SafeLink Corporate Office

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Corporate Office Address:
SafeLink Wireless
América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V
9700 Nw 112th Avenue
Miami, FL 33178
United States
Phone: 305-640-2000
Fax: 305-640-2070

SafeLink Corporate Office Comments

Posted by Uggggghhh!


I am upset with the outcome! I was a customer of safelinks for about a month. I have an ex who hacked my phone. I first did the chat option to tell them what happened, and instead of understanding, I basically was in an arguement with who ever I was chatting with. S/he insisted that the phone could NOT get hacked. I disagreed and explained why I think it was hacked. It seemed as if s/he just didn't want to believe me. So I ended that convo and decided to give a phone call and speak to a live person. I told the person who answered my call the same thing and she insisted the same thing. She asked what reasons gave me the idea that my phone was hacked. I told her, there are places on MapQuest I never visited, searches I have never searched AND the person who did it told me he did. She then advised me to do a factory reset. I told her I do it about every day. Then she suggested to buy a new phone and get a new phone number. I did. I received the phone and called to get the new number but realized that the hacker was listening. So I had to wait days to do this because I wanted to use the phone at my job. I called every night for 3 days and no one could give me a new phone number for my new phone for some reason! On the 4th night, the person who helped me MISUNDRSTOOD ME and put the old number on my new phone...which means the hacker got a hold of the new phone information and hacked it right away! I have not even used the new phone AT ALL! I have called to see if I could exchange the phone for the reason said. As I told the person who answered that I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful because my situation isn't one of the normal problems. She seemed receptable and we continued. I told her the situation and she said I could exchange the phone but need to get my account number and status. She then transferred me to a different department and as I was telling him the situation. I heard nothing. I was disconnected. As I was just about in tears, I called back and the recording said the SAFELINKS was closed!
I at wits end with this and SAFELINKS! I don't know what to do. I have no extra money to buy another phone(which the hacker hacked my son's phone and my laptop!) I don't have a phone to use( which I need for work)and I don't have data or service! I am at a loss and oh, so frustrated! I want to exchange this new phone...but need it done, like yesterday!!!
What do I need to do to get this phone exchanged and get it delivered over night!!??

The IMEI on my old hacked phone is:
350547791230689
The ICCID on my old hacked phone is:
89148000010018608026

The IMEI on my new hacked phone is:
359026431080458
The ICCID on the new hacked phone is:
89148000009520346091

The hacker also tried to have my account continue on NET10. I never agreed to open an account with this business. It was him, I did call and have it cancelled, and the customer service person said she did, but it looks like I still am a customer for NET10!!??

I just would like this to all end!
I would like to exchange the new phone for the same model but a complete different phone and sent over night, I need a phone asap for work!!
And since the government is ending all low income services, to just end my service with Safelinks, all together!

PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Posted by Anonymous


Safelink is the dumbest yellow belly un trained ppl in the United States my grandchild can fix a phone better then this company ...they take your government benefit as there pay check and hell with the client that us providing there pay check they all work from home ...WHAT HALF WITS

Posted by My child's a better customer Rep


Well as of midnight this Sunday morning I have spoke to 14 employees in 2 days guess what my hotspot still don't work they tried to tell me to begin with you use your 5 GB I said I have ACP and lifeline I got 10 gigabytes oh no you got five okay hung up called right back next person you use your 10 GB I said the last person just told me I had five you're telling me I got 10 what's going on what do I got do y'all know you even got computers hung up called back they didn't like that third call cuz I was like you're now being recorded for all that he assurance also found out they cannot hang up on you really they have to like turn your phone off to actually hang up on you cuz if you just hold the line and don't hang up they either take their headsets off and do something or something I don't know if they don't hang up that's turn your phone off first so about seven of these employees have listened to an hour long of loud gospel music cuz after I got to about the 7th employee in a day I was pretty hot I have recordings I got belligerent I got loud I got mad I cussed everybody out I still don't have a hotspot I've used 1 GB out of my 10 and my hotspot will not turn on at 11:44 tonight they cut my phone off so they can get off the phone cuz they close at 11:45 p.m. this company sucks I have voice recordings of most of my phone call conversations with them it took them 3 weeks to activate my phone when I finally got it 3 weeks to activate my phone just to almost a month into it hotspot quit working last month finally got transferred to a nice lady last month check my hotspot right on boom no problem this month I've been through by a little by tomorrow morning when they open at 8:00 a.m. is probably going to be about 40 employees cuz I'm going to start blowing them up two phones calling two of them at a time somebody's got to fix this this is ridiculous makes no sense on how a company and I'll push a button and turn my hotspot back on that day I seriously think they're turning it off now last month lady turned it right on boom no problem this month all we got to follow the troubleshooting steps in the computer and I beat them to it I'm like nope that ain't going to work done did it you don't think the 14 people in front of you have told me to do this I done did that done did that done did it did it lady kept me online for 2 hours talking to me finally end up had me factory reset my phone and said she'd call me back never heard nothing how's possible don't work this company sucks needs to be shut down burn down or something I don't know need to be something cuz they they suck the phone suck they sent me a phone that has no tap pay no fingerprint reader I have nothing I think my pager back in the '90s was smarter than faster and better than this phone is it's free yeah I understand that but I still pay for it I pay taxes I still pay for it I'll be kind of glad I wish I would have never transferred to this company I should have stayed at T-Mobile T-Mobile if you're reading this forgive me of my bad ways and give me another chance everybody else don't go to SafeLink wireless service or TracFone wireless service they all suck if you're the CEOs the owner of this company so whoever I shareholder whoever y'all need to shut this company down cuz it sucks burn it down something do something cuz it sucks it's not even worth it

Posted by [email protected]


SafeLink Customer Service is horrible. Their outsourced center staff doesn't understand english, requiring you to repeat the same story over and over again. It's frustrating, your not allowed to speak with a supervisor and they don't offer to collect your contact info for a call back. I was sent a replacement phone, signed up as a new customer thought I've been with them for 8 years. The Mall rep. was unable to give me a new upgraded phone or tablet because of it. The Cust- serv rep. could not resolve my problem. He needs retraining.*I need to know on what date I'm eligible for a new phone- so I can tell the Mall Rep. next month. * In fact the Mall Rep. couldn't even reach SafeLink; another problem. And all Mall Reps. want to do is sign people up as soon as possible. They lose interest real fast after they realize- you can't be signed up. And I can't leave SafeLink before signing with another company. *Meaning I'd be without phone service.

Posted by Ellie


I can't believe this company is in business! They are paid with tax payer dollars and don't do their job. I got my phone, called and got phone turned on. Was told to call back the next day to have number ported over. I called and the automated changed my number without asking what I wanted it changed to. Called back and explained what happened. I was told if I didn't know my number they couldn't help me and did I want the service cut off? I said no I had just gotten it and to please help me. I tried to make a call to get the number but phone stated "cellular network not available". Under setting nothing. She hung up on me. I called back got someone else they were just as bad and said they were working on my phone and would call me back in 3 hrs on another line. This never happened. They are getting paid by tax payers for hanging up on people. I am a senior, I did not raise my voice, use bad language or anything but they treat you really bad. I am afraid to use this company and if need be will go as far as needed to put this company out of business.

Posted by Customers Against SafeLink


Although I have shared this "story" or situation at least 17 times (because I too have been hung up on several times) I look forward to sharing it the next two times with the Better Business Bureau and the FCC. My difficult situation is now an IMPOSSIBLE situation, thanks to SafeLink. A single mother with a special needs six year old, and I have no working phone now! I am a college educated female who currently has several resumes and applications out there, but if any of them call, how will I know?? Your company is a joke! Customer Service Reps who don't give a sh!t and just hang up on you when they are done trying to help you or when things get tough. And in my profession, I've guided many clients to SafeLink for their Lifeline service. You can bet the bank that I will NEVER suggest SafeLink again to anyone and I will tell EVERYONE not to use SafeLink. I have tried every possible way to get the proper help from you and am at a total loss! Worse off than before I chose your company. My last shot was the Web Chat and after twenty five mins of back and forth information exchange, the rep says "I will have someone contact you. What's a good number to reach you?" OMG, did we not just discuss that I don't have a working number currently?! Holy sh!t! Done!

Posted by Walterlene kinchen


Safelink customer service people need to be trained. Every few months they terminate my service because they say I cannot have lifeline and git a discount on my internet. Then that causes me to have to buy a plane. Are they tell me I am not using my minutes but I am because I use my phone for work. I have been with yall for about 5 or 6 months. And I am on lifeline and I have had to buy a plan at least 3 times. Right now I am waiting for papers to re aply agian. Cannot do it on line because I am replying every month are to. I wish they will be told that you are allowed to be on both programs. I am not the only one this is happing to. They refuse to listen they argue back till you you are wrong and you need to buy a plan. Please I would like to handle this nicely. Please stop turning my phone off. Please listen to my conversation with your people yall are recording I have been trying to do another application on line but it want let me finish. I have asked for fax numbers emails. Trying to git this resolved since I no longer can complete my application on line.They say they have no email are fax number. 5his time I have been trying to git my phone right since Friday. I had to buy a plan. Again. Please let them know you can have both programs. Oh they refuse to put on supervisors. And I git no warning they just cut me off.

Posted by AngryXcustomer


This business is AWFUL. I have called and called to get my phone resinstated but the customer care people keep hanging up on me. Three times just now. I have called the headquarters and all they do is send me back to the people that I must hate me since they won't help me. I am so upset. Who do I call to just get my phone back online? This business is AWFUL.

Posted by Tom


Three days ago I dealt with your "customer service" idiots. When not giving me wrong information they were hanging up on me. Dumbest people ever. Their answers were nonsensical. Many had accents I could not understand. RUDE AND STUPID. After wasting two hours I finally found one who gave me correct information amnd was helpful. Disgraceful,and unprofessional.

Posted by Anonymous


THE WORST......At 8:47 A.M. spoke with " Ronnel " in the PHILLIPINES ID # 523..186
and seven minutes later he hung up on me. Please fire him. I had explained to him DAY 9 WAITING...I have emails--arrival--date should be Thursday 3..9..2023..
I contacted FEDEX this morning and a status of STILL--TRANSIT.
Is the phone-box on a plane or a truck ? No, IN-TRANSIT means sitting
in a warehouse, like ALL-week--long.
I have pages of notes and yes I have been lied to !
I called 3 days this week, hours of the RUN-AROUND, TRANSFER, ON-HOLD.
ESCALATING to SUPERVISOR is ignored...1times...2-3times...4times.
What is wrong with this picture ?

Posted by Mrs J


Safelink should be put out of business, and they need to be sued, my neice is a lawyer and oh i will be looking to sue the mess out of them , customer service is rude and don't know how to speak current English and when you ask to speak to a manager it's they don't have enough phones or it's an Error, or they can't let you speak to them because they are not allowed to and than they lie , lie , lie , lie and than they hung up in your face and I am tried of their stuff

Posted by Noname


I've had SafeLink for many years to say customer service is horrible is a MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT!!!!!!
They are beyond incompetent and unbelievable RUDE.
I had to replace a phone in October 2022
When I asked the woman her name and customer I'd because I was going to file a complaint... She didn't just hang up on me she took it to a new level of scumbag SHE CANCELED MY LIFELINE AND MY SERVICES I COULDN'T CALL OR MESSAGE AND TURNED MY NETWORK OFF !!!!!! How is this not criminal !!!!??? Canceling government benefits maliciously ?? With nonrecourse???
Mad doesn't even cover it !!!
To this day I'm still having issues
I've called and called and get NOTHING no return calls just people half way across the world who don't understand or speak English clearly. Everytime it appears to get worked out. My sim and network disappear. I'd sear on my life it's the agent with access to my account still.
Taking advantage and abusing people who get these government approved benefits because we are poor , on SSI needs to be investigated and they need to be held accountable.
These people have access to ss# , Dob, addresses & credit cards is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
No doubt they are collecting, saving and using our information.
#fcc #usattorneygeneral

Posted by Henry Rinehart


absolutely craptastic scene all around--call centers can't transfer to a supervisor or actual tech support, and 'corporate' refuses to take responsibility for anything. DO NOT USE TRACFONE IF YOU VALUE YOUR PRIVACY!!!

Posted by Andy


First I'd like to say I've been very polite and patient I've been on the phone off and on for 2 days for about 8 hours I have names wrote down of the customer support for the people that are useless to that company it's no wonder to call volumes always so high and there's a long wait time because they're not helping anyone if you ask to speak to a supervisor you get disconnected I wish someone could do something about this worst customer support I've ever seen I'm going to be contacting the better Business bureau and I will try to find an attorney that will take this case to call volume wouldn't be as high if they would help people but I think they're trained to cheat people back to a 4 GB data plan they change mine I asked for no changes I asked no one to change it they changed it after 8 months of service of 25 GB of data they're trying to convince me that I only have 4 GB of data on my plan all the customer support Representatives have been trained to Bull blank all the customers into different plans they must think people are really stupid and are taking advantage of people I'll be looking for an attorney to take this case profiling invasion of privacy and just deliberately cheating people I'm still waiting on my call back from the supervisor if an 8 hours I haven't talked to him yet why does the world and everyone has to be so greedy what happened to the customer comes first people and companies only care about money now their stocks the public needs to them stop using them and watch the companies go under I'm a very unhappy customer PS they slow your internet down after your customer for a little while that's why it gets slow they want you to purchase faster data different plans continuously trying to take money from the customers God bless you

Posted by Anonymous


Unacceptable service it took me over 40 days to get time on my phone after they screwed up and took my girlfriend's number without their permission on the phone that I called them to fix mine to bring my old number over they took her phone number and put it on mine doing so that I had to cancel my service which I had to recertify and do everything all over to get service on my phone which they couldn't attach the minutes cuz they attached the number wrong again and they couldn't figure that out for two days until I mentioned it again and again and again they failed to listen well they finally attached my girlfriend's number back to her phone and it worked for 2 days thankfully that's what I used and I finally got time on my phone last night at 10:00 now today it said I used all my data up 4.6 GB after that I only got my phone at 10:00 they used all my data up travel troubleshooting it and whatever else they're doing with it just transfer numbers and blah blah blah well meanwhile my girlfriend's phone from simple Mobile where they stole the number for service got discontinued again due to their mistake this is all done to your mistake this is took me over a week now to get all straightened out and it's still not straightened out I've been on the phone from 7:00 in the morning till 11:00 at night time the headaches the stress the hardship this is caused is ridiculous I want some compensation for both of us and I want her phone working immediately tonight I am working on it on a call back I doubt they get it working for her this is bull crap I want my data back and I didn't sign up for 350 minutes and 4.5 gigs of data and and no hotspot who would do that there are way more deals out there I can't believe they're trying to pull that one even here on your side it says it's a thousand minutes you guys are saying I got 350 minutes what the heck who would do that I signed up for unlimited minutes and unlimited text and 25 gigs you guys trick people into this and this is a joke I'm not very happy so who's going to compensate me for my time and the anguish and the hardship this is all caused this is cause major fights between me and my girlfriend because of her phone and everything else I haven't been able to contact my kids who got covered at their mothers because my phone don't work I live in Aurora area so you're screwed if you don't have a phone this is all due to your agents not listening in the first place I can't even get up to a higher level without having to be Stern and calling back about a dozen times to tell them that it needs to be transferred to a higher department they all think they can handle it and when you tell him that they think they can handle it all boy they screw it up even more and they put another ticket in and screw up something else why can't they just listen and move us up to a higher department soon as you read and open it up on the phone it's not that easy they can see they should bite their pride and move us up to a higher department this is ridiculous get some training in on your agents or something I think a new phone at least the top of the line phone off your line would be at least something decent for me just for the trouble that I've been going through instead of this old 4G phone that you gave me I'm sorry that I don't seem grateful but with the service in the crap that I've been through I just can't be this is just it's total just because I'm low income and I get government services I should get treated like crap and get crap I want something from my time time is money for me and you guys have took enough of my time with this phone I wouldn't even have service right now if I wouldn't have put four days and night and day into it to call him back you nobody would ever call me back I would just sit here with a phone for a paperweight nobody could ever fix it they would try and try and try and they couldn't fix it and then they'd say oh they'll call me back well yeah they never call me back or listen to say they couldn't call me back or they couldn't message me cuz they couldn't listen they wouldn't listen when I told him that give him an alternative number that they could call me back on and he still didn't call me back because they couldn't fix it and couldn't bite their pride and send it to another level see my frustration this needs to be fixed and I need to be compensated something for my time and anguish thank you for your time sincerely Jesse schweigert

Posted by MotherWarnedYou


Like a lot of you we use SafeLink Because it was the service assigned to the Obama phone . However the Obama phone seems to be ran by two companies SafeLink AND TracFone. My husband has been the owner of this Obama phone for as long as we have been together so about 7 years . However In the last year for some reason He always has to call their customer service support line because they always forget to Add data to this plan. And it's the same old run around that you all are getting , having to spend many hours on the phone talking to many representatives who have done nothing to fix the problem. We have heard excuses from Oh it's the other companies issue So you go see the whole steps with the other company just for them to say oh it's there issue . Or it's Not assigning the application number to the account I don't know how many different numbers my husband has had . Oh and at one point they tried to sit there and say it was because our phone wasn't 5G and it's like we're not even required to update to our 5G phones anytime soon , It was Oh our computers didn't update from the last time we ran updates. We have been doing this every month for a year. I'm at the point that every time I call I'm getting their name and operating number And what happens Because I'm creating a longstanding log to send over to the FCC. I've already submitted one complaint to the FCC, and I Implore all of you who have any problems with this company or this phone to do the same if they get enough complaints maybe, not holding my breath on that, they'll do something about it . Secondly can we stop getting millennial snowflakes operating the phones Did it ever occur to you that people may be using wireless earsets Well needing to talk to you because where we live the law says we can't hold a phone while driving so if we raise our voice one octave your employees go oh my god sir man That way your voice And when we do it again it's like they hang up I'm getting tired of being hung up and little punk kids don't have a backbone let alone the worth ethic to be having a job, let alone the education to understand my problem at hand . This company has some of the worst operators and has the very worst customer service I have ever dealt in my entire life , and I am somebody who has been around the world and has lived in many countries And despite having language barriers dealing with other countries I have never ever ever ever on my mama's grave ever have such piss poor customer service as how you receive from SafeLink You guys are a hundred times better off dealing with the company that you have to Pay into, a place where you can actually physically talk to somebody face to face It's actually worth the money. This is my husband's issue. I'd not go on for this headache anymore I switched over to Mitt mobile and it only costs me $75 for every 3 months , and I have never had an issue with them At least they're on top of the ball And no win I'm supposed to be getting my new data. And some of these people are right there are people out there that rely on having a phone for the job , so you guys mucking around with people's finances and all you can say is I'm sorry Where do you guys do with your finances Where does it go? I mean is this something else I've got to add into a future complaint to have somebody look at your financial practices, your technical practices, you're overall business practices Oh that just reminds me I my next complaint will be going to the better business bureau anything for you guys to pull your heads out of your rear ends Instead of being a half-assed company that doesn't give a damn about the people using their products. I'm going to make it my point to keep making enough complaints for you guys to get things done or for you guys to Get banned from practicing businesses this way . Because and I'll honestly you're messing with too many people's lives There are people that need a phone for work, there are people who need to have a phone because there are single parents and a school may need to get a hold of them if their child is sick, there are people that have physical or medical issues that need to have a phone but again you guys aren't caring so I don't care If you no longer are company Your lack of attention to your customer service is going to be what tears you apart It is going to be what fails you !!!!!

Posted by UnkineE43


This has to be the most illiterate under trained company I have ever dealt with. No body seems to know what they are doing from the reps in the Philippines to the so called Americans located in Miami, Florida. I'm told to do this through a national verifier and once completed I return the call to to the company to just stay on the phone 10 hrs with 20 different reps who says they can't resolve the issue or their programs on the computer aren't working properly. Where the hell are these guys from and what is the real moral integrity of the CEO and upper management knowing that the company you represent has such low standards of operations and about as much knowledge of tech support and customer service as a new born baby. The sad thing is that this is the only life line company in my area that can be used and can't even do that because no one can seem to be able to properly help you or address the matter at hand. I'm sure there are thousands of not millions of American citizens that need and could use the jobs that are being given to other people in a different country that are representing an American based business. This is only being done to ensure that the owner and investors are making the most money rather than actually providing a company that is set up to help those who are less fortunate, dealing with medical issues and really needing this service. There mission statement is far from the case morals and standards are far from the what use to be true American standard. In my opinion the government that pays this company billions of dollars in grants and funding should black ball this company revoke their business license and turn it over to a company that actually gives a damn about morals, standards, and actually providing services to the American citizens who truly need it and not allowing such people to take advantage of the American citizens and causing them more headaches and frustration than what the service is probably actually worth.

Posted by ???? crazy ass ppl


Every month something new. supposed to receive the unlimited talk and text and keep running out after 350 and all hear is need to qualify in order to receive certain stuff like that but refuse to help me figure out how and when call number they give me NO ONE SPEAKS ENGLISH ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND MORE THAN A FEW WORDS THEY SAY. How about hiring more people that understand and speak more than two sentences

Posted by Pam


I have tried for four months to get a phone. The customer service set up is beyond the most horrible I have ever dealt with. It's obvious this company is a fraud service. I am asking the governor for a investigation into the company. It's a government contract. I'm so glad I went with another service due to their incompetence. But they put me thru four months of hell. It was a horrific nightmare.

Posted by Deultch4


I truly believe something is a company that you can't trust to do the right thing especially when I just got this new job months ago and right when it's crucial time to have my phone service Sunday data package and telephone side of things we're all disconnected even though it was six months guaranteed for the EBb service. They have done a lot of damage in the last four days I had to go get a service that I couldn't afford but the carriers that I went to said I had a good credit so no I had to pay $90 in taxes for the phone and a three month contract tonight I really didn't want to get to get a free phone. See if we can has done great damage and I tried to confront them few times but they just are not capable of doing the right thing I truly believe a FCC to do investigation on many many actions around doing wrong doing to American customers I believe Also FCC should be investigated the way they sold additional data package.

Posted by Sam


Great service friendly people just called them today why all these people complain about after phone get your on phone and pay for it the woman I talked to today was fantastic

Posted by Ryan


Every other phone company has already gotten the ebb benefits however SafeLink always has some story y they have not loaded the ebb benefits yet. This is federal law

Posted by KML


For a year or more I have not been getting the minutes I am supposed to be getting from Safelink and all i get are excuses after excuses and lies upon lies.

Posted by SAFELINK


Customer Service Sucks!!! Nothing Ever Gets Fixed I Have To Call Every Single Month Because My Enrollment Number Is Not Attached But They Promise To Fix This One For Me.... Yeah Right!!! I Hear Whatever They Got Going On In The Background And If They Dont Want To Deal With It They Give U Dead Air Then Hang Up!!!!!! I Dont Understand How The Hell They Are Still In Business!!!safelink

Posted by DAllen


I know this is a service that is being provided for free and as the saying goes you get what you pay for. In this case, I got nothing. No service, no real answers, and no help. I have been trying to get a replacement phone since August 2020. Every time I call, they transfer me around from person to person until they get tired and finally somebody lies to me and assures me it has been escalated and the phone will be mailed that day or the next. When I call back to get the tracking number, "oh, I'm sorry, it is still processing" when I pressed the question what does processing means, well it means they are out of stock. For people that rely on this service as their lifeline to the world, this is unacceptable and nobody seems to care.

Posted by BITE ME!


I Hate You! You Are All Absolute Morons! I Don't Know How You Can Screw Up Something So Simple!!!!!!!

Posted by Be be


I tried 2 month to get my son phone.After talking to the head down.All kind od excuse lost application i full out 3 and they would lose them and calling back was a pain automatic teler.I would recommend nobody to safelink. Need people in there that no what they doing and can speak English it was a horrible experience.And still dont have my son phone on
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Posted by tshy


I have used the $10 a month discount through SafeLink on My Walmart family mobile. Everything was fine for 3 years. Then in November 2018 Walmart Family Mobile send a message saying I needed to re-apply for SafeLink. They provided the necessary online form. Filled it out just as I had yours before everything appeared to be fine. However the $10 discount disappeared. That $10 a month might not seem like much but when you live 100% on SSI $10 matters. And I loved the Walmart Family Mobile with the discount that left me paying $16 a month for unlimited everything and since I am a shut in I Rely very heavily on my phone for everything. so let's go back to November 2018 when my discount disappeared. During the entire year of 2019 countless times I spent hours in one stretch, literally on the phone non-stop for two or more hours at a time seeing passed along from one Clueless individual to another. SafeLink would tell me that everything was fine at there in clearly I was approved and was getting the discount. They would send me back to Walmart Family Mobile saying that it was a problem on Walmart Family Mobile. Of course Walmart Family Mobile customer service then said it was a Safe Link issue and would send me back to SafeLink. I would fight with this as long as I could tolerate. Then give up and try another day. It took 15 months to finally resolve the monthly $10 discount issue. It took a complaint to the FCC to get it accomplished I wish I had done that sooner. I'm still trying to find out where that $10 a month that was being paid by the government was going and I am also curious to know how often that happens. SafeLink says on their website they have over four million users. of course SafeLink and TracFone and Walmart Family Mobile are all part of the same corporate structure. How much do they steal? It doesn't have to always be like mine where it was over a year. With 4 million customers they can take a few minutes here, a month discount there. My advice SafeLink is if you don't want people to think you're shady as hell hire real customer service. Who am I fooling they don't care if we think they're Shady they don't care if we know they're Shady they don't care if we know they're stealing tax dollars, welcome to Corporate America Services oversees. Do yourself a favor and either find another company to go with or do as I should have done in the beginning and file an FCC complaint. if they get enough valid complaint filed on them it might actually be effective.

Posted by Anonymous


SafeLink has recently screwed up my phone service. All I wanted to do is transfer my phone number to another phone and tech support said it would work and he lied. So now I am out of free 1000 talk minutes, Unlimited Texting and 3 GB of data and a phone that's not working properly. I've gone back and forth with SafeLink on the phone and also one PC Chat, spoke with over six SafeLink employees who also lied and had no clue to correcting the phone service. How difficult is it to transfer your number to a phone that doesn't work back to the old phone that works? Very unprofessional employees at SafeLink and clueless with solving technical phone issues. I would never recommend SafeLink to anyone again. Thank you

Posted by Anonymous


Had to get a new SIM card for my at&t phone gave me free Verizon SIM cards made me pay for the ones I actually needed after having an hour long conversation with IT Indians

Posted by Diana


You are killing people during the pandemic. You cut off my mother's phone for no reason . She had it 4 years!!!! Now suddenly she is not in the system!!!!!! She is sick her doctors no longer have her number after u said it was good for a year!!!!! Your murdering seniors during Co-vid 19 I'm going to ALL NEWSPAPERS WITH SLL THESE STORIES STARTING WITH THE MIAMI HERALD. THERE IS OVER 22,000 PEOPLE U HAVE DONR THIS TO.ITS ON PURPOSE. YOUR KILLING OFF UNDESIRABLES

Posted by IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID-19 PANDEM


I'm livid, IN THE MIDDLE OF A COVID-19 PANDEMIC my service was disconnected for NO REASON!!!! Safelink didn't provide a good explanation as to why my phone was cut off. First they stated that the system canceled my service, then they lied and stated that I had a new cell phone. 1st I explained that prior to the phone cutting off we didn't receive any information to re qualify, 2nd if the system did in fact cancel service then that should be a easy fix just turn the phone back on, 3rd safelink supplied my phone to me therefore their new phone theory doesn't add up. I wasted 2 hours of my life speaking to several safelink representative in the Philippines concerning this sudden, random disconnection of service. I tried to contact corporate in the USA however, I was transferred right back to the Philippines. End result I was asked to reenroll and go through the national verifier system. I was immediately approved after doing so, now I have to wait 7-10 business days IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC for a phone to get cut back on that should've never been cut off in the first place. We should all get together and start a class action lawsuit against them, we should sue the pants off safelink wireless then they will think twice about cutting someone's phone off.

Posted by unhappy customer


My mothers service was discontinued as we did not receive the information to requalify. I did not know that the service was disconnected until we bought her a new phone and tried to switch the service. On May 14th I called and spent hours with the folks at safelink trying to validate her account to make it active. After about 2 hours the jackass on the other end refers me to the National Verifier so I can requalify there. He also says he will send out the "form" I tried to upload the documents and was not able to. So today in my spare time I was able to upload the documents to the national verifier with success. They immediately qualified mom for her service. So back on the phone I go to safelink and their wonderful chat function. It took over five hours and money calls later to finally have safelink to know my mom qualified for services. We have to now wait seven to ten business days for service. which no one can tell us why. this story is not even half of what happened today with safelink. They are horrible with no customer service skills and certainly are programed on what to say. Very disappointed in the service I received today.

Posted by SAFELINK DISRESPECTED


I just sent a very long message and it failed. I always get the same rude girl when I hit 611.Always. She isn't going to help. She interferes with the automated message that you hear first. She'll stop letting you hear it, or if she wants to throw in a number herself, She'll get some guy to do it. I ask for manager she gets some girl to do it. She won't pay any attention to your needs. My phone lost all it's color right after I got it. It won't pick up calls,or make them until I hang out the bathroom window. The pages flip back and forth. The buttons won't work till you hit them ten times. I have medical problems and I need a good phone,but I have been trying to get through to you and always get her. Also others always Chickens cackling in the background. This woman is a disgrace to any job. I have missed many,many calls from Dr's and Nurses.One Dr cancelled my appointment. Not everyone will out up with but so much.

Posted by SAFELINK DISRESPECTED


This phone isn't right but every time I try to explain this I don't get any understanding from the staff. I can rarely make a call. I'll say no Mobil, use a line phone. I don't know why it says this. The buttons are jamming up. I can't hang up without hitting the button about 10 times. I'll try to get Google, and it'll take me to another page. It flips back and forth from different pages. All the color went out. If you know what a 35mm negative is, that's the best way to explain. Everything white,is black,and black,white. Someone told me it was the LCD bad, whatever that is.I missed 6 Dr calls last week. Last time I was speaking to a nurse and we ended our call,I thought I hung up,but it didn't. I had hear her yelling across the room. The buttons jam and won't end the call.i have to do this every call I'm lucky enough to get to work. I have to open my bathroom windows and hang out with phone to get it to work, and this isn't very comfortable. I'm in NC in Mount Airy and there's one girl I get that is extremely rude. She'll say "you're talking on it now." I tried before and couldn't get out, so I took the battery out. Shocking the system. So I could call her. Also there are what sounds like CHICKENS cackling in the background on her end then someone giggling. After she said what she did I said "may I ask you as question?" I said it sounds like chickens with you. As soon as I said that she hung up very fast.I know her voice and anytime you get her you get very disrespected.

Posted by Renane


I have had an account with safelink since 2013 no one called and on 3/30 my cell phone stopped working I called and was given no reason and told I had to reapply. Today is 4/19/20 and
I still have no phone. I have emailed Texas Lifeline and called Safelink they say my lifeline was cancelled but lifeline said reapplied and have to do what my provider said. I just need a phone!!!

Posted by HR4U


ps: As of now i have no phone for their suprise disconnect service after i submitted all paperwork and after months and months of cancelations and reapplying and i will have to spend hours again letting all my contacts know that i have changed my number again!! Bottom line is that Safelink has become too large of a company and the reps rather just apply us again rather then resolve our issues.. i dont know if they get funding for every new number that Safelink assigns but one thing is for sure and this is that something unethical is taking place with this!

I recommend you take a few minutes and Contact Lifeline and let them know for they are getting lots of $ thru our Goverment for us to have these services and are not complying! Lifeline consumers should contact the Lifeline Support Center by calling (800) 234-9473 (press 1 for English or press 2 for Spanish) or emailing [email protected] for questions about: Lifeline Program rules.

Posted by HR4U


Safelink has always had the best plan. i rejoined in 2017 and it was so challengng to do as my account kept getting approved and then cancelled so every month i would have to reapply ,Then after 3 monts of stability it my acct. kept getting canceled. i went thru 7 phone numbers in 5 months. Finally i wrote corporate , they investigated it and someone was cancelling my acct on purpose with my personal data. I was never told who it was but again i had steady service for a year and in January 2020 the same song and dance started all over again until finally my service ; as i went to pay for my monthly was cancelled again 3/15/2020 and i was told i had to reapply but wait a minute i just did that on March 3rd, 2020 and was guaranteed i would have no problems after a previous supervisor fixed my account on March 3rd after i had reapplied in February also . I tried to save my orginal number but could not. I have lost so much .. especially looking for a job. My phone number was 254 -227-2696 and my last enrollment id i got i was told i had a diffrent number although it was not true as i was still using my 254-227-2697 that never got put on the new enrollment id. What a hassle; i have a notebook and file on safelink with notes after notes , pages actually , on everything except for the last years troubleshooting that i threw away thinking my issue was resolved. and if you are reading this and are the person from Miami internally messing and who has messed on purpose with my account ; i hope you are caught! Goodbye Safelink!!

Posted by Anonymous


First I had 10,000 Minutes taken then a phone number I managed to keep for over 20 years was wiped off the system from representative that didn't have answers for why they stole my 10,000 Minutes since I've gotten the runaround for months and they have me paying TracFone to keep a free government to issued phone

Posted by DeDe


So you think you have it bad, they took my free minutes back in November 2019. I've submitted ten pieces of information (everything they requested) and they have systematically rejected everything for one reason or another. So when I asked for corporate headquarters in Miami I was yet again rerouted to the Phillapins where they are useless. I am 62 and on disability and guess what I CAN'T AFFORD SAFELINK WIRELESS FREE PHONE SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by disgusted


I have tried for 3 solid days to get my phone reactivated--hrs on line and on the phone---transferred from one place to another---approval was granted but no one that can connect my service- 3 DAYS FOLKS this is total bull--what kind of people are running this place anw ho in the hell can even read that code below had to go thru that a number of times too

Posted by Rose


Bunch of crooks. Call customer service. They make problems WORSE. They keep disconnecting me from their network even though I'm certified thru 11/2020. Guess so they get the money and not provide service.

Posted by Georgina


Safelink is the WORST Phone service I have ever encounter. I thought it was Metro but they surpassed them. I called to transfered my service from Metro to them and over the period of 2 days and 5 hours (counted of phone customer service) having been transferred by the customer service worthless attempt to fix the situation....NO PHONE SERVICE FOR TWO DAYS>>>>> and I just got disconnected from them two times in the process of transferring me to the corporate office, on my request, to deal with the problems. I am a person with very serious health issues in need of access to emergency phone service no access to the phone. Beware of this company's service.

Posted by S.I.R.


I have never dealt with such an incompetent company! I care for a lady in a nursing home who has a phone through Medicaid with Safelink. I have had issues with cancellations with no notification, not accepting government documents & representatives giving out wrong information. I am going to pay for a phone myself for her rather than have to deal with Safelink any more.

