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Marelize R

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2013

19 Feb 2025, 22:06

Poor Service Delivery

My parents (70 years of age) have been struggling with intermittent outages for more than 12 months. When contacting Home Connect they advised that we should run diagnostic tests. I have done various tests and the line would run well for 24-48 hours. Then we will experiences outages. Home Connect could not resolve the problem and advised we had to purchase a new router, which we did. Upon complaining about the outages again, Home Connect held we should have asked them what router to purchase and that a TP Link router is not a router that they are trained on. (Remark made by Mr King (Escalation Agent)). Mr King held he refuses to escalate the matter without additional diagnostic tests. I spent 3 hours on the line with Home Connect to no avail. I escalated the matter to Manager Nikkita. Manager Nikkita notified me that Home Connect cannot assist elderly individuals. Manager Nikkita refused to provide me with the Head Manager's contact details. I refused to continue with the call due to her failure to provide the information. Nikkita later contacted me (6 calls in total) to advise that she will provide me with the e-mail address of a manager. My father's health was negatively affected by the rude and disrespectful conduct of agent Londiwe, Mr King and Nikkita. We have been loyal Home Connect customers for various years and are cancelling our service in light of Home Connect not being willing to assist. Frogfoot advised that Home Connect is throttling the internet and therefore we will continue to experience outages. Home Connect has really disappointed and will be losing 3 clients due to their failure to have empathy with older clients. Home Connect advised that they have records of the various calls logged and they can acknowledge that they have failed to deliver service. This has been a horrible experience and I would not recommend Home Connect to any consumer.

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Home-Connect
Home-Connect's reply19 Feb 2025, 22:07
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Dear valued customer, thank you for the feedback. Kindly note that an agent will be in contact to assist tomorrow. Our operating hours are Mon-Fri 8am - 8pm, and Sat, Sun & PH 8am - 2pm. Best regards Home-Connect Team     
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Marelize R's update20 Feb 2025, 09:17
Reviewer Update
Home Connect contacted me to advise if I'm not situated in JHB they cannot assist with an internet connectivity problem by sending a technician after several tickets have been lodged. They held that they cannot assist elderly clients who have been paying a subscription for years. Contacted their Manager Thuthukani Sishi, to no avail. Home-Connect's Nikkita contacted me to advise my elderly father confirmed that he will be using Anydesk for their technician to assist remotely. Upon contacting my father he advised he never agreed to this as he does not have the ability to log onto Anydesk.

Poor service delivery, disrespectful conduct from Nikkita, Mr King and Londiwe. Home Connect we can't complain about your service....as there is NO SERVICE!
Home-Connect
Home-Connect's reply20 Feb 2025, 09:22
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Dear valued customer, thank you for the feedback. Kindly note an agent will be in contact shortly to assist.