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Dean L

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2022

01 Nov 2022, 09:36

Abysmal Service From Vodacom

Absolutely abysmal!

Vodacom are useless, unable and clearly unwilling to help. I am nearly 4 months down the line trying to get an issue resolved and am still battling with them.

In March of this year I upgraded my contract. After a few months I started noticing that the amounts debited off my account were substantially more than the amounts invoiced.

I called Vodacom on the 04/07/22 to try get this resolved.

After much back and forth we ascertained that the person (Hassan Moosa) who upgraded my contract upgraded a different number (which i have no recollection of even having) and now i am being billed for 2 cellphone contracts.

Vodacom have been debiting an extra R14876.98 from my account since April!

I have spoken to everyone from cancellations, to customer service, to after sales to the ***** department and even special needs and this is still not sorted out nearly 4 Months after the initial complaint! The amount of time I have wasted on this is ridiculous. So much for striving to have complaints dealt with in 14 days?

Absolutely useless.

Vodacom has put me out of pocket nearly 7.5k. That number will increase to nearly 9k after i get debited extra again tomorrow.

Vodacom are now ignoring my emails. When i call i get transferred all over the place with no resolution in sight.

Eventually I was told for them to rectify the issue, I must upgrade the right number this time and then once this is done, Vodacom will fetch the other device and refund me the money. This was on the 06/10

I have now upgraded the line that was supposed to be upgraded initially (at a higher priceplan than the initial contract offered which is actually unacceptable in my eyes since this is Vodacoms mistake. Why am i losing out now?)

Vodacom have now left me sitting with both devices because they have still not sent their couriers to fetch the old device (2 weeks later) and I am going to be double debitted again and then i won't be able to meet my other financial obligations.

Reference number was ***... Which they marked as resolved.... It isn't resolved untill you refund my money!

They are very quick to dish out new contracts, but drag their feet when it comes to refunds and any type of customer service.

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Replies (9)
Vodacom
Vodacom's reply01 Nov 2022, 09:49
Official
 Dear Customer,  Thank you for making us aware of your complaint.  Kindly be advised that a consultant will make contact with you in due course to assist with your query.  ***Please note*** Beware of phishing ****s.  Vodacom will not contact you via Whatsapp to request your personal details  Regards,  Vodacom Consumer Website Team 
DL
Dean L's update02 Nov 2022, 07:17
Reviewer Update
Well done Vodacom.

You Clowns double debited my account again today!

Also, I still haven't had any further contact from you clowns.

Will this ever get resolved?

God damned useless.


Vodacom
Vodacom's reply02 Nov 2022, 08:21
Official
 Dear Customer,  Thank you for making us aware of your complaint.  Kindly be advised that a consultant will make contact with you in due course to assist with your query.  ***Please note*** Beware of phishing ****s.  Vodacom will not contact you via Whatsapp to request your personal details  Regards,  Vodacom Consumer Website Team 
DL
Dean L's update02 Nov 2022, 08:34
Reviewer Update
Dear Vodacom,

Generic, bull**** copy-paste response.
Why even bother?

Can't say I'm surprised.
DL
Dean L's update03 Nov 2022, 11:33
Reviewer Update
I'm still waiting....
DL
Dean L's update29 Nov 2022, 15:31
Reviewer Update
Dear Vodacom,

Your upgrades department is full of ****.
On the 10th of November I was promised a refund into my account within 10 working days.

It's now day 14 and I have still received nothing.

Useless.

Just as I think the service can't possibly get any worse you guys manage to ***** up even more.

Well done.
DL
Dean L's update02 Dec 2022, 06:46
Reviewer Update

I am absolutely livid!
Not only has Vodacom not paid my refund that was due to me days ago already, but I woke up this morning to a debit of over 4 thousand rand comming off my account.
I am still being debited for the contract you guys are supposed to have cancelled!
I am now over 10 thousand rand short in my account because of Vodacoms incompetence!
I am going to now take this story to all of my contacts in the media and then we can see how this plays out.
I also get blatantly ignored every time I try make contact with you.
This is unacceptable!
DL
Dean L's update10 Jan 2023, 08:27
Reviewer Update
I am still waiting for this refund to be paid back into my account.
Vodacom said 7 days...
That was 4 weeks ago.
Also, I see Vodacom have now stopped replying to my messages here.
Great customer service guys.

DL
Dean L's update11 Jan 2023, 13:48
Reviewer Update
And I'm still waiting...