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Americanpanda
01-29-2006, 01:00 PM
I don't know how many here have legal expertise in this field, but here goes. I signed a two-year cell phone contract with Sprint on Jan. 13 of this year. I payed $50 for a deposit after they ran a credit check, which I thought that I had passed. My reasoning behind this belief is that if I hadn't passed, they would have told me so, and would've made me 1) pay a higher deposit or 2) denied my application. This was all done at an actual Sprint/Nextel store in Downtown Pittsburgh.

This past Friday, I received a letter from Sprint stating that they reviewed my credit, and after doing so, determined that I was ineligible for my current plan due to my credit score. Here's what I don't understand. If I was ineligible, should they not have told me right away? And can they arbitrarily decide to switch my plan? Does anyone know what legal recourse I may take, if any? Thanks.

>>Flyboy<<
01-29-2006, 08:06 PM
The only recourse you have is to cancel which I would do, and they should refund your money...

Mommy's girls
03-06-2006, 11:00 PM
I think you should read over the paperwork that you had got with the first deposit you have made...On most cell phone "contracts", You get a certain amount of days before you can cancel...I would look into it more before they decide to start charging more money on your bill... :mad: