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Member Reviews: CREDO Mobile

Positive Reviews

dana1981

awesome service provider

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Pros: donates money to good causes

Cons: none

We recently switched my wife's cell phone provider from T-Mobile to Credo.  I've had my eye on Credo for almost a year since I found out they donate money to good causes - 1% of charges plus they give you the option of rounding up your bill to the nearest $1/5/10 and donating the difference.  I'm still on a contract until April, but my wife switched over and has been happy with it. The coverage is just as good as T-Mobile.  The plan isn't quite as economical - $29.99/month gets you 200 minutes with Credo and 300 minutes with T-Mobile.  However, since neither of us ever uses 200 minutes in a month, it makes no difference to us.  Text message costs are identical (15 cents per text unless...
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GdListenr

Good Company

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Pros: Abie to take progressive action with other citizens

Cons: Could pay less for cell phone in my area, but I choose Credo. It's worth it.

I think Credo is such a good idea.  Too bad Working Assets couldn't spread the idea to many other industries.  Perhaps there'd be more jobs for our young people to get started in life.  But I don't know, since I think their customer service is not in the US.  But I do think they are a good company to order from.  Based on some of these negative comments, though, it seems that people don't take enough time to understand what they are buying? Or just maybe many are conservative trolls? 
Lisa F

Best Mobile Service Provider

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Pros: Great service, coverage, etc.

The people at Credo Mobile are always responsive and pleasant whenever something comes up when I need to talk to them.   No drama, just good service.   We chose them because they are much more socially responsible than other carriers - Verizon is the WORST!

Negative Reviews

DavidM

Scamming or Incompetent?

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Pros: absolutely none

Cons: everything else about them

 I subscribed to Credo mobile because I believed in their philosophies. The first month was good, though I found the service areas a bit limited. Then in the second month I was notified that I had 200 overage minutes and owed them $192, rather than the $60 agreed upon amount. When I called, I got copies of my useage and could not see anywhere that I had that many minutes. Then I looked closer and saw that I had been charged for calls between my and my wife's phone, mobile to mobile which are supposedly free. Then I received an email from them, explaining that I could avoid such overage charges if I upgraded my service. It looked like the old bait and switch, with a scam thrown in. I am...
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bigbear

I wish it were that great

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Pros: They do donate...some; they do not give your records to the government

Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE

My experience with Working Assets then CREDO started out OK then turned sour with age. I did like the support for causes, not having our phone records released to the government, etc. but the reception was sometimes dicey like at places I frequent like my mom's house (big dead zone there). Further, my wife and I had had some not always positive experiences with customer service representatives. Recently, customer service seems to have improved but systems management has not. In fact the whole system seems really messed up. We recently upgraded our old phone for free (nice I must say) but have had to go through the cycle of plugging them in and leaving them alone for four hours to have...
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ngant17

credo mobile feedback

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Pros: progressive company

Cons: not itemizing bills

They supposedly give you a 30-day cancellation before you buy into it.  In less than a week after getting phone, I already got a bill for $40 dollars and I haven't even got my old number transferred over.  I can't even make a single call yet!!  Sounds like I'm gonna get a lot of hidden charges in the future. They don't even itemize what the bill is for.   Although I support progressive companies, I'll have to pass on this one.  They don't have an accurate way of billing you in advance, it all comes as a surprise to me.

More Reviews

tfegan1

CREDO - not ready for Primetime

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Pros: Polite and apologetic customer service

Cons: Inept

The biggest phone disaster I have ever encountered.  I switched to CREDO - my phone went down after about 12 hours. I kept calling and getting people who would tell me to reset the phone - I finally got a hold of someone who said they would look into it. The next day I called and was told they were working on it. I do not have a land line - I use this phone for my personal use and business back up.  After 3 more days of being told it would be fixed by the end of the day, someone finally said, we are giving it the highest attention - but it will be another 3-5 days before we can have this fixed. (This has now been 5 days without a phone already) I then said I will have to switch to another...
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DoctorD

Expensive service and limited services

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Pros: Gives to progressive causes

