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I was reading this forum about people saying they can get credit for dropped calls. So I called *2 and spoke with "Claire" (the automated lady), and told her about the dropped calls. She then said something about crediting my account.
I noticed that I can only do it twice per day. I wonder exactly what it does, and how many times per month I can do it (60 times?? because of twice per day)?
deanwoof
03-14-2007, 12:46 AM
50 cents each. and your value to sprint goes down. enjoy
michaelvanle
03-14-2007, 12:50 AM
and your value to sprint goes down. enjoy
Can you further elaborate on this?
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And on the 50 cents each thing, is there a limit as to how much you can get per month? They should.
$10. each individual call in shows up on the account.
michaelvanle
03-14-2007, 01:05 AM
Dang, well I just did it like 6 times within the past 3 days. I'm sure the notes on my account ain't too good then :(
But to be honest, Sprint did dropped a number of calls within the past few days (3 of them WHILE talking to Sprint customer service with full bars).
Either way, I'm sure it looks bad calling it in 6 times all of a sudden.
Scoobmd
03-14-2007, 08:25 AM
I dunno, if it was for legit reasons then you deserve the credit.
There's lots of posts of people bragging that they "save" $10 or so a month on sprint for doing this and that's what Sprint is probably trying to weed out.
I think it's just too much of a pain for a little gain and running to risk of getting flagged.
mike253
03-14-2007, 09:57 AM
I drop 50-60+ calls per month if I try to use my phone from my house. I have decent service there, but it just occasionally decides it isn't going to work. I used to get the $10 credit every month, not to "save" the $10, but because I deserved it (used to drop even more calls) but eventually I got tired of having to call in over and over.
just spread it out when u NEED to use. doesn't look so bad
alaron
03-14-2007, 10:40 AM
I've only called in for a dropped call credit once (it was legit), and they added 1 minute to my account. No cash.
Wayne 1
03-14-2007, 10:47 AM
I rarely have a problem with dropped calls, when I do, I ignore them. ;)
If I had lots of trouble with them, I'm sure I would have a different view about the whole deal.
Goodgyrl
03-14-2007, 01:37 PM
I always get dropped calls. I've gotten them more in the last 2 months then the whole year that I've been with sprint. I wonder why. Even in places that I used to have full signal I don't have it any more.
reemusk
03-14-2007, 01:53 PM
50 cents each. and your value to sprint goes down. enjoy
indeed!
michaelvanle
03-14-2007, 03:57 PM
I always get dropped calls. I've gotten them more in the last 2 months then the whole year that I've been with sprint. I wonder why. Even in places that I used to have full signal I don't have it any more.
I get that from time to time. I even got dropped twice on the phone with CS while in the Sprint Store!!
I read online somewhere and it says something about the signal being switched from one service center to another? And sometimes the signal is loss.
Dan
03-14-2007, 04:16 PM
Sprint can tell if your actually droping a call, of if your just scamming it.
If your having legit dropped calls, call in for the credit, then talk to a rep and report the trouble area. Their is a chance that sprint is not aware of some issue in that area that can be corrected. Ask the rep to start a "trouble ticket" and if they are unsure how to do so, ask to be transfered to the trouble (technical) department.
:wavey:
Scoobmd
03-14-2007, 04:24 PM
Sprint can tell if your actually droping a call, of if your just scamming it.
:wavey:
Hehe, I guess that'll make people think twice before trying to make "illegal requests for dropped calls."
BTW, I've only been with Sprint- Anyone know if other carriers allow such a refund as well?
Dan
03-14-2007, 06:52 PM
Hehe, I guess that'll make people think twice before trying to make "illegal requests for dropped calls."
BTW, I've only been with Sprint- Anyone know if other carriers allow such a refund as well?
I think its a sprint benefit. I think sprint should stop doing a cash credit and just give you one additional minute of useage.
Really, you could go over by 2 minutes on 2 dropped calls and end up with a $1 refund against a $5 "flex tier" increase. A "minute for a minute" credit would not cost sprint real cash, but would still be a fair approach.
Sadly, some customers use this is a "$10 credit" each month on their sprint bill.
