GK
Grandwille K

1 reviews | Active since May 2021

11 May 2021, 12:45

Cell C worst ever service

Decide to do a upgrade online the lady offers me a Huawei P40 lite which i specifically tells her im not interested in she goes ahead and still do the upgrade in this regard . Because the Samsung i actually want is out of stock .I go to Cell C N1 city Cape Town explain to one of the employees he helps me get hold of customer service they promise its been cancelled on their side accourding to me everything fine . A week later a device was delivered as someone accepted the delivery at home not knowing about cancelation and stuff(as i always have stuff delivered )that was in the 21st of April first of all i call the courier to turn around and collect that device as i do not want it they say they are gone already immediately i call cell c to book the device for collection as i cancelled the upgrade on the 15/16 of April already this day the lady said yes its cancelled and booked for collection from me on the 28th of April i call collection dept again cause its the 5th working day just to follow up when is this device being collected well to my surprise it was never booked to begin with and also by now they activated this new contract on my number i told them im not paying for this cause now i did my part i was willing to pay maybe the pro rata amount of R 169 but im not going to be responsible for a new month of billing as i did was needed to be done for them to collect their device from me then they said 7 working days from the 28th of April for the courier to collect the device which ment we entering a new month they still sent the data and minutes to the number as according to me this upgrade is cancelled im just waiting for them to collected this device now Cell C is sending me outstanding bills of R540 for something that was to my knowledge cancelled already

The last day for collection was on Friday 7 th of May i phone collection to do follow up as early as 09:15 as they only start at 09:00 to give them enough time to get hold of courier for this device to still be collected the same day spoke to Gift who said they waiting for response from courier company he will phone me back (yip you guessed right ) No one called me back on the 7 th of May so we entering a weekend theres nothing i can do

Yesterday phoned collections again spoke to Mandisa yip same old same old story she followed it up with courier company she will get back to me yet again not the case and the call was made at 10:17

Today called again same old story following up with courier company spoke to Thabileng from collection And dont even say that i can get the recordings of the numerous calls made to them tried that been sent from Pillar to post ref nrs is CCD408503 and other one is *** .That is the only ref nrs i ever got even though multiple calls were made my next step would be to lay a complaint at SA consumer complaint

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Replies (13)
Cell C
Cell C's reply11 May 2021, 13:35
Official
Hi Grandwille Kleinsmidt

Thank you for contacting Cell C. 

We regret to hear about the unpleasant experience. 

Our team will make contact with you to have the matter address. 

Regards
^MP

Best regards,

GK
Grandwille K's update11 May 2021, 15:46
Reviewer Update
We have received your query and will attend to it shortly. Your reference no is: ***. An SMS will be sent to you when your query has been resolved. Cell C
GK
Grandwille K's update11 May 2021, 15:47
Reviewer Update
Its yet the end of another working day and that is all Cell C has done not once they contacted me My next step will be ombuds as cell c was given ample time to do their work
Cell C
Cell C's reply11 May 2021, 21:11
Official
Our turn around time is 24- 48 working days.

^PN

Best regards,

GK
Grandwille K's update12 May 2021, 06:01
Reviewer Update
Your turn around time is 24-48 hours yet my cancelation and query started on the 15/16 of April already so who is in the wrong here i am way past 24 -48 hours almost a month with this problem
Cell C
Cell C's reply12 May 2021, 07:49
Official
Hi Grandwille  

Our team will make contact with you to assist with your query. 

^MP

Best regards,

GK
Grandwille K's update13 May 2021, 19:55
Reviewer Update
Well called Cell C today at 08:54 to follow up as i received 3 different case nrs spoke to Lerato she confirmed the collection is booked for collection on the 12th of May i confirm from her so my 7 days start today she corrects and assured me it started yesterday already that was not what previous consultant told me happy with how she was of help i thank her cause it looked like there is light at the end of the tunnel just for another consultant to call at 14:49 asking to confirm the address because the courier apparently can not find my address(keeping in mind that confirming the address the ID nr the bank details etc is security check standard) so he also informs me that he needs to book it now again and that my 7 working days only starts tomorrow and not on the day collection is booked with a courier .Now my question is when this delivery was made there was no problem with my address now that you need to collect your device now you do not have the correct address then just before greeting he makes sure to tell me that i should put in everything that came with the device which i assured him it is still sealed i did not open anything because i do not want any comebacks just come get your device
Cell C
Cell C's reply13 May 2021, 21:22
Official
Please wait for our call.

^PN

Best regards,

GK
Grandwille K's update01 Jun 2021, 10:42
Reviewer Update
Good day follow up on my situation with Cell C well eventually the device is collect from me on the 18th of May 2021 by Ram i have photos of the device still sealed in the original packaging that i received it The Ram driver still tells. me he will be the one delivering to Cell C say by the Friday the 21st of May i phone Cell C on the 21. st of May they did not receive it yet or thats what the consultant tells me on Monday 24 th of May i phone again this time the consultant tells me they did receive it on the Friday 21st already and that the device will be inspected to see the state it is in before any cancelation of the upgrade can proceed i tell the consultant well good that should not take long because the device still in its original sealed packaging she still say well thats a plus point for me then. Seeing that the device was received the friday and it being monday i give them time i phone back the Wednesday the 26 of May guess what still it was not inspected yet i also tell the consultant lucky for me i got the name of the courier guy and number cause the day of collection i tell him i have a feeling Cell C will try to **** me over by saying that the device was not sealed when arriving and i have pictures and a video of him taking it and sealing it in a bag on Friday the 28th of May i phone again still the story about the device that still needed to be inspected but i must give it time till monday 31 st of May then it would be sorted guess ****ing what worked nightshift and boom 00h00 sms comes in Thanks for being Cell C customer you have received your monthly allocation of blah blah blah ........... Really now Cell C im not ****ing paying **** as i told you from whenever i do not want your product and you messing with my credit profile now as this will reflect negatively on my name and now im waiting for the automated response of someone will be in contact with me but believe me i will not leave it here I know my consumer rights and will do the necessary step with Ombuds now i have warned you previously but everyone deserve fair chance to do their work you on the other hand has over played your hand
Cell C
Cell C's reply01 Jun 2021, 11:31
Official
Hi Grandwille 

Your query has been escalated to the relevant team for further assistance.

^YM 

Best regards,

GK
Grandwille K's update01 Jun 2021, 14:51
Reviewer Update
Retention department team leader on the floor today Ayanda i will be waiting for your call
GK
Grandwille K's update01 Jun 2021, 16:20
Reviewer Update
Well guess what Cell C phones back spoke to Zanele team leader who says the the device must still be booked for pick up really now Cell C you collected the device on 18th of May already one. consultant confirm you received it on the 21st of May now she says she will Follow up on RAM RW nr that i gave her
GK
Grandwille K's update02 Jun 2021, 10:40
Reviewer Update
Well Cell C did reverse the upgrade thank you for that after a long struggle but just like a predicted credit credentials was ****ed got the reversal sms this morning went in to N1 city Cell C last before the whole debacle my scoring was to the value of 899 i can do a upgrade now its 390 wow initially i had a Huawei Mate 20 lite that got ****** the insurance gave me a Iphone 8 so how is a 390 even gonna do for a upgrade so i Guess this is the end for me with Cell C i would not recommend them to nobody that they can be sure of