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zaakirah G

1 reviews | Active since May 2015

19 Apr 2024, 21:29

Can I get a refund

It all started with me buying a bed with pedestals and a few other items on 29 March 2024. A worker in the store assisted me with the online purchase for the bed because they didn't have any stock in store and he offered to assemble the pedestals for me to take home same day. He walked with me to my car and said the assembly fee for him and his friend was R100. Eh! I had to pay him on the spot. (mind you, this guy doesn't even work in the furniture department and I didn't know about it at the time, he works in the the rugs and carpets section)

When the bed arrived in store (around the 5th April) they called me to collect it but nobody told me that they opened my boxes and damaged the bed. In the meantime, I had to get a truck and pay someone to transport the damaged bed home.

I informer the store staff and customer service department immediately when I noticed the damages and asked for a refund. I sent proof of my banking details as well as a copy of my ID as requested. Today's date is the 19th April and they decided to give me a store voucher instead of paying my money back into my bank account. This is so disheartening! 😩😩😩 I've been in contact with two customer care consultants who promised that I will get a R300 compensation voucher and this was approved by their management team but I'm still waiting for this to be sent to me.

Can someone please advise if the gift voucher can be redeemed for cash at your stores, if not, when will my money be paid back into my bank account and when will I get the R300 voucher as promised?

Mr price cannot force me to spend my money at one of their stores after giving me non stop trouble for almost a month for an issue that was caused by their employees..

Mr price home left me no choice but to submit a hellopeter complaint because I'm not getting any straight answers when trying to communicate via email or telephone calls.

The only people who seem like they're genuinely trying to help is Lwazi from customer care contact centre and Raymond at the furniture department in the store. I'm grateful for their kindness and attempts to get this issue resolved, unfortunately they are also stuck and can only do so much...

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Replies (5)
Mr Price Home
Mr Price Home's reply22 Apr 2024, 08:57
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Good day, 

 We do apologise for the disappointing service. Your complaint will be investigated immediately and you will receive personal feedback from our customer care team members.  Many thanks, Mr Price Home 
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zaakirah G's update22 Apr 2024, 09:25
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please contact me on ***
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zaakirah G's update23 Apr 2024, 07:32
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Can you please speed up the refund process. I provided my details to the customer service team on 10 April and only received confirmation that the refund will be processed yesterday. The email that I received also stated that I should wait another 7-14 working days for the money to reflect in my bank account.

If the customer service consultants did their job then I would have had my money by now. Malaika insisted that she will give me a refund in the form of a voucher after I repeatedly expressed my need to have the funds transferred back into my account. I asked her daily if the voucher can be exchanged for cash and she chose to ignore my questions and still sent a mr price voucher.

Yesterday Lwazi advised that the voucher has been cancelled which is fine. I am not happy with the waiting period to get my money back. This issue was caused by your *********** staff.
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zaakirah G's update27 Apr 2024, 08:39
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Can somebody please refund my money. It cannot take a month to process a simple refund!!!
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zaakirah G's update29 Apr 2024, 08:54
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Mr. Price customer service department and their finance team just cannot get things right. I am literally waiting a full month for my refund and all they keep sending is acknowledgement emails advising me that the turnaround time for my refund will be 10-14 working days. This period has lapsed and I'm still waiting for my money to be refunded. Submitting complaints via hellopeter isn't helping so I'll try the CGSO - hopefully they will listen and help resolve this issue.