Don't be fooled by Consumer Cellular

[Erahman]

Horrible company. They advertise $55 for 2 lines for AARP members. I was told taxes & fees are included in that amount. But I received a bill for $70.63. When I called they said 15.63 is for taxes & fees.I cancelled my account. It was 4 days into new month & they are telling me that I have to pay for the full month even though I am no longer using their plan! No pro rate billing.

FTC should look into this & stop their robbery. AARP should stop sponcering them.

[clorenz65]

Totally agree!  I was using T-Mobile and getting unlimited data and cell for $70 a month.  I thought the service was decent.  Then, they said they were going to raise the rate to $80.  I had seen that Consumer Cellular had a plan for two lines unlimited for $55 if you were an AARP member.  $25 a month was a big enough reason for me to switch.  Once I did, I found out that the $55 a month for Consumer Cellular is really about $72 a month after they add in fees and taxes.  CC doesn't have as good of service, especially if you plan on travelling internationally.  So, AARP is basically supporting a company and deceiving its members into believing something that isn't true.  Isn't AARP supposed to be protection its members from fraud?

[papawofboo]

Lot of people not going to agree with me on this. If you have already got service with another company then that bill would go straight to the round file.

I didn't know that you could cancel after just one month, when we signed up years ago we had a 2 year plan with our server. 

Another thing, ad in mag. doesn't say that those are included???