:wavey:
michaelvanle
03-14-2007, 07:11 PM
Sadly, some customers use this is a "$10 credit" each month on their sprint bill.
:wavey:
I do remember running across someone's signature listing this $10 "dropped calls credit". So this is what he must be meaning.
anskY
03-14-2007, 07:53 PM
It's sad what people will do for 50 cents...
Scoobmd
03-14-2007, 10:19 PM
It's sad what people will do for 50 cents...
Heck, 50 cents won't even buy a can of Coke these days...
michaelvanle
03-16-2007, 01:39 AM
I have the Family Plan thing on my account. One primary and two Add A Phones. Is the $10 credit limit on the whole account, or for each line?
olddog
03-16-2007, 01:50 AM
Can you get dropped call credit if the calls are Sprint to Sprint calls and you're not actually paying for them?
djinks
03-16-2007, 08:52 AM
Can you get dropped call credit if the calls are Sprint to Sprint calls and you're not actually paying for them?
Yes
imannie
03-18-2007, 07:37 PM
Sprint can tell if your actually droping a call, of if your just scamming it.
If your having legit dropped calls, call in for the credit, then talk to a rep and report the trouble area. Their is a chance that sprint is not aware of some issue in that area that can be corrected. Ask the rep to start a "trouble ticket" and if they are unsure how to do so, ask to be transfered to the trouble (technical) department.
:wavey:
I hope I am flagged by Sprint. Maybe then they'll let me out of my contract. I drop an average of 20 calls a day. When I call they say it is my phone and replace it. I'm on my third Moto Q in 3 weeks. Now they say it is a tower problem. No one with a Sprint phone can use it in my house but Verizon and Cingular work fine. This started about two months ago. What good is a great plan if the phone doesn't work.
Goodgyrl
03-18-2007, 09:36 PM
LOL it's sprint and it's a tower issue. no phone is gonna help this problem. I have this same exact problem with Sprint. If you want out of your contract and can prove that your service area is terrible(like if you live in a rural area like me) they will let you go and waive the ETF. That's how I got out of my contract that I had under my mother's name. I love Sprint phones and decided to see if they was gonna get a closer tower to me like they've been promising me the year that I've been with them. I'll give them another 4 months if not I just might leave sprint all together.
imannie
03-18-2007, 09:47 PM
LOL it's sprint and it's a tower issue. no phone is gonna help this problem. I have this same exact problem with Sprint. If you want out of your contract and can prove that your service area is terrible(like if you live in a rural area like me) they will let you go and waive the ETF. That's how I got out of my contract that I had under my mother's name. I love Sprint phones and decided to see if they was gonna get a closer tower to me like they've been promising me the year that I've been with them. I'll give them another 4 months if not I just might leave sprint all together.
I've had Sprint since '99. The reception was so good I gave up my landline. This last year it's gone down to where I have to stand outside to use my phone. I'm the commercial but it's real life. And it's cold out. I'm in a city in upstate NY, not rural.
mellymell67
03-24-2007, 03:52 PM
my phone drops when it wants 2! In an important phone call. my call is more important so i call back. do dropped calls when it fits in to my schedule. been gettin them 4 years never had a problem with loosing favor with the company. a dropped call is a dropped call! take it in and they can never find a problem so hey. Fair exchange!
jdl1219
03-25-2007, 10:24 AM
Sprint can tell if your actually droping a call, of if your just scamming it.
If your having legit dropped calls, call in for the credit, then talk to a rep and report the trouble area. Their is a chance that sprint is not aware of some issue in that area that can be corrected. Ask the rep to start a "trouble ticket" and if they are unsure how to do so, ask to be transfered to the trouble (technical) department.
and from "mike253"
I drop 50-60+ calls per month if I try to use my phone from my house. I have decent service there, but it just occasionally decides it isn't going to work. I used to get the $10 credit every month, not to "save" the $10, but because I deserved it (used to drop even more calls) but eventually I got tired of having to call in over and over.
:wavey:
New post
I had the same problem when I Started with Sprint in '03. We got our four new phones and went on a two week road trip. It seems like nothing works better than a cell phone at 60 mph. When we got home the calls dropped when we got home. Literally as soon as we drove in the driveway calls dropped.
