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Lisa C Johnson Catonsville, MD

My husband has Consumer Cellular. He has the basic plan. He just wants to make calls and doesnt want the internet or texting features. The plan is inexpensive because of what he has. The amount is deducted by autopay. We really dont have any dislikes about this company.

5 years ago

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FredB Prospect, KY

For a low-cost carrier, they are pretty good - not great, but better than just okay. Their coverage is not nearly as comprehensive as Verizon, but then neither is their cost. I recently upgraded my old iPhone 6S to a newer iPhone SE. After activating and setting up, I kept getting a 'no service' indicator on the new phone. I checked the iOS and iTunes software - all up to date. I restarted both my computer and the new phone, no joy. I removed the new SIM card and reinserted - that didn't work. Then, I swapped out the new SE SIM card with the old 6S SIM card, and viola! Service! Yet they charged me for a new SIM card that is bogus. And my final complaint - they won't let you send them a message. You have to go online to chat (and wait behind 175 other customers) or phone call, (again, wait until they get around to talking to you). Overall, barely satisfied.

5 years ago

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Joe Flo Taylorville, IL

My experience with Consumer Cellular was a cluster flop. They sent me 3 cards and none of them worked. After 5 weeks the phone wouldn't turn on and they wouldn't stand good on it, they said it was only warranted for one month, I said I don't want this POS!!!

5 years ago

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Joe Parker Kingston, TN

This company is great. We've been with them for about 6 years now, and every so often, they will increase our plan data limits with no increase in costs. Their plans are very affordable, better than any major carrier I've seen. Their coverage is also good, not like the big guys, but I've never not had a signal when I needed one.

6 years ago

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Howard Boulder, CO

I bought an iPhone 7Plus from Consumer Cellular and have had trouble since the beginning with voice clarity. There is so much interference sometimes that I have to hang up and try again. I suspect that I was sent a used phone, though I cannot prove that. Although there is a year's warranty on the phone dealing with Consumer Cellular staff is a real hassle. They may as well not exist. One person told me once that I only have a 9 month warranty! this is obviously untrue as I have the warranty in formation for one year. They asked me to replace the SIM card on the phone, which I did, but the disturbance on calls is still there. They now want me to call on another phone so they can wipe my phone clean. I am hesitant to do that because I am not sure that will solve the issue. Even if they everything clean, I will still have the same phone. Very frustrating. I would not recommend doing business with this provider.

6 years ago

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Jane Tallahassee, FL

I have had Consumer Cellular for over 10 years and have always been very happy with the service. I recently had to replace my phone (a DORO). When I got the new phone, I found that several of the features had changed...and not for the best. With the previous phone, if a caller was in my Contact List, it showed the Contacts name so I always knew who was calling. If it just showed a number, I would just ignore the call since they were usually unwanted sales calls or crank calls. If it was important, they could leave a voicemail. With the latest model, it only shows the phone number so 1) you have to know every contact number and be able to recognize it, 2) you can not answer and hope they leave a voice message, or 3) you can answer what is probably not a caller you don't want to waste time talking to. With the previous model, you could delete records of calls received with one selection. With the latest model, you have to perform 6 separate steps to delete the call record. On my phone, I have to delete the same calls multiple times over several days before they finally stop showing up (example-today {a Tuesday}, it shows calls that were deleted last Wednesday and Thursday--I didn't get calls between last Thursday and today). I called customer service today to find out if there were settings I could change to get the previous features. I talked with the rep for a while. Then she wanted to research something and said she would call back in 10 minutes. She never called back. I would like to be able to write a letter to Consumer Customer but am unable to find an address for the company. I am very dissatisfied with the updated phone and may just switch to another company.

6 years ago

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T Forgette Pleasant Valley, NY

We have used Consumer Cellular for about 6 years. We have never had a problem with them. My wife has a smart phone, I have a 6 year old flip phone and we use the home phone service from them. My service for all 3 are less than $80 a month that includes unlimited calling, long distance, 2 GB data, etc. Cell service is the best.

6 years ago

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Richard Overland Park, KS

The service works well and is much less expensive than my previous AT&T plan. The AT&T customer service (Overseas) became just horrible so I switched. Consumer cellular service is all US based and my experience has been positive so far. The only downside is to get international coverage, the phone needs to operate on the T-Mobile network (you will need a T-Mobile SIM card) and you need to place a $50 deposit with the company, from which your international charges will be deducted. Hopefully they will expand their coverage to include AT&T For international roaming in the future.

