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Yvonne M

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2013

01 Nov 2016, 13:54

Shocking, unprofessional, unacceptable, non-existant service!!!!

<p>In August 2016, the Card Division decided in their wisdom, to erroneously tranfer a regular, straight transaction at Pick n Pay, to Budget and by so doing, have since then and still up to date, debited my account with instalments, finance charges of R35.36, which amazingly were reversed, but would not even cover my airtime used, as well as and worst of all, even though I paid this transaction in full in September 2016, up to date, cannot provide me with the correct closing and opening balances, as this Budget transaction still reflects as a debit????</p> <p>I have written dozens of emails to all the relevant departments, incl. Customer Relations and am currently dealing with a Manager at Executive & Escalated Complaints Resolution. However, as the name implies, there is no resolution and I have been informed that the account has been rectified, but will only reflect on my next statement on 22 November, as it is system generated and cannot be issued before then. How maddening is this, as no doubt, my next statement will still be incorrrect and I need to pay the account on or before 14 November 2016 and don't have the correct outstanding amount, due to the above. I try to pay my account in full each and every month and have been a Standard Bank client for many years. This is just infuriating and beyond belief and needs to be reported to the media. I cannot get the contact details of senior management/CEO/CFO etc. otherwise I would send them all my correspondence/emails, so that they can see what a shambles their card division is in, as they CANNOT, WILL NOT, DO NOT know or understand how to resolve a simple accounting error, that they made, nogal and without my permission or knowledge. It has been so stressful and annoying for me, as a senior citizen with many other difficult problems to deal with, besides Standard Ban**** PLEASE CAN YOU HELP....SOS...</p>

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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply01 Nov 2016, 16:21
Official

Good day Yvonne

Thank you for your posting and allowing us an opportunity to investigate your complaint.

This matter was allocated to a resolution specialist who will contact you to resolve your complaint.

Kind regards

Complaint Resolution Centre

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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply02 Nov 2016, 10:30
Official

Dear Mrs Moss

We refer to the email correspondence to you and confirm that the matter has been fully addressed.

Thanks,

Complaints Resolution Centre

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Yvonne M's update02 Nov 2016, 12:45
Reviewer Update

The matter may have been fully addressed by you, but I still do not have the rectified statement in my possession, which is the whole crux of the matter. I can read a statement and am quite intelligent, but just to tell me what is written on the statement and that is the amount due by 14th inst. can be done by a child!!!??? This is a futile, useless reply, as no resolution has been reached and I am no further than I was some months ago and right up to date. I NEED A NEW RECONCILED, RECTIFIED, ACCURATE STATEMENT WITH THE EXACT, CORRECT AMOUNT DUE, AS DEBITS HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS, WHICH REFLECTS A HIGHER, INCORRECT CLOSING & OPENING BALANCE. I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NOT ONE PERSON AT STANDARD BANK CAN DO A SIMPLE ACCOUNTING EXERCISE AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THAT THE CARD DIVISION HAS CREATED AND LEFT ME WITH ALL THE STRESS AND AGGRAVATION, BESIDES MY VALUABLE TIME AND EXPENSE TO RESOLVE!!!!????????

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Yvonne M's update03 Nov 2016, 16:56
Reviewer Update

I am still waiting, very impatiently, for a reply to my latest comments, as it seems as if absolutely nothing has been done by Standard Bank, Card Division and I am still in the same ridiculous and unacceptable situation I was from the outset.

They have conveniently left the whole problem with me and I cannot reconcile the account and will not spend any more of my free time over weekends and evenings, trying to work out their mistakes!

Finally, as I asked them in previous emails, that if they cannot attend fully to this simple request, to close my account and credit the outstanding balance, in order for me to take my business elsewhere!

I cannot and will not tolerate this unprofessional, lackadaisical and pathetic attitude that they have, by not complying with my request to rectify their errors! This is just absurd, insane and simply outrageous!