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Zelmi C

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2016

16 Nov 2021, 21:26

SHOCKING ONLINE STORE SERVICE AND DELIVERY

If I could give 0 stars that would still be too many.

I ordered a new mobile device on the 9th of November and my payment immediately cleared through PayGate. The website says delivery takes between 5 and 7 days. On the 15th, my order's status hadn't changed at all and it still showed, "Processing - Oder Placed". I phoned the call centre, only to be told that they will escalate the issue and get back to me. No one got back to me. I phoned them later again and was told their system is showing, "Waiting for financials" and I should get in touch with my bank because it seems they are holding on to the funds for some reason. I phoned my bank and they assured me the money cleared and was paid over to Samsung. Eventually on the 16th I received an e-mail stating that they don't actually have stock of the device and they are receiving it on the 20th, that's why my order has just been stuck. I requested a refund and was told the refund will take 14 days. 14 DAYS to get refunded money that I immediately paid over to them under the impression that they do have stock of the device I ordered. Absolutely disgusting service and system errors is such a poor excuse for a big company such as Samsung,

Stay very far away from purchasing anything from their online store. Let's see how long this refund takes as it's been another 6 hours and I still haven't received any further communication after requesting it.

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Replies (2)
Samsung South Africa
Samsung South Africa's reply17 Nov 2021, 07:46
Official
Good day Zelmi , 

Thank you for bringing your query to our attention, we apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. 

We have noted your concerns and we are currently investigating the matter further. 

Your complaint has been assigned to our escalations department and we will be in contact with you. 

Regards, 
Samsung 
:^NM    
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Zelmi C's update19 Nov 2021, 08:01
Reviewer Update
This matter was resolved swiftly after my review.

I would like to thank you for the service received after this matter escalated, I received my device yesterday and am very happy with it thus far. I really wish the response time and attention had been the same from the start though.

All of the call centre staff I spoke to were extremely professional and friendly, I spoke to quite a few and didn't get all of their names but all of them were truly great.

Vaughn and Siyanda made numerous calls to keep me updated on the progress of the order and I can only applaud them for the exceptional assistance.