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Eugene V

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2013

05 Jan 2018, 12:35

NO Care attitude of Branch Manager and Staffmember

On 15 December '17 I visited ABSA Southdowns to discuss increased bank charges by 100% for 2018. After arriving first in the branch at 8:30 I waited 50min for a consultant to help me. The consultant informed me that the fees will not apply as I am activated on the Spouse Account discount and that I should ignore the sms i received. This was not the case and the full increased fee was taken from my account (R50 pm to R110 pm). On Tuesday 2 January, I phoned the branch and spoke to Paulina (Branch Manager). I told her that I do not want to sit in the branch again for another 2 hours on this query. She took my number and promised to come back to me. I followed up with 3 calls of which only one was answered and where someone said Paulina is out of the office. I decided to leave work early to visit the branch again. Again, I have waited for 40min before being helped. Paulina confirmed that I was registered for the Spouse discount for nearly 2 years and she could not determine why ABSA is cancelling the spouse discount. She promised to follow up with head office and query the change. Again, no feedback. I left the situation on Wednesday and hoped that she would provide feedback. On Thursday 4 January, I left 3 messages during the course of the day for Paulina to phone me back but did not get any call. I phoned at 11:51 this morning and finally got through to Pauline who rudely informed me that she is busy with a client and will contact me later. This is not the first time that I complain about the service delivery of this branch or the total lack thereof. Could someone please escalate this matter to solve my valid problem and advise where I can lodge an official complaint against the performance review of the branch staff?

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Absa
Absa's reply05 Jan 2018, 15:25
Official

Dear Customer


Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We will investigate the matter and furnish feedback shortly.

Kind regards

Daphne Le Grange

Group Customer Care

Absa Bank Ltd