1 reviews | Active since Sept 2009

28 Jan 2020, 11:25

Stay away - Waiting for refund

I'm having trouble with the company to refund my money. They couldn't get my license renewal in December due to some technicality which I resolved on my own. I've asked for a refund, was first told it was not possible, then after pulling some strings, was told that I will be refunded via email and telephonically. We now heading towards February, still no refund. I stopped getting responses from the company after following up with the company via email.

I also noted they quoted & charged me way more than the traffic department inclusive of penalties. I thought that ChatBack would be convenient, but it seems more inconvenient than anything else.

Traffic departments becoming more efficient, it's better to go there than the ChatBack inconvenience.

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Replies (3)
ChatBack
ChatBack's reply28 Jan 2020, 16:24
Official
Hi Arif, further to our correspondence.  We do charge a service fee which include getting the disc on behalf of our clients and shipping it to a Pargo pickup point.  ChatBack is all about making unpleasant necessities simple using WhatsApp.  We started with the renewal service in Gauteng and Western Cape after completing our initial brand strategy, brand development and technology development over the past year.  We did face unexpectedly high volumes and processing issues especially around cases like yours where the department didn't want to renew the disc due to outstanding issues with the licence.  ChatBack now has a dedicated process focussed on these special cases where the department holds the licence disc back.  Building the front end of ChatBack in WhatsApp is a world first and we experienced lots of learnings over the past two months with the volumes that came in.  However we do know it is the way of the future as you don't always want to download new apps or visit new websites if you can just get on with it in WhatsApp.  We hope to be back in the Western Cape soon.  Apologies for the inconvenience again and I hope ChatBack can welcome you back as a client in future.  Kind regards, Jan
ChatBack
ChatBack's reply29 Jan 2020, 19:52
Official
Arif

As per our WhatsApp discussions.  Confirmation of the refund has been sent.  

Kind regards
Jan
's update30 Jan 2020, 08:57
Reviewer Update
I confirm that my refund has been processed and currently being resolved. Chatback have apologised for the delay and misunderstanding. They are currently looking into what went wrong in my case in order to better the service professionally, so that this does not happen again.

Thank you Jan Kotze for your professional assistance in this regard.

I wish the company all the best in their future endeavours.

Regards
Arif