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William W

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2021

22 Jul 2021, 17:10

Tardy service without shame or an appology

I was instructed by Discovery Insure to take my vehicle for some minor body repair work to Renew It Rivonia. The car was booked in on the 23rd of june and icwas told by my Service Consultant that the repair would take a minimum of 10 days to an ultimate maximum of 15 working days. I am aware that they work on Saturdays I assume only half day. Calculating fron the 23rd and excluding Saturday the earliest would be the 12th July and the absolute latest the 17th. I was kept abreast of the 5 stages that the vehicle was in. It spent an inordinately lenthly time in stripping and preperation. After many calls with one Andrea who was not adept at returning calls prefering to e mail or sms clients I extracted an undertaking that the Vehicle would be ready on Wednesday 2 days after the absolute maximum if not then this morning. I enquired again this morning by mail and phone call no joy from Andrea until arround 1 as I was setting off to do some work that the car would be ready at 3 pm. I canceled what I had planned and took the hired car to a car wash arranged for it to be collected and set off for Renew It in Rivonia. I arrived there at 7 mins after 3 expecting my repaired car to be ready and waiting. I was asked to take a seat to await the apperance of Andrea. She arrived to tell me that she meant 3 pm tomorrow. I had a monent and asked to speak to the manager who made a cursory call to establish if they could rush my vehicle through the wash bay. She then told me that thatccould not be done. She with a large amount of self importance assured me it would be ready first thing in the morning she even undertook in writing that it would be delivered to my home by 8am. The driver who took me home just shook his head sadly and informed me that there is no way he would be able to acomplish that so again a blatant lie delivered to a customer with a straight face. But why not there are no consequences to non delivery and blatant lies. Discovery for some reason continue to support these guys in the face of numreous complaints ....I was told by one of the Agents that procurement would not remove them from the approved supplier list I have to ask Discovery Procurement what has changed hands to ensure that a non performing supplier cobtinues to be given work?

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Renew-it Rivonia
Renew-it Rivonia's reply23 Jul 2021, 12:30
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Good Morning William

Thank you for taking the time to review us on this platform. Firstly, our apologies for poor service received ,lack of communications and not  living up to your service expectations.

We treat the nature of every complaint as serious and will endeavor to resolve the matter appropriately. 

We have addressed this issue with the service at Renew-IT Rivonia and they have advised that the vehicle is currently in the quality control department, once it is ready they will contact you to collect it.
 
The Renew-IT Team, always@yourservice

 
WW
William W's update24 Jul 2021, 17:17
Reviewer Update
Good afternoon. Thank you for your reply however the saga continues. My motor vehicle was delivered 30 mins late on Friday morning, On inspection of the vehicle I noticed a dent and some chipped paint on the opposite side of the vehicle from where the damage was repaired, so much for quality control. Then followed a 2hr saga culminating in Renew It conceding that they caused the damage after viewing the photos they took on delivery. Suddenly after taking a month on a relatively small repair they asked me to bring the vehicle back and promised to have it fixed same day. As my hire car had come to an end after much back and forth they agreed to pick up the tab for a hired car. By now I had wasted 3 hrs of my work time. Needless to say I got a call at 3pm from Veronique to say the car was done but they needed to get it polished could I collect it at 10am on Saturday. I agreed. just after 9am this morning I received a call from Brendhan asking if we could push the collection to 11am. By now I just wanted to get the car fetched so I agreed. I left home at 10.30 to do drive the 30 odd min drive to Rivonia. At 10.55 I received a call from Veronique to say car not ready could I just wait for Brendhan to call me. I refused as I was then 3/4 of the way to collect. I arrived and was asked to wait after a half an hr of being ignored with Veronique in her office directly opposite me. I went to reception to ask when someone would come to talk to me she disappeared for 15 mins and then said Brendhan would come through. Eventually he arrived saying the paint was still tacky and it would be another 45mins. By now I was so irritated that I again retrieved the hired car keys and left at 12.15 I called to get a progress report as I knew that they closed at 1pm. I was told that Brendhan would call be when it was ready, I then had to go back home another wasted 2 hrs of my time , Eventually I was called at 2 pm to say I could come and collect. Again I had to drive the 30 mins to get there. Car was done not the greatest job but I was not going to waste any more of my time. All in al, I wasted a minimum of 6 hrs of my time getting this sorted out at an hourly rate of R300 that is R1800 that I have had to sacrifice as a result of the ****ty service. Not to mention the frustration. It defies logic why Discovery Insure continue to use these clowns
Renew-it Rivonia
Renew-it Rivonia's reply26 Jul 2021, 09:47
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Good Morning William

Thank you for taking the time to review us on this platform. Firstly, our apologies for poor service received ,lack of communications and not  living up to your service expectations.

We treat the nature of every complaint as serious and will endeavor to resolve the matter appropriately. 

We have addressed this issue with the service at Renew-IT Rivonia and they have advised that the vehicle is currently in the quality control department, once it is ready they will contact you to collect it.
 
The Renew-IT Team, always@yourservice