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Shaun B

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2018

23 Jul 2018, 11:20

DSTV pay us or else!

This is my experience trying to cancel my DSTV subscription. My last payment was in March 2018 which settled my account in full. On the 3rd of May I received an SMS stating that I had stopped paying my account and that I needed to pay R949 to reconnect. As I had cancelled and owed nothing and did not wish to reconnect I ignored the SMS. On the 30 May I received an SMS stating that DSTV had not received payment on my account and that I was to pay R149.83 ??? I contacted DSTV's customer service to enquire what the amount was for and was told that a statement would be emailed to me. I then received a phone call from a DSTV representative who wanted to know why I had cancelled. On the 30th of June I had still not received the statement and now received an SMS from DSTV informing me that they were in the process of using an external collections agency to collect the outstanding amount. I then contacted DSTV customer service again and spoke to Daisy ref no ********** -I144. She informed me that I owed the R149.83 due to DSTV providing service for an additional 5 days after the end of the cancellation month. I informed her I never requested this, I never used the service and that i had cancelled. She informed me that they had no record of my cancellation, no record of my first phone call, no record of the representative that had contacted me and that I needed to pay the outstanding amount. I then requested to speak to someone from the billing department and was informed that i would not be able to since they are not allowed to transfer clients to the billing dept and they do not give out the number for the billing dept. She did however promise to request the billing dept send me a statement and confirmed my email address. She also mentioned I could view my account using MY DSTV online. To date I have not received any statement, when trying to view my account online, I login and then receive a message saying I cannot view my account since I am not logged in, even though the page shows my username. So to avoid being blacklisted, I am being forced to pay for something I never requested, something that should never have happened, from a company whose service I dont want, and I cannot communicate with anyone from the company that can say anything except pay us our money or else! So with no other option and to avoid being blacklisted over R149.83 I have been intimidated into paying the money. What an absolute disgrace, my family, friends and everyone I know will never have anything to do with DSTV ever again!

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Replies (3)
DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply23 Jul 2018, 13:05
Official

Dear Shaun Botha

We acknowledge receiving your complaint. Feedback will be communicated as soon as possible.

Kind regards

DStv: Hello Peter Team

Best regards,

DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply23 Jul 2018, 19:13
Official

Dear Shaun Botha,

There are no records indicating that you contacted us to request for a cancellation. Kindly provide us with the time and date of the request and reference under provided at the end of the call. The system kept billing as the services were active.

Unfortunately, with no request we are unable to make arrangements on the account to ensure the services are scheduled for a cancellation and ensure no outstanding balance would arise.

Our records indicate services were suspended due to non-payment hence the account incurred a balance in arrears for the days viewed with no payment.

Please be assured of our best service and intentions at all times.

Should you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us send an email to *** .

Kind regards

Edward.

DStv Hello Peter Team.

Best regards,

SB
Shaun B's update25 Jul 2018, 10:08
Reviewer Update
Dear Edward, Thank you for actually bothering to reply. I must say that the phrase "please be assured of our best service and intentions at all times" is quite an insult to a loyal customer who has been supporting your company since the launch of MNET. It is clear that your company accepts absolutely no responsibility and places all requirements on your customer. I find it amazing that you can claim no knowledge of my notice and yet have received a phone call from a representative of your company wanting to discuss my cancellation. I note you made absolutely no reference to this in you response. Further you made no comment on the fact that your clients are unable to communicate with your billing department and that your staff repeatedly made promises to perform a task so simple that primary school children are able to perform everyday. This level of customer service is labelled by your company in your ''official response" as being your "best level of service and intentions" and this I am afraid is nothing less than disgusting. I challenge you to respond regarding these issues as well as the fact that the only communication to me regarding the outstanding amount was the threat. If this is how you do business, I am not surprised at the rate at which you are losing customers as evidenced by all of the social media and other articles online describing your companies services and customer service as pathetic. I am glad however that you have now put in writing your companies official policy that customers have to take note of all communication references with your company in order to defend themselves against the very company which they are paying to provide a service. I would love to hear your official response regarding your systems which conveniently have no records when it suits you, staff which are either *********** or powerless to actually assist your customers in a meaningful way, key personnel which are shielded from communication to further frustrate your customers and boiler plate "customer service" responses that basically communicate that you will take actions your customer has not sanctioned and then your customer "pay up and shut up" as you are not willing or able to lift a finger to help.