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About Me

I just started this page on March 5, 2007, after I got my phone bill for $8,677.29!!! This page is for anyone and everyone who has ever gotten screwed by Cingular.

My Interests

Tips on how to fend off The Orange Menace:

1. First try to resolve the issue with Cingular. You can do that by dialing 611 on your phone and being placed on hold forever and tossed from one customer representative to another.

2. Contact the Better Business Bureau (BBB). If the customer service representative cannot solve your problem or tells you they will call you back regarding your problem then visit https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx to file a complaint. That should help you get their atttention.

3. File a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To do so, check out http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cib/fcc475.cfm

4. Is your complaint highly unusual? If so, please report it to www.consumerist.com . These guys did an incredible job sharing my story with their readers.

5. If you can think of what else can be done let me know. I will add it to this list.

I'd like to meet:

Stan Sigman, Cingular CEO

Music:

Anything but ring tones.

Books:

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Heroes:

"Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression."
-Pythagoras

My Blog

Cingular extorts $60 dollars a month from me

Just when I thought I was free of Cingular, I was wrong. On Friday, April 6, I called to cancel my account. They told me that if I cancelled my account they would cancel my $8,000 credit. So now I am...
Posted by The Orange Menace on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:12:00 PST

Cingular Update: Good News!!!

Cingular has waived roughly $8,300 from my account. Now I just have to pay about $400. I will also have to pay roughly another $200 to cancel my account. Thank the gods this nightmare is finally behin...
Posted by The Orange Menace on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:44:00 PST

Still waiting - Day 4

I am still waiting for Cingular to conclude their "investigation."
Posted by The Orange Menace on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:09:00 PST

This should have been my first blog - I hope it answers your questions.

My current cell phone bill is $8,677.29. I had Cingular since 2003. In November of 2006 I purchased the Cingular 8125 Pocket PC. I loved it. I had a cell phone that could access the internet and my bi...
Posted by The Orange Menace on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

Robbed $8,677.29 by Cingular

Last night I filed a complaint with Cingular regarding my outrageous phone bill. They said it would take 72 for me to get a response. I also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) las...
Posted by The Orange Menace on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:10:00 PST