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Deborah D

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2015

02 Dec 2016, 13:13

Held to ransom with Billing Charges

<p>I have a package costing R379 a month, and have been having that amount ( within +R50) range deducted from my bank account every month for about 11 months since may 2015. Suddenly in May 2016 I was billed R3126.60 , then end Oct R1969,72 and end Nov R1652.30.</p> <p>In spite of me contacting MTN at the beginning of Nov and making a total of 5 calls during the month, I have received reference numbers and assurances that someone will call me back, to no avail. I was once told that I never set a billing limit amount, so therefore they can charge me anything over and above my R379 a month if I have used more data or made more calls. Then on another occassion I was told that I HAD SET a monthly limit of R1587.74, which firstly is a very odd amount, and secondly I have never done. I was once told that a supervisor had checked into my account, and I would just have to pay the amount as it was correct. I do regular top ups of data myself thru Standard Bank and yet somehow they are billing me huge amounts at MTN. NO I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS! and asked to speak to someone, but still no one has called me back. </p> <p>I then said if I am responsible for setting a monthly limit(( over and above my package covered by my R379 which I signed up for), then I would like my limit set to ZERO. Oh no, then I was told that this would only be possible when I spoke to the suprevisor, whom I a still waiting to call me back. </p> <p>This is just **************** and I want to cancel the debit order at my bank as I have no control on what they take from me!! </p>

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MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa's reply10 Dec 2016, 19:27
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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 be advised that the invoices dated 2016-09-26 and 2016-10-26 have been investigated by our billing support team, the charges were validated correct. Kindly note that to manage the usage limit please dial *141*1*7852#ok, to prevent the extra charges please set the usage limit to R0.00.

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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