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06 Feb 2017, 10:28

Contract Request not Honored

<p>I used to be a Altech Autopage customer but was changed over to MTN last year when Altech Autopage closed down. This was the start of all my headaches. Firstly the MTN statement makes no sense and is unnecessarily complicated to read. Soon after being on the new MTN contract, I did work in one of the neighbouring countries and was charged more than my contract value that month. When I inquired, I was told I have a credit limit, which I requested to be cancelled immediately. Again I went to work outside the country in November and got a hefty December bill 3 times my normal monthly installment. I went to inquire and although the service agent picked up on the system that I previously requested for all credit limits to be cancelled and my request was done, apparently it doesn't apply outside South Africa. I got another hefty January bill and decided to simply cancel my contract with MTN. The roaming calls I was charged for was for calls that went straight to voicemail. I wasn't even sent a notification that I'm approaching my credit limit, which I wasn't supposed to have anyway since I've previously requested for this to be cancelled. I still wonder how cancellation of the credit limit request could not apply outside South Africa. Anyway, I believe I'll be better off now without an MTN contract, there are other better suppliers out there </p>

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MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa's reply07 Feb 2017, 19:20
Official

Thank you for your post

We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience that you have experienced as a result of this. We completely understand the frustration it causes.

Please note that a credit limit is placed on your MTN account as a credit management tool, to control the spend on the account then you have to set a usage limit. The usage limit does not apply when roaming, the line becomes an open line when roaming and you will incur charges according to the usage so to control the spend while roaming you can activate SMS only roaming where you will only be charged for sending SMSes only.

Rest assured it is not our intention to displease you. We look forward to improving on the service delivery to you.

Kind Regards
Siphumezo
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Best regards,