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Cricket Wireless has a rating of 1.3 stars from 385 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Cricket Wireless most frequently mention customer service, new phone, and sim card problems. Cricket Wireless ranks 160th among Mobile Carriers sites.

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    139
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    78
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    85
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Top Positive Review

“Enough Said”

Temperance C.
3/9/18

Cricket after tearing up a phone on my account, then refusing us upgrades we could afford, thanks to their bait and switch scheme. Display phones under $100 then refuse to sell them, "we only sell phones priced $100 and up" several reps told us that. One moron said "pay $100 for a phone and it will last you 100 years" I told him he was an idiot. Let's see hmm $375 plus taxes and fees to stay with Cricket or $90 for service plus taxes and fees plus 3 free $150 phones. Total cost $150. Yes, we switched to Metro PCS and you should too!

Top Critical Review

“Incredibly difficult to deal with”

cheryl m.
10/13/24

I haven't cried out of shear frustration in years but tonight after 2 hours of trying to get help from cricket chats I'm losing it. All I wanted to do was pay them to add one Gig to my service for the month. Hurricane Helene wiped out my town's internet so I can't watch TV or use my phone because having no wifi burned up my data in 3 days. It took about 2 hours and many customer service chats to get a very SIMPLE payment accomplished. I'm switching to consumer cellular

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Thumbnail of user joelv138
Georgia
1 review
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August 27th, 2022

Customer service at cricket wireless is terrible the language barrier is horrible Representatives cannot speak very good English I called after having a card compromised to change my new card on auto pay where I had had auto pay for several years representative did not explain to me that I had to make a manual payment that day in order to keep my service on they actually suspended my phone service after I gave them my card number charge me the reconnection fee and would not refund it I am very displeased with their operation and their courtesy I work for a business that takes reviews very personally and for $15 it's not worth my time to keep complaining over the phone because they blocked my call but I think it's pretty pathetic because it's just about the principal not about the money why would you ever do an auto pay and then expect your service to be cut out very unprofessional would not recommend this service.

Thumbnail of user veatricej
Texas
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July 11th, 2021

I was told by the warranty company i needed to do two extra step to get my. Replacement phone. But ms. Anxora Addison called the company and gave store number and explainwd my. Situation. I was given wrong info and she walked me through it all. I was told they may have the affidavit i needed come to find out i dont need one. She was very help. I was very worried that i didn't look for application to compleye the paper wrk correctly. She was great.
And she help me with selecting the right phone for a additional line she wrote dwn everything i am older and forgetful. Thanks ms Andorra

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Pennsylvania
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July 21st, 2023

Save yourself the frustration and avoid this service. If you're looking for an honest review, here's my experience. I was a customer of their top plan for years, but enough was ENOUGH.

Inferior - Their service, Good luck trying to maintain a decent quality phone call with this service, much less an important call. You'll both continually ask each other to repeat your selves to the point you hang up hoping for a better connection next call.

Slow- Their internet connection and hotspot speed. I often wanted pull my hair out waiting for the page to load, simple tasks were easier and more efficiently accomplished with a laptop on public wifi.

Incompetent - Describes their staff and even Customer services supervisors. Numerous occasions I've rang their 611 ( customer service) number with questions and unfortunately ended the call with more frustration than when the call began. Good luck getting any actual useful information from them, yet alone have a question answered from them. Not only are they difficult to understand, apparently their headsets aren't quality enough to offset their headsets so they're not breathing directly into the mic. Just today I spoke with 2 reps and experienced this very issue, one of which was noticeably upset when I asked reposition the headset and repeat their selves due to the inability to understand them due to their respirations.

Coverage- If you're looking to travel a bit (international) and want a service you can keep with you, this isn't it.

Save your money and future headache by steering clear of this "business".

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South Carolina
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July 2nd, 2021

I've been on hold for 2 hours trying to get my phone activated. Tried online but wouldn't take my order number. The stores are useless. So fed up with Cricket

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Arizona
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November 28th, 2020

I would like to say if you want the worst customer service go with cricket. Every problem requires 30 min hold tomes transfering and being hung up on. Every experience has been horrible for sure!