I started calling dropped calls in. When I got to 20 for the month, I'd insist on a trouble ticket. After three months they seem to have fixed the problem. We now get pretty good service at home. Matter of fact I’m going to cut the land line next month.
jdl1219
03-25-2007, 10:30 AM
Maybe one of you SPCS technopeople can answer this. Does Sprint "Engineering" track the dropped calls, or does it have to get to a trouble ticket?
PM reply is welcome.
punkcrib
03-31-2007, 11:10 PM
Well I can say from experience that I do not believe they "Flag" or can monitor your actual dropped calls. If a call ends, it ends. Sprint can't tell whether the other person's phone died, lost signal, or if they hung up....or if you hung up, or if your phone died, etc.
If you pop out your battery in the middle of a call, do you think sprint knows this? Do they see it as a dropped call? What if the other person hangs up first....Sprint has no way of knowing whether the call was lost or if they hung up.
I must admit I have used my maximum dropped call credits for the past 2 years, and I have never been questioned or warned about this, and I call CS often. They are always willing to help. But I think that is partly b/c I am a great customer :)
But seriously, I do this every month. And I don't bother "spacing them out" either.....I call *2, say "credit for a dropped call". I get the credit, then I say it again. She says "Since you've had this problem before, would you like to speak to a CS Rep to help identify the problem?" . I say "No". She says "OK, what can I help you with". ANd I do it all over. Up to 5 times per call, then I call right back and do it 5 more. Then again, and again. Bam, $10 off right there. No questions asked.
Sure, it might not be completely legit, but I do get dropped calls, and if they ever ask me about it, I will say I just wait until one time to report all of mine...
slick69
04-01-2007, 12:34 PM
My Q tells me "Call Dropped" instead of "Call Ended" when the call is dropped. This may be how Sprint knows whether the call was dropped or ended normally.
mellymell67
04-04-2007, 12:12 PM
how will they know if it dropped or u hung up? R they listenin on every 1's covoe???? the only way they will know!! so hey! been wit sprint 5 years and never had a problem wit losin favor! that is a rumor! trust me
StarmanDX
04-04-2007, 06:20 PM
Alltel automatically gives you a free minute if their network detects the call was dropped. No money, but a minute. I think Sprint should give you like 2-3 minutes as 'compensation' for dropped calls instead of monetary credit. That way ARPU stays up.
Nate-dawg
04-08-2007, 11:58 AM
I've been with Sprint for 5 months and I haven't had any dropped calls (not 1), even when roaming. What's wrong with my service? :)
saved $15.50 last month. Credits to your account 50 cents for each dropped call. Your bill drops by 50 cents to 1 dollar a few hours after You call *2 and say "dropped call". So far the maximum is up to 2 credits a day and about $15.50 per month. After that clair will only connect u to a rep. Last week reps gave me a $5 credit and a $25 credit (in one week) since I was having so many dropped calls. On top of the $15.50 credit I had already received.
michaelvanle
04-13-2007, 07:24 PM
$15.50? I thought the maximum you can receive is $10? At least that's what I've been experiencing.
Whenever Claire goes "do you want to speak with a rep" I hang up :/ . Lol, I don't wanna talk to a rep and be in an akward position since I'm faking the dropped calls.
Goodgyrl
04-13-2007, 10:39 PM
$15.50? I thought the maximum you can receive is $10? At least that's what I've been experiencing.
Whenever Claire goes "do you want to speak with a rep" I hang up :/ . Lol, I don't wanna talk to a rep and be in an akward position since I'm faking the dropped calls.
This is what makes it bad for us customers that actually experience dropped calls. So when they stop this service I will blame people like you. SMH
dimm0k
04-14-2007, 12:20 AM
This is what makes it bad for us customers that actually experience dropped calls. So when they stop this service I will blame people like you. SMH
Sucks to have people like this... and to know he's doing wrong and to still do it.
alaron
04-14-2007, 12:23 AM
I don't wanna talk to a rep and be in an akward position since I'm faking the dropped calls.
That's disgusting.
Obliark
04-14-2007, 12:28 AM
New billing system will be minute returned, not cash, so enjoy it a little while longer, it's been abused and going away now.
dimm0k
04-14-2007, 12:35 AM
New billing system will be minute returned, not cash, so enjoy it a little while longer, it's been abused and going away now.
