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Simon D

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2017

12 Mar 2018, 07:57

Over charged by dstv

So, a few weeks ago I received a call from a nice girl at Multichoice, she wanted to offer me a "free" DSTV EXPLORA as I was such a good and loyal customer. Of course I agreed and I did understand that in fact I was signing up to dstv for a further 2 years in order to get said "free" product. The EXPLORA arrived and then a installer came and installed it, for free! All good so far.

Then came the 1st of March and by debit order was taken. I was over charged a total of around R1300 on my bill (to most this is quite a bit). I called and was advised that my subscription had been duplicated so that I was charged twice (pro rata as well) I was told I would be refunded and all was sorted. A few days later I noticed that one of my subscriptions was no longer working, I called dstv again and was told it had been cancelled!!! Why? nobody will ever know. The subscription in question was then re-activated and I was assured I would have my refund by the end of the week at the latest. It is now Monday of the following week, 12 days since my initial call and no refund, I have called again this morning and have been assured I will be refunded by Wednesday.

I am not at all happy with the service from DSTV/Multichoice. I didn't ask for the EXPLORA you called me!!! As a result I have been R1300 less in my account for almost 2 weeks, you don't know what effect this may have had in my life and clearly you are not interested either. I have spent a small fortune on the phone to you people trying to sort this mess out.

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Replies (3)
DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply12 Mar 2018, 08:24
Official

Dear Simon Dolinski

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

Kind regards

DStv: Hello Peter Team

Best regards,

SD
Simon D's update12 Mar 2018, 09:33
Reviewer Update
The saga continues! Now had a call from dstv asking me to send them my bank statement so that they can verify my account for a refund, funny that because I have been told by several different people that the refund would have been done last week and nobody asked for a bank statement, further, you didn't need to verify my account to take the money out of it but you need me to verify it in order to refund it!? I have now asked that the money be credited to my account instead as even if I had needed it back urgently, it would now be to late.
DStv (MultiChoice)
DStv (MultiChoice)'s reply12 Mar 2018, 14:57
Official

Good day Simon

Thank you for taking the time and share your concern with us.

Furthermore, I apologise for the poor customer experience received.

As mentioned above, the credit will remain in your DStv account which will be used for the next monthly subscription.

Please do continue to interact with us if you require any further assistance.

Kind regards

Dinah

Best regards,