Comments on: Cancel Your Cell Phone Contract Without Paying Fees

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:45:35 +0000

Comments are now closed. I cannot help people with individual questions regarding their specific plan or which action they should take. Steps to cancel or trade your cell phone contract are outlined in this article. You can also try I would try using Trade My Cellular, Cell Swapper, or Cell Trade USA to transfer your cell phone line to someone else. Good luck.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:37:36 +0000

Me, my brother, and my mother all share a family plan with tmobile. A couple of months ago my mother got fed up with tmobile because she couldn’t get service anywhere in town. So she went out and bought a iphone with AT&T. Now she gets service all over the town. I want to do the same thing but instead of keeping my phone and service with tmobile (like my mother did), I was hoping to cancel the contract. The contract end in February of this year…but I would rather not wait that long. I also don’t know how much it costs to cancel the contract. Help please! Thanks,
~Melissa

By: Tippy

Tippy — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:14:47 +0000

I have Tmobile now with my daugther. I have had Tmobile about 5 year. I would like to get out of my contract. I resigned with them in Oct 2008 for another 2 years. We have the Family Allowances and have nothing but problems. Blocks numbers are able to be called, She is able to go over her minutes and I get charged. I did get credit for these items but now there is a phone number that is not blocked but as soon as it hits 8pm she is not able to call or text that number. Tmobile is working on the issues but its been 3 weeks and they still havent figured it out. The time I have spent on the phone with Tmobile with these issues is ridiculous and I tired of messing with them.
I am looking to change to Verizon can anyone out there tell me how their service is and how their allownace work? Is Verizon any better or I will just be getting into the same mess?
Thanks for any help

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:24:07 +0000

Diana: If you are transferring, you may find that you get better reception where you are going. So you may wish to wait and see.

Other than what you have tried so far, the only other thing I can recommend is trying to have someone else take over your contract. You may have to give them your phone, but it would probably be worth it to avoid early termination fees.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:03:15 +0000

#6 would apply to me. I’ve tried with Alltel and no luck. They say, they don’t guarantee coverage therefore I can’t cancel with waiver of early term. fee. It so sucks. My hubby’s job is transferring him and that is not a good enough excuse I guess. I sent a letter to corporate with a letter from his job. Any other suggestions?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:27:37 +0000

No, I am not 100% certain. This was written over a year ago. But it never hurts to try.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:18:27 +0000

My Sprint UpStage just broke, and I have been dissatisfied with it for pretty much the entire time that I have had it. My contract with Sprint does not expire for another six months. Are you 100% certain that, if I call them and ask them if it is true that I can now cancel my contract without a fee, they will say yes and allow me to cancel?

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:00:44 +0000

We have four lines on one plan and one on a separate plan for my wife’s Instinct phone. She wants to get out of her contract (leaving the over plan intact) so she can move her # to get an iPhone. Her main issues are that the Instinct won’t sync with her schedule software on the computer and her scheduler or calendar on the Instinct has an upper limit of 50 entries per month. Not very many and she quickly hits this limit. Sprint’s suggestion was to get a Blackberry. I don’t know if either or both of these issues together is enough, but I intend to try. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I’m good with being professional and patient on the phone and know I need to go to a supervisor. I figure it’s worth a try. Either this or wait for another change to the contract to take advantage of the materially adverse effects clause. Thanks.