TracFone
TracFone Overview
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TracFone has a 1.9 star rating from 679 reviews, 6% would recommend, consumers mostly dissatisfied; price level rated medium with pros of no contract and low price and recurring cons around customer service and refunds.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Expect long waits and chatbot routing when seeking live support; TracFone reviews cite many customer complaints.
- Good for a cheap, no contract option if you prioritize price over support.
- Confirm activation, refunds, and billing policies before purchase.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent customer service failures and tech support issues.
- Problems with refunds, exchanges, cancellations, and unexpected charges or billing.
- Account access, website/app failures, lost minutes or deactivated service.
Positive Feedback
No contract and low price praised; some agents resolved issues and customers report successful activations and helpful support.
The generated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
TracFone has a 1.9 star rating from 679 reviews, 6% would recommend, consumers mostly dissatisfied; price level rated medium with pros of no contract and low price and recurring cons around customer service and refunds.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Expect long waits and chatbot routing when seeking live support; TracFone reviews cite many customer complaints.
- Good for a cheap, no contract option if you prioritize price over support.
- Confirm activation, refunds, and billing policies before purchase.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent customer service failures and tech support issues.
- Problems with refunds, exchanges, cancellations, and unexpected charges or billing.
- Account access, website/app failures, lost minutes or deactivated service.
Positive Feedback
No contract and low price praised; some agents resolved issues and customers report successful activations and helpful support.
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TracFone Collective Complaints
Need replacement phone
connect to the agent. I returned a defective phone and need a replacement. The defective phone arrived at your place via UPS at 5:59 on 5/5/2026.
- Unknown
- Customer service
User's recommendation: purchase from another
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Verified Reviewer |Refusal for Refund of Defective I--Phone
- - Bought an iPhone 5 from Tracfone that wouldn't work and had no setup.
- - Returned by certified mail, there was no refund update, and about $255 was spent.
Multiple phone calls to Tracfone service reps with nothing settled. Multiple letters including a certified letter to Tracfone with the return of their defective iPhone.
Wife investigated the phone and determined that it was not a new phone but a used one.
It could not call out nor receive any phone calls. .
We have used Tracfones for years and they have been good. Personally, I have a flip phone I've had for years again from Tracfone. Anyway, it simply did not work. There was no usual new phone information whatsoever except for a small piece of paper from Tracfone simply saying to turn it on.
I personally called a rep and said no instructions should it be charged first. She said of course. Then the trouble was it would not call out or receive calls. We called a multitude of Tracfone people to get it to work—no luck, so we said we would send it back to the last tech rep.
On November 25th, 2025, they received it as indicated by certified mail at their Miami, Florida, Resolution Center. No correspondence back. I sent a subsequent five letters to them about a refund, but nothing back whatsoever. Then we went through four reps on the telephone.
First, they said they never got it, then they finally said we did, and then they said no SIM card in the phone? We assumed the card was inside as no SIM card was sent separately to install when the new phone arrived. Before we sent the phone, we determined that this phone was manufactured five years before. Now we believe this was a used telephone traded in under their promotion programs.
Okay, final chapter: we went through another four reps in recent days, with one first stating 'unfortunately,' then we were cut off. Others hung up on us after we kept insisting you have our phone, give us a refund. The phone cost about $240 and about $15 to ship back to them certified mail. At this time, if anyone is looking for a phone with service, do not use Tracfone.
We will never use Tracfone again, as when our paid-for service ends, we will go elsewhere.
The company might have been good before, but now to use it is simply related to telephone service mafia. 'Run' from this disreputable company.
- Good coverage low rates
- Dishonest practices
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Run away as Fast as you can!
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Verified Reviewer |For some reason after years of using my...
For some reason, after years of using my phone, my name was taken off Tracfone. Then I found out they wanted me to give them my password.
Well, now I can't get on my Tracfone at all. I can't believe this!!!
- Good past service
- Husband and i joined together and now mine is gone
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Verified ReviewerBad Customer Service
2 calls, twice hung up from customer service. I want to cancel my service for phone number 501-522-****.
Phone broke. No longer need this service.
- Very bad customer service
User's recommendation: Never
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Verified ReviewerDjibril Qbn this person has been using my lifeline phone service!
I was about to inquire about obtaining a replacement phone since I lost my previous one. My phone number is 310-935-****. This is how I discovered this unknown person using my profile.
Preferred solution: Another phone
User's recommendation: Make it easier for customers to monitor their accounts or to flag their accounts for possible fraud.
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Verified Reviewer |I am a forgetful old lady who just needs a real person to reconnect my tracfone for which I am willing to start as a new customer. Not happy with Tracfone.
Just connect me using my same phone but as an all new start-up. I don't understand why you won't just do this one thing.
This message will not print 100 symbols. This has become a sick joke as far as I'm concerned.
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Verified Reviewer |Almost five hours on phone still did not fix problem
- - Website won't load for hours; no live agent available.
- - Double charged on my card; extended time not showing; seeking credit.
Website not working for hours and days to load phone. Virtual assistant won't give you a live agent.
