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Owen V

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2015

13 Aug 2024, 10:20

Weirdly difficult to pay

I don't mind Lancet Lab in general, but account handling feels pretty abysmal. I've had SMS's sent demanding payment for (I'm expecting entirely legitimate) bills. No statement included, just "hey pay us, here are our bank details". That's not great.

I really hate owing people money and take quite a bit of pride in having a decent credit record etc, so money demands are serious business. However, I'd really really like to know what it is I'm paying for.

After many emails back and forth with ***, I managed to get to the bottom of (and a statement for) one of the payments required. Another is outstanding and I've received many demand SMS's to this effect. Despite attempting to find what this bill is for, my queries have gone either unanswered or have just been met with confusion for the past month, just about.

Today I received a call asking for payment, so at least over the phone I requested some sort of statement or invoice. The caller said this would be done and arrive shortly - it's been just over an hour and absolutely nothing, except for a transactional SMS confirming my settlement arrangement with a deadline of tomorrow.

If tomorrow comes and I still don't know what I'm paying for, I don't think I'm likely to pay blindly for it. Weirdly. As I understand it, general good-practice (though I'm no expert) is to include a statement or invoice, or at least some sort of breakdown or detail whatsoever, when payment is required. That's all I'm asking for - I don't need payment breaks or expect any leeway particularly, I just really really want to know what I'm paying for. Please. :D

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Lancet
Lancet's reply16 Aug 2024, 12:21
Official
Good Day Owen

Thank you for reaching out. Please note we have logged a customer complaint. reference ***.

Regards
Lancet Laboratories

Best regards,

OV
Owen V's update19 Aug 2024, 11:17
Reviewer Update
For what it's worth, I did receive a statement the evening of this review - 13 August. I paid and sent proof of payment on the morning of the 14th. Someone from Lancet's complaints department did reach out to confirm and to mention that there have been delays with their statement sending(?) - while I'm sure that's been the case, my main complaint has been the processing of it - demands without any further information.

I received another transactional message saying payment wasn't received - on the 16th, so 2 days after payment. No idea whether that's current or not, but I'm not following up personally - if something is wrong still, someone can call or email me. I'm considering this issue resolved, but my review stays exactly as-is. No change.