JvdM
Johan van der Mere

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2009

28 Sept 2018, 13:03

Moving a line

We recently moved and I logged a request on their website to have our landline moved. I was surprised and actually quite impressed when they phoned me and set up a time to come to our new house to install the new line AND they showed up on time as promised! WOW!

And then... Our new land line was installed last week Thursday 19/09 and to date the line is still not working. When I initially phoned I was told that the technician did not close the order on his side and they will send him an email to complete the request. I then phoned the technician the following day to find out what the problem is. The technician then told me that he never received any such email from Telkom and he assured me that everything is in 100% working order and that the line should be working. I then phoned the call centre again and this time I was told that the sales team need to send a request to their back office somewhere to close this request and the line will then work. I was told that this will take up to 24 hours. 24 hours later I phoned again, just to be told that this is the correct process, but it takes up to 48 hours.

So it is now 48hours later and still no response and my landline is still not working, surprise, surprise. Suppose if I should phone in again I will be told it will take up to 72 hours...

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Replies (3)
JvdM
Johan van der Mere's update28 Sept 2018, 15:08
Reviewer Update
So the funniest thing happened, I phoned again... AND AGAIN I was told it will be fixed "by tomorrow". So this is the 3rd day in a row that a call center agent has told me "tomorrow". The agent's response to this was "That is the process" to tell customers that their issue will be resolved by "tomorrow". So easy working in this call centre, you give the client a lame excuse, get him off the phone and let someone else manage the problem when you follow up again "tomorrow"! What a joke!!
Telkom
Telkom's reply17 Oct 2018, 11:29
Official

Hi Johan,

Thank you for making contact with us.

Please advise if you still need assistance with your query, thanx.
Your reference number for this query is AI***.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,
Ilhaam
Telkom Social Media

Best regards,

JvdM
Johan van der Mere's update19 Oct 2018, 09:27
Reviewer Update
Hi, yes i still need assistance. It has now been a month to the day that my line has been installed and the order has yet to be closed. The phone line is working, but apparently the request needs to be closed for my ISP to convert the line to an ADSL line. Incident ********** was logged on 26 September 2018, but everytime i follow up I get the same standard response. I have now been talking to Kaylin at the sales department who has apparently escalated this to the IT department to resolve, but my problem is not getting resolved! At the moment i am paying for a service that I cant use and no one wants to take ownership to try and resolve this matter.