JC
Jerod C

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2013

07 Jun 2016, 11:58

Sent phone in for repairs now its bent

<p>I took my phone in on Friday 3rd of June 2016 to have a few items fixed on the phone that seemed problematic.</p> <p>Today, Tuesday 7th June 2016, i received a phone call where i am advised that this will cost me R3000 to fix.</p> <p> </p> <p>When advising that my phone is under waranty i get told that my phone is bent so the waranty is void. My phone was not bent when i sent it in as is visible on the sign in form as this would most definitely be something that i would have been advised on and wouldnt have wasted my time.</p> <p> </p> <p>This seems to me as Vodacoms way of avoiding paying for a repair so that they can make more money.</p> <p> </p> <p>I have asked for a person in management to get back to me and escalated this with the person over the phone. i will see if anything happens here.</p> <p> </p> <p>My phone was spotless and in near mint condition when i sent it in. This is unacceptable.</p>

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply07 Jun 2016, 12:04
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Thank you for making contact with us,

Please accept our sincere apology for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards

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JC
Jerod C's update23 Jun 2016, 09:25
Reviewer Update

So Vodacom has done nothing to correct this so far.

They keep trying to jump around the issue.

I went to collect my phone on Friday 17th June, i finally got a reply today.

They have kindly offered to waiver the labour costs for something that they broke...

I have requested it be escalated once again and i will most probably get no assistance once again.

This goes to show how a company such as Vodacom can go about damaging your device with no consequences whatsoever.

I will not pay R3000 to fix something that someone else broke! This is Vodacoms problem and for them to deal with internally as to what happened. The fact that they offered to waiver the labour costs shows that they know they are in the wrong but unwilling to take responsibility once again.

By the way, the labour costs are R200, i would be happy to pay that amount to get away from having to deal with such a company.