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LEBO S

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2014

19 Jul 2024, 13:22

First Help is the worst Towing company in SA

I've recieved the most uphauling service from First help.

Just want to understand why you ****ming me for payment after intentionally disregarding orders from my insurance to tow my car to SMD.

On the 30th of June I was involved in an accident of which I contacted the insurance for road side assistance.According to the insurance an instruction was given for the car to be towed to SMD but First help towed it to Monument Krugersdorp instead. My car was taken there without my knowledge or the knowledge of my insurance.

After couple of days my car was then towed again without my knowledge to RARC in Roodeport.

Finally I tracked the whereabouts of my car and made contact with RARC and I indicated that I was going to collect it since the insurance didn't cover the claim.That's when I was only told about storage fee.Monument where the car was towed to first had told me that they don't charge for storage fee,but Fist help went to uplift my car from them without consulting with anyone.I was billed for even the days when the car was at Monument storage even the day I went to collect the car was charged. I was forwarded an invoice of R2 415 that I was forced to pay from my pocket or otherwise I was not going to get my car Can someone please explain why my car was towed to those Two companies without my knowledge or the knowledge of my insurance?Why wasn't it taken to SMD as per instruction? My car was held hostage until I paid that money for it to be released. First help intentionally took it to places they know they will benefit from. Having to deal with such after an accident is damaging First help has no mercy on the affected they are just money driven.

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First Help Towing
First Help Towing's reply19 Jul 2024, 15:49
Official
Good afternoon Lebo Serati 

Thank you for taking the time to review our service on this platform.  Firstly, our apologies for the bad experience that you had encountered. We treat the nature of every complaint as serious and endeavor to resolve the matter appropriately.   We have addressed this issue with Management and we can assure you that they will revert back with detailed feedback pertaining to your complaint. Once again our sincere apologies for the experience 

Regards

LS
LEBO S's update12 Aug 2024, 10:42
Reviewer Update
It's been almost a month since you promised to revert back to me and I haven't recieved any call/email from your company.This further shows how ******** you are in finding resolutions to your self caused problems.You don't take client complains as serious as you claim.You are just putting a front here on Hello peter.

I have gathered numerous writen emails from my insurance clearly ordering first help to move my vehicle of which you bluntly ignored.
I've been hoping you'd do a thorough investigation into the matter and get back to me,But this hasn't happen.
If I still don't hear from you after this review I am definitely taking a different approach which might include the media.
I won't stop until the right thing is done.I want the country to know the truth.