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Zintle L

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2022

23 Sept 2022, 17:27

Poor product and customer service from Incredible connections Tygervalley, Partserve and Lenovo South Africa.

I bought the Lenovo idea pad flex last year August 2021. I used the laptop for 10 months only when it stopped charging . I then took it to incredible connections Tygervalley in June as it was still under warranty until the 8th of August .I collected the laptop in July and was told there was nothing wrong with it. When I tested it the laptop had the same problem. I took it back to incredible connections on the 27th of July and was logged onto the system for repairs on the 1st of August. The duration of the repair was supposed to be 3 weeks but ended up being 5 weeks as there was an issue between incredible connections and the suppliers regarding the warranty expiry date. The issue was finally resolved and the laptops battery was apparently replaced by partserve in Johannesburg. I received the laptop on the 15th of September from incredible connections and was told the warranty had been extended by 3 months. When I tried to use the laptop again the laptop was still not charging, the charger was draining the battery instead so I took it back to incredible connections. I got told it would take 3 weeks for Partserve to evaluate the unit through incredible connections and fix it but 1 week if I take it directly to partserve. I took the unit directly to partserve in Cape Town and the unit was logged in for a re-evaluation on the 19th of September. On Friday the 23rd of September I called partserve where the unit was taken in for repairs and was told that the issue is now not the battery and is the main board instead. I got told that the warranty was for the battery replacement and not the whole laptop therefore I would be getting a quotation for the main board reparation . I have not used the laptop since June . It has been in repairs since June yet I am being charged for the reparation of the main board. Partserve failed to diagnose the laptop when they first evaluated it to identify the problem and still did not pick up on the problem when they had replaced the battery and said the laptop passed all diagnostic testing. I am dissatisfied with the customer service from Incredible connections and Partserve as well as disappointed with the quality of the Lenovo idea pad flex 3.

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Replies (2)
Lenovo South Africa
Lenovo South Africa's reply26 Sept 2022, 10:34
Official
Dear Zintle
 
We’ve had a chance to review your complaint and would like to apologize for your experience with our product. Thank you for taking the time to share that with us so we can make it right. 
 
We recognize that this is an inconvenience, and we’d like to regain your trust. Based on what you’ve shared with us, please give us the opportunity to contact our partner PartServe to understand how we can fix this issue.
 
We will contact you directly on the details provided with the way forward.
 
Kind regards,
Lenovo South Africa
ZL
Zintle L's update28 Sept 2022, 09:46
Reviewer Update
I have just been quoted R6561.49 for the main board. Still no communication from Lenovo about my laptop. The laptop has not been in my possession since June yet I am being quoted for the repairs of a laptop that I wasn’t even using. Between June and September the laptop was with incredible connections as well as partserve. The laptop has the same problem it had when I first took it in which means the wrong thing was repaired within the warranty period and now that the warranty period is over I’m being quoted a large amount of money for a problem that could have been identified from the beginning. This is an inconvenience and is frustrating because the job is taking longer than it should’ve. The lack of communication is honestly appalling.