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louis.stanford louis.stanford

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2017

05 Apr 2017, 15:29

Vodacom Retention Team should be renamed to the Aggravation Team

<p>I have spoken to the Retention Department, who referred me to the store. The store kindly phoned the Retention Department. Zama, a supervisor in the Retention department, assured me that the only way to resolve the issue was to cancel my application and reapply in-store, but to contact her once I was there to explain the matter to the store manager. I returned to the store, and we tried to make contact with Zama but we were told that she was on lunch/off sick/in the bathroom/in a managers meeting. The next supervisor assured me that applying through the retention department was the best approach. I phoned a little later to follow up, and was told by a Keke that the best way to get the issue resolved was to cancel the order and go to the store to apply there.<br /><br />Fast forward through a throbbing headache and a series of angry late-afternoon phonecalls:<br /> <br />This morning I received a phonecall from Vodacom to confirm that the Confirmation Team will phone me to confirm my upgrade and then send a confirmation email to confirm that the confirmation process has been completed. Time for some headache tablets.<br /><br />A time was arranged to phone me: 12:43, which was surprisingly specific. Unfortunately, the Confirmation team did not phone me to confirm the confirmation, and thus I can confirm that the confirmation email did not arrive. I escalated again to Alida from the Customer Care Team, who assured me that the Confirmation Team would phone me between 13:30 and 14:30, to confirm my application. Sadly, the Confirmation Team let Alida down, because they have still not yet confirmed my application.</p>

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply05 Apr 2017, 15:54
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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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Regards,
Vodacom Consumer Website Team

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louis.stanford louis.stanford's update05 Apr 2017, 16:01
Reviewer Update

I'm sure a consultant will contact me, and apologise for "the inconvenience" of losing three productive work days trying to resolve this.

Please take note that my cellphone number is currently disabled, I already provided you with a landline number to contact me.

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louis.stanford louis.stanford's update05 Apr 2017, 16:46
Reviewer Update

I have just spoken to Kedi of the Retentions team and she confirmed that the Confirmation department has not yet processed my application, and she is baffled why it has taken three days to do so.

I am baffled by the lack of response from customer care agent Alida Brown, who has ignored my emails requesting an update.

I can only guess that Vodacom does not give a ****.