1/5
Something I've been noticing a great deal lately is that calling customer service lines is the most time consuming as well as time wasting endeavors I can possibly attempt during my oh so precious time off of work. I went through this company for the Lifeline program. I chose it because they included a free cell phone, but what I hadn't anticipated is that the phones are the cheapest of the cheap repurposed Chinese phones you can possibly get. There's a 1 year replacement warranty on the phone, which I had to use because after having it for less than a month it suddenly locked up and wouldn't turn on; nor could I pop out the battery or have any success with their troubleshooting suggestions. I was supposed to FedEx the broken phone back & they would send a new one. Of course they claimed not to have received it; leaving me phoneless even longer. I finally got the replacement phone & it was broken before the original 1st year was up, but they said they only do 1 replacement & I'd have to pay $75 for their cheapest replacement. They transfer you to different departments and it's always a long drawn out ordeal. Sometimes you don't receive texts or others don't receive yours, & the call quality is terrible as well.
I saw that SafeLink was also providing phones so I switched. Of course Assurance shut my service off in the middle of the night; well before I got my new phone. I can't believe how much better the phone is & has way more memory. Don't bother with the refer a friend program through Assurance. I had to argue for days for the Amazon gift Card Assurance was supposed to have sent me.
Do yourself a favor and choose SafeLink!