6 years ago

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Kathleen Iowa City, IA

I have had Consumer Cellular for 4 years and loved it. This year I bought an iPhone 8 from CC because CC said it now provided phone service oversees. I went to Switzerland and Italy, and my phone NEVER had phone service, unless it was connected to wi-fi. I called CC twice from Rome and received completely incompetent suggestions from Customer Service. One rep told me that I was likely in an area that was not covered. I replied I had been all over the city of Rome and never had service. If oversees travel is important to you, go with another company. By the way, CC uses T-mobile lines in Europe. I checked T-mobile service in Rome -- customers report being very happy with coverage. so, something was not right with my phone, and I could not get a Customer Service rep to help. In 6 months, I will shift companies.

6 years ago

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Muriella

The customer is very nice but some of them are not trained very well. In my case when I called to switch, I informed them I lived in a rural area and had no cell service at my home with my current carrier. I told them the hamlet I live in is a known dead zone. I am dependent on wifi calling when at my home. So they send me an ATT sim card and ATT for some antediluvian reason won't support wifi calling. ATT DOES NOT have cell service in my area either. So now my family and my work have no way to contact me. Consumer Cellular said they would send me a T Mobile sim xard because they support wifi. Why didn't they do that in the beginning? Also sending pics is not supported, even when I am on the ATT cell. If you live in an urban area Consumer Cellular would be ok, but if you are in a rural area with known dead zones, I would not reccomend CC.I hope T Moblie better or I will cancel my CC account.

7 years ago

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Woody Locust Dale, VA

Until recently I was very pleased with Consumer Cellular (CC). My wife and I were planning a trip to Europe so we called CC to get a recommendation on keeping one of our cellphones fully functional. The customer service rep recommended I go to a local Target (20 miles away) and get a universal sim card. I did just that and came back home to get the sim card activated for use overseas. The rep activated two of the three features (downloads, texts) that would work over the T-Mobile network there. When we got to Europe my wife’s phone did not work as promised. She had to be tied to a local wireless network in order to text, so it was next to worthless. When I got home I called CC and told them about it. They apologized, but did not offer a real excuse. So I told them to let me put the old CC sim card in and they led me thru the process. The clincher is that the card takes up to 72 hours to get provisioned. So far, her phone has been an exercise in frustration for almost two weeks. What a mess!

7 years ago

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Cir5or Hagerstown, MD

Love love love this company! Half the price I was paying at AT&T, great customer service and the exact same coverage. And they just added more data to my plan at no additional charge! All this without being roped into a contract. I have recommended them to my friends, my kids and my parents all of whom are very happy.

7 years ago

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Manny Katz Redwood City, CA

In trying to transfer a service (ie do a port) from Credo Mobile to Consumer Cellular, and using a current iPhone, they sent us a new SIM card for their network. The card did not work and produced no service. Upon calling CC, they told us that they needed an account number and PIN number from Credo. Well, I said, why did you send us the SIM card before getting this information; as it stood, the SIM card was useless. They told ME to call Credo, which was not for me, as a new customer, to do. They needed to get the porting info before sending me the card. They failed. They asked me for the account number and PIN, not even knowing that CREDO doesn't use PIN numbers. VERY BAD SERVICE.

7 years ago

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Larry and suella baird Sun City, AZ

We went to a target and though they didnt have the newer phone for seniors they told us of the new model doro 7050. It is much better in dusplay and easy yse than older phone. So we went to the company web site to purchase the phone. It was not listed as an option. Only the older doro. I chatted with a Rep from consumer cellular. He saud tgey wont offer the newer midel phone exceot at target...lttough the targets here dont have it...until they sell all tbe older model. This us just not acceptable. They are basically concealing the fact there is a much better phone forcing seniors to buy the old model thats not very user friendly. My husband had the older model and so we know about it.

7 years ago

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Daniel Ward Meridian, MS

Excellent service, you can stay, and we will stay, or leave anytime. Excellent rates. They lower rates as needed if you you don't use minutes or will advise you to chnage if it is on ly for a month, then go back to previous rate. Excellent all the way around, not to mention the excellent phone coverage area.

7 years ago

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Georgia Brazzell Cantonment, FL

We have just begun service with CC so cannot comment on long term, but with set up, cost of phone, Samsung Galaxy J7 and estimated monthly cost, it is exactly what we are looking for and cheaper than what we had. CC has already emailed and called to see if they can do anything else for us at this time. Just gave 4 stars because don't have long term experience with CC.

8 years ago

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Marlene Coville Blakeslee, PA

My husband and I have been very happy with Consumer Cellular. We started with the flip phone and changed to the smart phone. The customer service is fantastic. One flip phone had a problem and they had no problem replacing that phone for us. The service is great and cost is no problem. Since changing to a smart phone they let my husband know when he is getting close to the end of his GB and he either purchases some more or backs off if it is close to the end of the service. I love this company.

