being charge for a FREE tablet

@hliban,

but you agree on it thats why you are under this kind of mess. lol

@Haditinchitown

You think other carriers don't do this?   It’s a “sales” business.  Xfinity/Comcast aka Comcrap to all its current and former customers, is one of the worst.  T-mobile has the best rep for mobile customer service, and they do it.  Verizon does it.  We as customers have to wise up and just say no, read before we sign, and not ask the salesman if they are screwing us over to get a commission (Lie to me baby, lie to me!)

I was, but am not in any mess anymore. I've definitely  learned my lesson. Never buy phones from AT&T stores.  (Or for that matter, any store that uses questionable sales tactics)  There are four people in our house.  We now only buy through other outlets (Amazon,  Ebay, Gazelle, Walmart, Target).

thats a wise decision but please ask and read things over before you order. why?

there are a lot of fraud happening to all carriers, phones may be locked to carriers and can never be unlocked because of fraud.

This has just happened to me as well.  I called AT&T to see what their home wifi service terms were, because I was unhappy with my provider.  They said if I switched to Att, they would give me a free tablet.  So I switched.  Now, not only have I been charged for the tablet, but ATT activated the phone number account without my permission.  I'm pretty sure that's illegal.  I've been on the phone all day to resolve the issue and even went into a store to return the tablet as instructed by a customer service agent.  The store would not accept the return.  Then customer service said the return was impossible. 

This is what I will do:

I'm writing my congressman with a complaint that i have been scamed by ATT.  I will copy all web fourm links with people with similar complaints.  This is unethical and ATT knows they are doing it. 

I will blast them on Social Media for unethical business practices.

They have lost a customer for life.  I will cancel my wifi account and never give them another dime. 

This has just happened to me as well.  I called AT&T to see what their home wifi service terms were, because I was unhappy with my provider.  They said if I switched to Att, they would give me a free tablet.  So I switched.  Now, not only have I been charged for the tablet, but ATT activated the phone number account without my permission.  I'm pretty sure that's illegal.  I've been on the phone all day to resolve the issue and even went into a store to return the tablet as instructed by a customer service agent.  The store would not accept the return.  Then customer service said the return was impossible. 

This is what I will do:

I'm writing my congressman with a complaint that i have been scamed by ATT.  I will copy all web fourm links with people with similar complaints.  This is unethical and ATT knows they are doing it. 

I will blast them on Social Media for unethical business practices.

They have lost a customer for life.  I will cancel my wifi account and never give them another dime. 

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection/about-bureau-consumer-protection

The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection stops unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices by collecting complaints and conducting investigations, suing companies and people that break the law, developing rules to maintain a fair marketplace, and educating consumers and businesses about their rights and responsibilities.

There is a link to file a complaint on this website!  Let's get to it!

OVER 15,000 VIEWS on your original post!!!

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection/about-bureau-consumer-prote...

The FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection stops unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practices by collecting complaints and conducting investigations, suing companies and people that break the law, developing rules to maintain a fair marketplace, and educating consumers and businesses about their rights and responsibilities.

There is a link to file a complaint on this website!  Let's get to it!  I've never felt rap*d by a company until this tablet crap happened to me, and they are STILL GETTING AWAY WITH IT!

@FoolMe1x That may be true but the government agency that overseas wireless carriers is the FCC. I don’t know what, if anything, the FTC would do with a complaint. Complaints to the FCC, however, do get attention.