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Wiliam F

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2016

04 May 2021, 08:42

Vodacom forces upgrades without consent.

Vodacom is by far the worst service provider I have ever had the displeasure to deal with. I am sure that a lot of people has the same issue as me. I have tried to cancel a expired contract with them three times. I received a ref number for the cancellation but they went ahead and upgraded my me. I have been struggling with this for so long. They completely ignore my request and force people to upgrade so they can keep us on their expensive airtime. I did not think it possible for a company to be able to upgrade a customer without consent but clearly VODACOM can do whatever they want. And I am not the only one that struggles with this and this is also not the first time. I had the same issues with my fibre. I thought it was due to a bad representative. But this seems to be Vodacom's MO. I know of three other people at my company that was forced by this tactic to upgrade. I have never had these issues with Cell C. I would very strongly advise everyone reading this to STAY AWAY FROM VODACOM. I only wish that I could give them zero stars an I feel that one star implies that they have actually done at least one thing right. I have tried to cancel the forced upgrade and also my Fibre again. Let's see if I will ever be able to cut ties with this company.

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply04 May 2021, 08:55
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 

Best regards,

Vodacom
Vodacom's reply10 May 2021, 10:42
Official
Dear Customer,  Thank you for the time and effort taken to voice your dissatisfaction to our office. It is with the cooperation and feedback from valued clients such as yourself that we are able to identify any areas of improvement within our organisation.  Our records indicate that feedback was provided, your query has now been resolved.  Regards  Consumer Website Team 

Best regards,

WF
Wiliam F's update26 Jun 2021, 13:19
Reviewer Update
I love how Vodacom autoreplies that my query has now been resolved. All they did is switched me over to the first contract I had. So I am still on a Vodacom contract. They called and said because they upgraded me without my consent, that they will refund me the money deducted. Then they send me an sms saying that there is no record of me canceling and I should send them the proof. But they give me no information on how to send it to them. I have given them the ref number EVERY SINGLE TIME I phoned them. Where is their call recordings? Vodacom will not credit me. They will ***** my money. Come on Vodacom. Give me another auto reply you *****!

Dear Vodacom

Thank you for wasting my time and money with your dishonest business practice. It is with your lies and dishonesty that I will never be a client of you again. The only thing that you have improved is how to BS your customers.

My records indicate that you are *********** at resolving my problem.

Regard
One of your Victims.
WF
Wiliam F's update26 Jun 2021, 13:26
Reviewer Update
Cancelation Ref Number 1-***78 65 Upgrade Cancelation 2021/05/04 1-***93 36