Posted by Anonymous


They are a bunch of CROOKS !! I bought a phone on their website and had to return it, no info in box on returns so called to get RMA # and address, returned it and they received it 3-28, no refund yet because they say it was fulfilled by Quality One wireless and that I sent it to the wrong address (THAT THEY GAVE ME??)Have called them more than 8 times and have spoke to many "managers" and get a a different story each time..Just got off the phone with what he said was the highest manager there and that he couldn't return the phone back to me or send it on to the fulfillment company as nop way to make a ticket???? I had spoke with the return dept. before and they said the phone would be refurbished then sold (STOLEN MERCHANDISE)now this last guy Jed# 511205 said that they would more than likely throw it away ??? If ANYBODY knows how to get in touch with the government dept. that pays them to give this service I would appreciate it !!!!

Posted by wayne


The service has gone considerably down hill since 2017 . There is NO online way to contact safelink . Their (800 ) number is a joke when your phone will NOT call out . I AM currently looking for a different BETTER provider . There is NOWAY they could be as bad as safelink has become

Posted by Mary Ann


Horrible service. Can someone explain why a Free low income service offered by the US Government is being handled by a foreign company? Call them and you do not understand anyone! They turned my cell phone off because I did not recertify, I NEVER received notice to recertify, I was told to reapply. I did. First I was told it would take 7-9 days, then 7-10 business days. now 1 month to get the phone turned on. If I can change me home number in 15 minutes, what is the problem. Perhaps the Government that is opposing letting US jobs go overseas can explain?

Posted by Anonymous


Horrible, horrible, horrible customer service and this has been going on since Oct. 2017. I spent TWO hours on the phone yesterday and spoke with TWELVE people from the standard operator to supervisor, manager than floor manager. NO ONE could help me!! NO ONE would take my number and look in to the issues so they could get back to me. NO HELP WHAT SO EVER and it is very hard to understand the people as they all have accents. I have no issue with people having accents if I can understand them. HORRIBLE

Posted by Anonymous


The worst customer services ever.
Renisa EID 523059 worst resolution supervisor. I called to have my minutes from this month applied to a new replacement phone. I lost my previous phone it still had minutes on it. It is not the company policy to transfer your minutes from the old phone to the new phone. They only apply 10 minutes to replacement phones. If you lost your phone on the 3rd of the month and you had 300 minutes when you get your new phone those minutes would not be transferred, Safelink would only give you 10 minutes on your new phone and you can purchase more minutes. I asked Renisa to let me speak with another supervisor and she stated she is the only one there. She was rude in the nicest way. This company sucks. I am not working I am full time student and I was using it for the convenience factor. After this month this company is history. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! THIS IS A HORRIBLE SERVICE EVEN IF IT IS FREE. IF YOU TRY TO PAY A BILL THE SERVICE STILL SUCKS. THEY MAKE EVERYTHING DIFFICULT. ( This is my facebook posting and will be posting the same message on Snapchat, Twitter and the Gram) You need better management in your phone center it is the worst in the world. Worst than Comcast

Posted by inna


I am a Social worker trying to help a low income senior to get a SafeLink phone.

Applied in April 2017, in May the status of his application was changed to "Qualified". His documents were approved. Since that day the process stopped.

After multiple phone calls and transfers to "higher" departments, multiple escalations after what I was advised to wait another 30 days- the status of his application was never changed as promised and the senior has no cell.phone.

I even asked to cancel His account, so I could reapply, but that also was not successful. Please HELP!!! client's enrollment

Posted by Anonymous


I was qualified for a phone on the 15th of august. Safelink said my phone should be here in 7 to 10 days. I get back from vacation and no phone. I called safelink and they escalated and said I had to wait 30 days. 30 days pass and still no phone. called again now it's 30 more days. What is the problem. Can't seem to get a straight and honest answer except the run around. Please help!!!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous


Good Afternoon,
I have had a Safe link phone since about 2006 using the phone # 202-215-9448, every year I have recertified without any problems. This year I started the process in July by completing the application, when I didn't get my minutes in August I contacted your office and was told that I did not submit a copy of my food stamp card and was asked to fax a copy over to your office to become recertified. After doing this I was issued my minutes for August. In September again I did not receive my minutes and was requested to again submit this information, which again I did spoke to a supervisor to assured me that the information was received and that I should not experience this problem again. Unfortunately, again this month I have not received my minutes.
When I contacted your office I was told that I had not received my minutes because I did not submit a copy of my Medicaid card. I have never had Medicaid and when I told the representative this she informed me that someone in your office entered this erroneous information onto the system and that is why I am not getting my minutes. She instructed me to go on-line and reapply. She informed me that I would be issued a new phone number and this was the only way to correct the problem. When I attempted to do this, I was rejected because I already have an account.
I have had this phone number since becoming a member of Safe link, my Doctors, Hospital, family All have this number. It would be very inconvenient to change the number, because someone in your office made an error.
Therefore, I am requesting your assistance in resolving this problem. As the notes in your system should indicate I have provided all of the same information when recertifying every year as it has never changed.
This phone is my lifeline and very important to my medical needs. If you are in need of additional information, I can be reached at (202) 215-9448.
Your immediate attention to this problem is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Kevin Rice

Posted by Cindy


After days and days, more than 6hrs on the phone. They managed to TAKE ALL MY MINS off my phone and will not put them back on!!! Worse service I have ever gotten. The operators were very rude and don't know what they were doing. I would like for the Corporate Office to please email to make a formal complaint. If I get no reply then I will go to ALL social media, BBB, yelp and anyone else I can let know how your company does people.

Posted by Service, or lack thereof


Synopsis: Worst service ever. Resolution: Call corporate number at I had service through safelink before and the service was cancelled due to me not making a call. I called back to reenroll, and jumped through the usual verification hoops. I was told to wait 7-10 days for a phone to which I did. When I did not receive the phone, I was told by a customer service representative to wait another day outside of the duration sated. I did so and called back and was advised the reason I did not receive a phone is because of my status being "qualified" and not enrolled. Basically I was advised incorrectly. Understanding this and really needing a lifeline for the business I needed to conduct, I attempted to speak to a supervisor and manager about having a phone expedited. This was essentially new service since I had to reapply so I am entitled to a free phone, this was not a continuation of the service because my status had changed to cancel. My initial problem isn't even about them not being able to expedite the phone, it was about being told I wouldn't get a phone and had to bring my own or buy a phone when I was essentially a new customer with a new account. I don't even want to go into detail on how a so called manager took off their headset during the course of the call when I requested to speak with someone from corporate and had me holding while she waited in the background talking for 40 plus minutes waiting on me to hang up the phone. She even had the nerve to "check back in" stating are you still there and proceeded to wait until I hung up because she wouldn't transfer me. After waiting and seeing that I wouldn't hang up she hung up on me. This is the root of what is wrong with the service industry. Tracfone needs to address these people they put in power because that is not customer service.

Posted by I NEED MY PHONE


It was time for me to resubmit my documents to still receive my minutes. I have uploaded and faxed the same documents 10 time which i have proof of the faxes and the uploading. Everytime i call to check on the status of my application they say that they haven't received it but i have the confirmation in front of me that i have faxed 10 times. This is the worst service that i have ever had. So upon calling today which is September 16,2017 and they still say they haven't received them so upon talking to a agent that seems to not care that i had been calling i asked to speak to the manager and she said that she was transferring me to the manager while waiting on hold she got back on the phone and pretended to be the manager but it was the same lady.

Posted by Anonymous


I am trying to correct a problem with a phone for my elderly mother. Who service was cut off without notice. I have been on hold with your office for more then an hour waiting to speak with a supervisor after one of your employees hung up on me.

While waiting I have filled out a complaint form online with the Ct. Attorney Generals Office, and Dept of Consumers Protection.

The failure to notify my elderly mother that her free service would be disconnected has left her with no way to call 911, and the closest relative to her is 400 miles away.

I can be reached at to discuss this matter before I take it to another level.

Posted by Anonymous


the worse customer service, lack of resolve to the issue reported, spent a total of 10hrs in a two month period trying to activate my phone as of today with letters to corporate & faxes to customer service no response. I have been as a senor citizen without phone service on & off over a 3 month period

Posted by Discontented


had a nice android Safe link phone top of the line they sent to me and after 30 days they shut it off. Stating lifeline did not receive paperwork. Lifeline okayed the phone in the first place and okayed everything. Anyway 2nd time this has happened, you cannot get straight or proper answers from the foreigners they hire. Hard to understand them and vice versa. The hell with them. bunch of lames working for fat cats only interested in hiring low key drones for their work so they can buy up houses and cadillacs. lousy service communication and people. jump on assurance phones, at least they will talk to you and answer questions with intelligence.

Posted by Anonymous


I called June 1st @ 10:30am to get a new phone after having mine for 5 years. It wasn't keeping a charge or working at all where I live. I talked to Christine & she told me my phone would stay on until I got my new one. The next day it was saying: Unregistered SIM, I can't use my phone any more. Not even to transfer my text messages & pictures. So I called today @ 11am talked to Karen who hung up on me while asking her why my phone isn't working. I have 2 doc appts before my new phone comes! Now w/o a phone, what happens if I get in a wreck?? I was told my phone would stay on until I get the new one & you all lied!! Not very professional at all! Very disappointed!

Posted by Anonymous


Given the intrinsic and routine dishonesty and deception of the TracPhone/SafeLink Corporation, I can only wonder which US Senator or Representative is accepting bribes from TracPhone executives for the continued US Government payment for senior citizen phone service?

Posted by Anonymous


a total of 9 different i.d numbers..numerouse phone calls..the people in the philipeans cant understand English or don't care all my information was mailed and faxed and uploaded way to many times, plus community resources in west Virginia faxed everything for me..i no they have the information..but the just keep giving me the run around every time..safelink needs to be reported to the bbb..even the people in florida don't care..they just keep transferring people back to the phillipeans..and once I added a complaint..guess what.? my account was deleated..lol crazy people/lazy people something needs done.! waste of time and resoureses..just a money grab for one of the ritchest people in the world, that doesn't like president trump.! lol

Posted by Anonymous


Hello

I Have A Complant On My Safelink Phone I Nerver Get My Minutes Every Month It Is A Newsome To Call Every Month To Get My Minutes I Am Of Age With No Home Phone.

So Happen My Daughter Came By For Me To Call To Get My Minutes

Please Advise Because Each Month The Minutes Surpose To Be On My Phone.

Posted by Anonymous


I Paid To Upgrade My Safelink And Followed Instructions However The Automated System Refused To Accept The Sim # Then Went To Tracfone Chat (none On Safelink Site) And They Were Unable To Activate New Phone And Lost My Old Phone Service - They Are To Send Sim Card For Old Phone And Affraid I Will Not Get Service Back And Shopsafelink Site Has Been Extremely Hateful And Seems I Will Lose All The Money I Spent Despite Returning Phone-- And Of Course Safelink Only Company Available In My Area-- Monopoly Plunder Never Ceases

Posted by IWANT MY MIN


This Is The Worst Phone Company Ever And Should Be Shut Down I Have Had To Call For 3 Weeks To Get My Min I Have Been On The Phone 8hr A Day Hung Up On Sent To Reps That Could Not Speak English And Still Nothing!

