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Signed up initially for the free mifi service, recall and have records for this. Was charged a monthly fee for the most PREMIUM account. When I downgraded I was charged again for downgrading. Service was also spotty, in the area I used. Grated I used 30 megs of the service so I would expect a reimbursement minus the data used. I have canceled my account, and I can return the mifi unit if desired.
Refund minus data used.
We're sorry to hear the customer was not satisfied with our services. Our records indicate they accepted a 1-month free trial of two paid subscriptions: Premium 2GB ($24.99/mo) and Premier ($9.99/mo). The trials renew according to their designated price point if not downgraded prior to renewal.
We disclose these details and reiterate them in a follow-up confirmation email which also includes instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through their account.
The account renewed on 4/15/18 accordingly and was canceled altogether on 4/20/18 - a full refund of these valid renewal fees were issued on 4/25/18. There is no further action to be taken on this account. We apologize for any inconvenience experienced.
I ordered this device and service a month ago but I never received it! I tried to call their customer service depart to let them know it device was not received and all I got was an automated support that wanted to bill me an additional $6 everymonth for telephone support! Mean while I never received...this month they charged my card 39.99 plus the original 20 dollars for the device it's now almost $60. I see online that there is usage but I have no way to cancel or file a claim with out going out of pocket!
Other (requires explanation) I want a refund and have this cancelled...I have written but they still keep billing me
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered a Franklin Wireless R850 hotspot on 3/17/18, which included a free trial of our Premium 2GB plan ($24.99) and Premier service ($9.99). These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage or cancel their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
Though live phone support does require a VIP subscription, we ensure all of our customers have access to free support at freedompop.com/contact, Facebook.com/freedompop, twitter.com/freedompop and forums.freedompop.com.
The customer came in contact with our team on 3/27/18, requesting information on how to cancel the account. Our agent responded with explicit instructions on how to cancel the account. Since the account was never canceled as instructed by our agent, the plan renewed accordingly on 4/19/18.
As our records indicate the device was delivered to the entered address, shows usage and the plans were not downgraded/canceled as instructed by our team - the charges for the plans selected are valid. In any case, we've gone ahead and issued a full refund of their selected subscription as a courtesy, there is no further action that will be taken on this account.
When I reached out to FreedomPop for a refund I feel like I'm the run around
I tried a free trial with FreedomPop with two SIM cards I never activated the service because I found out that I could not use them but the devices I wanted I didn't worry about canceling because after the trial it was supposed to go to a 200 minute plan and it would be free monthly. I was then charged $98.88. I reached out to FreedomPop in a representative advised me that they would put it as a credit on my account I told them that I did not want a credit because I would not be using the service and I wanted it refunded to my Paypal account. I have reached out by email phone and social media and I still have not received my refund
All I am asking for is that my money be refunded
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered 2 LTE SIMs on 3/15/18.
SIM #1 included a free trial of our Semi-Annual subscription for FreedomPop Phone Premier Semi-Annual ($26.94) and Premium LTE 2GB Unlimited Semi-Annual ($71.94) These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged twice a year if not downgraded prior to renewal.
SIM #2 included a free trial of our monthly subscription for Premium 2GB LTE Unlimited ($24.99) and FreedomPop Phone Premier ($7.99). These too become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal.
Our checkout page explicitly states the free trials will renew on a paid subscription according to their accepted trial period. The follow-up confirmation email reiterates this and provides instructions on how to mange their subscriptions through their account.
Despite the charges being valid, we issued a refund for their renewal, after the customer canceled their accounts on 4/19/18. There is no further action to take on this account, we apologize for any inconvenience.
I Purchased a SIM card from this company, it came with a 30 day trial. On my 30th day the app that works with the program said I had 17hrs left for my trial to end so I then downgraded the service to the free plan. After downgrading I received emails that I was charged $98.88 then $15.00 then $15.00 again then $6.92. I have requested a refund for all except the $6.92 which I expected since that is a addon service to stop any additional charged by preventing data overages. The company has denied my request of the refund saying the $15.00 charges are for 2 sim cards in case data goes over. I only have 1 sim card not 2 and I paid for the protection for it not to go over so there should be no need for a $15.00 dollar charge.I had the company Cancel my service totally due to the lack of customer service in getting the problem resolved, they still refuse to give me a refund but offered me free service for 6 months more of the paid service, I did not want the paid services to begin with so I told them to kill the service which they did.
Product_Or_Service: Free Phone Service
Order_Number: XXXXXXXX
Other (requires explanation) I want a refund of the money charged to me for all charged of $98.88, $15.00, $15.00 and the $6.92 since the service was deactivated on the same date these charges were made.
We apologize for any confusion, our records indicate the customer's concern has since been addressed via our support channels.
The accounts have been canceled and all eligible charges were refunded accordingly. If the customer feels anything was left unresolved, we request they provide additional information so we can investigate.
Charged one cent for a sim card, then $98.88 for service never received. First indication of the nearly $100 charge was a notification from Paypal.
Made the mistake of responding to an offer from Freedompop for a one cent sim card, using Paypal as a payment. I received the sim and never installed it, never used any of the services (other than receiving the sim card), and put the sim card in my desk drawer for possible future use. Much to my surprise, I received an email from Paypal that I had been charged $98.88 for a term of service to which I had not agreed. It seems that Freedompop had set up a recurring charge and contract to plunder my Paypal account as they saw fit, without my permission and without my knowledge. Inasmuch as I never received any service from them, I feel cheated.
Anybody considering any arrangement with Freedompop should be forewarned that their business practices are corrupt and any service that they provide is not worth the aggravation.
Refund of $98.88
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered an LTE SIM Kit (Order #***) on 3/15/18, which included a free trial of our Semi-Annual subscription for Premium LTE 2GB Unlimited and FreedomPop Phone Premier. These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged twice a year if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
n the customer's confirmation email, which includes their subscription details, we explicitly state in the first line: "REMINDER, your subscription start date begins once your device has shipped.". The device/subscription arrives activated to faciliate the start up process as many customers expect the device and service to be ready to go upon arrival.
