First, I would like to make it clear that I absolutely love Cricket and its services. My wife and I have recommended them to several people over the years. Unfortunately, until the unlock policy is changed, I will never buy a phone from Cricket again. Specifically, the clause in the policy preventing even long time customers in good standing from unlocking a phone for 6 months. I am someone that goes on international trips and as soon as I land in a country (other than Canada and Mexico) my phone mostly becomes a paperweight. The only way to overcome this is to buy a local sim card for my phone and make it fully functional for the length of my trip. Until the policy is changed I will simply buy unlocked phones off of Amazon. I have no plans on ever leaving Cricket, but this policy has made it irrational for me to ever purchase one of your phones again.
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Thank you for reaching out. We do apologize that you disagree with the unlock policy. We appreciate the feedback and will make sure to forward this up.
I just realized this policy is in now in place. I just switched my phone and see that it is not available to be unlocked for 6 months. When did BYOD phones come under this criteria? I can’t understand why this was necessary for those who brought their own phones, and are long time customers.
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BYOD phones are already unlocked. Additionally, if you tell them you’re in the military, they allow you to unlock it.
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