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Sanet P

1 reviews | Active since May 2018

03 May 2018, 09:46

DSTV - taking money without authorization from my bank account

I have the premium prescription on price lock that I was told in the beginning of April when I wanted to cancel my DSTV that it will end the end of May 2018 and I can only cancel it then. On the 1st of May, I got an error E16 - which they informed me that my contract ended and if I want to go on I have to pay the normal fees, I quiried why I was told that it only expires end of May when I wanted to cancel it in the beginning of April and why nobody notified me of the cancelation. I instructed them not to put me on the normal prescription that I will not be using the DSTV anmore and that I will not pay for any fees they have extra. The lady informed me that it was noted as such and that a supervisor will contact me the next day, that would have been yesterday. Today I got a notification that the price lock price when off my account, I phone DSTV and told them that I did not give them permission to take money from my account and that nobody even phoned me as yet. I also instructed her to ensure that someone does phone me today as I want my money back into my account today still, as I did not give them permission to take money out of my account. Does DSTV do this to all their clients, do they just take money out of your account even if they stop your services on their side as your contract has expired, how does this work? To me this is not exceptable.

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DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply03 May 2018, 10:59
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Dear Sanet Pringle

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

Kind regards

DStv: Hello Peter Team

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Sanet P's update04 May 2018, 14:21
Reviewer Update
Good day, The amount of R949 was taken by DSTV out of my account, as previously stated without my concent, and now they are only paying me back R722.78 - It concerns my that they are even able to do this and then just say, oh sorry, not even contacting me in person, just an SMS saying the money will be showing in my bank within 3 days, and then it is still short. I once paid my mothers account on a Sunday, the last day of the month, the next day her DSTV was put off and we were told that we have to make sure that the money is in their accounts on the 1st of the month, and if you do it on a Sunday, it will not show when they check it, we even had to pay to get it back up again, and now I have to wait for my money that was in my bank earning at least a little bit of interest, then I don't even get the correct amount back. To me this is steeling, they took money out of my account without my permission, then decided to give me money back but not even the correct amount - how is this even aceptable.
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Sanet P's update08 May 2018, 09:39
Reviewer Update
I still received no feedback form DSTV or when the rest of my money will be paid back to me. Is there someone who can help me to sort this out? Thanks