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Obaro M

1 reviews | Active since May 2012

08 May 2018, 17:23

Racial **************

I gave my vehicle to SMD to sell on my behalf. The vehicle was sold on the 2nd of May 2018 A I wanted to find out when my account will be credited please as the reason I sold the vehicle was to purchase one of either two vehicles which one is expiring on online time auction SMD tomorrow and the other goes to auction SMD on the 14th of May 2018. I was told to call a lady by the name Nanette Snyman. Who avoided my calls for good two days, when I call am told she is out of office, not on seat not and on a call for good two days.My emails to her was also ignored. All I was calling is just to get a simple response. I then used my white business partner to call her and he was connected to her on just one call compared to the two days I have tried to get hold of her. I was then told by the call attendants that they are sorry for the way am been treated and that I should write to their ********** which I did. To my surprise the complaints service of SMD wrote back to me saying that Nanette Snyman does not take calls not even offering me an apology knowing that I was instructed by their own staff to speak to her and the fact that she avoided to speak to me and when my white business partner called she picked up once and spoke to him. SMD has staffs that are very ****** starting from the head office to its branches and it needs to be transformed. The ****** staffs are having a great mental issue on the call attendants whom are told how to deal with blacks and how to deal with whites. I do not know whom Nanette Snyman is, I was referred to call her by their staff. SMD should say if they do not want monies from black people and simply say it on air when they advertise on radio and on media. SMD is ****** and should transform

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SMD
SMD's reply09 May 2018, 07:57
Official

Good day,

It is shown in the contract that you signed that it takes 10 working days after sale of your vehicle for your account to be credited. You have said that your vehicle was sold on 2 May therefore your account will be credited by 15 May. The process that we are meant to follow is that Nanette does not take calls and the sale is handled by the Branch Manager. I apologise that you were told to contact Nanette as that is not procedure.

I can assure you that it is just by chance that Nanette answered the call from your business partner as there is no way of knowing who is on the line before answering.

You will be contacted by management to discuss this further.

Kind regards,

SMD

Best regards,

OM
Obaro M's update09 May 2018, 09:10
Reviewer Update
Thanks for your response to my email, the reason I called SMD was just to enquire as any other person would. I needed guidance on how to proceed with the Time Auction purchase for today,if to proceed and purchase vehicle from your Port Elizabeth branch and be given time to settle the balance of the sale. That was the reason of calling SMD yesterday and it was very sad how I was treated. You can please read the email that I sent to Nanette yesterday and that will confirm to you my side of the story. I again say that it was very poor and sad how I was treated by your company.