Posted by Caregiver


On the phone with SafeLink as I type this. My state provided phone from NC has 1995.10 minutes on it. The state of NC issues these phones which are supposed to help people that meet their criteria. I am handicapped and meet the criteria. Unfortunately, the state went with the WORST EVER providers. I had a family emergency out of state and I forgot my phone in NC. While in this state, I was in a car accident and in the hospital. I received a card from SafeLink, in the mail, 2 days after returning to NC. On the card it said I must make a call within the next 15 days using my phone or it would be deactivated. I tried using my phone 3 days, then 7 days, then 11 days after receiving the card but, NO SERVICE. I called them from a landline and told them how many times I called and it was now the 11th day but now my phone had NO SERVICE and the last day my phone would be in service until 1-31-17. January 31, 2017 would have been on the 8th day if the 15 days allowed to call. First landline call took me to a young man with an accent who said my phone was no longer registered in their system so I needed a new SIM card which would be sent to me and I would receive it in 3-5 days(Sat and Sun excluded). Once received I was to call them back and my phone would be reactivated and INCLUDE the 1995.10 mins that were on it. ( I always made sure the 1995.10 mins would be put on my mins. My excitement over getting my new SIM card in the mail was short lived. Second Person: I was told I didn't need the new card but rather I had to go out and buy a new 4g phone and it had to be a smart phone. I could toss the SIM card away. At this point my niceness was dwindling down and I demanded to talk to a supervisor. Got one on the line right away. (third person), She apologized for the misinformation from the previous representatives. I did NOT have to go out and buy a new phone but rather one would be sent to me in the mail and once received, call and activate it. After 5 times of asking and being reassured by her, my 1995.10 minutes would be put back on my phone when activated. I called on a Wednesday and was told my new phone would reach me by the following Tues. That was 8 days ago. Of course I received a reference number from her. Yep, no phone so call them. They must have a firm policy of, "Don't call us, we'll call you" because first person today told me he was tracking where my phone was since it wasn't here but after 8 times of telling me he was tracking it and to wait with him, he told me he couldn't track it so he was going to have me talk to a supervisor, one minute and he would directly connect me with one. Well his minutes must be like in football playing time because it was one minute = 30 minutes of connect me time. oh yeah, a supervisor who knows nothing. She asked me for my phone number of the phone, (which can not be found in their system because they took the phone out of the system before the 15 allowed days to call). I was ready to give her the reference number but she said she didn't need it, only the IMEI number. Once I gave that to her, 9 minutes of a humming on the line but according to my phone, it was still a live line yet when asked 11 times, are you still there, no answer. Hung up knowing I would have to start this (pull out your hair having to start over) whole process again. 30 minutes wait time, then a female that my first words to her were, Do you know who the CEO if SafeLink and Tracfone is? No was her answer. OK then I told her of the horror story SafeLink had already put me through so give me a Supervisor NOW and don't put me on a 30 min hold to talk to one. She said she directly call one so I wouldn't have to wait. I asked for her work number and was given one (doubt if it's hers)and then she said after 3 mins, she could not reach one so she was going to put me on another 3 minute hold. After the 17th 3 minute hold, I told her just to put me on a 6 minute hold instead and she said she wasn't allowed to so I said, another 3 minute hold would be just fine because I had all day to wait. Atleast it wasn't 7 hours yet of wasted time like the one person has in their comment. When I reached 3
2 hours of these stalling 3 minutes hold, I said, that's ok I don't need to hold anymore because I've taped SafeLinks tactful, no one will be talking to you even if you wait 9 hours at 3 minute intervals, because we do nothing but lie to people and we surely don't want to activate your phone because we would have to put 1995.10 minutes on your phone plus the minutes for Feb and soon March. I told her I would be talking to SOMEONE WHO IS IN CHARGE AND CAN AND WILL TAKE CARE OF SAFELINK AND TRACFONE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PHONES, THEIR MINUTES AND A SERVICE THAT WILL ANSWER THEIR PHONES WITH REPRESENTATIVES WHO LISTEN TO THEM AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR PHONE SERVICE. "PRESIDENT TRUMP" YOU ARE THAT PERSON. ALL of these serious comments that are from people who DEPEND on these phones should not be treated and ignored from these two, "We don't care about you" phone companies. Let's see if our President really listens to all of us who need his help and does something about it.

Posted by Chuck


Over a month-and-a-half period, I have THREE times -- twice by fax, once by mail -- dispatched my qualification document to Safelink, badly needing a phone as I've submitted job appications, and they claim to have received only one, the last one on Jan. 28 and now claim it's illegible (faxed it via Office Depot/Fed Ex) and I must send it again! Thorough ineptness.

Posted by JOEDOG


WHAT A BUNCH OF F&^%$& IDIOTS..Tried for DAYS to get my phone going. Told them my daughter was in the hospital and needed my phone,, They could have cared less,, Said my phone was not going to be covered by safelink anymore. Was forced to buy a new phone. Than found out that i just needed a new sims card [ so they said] After getting card, said they were updating the towers. I called that carrier. They said the techs at safe like were " crazy as hell" ,,Next lie was,the sims card was defective" would have to wait 3 days for new one. BUT, I could go to Wal Mart and buy a new card if i wanted one sooner, Went to Wal Mart, they said" we dont sell sim cards.So i was forced to buy a phone i didnt need, went 21 miles to wal mart, for no reason, the towers are ok,, 8 days ,NO PHONE.. All the had to do was transfer my number and add my minutes..And CORPORATE?? They must be a bunch for letting stuff like this go on.Looks like im gonna spend ANOTH day with those idiots trying to get phone servive.. Was on the phone 7 hrs yesterday.

Posted by Pat


Safelink "upgraded" my phone. For two months I have been trying to get my service back. I have never dealt with a business that was so inept and disorganized. I have been sent three- yes three phones and NONE of them have worked. I have re certified so many times and been shuffled from one office to the next. I have a husband with terminal cancer and can't leave the house without making special arrangements with friends and family to stay with my husband while I am out getting groceries or medicines. All the time I am gone I worry since I have no way of communicating with my home. The stress of dealing with this company is taking a toll on MY health and I can not afford a different carrier. Thank you so much Safelink for adding to my stress. I hope your CEO has more compassion than the rest of this company does!

Posted by Safelink/tracfone wireless


Safelink/tracfone wireless is the absolute worse "business" that I have ever dealt with and I am sixty years old. I have had over twenty of their junk products in the last ten years. Their 411 and 911 numbers cannot be contacted as what they should be. The 411 answers, gives me two minutes of advertisement of their product (which I have had to pay for)then the recorded operator asks me for the name and address of who I am trying to contact. It keeps telling me that it can not understand me then after five times of this it hangs up. I am a Disabled Gulf War Veteran, subject to seizures and have had five close calls because I could not contact anyone. The operators have only five answers to ANY question they are asked. They, as they did this time put you on hold twelve times in one conversation. They tell me (as of two hours ago) that my phone is now activated. It is not. I cannot make a call. It says "activation need) every time" I try. Last but not least (again over two hours on the phone with them) the operator then tells me that it might take an hour to activate so call them back. Yeah, RIGHT.

Posted by EDS


My name is Eddie Sykes. I submitted several orders through Universal Wireless. I worked with Ms. Kathleen (KAT) Lynch, National Program Director Wireless I would like to have my money please.My phone number is Thx

Posted by joedog


My opinion, their dumb cust. service people are more stupid than a bag of marbles.First whenever they cant answer a question that you ask them, they just hang up on you. Second,two different times i bought minutes for my phone because of emergencies that arose, than when the end of the month came around, those IDIOTS took those minutes from me because we are suppose to get 350 minutes free each month. Instead of deducting the 350 minutes from what i had, its just easier for them to remover ALL of the minutes.Maybe because they dont know how to subtract the minutes that i PAID FOR from 350 minutes that we get.THEY TOOK 200 MINUTES FROM ME THAT I PAID FOR.So after a few phone calls to them telling them that they took the minutes that i paid for, simple solution, they just hang up on me.AND I PAID $19.95 for those minutes.

Posted by Bix


It appears Safelink is engaging in outright misrepresentation in their dealings with Medicaid customers. I have documented proof of two (2) instances where they have promised a certain product in exchange for their business, then, upon receiving a Medicaid account, deliver to the customer a much inferior product to the customer. Example: Safelink promises the customer a Smartphone but then delivers a cheap flip phone. I don't what but where I come from that's called Fraudulent Business Practice, or Fraud, for short. I wonder if the government knows about this? Well, after today they will.

Posted by Anonymous


It would appear no one is listening to the information a customer calls in to advise they no longer require Safe Link service. I cancelled my cell phone service three months ago. They allegedly cancelled. The phone went dead, the minutes removed. Yet almost 3 months later my account is still active in the SafeLink system, but w/no active phone or minutes. It would appear they do not know how to fully cancel an account completely.

Posted by VERY MAD CUSTOMER


Terrible Service. If I Wasnt A Single Mother With Very Little Income And Could The Luxury Of Going And Buying Myself A Phone I Would. This Is By Far The Worst Experience I Have Ever Had With Customer Service They Do Not Care About You They Only Care About Getting You Off The Phone.

Posted by Anonymous


Appears that Safelink is participating in a tragic game of chance. They are cancelling service to individuals without prior-notification nor reason. This act is a threat to the safety and well-being of the citizens of the United States. What can one expect from a Mexican owned company. In responce to enquiries, they request an individual to fill out a new application. The faulty web sight refuses to confirm one's identity, but asks for copies of one's identification to be sent to them. It most certainly will end of in the hands of people who will use it inappropriately and not within the guidelines permitted. This is more violation of federal and Florida state law! It is time to put an end it!!

Posted by Anonymous


Hey!! I'd give a dollar just to be able to speak to someone. All I get is "try your phone and if it doesn't work call back." So I call back and get the same song and dance. Never get to talk to a real person. I have a phone that I cannot use and don't know what to do with it. I have dialed so many times my fingers are VERY tired. Can anyone help???

Posted by THOMAS DUNCAN


My Minutes Are Not Renewed Through No Fault Of My Own, Your Employee Canceled My Account By Mistake On Her Part, My Number Is 409 293 8679. I Have Looked At My Inactive Account And Need This Corrected Please Also My Status Has Not Changed And I Am Still Active With This Phone However I Would Like A Brand New Phone With Minutes Sent To Address 5034 Woodlawn Drive Groves Texas 77619 Thanks Td

Posted by THOMAS DUNCAN


My Minutes Are Not Renewed Through No Fault Of My Own, Your Employee Canceled My Account By Mistake On Her Part, My Number Is 409 293 8679. I Have Looked At My Inactive Account And Need This Corrected Please Also My Status Has Not Changed And I Am Still Active With This Phone However I Would Like A Brand New Phone With Minutes Sent To Address

Posted by diraj


this is the worse company, Im calling for my mother and I call the corporate office and I didnt realize I was basically talking to someone who has no authority to make or change anything. Than when I asked to actually speak to someone who can. I get a voice mail message. I love the idea my tax dollars are being spent on people to get free phones, but My tax dollars are being spent on companies like this is what I dont like.
first I didnt realize my mother was on a 68 minute a month plan since 2011 because the promotion ended for the 400 minutes free a month. But to have safelink choose a plan for my mother when they have other plans that goves you 200 minutes a month. and when you call customer service they have no type of customer service friendly aspect to advise customers of other plans. This company is extremely a ripoff

Posted by Anonymous


This CEO should go undercover boss..........they need a lot of upgrades....People that talk better and don't hand up on you and also don't keep u on the phone for 2 hrs....that their computer is down..........and that we can NOT hear them maybe they need new phones too.......CEO please contact me if available.............

Posted by ??


I have had my free phone for about three years. The service is great. However, trying to update my info online or by 'phone' has been the most unhelpful, frustrating, horrible experience with any company in my lifetime. Online would not take my information. I know how to fill in everything, but, the online would simply not take my information For over two weeks, many hours, I tried to update my info by phone before my phone became inactive. I have minutes and no service. I was sent to so many phone nos., many, many, many sites to 'punch' and going around in circles, and actually being cut off back to dialtone. now, my once activated phone has been turned off. All systems keep asking for a sort of activation no. which I do not have. I truly appreciate and sorely need to have the phone, but am at my wits end with all the above. Tell me what to do? Thank you.

