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Dee B

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2016

01 Jun 2023, 18:39

Don't insult me with your apology. Just give decent service.

Please don't insult me with your apology. I dont want it - just give service via your consultants. Every single person in South Africa is suffering from PTSD, if the government lets us down, why cant you at least give decent customer service. Its not that hard. I called your call centre to ask for my online banking to be unblocked because I had entered the PIN wrong. The first person insisted on my error code and when I told her that there was no code only a message that said I had entered the incorrect number she put down the phone. When I called back and got through to your consultant called YOLI, during her security check she asked for the last three digits of my account with you which I gave and three times she said it was wrong. I could do no more than give the correct number. Three times she said that I was wrong and she could not verify me. In my frustration, and after I displayed my displeasure she eventually asked for my ID number and after that simply announced that I had passed the security check. I asked for her surname three times and she told me outright that she would not give it to me (please check your call recording) and cut the call. I still cannot access my online banking. I have over two hundred thousand of my rands in my accounts with your bank and whilst I have no doubt that this is merely a drop in the ocean for you and is not important, it is a big deal to me as a pensioner over the age of 73 years. I do not need or want a useless apology. If our government is useless why can the poor souls who live in this country at least, perhaps, by some stroke of luck, be a little uplifted, by receiving decent customer service from companies who earn billions from us and live cozy lives thanks to us poor minions who use their services. Needless to say, I will be closing down my account and moving my funds to the other biggish banks. I require a copy of the transcript of my call with YOLI and have noted the time of the call as 17@36 today. I repeat, I require a copy of the transcript of the relevant call.

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Capitec Bank
Capitec Bank's reply02 Jun 2023, 10:49
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Good day Dorothy

Thank you for letting us know of your concern, and for your patience while we explore this matter. We have assigned your query to a designated official who will contact you within the next business day. 

Kind regards
Capitec Bank 

 
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Dee B's update05 Jun 2023, 17:23
Reviewer Update
I was contacted today by Robin CP350349 who said that he will escalate my complaint and also explained to me that Capitec employees do not give their surnames due to security reasons, which is fair enough. Your employee, YOLI, could have explained this rather than just stating 'no' and putting down the phone when I asked for her surname three times. I suppose all banks will now be following this practice, which is fine considering the appalling crime that goes on in this country. Using an employee number is much better than all of the service employees only using their first names, and then when you escalate your complaint and say I spoke to 'so and so' they then say, "oh but we have 300 employees and his/her first name does not help to locate who they are". Let's see what Capitec's escalation department has to say, and yes, I will definitely be going to my nearest Capitec branch to listen back to my telephone conversation with YOLI.
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Dee B's update15 Jun 2023, 08:24
Reviewer Update
I am still waiting for Robin CP350349 to come back to me with feedback and to tell me at which Capitec branch I can listen to the recording of the conversation I had with your employee, Yoli, who was so rude. It is 10 days now and it seems that Robin has decided not to bother with finalizing this complaint about Capitec. It is a pity as I thought that Capitec Bank was a cut above the rest, but apparently not.