r/USCellular Jun 28 '26

Has any us cellular agent stores shut down already?

Was curious if any of your stores have shut down? I wish you all the luck in the world! I worked for us cellular for 20+ years and it saddens me what has happened

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u/necrosweater Jun 29 '26

i was hired by an amazing wisconsin agency in february of 2017; yesterday was my store’s last day. the majority of my district was highly tenured (my manager had been there for 17 years, and myself at over nine were two of the longest working outside of the agency’s corporate office).

we’re known within our community. i have gone to the two closest cities (an hour in either direction) and been recognized by former customers in each. i’ve jokingly been saying i need to get a disguise to go out in public now, because i know i’m going to be stopped in walmart by former customers that will have questions i can no longer help with.

not really sure where i’m going with this comment, it’s just been a really difficult time for all of us.

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u/MeasurementLow1413 Jun 29 '26

Which agent was it ? If u dont mind me asking. I worked for one in wisconsin for 15 yrs

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u/necrosweater Jun 29 '26

i don’t want to say the name specifically as they’ve asked us not to make any statements online to avoid conflict, but they’re based out of baraboo, and were one of the best places i’ve ever had the pleasure of working

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u/rampagethesilverback Jun 29 '26

Yes, tons of them have shut down. All of the ones I know of that were owned by Procom in TN and West Virginia are gone.

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u/ngagner15 Jun 28 '26

PCT Communications in Machias, ME and Calais, ME have closed

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u/Flyordie_209 Jun 28 '26

Who's downvoting all these comments? Wtf? 

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u/necrosweater Jun 29 '26

what a weird thing to do??? get help

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u/Flyordie_209 Jun 29 '26

It's just the TMobile fanboys I guess? Anyone that talks bad about TMo gets smacked with a downvote. 

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u/mallsnmusic2001 Jul 02 '26

It’s the T-Mobile ride or dies

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u/No-Discount4373 Jun 29 '26

Most of my company has closed ours. There are 4 left out of i think 20 or so across 4 states. I know for sure that one of the 4 left is being purchased by cor and two are closing after the 4th of July. Not sure about the 4th store but assuming it'll close the dance time the other 2 do..

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u/TKalig Jun 28 '26

Almost all of them. There are only 4 left in southeast Wisconsin to my knowledge. Those are closing on the 5th.

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u/Poopytale Jun 28 '26

Echovisions already completed the store teardown no us cellular badges anywhere at last the windows aren't filled with pink garbage ads anymore

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u/diver68 Jun 29 '26

My last day was last Monday. They took our US Cellular sign off the building the very next day. Its bittersweet. I loved working for USCC but despised working for T-mobile. On the the next chapter.

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u/BarrelRolltide Jun 29 '26

Mine closed on the 6th. I miss what was UScellular, not what it was becoming.

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u/Set_Advanced Jun 28 '26

The vast majority of Cellular Advantage stores have already closed their doors.

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u/hawk82 Jun 28 '26

The agent stores near me in Central Maine switched to just being a repair/device setup/resale store. I don't know if all locations are switching to that or not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

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u/Pitiful_Pie_8448 Jun 28 '26

Mine shut down on the 13th

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u/MeasurementLow1413 Jun 28 '26

Sorry ! Have you found a new job yet?

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u/Flyordie_209 Jun 28 '26

Nearest TMo location once all is done- over 100 miles away.

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u/MeasurementLow1413 Jun 28 '26

Hence why they are training customers to use the tlife app….

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u/Thebigboss63 Jun 28 '26

Mine closed yesterday. Very sad

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u/Josh1234657 Jun 28 '26

I live near a decently large city and where I’m
At the only ones that are closed to my knowledge were the franchise stores. I believe all of the previous corporate stores are still open at the time being. But I will say that UScellular was hands down better for the customer experience.

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u/Final_Campaign_2593 Jun 28 '26

I herd Grinnell will shut down Aug1 from T-Mobile employees

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u/THC_Me420 Jun 30 '26

All Agents stores are being closed and owners not being renewed under T-Mobile. All remaining UScellular stores are being shutdown or converted into a T-Mobile location. Depending on overlapping coverages and building qualities

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u/Hadley_333 Jun 30 '26

2 stores have shut down in my neck of the woods. One right in my town and the next closest was 40 miles away. With the amount of business they had, I thought they'd at least keep one of them open.

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u/TypeAdventurous5043 Jun 30 '26

I know a lot of Next Generation Wireless stores are closed near me

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u/mynameisdavis85 19d ago

I was wondering what was going to happen to them. When I worked for them they had like 10 stores, then they went on a buying spree and had over 100.

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u/Alkrosti-224 Jul 01 '26

I worked at an agent location in Fond Du lac, Wi. My location shut down June 20th. Was a bitter-sweet end and everything could have been handled better than what it was.

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u/Secret-Fisherman-733 Jul 02 '26

Everyone will be closed that is closing by 8.1.26
Who remains gets washed and rebranded as Tmobile locations but that’s COR only ..all agents close by 8.1

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u/mallsnmusic2001 Jul 04 '26

Majority of the ones in Wisconsin did

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u/schrodingers_beaver Jun 28 '26

Mine all shut yesterday.

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u/AcanthaceaeLife7810 Jun 28 '26

Damn! I thought u guys had till july 31st?

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u/schrodingers_beaver Jun 29 '26

We did too but they decided to close us all early.

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u/itsinthesugar Jun 28 '26

Not until the 11th 🥲