The customer's account associated with ***@yahoo.com remains active as they have yet to cancel. The customer may cancel their account should they not wish to continue, at which point a pro-rated refund will be issued.
The customer can cancel their account at anytime by logging in and selecting "Settings" > "Account Status" > "Cancel".
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I have cancelled my account as described above and am awaiting a refund. If and when that refund is received, I will consider closing this complaint.
We can confirm the customer has canceled the account associated with ***@yahoo.com. Therefore, a prorated refund of $65.92 has been refunded. Please allow 3-5 business days for the refund to process.
There is no further action needed on this account as it remains canceled and a refund has been issued.
(The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.)
Accepted the partial refund.
Refusal to provide service as written in terms document
Freedompop's Service Plan, Equipment and Payment Terms (https://www.freedompop.com/service_plan_terms.htm) clearly states that "a free Monthly Broadband Plan providing a broadband data allocation of 500mb each month at no cost to you". My monthly allotment will be 200 mb and they cannot provide me with documentation on why. They have indicated it is because I purchased a SIM card from them rather than a phone, but the Terms document does not have any qualifications or exceptions to the statement above.
First contacted 4-12-2018 via "submit a customer service ticket". This was followed by fourteen (14) email correspondences and one (1) phone call.
Honor the contracted terms and allot me 500 mb of data coverage per month or change the Service Plan, Equipment and Payment Terms document so every customer knows of the conditions of service.
We're sorry to learn of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered an LTE SIM KIT 3-in-1 (Order #***) on 3/18/18, which includes a free trial of our Premium 2GB ($24.99) and FreedomPop Phone Premier ($7.99). These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
However, the customer did downgrade their account to our Basic LTE 200 ($0.00). The customer then added FreedomPop Data Rollover ($3.99) on 4/6/18, but deactivated the service the same day. Therefore, the user incurred a charge of $3.99. This charge was refunded after the user reached out to support on 4/9/18.
The customer reached support on 4/13/18 regarding the 500 MB plan. However, this plan was not available for the customer as it was not compatible with an LTE SIM. The 500 MB plan is tailored to suit phones and hotspots. However, the customer's request was accommodated and placed on the 500 MB plan.
Please note: the customer was informed if any changes are made to the plan, their will be no reinstatement of the 500 MB plan.
There is no further action required on this complaint.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I find the temporary resolution to my situation satisfactory for my specific needs, however it does not resolve the underlying problem of not documenting or disclosing that a SIM order is exempted from the Broadband Service allotment detailed in the terms of service document. The stated "incompatability" of the SIM and 500 MB service is not documented anywhere; I asked the company for said documentation and have done a fairly extensive search myself but both efforts have come up empty.
The company is granting a temporary exception to their undisclosed policies for some thing their terms of service legally entitles me to, no exception needed, and not limited to "if you change it you can't change it back".
To resolve this issue completely I would ask the company to either up date their terms of service to disclose the details of the SIM200 plan versus the blanket 500 MB broadband service currently described. Alternatively they could do away with the SIM200 limitations and follow what is currently in their terms of service.
I would also like the temporary nature of the arrangement the granted me removed. I believe I sufficiently proved the conditions I agreed to when I signed up for service were 500 MB as not 200 MB. Mine is not a special condition. I am simply asking the company to execute the contract as they have written it.
The customer is correct in that our terms did at one point reflect 500MB as the minimum data plan. However, these terms may change as outlined on the first section of the terms linked by the customer. Below is a direct quote from the section referenced above:
"IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THIS SITE, ANY SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND SERVICES SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES. FREEDOMPOP MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE CONTENT AND SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS SITE AT ANY TIME. FREEDOMPOP CAN CHANGE, MODIFY OR ADD OR REMOVE PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS AT ANY TIME BY POSTING UPDATED TERMS ON THIS SITE AND/OR BY PROVIDING YOU WITH NOTICE OF SUCH CHANGES BY EMAIL USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO US. IF ANY CHANGE, MODIFICATION, ADDITIONAL PROVISION OR REMOVAL OF A PROVISION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MUST STOP USING THIS SITE AND THE SERVICES. IF INSTEAD, YOU CONTINUE TO USE THIS SITE OR THE SERVICES, YOU WILL BE CONCLUSIVELY DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHANGE."
FreedomPop has made an exception for this customer as a courtesy and assigned a 500MB plan for free on their LTE SIM. This was done under the condition that the plan would not be altered. If the customer does not with to proceed with our terms, they may request a cancellation. A refund of their $0.01 SIM order would be issued promptly. Beyond the assigned 500MB plan under the specific conditions previously described, FreedomPop will not be making any other adjustments in regards to this complaint.
When I signed up for FreedomPop the contract said I would never be charged under 500MB. They changed contract, never notified me, and then charged me
I signed up for FreedomPop a little over 2 years. The promotion that I signed up with said that as long as I stayed under 500MB/month, I would not be charged. However, they apparently changed their policy/contract and charged me $24.99 per month starting in Feb 2018. They never notified me of this change or that they were going to start charging me. They have charged me for 3 months for a total of $74.97, which I am requesting a refund for. I did not use the service AT ALL for any of the three months that they charged me and am therefore requiring a full refund (not credit). I contacted their customer service to request a refund and they offered me credit instead, which is not useful to me as I do not want to use their service, and am certainly not pleased with their deceptive and dishonest practices of changing contracts and charging customers without notice.
I require: 1) A full refund of $74.97 2) Closure of my account I will NOT accept any amount of credit towards FreedomPop services.
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered a Freedom Spot Overdrive (Order #***) on 8/20/18, which includes a free trial of our Premium 2GB ($24.99). These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
Our records indicate the account associated with ***@jkbff.com was successfully downgraded and had not incurred any charges until 2/2/18 when the account incurred a renewal charge of $24.99 for Premium 2GB. Then the account was also charged on 3/2/18 and 3/31/18.