4 years ago

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Theresa Clark Lansing, IL

I’ve enjoyed Consumer Cellular for the last 5 years. Their service is reliable and affordable. It was through Consumer Cellular that I got my first iPhone. Their payment plan for the phone was so easy to set up and customer service is always available should you need it. I never have any surprises when my bill comes. Consumer Cellular is a great choice for me, I’m with them for life.

4 years ago

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Jaci Rhoades Bryant, AR

I signed my parents up for this cell service. For my father, mother, and uncle the bill every months is less than $100. a fraction of the cost I was playing before. Understand, this cell phone services is for people over a certain age to quality. You get to pick your own cell phone nothing too complicated. They have unlimited text service, unlimited calls, and internet access.

6 years ago

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Aunt Cathy Bay Saint Louis, MS

I set my mom up with them, to help save her money. The customer service was awesome and talked me thru changing out the sim card in her old one. Then we had a few issues getting everything to work, they hung in there with me. You can't beat a $23 monthly bill for unlimited talk. She doesn't text or use wifi. Has a flip phone.. Now on to AT&T to let them know why we changed her over to CC..

6 years ago

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Kelley Hoepner

Customer service both on the phone and in person was awesome. Particular shout out to Evelyn for her help over the phone.

8 months ago

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Michael Brooks

Got my phone and it was packaged securely. Everything went flawlessly with transferring my data. Also, they don't charge crazy activation fees.

8 months ago

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Edward Robinson

Best Customer service ever! They answered the phone with a real person, not A.I., and stayed with me until my issues were resolved.

8 months ago

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Andrew Hyduke

The rep was very patient with us. We are not very knowledgeable with tech items because we are older. He was really great!

8 months ago

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Shirley Stuckey

It is a blessing to get rid of my former, higher priced carrier! Everything was done so well with and informative agents. Thank You

8 months ago

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Sandy Franz

Very professional, the employees were highly educated on Consumer cellular products. They did whatever they could to make our deal work!

8 months ago

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Kathy Livengood

I really like how fast Consumer Cellular was in helping me to transferer everything from one phone to the other. Top Notch.

8 months ago

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Stephen Kasay

Monthly costs were 1/2 of Verizon, pretty seamless transfer over, since changing, service has been the same as Verizon. Happy to have switched.

8 months ago

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Amy Miller

I decided to become a customer of Consumer Cellular because you have exceptional customer service & great plans an even better value!

8 months ago

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Darius Prince

Customer service was great. I don't remember the woman's name from OKC. She was very informative and polite. She had very good energy.

8 months ago

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Cindy Batson

Consumer Cellular associates were great. Yes, I used more than one. Everyone that helped us was so patient, helping through the entire process.

8 months ago

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Dave Bavero

During the fix, I was able to joke around with the other staff. Nice to know we can laugh while having a problem resolved.

8 months ago

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Sherry Johnson-Mika

It was extremely easy to pick out a new phone and place the order. Shipment was quick and it was fairly simple to transfer to the new phone.

8 months ago

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Robert Hand

The CC rep spent time to get my new phone working and getting a new number for my old phone. Excellent customer service!

8 months ago

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Barb Olsen

They make the process easy. Helpful customer service based in the United States was able to walk me through getting set up in no time.

8 months ago

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John Hagenbarth

Cell coverage is not great and not having stores to visit for upgrades, etc. makes life a bit difficult, especially when dealing with my 93 year old father's phone issues.

8 months ago

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Rick salisbury

When we signed up, they used our landline number in place of one of our cellular numbers which triggered a turn off notice for my land line and WiFi. Spent 8 hrs on phone trying to get it reversed. Totally aggravating experience. How does a service get cancelled without our approval then couldn’t get reversed without someone from consumers to call which was pretty impossible.

8 months ago

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Nellie

The representative made the whole transfer easy. He was very patient throughout the transfer. Have had consumer now for several days and absolutely no problems.

8 months ago

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Frank M

Ordering the phone online was easy. There were several phone options from which to choose. I was just surprised that it took a week for the phone to be delivered. Transferring data and setup of the new phone was easy.

8 months ago

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Jack Pendziwater

It's a real pleasure to talk to a human being that speaks fluent English and is polite, courteous and knowledgeable. Also my initial response time was very minimal.

8 months ago

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I loved how easy it was to switch over I get just as good or better reception now then when I had over priced ATT and I'm paying more then half of what I used to !!!!!!

