Global Tel* Link Corporation

This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because she tried to add funds to her Advance Pay account so a relative in the *** *** Jail (IN) could contact her for the holidaysGTL's automatic payment system said her
payment had been declined; however, the money was deducted from her bank account.We investigated this complaint and determined that there were successful credit card payments made to account number 317-514-on January 2nd and 3rd, we attempted to contact *** *** via telephone several times regarding the decline payment issue with her bank; unfortunately, *** *** never returned our request for a call backAn E-mail was sent to *** *** with this information.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because several of his inmate calls from the Stillwater Correctional facility have been disconnecting prematurely.Unfortunately we were unable to investigate this complaint because
Mr*** did not provide any specific dates, times, area code and telephone numbers of the calls in questionWe have sent Mr*** a letter via US mail requesting this informationOnce/if we receive this information we will be more than happy to investigate this issue.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint at this time and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

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Revdex.com:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ***, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
Regards,
*** ***

April 26, 2016The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because he is requesting the remaining balance on his AdvancePay account credited back to his credit card or refunded.We investigated this complaint and have issued a credit on April 11th in the amount of $back to Mr***'s
credit cardWe attempted to contact Mr*** via telephone to inform him of this resolutionAs of today he has not returned our calls.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours, Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

November 28, 2017This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because he has talked to several GTL CSR’s about gaining access to his account and he is still unable to log on.We investigated this complaint and contacted ***
*** via telephone and assisted him in the process to obtain his user name for our ConnectNetwork website*** *** is now able to lto his account.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi TAgency Complaints

This is a predatory company that uses antiquated equipment and charges an arm and a leg for phone service that nine times out of ten, I do not get because their automated system will not connect the call saying "Your call was not accepted" when it was me who was receiving the callI know for a fact I'm not the only one complaining about this with these crooksThey then just blame your cell phone stating that their system cannot communicate with it properlyThat's funny because my mortgage company, my electric company, my bank, and my cable company all use automated systems and I NEVER have this problem with themThey tell me that I should incur the costs of installing a land line just to be able to speak with an incarcerated loved oneThese fools have a monopoly on the prison phone business so I along with millions of others are stuck with these scumTrust me, if I had options, I would use themI hope that the people that run this company have their loved ones stuck in some sort of life or death situation and have to use this lousy service to call for helpAbsolutely disgusting how they prey on the families of inmates

[To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the responseIf no reason is received your complaint will be closed as Answered]
Complaint: ***
I am rejecting this response because:
I hereby reject GTL's response as, contrary to their averments, GTL has not placed any deposit into my husband's account.On October 12, 2016, GTL contacted me via email stating: "[Global Tel Link] conducted another investigation and the results reflect the $deposit was creditedAlso, I contacted 'Rock view' Accounting Department today and $deposit made September 19th was confirmed and posted to your 'son’s' account on September 28th."First, (and despite correspondence exchanged with GTL), GTL is so inept that they're clearly unable to keep straight that this was a deposit to my husband's account, and NOT to my son'sSecond, on even date, I informed GTL that my husband had not received any deposit from GTLI then asked GTL to send me any/all documents evidencing GTL's alleged trust account deposit/transactionOne would assume that a company handling financial transactions would maintain documents evidencing that these transactions were effectively and successfully made, and that the same should be readily available for productionAt any rate, unfortunately my request has conveniently gone unanswered.It's quite clear that GTL is incompetent and completely incapable of handling individual's FDIC insured fundsFurther, they blatantly lie and conduct business in a fraudulent manner. I respectfully request the Revdex.com take action against GTL for fraudulent business practices and/or to demand GTL produce documentation verifying the alleged deposit to my husband's GTL account.Thank you for your time and assistance in this regard Regards, *** ***
p.sPlease be advised there is also a complaint that has been filed with Alabama's Attorney General's office regarding this issue

November 9, 2016The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because she purchased E-mail services from GTL so she could E-mail her husband who is currently incarcerated in a PADOC facilityThere were E-mails that she sent that he did not receiveMs*** is requesting a credit for the
E-mailsWe investigated this complaint and determined the following:Number of messages sent from Ms***14I am including a printout of the dates and times of the e-mails that have been sent and received by her husband.GTL anticipates that this will close this Complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