Cons: Extremely expensive and very limited services

I switched to Credo because I thought I was doing good, but I quickly found that the old saying, "no good deed goes unpunished" was true at Credo.   $191 monthly bill for two smartphones and no services like Google Talk integration (available on the Sprint network), wi-fi calling, international plans, etc. make this a poor choice for anyone.   I'm actually about to drop them because I ended up with a $900 bill after going to Canada last month.  They claim that I accessed roaming data, for which they charge $1.99/MB (Sprint charges $2.99/month).  However, I had data turned off and was only using my hotel's wi-fi.  I am waiting on a response, but from...
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melvingoldb

Do yourself a favor and do not Credo as your cell provider

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Pros: none

Cons: send used phones with preoblems and do not stand behind them

Do yourself a favor and do not Credo as your cell provider I have been a Credo customer for 2 years In that time I have gone through 2 HTC Heroes and 3 Samsung GalaxyII phones I have spent countless hours with their techs trying to resolve issues with the phones and having to reset everything after doing factory resets. None of this wasted time corrected the problems I was experiencing!!!!! It was obvious that warranty replacement phones were recycled problem phones that still had problems. Their techs repeatedly told me that the Hero was a problem phone.  Credo never attempted to notify me or replace them with a new phone.  When the 2nd Hero did the exact same thing as...
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rthereanyleft

Not getting this service

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I received an invite in my email.  I came and read the reviews and absolutely WILL NOT be signing up for Credo.  I am sorry for all the people (the majority) who have had such a horrible experience.  I am thankful though they identified the problem so no one else will get screwed.  So much for their "progression" ideas.  I don't care much for most of their causes anyway. 
Ilse

I love CREDO Mobile

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Pros: Excellent customer service and coverage

Cons: None for me

We have been with CREDO Mobile for years now and I could not be happier. The reception is great even in our rural Kentucky area (Sprint network) and I ALWAYS get great customer service. I left Verizon because of their deplorable customer service and I am still very happy. The rates are the same I used to pay with Verizon and the coverage is as good if not better.
satisfied cust

Excellent

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Pros: Everything

Cons: could have a larger selection of phones, but I got the phone I wanted, the Samsung Galaxy 111.

Looking at these reviews here, there may have been problems years ago, but I have been with Credo now about 3 years and they are an excellent company. I got a simple flip phone when I started, then a Blackberry and now I have the Samsung Galaxy 111. I get excellent reception, and great customer service and tech support. You actually get a live person on the phone failrly quickly when you call.  
Laura Luna

Laura Luna

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Pros: Organizations that are supported

Cons: customer service is awful

The customer service is awful for this company. It's great that they are supporting organizations around the  world, however if you break your phone or have any problem with it, and especially after hours you have no one to get in touch with. They have no chat lines, they have no stores anywhere, where you could go buy a phone in an emergency. When I bought the phone, their customer service didn't offer me insurance, so my phone broke and now I had to pay over $200 for another phone since they didn't have any deals and also had to pay for shipping because they didn't want to pay for my shipping. The cancellation fee is $330 and I so regret leaving Verizon. Whenever I had a problem...
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TwangGuru

Completely Happy

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Pros: Easy to understand billing, decent coverage

Cons: No "hot spot" feature

I've been completely satisfied with my service and billing. I left T-Mobile... now THERE'S a nightmare!!!
RadicAl

Beware of Crooks

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Pros: None

Cons: Liars

This is the worst company I ever had to deal with. They are liars, cheeters and crooks. Don't let yourself get fooled by their progressive claims. Don't be fooled when they tell you that they cover your area and that you'll never have to worry about signal. Don't let yourself get carried by their technical support BS. If you're thinking to join them, RUN as far away from them as you can. If you're stuck like me and feel very frustrated, join me in filing a class action against them. No matter how cunning they might be, they are not above the law. They will pay for their crimes.  
progpen

OK coverage, very good service, great causes

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Pros: phone selection, causes

Cons: coverage

We've been on Credo for about 2 years and will probably be sticking with them for at least 2 more.  I had been on both Verizon and ATT for many years before and the coverage was great but the service was at best frustrating.   The one frustrating thing about Credo has been the coverage, and honestly, I've almost given up on them a couple times because of this, but then I find that the bad coverage areas are:   1)  Places I don't go often 2)  Bad coverage for all the carriers   Customer and technical support have on the whole been very good, occasionally bordering on excellent.  So this is why I stay.  
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