS phone will display symbols and messages to indicate
> whether you're on or off the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Generally, you
> will see an "R" or the word "roam" on your Sprint PCS
> phone when you are off the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Refer to your
> phone's user guide for more information."
> It also says that to prevent roaming charges:
> "To prevent your phone from making and receiving roaming calls, you
> can change the setting on your Sprint PCS phone to "Sprint."
> This setting will force your phone to search only for the Nationwide
> Sprint PCS Network.
> Also, the Call Guard feature makes it easy to control when you roam by
> reminding you when you make or receive a roaming call. If you don't want
> to take additional steps when you make and receive roaming calls, the Call
> Guard feature of your Sprint PCS phone can be turned off. Refer to your
> phone's user guide for instructions on how to disable the Call Guard
> feature."
> And it depends on the plan you have too. On some plans some roaming
> minutes are allowed. But the roaming is explained in the user guide for
> your phone. If you have lost yours you can download one here:
> http://www.sprint.com/cdma/support/guides_index.shtml
> I am not affiliated with Sprint in any way, shape or form, but I don't
> think you are going to be able to get them to pay your roaming charges
> every month. I think as a consumer you owe it to yourself to be better
> informed, and this means you will need a better understanding of your plan
> and charges and some of the features of your phone that are available to
> you.
> Regards,
> Steve MacLellan
Steve, Thank you for your response, but I don't think you got the point. I do NOT expect Sprint to pay my roaming charges "every month" when I make or receive a call when roaming. We have been with Sprint several years and our billed roaming charges are usually zero and occasionally anywhere from 0 to $2 or $3 in a given month and I have NEVER disputed ANY charge on my bill until now. I DO expect not to have roaming charges billed when I didn't make or receive any calls when roaming and that's exactly what they did. I am well aware of how it works when roaming. The screen shows an "R" and if I choose to go ahead with the call and accept the roaming charges, I press "1" and continue with the call. If I choose not to accept roam, I press "END" and do not make or take the call. I have done both, but I RARELY accept to roam so when I do, I am aware of it and remember it and expect to see it on the bill. All but $2.40 of the billed roaming charges were on my phone, not on the other 4 phones in our plan. And I KNOW I did not accept any roaming charges. I especially know on the call I made to my sister for over 30 minutes, it was not roaming because I remember making the call, and even if I didn't remember it, I know I would not have made the call if it had been roaming. It was strictly a social call of no urgent or pressing nature. The $2.40 was on my husband's phone and he was "pretty sure" he did not accept any roaming charges, but since he was not 100% positive, (he uses his phone a lot more than I use mine), I will pay that charge. I have since taken our phones to our local Sprint store and had them checked. They did not find anything not working properly. And, I purposely went to a place and attempted to make a call that I've done in the past that was roam. Sure enough the "R" showed on the screen and to continue with the call, I had to press "1". I understand my plan entirely and I know no roaming minutes are included. I really did not appreciate the rep trying to bribe me into adding the roaming plan---"I will credit all the roaming charges if you sign up for the roaming plan". Dirty business tactic, IMHO. Why would I sign up for a plan at an additional $15 per month, "I think", she says, when I rarely spend $2 or $3 for roaming in a given month? I have not lost or misplace my user's guide, thank you anyway.
Regards,
Tanya Smith
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