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Vanessa G

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2018

22 Jan 2018, 14:09

Customer ***** on Defective Goods

I bought a hand set (Nokia 2) in Dec 22/12/2017 and 2 days after the purchase that phone already had problems of re starting while busy on the phone, however I did not worry about it as I thought it was a security feature or something I had to fix in the settings.

On the 14th of Jan 2018 in the morning my phone had a temperature that was un usual, but then again I ignored because it was warm outside. By the evening the phone was dead just switched off!!! No warnings nothing…

I put the phone on charge the whole night and still the morning of the 15th Jan 2018 it did not switch on at all.

I then made my way to Game store in Mitchell’s Plain...I now need to know how long this process will be as I did not even have this phone for a month and it was broken!

Upon arrival no one explained to me anything and I did not even have the opportunity to even state my requirements as a customer. They just booked in my phone for repairs and said I have to wait for 21 days for a reply.

I have just spoken to the Office of the Consumer Protector and I have been informed that due the fact that this phone did not even work for a max 30 days it is classified as "defective". I as a consumer should have been given the right to choose whether I want the phone fixed, replaced or refunded.

Game is labeled a ********* of a company!!! They have taken my money and I can even get through to the call center for answers. The store is running a ****** business and they cant even answer a simple question pertaining to my query.

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Vanessa G's update22 Jan 2018, 14:56
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The above has been noted - however had it been that the store consultants/ staff explained this to me a customer instead of just doing as they please. I have spent my money in your store and it is Games responsibility to insure that their staff is well trained so that they can educate customers. They way the treated me as as if I was a nuisance and what they where doing was a favour...I cant even bring my self to go to the store again as I feel like they will treat me like DIRT again as they previously did!!! They has no empathy what so ever, and now I sit without a phone for almost a month on phone I did not even break...it really unfair!
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Vanessa G's update24 Jan 2018, 08:16
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Thank you so much...A special thank you to Aneeza and Ashelen @ Game store in Mitchell’s Plain who took the time to listen to what I had to say, advice according to the business practice and act honourably to meet my needs as a customer. I do hope that other employees can learn from these 2 ladies who are a great example. Keep it up guys.