The reason these charges were made was because the account entered a dormant state due to inactivity for a billing cycle. Therefore, when the account was reactivated, the system reactivated the service of Premium 2GB. Customers may always log into their account and verify which services they are subscribed to. Information on how to successfully log into one's account can be found here in this link we've provided:
https://support.freedompop.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2110/kw/log%20into%20account
We can confirm the account associated with ***@jkbff.com was canceled on 4/18/18 and three refunds of $24.99 were issued for a total of $74.97.
There is no further action required on this complaint as the requests have been previously honored.
Freedom Pop is currently charging data that are not being actually used.
I have a Basic 200 service account with FreedomPop for a while, that gives 200MB per month of data usage without a charge. In a typical day, I mostly use Wi-Fi, and data usage is kept a minimal. The most data I have used in a day was about 50MB. Suddenly, Freedom Pop charged me 418.49 MB and 165.92 MB on 4/15/18 7:20 PM (both exactly at the same time), when I am positive I was on Wi-Fi and with cellular data turned off. This triggered a data usage charge, since it goes over the free basic plan data. As soon as I noticed this data overcharge, I tried to open a ticket at support.freedompop.com Unfortunately, Freedom Pop denies my access to support.freedompop.com. As an alternative, I have posted comments/questions to the Freedom Pop community at forums.freedompop.com. Apparently, many users are facing the same data overcharge problem, and tickets are not being processed by Freedom Pop, and there is no sign that Freedom Pop is willing to return the overcharged data and/or the overcharged top-up credits.
At this time, any data I use will be charged, since due to the data overcharge, my usage is showing above the limit. I need my account restored and all unreasonable charges to be refunded.
We're sorry to read of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us regarding the $15.00 top-up charge. These charges are incurred in order to allow a user to continue using their device past their data allowance. However, we were able to notice the customer reached out via Social support and was honored the refund of $15.00 and was also granted 1GB of data for any inconvenience caused on the user's end.
There is no further action needed on this case.
(The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.)
Extremely slow customer support, but the problem was resolved. It did not address the problem of having the service interrupted for days, though. I was unable to use the service because of the risk of FreedomPop charging more.
Warned of using up our monthly data, then charged with 90 in fees from 4gbs we did not use. Seems to be a glitch in the system.
On 4/15/2018, we received a warning through the company that we had little data left for the month. Fair enough. What came next is outright insane.
Upon seeing we had exhausted our data, the company charged a top up fee of 60, and then 20 minutes later, a fee of 30-90.
Very confused by this, and absolutely livid, we checked the data dashboard to see what had caused this (as we know the service wasnt used much at all this past month.)
What we found were two "pay as you go" charges taking place on this same day (4/15) and both equaled to around 4 gbs. We have 2 gbs per month to use, we got the warning we were going over, and now the dashboard says 6.63 gbs were used! The numbers dont add up.
So they're now charging us almost 100 dollars (for a few days of service I might add) for data usage that would have been impossible for us to use.
We've just moved to a rural area, and have been without internet AND with poor service for the past month, so there is no way this amount of data was used, as it was either off, or used very sparingly.
To add to this, the android phone in use has a cellular data counter that puts us right in the range we would figure it to be. So something is obviously wrong on their end.
I havent heard anything back from them yet (its been a day), but I have a strong feeling I will be dealing with a service rep with rough communication skills (as has been my experience many times with this company) who simply brushes it off and finds some way to not listen to my actual complaint.
All I want at this point is to be refunded (for my partner actually, im a bit more savvy with filing reports) my 90 dollars, and to cancel. We still have 4 months left of service, but we're willing to take the hit so as to leave behind this horrible business experience.
Thanks for reading, and I hope this can be resolved.
I am seeking a refund of these top-up charges mentioned above to the total of 90 dollars.
We're sorry to hear this and request further details to properly investigate the claim. We are asking for the customer's account phone number(s) associated with the charges so we can take a look.
Purchased service from freedompop, but never received it (Annual LTE SIM card)
Purchased service from freedompop (Annual LTE SIM card)
was charged on my credit card
they never sent the item that I purchased
I tried to resolve it, but they just did not want to listen
Sent the item that I purchased - Annual LTE SIM card
We're sorry to hear the customer is having trouble with their order. We request additional information such as the account email and order number associated with the missing order.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
account ***@gmail.com
Order #***
charged $38.98 on my credit card on march 23rd but never send an item. Contacted freedompop and they claimed it was a bug on their side, but it was never resolved.
Need a resolution to that issue and send me my item that I already paid for.
We sincerely apologize for the confusion provided regarding Order #***. Our records indicate although the order was submitted on 3/22/18, the payment of $38.98 was never captured. The amount of $38.98 might have showed as pending on the customer's end, but it was never captured on our end.
Therefore, there is no record of $38.98 being captured to refund. The charge was authorized on 3/22/18 and then expired on 3/29/18. The customer is more than welcome to provide such outlined statement here so we may verify. However, should the user not provide any documentation indicating the charge was captured, we recommend they check with their banking institution.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I never received a refund $38.98, can they send a document indicating when it was sent? I provided statement that outlined charge. They refunded other charge in the amount 15$, but never a refund for $38.98
I canceled service on Feb. 26. They again billed in March, claiming that my cancellation automatically renewed another account without notice.
On Feb. 26, 2018, I canceled my cell service via the Website associated with the account. I received an email confirmation of that cancellation. On March 23, they billed for an additional month, after cancellation.
Upon contacting them, they claim that my cancellation reactivated an old unused account. I cannot gain access to the account for any information on this activation, nor was I notified in any way that it would occur.
I would simply like the charge from March 23, eliminated, all accounts terminated and for them to never charge me or contact me again.
We're sorry to hear the customer is having trouble with their account's billing. There is no account associated with the customer's name or email that has incurred a charge on March 23rd. Additionally, it is not possible for an account cancellation to trigger a new subscription. We apologize for any miscommunication from our support team.