9 months ago

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Patricia Sentz

Yesterday your rep Mia was absolutely amazing. I might have been her most challenging customer EVER but she had all the patience in the world for me and my electronic illiteracy! Please give her a big raise!!!

8 months ago

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Makaio

Several employees were very nice and helpful, however one was very rude, sassy, and had a bad attitude along with a condescending and disrespectful tone. I'm only saying the following for the sake of being descriptive, but it seems like they were gay or trans or something. Like I said, only being descriptive so y'all can narrow down who it might have been, not including that info for the purpose of being discriminatory or biased. They were rushing and sighed a lot. If certain things weren't done quickly then they had a bad attitude and would be sarcastic as if we couldn't hear it. This person needs to be reprimanded. This is how some of your people are allowed to behave and speak to older people who may not be as familiar with technology. Another complaint I have is about the messy transition from AT&T to CC. AT&T disconnected our service and we received instructions to call to activate a PIN. There was no ability to do that since we had no service. I had to talk to a handful of people through the chat option on the website. There were constant disconnections not due to my own connection. I still had a very good strong wifi connection so the issue wasn't on our side about that. We ended up having to talk to the rude person I mentioned above after we found out how to activate a SIM for one phone. Everything the rude person told us to do could have been conveyed by other means. I could have easily activated our PINs fully if we were given instructions at all. It makes no sense to cut off service THEN say to call you people when you don't even need to call to and you have us struggling to figure out how to contact you people in the midst of no cell service. The whole process made no sense and hate having to call customer service in general already but especially when it's unnecessary and when things could have been done quicker and easier by other means. If an incident like this ever happens to us again, we will be more than happy to send reports to the appropriate agencies to make sure you people take corrective actions in your processes, delivery of information, and customer service skills. If custoner service people want to be treated with more respect and dignity then it's in your best interest to make sure they are adhering to company policy and standards and treats people with the same dignity and respect they expect to be given. I was nothing but respectful and nice. Go play the call back for your superiors and ask them if the way that nasty person talked to us was appropriate.

8 months ago

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Gloria Craw

The transfer of my cell and home phones was handled with ease for me. The Representatives that worked with me were courteous and able to answer my questions and resolve any issues I had. It was a great experience.

8 months ago

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Joan Bender Kissimmee, FL

Staff was helpful in opening our account. The phone back came off and next minute it wasn't working, we had the phone a week. We had to go through the insurance, they are never helpful, it's been a week and no phone replacement. We were told the phone is on backorder. Cheap flip phone, my husband carries a flip for quick use, and no compensation for the fact we have no phone no service.

2 years ago

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tantive011

I give them 2 stars ONLY because my 93 year old father needs a phone!!!! A few years ago I set him up with an account on Consumer Cellular.com We were paying his bill online without issue. All of a sudden, this year I cant log in with the password, it's asking me for a PIN which we never had.................. I contacted customer service, now understand, my father had a stroke last year, so he's not as cognitive as he used to be. So, I talked to the representative whon informed me they need to talk to my father...fine.... then they start asking him all these questions and all they did was confuse him. He told me to hang up and we will just pay by check. so yeah, not good!!!!

2 years ago

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Kerry Clipper Harrison, AR

Service works as expected. Tried other mvno but came back as service better here. Techs are good at helping too. Been customer for many years. They are a couple dollars more but the service makes up for that. I would highly recommend over other options. Same service as AT&T at half the price.

2 years ago

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Dana Tellier Middletown, CT

I've had CC ever since 2017. Loved them. Low cost, great customer service and dependable calls anywhere! But lately my calls have been dropping and people keep telling me my phone's breaking up when I talk to them. I don't live in a dead zone so I should be getting crystal clear phone service. I'm not sure what happened but the service is getting worse. I called customer service, they did a few adjustments but still nothing helped. Now wondering if I should switch carriers.

2 years ago

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Andy Anderson Pahrump, NV

I've had this service for more than ten years. They are a bit backward. Latest example The sim card became obsolete. They replace it for free after it shuts down your phone. I had to pay $10 to expedite shipping which is by USPS and is being delivered after two days. No other options allowed. I will be looking into other providers.

3 years ago

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Mark Atkinson Kansas City, MO

So I recently switched to consumer cellular from being a long time t mobile customer.. The phones great, they're always helpful, but the one thing that I wish they would do is allow me to switch my caller ID. Currently just shows up a number and I'm self employed wanting my business name to show up. T-mobile and AT&T did that but are more costly than Consumer Cellular. In writing this review I hope someone sees it who could change that for me. It could cause me to go back to another carrier unfortunately

3 years ago