Posted by Anonymous


This people all they know what to do is lie to trap you into their service, and are so damn paranoid when you ask to speak with a manager how can you trust a company who starts trys to get you to use their services by lying in the beginning so frustrated be careful don't let yourself get trap by liars you'll regret it safelink is not a trusted or reliable company

Posted by chrisandclem


Do not use Safelink or Tracfone. They STOLE minutes off my phone so I was unable to use my phone for the latter half of the month of February. This is actual fact: I SAW the minutes deplete from 200 down to 0 right in my hand as I was holding the phone.



Customer service was RUDE, UNHELPFUL, DISCOURTEOUS, and accused me of lying when I explained my story. The supervisor was equally horrible at her job, as was her manager (who, incidentally, HUNG UP ON ME!). The total time for the call was 61 minutes 18 seconds.



So, I have no "lifeline" phone for thee next 7 days. I am 100% disabled and will pursue this with the help of legal aid.



So, to all whom I spoke with tonight, I wish you an equally frustrating and miserable night as I had! I will spread the word about your company every chance I get. And luckily I have an Ace up my sleeve because I know the CEO... (Frederick J. Pollak)

Posted by mad as hell


What a farce.I am low income disabled and needed a way to stay in contact with my Drs. Iam a paient at the carbone cancer clinic.I thought I could feel safe with a safelink phone but Iv had nothing but trouble.The phone was minusing talk minutes when I was texting or receiving texts. I have been threw all kinds of contacts at safelink I have entered all kinds of codes waited the time they said that it would take to fix the problem But still nothing has changed. DO NOT count on safelink to be there for you or stand behind there product.

Posted by Anonymous


Anyone Looking For A Safelink Phone Can Contact Me Am A Rep
1-888-215-0478 Ask For Corey

Posted by None


Safe Link has been delivering a replacement phone to me since December 11th and I still have NOT received the phone. The phone I currently have has been deactivated completely so I am without a phone. This is ridiculous! I am not satisfied at all with the service. Thank You!!

Posted by Ron Goolsby


I just purchased a safelink wireless phone. I had it turned on, after the first phone call, I could not get the phone to work. I called safelink wireless, it took almost 2 hours to say they fixed it. But as soon as I used the phone again, it would not dial ou or receive calls. I only had the phone for a few days. I call safelink wireless back, their customer representive said they would not replace the phone, zand said I was using the phone and called me a liar, well yea I used the phone, but every call I made I would have to take the battery out and reset the phone. The representive said I would have to deal with it. And yea I got so mad I said some not so nice words to the rude safelink person. Then hung up, After hanging up I thought no no, I called back and had the phone turned off. It was only on for a week... Safelink wireless is screwing the Goverment over, something needs to be done about them. They are very bad people to deal with.I am trying to find the right Goverment to call and complain about them.

Posted by Anonymous


fgg

Posted by Anonymous


omg, I didn't know so many people found them as awful as I did. They stole 700 minutes from me. But I am not going to vent here. I suggest to all of us: write to the corporate office, write to Chamber of Congress, write to Attorney General for Florida, write to your congressperson or senator. MOST of all, write to the newspaper. Help other people not get conned by this company. BTW, notice that corporate office says they do not read the comments. So we are talking to ourselves. But I intend to make them lose their contract.

Posted by Safelink is Worse Than Sprint


Do not get Safelink. You do not have to use Safelink there are other phone companies that also have the "Obama phone". It's ironic that these phones that are for low-income people are being serviced by folks in India... might be why a lot of us are underemployed or unemployed cuz jobs keep getting outsourced.

Posted by Anonymous


I have had safelink for years, even got mailing address stickers for the loyalty. So I started receiving MSG: inquiring me to call the number that was provided. Called the number, wrong number ( which was texted to me). I called today after being on hold for more than 20minutes to have rep to inform me that my phone had not been active for 60 days. I work in customer service. Before you answer any question you are suppose to do research on what is going on Safelink is worst, the reps don't speak good English nd don't understand the cases they are looking at more training or something should be implemented and this is suppose to be government assistance. This is insane.

Posted by DISAPPOINTED


This Is The Worst Customer Service Ever. I Called And Spoke With A Representative She Were Very Rude. When I Asked If I Can Speak With Another Manager Or Supervisor She Said She Was A Manager. I Said To Her I Do Not Want To Speak With You May I Have Another Manager. She Then Placed Me On Hold And Came Back Speaking As If She Were Someone Else. I Said To Her You Are The Same Person I Just Spoke With. She Then Say On Hold And Connected Me With A Guy. He Was Just As Rude As The Other Representative. I Told Him This Was The Customer Serivce I Have Ever Experience In My Life Time. He Then Hangs The Phone Up In My Ear.

Posted by deborah


I have been on the phone for two hour only to cutoff a stolen phone. your customer service employee need to be retrained all superviser too.

Posted by Anonymous


I called today and the lady who answered the phone with a strong accent had me repeat what I needed numerous times. I asked to speak with her supervisor. She said she could assist, but couldn't understand. When the supervisor (so she claimed) answered she put me on hold without saying so and never came back to the phone. I had to call repeatedly to get someone and when I finally got a live person, I didn't get assistance.

Posted by emel124


I have a complaint I was told through Social Servicrs that I would be able to receive a free phone service through safelink I sent in an application more than 4 weeks ago and when I didn't hear from them I called the first person said I had wait when I called again the second person I had to reapply because they had no application so I reapply with him over the phone now it's two weeks later I call back to find out the status they say they don't have an applicatiin I want to know why these workers are getting paid for if they are not doung their jobs I would like to get an email from management because they took application and I have been waiting already over a month. You need to cleanup customers Service because I notice I am not the only one tgis has happen to.

Posted by Anonymous


I just want Suzanne Clark-Milton at the corporate office to give me a flippin call back since I have left 6 messages in the last month to give me my minutes and fix the issue of receiving 3 now of verification forms. I've mailed back 2 and I'm done. They have my signature and they are not getting another one.

Posted by FedUp


First of all...why is it...even though with my little income...I can buy airtime..other apps....but I can't get the basic things to enjoy this phone (with my $$ Social Security which I earned through out my lifetime!!!)by having the ability to not only take pictures, but send them too?? Is this a Government regulation that is not being disclosed? Is this a punishment for working so hard and then having to have a free-be phone that we still have to spend extra on? In addition, why is my paperwork constantly not being received and then the "system" defaults and rejects my chosen plan and gives me what it wants to?? Anything a computer does by default has been programmed, so who is sleeping at the switch when my paper work whizzes by? If I could spend the amount for an upgraded phone without breaking my bank (pockets) I would. Just because a thing is considered free, does not mean it is truly free since SafeLink has to receive financial compensation for having Government contracts.. Not everyone over 60 has been dummied down, is forgetful or has old dilapidated brain cells!!! I agree..Boss' go undercover!!! I also agree with the typed characters when I am angry...which happened to be.. talk about ironic!!!

Posted by Anonymous


Wow! Is your customer service very poor. My question was not on the menu and whenvi hit 7, I had asked about AMBER alerts on this phone, she hung up on me. I would rather pay 4 a phone and get an AMBER alert, cause it may be your child 1 day and was within 100 miles. Very disappointed incthis company. Maybe the boss should go undercover.

Posted by Sara


So I am putting this out there for all to read. I am going to an attorney because of these people, they keep giving me the run around and I am finished. I sent in all my "private"information i.e.. passport, medicaid,snap and a copy of my social security card and now these people say they have no record. I have a fax confirmation, so what are they doing with our records, using them for identity theft later? If anyone would like to contact me do so through this forum I am going to ask attorney about a "Class Action"lawsuit. I have all the names of the people involved in this company because anytime a public company wants to do business in Florida they have to show who owns and is responsible for the company. Go to sunbiz.org and find out under the TRACFONE name. Write them,call them the United States Government subsidizes this program, you are entitled to get this service without a personal, discriminatory hassle. Power to the People. Poor but not stupid!!!

Posted by Sw24


It's a shame how bad customer service was today when I called to report I didn't receive my minutes and was being charged for texts messages. When I ask to speak to a supervisor they kept bouncing back in forward between 2 complete jerks. I then ask for corporate number and was told it wasn't available. I will be contacting a lawyer because over and over again I get mistreated by safelink customer service rep for no reason at all and it's so so stressful. You never know someone situation and over and over again I let the rep know I was currently at a domestic violence shelter and not for a split second did they care, not for a split second did they answer my questions they threating to hang up on me if I didn't stop abusing them because I ask to speak to a different supervisor or a different rep. Cold hearted and as far as I'm concern I was targeted because I have a government phone, because I receive welfare, I hate being judge by someone who think their better than me. I work and pay my rent, I pay my taxes, never been in trouble with the law, never have judge someone who has. Sorry if my high school sweetheart turned out to be an abusive jerk and thank God I was strong enough to leave this time but people like you make me wonder if it was worth it. I didn't need a government phone, money, or anything when I was with him he took care of everything and I rather be beat any day then be treated like a worthless scum for no reason

Posted by Never Again


To whom it may concern,
If who ever is in charge of customer service and truly wants to improve this area of your company. Please get in touch with me as my story should concern anyone in your company trying to make customer service a number one goal. The way I was treated was shameful. I won't soon forget and all I come in contact with will know how you treat your customers.

Posted by Glorielis


Safelink really needs to take the proper measures and train their employees. Just yesterday I called safelink to transfer my number and minutes to a new phone that I bought. Before buying the phone I was told by a representative of safelink that I could buy my own phone as long as it was a track phone brand never was I told that their are specific phones that I could buy. After buying my new phone I called safelink link to properly transfer everything not only did the person I spoke with was barely understandable he kept me on the phone for over 2hrs to tell me that I can transfer my number but not my minutes and I will no longer be able to receive future monthly minutes because the phone I purchased was an Android. I explained to him that I bought this phone because I have a difficult time seeing the screen with the phone I currently have. he again repeated the same statement. I expressed to him what good will it do me to transfer the number to a phone without minutes and then have a phone with minutes but no number. and again he repeated the SAME thing as if he was completely disregarding what I was saying to him. He then transfers me to a supervisor who was extremely rude and says that I should've read the terms and conditions I expressed to her that when I began receiving safelink minutes which was about 10yrs ago it said nothing about Androids and that the rep that I spoke to that told me I can buy a phone did not tell me of any restrictions. I then get transferred to a manager George ID# 545066 he was even worst attitude wise you can just tell that he hates his job. I was in the car with other people and he hears a swear and tell me that one more time he is going to hang up I told him that the swear was not directed to him that I was with other people in the car he says he didn't car the fact was that he heard it. I explain to him the same thing that I explained to the other to reps I spoke with prior to him he says that the terms and conditions were changed when track phone began selling Androids. I asked him if there was a letter or email or some type of communication explaining this change he said no. He proceeds to speak over me not allowing me to get a word in without him talking at the same time. I asked him for his information and ID along with the names and ID of the other reps I spoke with he refused to provide me with that info and said that I should've been smart enough to write it down while I was talking to them I told him that I was driving and could not drive, talk and write all at the same time he just hung up on me......VERY RUDE AND UNPROFESSIONAL

Posted by disgusted101


The customer service rep with the ID number of was rude for no apparent reason. She gave the impression that she did not want to be there and that I was inconveniencing her. Customer service training is definitely in order. Your reps will cause your company to lose countless clientele if this issue is not addressed.

Posted by Anonymous


Safelink really need to retrain the employees. I know when they applied for their jobs they did NOT go in with the attitudes they have when they speak to customers. What they fail to realize is the people that make calls to Safelink ,Some of us make calls for family members, friends etc. To set up services for them. WE HAVE GREAT JOBS AND DON'T NEED THIS SERVICE. It's a damn shame these SO CALLED EMPLOYEES OF SAFELINK TREAT CUSTOMERS like they are lower than and don't require respect.....BY THE LOOK OF COMMENTS MAYBE THEY ARE TAUGHT TO TREAT CUSTOMERS THIS WAY. SHAME ON YOU SAFELINK!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by cougar21


Customer service was HORRIBLE. I had to call 5 different reps before anyone would finally help me. This company is a joke. I guess you get what you pay for and since the phone is free you don't get anything. One customer service rep named JANIC was extremely rude and attempted to rush me off of the phone without helping me. I am cancelling this crappy service and getting a paid phone.