After hours and hours, I went to sales to get anyone live who double charged my credit card and still no extended time showing it was loaded on the phone on the website. Five hours in total, close to it yesterday with them still not fixed. Now I am overcharged, the phone is set to expire, and I have to get a credit for the overcharge.
I won't hold my breath when will someone actually fix the problem. Never apparently ten years a customer, it has gone way downhill for sure.
- Good value when it work
- Worst customer service
- Bad website
- Hard to get live agents
Preferred solution: refund for the overage and them actually fixing the account so the money they charged me loads the phone with extended plan like I am being double charged for
User's recommendation: still good value but worst website and customer service ever
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Verified Reviewer |I just bought a TracFone and tried to...
choose another company after 20 years as a loyal customer they did not even try to solve my problem.
I just bought a TracFone and tried to activate it online and by pnone no luck my old phone was hacked and I cannot use it after years of using TracFone. i am very upset
User's recommendation: use another company
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Verified ReviewerWipes out all of my data, texts and phone calls. Happened four times since December, every month.
- - Texts, data, and minutes wiped out Dec 24; fix took 3 hours after Verizon bought Tracfone.
- - There were recurring issues Jan 28 and Feb 27.
Starting Dec 24, all of my texts, data, and phone minutes were wiped out. It took 3 hours to fix.
Then it happened again on January 28 and again on Feb 27, today. I have been a Tracfone customer for 20 years, no problems.
Verizon has bought out Tracfone. Now I have problems.
- No bills
- Great for seniors
- Horrible customer service
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Be careful. I think Verizon is the problem and don’t know how to get in touch with them.
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Verified Reviewer |Rewards Program Scam
- - Rewards offered a $10 off code for 1000 points.
- - The code does not work on refills and is for device purchases only.
- - Points cannot be reversed once redeemed.
Rewards program offered a $10 off code for 1000 points. Deducted the 1000 points, but the code does not work on a refill.
Nothing of what was said, the offer just said $10 off. When asked to place the 1000 points back onto the rewards, I am told it cannot be done. The discount code is valid for device purchases rather than refills.
I'm sorry to inform you that reward points cannot be reversed once redeemed. That should have been revealed when the promo code was presented!
- Customer service long wait times and un-cooperative
Preferred solution: 1000 Rewards Place back onto Rewards.
User's recommendation: Beware TracFone Rewards Program
I don't speak Spanish
Last summer, my i14 was stolen. That same day, I went to Walmart and purchased an i13.
Now the phone locks up and called 911 twice. I was wondering if the phone is still under warranty and how to get a replacement.
Preferred solution: Get a replacement
User's recommendation: Learn to speak Spanish
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Verified Reviewer |No customer service
- - Limited chatbot options with no path to a live person.
- - Email change sends confirmation to old address that doesn't work; no live support.
Only able to 'talk' with a chatbot with a limited number of options none of which are "Would you like to talk to a live person?"
I wanted to change my email but to do that they sent a confirmation email to the old address which doesn't work. Can't talk to a person to fix it, they just send confirmation emails to the old address.
THIS IS NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Cheap
- No customer service
Preferred solution: Them to answer the phone to customers and stop using bots
User's recommendation: Look elsewhere if you want decent customer service
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Verified Reviewer |T mobile called stating they took over trac phone
Got a call from T-Mobile stating they took over Tracfone. Is this true? I want to stay with Tracfone.
Preferred solution: If you change comp0anies
Poor tech support
- - Activation blocked by Tracfone; line blocked, 30-min wait.
- - New number given I didn’t want; tech’s error left me with a useless phone.
I needed to activate a new phone, was having an issue that didn't allow me to continue with the activation, I decided to call Tracfone "tech support", the fellow, in India, told me that the line was blocked, and he was going to unblocked, and I had to wait 30 minutes for that. The 30 min.
passed, he was still on the line, and then he informed that the new phone had a new number, something that I told him not to do it, that I needed the same old number.
He tried to delete the new number, and couldn't do it. Well, I ended up with a worthless new phone, all because that technician screwed up.
User's recommendation: Think twice about Tracfone's tech support.
Benn customer for over 30 years sevice had always been great. After sll out service is non existance.
simply be available to your customers.I was trying to add another year to my service to no avail. 00000
- Good past service
- Normally good service
Preferred solution: to add my year of service.
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Verified Reviewer |Setup
Activated my new phone and did not get set up. Paid with service plan card and did not get any service.
Preferred solution: Activated on new phone
About
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TracFone Wireless Inc. is the largest US prepaid cell phone provider. It was founded in 1997 as an affiliate of America Movil. The subscribers are not obliged to buy contracts. The company cooperates with global major cell telephone manufacturers, such as LG, Nokia and Motorola. The company has a bright selection of phones and accessories from handsets to the latest flip camera phones. TracPhone is recognized to be the best coverage provider. TracFone has close partners among world-wide cell phone retailers, therefore the customer service and delivery are on the highest level.
TracFone is ranked 400 out of 2419 in Telecommunications category
USA, Other
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