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Warren K

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2021

28 Jun 2021, 09:05

******* and *****

My review is minus 5 stars. At the end of February 2021 my mom agreed to change her contract on the phone via a telesales agent. Firstly the agent ****. The agent told my 68 year old mother that she will be paying less for her new contract. She is not. She told me about what she did and I immediately told her to cancel the contract. She received her new sim cards and we went to Vodacom in Fish Hoek Cape Town. In store we cancelled the upgrade to that contract and we cancelled it within the time period allowed to cancel the contract. We were then told that ram courier company must come and collect the sim cards from us. We are still waiting for ram to collect the sim cards, we are still waiting for the contract to be cancelled even though we have cancelled. Vodacom are now charging a retired lady R1400 per month which is in correct. We have phoned and we keep being told this is a different department we must call and get given a new number to call. Frankly vodacom you owe us money. We cancelled the contract. We were paying R900 a month for 2 contracts which gave us 2 devices and laptop. The laptop contract should be coming to an end at the end of June. I want the lady that sold the upgrade to be fired or charged my bill for dishonest information and lying. She said it would be cheaper we are now being charged R15000 per month thta is R600 more than before and we just got sim cards which were not used and they were cancelled. Just checked my moms month bill from vodacom this morning and now it is 2800. She is a retired woman and the stress this has caused her has given her shingles and increased her high blood pressure to a serious level. Now if my mom has a stroke due to this I will sue vodacom for causing it. We are not paying your 2800. We have cancelled that numerous times. We want to be refunded our money that you have taken from March till now. You should pay for the doctors bills as well for causing my mother this stress at her age. She doesn't need this and did the right thing and you guys still can't get it right.

Vodacom you are ****. Your service is terrible. You are a multi million probably billion company that doesn't give a stuff about there clients. You make it impossible for things to be sorted out and for a complaint to be solved. You think you are clever by passing the buck of responsibilty from one department to the next. All you want is the money. I will now take this matter further until I find justice for what you have done to a 68 year old woman. We cancelled in March the 3rd it is now the 28th of June and it has not been solved. Thanks for being so **** that you have now made it my issue and I have to waste my time trying to get this sorted out.

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Replies (4)
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Warren K's update28 Jun 2021, 10:22
Reviewer Update
I would like to change my rating to - 10 stars.
Just reading 2 messages I received from vodacom on Sunday the 27th of June at 1745pm.
First one,
Hi your equipment, contract 15 has been activated go check balances on vodacom app.
Second message
We are optimistic you enjoyed your service experience ref number has been attended to.

Firstly we cancelled the contract within the cancellation period and instead of cancelling the contract you have activated it.
Secondly I have not had an enjoyable experience. You seem to be *********** of doing your job in following the instructions from your customer.
Thirdly I wish Vodacom and the telesales agent, who ****, could be held responsible for their actions and how their actions and lies can cause so much distress, worry, aggravation and unhappiness.
This is the second time I have been **** to by vodacom and have had to try and sort out the issue which never seems to be able to get sorted out.
You have activated an account we cancelled. You have **** to us and are making us pay more.
I think you owe us money and I want it.
I am going to a store now to see how far I can get to getting this solved. I wish I could bill you for my time wasted. This has taken over 3 months now. I think I have been patient enough
Vodacom
Vodacom's reply28 Jun 2021, 12:03
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 
WK
Warren K's update29 Jun 2021, 10:20
Reviewer Update
I went to Fish Hoek vodacom yesterday to try and inform them that my mother would be coming into sought out the mess with the contract and to please make sure its done. I was lacking patience considering my mother and i have been nice, pleasant and understanding to the failure of vodacom service. I was aggressive in the way that I have been messed around now for 3 months. Tge Manager instead of calming me down just infuriated me and she allowed your staff member to shout at me and tell me to change my tone. To those two staff members you need some training on how to handle customers. My mother made a mistake in agreeing to the lying agent and followed the guidance and instructions from the manageress and that staff member. Yesterday he shouts at me telling me that its our fault we signed with that company called mondo and we should go to them. Firstly why were we not told that when we came into the store the first time to ask for advice on cancelling the upgrade. Why did they say we can do it in store with them if we can't. He went on saying we are trying to help your mom as if he is doing a favour. You said we can cancel on store by you guys. You did not sY you have to contact Mondo. So you weren't trying to help you were trying to do your job. Your guidance and promises thta it is now sorted had been wrong and your information has been incorrect.
Could Larmie Vaseeg please contact me he is the one who sorted out my last contract issue. He didn't pass the buck or responsibility, he admitted the mistake, apologised and sorted out the problem professionally and calmly. Maybe the 2 staff members at fish hoek could take a page out of his book
WK
Warren K's update29 Jun 2021, 16:55
Reviewer Update
Thank ypu