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    • SmartPay, LLC

      720 E Pete Rose Way Ste 400 Cincinnati, OH 45202-3576

    Business ProfileforSmartPay, LLC

    Leasing Services

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Pattern of Complaint:
    BBB files indicate a pattern of complaints concerning billing and collections issues and contract issues, specifically the following issues:

    -Customers experiencing confusion regarding their service plan. Customers allege being provided with information that the service plan was included in the lease of their phone, but later finding that payments on the lease pertained only to the phone itself.

    -Customers experiencing confusion regarding their contracts. Customers allege being provided with information about the payments required to pay off their phones, but later finding they owed more than indicated.

    -Customers being inconsistently charged for payments on their accounts. 

    -Difficulties obtaining cell phone repairs.
     

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.13/5stars

    Average of 112 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    317 complaints closed in last 3 years

    114 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    This business offers cellular phone, rent-to-own, e-commerce services and the hours of operation are online via partner retail stores. 

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    720 E Pete Rose Way Ste 400, Cincinnati, OH 45202-3576
    BBB File Opened:
    10/4/2018
    Years in Business:
    9
    Business Started:
    6/1/2015
    Date of New Ownership:
    9/29/2012
    Alternate Business Name
    • SmartPay Leasing, LLC
    Business Management
    • Mr. Martin Kuhn, CFO
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Martin Kuhn, CFO
    Additional Contact Information

    Customer Complaints

    317 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    06/04/2024

    Complaint Type:
    Billing Issues
    Status:
    Resolved
    I received an email last month which would be the month of May stating that my phone would be paid off in full in the amount of $41.08. I am on disability. I got up June 3 and called the automated service of my bank. I was writing down what had came out that morning…80.13 Was taken from my account from SmartPay. I called the bank telling them that that is not right or they sure that’s who it was from and they said yes. I immediately hopped on my email and lo and behold. There was an email from SmartPay stating that they had taken $80.13… So I called the number associated statement.. I was on hold for over one hour so I hung up. I sent them a couple emails no response. I called again today and finally got somebody. They are trying to tell me that the $80.13 for the final pay plan… Meaning a mins plan. I told the lady that is not right I get my minutes through ******** ****. I just called them yesterday June 3 and got my minutes on my phone and then they will tell me through the automated service that my next plan is due July 2… There are no reserve mins. She kept putting me on hold and getting back on the phone telling me that her team said that there is no way that they could refund me the $39.05 because my plan was already paid in full. I said ma’am you’re not listening I have an email from last month, stating that my Pay $41.08 she continued to tell me there was nothing they could do. I believe I was put on hold five times.. Finally got very upset and I told her never mind. It was not her fault. Thanks for trying, but I would be contacting the Better Business Bureau and she told me good luck.
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    Customer Reviews

    112 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Jeffrey B

    1 star

    06/01/2024

    They constantly bounce back my autopay payment says it was declined but there is more than enough in my account for it to come out. They have access to turn off your phone for being 2 days late but you try to contact them about the issue they dont respond and if they do its the same excuse you need to contact your bank which I have every single month of my 18 month lease because of the same issue my bank has nothing to do with whats going with smart pay payment processing. So getting to the point I would stay away from smartpay because the amount of run around you go through will this company is not worth it. Having to call every month due to them shutting of my phone because of glitches in THEIR system is absurd and then to have to jump through so many hoops just to get the phone back on makes it even worse. Save yourself the headache.

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