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Mexico
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June 3rd, 2022

CALL CRICKET CORPORATE OFFICE DIRECTLY! I have just verified who has claimed to be an executive manager at Cricket HQ in Atlanta. So far verified these numbers... *******630 thru 7640. At 7635 you will probably reach Daisy, who will not give her company id or the first letter of her last name. They are filled with deciept and lies, even at HQ. Daisy claims she is in the same team as CEO Dwyer CALL THEM NOW AND OFTEN! PUSH FOR REAL CHANGE IN HORRID CUSTOMER SERVICE! I WILL BE POSTING THE RECORDED CONVERSATION VERY SOON! THEN YOU CAN HEAR IT ALL FOR YOURSELF!

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CALL CRICKET CORPORATE OFFICE DIRECTLY!!! I have just verified who has claimed to be an executive manager at Cricket HQ in Atlanta. So far verified these numbers... *******630 thru 7640. At 7635 you will probably reach Daisy, who will not give her company id or the first letter of her last name. They are filled with deciept and lies, even at HQ. Daisy claims she is in the same team as CEO Dwyer CALL THEM NOW AND OFTEN! PUSH FOR REAL CHANGE IN HORRID CUSTOMER SERVICE! I WILL BE POSTIN

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CALL CRICKET CORPORATE OFFICE DIRECTLY!!! I have just verified who has claimed to be an executive manager at Cricket HQ in Atlanta. So far verified these numbers... *******630 thru 7640. At 7635 you will probably reach Daisy, who will not give her company id or the first letter of her last name. They are filled with deciept and lies, even at HQ. Daisy claims she is in the same team as CEO Dwyer CALL THEM NOW AND OFTEN! PUSH FOR REAL CHANGE IN HORRID CUSTOMER SERVICE! I WILL BE POSTING THE RECORDED CONVERSATION VERY SOON! THEN YOU CAN HEAR IT ALL FOR YOURSELF!

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Thumbnail of user keithl242
California
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May 14th, 2020

This company is provided subsidies for low-income people by coronavirus no Coronavirus they shut you down and just start sticking it to you with every charge they possibly can this time I paid my complete bill phone doesn't didn't work found out they wanted one more dollar for God knows what figure the CEO van atta's wands for strippers in the Bahamas

Thumbnail of user cierac21
Pennsylvania
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May 17th, 2023

Cricket is a rip off done charged me 55 dollars tjem cut my phone off cus they wanted 5 more dollars cus the 55 I paid was just for my bill so they charged me a fee of 5$ plus another 5$ to pay that fee.then I did a bridge payment cus they turned. Myphone off then in 7 days turned in back off n asked for 10 $ plus s fee to pay that SMH lol so basically paid more then wst my plan Is

Thumbnail of user dremas3
Texas
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January 20th, 2022

Sent me a message with my name and phone number to upgrade for free won't honor it then sent a different message saying they randomly sent it plus customer service is not helpful.

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Thumbnail of user thompsoni5
Texas
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August 15th, 2023

Hi My name is Thompson I am the CEO & President of My Company Golden Mind Entertainment & several Other businesses Lined up I have a mobile Number with Cricket Wireless for my business I just want to take my time to Appreciate Cricket wireless for your Good service & partnership to provide Good services,Amazing/positive customer cares. Your Good works are very well appreciated

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Deep down from the bottom of my Heart I just appreciate everyone doing a Great with Cricket to be Blessed & for the best of Mankind. Doing Good brings back Good blessings your Good works are very well appreciated

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Thumbnail of user aarons489
Washington
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October 29th, 2020

The prices are great but if you cannot stand terrible customer service, stay away from Cricket. It's difficult to actually get a hold of a live person and when you do, expect to talk to someone over in India with a thick accent. They have no email and no live chat option aside from maybe myexpert app, which also doesn't have the best reviews. I posted a review on their website about the Cricket Ovation about how annoyed I was with the phone and the review got deleted. It did not contain profanity or anything inappropriate. The only difference between mine and other reviews was me going beyond talking about the phone and complaining about customer service. And then they have replies to reviews that clearly don't match, like "thanks for you're 5 star review" when it's a four star review and "that's great news" when you look back at the review and think "what great news?" Good luck getting a straight answer from them except when you want to praise them for how awesome they want everyone to believe they are. Overall, I have not had a good experience with Cricket. If I can I'll probably end up rooting my phone. Seriously, if you have more money to spend on a phone, go with a higher end company. You really do get what you pay for.

