filing for chapter 7 and I owe Sprint and Verizon money

[sillydq]

Once my chapter 7 is discharged and the court sends them notices (verizon and sprint) will I be able to open an new account with sprint and verizon or am I forbinded by them?

[09Lexie]

Its hard to say if you are blacklisted. I would think the deposit would be extremely high. Maybe a pre-paid carrier would be best.

[mrsellis813]

It is hard to say but my DH filed Chapter 7 while he had his sprint account and they didn't close his account, they simply wiped away his current bill and he is maintaining a relationship with them.  Pretty interesting and we were shocked.

[Scupra]

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@mrsellis813 wrote:

It is hard to say but my DH filed Chapter 7 while he had his sprint account and they didn't close his account, they simply wiped away his current bill and he is maintaining a relationship with them.  Pretty interesting and we were shocked.

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I used to work for T-Mobile and they did a very similar thing. They would change the account to no contract and wipe the charges from the account. After d/c you could re-apply and be moved into whatever credit class you were approved for at that point.

[starry1]

There's no way to say, but I'd be surprised if Sprint would blacklist.  Verizon might, but I have no experience with them.