MN
Mqondisi N

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2019

03 Dec 2019, 10:47

Extremely disgusted and dissapointed

The absolute worst experience of my life -ABSA bank has ruined my reputation due to lack of communication ,I have never felt so little and humiliated by anything and worse in public . To cut a very long story short I changed my number 2 years ago from and 083 number to the current number which is *** which as per my memory I updated with Absa . I have had some financial battles which I am not comfortable sharing on this platform and missed two payments for my vehicle finance. As I was laying in my vehicle yesterday at Berea centre ,I had some gentlemen come up an advised that that they had come to repossess my vehicle ,Please note there was a huge audience, people looking and pointing at me like I had ****** this vehicle .In my entire life I have never ever felt so humiliated and so little .I had to shortly explain to the gentlemen that nobody has ever contacted me and requested that I get an opportunity to liase with Absa, I had also Assumed that all was fine as the vehicle finance debit order was going off as per normal .I cannot and I will not express the amount of distress this has brought upon me . I would have never ever thought after the good payer that I have been ,a mere two payments would do this much damage to me especially reputational damage . A big company such as Absa has dismally failed me ,Absa did not protect me as a consumer or as their customer .Absa took away all my rights a customer -the account is apparently with the legal department ,but I ask myself how ??? no communication via cell phone, email ,post how did it get there . I may not have means to consult legal action against Absa however I will make contact with the Ombudsman ,I will post this on social platforms until somebody does something about this mess and distress caused to me . I have not been treated fairly as a consumer. I am not sure if it is because of my ethnicity, as in this country we are treated as *********.

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Replies (4)
Absa
Absa's reply03 Dec 2019, 16:30
Official
Dear Mqondisi

Thank you for bringing this unfortunate matter/incident to my attention and please accept my sincere apology .Kindly provide us with your account number to log a formal complaint for investigation. Also use the private reply for me to see the details. We will investigate the matter and furnish feedback shortly.
 Regards 
 Lebogang Mashiane 
 Specialist Case Manager
 Customer Value Management 

Best regards,

MN
Mqondisi N's update04 Dec 2019, 00:42
Reviewer Update
Account number : ***2

Id number :***
Contatc number :***

I would really appreciate your promt response as this has gone very far.
MN
Mqondisi N's update04 Dec 2019, 00:59
Reviewer Update
Just another thought that came about Lebogang,if Absa was able to track me down to repossess the vehicle-how is it that you were not able to track me down to make arrangement ? I had called in and indicated that financially i am not stable 100% but willing to make arrangements , call was made to Blessing zulu who showed absolutely no remorse and kept threatening that he was giving me 24 hours ,is that the type of staff you guys hire,bullies who bully customers ??  Again i must stress how urgent this is to me as it has given myself and my fiance too much distress-I will await your urgent response in the matter .
Absa
Absa's reply04 Dec 2019, 16:48
Official
Dear Mqondisi

Thank you for bringing this unfortunate matter to my attention and please accept my sincere apology . I will review and provide you with my specific contact details as well as your unique complaint reference number, and an expected timeframe for further feedback/resolution via email or making contact with you telephonically.

Regards 
 Lebogang Mashiane 
 Specialist Case Manager
 Customer Value Management

Best regards,