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Antony C

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2025

12 Feb 2025, 21:39

Lancets pathetic accounts department.

I paid an outstanding amount at Lancet Ruimsig after being notified my medical aid paid short. Since December 2023 I kept getting sms's telling me I haven't paid. Each time I phoned the accounts department.. each time I sent proof of payment and was told there were backlogs in the allocations department. But acknowledged receipt and told me to ignore the sms's. They kept coming I kept phoning and was told all is good ignore them. This has been going on since the end of November begining of December. Today I have been notified that I have been handed over to debt collectors. So I phone again and am told the problem is I must send the proof of payment as a pdf not a screen shot???????I paid at there offices with my debit card the screen shot of the bank transaction has all the info why now after nearly four months are they saying this. The time date date amount account no everything required is on that screenshot why wait untill they hand me over to tell me they need a pdf file, after all this time and two to three phone calls to accounts every month and nothing about a pdf was ever mentioned. As it is a shot of my bank account how do I convert it to pdf, and more to the point why should I have to do this. May be the press should take a look at this as looking at hello Peter reviews of Lancet, I am one in thousands that have similar problems. Devi are you listening?????????

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Replies (4)
Lancet
Lancet's reply18 Feb 2025, 16:44
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Good Day Anthony

We are so sorry to hear that you are having a negative experience with us. Please note that we have escalated your complaint to the accounts team to investigate and address ***.

Regards
Lancet Laboratories
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Antony C's update18 Feb 2025, 20:06
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If you are sorry, why have I just receiver an SMS, 17/02 from your debt collectors demanding immediate payment this evening, after speaking to them on the phone last week Friday, and forwarded the proof of payment in an email in "pdf" format to them, to which they said they would follow up with the accounts department. This is getting frustrating and ridiculous. ...SYSO....
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Antony C's update20 Feb 2025, 23:03
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I was contacted by a Lady from resolutions department by the name of Melaika. Within 4 hours of our chat all was resolved, my account has a nil balance the debt collectors are off my back. All achieved from my screenshot pop. Now this superstar achieved in four hours what the accounts department couldn't do in four months. I have been a regular patient of Lancet since 2014, with this being the first time I have had a problem. I hope this never happens again, and can't thank Melaika enough for sorting this out so quickly after months of frustration. I have to wonder though, why the accounts department tasked with sorting these issues couldn't get it right, where as you Melaika, can do basically their job in 4 hours.
Thank you so much for all you did.
Kind regards
Antony

Lancet
Lancet's reply24 Feb 2025, 14:14
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Noted. Thank you