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Arthur B

1 reviews | Active since Nov 2024

29 Nov 2024, 19:45

101 Easy ways to infuriate your customer: Unacceptable Treatment of Paying Customers

Dar Viva Life Team,

I am writing to express my sheer frustration and disgust with the treatment customers endure when interacting with your company. It is beyond comprehension how an organization that relies on paying customers for its survival can so consistently excel at alienating them through delays, lack of accountability, and an almost calculated inability to resolve issues efficiently.

Your processes—or lack thereof—seem deliberately designed to infuriate. The sheer arrogance displayed in treating loyal customers as an afterthought is staggering. It is as though inconvenience has become your default customer service strategy.

This pattern of disregard not only reflects poorly on your organization but also shows a fundamental disrespect for those who choose to spend their hard-earned money with you. The persistent inefficiency, the infuriating runarounds, and the dismissive approach to resolving concerns are unacceptable and deeply disappointing.

I urge you to reflect on the impact your approach has on your customers' trust and goodwill. If this is how you treat paying customers, you are actively paving the way for your own downfall. Fix it.

Sincerely,

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Replies (9)
Viva Life Insurance Limited
Viva Life Insurance Limited's reply02 Dec 2024, 11:59
Official
Good day,

We confirm receipt of your complaint. The matter was escalated to the relevant department to contact you and assist with your query.

Kind regards,
Complaints Department  
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Arthur B's update03 Dec 2024, 11:15
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So what have you done for me lately, polite responses here on the public platform, but not a word, an email, a call to simply just amend a debit order, switching from 1 bank account to another. How difficult can it be? I am still waiting ... a week since my initial request and that through a broker that I have been dealing with personally for the past 25 years. Is business so good that customers must beg and lick certain parts to be helped in a flat world, especially after Covid. Catch a wake up!
Viva Life Insurance Limited
Viva Life Insurance Limited's reply03 Dec 2024, 12:42
Official
 Hi Mr. Britz,

We have emailed you today with your broker in copy.  

We have provided a contact number so that you can reach out to us upon receipt of the email.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,
Complaints Department



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Arthur B's update03 Dec 2024, 12:51
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Please understand I am not interested to call a call centre and wait forever to speak to someone, I am living in a foreign country, and surely are not your only client in that position. I trust a direct line number with no waiting time seeing that you are so cost conscious that you are not willing to call me on an international number, how that helps with verification I find difficult, but nevertheless I clearly are not with the times anymore.
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Arthur B's update03 Dec 2024, 13:00
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To my point again, generic polite email hiding behind so called Fica, I myself have been in the industry and that should not be an excuse or hurdle to do business. let me tell you this there are other smarter ways to achieve the same, facial recognition, uploading of proof of income via secure channels in an app, etc. The 1st world have this sorted out, 24/7 support via an app where if the bot cannot help one4 can ask for personal assistance and within seconds a real human steps in and sorts it out immediately. We are in the 21st century and not the DARK AGES. WAKE UP!!

Not only are you hiding behind the legal aspects to formulate an excuse, the emails are team emails and 0860 numbers which I have just told you, helps me no end in getting my issue resolved and that after having a policy with you for decades, come on, send me your CEO email address so I can be of assistance to assist you with your personal customer service, cause if you treat clients like this it will be only a matter of time and there will be no business, no salary for these arrogant staff members, just further unemployment. I get quicker response on the complaints site than any other channel in your business - that must tell you something is fundamentally out of place in your business.
Viva Life Insurance Limited
Viva Life Insurance Limited's reply03 Dec 2024, 15:11
Official
Hi Mr. Britz,

Kindly take note, we have received your response to the FICA requirements. We are happy to proceed with your request. Should you have any further queries do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,
Compliance Department.

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Arthur B's update03 Dec 2024, 15:41
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Viva!, exceptional frustration, listening can sometimes go a long way, being open to be open minded and seeking solutions rather than following process. I strongly recommend you fix your operations or it will only be matter of time. Viva! I await my confirmation of the the bank account details as promised - today still!!!
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Arthur B's update03 Dec 2024, 15:42
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Viva!, exceptional frustration, listening can sometimes go a long way, being open to be open minded and seeking solutions rather than following process. I strongly recommend you fix your operations or it will only be matter of time. Viva! I await my confirmation of the the bank account details as promised - today still!!!
Viva Life Insurance Limited
Viva Life Insurance Limited's reply04 Dec 2024, 16:01
Official
Hi Mr. Britz,

Your banking details were updated on the system. 

Should you have any further queries, do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,
Compliance Departmenr