Posted by A victim of phone abuse


4/22/1

The people that you have hired for customer service have no
idea how to be polite, caring and efficient. Most of them are just down right rude, discourteous, and phone abusive. This is the fault of the corporate office who hires these unqualified individuals in the first place. I don't understand any company who places folks in public relations
that actually hate dealing with people. This is a very poor reflection on Safelink

Posted by totaleclypse1


Some time ago I applied to SafeLink and provided your organization with what I deem as critical information, i.e., a photographic quality of both my Food Stamp and Medicare cards.

This information was emailed, faxed and physically mailed to SafeLink. I understand your company is not set up to receive email responses with documentation, thus you shuld remove it as an option from your website as it's a real pain to respond to this only to find out you're not set up for it! The mailing went to your office in the state of Oregon, I can't remember what city it was, but it was mailed to you twice; once in my own envelope and the very next day in your own "Return Mail" envelope.

There's a genuine concern here because of several things; 1. I detest the fact that you force me to speak to someone else in another country that can't speak working English, or have no command of the English language, especially when they happen to be supervisor; 2. when you can't provide me with a telephone number to someone the United States; 3. because that information is of a photographic quality you have to be either Stevie Wonder or Ronnie Milsaps to not be able to read it.

At this point I'm also requesting two thing from you; 1 a return call letting me know how that information was transmitted to the Phillipines because they can't read it their reason being that it's illegible; and 2. where that information is now as the documents have been rejected based upon its illegibility.

At this point, after all the pain and aggravation and reading reviews, I don't think I want to apply for a phone thru SafeLink, but I need some peace of mind to know that that information is either going to be returned to me or shredded before I pursue my next steps with the local media, Social Security and FCC. This is really a big disappointment in what's supposed to be one of America's communications industries as I'm holding you accountable for your ineffectiveness.

Posted by Consumer


CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMAN!!! Safelink Wireless is a company funded by the U.S. Government that provides phone service to elderly and vulnerable citizens of the U.S. Anyone researching this company should be aware that Safelink has outsourced most of their operations to other countries. Their service application process is extremely ineffective, customer support is questionable, and there is little to no accountability with this company. I would highly advise anyone that experiences difficulties with this company to contact your Congressman, and petition them to cancel contracts with Safelink, and to find a more responsible company to do business with.

Posted by Anonymous


I Have A Safelink Phone That Is A Replacement To The Phone I Lost. It Is Not A Tracfone Number Or A Safelink Number And Have Had Problems Since I Received It In December 2013. I Have In The Past 3 To 4 Weeks Been Given 7 Case Numbers And Told That If They Could Not Fix It Within 48hrs I Would Be Mailed A New Phone With 500 Minutes. That Was This Past Monday I Am Still On The Phone And They Cannot Fix The Phone I Have Because The Phone Number That Came With The Phone Is Also Assigned To Another Phone And It Is Not A Safelink Or Tracfone Phone Number. I Could Applied With Assurance Or One Of The Other Government Phones And Had It Already Delivered. My Suggestion Is Don't Get A Safelink Phone!!!!

Posted by howard


Hello:

I just got off of the telephone after spending 85 minutes with one of your Customer Service representives.
She did not speak understandable English
I think from the sound of her voice she is Spanish or Mexacan. I called simply to have my telephone replaced because the phone that I currently have was accidentally dropped into the bathtub full of water by my 10 year old grand son.

You have to do something about your customer service department. When I asked to speak with a supervisor or a manager, she told me that their were NO supervisory personnal available to speak with me. When I asked if I could hold for a supervisor I was told that it would be at least an hour before any supervisory person would be available.

It may be a phone that I got the use of at no charge but that does not mean a customer has to spend over an hour on the telephone with a Customer Service Representive who neither speaks or understands the English language.
I was born and grew up in Illinois so you and I both know that I speak and understand English.

Most of the time this particular CS gal spoke so fast that she was not understandable. So by the time you add her fast speaking, her spanish/mexican accent and having to wait while she checked or something with another department.

It is evident that your company is not utilizing state of the art equipment in your CS department.

I am writing this because I thought that someone should know about this and they should rectify your problems.

When I asked about exchanging the telephone for a different model I was told that I could not exchange the telephone because your company no longer exchanges hardware..

I was hoping to exchange the phone for A Samsung S150G because it has larger buttons on the keyboard because this model is almost impossible to dial unless you have a ball point pen. Maybe something can be done in the future so that other customers do not run into this same treatment from your Customer Service Department.

Thank You

Posted by brendon


I called today just to change my plan from 250 mins. To 125 mins. A month so unused minutes carry over. Instead they told me that i never had an account. Even though i was calling from my safelink phone which i bought a $10 upgraded phone & have been on safelink since 2012. then they have me re apply just to tell me that i have to call back in 60 days. On top of that last year they replaced my phone & during activating the replacement phone they lost my # which i had ported over to safelink from my old carrier. So now in less than a year they caused me to lose 2 phone #'s which is not good when ur waiting for job interview calls. These people do not know their head from their a$$. I just filed a complaint with the fcc. Not that it will make a difference. We should all petition that this company be barred from handling lifeline/low income services. They need to lose their license to opereate.

Posted by MS. HARRIS


I have been having the same problems since I had the phone. On Wednesday, March 5, I was supposed to receive my minutes and I did not. The same non-english speaking rep. did not help, as usual. He was very rude, as usual and they deactivated my phone. I asked for a supervisor and he came back to the phone and pretended to be the supervisor, strange working for this company and it has to stop today! It is now, Thursday March 6, 2014 and I am still not able to retrieve my minutes. This is ridiculous! I have already filed a complaint with the BBB.

Posted by Anonymous


My grandmother is 87 years old and has safelink wireless. I have tried to get her account renewed with the help of the rude broken English speaking customer service representatives. I have continously asked to speak to a supervisior from a representative named Ken and Dilson, however they were argumentative and Ken hung up on me. If the ederly tried to call this company they would be very confused. Safelink despreatly needs to hire people who are customer service orineted, friendly, and speak English. This is ridiculous.

Posted by Mary


Safelink has the worst and most incompetent customer service by even 3rd world standard. I have called them 4 times over the past 3 months to do an annual renewal. Each time it took 2 hours on average. The issues still not solved. It is for my 81 years old mother who is on SSI, Medicaid and food stamps. What other eligibility they need?! I called their corporate office in Miami and the operator and she was very rude (So that why their customer service overseas is bad--their corporate office is worse). So I give up. I have just signed my mother up with ATT wireless--Even she is more eligible than most to get a free service.

Posted by JBo


Safelink Tech Support is a joke! You cannot, in any way-shape-or-form, get a live person! I've been at it for hours and no luck. I finally searched out Safelinks Corporate phone number in Florida. I got help immediately!!! Anyone need corporate's number? It's 305-640-2000. Good luck to all!

Posted by Unknown


Yes i am trying to become a safe link customer and the customer service is very rude and I think they tell lies to customers because they think it is ok to lies about their phones and services i am very unhappy with safe link I am too a point that i don't want the services with them I never got my black burry

Posted by Anonymous


I am a Safelink customer. I have been trying to get some professional support. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was rudely hung up on at the toll free customer service number I kept getting bounced around from Customer support to Technical support and no one seems to know what to do. They are blaming each other for the problems I am having. I would like to speak with upper managment. Is there a phone number that I can call? My name is Heather D Williams.

Posted by Tired of the lies


The worst company ever!!! The customer service sucks. They hang up on you and never let you speak to a supervisor. They make you resend the same documentation over and over and always have you pending. Beware!!!!! Do not use them.

Posted by Anonymous


safe link is the worst company ever they were fused with my minutes on my phone for this month and they lie to me and saying that they already put them on for this month and I've had no minutes on my phone since Thanksgiving weekend

Posted by Anonymous


I have been a member of SafeLink for about four year,
the problem is they never give the minutes that the Government pay. for you always needs to call for your minutes. and yet they get paid for this service I feel that
this is fraud. getting paid for something that they do not serve the people with who can I contact for this issue.

Posted by freckles0116


ive been trying to report my phone safelink lost on 11/28/2013 every number I call is BS can't speake with anyone to have phone turned off. press this and press that then they tell you to call back later. I would like to stop anyone who's using my phone can you cotact me also.

Posted by Very Unhappy American


This is the most ridiculous company ever!! I apparently have a phone already and only one per household, guess what ....I don't have one! Can't get a hold of a person to explain to them, although from reading these comments it wouldn't help anyway. I call the 800 number just to get another and then another, after three different 800 numbers gave up. This is why our country isn't prospering, you can't when Government puts their nose into anything! That is all. A Very Unhappy American!

Posted by Anonymous


Because SafeLink did not automatically add my minutes I lost them. I cannot see the small minutes on the phone. My son bough it to my attention that I have not gotten minutes on my phone. I August I have to send to phone back and return the damaged phone. September, October I got no minutes. When I asked for my minutes they would not give them to me. I am a senior and don't appreciate being treated like I don't know what I am talking about. I have the 125 minutes plan. These minutes rollover. where are my minutes

Posted by ND


So disgusted with these folks. This is supposed to be a US government program WTH am. i getting folks from India and the Philipines?? No wonder its such confusion like a 3 stooges movie. I am outraged why there isnt any jobs here in the states but they send it over seas and its an AMERICAN program!!! SMH Been trying since Sept 7 to submit my information. BUT there seems to be confusion because of the language, and NO one seems to have a phone number for a U.S office for customer service and the headquarters is in Florida! This is some nonsense. and finally get a hold of an someone in Florida and was very rude and only sent me to someone elses voice mail. I know after this i am writing to the corporate office and the government officials who approve this program for the United States citizens. There needs to be some review and some accountability for this. OH and major change. I dont even know if i want to deal with safelink anymore but for all fairness for americans i will pursue this issue.

Posted by outraged!


today I tried to resolve an issue I called several different safe link hot lines and finally got through to a rep. I spoke with her about some one who does not live at my address receiving a phone which I had applied for and she basically told me with out her information there was nothing I could do. I asked to be transferred to a supervisor and was hung up on so I called back to have another rep. tell me he could not transfer me I called a 3rd time and the rep then told me the supervisor was busy then after 3 hours of dealing with reps and getting hung up on I finally came here safe link does not check for proper ID when people subscribe and will not provide the services they claim. I am so angry now not sure I even want to deal with this company after all what's the point when you can't get issues resolved?

Posted by One Angry Burger King


I called on September 30th to let Safelink know that I wanted to keep my phone number attached to my enrollment ID. Do you know customer service,and several managers told me that my number was gone and given to someone else due to non activation. My phone was activated with minutes and my number. I also recertified. So how is it that my number was stolen and given to someone else without my permission. And I still didn't receive my triple the minutes with the new phone I bought in August. Safelink; I will not stop bugging you until I receive all of my minutes and my old number

Posted by frustrationand more


Today, I received a postal card from Safe-Link stating that I had not "logged in" for the month. I was given a set of instructions, one step required me to enter a 15 digit password, of which I have never been given or assigned. When the system refused my entering the 15 digit IMEI number, I called the toll free number provided. They referred me to another toll free number and them to yet another toll free number, which after 30 seconds reverted to a fast busy signal. I must conclude that the right hand knowest not what the left hand is doing. The entire system is INEPT and DYSFUNCTIONAL.

