SJVR
Samantha Jansen Van Rensburg

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2020

06 Jul 2020, 10:17

Never again support Edcon retail stores

Rating -1000!!!!! For the past 14 years i have had an account with Edgars, and diligently paid my account and always kept it up to date. Due to a worldwide crisis that we are all undergoing currently, with regard to a lockdown and not being able to earn an income, i have tried to pay as much as i can toward my account. However the debt collectors do not make ANY notes on their system once they have harrassed myself and my husband, when we have paid an amount every month even though we are not earning an income, that is still not sufficient, in the past week i have been harrassed at least twice a day and no one seems to take into account that the account is still being paid, never mind that my history has been so well established as a good payer, Now we are made to feel like *********, even though we are still trying our best. I will pay this account off, but will close my account and will never support ANY Edcon retail shop again. So much for being considerate during a lockdown or even taking into account a 14 year loyal customer. Absolutely ridiculous. I would recommend Edcon trains their debt collectors on how to do their jobs as well as to send customers their statements and teach them some manners and respect when talking to customers that have supported them for 14 years! We are ALL going through this crisis and no one knew we would ALL be in a situation we find ourselves in. They are lucky we are upright citizens that will still pay their account and then close it. It is a pity that a massive company such as Edcon is not able to debt collect in a respectful manner.

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Edgars
Edgars's reply07 Jul 2020, 13:00
Official
 Good day  Samantha,  Thank you for taking our call earlier. As per our telephonic conversation, we apologise profusely for the inconvenience caused.  Your complaint has been referred to the Collections Team Manager, to investigate and revert with feedback.  The reference number for the complaint is ***/GO Warm Regards The Edgars Team 

Best regards,

SJVR
Samantha Jansen Van Rensburg's update08 Jul 2020, 09:20
Reviewer Update
Due to still being harrassed with phonecalls regarding the account, and receiving an sms of further action being taken I have been taken aback by how your "customer of 14 years" who has been a good payer is being treated like this. Account has still been paid, just not to your satisfactory amount. I finally received a statement. This morning the account has now been paid(which i am actually not able to pay) - when i requested to close the account Edgars is letting me know that the amount paid is incorrect as there is extra interest being charged on the account! So Edgars will NOT close the account until this interest is paid - i have requested that the account is closed and the reply is "unfortunately procedures need to be followed". after i HAD to make a plan to make payment to Edgars because they INSIST on payment and now the incorrect amount is given. This is absurd and ridiculous! This is how you treat loyal customers who pay their account??