To locate the account in question, we'll need the customer's first and last 4 digits of the card that incurred a charge. For security purposes, we request the customer reaches us at ***@freedompop.com with "Revdex.com Case XXXXXX" in the subject line to keep their information private.
(The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.)
I consider it good news that they cannot locate my name or account information!
On April 10, their support wrote to me, "We have verified that the account activated on 08-29-2014 was the one cancelled on 02-26-2018, making the other line active and caused the renewed charges."
They could not provide any details for this "other line" or "renewed charges". Now I see that they claim this is not possible. I hope they inform their support and billing departments of this impossibility.
Following this exchange, I instead disputed the charges with my credit card company. Shortly after, I received this response from FreedomPop.
"We have received notice from our billing department that one of your account transactions was disputed with your credit card company. We have refunded this transaction back to you immediately.
I would like to inform you that your FreedomPop account has been cancelled due to a dispute that you have filed with your financial institution regarding charges on your FreedomPop account.
FreedomPop's policy states that if a customer has concerns with billing, shipping or tech related issues to please contact our customer support team for assistance before contacting your financial institution to receive proper assistance and to avoid account cancellation."
Of course, I had already both canceled and contacted their customer support, who simply tried to explain why I was continuing to be billed, after cancellation.
So, while my issue with FreedomPop has been resolved, it was resolved via my credit card company and not their support. My advise to anyone that wishes to effectively cancel their account, is to cancel and then dispute any further charges without attempting to deal with the issue via FreedomPop support.
Went to FreedomPop to sign up for free monthly data plan from HSN & they talked me into getting an additional service plan free for one month after that it would be $32.98 a month. I cancelled this plan next day on February 1,2018 because I did'nt want it. They keep telling me in order to cancel my account I have to go into Account Status and cancel it, but when I went into Account Status it says (you are currently not subscribed to any services that need management-your services none) FreedomPop has charged my credit card on February 17, 2018 for $32.98 and again on March 17, 2018 for $32.98. They are charging me for a service I do not have because I cancelled it. When I called there is no one to talk to just an automated service. I have responded to a person through email and have gotten no where because they keep saying I have this service. I am very frustrated with this company and I am getting no where with them and I am paying for something I do not have!!! I would definitely not recommend FreedomPop to anyone.
Product_Or_Service: Premier Data Plan
Account_Number: No contract
Refund I want FreedomPop to credit my charge card for the $32.98 on February 17, 2018 and $32.98 on March 17, 2018 and to stop charging me for something I do not have.
We apologize for any trouble experienced with our service, our records do not indicate the customer downgraded or canceled their subscriptions at any time.
To investigate the concern, we went ahead and logged in "as user" to the customer's account for further insight on their described issue with the inability to cancel or downgrade. Upon logging in, we were able to locate the described cancelation and downgrade options without any discrepancy.
Since there was no usage, we went ahead and refunded their 2 valid renewals as a courtesy and canceled the customer's accounts. Please allow 3-5 business days for the refunds to process.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I accept their response to crediting my account and they saw that I did cancel and downgraded that account but I still want the free 500MB a month from HSN that is through Freedompop. I bought a tablet through HSN and that was the deal. Freedompop has to honor that deal.
The accounts associated with ***@gmail.com have been canceled per customer's request. There are no more accounts associated with ***@gmail.com which to cancel nor downgrade.
We have attempted to locate an alternate account with the user's credentials. However, this has been done to no avail. Due to security purposes we request the user to reach out at freedompop.com/contact should they have another active account which they seek assistance for.
There is no further action needed on this complaint.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I agree to them cancelling & downgrading my account which they talked me into upgrading. But they did not put the free 500MB a month from HSN that is through Freedompop. They charged me the $10.00 that went on my card in case I went over 500MB. They did not credit me for the $10.00. I still have the tablet & I want that service. I went on tablet & it is not there.
Opted for "free" service within trial period, charged $7.99 a month.
Within 30 days, I changed my account to a "free" account by signing into the freedompop website, and received a confirmation that I was opting for the basic "no charge" plan.
I reviewed my credit card statement several months later to find that I had been charged $7.99 a month for six months. After signing in and finding that I was still on the "basic" plan I chose, that clearly stated "no charge", I realized that freedompop conveniently added other services of which I had opted out. Once I canceled them as well, I received an email that my account was canceled.
There is no "free" service. I want a refund and for this company to stop advertising a "free" service when it intends to cancel accounts.
It's a small amount, but this is fraudulent advertising. I intend to proceed further if this is not resolved to my satisfaction. I received copies of the bills after filing a dispute with the credit card company, which are not legal contracts upon examination.
Full refund of all charges.
We apologize for any confusion that may have occurred. Our records indicate the customer ordered an LTE SIM on 8/8/17, which includes a 1-month free trial of our Premium 2GB LTE Unlimited and FreedomPop Phone Premier. These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is explicitly disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
We can see the customer downgraded their Premium 2GB plan on 8/8/17 to our Basic $0.00/mo plan, they were not charged for the plan on this device thereafter. The customer left the FreedomPop Phone Premier service active ($7.99), which has resulted in continued renewals of the service. Our team removed the Phone Premier service upon request on 1/18/18 and explained the validity of the charges. The customer disputed the charge with their bank on 1/23/18, resulting in an account cancellation per our terms of service.
As the charges were valid and the customer has already filed a dispute with their bank, there is no further action FreedomPop can take on the account. Prior to The customer will need to resolve the dispute with their banking institution.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
Freedompop refuted the bank dispute by providing an invalid contract from the UK, which I did not sign. My account was canceled as a result of requesting the "free" service without hidden charges. Freedompop did not provide the correct size SIM card for the iPhone 4S that I attempted to activate, and has not offered to resolve either the cancellation of the account, nor offered to provide the correct SIM card.