Any idea when this will go into effect? Even though I like the cash method I'm looking forward to the minute method because unfortunately something like this is based on the honor system... and as you can see, there's people with no honor. Any way to help stop the "bleeding" of Sprint is all thumbs!
alaron
04-14-2007, 12:42 AM
New billing system will be minute returned, not cash, so enjoy it a little while longer, it's been abused and going away now.
That's what I already experience when reporting a dropped call.
michaelvanle
04-14-2007, 12:43 AM
Sucks to have people like this... and to know he's doing wrong and to still do it.
That's disgusting.
I say it for what it is, and what I'm doing. From my understanding and reading more on this issue through search, there are members who has been doing this for a while (2+ years in one case).
I've only started doing this last month (for the past 6-7 years with Sprint). And yea let me tell you, I'm the only one abusing it :rolleyes:
alaron
04-14-2007, 12:45 AM
I say it for what it is, and what I'm doing. From my understanding and reading more on this issue through search, there are members who has been doing this for a while (2+ years in one case).
I've only started doing this last month (for the past 6-7 years with Sprint). And yea let me tell you, I'm the only one abusing it :rolleyes:
Not comparing you to anyone else, and there's no need to. You can legitimize it any way you'd like. Fact is you're lying and proud of it.
michaelvanle
04-14-2007, 12:47 AM
Not comparing you to anyone else, and there's no need to. You can legitimize it any way you'd like. Fact is you're lying and proud of it.
Should I soften it? Let me restart...
"Oh my God, Sprint sucks so bad. I've been getting dropped calls left and right. It's rediculous the amount of calls that are dropped throughout the day."
And where's this "I'm proud of it" came from? You're just shoving **** out of your ass...
alaron
04-14-2007, 12:50 AM
"Oh my God, Sprint sucks so bad. I've been getting dropped calls left and right. It's rediculous the amount of calls that are dropped throughout the day."
You said a couple posts up that you're lying and were trying to avoid human interaction.
And where's this "I'm proud of it" came from? You're just shoving **** out of your ass...
The "proud if it" part comes when you post on the forum you're trying to reach the limit of $10.
michaelvanle
04-14-2007, 12:52 AM
What?!?! Again, you are pulling **** out of your ass... the other dude said he got credited $15.50, and I was just wondering how he got that because I said I was under the impression that you could only get a maximum credit of $10 (20 dropped calls at 50 cents each).
Ninja edit: you editted your post. I unquoted.
alaron
04-14-2007, 12:56 AM
What?!?! Again, you are pulling **** out of your ass... the other dude said he got credited $15.50, and I was just wondering how he got that because I said I was under the impression that you could only get a maximum credit of $10 (20 dropped calls at 50 cents each).
Ninja edit: you editted your post. I unquoted.
Yes, I edited my post, because I associated you and the other poster incorrectly. It remains that the other poster said "I'm getting $x" and you said "hmm, I've been lying my way though $y, I didn't know I could get to $x."
michaelvanle
04-14-2007, 01:06 AM
I meant no harm by any of my post but I was just outrage as I feel like my character was being personally attacked out of the blue.
I just discovered about this "dropped call" thing last month and last month was the first time I've done it. I've been with Sprint for 6-7 years, so I'd say 1 month out of 6/7 years ain't so bad, no is it? Also I was just trying it out to see what it actually does.
Ninja edit: lol you deleted your post, how nice.
alaron
04-14-2007, 01:09 AM
I meant no harm by any of my post but I was just outrage as I feel like my character was being personally attacked out of the blue.
I just discovered about this "dropped call" thing last month and last month was the first time I've done it. I've been with Sprint for 6-7 years, so I'd say 1 month out of 6/7 years ain't so bad, no is it? Also I was just trying it out to see what it actually does.
Ninja edit: lol you deleted your post, how nice.
This time, actually, it wasn't me. If a post was deleted, a Mod is patrolling the thread.
