Last summer T-Mobile decided to up-charge their customers 5% if they didn’t give T-Mobile direct bank account debits. At the time, like most, I figured it was a way to avoid losing the 3% associated with credit card charges. Silly me - seems that they wanted direct access to my bank account so that they could pull-out my fines (for this new policy) and then make me fight them to get my money back.
But, as it was, I preferred not to do either (no bank account access, no credit card upcharge), so I dropped them.
Obviously T-Mobile did this at the behest of the US Government, since it clearly did not have a business benefit for them, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the government has already reeled in the other major carriers to this new form of censorship.
Post 7 - Lucky you.
Another good reason not to use debit cards.
“Last summer T-Mobile decided to up-charge their customers 5% if they didn’t give T-Mobile direct bank account debits. At the time, like most, I figured it was a way to avoid losing the 3% associated with credit card charges. Silly me - seems that they wanted direct access to my bank account so that they could pull-out my fines (for this new policy) and then make me fight them to get my money back.”
I have T Mobile Home Internet (aside from satellite my only option). I went through this, too. I also decided $5 a month was not worth giving them direct access to my checking account.