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zain.cassimjee zain.cassimjee

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2017

27 Jul 2020, 17:03

Inability to track serial Numbers or honour a warranty.

I received a microwave as a Gift from someone, the microwave was bought from homecorp in January this year. The same Microwave stopped working 3 days ago.

I took it into homecorp Boksburg where I was told it was purchased and explained to the manager the situation and he said that he was unable to assist unless I had a receipt. I asked him to please check against serial numbers which would easily prove that the Microwave has in fact been purchased in that same store to which he responded that they don't store Serial Numbers nor would he even be able to assist me with a replacement as the store is currently closing down.

He was also unable to trace the original Purchase receipt as he said that there was no way for him to do that, which also does not make sense.

I work with stock and invoicing systems and the easiest way to track stock movements and sales and prevent ********** warranty claims is to check against serial numbers!. It makes no sense whatsoever that a store the size of Homecorp does not store and has no ability to reference an item that has actually been purchased in their store and has been brought in for a legitimate warranty claim.

Due to the urgency, I've had to take the item to an appliance repair shop and will have pay for a repair that should have been covered under warranty .

I'm disgusted by the service and will not recommend anyone from purchasing from a store that clearly has no after sales service or ability to trace their purchases!.

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Replies (6)
Home Corp
Home Corp's reply28 Jul 2020, 08:33
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Good day, 
 
We apologise for the inconvenience caused. 
We will insure to send on your complaint/concern to our regional Manager. 
 
Kind Regards, 
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zain.cassimjee zain.cassimjee's update07 Aug 2020, 12:41
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I'm really not clear on how this response is supposed to move things forward. You have given me no assurance whatsoever that it will be dealt with - specifically - what is your regional manager going to do?

Please can I have something more committal with regard to the actual complaint?
Home Corp
Home Corp's reply07 Aug 2020, 14:06
Official
Good day,
The suppliers work on proof of purchase and within the time frames of the guarantee from date of purchase hence the requirement of POP, if we cannot furnish them with this proof, then an customer will have to fit the payment for repairs. 
Kind Regards,
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zain.cassimjee zain.cassimjee's update07 Aug 2020, 14:35
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so what you are saying is that if someone were to purchase the exact same model as one that was purchased 13 Months ago, and it was defective - one could then bring it back and since you keep no record of the Serial Number or purchases at the actual store, you are open to warranty/guarantee *****. Your suppliers would also be none the wiser as you have just confirmed that they appear to keep no record either.

I am saying this because I actually create stock and invoicing systems which prevent this exact same type of *****....
Home Corp
Home Corp's reply07 Aug 2020, 15:26
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We ask that you will provide us with approximate date of purchase or details of the person that purchased the item for you in order to assist in locating the product on the system , Thank you.
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zain.cassimjee zain.cassimjee's update26 Nov 2020, 11:08
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Okay, your response does not make sense at all. The person that purchased the microwave did so prior to the outbreak of the pandemic and was a casualty of the pandemic, which is why I was unable to contact the person - this was explained to the person in the store.

I brought the microwave physically to the store where you could have located it on your system using a serial number, except that it would appear that for some reason your store fails to keep track of serial numbers of items that are sold thereby failing to know what you yourselves have actually sold.

Also understand that we live in the age of DIGITAL invoices where it should have been easy for you to find the item by a Serial Number. All I hear is excuses around the fact that you don't keep track of the stock you have and don't know whether your store sold the item or not unless your customer can provide you of proof which you yourself should be able to easily do.