There is nothing "free" about Freedompop. Given these two facts, would Freedompop be comfortable with a civil magistrate reviewing the evidence? I plan to make a point in order to prove intentional false advertising, misleading and invalid contracts, as well as hidden fees that cannot be removed without having the account terminated as retaliation.
As previously stated, being the charges were valid and the customer had already filed a dispute with their bank, there is no further action FreedomPop can take on the account. The customer will need to resolve the dispute with their banking institution.
Three main issues: Unable to use mobile data to make or receive calls, charged for unauthorized "upgrade" multiple times, over-deducting minutes.
I began using the Freedompop service on 11/4/2016. Despite multiple requests for assistance, I was unable to use the phone's mobile data to make or receive calls or texts until February 2018. I was only able to make or receive calls using my own home wifi. Secondly, Freedompop changed my plan on a few occasions, without my consent or authorization, and billed my account. A refund was given only after I called to request a refund and inquire as to why my plan was changed. Finally, Freedompop has been over-deducting minutes for all calls. The following is an example from my call log which shows six "one-minute deductions" for a single inbound call. Even though I have "unlimited minutes", Freedompop suspends my service once I reach 2500 minutes.
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM *** 1 Standard Inbound
Refund of charges for all months that I was unable to make or receive calls using mobile data and for over-deducted minutes.
We apologize for any trouble experienced with our service. Though the customer states to have been unable to access their plan's data, our records indicate there is usage on the account every month from April 2017 to April 2018. As such, we will not be refunded their renewals.
The refund that was issued was for ta double-billing that occurred on the account - this was a confirmed error and was addressed accordingly.
However, there is insufficient information to confirm the customer's claim that our minute logs are inaccurate. We request the customer provides us with screenshots of their minute count according to the phone/phone call, so we can compare it to our internal log.
Lastly, the 2500 minute cap is outlined in our terms of service's Fair Usage Policy under "Minute Fair Usage" and is disclosed prior to checkout.
Based on the information provided in this complaint, the customer is not eligible for any additional refunds.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I do not accept Freedompop's response because it is false. I was unable to make or receive calls, when outside my own wifi, from 11/2016 to 2/2018. I called and submitted "tickets" multiple times explaining the problem but it was not fixed until 2/2018. Any "data usage" was minimal and was utilized by the many junk apps preinstalled on the phone which would automatically update. Second, Yes, I said the billing errors were refunded. The point is, Freedompop changed my plan on a few occasions, without my consent or authorization, and billed my account. I had to contact Freedompop to obtain the refunds, otherwise they would have succeeded in overbilling me. Illegal and unethical. Finally, there is sufficient information to confirm my claim that Freedompop over-deducted minutes. Their internal log has the same information that I have, which clearly shows Freedompop's fraudulent practice of over-deducting minutes for all calls. I am providing my call log with personally identifiable information removed. I have no way to attach screenshots or documents to my complaint. However, if Revdex.com would give me a way to do so, I will be more than happy to submit it.
Usage
Minutes Used
2501
unlimited minutes
Messages Sent
179
unlimited text messages
Data Used
17%
85.61 MB / 500.00 MB of mobile data
Usage History
Mar 6, 2018 - Apr 6, 2018
Date Time Number Minutes Type In/Out
3/23/18 2:00 PM ***7 Standard Inbound
3/23/18 1:11 PM ***39 Standard Inbound
3/23/18 1:11 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/23/18 12:27 PM ***20 Standard Outbound
3/23/18 12:24 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/23/18 12:23 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 9:02 PM ***117 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 6:40 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/22/18 6:20 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/22/18 6:17 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 6:16 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 3:37 PM ***32 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 2:55 PM ***20 Standard Outbound
3/22/18 2:54 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/22/18 2:54 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 9:34 PM ***118 Standard Outbound
3/21/18 9:33 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 9:29 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 9:29 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 7:25 PM ***129 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 7:25 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 4:20 PM ***83 Standard Outbound
3/21/18 4:19 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/21/18 4:19 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/20/18 7:59 PM ***280 Standard Inbound
3/20/18 7:49 AM ***2 Standard Outbound
3/19/18 6:39 PM ***152 Standard Outbound
3/19/18 6:31 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/19/18 6:30 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 6:29 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 5:14 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 4:07 PM ***35 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 2:06 PM ***36 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 1:53 PM ***13 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 1:52 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/19/18 11:03 AM ***82 Standard Outbound
3/18/18 6:31 PM ***42 Standard Outbound
3/18/18 6:29 PM ***2 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:28 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:28 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:28 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:28 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:25 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:25 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:24 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/18/18 6:24 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/17/18 5:16 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/17/18 5:15 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/17/18 5:08 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/17/18 5:07 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/16/18 11:50 AM ***114 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 11:50 PM ***48 Standard Outbound
3/15/18 11:17 PM ***28 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 7:48 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 7:30 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 6:25 PM ***93 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 4:56 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 4:55 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 4:45 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 4:45 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 2:57 PM ***44 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 2:40 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/15/18 2:08 PM ***31 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 2:08 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 12:41 PM ***55 Standard Outbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/15/18 8:48 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 7:29 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 7:29 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 5:57 PM ***9 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 3:29 PM ***14 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 10:52 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 10:52 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 9:39 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 9:39 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 8:57 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/14/18 8:57 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 10:32 PM ***99 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 7:10 PM ***3 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 5:41 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 5:40 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 5:00 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 5:00 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 4:52 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 3:29 PM ***5 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 2:48 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 2:48 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 2:20 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 2:19 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 2:18 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 2:17 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 2:06 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 2:06 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 1:35 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 1:35 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 12:40 PM ***94 Standard Outbound
3/13/18 11:46 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/13/18 11:46 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/12/18 9:32 PM ***191 Standard Inbound
3/12/18 11:42 AM ***22 Standard Inbound
3/12/18 11:42 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/12/18 11:40 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/12/18 11:40 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/11/18 9:22 PM ***24 Standard Inbound
3/11/18 1:46 PM ***15 Standard Outbound
3/11/18 1:45 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/11/18 1:44 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 8:13 PM ***5 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 1:52 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 1:51 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 12:41 PM ***7 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 12:41 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 12:38 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/10/18 12:38 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 4:09 PM ***53 Standard Outbound
3/9/18 4:09 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 4:09 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 3:36 PM ***4 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 3:11 PM ***16 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 2:01 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 10:38 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 8:52 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 8:11 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 2:21 AM ***38 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 1:41 AM ***40 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 1:26 AM ***16 Standard Inbound
3/9/18 12:49 AM ***28 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 10:09 PM ***20 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 7:39 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 5:14 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 4:19 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 2:10 PM ***31 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 2:09 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 2:08 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 2:06 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 1:58 PM ***10 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 8:57 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 8:27 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/8/18 12:24 AM ***28 Standard Outbound
3/8/18 12:23 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 11:37 PM ***47 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 11:37 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 11:37 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 7:37 PM ***11 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 7:28 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 6:52 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 5:49 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 2:46 PM ***4 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 2:36 PM ***11 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 2:34 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 2:33 PM ***1 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 2:32 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 2:31 PM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 1:25 PM ***12 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 1:00 PM ***26 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 12:32 PM ***17 Standard Outbound
3/7/18 9:53 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 8:36 AM ***1 Standard Inbound
3/7/18 7:27 AM ***1 Standard Outbound
On our end it appears as though a 6-minute call was broken down into 6 different listings. If the customer believes there's been an error, we request that they provide a screenshot of the call's duration from their end. This way our dev team can confirm any discrepancies and investigate the potential bug.
