1 reviews | Active since May 2016
Will NEVER reccomend Telkom to anyone
I app**** for a Telkom laptop package at the V&A branch. This took multiple visits as the advertising brochure and staff were not totally clued up on the specifications of the different laptops being offered. In the application form which I completed, it stipulated a 24 month contract and also a maximum monthly debit. The Telkom brochures advertise the various packages as a 24 month, with 24 equal monthly payments. I received a phone call that my application had been approved and that I had 48 hours to collect it or I would have to wait for another one to be ordered for me. I went to collect my package in the last few days of the month. When I went to collect it, I was informed that only my laptop and Microsoft Office were ready for me and that I had to return again to collect my router/sim card. The first invoice I received was for 3 full monthly installments for the laptop, 2 full monthly installments for the router/internet and a 3rd one for the router/internet for the last few days of the 1st month. At no point during all of my visits did anyone inform I would be paying 3 months in one. Based on the Telkom advertising and staff I was taking out a 24 month contract with 24 monthly payments. When I complained to them I was told to complain to Feathercom directly who owns and manages the shop. The staff passed on my complaints but nothing was done. Apparently Feathercom tried to contact me but I found no email or messages on my phone. After multiple enquiries over a few weeks at the V&A branch (I have been informed that Feathercom Management/staff visit the store weekly) I contacted them directly. I found Feathercom to be unprofessional, badly trained staff, uncaring, useless and very far from being customer focused. The V&A branch staff were very polite and tried very to go the extra mile, but the senior management it seems are a different kettle of fish. I was informed that they directed my complaint to Telkom. Telkom informed them that nothing could be done. This was roughly a month after I collected my package. When they eventually did reply, their response to me was to email me a copy of my acceptance of the package and a very weak excuse for an apology. The Telkom advertising is misleading and staff appear to not be trained correctly or sufficiently. If I signed a legally binding document including a maximum monthly debit order and period of time is it not binding? Even the advertising or conditions on the brochure does not state that 1st month billing is 3 months.
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Telkom Social Media Team
Hi DavidAC
Thank you for making contact with us
This response serves as confirmation that your query has been received and we will get back to you.
We really do apologize for any inconvenience we have cause to you.
Your reference number is: SM230712
Regards
Luleka
Telkom Social Media Team
