KG
Kamini G

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2013

18 Apr 2019, 17:25

MAKRO IGNORES CUSTOMERS! MY GOODS STILL NOT DELIVERED!

Bought a brand new Fridge and Washer-Dryer combo machine at the end of March with Makros expensive Maksure sold to us for each item seperately. Delivery was promised to be the following week on a Tuesday. We took a day's leave to be home to ensure we were there upon arrival of the goods and nobody pitched with my goods on the day despite our numerous phone calls to call centres (who are clueless as I was told by the call centre agent with a mocking tone in her voice that I must wait two hours for the delivery), managers, salesmen and other staff spoken to telephonically, nor did anyone bother to phone us in the morning expected delivery day to confirm delivery! We waited a whole day and wasted several calls and messages and our precious time, taking a whole day's leave to be home expecting Makro will deliver. Eventually goods get delivered at Makro's leisure as I was at work and was forced to rush home in traffic to receive my long awaited Fridge and Washer-Dryer after having complained to the sales guys Jude and his Store manageress. Upon examining of my goods I find that the wrapping plastic on the washer-dryer combo machine was torn near the electronic controls as well as the back and seems tampered with and that was concerning as the goods were driven on a open back lorry. The fridge also had tears in the packaging. Upon opening my goods I noticed a scratch on the Fridge water dispenser lever and mentioned all this to Jude the sales guy sending pics. Later also noticed dent in the washer-dryer combo and phoned and wasted another phone call talking to Jude and he assured that both the goods would be replaced with brand new ones and that I will be contacted for delivery. The delivery system coordination with Clients seems to be in a pathetic state with a big company like Makro. I HAVE NOT RECIEVED MY NEW EQUIPMENT UP TO NOW!!! 3 WEEKS LATER THE DEAL IS NOT DONE ALTHOUGH MAKRO HAS TAKEN MY MONEY! ALOT OF IT! Delivery guys are rude and unprofessional on the phone when they speak to me. They phone me at any hour during the day and expect I am home for delivery when I am a working individual! They do not make prior arrangements and when I complained about this they have an attitude! They then tell me a few days ago they will not deliver at the time I get home from work which would be 4:30 to accommodate them with my work schedule and I eventually asked them to then get a manager for me to speak to and to contact me so we can get this sorted out. Few days later still no contact from the manager as per my request! I made several attempts at getting hold of the Makro Woodmead store which my phone calls just run and run for 10 to 15 minutes and no answer, all I get is an annoying voice telling me how Makro is big on everything! I phone the call centre agent Zanele and the call centre agent doesn't seem to care that this has become a huge problem for me and I have a right to their service to me as a customer and she just simply gives me the store number again despite my request to get a manager come back to me. Store phone again and again just gives me several minutes of listening to "Makro is big...................." NO PICK UP OF MY CALL FROM ANYONE AT THE STORE! NO ASSISTANCE!!! Resort to again contacting Jude the sales guy who conveniently sold me all the good and the maksures but doesn't seem to care anymore... ignores my several sms's and phone calls to him. Jude simply ignores me as a customer now. I am still sitting with no way of knowing when someone will contact me and when I will have my goods. MAKRO DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE!

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KG
Kamini G's update18 Apr 2019, 17:33
Reviewer Update
I would ALSO like to mention that the second call centre agent I spoke to today (18/04/2019) NAMED BUYI HUNG UP ON ME after speaking to her stressing my problem and that I am fedup with Makro!!! SINCE WHEN DO CALL CENTRE "HELPERS" GET TO HANG UP THE CALL ON THEIR CUSTOMER WITH NO RESOLUTION OR RESPONSE TO THEIR CUSTOMER'S PROBLEM?????????
Makro
Makro's reply21 Apr 2019, 11:02
Official
Good Day Kamini,

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for the customer service you have received from both our store and our contact center. It is very disappointing to read about what you have gone through, the fact the we said we will exchange your order and not doing is most disappointing. We will address this with the store's management and have a exchange done for you and regarding the issues you have with our contact center, we will address it with the relevant management there as well.

Again, we do apologize for this and thank you for allowing us to resolve this for you.

Kind Regards,
Makro Hellopeter Team
KG
Kamini G's update03 May 2019, 10:59
Reviewer Update
Hello Makro Hellopeter team, Thank you firstly for your sincere concern and for promising to resolve the matter, my concerns and escalate the bad service I received. I would however, like to inform you that up to today, once again this matter is NOT resolved! I was called by a deliveries manager by the name of Temba after my complaint who seems to have been more interested in finding details that have nothing to do with me as a customer about whether or not my goods should be replaced or not rather than delivering my goods, which I fully have a right to and especially because that was Makro's promise to me. I also had to give this manager details of the driver/delivery person. The deliveries manager is clearly not informed enough and rather getting details from the customer rather than doing his own investigation. Allow me get to the worst part of why my delivery is still not with me; The delivery people eventually arrive at my place with the new goods, bring my new washing machine up to my apartment, begin to install the machine until I hear a noise against the side of the unit. I proceeded to ask them to stop and check the machine because I was concerned that it was damaged. One of the gentlemen seemed agitated and impatient because I expressed concern of damage now again to the new machine and he made me feel intimidated. I proceeded to ask him to please pull out the machine again (which was at that point only half way in) to see if there was damage. He compained about taking the machine out and made me feel like I shouldn't be asking him to do that. He also said to me that if he pulls out the machine and there is a dent then its going to be his fault (as if he new there was damage). He eventually but reluctantly removed the machine and I examined the machine carefully and found scratch makes and a deeper dent mark and scratch. The gentlemen insisted that there is no scratch and proceeded to phone his manager Temba speaking in a different language to English in my presence and seemed quite hostile complaining to the person on the other side of the line in my presence about that I say there is a dent and there is no dent according to him. When he got off the phone I asked him why he says to his colleague/manager that there is no dent or scratch when there is and he did not give me a straight answer even after I showed him the dent and scratch on the machine. The two deliverymen eventually took out the new machine which was now a second one damaged and I kindly asked them if they are now going to leave the old other damaged one with me, which they did and placed the other machine back. He then said to me he is not going to place the new fridge (which was still on the lorry) and take out the one I had because it does not make sense to only give me one of the new items(meaning the fridge) seeing as they will have to take back the machine they brought. I asked if they will be coming back with another machine for me (the same day) and they said no and that they will have to order a new one. I asked for them to then ask Temba to phone me (being upset about this still unresolved issue and now more damaged caused), and up to today 2 weeks later NOBODY from Makro has phoned me or escalated this, not even a manager has phoned me to arrange another delivery. MAKRO, when do you plan to deliver my new goods. Once again you have messed up and made this situation even worse! How long must a customer wait for you and how many more equipment will be damaged before you I can be at peace and finally use my own new undamaged equipment that I bought from you in addition to your expensive maksure guarantees/warantees? I hope that this matter now gets to your highest level of management and is finally resolved!