And you're right, you feel like your character is being personally attacked, because it is. And not out of the blue. Because of the following:
Whenever Claire goes "do you want to speak with a rep" I hang up :/ . Lol, I don't wanna talk to a rep and be in an akward position since I'm faking the dropped calls.
michaelvanle
04-14-2007, 01:11 AM
Feel free to search for "credit for dropped call" or somewhere along that line and go rant on those people.
I'm done argueing with your stupidness as it's going nowhere. I'm not as good of a ewarrior as you are.
Jspired
04-14-2007, 01:26 AM
Feel free to search for "credit for dropped call" or somewhere along that line and go rant on those people.
I'm done argueing with your stupidness as it's going nowhere. I'm not as good of a ewarrior as you are.
Are you serious? I don't post here often, but read daily... I was a little taken aback when I read above where you wrote, "..Lol, I don't wanna talk to a rep and be in an akward position since I'm faking the dropped calls."
Your "faking" dropped calls makes it more difficult for those with "real" signal issues.
Goodgyrl
04-14-2007, 10:47 AM
yes like me. I drop calls daily. More than twice a day actually I average about 15 dropped calls a day and I've been with Sprint for over a year and I haven't once called to get a credit for dropped calls. SMH I just can't believe how dishonest people are. You're saying $10-$16 on dropped calls that you're not even getting. So when I do decide to call sprint with this problem they wont even help me. And who care's if you've been with Sprint since their existance. YOU'RE CHEATING the company and make it bad for people like me that actually get dropped calls.
slick69
04-15-2007, 03:47 PM
I live in a very fringe area and my coverage is always dropping down to zero, Ev going away for 1X, so I called in for dropped calls today.
CLAIRE said "I'll credit your account for one minute at the highest local rate." I assume this means the 50 cents thing everyone is talking about, not one minute credited to my account, correct?
deathorglory
04-16-2007, 11:27 AM
Dropped call credit is being phased out in a couple months. Soon minutes will be tacked back on instead, that's the rumor. Sprint realized how many people were faking it and are hurting those who do have reception issues. I've heard of people with unlimited minute plans who were using it. ***? If you have unlimited minutes, you can't go into overage. Sheesh.
Obliark
04-16-2007, 11:56 AM
Dropped call credit is being phased out in a couple months. Soon minutes will be tacked back on instead, that's the rumor. Sprint realized how many people were faking it and are hurting those who do have reception issues. I've heard of people with unlimited minute plans who were using it. ***? If you have unlimited minutes, you can't go into overage. Sheesh.
Not a rumor, It's true and about time in my opinion.
sonny01
04-16-2007, 05:49 PM
I get dropped calls every single day and call in for my credit when its convenient for me,i have 3 phones and use them all to get credit,i feel they owe me.i pay out the nose for service and when I have an issue it takes hours of my time to fix it over the phone,and their are LOTS of issues,most of wich I just let go because I don't have the time to deal with it,i get billed every month for psms chat wich I don't even know what it is and the reps don't either but it keeps billing to my account.sprint even slammed my parents home phone with sprint land service while they were on vacation and they don't even have a cell phone! they said I asked for it..that took hours and hours to fix,sprint is no angel by any means,they bill my account in a micro second,so I feel that if they are giving credit for dropped calls and I'm getting dropped calls I'm taking the credit
Goodgyrl
04-17-2007, 06:50 PM
sonny it's one thing to get dropped calls and ask for a credit and getting a credit for dropped calls and not getting dropped calls. Sounds to me as you're ranting to try and prove some kind of point that nobody is getting.
sonny01
04-18-2007, 02:53 AM
yes its true I was ranting...sorry...but my point was that I was reading that someone was saying by using the credits sprint puts me on some kind of shyt list...dosnt seem right to me...i spend a lot of money with sprint,if they're offering credits why pennalize for using them? I don't keep track of exactly how many droPped calls I have in a month,sometimes my credits excede my droPped calls and sometimes they dont..i still think they get over on me more than I get over on them...way more...but then again I'm new to this...what the hell do I know? :o/
Goodgyrl
04-18-2007, 04:03 PM
but my thing is ONLY use it when you actually have a dropped call. Not because you have 15 dropped calls last month and 5 this month and you're trying to make up for it
punkcrib
04-19-2007, 12:44 AM
Technically the largest amount you can receive (for most of us) is $10. But it is based on the HIGHEST LOCAL RATE. Which means if you live in a dead area (i.e. an area where they charge you more for overages) you get more for your minute.
