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Taryn H

1 reviews | Active since May 2015

31 Oct 2017, 13:34

'free' showmax ???

I am on a DSTV premium subscription and am supposed to receive free showmax. I signed up this previous month and low and behold my first debit order that went off included the R99 showmax charge. After bouncing around the call centre on 2 occasions I was informed that a credit note will now be passed onto my November bill (will wait to see if this is actually the case). I then asked how to prevent this happening again. I was directed to showmax, who by the way have no contact number so you are forced to live chat. Most unhelpfully they told me my account was linked correctly and they cannot assist with billing so I must speak to DSTV. I tried to live chat with DSTV who tell me to follow the process to link my account to showmax (already done so a bunch of useless feedback). Another agent then tells me you only quality for free showmax if you are on pricelock....(possibly a ploy to upsell). No option on either site to de-link from showmax to prevent future erroneous charges. Clearly a whole lot of inefficiency going on and not a lot of customer resolution ps. on a side note. to upgrade to pricelock explorer is also a mission. there is no option to request upgrade and find out on site whether or not the installation option is required (R919 vs R959 pm). If you sign into the R959 installation option and you already have the correct satellite dish installed I was informed that you will be locked into that R959 price for 2 years and they will leave the new and uninstalled satellite dish on your doorstep

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Replies (3)
DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply31 Oct 2017, 14:02
Official

Dear Taryn

We acknowledge receiving your complaint. Feedback will be communicated to you shortly.

Kind regards

DStv Hello Peter team

Best regards,

DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply31 Oct 2017, 16:14
Official

Good day Taryn

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

We have manually adjusted your DStv account to reverse the balance charged for ShowMax.

Kindly expect a call back from the Price Lock team for more information on this deal.

Feel free to contact us if you require any further assistance.

Kind regards

Dinah

Best regards,

TH
Taryn H's update01 Nov 2017, 13:23
Reviewer Update
Hi Dinah, Thank you for responding and addressing the reversal. That is great but was less of a concern than this being a repeat issue on a monthly basis. Has this been resolved as a once off issue? I have signed up for explorer. I understand that I have to cancel my one subscription and initiate the other so I do not get double billed. Please confirm that the current fee reversal will move from the one bill to the other during the change over? Thanks Taryn