1 reviews | Active since Dec 2016

12 Dec 2016, 17:17

Non existent service + airtime theft due to their system failure!

<p>I went onto Prepaid from contract wef 1st December 2016. This already posed problems and took them 3 days to solve. Lost 3 days customer connection via Whatsapp & Social Media - Sorted and let it go<br />8/12 the problems started again: NO Whatsapp / NO Emails / Can't access B World / Phone taking airtime money for Social Media & Internet (IF I manage to get in, which I gave up on 8/12 already realising airtime was being ****** as BIS inactive) - The one consultant told me to delete Whatsapp and re-add - I could not re-add as I could not access BB World, so had to go via W/app website - R15 Airtime zapped just for that! BUT STILL NO W/app etc etc - Phone just a Phone + SMS phone presently - Oh and their SERVICE???? What SERVICE???? NONE - Each consultant (IF YOU GET THROUGH) gives you a different story - There's a old vs new system and the one can't see what the other is doing. I've been cut off a million times when being transferred OR just trying to get through.... The very last consultant could not even give me a Service Log REfs number because "the system was slow"..... and I had to WAIT for the SMS Ref's Number - I was told waiting period 60mins to 24hours - It's been 4 DAYS!!!!!!! The balance of the money they need to refund is my BB using data when there is NO Data downloads/ access etc - I don't (and never had) any WASP subscriptions, I double -checked, although I have NEVER subscribed to any to-date / This phone means NOTHING to me presently, and yet they continue to sell them + BIS..... YET Whatsapp have confirmed that they WILL be on BB's until middle 2017......</p> <p>Bottom line::::: Lack of Service + Airtime Theft + Selling products that supposedly no longer exist!! 1. I want BIS to be FULLY functional for the rest of December and if they continue to sell BIS in Jan 2017, then until the day they stop selling BIS, as they sell the product, and did so on 1st December which gave me internet access/emails/social media etc etc for 30 days!<br />2. I want R40.90 refunded into my phone, as ****** due to their disfunctional system swiping my money in lieu of data I did NOT use and/or data used to download W/app due to THEIR consultants instructions and W/app STILL not functioning amongst the rest of my BIS services STILL NON-Functional!! :(</p> <p>- At this rate they are less than zero on my "recommend to others list" AND I have 3 phones which need to be moved to another SP if this is not resolved as in YESTERDAY! I am beyond LIVID!</p>

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Replies (3)
Vodacom
Vodacom's reply13 Dec 2016, 07:22
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

's update14 Dec 2016, 10:20
Reviewer Update

Vodacom posted the above reply a day ago ....... I have STILL not heard from the so-called consultant - I ALSO raised this issue via ICASA, as I deem their inaction and theft of my airtime to be a VERY SERIOUS matter ....... ICASA has forwarded them the issue...... Just how long will Vodacom take to resolve this matter - Ohg, and the costs are escalating, as they CONTINUE to rob my airtime.... pennies by pennies everyday, yet I am NOT ON ANY internet/social media etc........ I have even greyed out the applicable icons to ENSURE that i don't touch them..... But the pennies just keep disappearing and I have to buy SMS bundles to communicate with my clients (or it will cost Vodacom more if I had to phone them) - How many clients have tried to w/app me that I am unaware of, which means I'm losing business??? ..... Vodacom couldn't give a damn..... and they're siphoning off money every day that does not belong to them!!

's update21 Dec 2016, 12:04
Reviewer Update

Vodacom NEVER EVER came back to me - ONLY WHEN I called them again on 19th and gave them the whatfore did they respond by offering me a pittance of what they have ****** from me in airtime - "As a gesture of goodwill"............ NOT ACCEPTABLE. I STILL DON'T HAVE BIS. a service I paid for. I am going through my SMS bundles at a rate 2nd to none, as I have no BIS/No Whatsapp/ I am going thru my Telkom Data faster than I should as NO BIS/NO Social Media (where I advertise on) - This fight is NOT OVER, and it will continue until YOU FIX IT!!