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archford B

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2022

09 Mar 2022, 11:32

Unfair treatment by Vodacom

My Vodacom contract was due for upgrade in October/November 2021. I went to the Vodacom shop in Southgate near Checkers. I asked for a package that was on black Friday promotion with unlimited voice calls. The consultant gave me an Red VIP unlimited package. She assured me that this was the best package as i wont finish the voice airtime. I was not explained what unlimited meant and i took the meaning literally. On my previous contract i used to make calls outside SA by topping up prepaid airtime. After getting this new package on my previous line, i made a call outside SA using my top up airtime. There after i continued calling assuming this unlimited package was allowing me to call outside the country. To my surprise i got a bill of R7200 from my normal bill of less than R1500. I queried this through the Southgate Vodacom shop. They informed me that the greater part of the bill of over R4200 was from international roaming. They logged a query with reference number NBSP: 1-***. I got a call from Vodacom Consultant saying i was making international calls whilst i was outside the country. I told them that i never went outside South Africa. She told me that i still have to pay the bill because the calls were coming from my number. I asked her who activated the roaming profile without my consent but i was not answered. They deactivated the roaming profile now on my account, which is fine but only after this expense. I asked for the issue to be escalated but she said she is the final arbiter. She closed the query. I have tried to reopen the query four times now but each time this lady sees the reopened query she closes it without communicating with me. I paid the bill of over R7200 in protest. As a Vodacom customer of over 10 years i feel cheated by the service provider that i used to trust and prefer. This ************ly made money from me by not disclosing this roaming profile on a personal phone. It's not sustainable as an individual to pay such a huge bill. Vodacom also failed to disclose the unlimitedness of this contract. To me now it's a limited contract that has proven to be more costly than i thought. Also i feel it's really unfair to close out a customer without giving a satisfactory explanation. The lady bul**** me to accept the bill and denied me the chance to take this further. I feel cheated and illtreated by Vodacom on this one.

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply09 Mar 2022, 13:55
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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. 
 
***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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archford B's update24 Mar 2022, 17:31
Reviewer Update
There is no final feedback when I was blocked from escalating the case by the only consultant that attended to my case. She said I can't take my case anyway because she has the final word. Each time I tried to open this case in the Vodacom shop she immediately closed it without talking to me. She is just arogant to say the least as she boasted of her having 25 years as a senior consultant. You assured to call me but nobody from Vodacom ever called me after I registered my concern with Hello Peter. I am totally disappointed to say the least. I expected big corporates to lead by example pin terms of customer care but alas, they are to big to listen to nonentities like us despite my 4 or more contracts with them. No consultant ever called me and I would want to believe you wanted that very consultant I have issues with to call me. She will never call me because she refused to entertain me long back after I told her that you can't bill Mr for roaming yet I never went out of the country.Stop this arrogance and attend to customer concerns please.