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Georg T

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2013

19 May 2016, 12:02

Telkom won't stop charging me for an XBOX One I never took from them

<p> November 2014, we upgraded our home phone and ADSL contract, Telkom also offered an XBOX One purchase agreement that we declined (SA***). it was cancelled on 25 Nov 2014. To our shock, our monthly bill has continued to reflect that XBOX One, and we have been paying for it for the past 17 months (ZAR 365 X 17 = 6205).</p> <p>Anytime we call Telkom billing, they acknowledge the issue, but say that they can only lodge a dispute. Then, nothing happens, we continue to be forced to pay for an XBOX One that we never took from Telkom. Today again they lodged another dispute, we know that nothing will happen. This is completely unacceptable from Telkom, it is also *******, as we found that their system actually shows that the XBOX One purchase agreement was cancelled on 25 Nov 2014. Why have they continued to take our money to date, why are they not reimbursing the money they *******ly collected from us so far?</p> <p>We want Telkom to:</p> <p>1. immediately stop charging us for an XBOX One that we never took from them, That item SA*** should be taken off our monthly bills;</p> <p>2. reimburse the full amount undully collected from us, more than 6,000 rands.</p> <p> </p> <p>Apologies will be welcomed</p>

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Telkom
Telkom's reply23 May 2016, 11:35
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Hi gaotip

Thank you for making contact with us.

Please be assured that this matter has been escalated to the relevant department and feedback will follow.

Your reference number is SM235785 .

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards

Igsaan

Telkom Social Media Team

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Georg T's update25 May 2016, 08:01
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I noted the reply from Telkom, but there is no relief, as this month again the XBOX One charge is in my Telkom's bill, this time R2,554.86 for an XBOX purchase agreement that was cancelled since 25 November 2014! This is ******* and shameful from a respectable company like Telkom. When is this going to stop? When will I also get my money back? Over R6,000. The latest dispute number on this is ***7. My feeling is that nobody at Telkom cares. Such incompetence and impunity is so frustrating. I am going to take legal action.
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Georg T's update25 May 2016, 08:06
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This is going to be an easy legal action with costs. Luckily, I got all proof on paper. I tried to avaoid this, but Telkom management of this situation gave me no choice. The only way to stop legal action is if Telkom does the following within the next 24 hours: 1. Remove the XBOX One Purchase Agreement from my bills, 2. Inform me when I will get the refund of money undully collected from me every month since November 2014.