JS
Jaco S

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2012

15 Nov 2019, 12:02

Poor service, misrepresentation and just plain rude

I upgrade to a new contract around March 2019, not long after I realized I could not make calls to toll free numbers from my voice bundle. I ended up calling technical support twice to try and resolve this which they kept on making me enter some digits and restarting the phone - I just left it, it never worked.

I've had 3 sales calls from Cell C, which I complained to them about the issue, they couldn't be bother to try and help, neither could they direct me to the complaints department. It's funny that they ask me if I'm happy with their service, but when I complain they can't do anything?

Today I finally mustered up the courage to try again, this time someone actually managed to tell me these numbers are "special" and cannot be billed from my bundle? What? The previous contract I was on, never had this issue and this was never explained to me? Apart from that, I don't see why you can't just take this from my minutes which I have paid for already. Where is this stated in my contract, this was never communicated. I'm also quite peeved at the dude that helped me, he was quite rude and kept on telling me to just add money onto the phone. That's not the ****** problem, the problem is that this was not communicated nor resolved from the start.

Again, also just not being able to put me through to your complaints department is just annoying. I also would like to know what happened to the ticket I opened with support initially and why no one was bother to try and resolve it?

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Replies (3)
Cell C
Cell C's reply15 Nov 2019, 12:57
Official
Good day Jaco  

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We sincerely apologize for the unpleasant experience. 

Calls to 086X numbers are not depleted from inclusive minutes and will be billed for. On postpaid the usage charges will be added to the customer’s bill and on TopUp these usage charges will deplete from available airtime.

^NT 


JS
Jaco S's update15 Nov 2019, 13:22
Reviewer Update
Well, thank you for simply apologizing and trying to explain but you’ve really only done the bare minimum to answer this complaint?

You’re not bothered to look into
1. What happened to my original ticket, maybe use my number to look it up?
2. How clients are realistically supposed to know these limitations between contracts or why they are not made aware of these?
3. Explain why these costs are not coverable by n bundle you are already paying for?
4. What do I do if I need to call a toll free emergency number, like my medical aid ambulance or insurance?
JS
Jaco S's update10 Apr 2020, 10:27
Reviewer Update
I just want to raise my disdain again, how utterly careless and useless you are trying to resolve these issues. You've not tried to get back after I've raised these last questions? I find myself trying to phone my insurance and mweb today but again being met with your pathetic excuse about toll-free numbers. You really couldn't inform me when I went on this contract that the toll-free numbers wouldn't work, "no this contract is better, apparently I'm losing out on benefits". You really are the lowest in customer service and I just again want to tell you how horrible your support is. You'd think you even tried to resolve this during this pandemic. I've been a loyal paying customer for years and this is how I'm treated. Shame on you!