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1 reviews | Active since Dec 2013

28 Nov 2022, 07:14

No sense of Urgency and minimal communication during breakdown

I always thought that 1st for woman cares about people during breakdowns and they would respond with a sense of urgency. I must say I am so disappointed with the kind of service I received on Saturday evening. For what I experienced this has led me to cancel my insurance with 1st for women. It's just unfortunate I can't reverse the debit order but definitely next year January my car won't be covered by 1st for woman.

So around 10pm on A rainy stormy Saturday I hit a pothole and I got an instant tyre burst. Mind you the area is quite scary and there are plots and its windy and raining and its at night. I parked on the side of the road and pressed the panic button and it said a consultant will be in touch . 5min later I decided to call the call centre and request road side assistance and I was being helped i 2min later I recieved a call from the panic nutton alert. So i hung up and started communicating with the consultant who called from the panic alert. She was able to assist me so far and asked if I felt safe. I told her I was not safe so she said she will send security. Fine than she said she is transferring my call to the breakdown Depart and they will come and assisst me. I than spoke with Dumisani . And he kept asking questiins like what's my exact location but I asked him if he didn't get it from the app because I don't know the exact place I was at. So he said I should send him a whatsapp with my location and say attention Dumisani. And he will call be back. So I sent the whatsapp and I see that 10minutes passes and he has not called. So I buy airtime and called 1st for woman again and I asked why haven't anyone called me because I am scared and frustrated. I was then transferred to Breakdown Depart so that I can talk with dumisani . But my airtime finished while still waiting on the line . The security arrived atleast 20min after they were dispatched. I felt a bit safe. But Dumisani had not called we waited for 10min until the security decided to change the Tyre for me. I don't know if It was worse than a punched Tyre. Than I would wait for the breakdown department for hours before they come. As I was driving home at 23:17 I received an SMS saying the assistant provider is on the way , a little to late. What I hated from this was lack of communication and sense of urgency from the consultant Dumisani. Thank you for your service but I am done with First for woman I don't want to find my self in a similar situation where I have to call back and ask why am I not being called back for assistance with towing. That's very unfair considering that I pay for insurance faithfully hoping that I won't have to be frustrated.

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1st for Women
1st for Women's reply28 Nov 2022, 11:53
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Hi Lutendo

 
We are disappointed to hear about your service experience. 

 
We have escalated your matter to the relevant team to look into. They will be in contact with you. 

 
Kind Regards, 

The First for Women Team