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Andre F

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2012

29 Oct 2018, 16:15

Even more uselss Vodcom

Took out 5GB data plan. Realised I was not getting what I wanted and cancelled well within the 30 days cancellation period. Router was picked up by courier company and the contract was cancelled on 30 August (or so I was told by the call centre operator). I was still billed for the cancelled contract end of September. Could get nowhere with customer care as they said the contract had not been cancelled (as I was assured by the same customer care that it was). Complained on hellopeter and suddenly Vodacom was very happy to be helpful. I was called back and after long fight I was assured that the contract was now cancelled and I would be refunded the money that they wrongly billed. The money would be paid back into my account within 7 to 14 working days. A week later I was called by the same person asking if I would be happy if they rather credited my account with the money they owe me, rather than paying me the cash into my account. I accepted this offer. Today I find out I owe Vodacom more than R3000, according to them because I cancelled the contract prematurely. It was cancelled well within the 30 day cancellation period, and it is only because of the uselessness of Vodacom that it was actually really cancelled outside this period. I refuse to pay for Vodacom's utter uselessness

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Replies (3)
AF
Andre F's update29 Oct 2018, 16:17
Reviewer Update
By the way I have been on hold with customer care for half an hour now (and counting) while they "try to sort this out"
AF
Andre F's update29 Oct 2018, 16:39
Reviewer Update
42 minutes and counting. Apparently, because of Vodacom's mistake of not cancelling the contract when they were supposed to, I will have to pay the more than R3000 while they "escalate the problem and try to sort it out within 5 tot 7 days" (the same exercise I went through last month). If I do not want to pay the money, I can reverse the debit order at the bank. But then my cellphone bill will not be paid. But I can go pay it at a Vodacom outlet (MY time and effort for THEIR mistake). Only this will not work either, seeing that the money they owe me for the refund is more than my cellphone bill. So I cannot pay it as they actually owe ME money. And if I don't pay my cellphone bill my line MIGHT BE cut off. But do not worry, the matter has been escalated
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Vodacom's reply29 Oct 2018, 16:57
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        

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