They may send the screenshot to ***@freedompop.com with their Revdex.com case in title.
Also, though usage is logged by the app for data when placing calls/texts, data usage which is incurred for calls/texts does not count against their plan's data allotment, it is credited back.
We look forward to the customer providing a screenshot via email.
Adding to our update, could the customer please specify which call was deducting minutes more than it should have.
They may provide this in the email send with the screenshot.
our card was charged $98.88 + $98.88 total of $197.76. after we cancel the service, wish BTW we tried to cancel so many times before!!
REFUND PLEASE
our card was charged $98.88 + $98.88 total of $197.76. after we cancel the service, wish BTW we tried to cancel so many times before!!
REFUND PLEASE
FULL REFUND ASAP
We can see the customer signed up on 1/13/18 for 2 LTE SIM cards which each included their individual 1-month trial of our Semi-Annual subscription for FreedomPop Premier ($26.94) and Premium 2GB data plan ($71.94). This is billed once every 6-months as disclosed prior to checkout.
Following the order, we send a confirmation email which includes the subscription details along with instructions on how to downgrade or cancel their subscriptions.
The renewal was first attempted on 2/16/18 and failed until 3/12/18 when it finally processed. The account was canceled by the customer on 3/12/18, through the provided instructions in their confirmation email, after the charge had already processed. No charges were processed after cancellation.
As the charges were valid, our agent offered a pro-rated refund on 4/13/18. The accounts have been canceled and refunded accordingly - there is no further action to take on this account.
FreedomPop took my deposit and refused to activate a replacement phone.
When I subscribed with FreedomPop I activated my phone and paid $20 initial deposit. Three weeks ago my phone was damaged. I bought a replacement (the same model) and ask FreedomPop to activate it on my account Incident: XXXXXX-XXXXXX. They do not want to do it. Customer support is useless. And my deposit simply vanished from my account. Absolutely unreliable service. Ridiculous situation.
I want my phone activated with my plan I currently have and deposit that disappeared credited to my account.
We apologize for the inconvenience being experienced by the customer. Our records indicate the customer subscribed through our BYOD program which allows customers to activate eligible devices with our service. This particular promotion required a $20 credit on the account. This covers the phone activated on the account, not any future devices the customer wishes to activate under this same account.
If the customer has purchased a new 3rd party device and wishes to activate it on FreedomPop, they may do so by visiting freedompop.com/byod. Once they have paid for activation of their device, we can swap it over to their existing account to keep the same billing term and plan.
If the customer wishes to proceed with this option, we request they reach us at ***@freeddompop.com with their account information and include "Revdex.com Case XXXXXX' in the subject line. The account credit has since been reinstated.
This case is not resolved. I've contacted FreedomPop customer support and still waiting for activation. They are ignoring my requests for updates of status of the phone activation.
They did not credit my account for deposit they stole.
I'm very unhappy how they treat customers. My phone died and more than a month they can not activate replacement.
Our records indicate the user reached out via our Community and was assisted with the swap.
There is no further action needed on this complaint as the user's request has been honored.
(The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.)
Hello I have a complaint about this company Freedom Pop I was give a tablet for Christmas and it came with free 500mb of data for life as long as I did not go over my data I would not be charged more than 7.99 in order for my data to roll over every month well I attempted to order a couple of extra data cards which I have never used the accounts that they were for were never active I paid 0.01 for the what were supposed to be data cards that I could use in my other devices but I never even open the package when they finally arrived 3 weeks after the order was placed. What ended up happening was Freedom Pop accessed my Paypal account which was linked to my credit card and charged $197.98 which they took from my credit card which I did not authorized them to take I filed a dispute with my credit card company they reversed the charges but on March 31,2018 I was hit this charge. Now I have reached out to Freedom Pop about this matter and was charged $15 twice and I never even got a chance to speak to a live person to clear up this matter. I am a full time college student and the money that my credit card company is trying to hit me was for my books. I did not authorize Freedom Pop to charge $197.98 to my card at no time. I feel that I am being taken advantage of because this company charges you for customer service so you never get to speak to a human being. So because of Freedom Pop American Express Bluebird company is trying to once again charge me $197.98 for fees that I did not authorized. Please help me with this problem
Other (requires explanation) I would like for Freedom Pop to fix this issue immediately because I did not authorize them to charge me $98.99 twice for a total $197.98 this is bad business practice and then to have them want to charge me $15 to talk to customer service is a rip off.
