So A&T is charging me an ETF after all (customer experience)
by at 1:06 AM
Over a month after I terminated my contract with AT&T and it seemed as if they were letting me off easy for the ETF which they have absolutely no actual right to (since I provided my own unsubsidized phone for the line I had to pay an extra $25 "naked SIM" charge for), they're charging me a $123 ETF. I have the right to dispute it through arbitration — with a $125 "filing fee," which will be refunded if and only if arbitration finds in my favor. So I can either pay the $123 now or I can pay $125 now with the hope of getting it back but the risk of having to pay $248. GEE WHAT A GREAT SITUATION.
Anyway, I had planned on paying the ETF as part of my migration back to T-Mobile anyway, so I'd might as well just pay the damn thing. It's actually lower than I was expecting. It's just a bit aggravating to be hit with it so much later, and to still be held to it even though the purpose of an ETF (recouping the cost of a subsidized phone) did not even remotely apply in this situation.
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Videotron cable in Quebec tried to charge me an unchargeable ETF, and when I said I wouldn't pay it, they transferred me to a "handler" who threatened to hit my credit report. I called the guy a fucking frog and hung up. To date, I haven't seen anything about a delinquent Videotron account on my credit report, but maybe it's a different report in Canada.