September 29, This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because *** *** was advised by GTL that if she would like to continue to receive calls from an inmate in the *** *** Correctional Facility
(TN) she would have to set up an Advance Pay account*** *** would like to continue to have calls billed to her LEC.We investigated this complaint and contacted *** *** via e-mail and explained to her that when a customer exceeds the velocity threshold we ask the customer to set up an AdvancePay accountThe velocity thresholds are not set forth by her Local Exchange carrier but by where the call originates from - GTL's phone platform at the facilityCustomers like herself that receive a high amount of calls within various interval could be subjected to opening a AdvancePay account that needs to be funded through various channels (e.gcheck, money order, Credit cards)This practice in standard in the industry and there are hundreds of thousands of customers utilizing this service every monthAnother option would be that *** *** Could fund the inmate's debit account.For more information about telephone calling plans *** *** can go to the TN DOC websiteShe will be able to see that LEC billing is no longer an optionGTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,Kathi T
Agency Complaints

This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above
The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because her husband is an inmate in the SC Frackville correctional facility and he purchased a tablet from GTLHe began to have some technical problems so he sent it backHe received a new tablet and he was unable to retrieve songs that he had on his old tablet.Our response to this complaint is as follows:
Artist and record labels determine what songs are availableWhile most songs are available all the time there are occasions when artists may stop offering songs or a label will stop offering an artistWhen this happens, a song is unavailable for the inmate to download to his deviceGTL has no control over these mattersIf the artist and/or label decide to make the song available again the song can be downloaded to the inmate's device again and he will not be chargedThis is a music industry wide practiceThe above response was sent to the offender times and explains why the offender is unable to download the tracks at the timeIf the media provider is allowed to place the media back in the catalog, the offender can then download the track to his deviceGTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,
Kathi T***
Agency Complaints

This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because she purchased a GTL Tablet for her brother who is currently incarcerated in A PA DOC facilityHer brother states that when the tablet arrived the screen was cracked.PA DOC
would NOT give her brother the device with a cracked screen, this would be considered as contraband within the facility as the device could be used as a weaponWe have confirmed with PA DOC that the device screen was not broken when delivered to the offenderGTL will not issue any type of refund for this being the damage was caused by the end userIf the device arrived at the facility with a cracked screen, PA DOC would have contacted GTL to have the device replaced as all shipped items are covered by insuranceNo further action is required.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

September 12,
The Consumer Contacted the Revdex.com because some of the calls she receives from her Fiancé who is currently housed in a correctional facility that GTL is the telephone service provider for have been disconnecting prematurelyMs*** is requesting a refund for these callsWe investigated this complaint and contacted Ms*** via e-mail and informed her that we have listened to the recordings of her calls and determined that some of the calls did in fact disconnect prematurelyWe have issued a credit to her AdvancePay account for the dropped calls from 6/01/to 9/04/In addition we provided Ms*** with copies of her calls recordsGTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,
Kathi T***
Agency Complaints

September 12, 2016The Consumer Contacted the Revdex.com because some of the calls she receives from her Fiancé who is currently housed in a correctional facility that GTL is the telephone service provider for have been disconnecting prematurelyMs*** is requesting a refund for these
calls.We investigated this complaint and contacted Ms*** via e-mail and informed her that we have listened to the recordings of her calls and determined that some of the calls did in fact disconnect prematurelyWe have issued a credit to her AdvancePay account for the dropped calls from 6/01/to 9/04/In addition we provided Ms*** with copies of her calls records.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

March 22, 2017This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The consumer contacted the Revdex.com because he made a payment to his AdvancePay account and the money was withdrawn from his credit card but was never applied to his AdvancePay account.We investigated
this complaint and contacted *** *** via telephone and explained to him that the payment applied for the 2nd transaction but declined for the 1st transaction*** *** called his credit card company while we were still on the phone and they confirmed that the $was put back on his credit card on February 24th 2017GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi TAgency Complaints