You can get a whole lot more than 2 per day as well....
When "Claire" says "Do you want to speak to a rep. to help identify the situation?", just say "NO". Then she says "OK, tell me what I can help you with". Say dropped calls again. You can do it up to 5 times per call.
AND GET THIS: You can call right back and get 5 more. Then 5 more, and then 5 more. I do this monthly, whenever I have some free time, all at once. $10 off in less than 10 minutes.
And if Sprint didn't want you do to it, they wouldn't let you. Remember, THEY control how much you can get. If they were getting ripped off, they wouldn't allow the amount to be so high. Sprint is a F500 company, and they don't miss the $10-$15 they credit customers monthly. And that's another point: it is a CREDIT. It isn't like they are paying you. YOU still have to pay THEM at the end of the month. Hence, THEY still make money.
I would guess less than 5% of Sprint users take advantage of this. Probably less than 1%. Trust me, it isnt hurting anyone. I feel sorry for the people who have consciences.
alaron
04-19-2007, 01:01 AM
And if Sprint didn't want you do to it, they wouldn't let you. Remember, THEY control how much you can get. If they were getting ripped off, they wouldn't allow the amount to be so high.
The point was that you are lying to the system, and it's currently on the honor system. Seems like that's changing because of people like you.
alaron
04-19-2007, 01:04 AM
deleted post.
punkcrib
04-19-2007, 01:29 AM
Don't believe what you read. Nothing is changing. So my advice is start taking advantage of it or stop complaining about those that do.
I get dropped calls, as does everyone else. I do not have the time when these things happen to call then, and I don't keep a tally for when I finally do call. And I am not lying, thank you.
alaron
04-19-2007, 09:18 AM
I get dropped calls, as does everyone else. I do not have the time when these things happen to call then, and I don't keep a tally for when I finally do call. And I am not lying, thank you.
And there's the contradiction.
michaelvanle
04-19-2007, 10:56 AM
I'm sure everybody that calls in for dropped calls does it RIGHT AWAY when it happens to them :rolleyes:
We just do it when it's at our convience.
alaron
04-19-2007, 10:58 AM
I'm sure everybody that calls in for dropped calls does it RIGHT AWAY when it happens to them :rolleyes:
I do. That's how it's supposed to work, is it not?
dimm0k
04-19-2007, 11:20 AM
I'm sure everybody that calls in for dropped calls does it RIGHT AWAY when it happens to them :rolleyes:
We just do it when it's at our convience.
I try to do it immediately after a dropped call... otherwise I just forget it.
punkcrib
04-19-2007, 01:05 PM
I do. That's how it's supposed to work, is it not?
No, I don't believe so. Perhaps you can show me where this is stated, because I've never heard anything of the sort.
As long as you get it in before the monthy cycle resets, what is the difference?
alaron
04-19-2007, 01:08 PM
No, I don't believe so. Perhaps you can show me where this is stated, because I've never heard anything of the sort.
As long as you get it in before the monthy cycle resets, what is the difference?
I wasn't referring so much to the timing as the correspondence between the calls you drop and the number of credits you claim. If it's 1-to-1 then *shrug* no prob. But it sounds like people just max out monthly.
deathorglory
04-19-2007, 02:05 PM
I actually work for the company and I'll tell you right now. If I see someone who is obviously abusing the system, especially someone who already has more perks than anyone could ever have, they aren't getting squat from me. I can't wait until it just puts minutes back so we can stop the hemorraging. :rolleyes:
Goodgyrl
04-19-2007, 05:28 PM
punkcrib u prove my point. I can't wait til they change the system for people like you.
punkcrib
04-19-2007, 07:42 PM
punkcrib u prove my point. I can't wait til they change the system for people like you.
