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1 reviews | Active since Mar 2013

16 Sept 2016, 10:10

Robbing people when they want to close their account

<p>I have decided to cancel my MTN contract, as the service, signal etc is just useless. </p> <p>My contract is due to end at the end of November 2016, I contacted Mtn to find out how you go about canceling your contract and if I want to cancel now already what do I need to do. </p> <p>I received an email with amount of money that I still owe, it shows the value of the phone, the months you still need to pay off and then there is a handset fee that needs to be paid as well. When I saw this I was fuming, surely the handset fee, the cellphone and the contract is all part of your monthly installment. So I went to the MTN in fourways mall so that someone could explain this handset fee. </p> <p>Firstly the service representative could not explain the amounts to me or actually get to the amounts that were on the system. </p> <p>Then he proceeded to tell me that I still owe money on my device, which I don't understand as everything should be included in your contract monthly installments. </p> <p>Then he told me they charge this handset fee because you are leaving Mtn, but if you stayed that amount would be done away with. </p> <p>I asked him to show me the contract where I signed that I need to pay mtn a handset fee for leaving and he couldn't assist with that. </p> <p>Then finally after all of this, it finally came out that they are charging me a fee for canceling my contract. Seriously in what world is that aloud, it doesn't stipulate anything about paying a fee when you cancel your contract in any of the contract documents. </p> <p> </p> <p>I want to close my account and pay the months that are left over in my contract, but instead they want to rob you of extra money. This is insane. </p>

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MTN South Africa
MTN South Africa's reply20 Sept 2016, 11:35
Official

Thank you for bring the matter to our attention.

Please be advised that if you cancel the Contract, there are various Charges and other amounts which you will have to pay as per terms and conditions. You will have to pay the reasonable costs for cancelling the Contract early, which may include repaying an amount of the Purchase Price. These amounts are called 'Cancellation Charges'; and other Charges for use and access to the Network Services, SIM Card and Mobile Device until the Cancellation Date. This includes amounts that are (or become) outstanding before or after the Cancellation Date, for example Monthly Service Charges and Usage Charges.

For more information on MTN’s T&Cs you may visit www.mtn.co.za

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and would like to assure you that we are actively working to improve our service levels.

Regards

Nompumelelo

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