February 19, 2018This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because she purchased Debit Links for an inmate in the *** Correctional Facility so the inmate could purchase musicShe found out after she made her purchase
that the music feature is not available at this facility.We investigated this complaint and contacted *** *** via telephone and informed her that we have processed the refund in the amount of $back to her credit card*** *** is aware that she needs to allow to business days for the credit to appear on her credit card.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours,Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

December 20, 2016The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because he requested via GTL's Website that the remaining balance in his account in the amount of $refundedMr*** has yet to receive his refund.We investigated this complaint and contacted Mr*** via e-mail and explained
to him that the refund request was never processed because we could not verify that the address we had on file was the Correct addressOnce Mr*** verified his address, the refund request was sent to accounting for processingMr*** indicated that he was satisfied with this resolution.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly.Sincerely yours, Kathi T*** Agency Complaints

This letter serves
as a formal response to the complaint listed aboveCorporate Headquarters
*** *** *** *** *** *** Reston, VA Operations Center*** *** *** *** *** *** Mobile, AL April 12, The Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because he feels that the $credit card processing fee should not be so highWe investigated this complaint and contacted Mr*** via e-mail and informed him as a time courtesy we have issued a credit back to his account for of the feesIn addition we provided him the address if he chooses to mail his payment by check or money; there are no fees attached to these payment optionsThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a partial stay of the FCC Order and in pertinent part, stayed implementation of the rates set forth in the FCC OrderIn order to be in compliance with the FCC ruling regarding ancillary service fees, beginning June 20th the new fee will be $per transaction when making a payment via the IVR or on GTL's websiteGTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,Kathi T***
Agency Complaints

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Complaint: ***
I am rejecting this response because:if the complaints manager were to speak with the person whom was attempting to assist me in retreival
perhaps this situation could be clarified...unfortunately there seems to be a serious communication issue involving the facts of the matter...as I have set up a functioning account with a new phone number, email, username and password...my rejection of the business response does NOT require further action and I reject it only to assert that the info provided by gtl is incorrect
Regards,
*** ***

October 8, Dear *** ***This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed above.The customer contacted the Revdex.com because some of the calls he receives from an inmate in The *** County Correctional facility disconnect prematurely and he is
requesting a refund for the dropped callsIn addition he states that GTL charges an $credit card processing fee every time he adds money to his account.We investigated this complaint and attempted to contact *** *** by telephone and e-mail, unfortunately he has yet to respond therefore a letter was sent to *** *** via US mailWe listened to the recordings of *** ***'s calls and determined that calls did in fact disconnect prematurely and we have credited *** ***'s account for the calls*** *** is charged a flat rate of $per call so if he talks minutes or minutes he still charged $per callWith regards to the $credit card processing fee that *** *** was charged, included with our letter we sent to him we sent copies of his payment/call historyThe statement shows that he was charged $for the credit card processing fee not $This fee can be avoided by paying by check or money orderThere are no fees attached to these types of payment options.GTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to call.Sincerely Yours,Kathi TAgency Complaints

Global Tel* Link Corporation Corporate Headquarters Operations Center
www.gti.net
December 9, Revdex.com Of The Metropolitan Washington DC and Eastern Pennsylvania
K Street NW, 10" Floor Washington, DC 20005-RE: *** *** -
***This letter serves as a formal response to the complaint listed aboveThe Consumer contacted the Revdex.com because she set up an AdvanceRay account to be able to accept calls from an inmate in the Stillwater correctional facilityThe inmate was transferred to the Faribault Correctional facility which is closer to her home and the rate that she is charged is higherWe investigated this complaint and contacted Ms*** via e-mail and explained to her that the rates for each facility in the MNDOC were negotiated differently between MNDOC and GTLThe rate she is charged for the inmate's current facility is the correct rateWe included in our e-mail to Ms*** a copy of the rate sheet for both facilitiesGTL anticipates that this will close this complaint and should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directlySincerely yours,
Kathi T***
Agency Complaints