Thumbnail of user chel15
Texas
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February 5th, 2023

So check this out. I got a phone from Amazon.Went to cricket store to get a line. Eventually, sim card is working, BUT I cannot make a phone calls, to call someone. So the rep goes like, you need to wait like 20-30 min so the system will update your phone and everything will be fine. Waited for 20 min, in store, after NOT able to call, asked the rep for refund and rep goes we're prepaid PIECE OF $#*! SERVICES and for that reason there is no refund.So I left the store, removed sim card and was NOT using it at all and just two days I saw on bank account cricket charged me the full price for their PIECE OF $#*! SERVICES! Thugs...

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Thumbnail of user adrenb
Florida
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August 22nd, 2021

I checked with the on the internet with Cricket they said my phone was compatible I went and bought a new SIM card and a plan and now they say it's not compatible now I'm stuck with $60 worth of nothing Cricket Wireless sucks I would not recommend recommend them to nobody eat s*** cricket

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Don't go to Cricket they will scam you every time anything but cricket they suck their scammers

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Around abusing nothing because they took all my money to get this ridiculous $#*! service turned on and it won't they won't turn it on after they said they would

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Thumbnail of user masonr85
Minnesota
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August 17th, 2023

Customer service took forever and will get you nowhere. Plus the service is terrible! Took me a while to cancel but I'm glad I'm finally done with it.

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Thumbnail of user sarahc749
North Carolina
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March 4th, 2020

I have a very dear friend that is a Cricket customer and was having trouble with her. She's a senior and a cancer patient, so its imperative that she has her phone. When I arrived the phone wasnt dialing out and when the receiver answered you couldn't hear. She only had the phone for 1 month, and it was the 2nd phone that she had purchased in 3 months. The sales clerk at the store told her that she had to call customer care because its been more than 7 days. I called customer care on her behalf. I was told that she had to pay 40 and a phone would be sent in 1 to 2 business days. I explained that she elderly, on oxygen, on a budget, and in poor health. Shes been with the company for a number of years what type of exceptions could be made. He said he would transfer me to a supervisor. The supervisor never came to the phone. After several failed attempts to reach a supervisor, I took my friend to T-Mobile. I plan to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

Thumbnail of user eiseoa
Texas
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May 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

That 1 day shipping is a gimmick. Ordered online because they were trying to charge me 100+ in store to open a new line. 40$ online but 1 day gone and still nothing. Trying to cancel now.

Thumbnail of user jasonc243
Florida
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April 4th, 2018

HELLO I HAD A CRICKET WIRELESS PHONE THAT I HAD TO DO A FACTORY RESET AND AFTER I DID THE FACTORY RESET MY NAME AND LAST NAME ON OTHER PEOPLE'S CALLER ID CAME AS WIRELESS CALLER I CALLED CRICKET CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD ME THERE THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO AND I JUST PAYED $30.00 FOR THE SERVICE! AND I WAS TALKING TO A VERY STUPID! PERSON FROM THE Philippines AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE DOING CRICKET WIRELESS DOES NOT HAVE ANY AMERICAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS TO HELP YOU AND THEN WHEN I HARDLY USED MY MONTH OF SERVICE I WANTED A REFUND FOR $30.00 BECAUSE MY NAME AND LAST NAME DOES NOT SHOW UP ON OTHER PEOPLES CALLER ID AND THE STUPID IDIOTS! WOULD NOT REFUND ME AND MONEY BACK! SO PEOPLE PLEASE STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM CRICKET WIRELESS AND GO WITH ANOTHER COMPANY LIKE METRO PCS OR ANY OTHER COMP[ANY

Thumbnail of user lisar2055
Illinois
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November 9th, 2021

This is awful I bought 4 phones in 10 months n I still owe money n they some how messed my SIM card up and is Makin me paying for a another sim n the man hung up he didn't want to deal wit the issues why this is messed up I deserve a worker who gonna help the customer

Thumbnail of user patrickc1396
Missouri
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February 25th, 2023

I had a separate hotspot plan. I canceled that plan with the understanding that I had 29 days to pay a $15 reactivation fee. 20 minutes later I had a change of heart and decided I wanted the hotspot. They charged me $70 on February 25th. They expect me to pay another $70 on February 27th. For a hotspot device that was canceled for 15 minutes, they expect me to pay for it twice for the month of February, PLUS a $15 reactivation fee. When I complained they offered me a $10 credit. When I spoke to the supervisor, he said there was nothing they could do.