TracFone -aka- known as SafeLink, when working, is a great service but their customer service is as screwed up as is our federal government. Do not expect any real customer service unless it is understood that the word "service" may only mean that you are being "serviced"

The management of TracFone and SafeLink should hang heir heads in shame.

Posted by Mary


I called in to report my phone as BROKEN and it was documented that I said it was stolen/lost, and now these people will not give me my minutes! I spoke with 3 people and they were very short with me and just kept saying there is no way to give me my minutes because it was not documented as broken. It is not my fault that the agent did not document the computer correctly. It is only 250 minutes, it's not like it's a thousand or anything! I have small children, and I have a safelink phone for a reason. I am unemployed and need a form of communication. But they did give me a whole TEN free minutes! How generous... that will at least cover the hold time!

Posted by Anonymous


hi all been trying to get mine phone sents 6/23/13. ok to get a person just go to the first number and after the message just hit 0 3 time and you will get a person.

Posted by Kat


I have been having a problem for the last 2 1/2 YEARS! It has been escalated to corp. many times. I had to request a replacement phone, as the first one would not work once I left a certain area and it left me without a phone any time I had to travel out of the area. the new phone works great!

The problem is they reissued the original phone and have still not taken the serial number from my account. So Most months I have to call and make a ticket to get my minutes.

I need all the ticket numbers and what action was taken on them for a complaint to the senitor's office. Which I have been unable to get. Nor after, TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF TRYING!!! can I get safelink to remove the reissued serial number from my account.

Posted by Fed up


I have been on the phone for 12 hours trying to talk to someone about my lost phone to no avail. I called Safe Link corporate office Phone: they could not help me but they did transfer me to Safe Link where I was able to talk to a real person that took care of my problem right away. Phone is on the way and I am a Happy Camper. Hope this phone number helps some of you.

Posted by fatal crash


I am a friend of Mr Travell Armstrong who is having a horrible time with safelink customer care service and there lack of english speaking tellers who simply dosent understand that his phone was stolen with several requests for a new phone which they said they have already issued that He has never recieved He has constantly been reccomended a better secure service by sending it to a P.o Box insuring acceptance. instead he feels as though he is being treated like a illegal alien instead of a U.S citzen from customer care along with there supervisor being unable to use the enrollment id given to him by you guys or the last 4 digits of his social security number to complete his application or request. I strongly suggest that corporate office immediately investagate these allegations that many of us are stating as facts that the way your system is designed to make it hard for a person such as Mr Armstrong to get help or for anyone else to even recieve a device from you guys Thanks for your time

Posted by Anonymous


I Am Writing This Letter As A Complaint Against One Of Your Employees; Cimmarron Patterson. Mr Patterson Has Displayed Unprofessional Behavior While
Working As A Safelink Emloyee At The Nassau County Dept Of Social Services. This Behavior Includes Sexual Harrassment, Intimidation, And Menacing Behavior.
This Behavior Is Effecting The Employees As Wel As The Clients Coming To Receive Services. I Would Like To Formally Request That He Be Prohibitted From Coming
Back To This Location As It Is Causing A Very Demeaning And Unhealthy Enviornmnt. I Tank You In Advance For Your Attention To This Matter, And I Am Requesting
That My Identity Remain Annonymous So As Not To Incure Any Further Problems With Your Employee.



Thank You

Posted by Anonymous


As a Resident Service Coordinator in Senior Housing I have occassion to refer this service to our residents. I have NEVER experienced such frustration as I have encountered with the SafeLink overseas technical support. Spending hours on the phone - being transfered to other numbers only to be told the same things and have never had a positive outcome. The technical support for the senior population and those who may not have any tech savvy is just short of abuse.
This is the third phone, in two months, I'll be returning with a request to terminate a resident's agreement.
shameful

Posted by CLutz


I have been trying to reach a representative for technical support. each time I call I do as asked through automatic system, each time I am asked to turn my phone off and wait 15 minutes and try to make a call and if I can't to call back to talk to someone. I have tried this over 100 times at different times of the day and nothing, I don't talk to noone and it says the .me thing over and over. I am very upset. This is the only phone I have for someone to get in touch with me with. I have 3 children who need to get in touch with me in case of emergency. I have not had been able to access my phone for over a week now!!!! I need for someone to get in touch with me ASAP!!! Not a very happy customer at all!!!! I%

Posted by SERIOUSLY??


I have been on hold for over three hours, I'd gladly send anyone the screen cap pic of the five hour and six min call that I placed to Safelink. They sent me a replacement phone and just like everyone else, the phone will not work. This is the ninth call over two weeks and they can not get it activated. I don't understand how a federally funded government program can pay for phone service to a company that outsources our American Tax Dollars to a foreign company call center. TracFone, based in Miami Florida, should be ashamed of taking Hardworking dollars of the American people and sending it to another country, especially since this is a Government assistance program...by the way, did I mention I was on the phone for over five hours today..one phone call...when I finally gave up after 3 hours and 6 mins of holding for a rep to come back after placing me on what she promised was a three min hold...after 6 transfers from dept to dept.

Posted by marine8401


This is, without a doubt, the worst company that I have ever had to deal with. It's bad enough that almost no companies answer their phones utilizing actual human beings, but to be hung up on by a voice menu/computer is extremely unprofessional and uncalled for. I am not racist, but every time I called to set up my new phone I would be talking to someone in either Columbia, Belize, or Uruguay who had no idea what customer service really means. I never thought that I would say this, but I remember the "good old days" when you could call any company and actually speak to a live body.

Posted by [email protected]


I Am Very Very Upset. The 800 Numbers Are No Help At All. Receptionist That Answered The Phone Is Rude And No Help! I Am Very Fustrated. If I Do Not Get An Answer I Am Reporting To The Bbb And The Federal Bureau That Handles The Free Phone For Seniors.

Posted by mattsbear


5 days of crappy customer service! I finally track down corp. phone number they tell me to call back Customer service call centers should be located within this country!

Posted by k-turner


Good luck to all who need to contact them regarding anything. I tried for three days to get through their robot menus with no success and an unanswered email. I went on their support page and had to post 5 duplicate posts so they could reply (which I did) and still no response. Then I went on their Facebook page and filed a support ticket. After a couple of emails the final one stated they needed a phone number to contact me at. 30 minutes later was an email stated my ticket was open for 24 hours and then closed to please file another ticket. Really? How much time do you think we have to spend on this. When I posted on their Facebook page, of course they said they would help IF I would file another ticket. I am done with them, I will walk and find a phone, so done with them and filing a complaint with the FCC. Why should they be able to collect Government funds when they treat people like this.

Posted by jodi


it very hard to get a person on the phone to get help with your safelink phone.and the recorded message dont work right.

Posted by starlennox


SAFELINK customer service stinks can't talk to anyone it is all automated I guess I have been trying to reach them about my phone
not working for 2 months won't turn on at all I have tried two different chargers from friends and still does not work I do not want to loose my minutes or my service and i do not know what to do I am disabled and this is my only means of communication. Please help I need my phone!!!!

Posted by danopam


I just called to add minutes to my phone, the person I talked to asked me my name 3 time, my cell phone number 3 times, asked my home phone number, then asked my bank name. This has never happened to me before. I asked why he needed this, I told him I gave him this all before. He was laughing at me, I told him he doesn't need my home number or my bank name, he said he had to relay the information to the application and verify with my bank. So I gave it to him. He kept laughing at me, I asked to speak to someone in the U.S. because he said he was in Colombia. He put me through to his supervisor, he never asked for my bank name or my home number. I am worried this other person will use my credit card for other things. The supervisor said he would look into it and "guaranteed me that nothing will happen to my card." If anything happens to my card after this, I know where to send the police.

Posted by rebellman


I don't believe that there are any humans working at SafeLink, nor Trac Phone the parent company, because in trying to get a person to tell that my phone was stolen, I get nothing but computers that don't offer that option, so apparently there is no way to report a SafeLink phone lost or stolen. I am told to call Tech Support, but when I do a computer tells me to turn on my phone if it's not on already and then verifies that it is working (sure, it's working, the thief is getting free minutes as I type). This morning I tried again and I was told that there is a transaction being accomplished and to wait 15 minutes and try a call and if it doesn't work to call back. That was hours ago and that's the same message I get. So, apparently the thief gets a free phone and 125 roll over mintues until next year when my certification (that was actually done AFTER the phone went missing) expires and there is nothing on God's green earth that can be done about. I even tried telling that I was no longer eligible and they would cancel the service, but the thief STILL get my 12 hours of minutes, most of which I bought. Try Assurance Wireless (Virgin Mobile service).

Posted by Anonymous


Safelink sent me a replacement phone for a malfunctioning one. I called to get the new one activated and they couldn't get it activated.I was told after several calls that it would be 2 days BEFORE IT WAS ACTIVATED! I am an elderly person,disabled and in bad health.These geniuses couldn't get my new phone number and minutes from the old phone to the new phone.The purpose of this program is to have an EMERGENCY PHONE available. What is going on with these people?

Posted by Anonymous


do not try for a human is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!

Posted by Sannda


My phone quit working over a month ago. Have been trying for a long time now to get it replaced. I have called & sent emails endlessly. They checked the phone twice. The first time a girl at the office said it needed a new sim card. I received it & put it in my phone but it still did NOT work. When I called back a boy there said I needed a new phone, took my info & then he DISCONNECTED me! Never called me back ! Now they keep saying to turn the phone on & make a call & if that doesn't work then wait an hour & try it again. Due to being tore-up my phone won't even TURN ON. Have told them this but the response is the same...all they know to tell me is turn the phone off & turn it back on. I am alone, elderly & in desperate, desperate need of the phone. Maybe if I could speak to someone that was an American I might get something done. I can't make them understand that the phone is not working. Due to this being a hopeless situation am filing a complaint against them to the FCC.

Posted by lilloupophil


i own a house and my new renter has tried to get a safelink phone.she was told she could not get a phone because someone else has a phone at that address.which is not true the name that wasgiven to me moved three years ago.i have tried to get it strightne out but they will not fix it

Posted by Anonymous


11113010 I did not get my mins for January 2013. It said the first 3 days and have some mins on phone and i did that,

Posted by Bibbit


Just try to speak to a person. What a joke!!If you are lucky enough to get a person you cannot understand them. I am an American and would like to be treated as such. Is this the way our government works? Safelink has become a joke. I tried to call to see why I have not received my minutes this month and was on hold for 50 minutes. No one ever came on the line.

Posted by Anonymous


safe seems as though they cannot be held accountable disrespect and terrible customer service we poor people dont count

Posted by Anonymous


I am having extremely difficult time re-verifying for a safelink phone. Have spent over 2 days-yes 2 days trying to get through the lines-your corporation would not let me verify on line. I spoke with 2 seperate "customer service" reps -one being a supervisor that were entirely over rude-and would not help or refer me to someone that could. We need this phone for a emergency in our household due to medical difficulties but we cannot get anyone to assist. This phone we have had for 3 years without any problems until now.

Posted by unimpressed


This is my second unhappy year with safe link. I am really tired of calling for assistance and trying to talk to someone with such broken English I have no-clue what I should do or what they are saying. More GOVERNMENT money pissed away. I do not get a signal!!!!!!!!!!!!!The customer NO SERVICE wasted at least 15 minutes of my time and said it was working fine. NO SIGNAL!!!!!Soon after I got it for this year ( had to return one) I got emails and calls that I had to use it or loose it. Hard to use something that does not work. I want to return it. WHO do I contact to do so????????????

Posted by lynn


my safelink phone has 3554.50 min. because it will not work . i have to go appr. 2miles down the road before it will pickup a signal. this suppose to be a phone for emergengys. i have trid to git help from safelink and everytime. i git transfered to some tech. and the my call goes dead please call later. this safelink junk is a joke that the goverment is paying for i think comsumer affiars need to investgate and the govners office to cause i know i am not the only one thank you lynn hart safelink

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