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Dharsha Van Der Merwe

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2017

10 Jan 2020, 20:05

MAKRO WOODMEAD - FALSE WARRANTY, FALSE ADVERTISING, RUDE STAFF, BAD SERVICE

I would like to express my extreme dissatisfaction with regards to Makro Woodmead misleading advertising as well as invalid purchase policies especially with regards to warranties. We purchased a Mygica ATV495MAX Android device from Makro Woodmead and the advertising of this TV box was completely misleading. It advertises that it can play DSTV Now, can use Showmax and Spotify etc. Well DSTV Now does not work on this device, Showmax freezes all the time and Spotify is also an issue, the remote is also unpairing all the time. It's not my wifi connection as I have 2 other android boxes and they work like magic. I took the box back to Makro asking for them to hand the device back to the manufacturer for testing of which this was never done. Today my husband receives a nasty phone call from a Makro Employee stating that they will not send the device back for testing nor replace it nor refund us as the manufacturer has refused to assess our faulty device. They will just give us back the broken device which clearly has a software issue. I would like to escalate this further in light of Makro promoting a warranty policy which does not exist and false advertising. My reference number for my warranty claim is as follows ***.

Please do call me back as I would like to know if this is Makro's standard policy of false advertising and advise me if I should take this further in this instance. I believe that we have been sold a defective device and the warranty seems to be invalid, so why would you advertise that it has a warranty. Absolutely disgusted with Makro's response today. I would advise anyone to never buy from Makro as the pretenses under which we purchase items are actually a blatant lie.

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Makro's reply14 Jan 2020, 12:00
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Good day Dharsha

Thank you for your review on our Hellopeter platform, we do apologize for the delay in response and inconvenience caused.

We take all our customer requests seriously and assure you that this matter will be our priority.

We have received your complaint and we will therefore have it addressed and dealt with internally with relevant departmental managers, We shall thereafter relay back to you with concrete feedback within a period of 24 to 48 hours. 

Once again we do apologize for the inconvenience caused throughout your journey with us. 

Hope you find the above in order. 

Have a wonderful day. 

Kind regards
Makro Hellopeter Team 
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Dharsha Van Der Merwe's update22 Jan 2020, 07:20
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Makro Hellopeter Team... I have not received any feedback? It is way past 48 hrs.
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Dharsha Van Der Merwe's update23 Jan 2020, 13:27
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Makro Hellopeter Team day 9 and still no telephone call... Where is my concrete feedback????
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Dharsha Van Der Merwe's update24 Jan 2020, 19:56
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Makro Hellopeter Team... It is now 240hrs since ur promised 24-48hr turnaround time. I have logged this complaint with the complaints board now. Resolve this issue and provide me with answers!
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Dharsha Van Der Merwe's update27 Jan 2020, 13:10
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Makro Hellopeter Team, it is 17 days since my complaint and nobody has the decency to give me a call regarding this? It would seem that you do not care about your false advertising nor you care about customer satisfaction.

Very disappointed indeed. If I could give you zero score rating, I would not hesitate to do so. Pathetic service and empty promises.
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Dharsha Van Der Merwe's update29 Jan 2020, 12:43
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Thank you Makro for a response finally. :-) Gavin from Makro WOODMEAD, you are a superstar! Happy again...