They scammed me for an extra $70 and $15 reactivation fee, and then slapped me in the face by offering me 10 bucks. This was literally the worst customer service experience I've ever had, and I'm letting my service with them end in 2 days.

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This phone company does not value you as a customer. If they can beat you for a few dollars, they will let you take your business elsewhere.

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Thumbnail of user staceye23
Illinois
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June 6th, 2019

First of all let me begin by saying that I was in the auto pay option which you get a $5 discount for signing up for this option. I needed more data so I called them, they removed my auto pay and gave me more dat. The following month, no auto pay, no discount I had to wait on the phone for over two hours to get basic assistance and when I did, I found out that they claim a store removed the auto pay, which they cannot do. So, I had to pay the extra 5 for the month and sign up for auto pay again. Now, it's not about the measley $5 bucks, it's about the principle and how the right hand don't know what the hell the left hand is doing. They clearly don't speak very good English, very hard to understand and to get easy assistance with what you need.
All in all, I give this company a big FAT ZERO for their stupid rating.
Stay AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY, you will get the run around and they will charge you more money than what you are suppose to pay!

Thumbnail of user matthewf535
Florida
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November 14th, 2020

This is been a bad experience from the beginning of when I bought the phone until now the most recent thing I figured out is that the case they sold me does not allow you to plug in headphones because the port in the case is too small you have to have the case or I have also found out that phone will shatter even if it's a very short distance the employees are nice but they have been trained to not respond to your issue and have not been empowered to do the like set my alarm for Friday I will spend some time today pursuing another company

Thumbnail of user leonw50
Florida
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September 30th, 2019

Paid for a new device and service in Seffner mango cricket less then a week my phone was deducted so I went 9 days without a phone also when I purchased service I made it clear to the manager who is no longer with the company now of the date I'd like to pay the bill 3 times and sure as my name it was entered in the system wrong so I wouldn't refer CRICKET WIRELESS to anyone the customer service team is no help I'm not sure why they call it that go any where but to CRICKET WIRELESS they can keep there credit I'm switching carrier's. A unsatisfied customer

Thumbnail of user ryang494
Georgia
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April 1st, 2021

I went into the Columbus Indiana store and needed to file a claim on a lost phone I had Insurance on I needed some help. I didn't think I was getting the help I needed and went to speak with another employee the guy by the name of Robert got all mad and asked why I wanted to speak to somebody else I said I'd like to speak to the manager he claimed he was so I asked for his first and last name he said he didn't have to provide me with the information and asked me to leave the store and said he would call the cops if I didn't. I walked out and we'll be finding a new company after two and a half years with a family share plan.

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Thumbnail of user frankc886
Rhode Island
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August 29th, 2020

Worst customer service ever.
I've had Cricket for a family of four for four weeks now. Three of the phones have had major problems, all due to settings on Cricket's end at the time of the set-up. It took two weeks to get two of them to be able to call and text properly, and the fourth phone still cannot send photos, text to androids, or connect to most apps when not on wifi. After more than ten contacts with their customer service, there is yet to be a single individual who is speaking with a connection that does not sound like it is under water. After two escalations to the "real" technical team, neither team called me back as promised. When you call them back, they say they tried. So now it's on to the Better Business Bureau. P.S. This was after they gave a family of four three numbers that were very close, and a fourth that was supposed to be close but the SIM card for which did not match the number that was on its package and is completely different. They would not give me the option of getting four new numbers.

Thumbnail of user cole918graham
Georgia
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October 18th, 2023

2 Times my wifi device used up my Data even when i was not using it, I was told to turn off the device when not in use, well I forgot 2 months in a row, And when I called to ask if there was anything they could do to get me some data Back? YES!They were so great about it,, The first time they returned 50 Gigs :) Next time all 100 gigs were returned, I am very Happy with Cricket,, and the internet speed is very good, Thank you Cricket,

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This is a very good wifi

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