T-Mobile’s charging an extra $5 plus tax for paying your phone bill in-store
by Sheena Vasani from The Verge - All Posts on (#6D5ZQ)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has started charging customers who pay phone bills in-store a new $5 Payment Support Charge," plus tax. According to The Mobile Report, the new fee went into effect on July 19th, though prepaid customers will be charged the fee later on.
In a flier shared with The Mobile Report announcing the change to its employees, T-Mobile implies the reason behind the fee is to help enable a digital-enabled future." Yet, as Droid Life points out, employee time spent processing payments may mean less time for more profitable endeavors - like selling phones or add-ons to plans.
Plus, it's a sneaky way to encourage more customers to sign up for AutoPay, which conveniently also offers a $5 per line discount if you pay your bill online - and...