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Tlhologelo M

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2019

28 Jan 2020, 07:32

clientèle poor service

Clientèle has disappointed me beyond belief, my brother passed on, on the 18th of January I logged a claim on their app the next day and only received a call back on Tuesday morning I was told I'd get an sms and an email explaining what documents are re required and a broker would call me to finalize everything she called while I was busy at the mortuary I couldn't take the call but called her back her line was busy for a long time. Wednesday morning I called the number listed on the app and had to start a new claim afresh mind I'm calling from my cellphone to a landline and since the lady wasn't sure of she need to do the call was very long and I asked her to call me back as we woul get cut off she refused saying she's not allowed to an indeed we were cut off, i called back spoke to a different person started the process from scratch was told same story ry a broker would call this time she didn't. Thursday afternoon I called at around 4pm the lady I spoke to still said she would try and escalate the matter as the broker had left and all was now in the broker's hands she can do nothing else to help. Friday came needed to pay the undertakers by 2pm for them to release the body I called again in the morning the brokers was not available i was promised she get back to me later she called saying she needed certified copies since the ones i sent through weren't not and I must fill a police report since the death was of natural causes (one of other 3 informed me of this) and seing that this was not going to happen I was running out of time I took a loan with my bank which thank fully made the funds available immediately and I was able to pay the undertakers a little after 3PM. When I spoke to the broker she sounded cold and uninterested she was abrupt like I was waiting her precious time she then sent me the R200 airtime which ice supposedly for arranging the funeral. (I spent way more money on calls to clientèle). It's Tuesday my brother was buried on Saturday morning clientèle still hasn't paid out the claim and I'm sitting with a loan of R14000 for which I'm liable for the interest. I'm hurt and disappointed at the indignity and distress I've suffered at their poor service that was my only sibling and I have no other family the stress and shame of knowing I may not be able to bury him being the only breadwinner, I made arrangements to take care of such things to avoid the burden of stressing aboutsuch things, berievement on its own is so overwhelming now this. with both my parents they paid out timeously although with my Fathers claim I only received the airtime 2months later I stayed with them for 8years because of their service excellence. How sad that this has changed so grammatically perhaps if I was white or rich enough to file a law suit I'd have received a little dignity and decency.

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Tlhologelo M's update28 Jan 2020, 07:37
Reviewer Update
unatural, my apologies my phone keeps auto correcting
Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply28 Jan 2020, 08:38
Official
Dear Tlhologelo M,

We confirm receipt of the concerns raised.

Your query has been escalated to the relevant department for investigation and we will be in contact to assist you further with the matter.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Lindiwe Mabizela

Service Support Specialist
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Tlhologelo M's update04 Feb 2020, 08:06
Reviewer Update
Hi Lindiwe ,

It's been a week since you promised to escalate the matter,no one has contacted me please advise whom you escalated the matter to as I would like feed back.

I see my account was debited for the full amount no adjustments made with regards to my brother's passing. I spoke to Refiloe last week on Thursday she told me she is not allowed to contact the police officer assigned to the case, please me help understand how she is meaning to get the information she requires as I am not employed by SAPS nor Clientel and will not get paid neither of their salaries.

Why does the police report form require the police officer to fill inn his details and contact details if you are not allowed to contact him?? Further she claimed i that i did not attach my ID copy which was included with all the documents. I the made means to find the case number from the documents we submitted to the funeral home tried to call her back on the number she gave and was told im not allowed to speak to her telephonically yet she gave me the number to call her back hows that for service excellence??? i was given her email address to send the information which i did still no response.

Why is clientele dragging their feet on the matter why are you looking for loopholes not to pay out, must i have my Brother's remains exhumed and brought to your offices for confirmation of
his passing what exactly do you need, should i bring a poligraph test, hair, blood and urine sample perhaps ?? Must i take to social media drama?? the empty promises you make on TV are heartbreaking 24hr payouts ?? How long is 24hrs in your world exactly because its now 2weeks and still nothing yet my account was gladly debited once again??



Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply04 Feb 2020, 09:19
Official
Dear Tlhologelo M,

Thank you for raising your concerns and bringing this matter to our attention.
 
At the outset we would like to apologise for any delays you might have experienced in the assessment of your claim. This is not the level of service we aim to provide our clients and we assure you of our best intentions.
 
We confirm that your query was escalated to a Claims Administrator in the Claims Department, we have escalated the matter as urgent and we will be in contact again as confirmed when we called this morning.
 
Should you require any further assistance in this regard please feel free to contact us again.
 
 Kind Regards
 Claims Department
Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply04 Feb 2020, 15:35
Official
Dear Tlhologelo M,

Thank you for raising your concerns and bringing this matter to our attention.
 
At the outset we would like to apologise for any delays you might have experienced in the assessment of your claim. This is not the level of service we aim to provide our clients and we assure you of our best intentions.
 
We confirm that our Claims Administrator was in contact with you regarding this claim
Should you require any further assistance in this regard please feel free to contact us again. Kind regards, Claims Department