Ok, you know what? I've had it with this crap. Here's the skinny:
About 2 years ago I guess, I stumbled upon this little community of Sprint Users. And you know what one of the 1st posts I read was about? About how to get $10 off you monthly bill for dropped calls. Yes, that's right. I found out about it from this damn forum. And not only that, but there was a general concensus about how GREAT this ability was, and how GREAT it was to be able to do it. How can you pick on me for utilizing an option available to us as Sprint customers, when yall (collectively) are the ones who promoted it in the first place. I am all about scamming rediculously large companies who profit from us poor folk, and it appeared that's what this site was about too.
And low and behold, what have we today? A community that is (primarily) dedicated to RIPPING OFF SPRINT. Go ahead, browse the threads.....many of them are about how to get discounts here, how to get freebies there, how to get cheaper and cheaper bills. IOW, how to scam Sprint. What makes this any more legitimate than calling *2 for dropped calls? You guys BOAST about your retention offers, by calling and complaining just to get more goodies.
Don't be blasphemous and hypocritical. I am not pointing you out particualrly Goodgyrl, but the collective "you".
You can't pick and choose. I've never called retentions, but you don't hear me blaming you for doing so and hence scamming Sprint out of a discount.
Goodgyrl
04-19-2007, 08:15 PM
LOL I hope all that wasn't for me. Did I touch a nerve? All I'm saying is if you're not getting $10 worth of dropped calls then you're abusing the system. And from how you explained it in earlier posts YOU are abusing the system which makes it bad for people like me that's been with Sprint for years and lives in an area where I get nothing but dropped calls but I don't try to beat Sprint out their money :indiff:
anskY
04-19-2007, 08:26 PM
i drop calls sometimes. never claim them.
try that instead of scamming sprint
oh-and there's a difference between sharing tips on how to get a good deal and scamming sprint ;)
punkcrib
04-19-2007, 09:09 PM
Well don't get mad at me if you don't claim what you deserve and I do. That is totally out of my hands.
And I disagree. Sharing "tips" on how to get better deals is exactly scamming sprint. with threads titled "how do I go about getting retentions" and "share your best retentions", i can't see how you can honestly say that it is a legitimate scam. It IS a scam, nonetheless. People who would otherwise be paying full price, until someone told them how to try and get a cheaper deal, well my friend that isnt any different.
Just like the argument "If everyone took advantage of the $10 off for dropped calls, Sprint would be losing money", how is that different from "If everyone got retentions and got mad discounts, Sprint would be losing money."
How can you sit there and say it is OK to get discounts for one thing, but not for another. Some people around here call and call until they get a loyalty discount when they have only been with Sprint for 3 months, and people like me who have been with sprint for 7 years and still dont have a loyalty discount. You don't hear me complaining about those who do though.
You get your "discounts", and I get mine. Leave it at that.
dimm0k
04-19-2007, 09:33 PM
I find it mildly amusing how you can justify your wrong-doing... there's definitely a difference between obtaining a discount and what you're doing.
punkcrib
04-20-2007, 12:53 AM
I find it mildly amusing how you can justify your wrong-doing... there's definitely a difference between obtaining a discount and what you're doing.
You are right. The difference being that you are "obtaining a discount" for absolutely nothing, and I am "obtaining a discount" because of my poor service and dropped calls.
So, let's see... Who is appropriating the "wrong-doing"?
alaron
04-20-2007, 03:25 AM
I find it mildly amusing how you can justify your wrong-doing... there's definitely a difference between obtaining a discount and what you're doing.
:good:
danmenke
05-10-2007, 08:31 AM
You can actually get $10 off per line. so, for instance you have an account with 2 phones on it, you can call *2 and get your credits on each phone for a total of $20 off your total bill. and FYI it will only let you make 4 credits per call unless after the 4th credit for a dropped call you ask for your account balance. This resets the count and you can ask for four more. Keep doing this until you reach the magic number of 20. :) enjoy
sflcowboy78
05-12-2007, 07:41 PM
i am sitting here reading this thread and thinking to myself that it is boring but i got about halfway through it and did not see this information in it so i figured i would post it for all of you. be careful when calling in for dropped call credit although sprint allows you 20 of the per mont for a total of $10 do it to offten and it will put a adjustment flag on your account. then when you need to call in and get a legit creddit it will be alot harder for the rep to give you one and they will have to submit an adjustment review form the credit adjustment team is alot stricter on giving credit than the regular reps are. just a little food for thought
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