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Stephanus S

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2015

07 Feb 2020, 08:41

Multichoice ******ing money from me.

Recently had a negative experience with Multichoice regarding my DSTV monthly subscription charge. I neglected to pay them by the 1st of June 2020 and received an SMS on Saturday evening 2 June informing me that I have been disconnected as a result and have to pay the outstanding amount plus a reconnection fee of R50. On Sunday afternoon I paid the outstanding amount in full as stated by Multichoice on the SMS received and phoned the Call Centre to be reconnected. I was then instructed to email proof of payment to them and will be reconnected. Nothing happened and I called again. They then uploaded the proof of payment to my profile and reconnected me. All was good, or so I thought. To my surprise i received an SMS on Wednesday evening 5 June informing me that due to non payment my service will be disconnected, which then happened. Once again I had received an SMS stating the same outstanding amount as on previous SMS's and already paid. On Thursday morning I phoned again and spent 34 minutes on my cellphone no less, attempting to be reconnected. The gist of the matter is that suddenly I now owed Multichoice R50.00 more than the previous amount already (Which amount was my subscription fee + R50). The gentlemen could not explain to me where this R50 materialised from, only insisted that, that was what the system stated and unless I paid this R50 I could not be reconnected. Of course I refused and insisted to be reconnected as I had already paid them in full. Finally after being put on hold for the fourth time I was assured that he had spoken to his manager and that the matter would be escalated and I would be promptly reconnected. I accepted that and thanked him for his trouble. About 1 min after having ended the call I received another SMS informing me that my DSTV had been stopped and I had to pay the previous amount paid (already paid) plus this extra R50. No sign of the promised reconnection. As I am posting this I am still disconnected. This is unacceptable and is nothing but ******ion. The sheer arrogance of expecting me to pay an extra amount no one could explain to me is astonishing.

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Replies (2)
DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply07 Feb 2020, 21:04
Official
Hi, 

We acknowledge receiving your complaint. and we are attending to it. Feedback will be communicated as soon as possible. 

Kind regards 
DStv: Hello Peter Team

Best regards,

DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply07 Feb 2020, 21:12
Official
Good day,

Kindly accept our apology as your account was disconnected.

The account has been activated and the reconnection fee was reversed. The next payment is R100.38 on the 01.03.2020.

Kind regards 
DStv: Hello Peter Team 

Best regards,