JP
James P

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2013

05 Feb 2018, 20:36

Mistaken upgrade

Elitemobile, whom I have never dealt with but somehow had my phone contract details with vodacom, called me randomly to upgrade my contract which had reached its 2 yr expiry date in Dec 2017 (this process has happened 8 times as I have been a vodacom customer for 16 yrs). They proceeded to tell me I qualified for extra data on the same package (Red Premium plus) so it sounded reasonable to upgrade. They neglected to tell me the upgrade didn’t come with a phone upgrade. (I had no idea there were contract upgrades with no new phone as I have upgraded to a new phone each of the previous 7 upgrades). When I finally got back from holidays and got round to enquiring why I don’t yet have a new phone, they claim the “cooling off period” of 14 days has expired and they have to double check the exact phone recording as I am now locked into a renewed contract until 2019 which I cannot change. I find it unacceptable I’m locked into a 2 yr renewal on a contract where I don’t get a phone upgrade and where I was coerced by salespeople right at the end of the year who weren’t 100% transparent about the upgrade. It’s also unacceptable that Vodacom pass my personal details onto agents such as Elitemobile. Is that not contravening the Consumer Protection Act and the Protection of Personal InformationAct? Elite mobile and Vodacom need to reverse this upgrade with no cancellation charges and be transparent in offering the usual upgrade with a new phone.

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Replies (5)
Elite Mobile
Elite Mobile's reply05 Feb 2018, 20:59
Official

Good day,

Thank you for your inquiry, you will be contacted by an escalations agent.

Kind Regards, Elitemobile

Best regards,

JP
James P's update06 Feb 2018, 08:02
Reviewer Update
It is also my legal right to listen to the recorded telesales call so I insist on hearing this.
Elite Mobile
Elite Mobile's reply06 Feb 2018, 09:15
Official

Good day

I do apologize for any Inconvenience caused however we are unable to view your information at the current stage.


Please email us on *** with your query and an ID or ref number and we will get back to you promptly and assist you with your query.

Regards

Best regards,

JP
James P's update06 Feb 2018, 10:44
Reviewer Update
Please phone me on ***.
Elite Mobile
Elite Mobile's reply09 Feb 2018, 08:28
Official

Good day

Please be advised contract has been reversed and agent has been sent to disciplinary.

We do apologize for any inconvenience caused to you in this time.

Regards

Best regards,