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04 May 2016, 14:21

MTN IS ROBBING ME SENSLESS

I POSTED THE FIRST REVIEW ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 2016. TWO WEEKS LATER, STILL NO REPLY! I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET MY ACCOUNT SORTED FROM THE 6TH APRIL TILL TODAY 21ST APRIL. I'VE CALLED IN MORE THAN 6 TIMES AND EVEN GOT 6 DIFFERENCE REFERENCE NUMBERS. REF ***, ***, ***, ***, *** AND *** AND EVERYTIME I CALL TO DO A FOLLOW UP, THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THOSE REFERENCES... ALL OF THEM. MY MTN ACCOUNT NUMBER A***, FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN BILLED R78-07 EXCL VAT FOR PROMO SERVICE FEE(HANDSET) AND NOW I AM BILLED A COLOSSAL R174-56 EXCL VAT. WHEN I CALL, NOBODY CAN TELL ME WHY AND MTN ARE SUCH BULLIES THAT WHEN I DON'T PAY THAT EXTRA, THEY SUSPEND MY LINE! AN EXTRA THEY CANNOT JUSTIFY. ONE CONSULTANT EVEN TOLD THAT IT'S FOR THE UPGRADE. WHAT UPGRADE ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT IN MARCH? ITS ONLY YESTERDAY 20TH APRIL THAT I DECIDED TO UPGRADE. THIS IS REALLY DISTASTEFUL. MY HUSBAND ONCE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH CELL C IS IT WAS RESOLVED IN LESS THAN 5 DAYS! I DEMAND TO KNOW WHY THE PROMO SERVICE FEE HAS SUDDENLY GONE DOUBLE OVER AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I AGREED ON WHY I TOOK OUT THE CONTRACT WITH YOU.

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MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa's reply05 May 2016, 10:43
Official

Thank you for your post.

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

Kindly be advised that the matter has been escalated to the billing department for a credit request for invoices dated 2016-03-13 & 2016-04-13, the turnaround time for the matter to be resolved will be 7 working days. Please note that you were not billed for the new upgrade as yet,  fees for the new package will be on the invoice which will be finalised on the 2016-05-13 .

 

We would like to assure you that we are actively working to improve our service levels.

 Regards

Nompumelelo

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's update27 May 2016, 06:49
Reviewer Update
IS MTN PLANNING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER THIS LIFE TIME STILL? I WAS SAID IT WILL TAKE 7 DAYS TO RESOLVE AND NOT IT'S OVER 14 DAYS AND STILL NOTHING. THIS HAS BECOME TEDIOUS AND REPULSIVE!