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Our records indicate the customer ordered two LTE SIM cards on 1/9/18, which included a 1-month free trial of our Semi-Annual subscription for the Premium 2GB plan ($71.94) and Phone Premier ($26.94). These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged twice a year if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
FreedomPop had access to the PayPal account because this was the payment method the customer manually provided us, specifically to cover their order and subscriptions - this was not the result of malicious activity.
Any customer on a paid talk/text/data plan have access to our phone support team, those on a free talk/text/data plan are required to have a Premium VIP subscription in order to access phone support. However, we offer various free alternatives such as email, social media, community support and our self-help knowledge base.
In any case, we can see the customer was refunded for their subscriptions and credit fees as of 4/23/18 - please allow 3-5 business days for the refunds to process.
I purchased a tablet that is supposed to have free lifetime data and I was charged for services that I didn't have or use. Company cancelled account
I purchased a tablet from HSN which came with free data for life. The amount of data was 500mb per month. The company name is Freedom Pop. Well after a few weeks of having the tablet we learned that in order to keep any unused data I would have to pay $7.99 per month. Also I could earn extra data by completing survey which I sometimes did. Well I got an email from Freedom Pop saying that they were giving me a gift a free $15 credit to use. Well shortly after getting this supposed gift I get a call from my credit card company concerning an extra charge from Freedom Pop. Well I informed my credit card company that I did not authorize the charge on the $7.99 was authorized, then I also learned that Freedom Pop had charged me a 3rd time the amount of $97.88 for services that I did not have as well. After I disputed the charges Freedom Pop cancelled my account so not only am I out $7.99 I am out $97.88 as well they refunded me the $15 charge but have yet to refund me the other charges because I had recently paid my monthly rollover fee when the cancelled my account. I have made several attempts to reach out to freedom pop concerning this issue and it has fallen on deaf ear. I also have the emails that I received from Freedom Pop stating that they charged me in error $97.88 and I would be refunded my money that has not happen to date I only want what is far and that is a refund for $97.88 and I also feel that they also owe me the $7.99 that they charged me as well being that they cancelled my account which I am supposed to have for lifetime for the tablet that was purchased from HSN. I feel that Freedom Pop ripped me off and now that my account is cancelled I am not getting what I paid for when I purchased the tablet which was the free data for life. To top is off the data did not always work in my area so I could only use that data when I would travel out town away from home.
We're sorry to know the customer was not satisfied with our previous response to their complaint. However, our records indicate the customer ordered a Tablet GSM (Order #XXXXXXXX) on 12/20/17, which included a free trial of our FreedomPop Premier ($7.99). These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
Although the customer was entitled to a base plan of 500MB, this was exceeded in the first month which is why the customer incurred a top-up fee of $15. We disclose any applicable charges in our welcome email, including our Auto Top-Up fees which are incurred when exceeding your data threshold. Customers have the option to disable this feature at any time. The following line is pulled directly from said email: "FreedomPop ensures you'll never be left without Internet access should you exceed your monthly plan capacity. For any extra data that you use, you will be charged on a Pay As You Go basis. To cover any Pay As You Go charges, our Automatic Top-Up feature will fund your credit account $15.00 the first time you get within 100MB of your monthly plan capacity limit. You can turn off this feature at any time."
As the customer disputed the top-up fee of $15 with their financial institution, their account was canceled as this is in violation of our agreement. FreedomPop's policy states that if a customer has concerns with billing, shipping or tech related issues to please contact our customer support team for assistance before contacting your financial institution to receive proper assistance and to avoid account cancellation.
Unfortunately, due to the dispute, the customer must resolve the issue with their financial institution.
All accounts associated with ***@yahoo.com remain canceled and no further charges have been issued.
As the customer has been previously refunded on 4/23/18 for charges associated with the LTE SIM Kits, there will be no further action taken on this complaint.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
My bank paid the amounts of $98.88 back to freedom pop On or about March 30,2018 or on about April 23,2018 I have been disputing this since February 10,2018
I bought a FreedomPop device on sale because it advertised a free plan. I've been charged for months of "service" without my consent or use.
I purchased a FreedomPop device in November of 2017 that was explicitly because of a "100% free" plan for service. Without my consent, notification, or even use of the device, FreedomPop began charging me for just having the device ($119.93 to date). I wouldn't have realized if I didn't see an odd charge on my bank account one day--when I contacted support, they agreed to refund only one month, and even that only as a courtesy of some kind. This is a complete and utter scam.
All I want is a refund of the full money for an unused product, $119.93.
We're sorry to hear of the customer's unsatisfactory experience with us. Though we do offer 100% free options, we also offer paid subscriptions and trials for said subscriptions.
Our records indicate the customer ordered a Franklin Wireless R850 on 11/24/17, which includes a 1-month free trial of our Premium 2GB plan and FreedomPop Premier. These trials become paid subscriptions that are charged accordingly if not downgraded prior to renewal. This is disclosed prior to checkout and reiterated in a follow-up email which includes their order confirmation, subscription details and instructions on how to manage their subscriptions through our self-help tools.
Though the charges were valid, we've gone ahead and refunded an additional renewal ($34.98) along with their $15 account credit and canceled the account. Please allow 3-5 business days for the refund to process.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
This reply is incredibly misleading. Nowhere in the order process is it ever stated that you're being added to a high-cost subscription service. The product and this special are billed as a "100% free plan"--I only realized the charge existed because I was keeping a close eye on my bank account. Had I not been, I could have gone many more months without even realizing my funds were being siphoned without permission or notification.
This is a scam, plain and simple.
The checkout page explicitly states the subscription that is being selected and must manually be opted into prior to checkout.
Attached is an example of the various touch points where the subscriptions are disclosed prior to checkout on a hotspot funnel. A follow-up email reiterates this along with clear instructions on how to manage the instructions. We've attached a screenshot of the follow-up email that was sent to the customer at ***@gmail.com shortly after their order was placed.
