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Lovin C

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2017

05 Apr 2017, 22:22

Unable to supply as advertised on Upgrade

<p>I did an online upgrade and awaited my phone. Firstly my address was recorded incorrectly and it took me many calls to RAM couriers to correct it and track it. Thank fully they were very helpfull.</p> <p> </p> <p>I then had to contact Vodacom to process a sim swop, which in itself was challenging as they've been experiencing high call volumes since Saturday, the 1st of April 2017. I eventually decided to hold on for as long as possible on Monday the 2nd of April and did the sim swop. On Tuesday I noted the promised</p> <p>10GB once off data has still not reached me yet. I contacted Vodacom upon which I was informed about that it was a month from when I upgraded that the data will last. However, I informed the Operator that my new contract only kicked in on the 1st of April, thus the data package should then too. The Operator then said a mail will be sent to the Technical Department upon which I have to wait for 3 days for an answer on if or if not I'll get the data as promised with the Upgrade deal. I found that rather absurd, however decided to wait.</p> <p>I then gave Vodacom a bad review after the call after which I was contacted by two Operators to whom I explained my story and they offered no usefull advise other than to wait?</p> <p> </p> <p>I realise now of where we are in the month and since most of my airtime went to the set up of my new phone, I have now lost out on the airtime , where the promised data should have been available. That was my reason for taking that package.</p> <p>We did an upgrade on my son's phone in December 2016 and the new contract commenced in January 2017 and the 10 GB of data was activated immediately, so this is nothing new to me.</p> <p>I'm unsatisfied with the service as I chose a product as advertised and whilst I wait to hear if or if not I'll get it, makes me more unsatisfied with this. </p>

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply06 Apr 2017, 06:47
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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.

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Vodacom Consumer Website Team

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Lovin C's update10 Apr 2017, 08:53
Reviewer Update

Thank you for your standard response. Unfortunately I was not contacted by a Vodacom Staff Member. I had to again take time out and hold on for an agent. I left a poor review and an attempt on a call to me was made on Friday , 2017-04-07 at 18.28. My phone rang twice after which the person on the other side put it down and I'm sure the comment was made "Customer not available".

So, what I found was. When I logged a service request with Vodacom: 1- ********** 791124, that it was done against the wrong number. I have two contracts and the Call Centre Agent logged it against the other number, despite me having explained and give the correct information.

This resulted in the 10GB data sent to my son's sim instead of mine. Again, I had to c ontact Vodacom and change this and now wait again for a few days.

This is why upgrading is such a daunting task as Vodacom can never seem to get it right. What seems like a seemless process, is actually quite frustrating.

Maybe one should pay more attention to retention of clients by making this as easy as possible.

Vodacom
Vodacom's reply10 Apr 2017, 12:52
Official

Dear LovinC,

Your query is resolved.

Regards,

Cassandra