T-Mobile is accused of playing a dirty game of « squeeze and buy » as it bought out minority-owned locations for little or no compensation.
T-Mobile is currently embroiled in a class action suit (via Top Class Actions) brought by individually-owned T-Mobile stores. The owners of these stores say that T-Mobile lied to Congress when it said that the merger with Sprint would result in the opening of hundreds of retail stores. Instead, these store owners say that T-Mobile ended up buying up minority-owned locations for little to no compensation.
Per Top Class Actions, the stores and T-Mobile met virtually on December 18th trying to reach a mediated agreement. In a letter to Judge U.S. District Judge Diane Gujarati, the plaintiffs said that the two sides could not reach an agreement. T-Mobile will now ask the court to hear its motion to dismiss the suit while the stores are asking the court to begin the discovery process during which both sides exchange a list of the evidence they plan on presenting in court.
T-Mobile fails to reach a mediated agreement in an attempt to hold off a class action lawsuit against it
The class action suit claims that T-Mobile conspired with national T-Mobile retailer and Master Dealer Arch Telecom to close or buy the mostly minority-owned T-Mobile stores.