Our team previously refunded the last 3 charges on the account for a total of $84.96 and canceled the account as requested. There is no further action to be taken on this account.
(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
Unsurprisingly, this response is misleading and inaccurate. The product is clearly marked as "100% free data", and the asterisked fine print isn't a substitute for actually noting what is being sold. Furthermore, the monthly payment ramped up to $35 per month, which is not stated in the checkout process (or at any of the touch points). At no point was there an email receipt...I only discovered the charges because I happened to be looking for a charge on my account several months later. This is a business that relies on people not realizing what they're being tricked into, and that's dead wrong. I have been given a partial refund, which is nice, but I need a refund for the remaining $64.96 in completely unused service that I was fraudulently charged for.
I'm on a fixed minute plan with FreedomPop. FreedomPop has been deducting minutes for months showing phone calls on my account. That's impossible, since my defective FreedomPop phone, which FreedomPop won't fix or replace, died after only using it a few times. Others may not even notice FreedomPop is adding false phone conversations to their accounts to drain their minutes. #scam
This doesn't sound right, ***. Our team is looking into this matter to ensure there is no discrepancy.
After half a year, FreedomPop finally just resolved the issue.
Mis-advertising about nature of unlimited voice ant text and its dependence on the limited cellular data plan
A few days after signing up for Freedompop unlimited voice, unlimited text, and 1GB data family plan and purchasing 3 of their phones, I gained access to my account and found that I was already being charged for data without having actually used the phones. Instead of telling me that the "unlimited voice and text" actually uses the cellular data plan allotment, they said they didn't know the cause and would look into it. They never did notify me.
Nine months later, I got a message that I was near the monthly data usage limit even though we only began using one of the phones a week ago. I contacted Freedompop support and after several responses that would not answer the questions, they finally told me that the data is used for voice and texting. That is, the "unlimited plan" is actually restricted to the "1GB per month data plan." This is fraudulent. The support person said it is on the advertising information.
Well, it turns out that the disclaimer was only on the advertising for the non-family web page June 2017 (see Internet archive of the page at https://web.archive.org/web/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/https://www.freedompop.com/ ) and not on the family plan that we bought. In fact, the family plan page did not include any such restrictions about the unlimited calling and text being restricted to wi-fi or the unlimited calling only happening between Freedompop customers (see https://web.archive.org/web/XXXXXXXXXXXXXX/https://familymobile.freedompop.com/ ).
So not only was I falsely lured into an unlimited plan that was not unlimited, but contacting Freedompop support within the time limit that would have allowed returning the phones yielded deaf ears, perhaps intended to delay me until after the return period.
Luckily, I have the Internet archive pages along with the original support ticket below.
Therefore, I request Freedompop refund me the original cost of the phones as well as the monthly fees for the 9 months after purchasing them minus the cost I would have incurred shipping the phones back to them.
This would come to:
$204.96 ($15 1st month + $180 for 3 phones + $10 shipping)
$135 ($15 per month from July 2017 to March 2018)
minus $10 return shipping
which comes to $329.96 total.
*** Original Support Ticket Reference #XXXXXX-XXXXXX below ***
This incident cannot be reopened or updated. If you need further assistance, please submit a new question.
Communication History
Staff Account *** via channel 'Email' 06/09/XXXX XX:XX AM
Hello ***.
Thank you for contacting FreedomPop Online Services. My name is *** and I will be more than happy to assist you with your concern. It is our understanding that you got usage on your account even when you have not received the devices. We apologize for the inconvenience this may be causing.
I have sent word to our development team so we can fix this. In the meantime I have added 100 MB for every SIM card, meaning that I have added a total of 300 MB. Hope you have a wonderful day.
As a valued FreedomPop customer, we hope that we have addressed all concerns. However, should you need additional assistance, please feel free to respond to this incident and we will be more than happy to assist you.
***, please also be sure to visit our online Self-Help Knowledge Base at https://support.freedompop.com and our FreedomPop Communities.
Thank you, ***
Your personal Online Service Agent.
Customer (***) via channel 'Service Web' 06/08/XXXX XX:XX PM
I just signed up for the family plan and three phones. I am going to be worried about how much data will be used for freedompop's administration rather than my usage because I have already supposedly used 1% or 10MB, and I don't even have the phones yet so that should be zero. What's happening?!
Additional Details
Email Address
***@hagemeis.us
Reference Number
XXXXXX-XXXXXX
Status
Solved
Created
06/08/XXXX XX:XX PM
Updated
06/10/XXXX XX:XX AM
Therefore, I request Freedompop refund me the original cost of the phones as well as the monthly fees for the 9 months after purchasing them minus the cost I would have incurred shipping the phones back to them. This would come to: $204.96 ($15 1st month + $180 for 3 phones + $10 shipping) $135 ($15 per month from July 2017 to March 2018) minus $10 return shipping which comes to $329.96 total.
We apologize for any possible miscommunication that occurred with our services.
As we're a VOIP, calls/texts are made over a data connection. This can be via FreedomPop's data network or your local private/public WiFi whenever available.
Since a data connection is required in order to perform these actions, when a customer runs out of data and has selected to suspend service instead of paying for additional data, the talk/text feature will be suspended along with the rest of the account.
To avoid this, the customer can either monitor their usage and use WiFi whenever available as well as enable the Top-Up feature or manually add credit, so they can continue using data beyond their plan's allotment. Though a data connection is required to send/receive texts/calls through our app, these actions do not actually count towards their plan's data allotment as they are credited back to the account shortly after.
We have a 30 day return/refund policy along with a 90 day exchange policy that applies to all devices purchased through FreedomPop. As a courtesy, we are willing to extend the 30 day return/refund policy to 60 days for this customer due to the size of their purchase.
In order to address the additional charges in question, we require the customer to provide us with the phone numbers associated with their devices.