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Tanusha C

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2011

25 May 2015, 09:04

MTN's is being ********* and inconsistent!

I have 2 MTN accounts - one a data contract (2GB) and another a prepaid contract. I recieved my MTN data bill for this month and was utterly surprised to see that it was around R 2800!!! I have a budget and therefore i have alway had a limit on my bill. After 10 months of having a set bill for that account of R 99 I do not understand how this is possible. Usually, after i reach my 2GB's i am not allowed to go onto the internet. On all my prior bills the statement says i have a credit limit of R 500. Suddenly on this bill the credit limit has been changed to R 7839. Who authorised such a change? Where did the figure come from?<br> <br> I refute the charges and require a full investigation. I have been a loyal customer to MTN, only ever been an MTN customer and they have been my service provider of choice for all these years. To make matters worse their call centre is down --- strikes! So i am left as a consumer with a bill that i refute, debit order going out soon and no way to contact MTN except taking leave from work and going into a branch.

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MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa's reply01 Jun 2015, 10:51
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Hello tan@sum,

We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused for the breakdown in service being experienced due to the industrial action we are facing.

We have now logged a billing investigation for the packet switch data call charges to be investigated. Our Billing team will need to investigate the usage to ensure that there is no duplicates or discrepancies. The reference number for the request logged is REQ:***.

We've looked in the matter of the credit limit being increased from R500.00 to R7839.00 and see it was done when the upgrade was done on the 20th of January 2015 on our system.

We've now requested that your credit limit be decreased again to R500.00 to ensure that you keep your bill to a minimum.

Kindly note due to the industrial action we are facing there will be a delayed response regarding the billing on your invoice dated the 20th of May 2015.

Regards
Tim
MTN Complaints Management Team: REQ:***