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Sibulele L

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2019

17 Nov 2022, 14:47

Bad service

Santam is the worst insurance to deal with firstly I had been with them for a year without fail have paid my premiums on time then they called me this year saying that after each year they are suppose to renew the policy which the system does automatically they then say because the system did not do this my policy did not update mind you they say it was suppose to renew on the 1st September 2022 and they only called me on the 23 October 2022 to inform me about this and said I would then need to make a double payment on my premium on the 26th that's when they collect the premium via debit order and I told them that unfortunately I would not be able to do that as whatever that happened is not my fault they then gave an alternative of not having cover for that 3 days and my policy will then commence again on the 26th which I agreed after the 26th everything was back to normal as they said or so I thought up until I had an accident on the 15th of October I immediately called them did all the necessary paper work I then requested for a courtesy car because I obviously needed it for my daily use when I did they then said my policy does not cover courtesy car which was definitely not the case after a long 4 days of going up and down with them they then rectified the mistake and a courtesy was allocated to me they allocated pannel beaters that were extremely slow they took 2 weeks just to inspect the vechile slone that time they courtesy car was allocated to me for 30 days and that time was running out because they were slow they did not communicate with me instead I had to be the one to chase them around to find out progress/timelines of the repairs now from my understanding the point of having a courtesy is to be able to move around while your car is in for repairs I then called Siyanda Mdlulwa to ask for an extension on Monday 14 November 2022 as she was the one that was handeling the whole courtesy car issue in the morning and explained the problems I had been having she said she would escalate to her manager Dorothy Hendricks which has not responded since not sure if she's busy or just ignoring the request now the car due back tommorow 18 November 2022 and I will be left not having transport I have to travel to work daily and I have a sick 2 year old that needs regular doctors visits and I won't be able to do that because I don't have transport I don't know what to do I'm very angry with the service and I really would not recommend them to anyone.

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Santam
Santam's reply17 Nov 2022, 15:11
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Good day Thank you for your post. We will be in contact with you shortly. Regards Client Care
SL
Sibulele L's update17 Nov 2022, 15:50
Reviewer Update
I will wait for you to contact me preferably before COB today as I waited for someone to contact me regarding this issue on Monday the 14th already and no one did I have to chase you and be the one calling you only to be told the same thing over and over again not helping at all with the situation
SL
Sibulele L's update19 Nov 2022, 11:00
Reviewer Update
The pannel beaters allocated by Santam **** and said my vechile is on the final stage of painting which means that my car is almost ready but only to find out that there are 2 parts that are missing and they still waiting for delivery they don't know when because of this delay I asked Santam to extend my courtesy car but they flat out refused because apparently they don't see anything wrong with this now I've tried to follow up with the matter with Kurt Roland Koopman, Siyanda Mdlulwa,Farrel Abrahams and Keagan Mohamed I have still not received any feedback regarding this matter I can send the conversation I had with pro finish pannel beaters as well as all the emails between the above mentioned Santam employees as proof to see that I've been ignored on my query the only thing I have asked for is that they extend my courtesy car until my vechile is done because Pro finish pannel beaters have delayed the process of repairs as well as **** and said my car is on the final stage of painting when infact it was still missing parts and that was not communicated with me I only had to find out when Farrell Abrahams told me he himself has asked Mr Williams from Pro Finish pannel beaters for a progress report on my vechile on the 18 November in the morning and has not received it since now first car rental wants the vechile back or I pay a daily extension rate on R1055 which I can not and will never be able to afford and I need transport as I need to travel to work and have a sick son that visits the doctor often I'm very upset with the level of service that I have received from Santam this far it's frustrating and has made my life Hell!!!!!!! When I wrote here you did say someone from your team will get back to me I've been waiting since!!!!!