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Esna P

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2016

02 Feb 2023, 08:34

Biggest ********

After numerous complaints, emails, request to please assist me - NOTHING! I have requested a manager to contact me - also nothing. I cancelled a router that was on contract on 16 Jan - since then, I had no internet. I called the whole week, eventually by the Friday 20 Jan, the matter was escalated. I have since still not received any feedback besides "please bear with us, they are looking into it". I then had to purchase a prepaid sim card, loaded data onto it as I am now 18 days without internet connectivity. Fast forward, paying for additional data because I don't have access to the data that I am already paying on the contract, and suddenly I have no network at home since Saturday 20:00. I eventually came through to call, went through the whole song and dance, reset my phone, tested the sim card, and still nothing. So at this point - please don't waste your money on Cell C - they are the biggest ********. You are paying for a service you cannot use, and then they just ignore your requests to get it sorted. Two of my 4 week notice on the router contract is finished and I had NO use of it. I now have data on the prepaid sim - cannot use it either! The first issue is now on day 18 unresolved, and the second one day 5. Cell C can only keep one promise and that's that they will change your life - my partner works in Africa and this is my only means of communication - the whole situation is so ridiculous that no one can even believe that Cell C would render such a ********** service. This is costing me money, but has also caused a tremendous strain on my relationship. So thank you Cell C for ruining people's lives, but that's the thing with *******, they don't care how it affects you.

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Esna P's update06 Feb 2023, 11:16
Reviewer Update
I was called today to be informed that they have noticed the tower has been vandalized (hello, my first call to report the issue with the first sim card was on 16 January - and you only notice it now? My second sim card I purchased just to have data at home, worked well during that time, until last week Saturday at 20:00 - when all of a sudden it also has no network. So if the tower is vandalized to the point where I have absolutely no internet, why did the one still work for a while? Also, why are two other cell c numbers on the same property work?

I was called to be told the matter is resolved, that it has been escalated for the tower to be repaired but they cannot put a time frame on this. Yet, my contract is coming to an end, I have paid for the data, but had no access to use it, and incurred additional expenses to just be able to have data at home. I had to do this twice, because that is how unreliable Cell C is. However, I was told again to do a sim swop on both sim cards, because she thinks the sim cards are faulty. Kind of makes you realize that Cell C is not too sure about anything.

So NO, my situation has not been resolved, I still have no answers on the data I paid for and couldn't use that is expiring on the 15th of February as well as the prepaid data I purchased but cannot use.

I was yet again ignored after requesting a manager to call me for the umpteenth time, and my email to Cell C customer care was also unanswered. So I will place another Hello Peter complaint, because this matter - although closed in your eyes, is still not resolved. I was also told that Cell C is still within their Service Level Agreement because my first complaint was apparently on 30/01, yet conveniently forgetting all the calls and complaints prior to that one. So maybe your legal department should look into this, seems like you are breaking the contract. I don't think it says Cell C can fail to render a service for 22 days and the client must still pay for this non-existant service.