1 reviews | Active since Oct 2016

31 May 2019, 13:09

Vodacom - worst service and system EVER

Issue started in last year June, went overseas, got overcharged for data, even though I called Vodacom and they assured me it would go off from the bundle that was bought, there they admitted (after a HUGE battle) it was a fault on their side and refunded me, I warned them at the same time I am going out of country again in August and was again assured don't worry sir, won't happen again. Surprise surpriseas it again happened, I refused payment and told them to only contact me via email, made several attempts to sort it out from my side, to no avail, each time a new person swears THEY will handle it, only to disappear on me or best yet reply to me via email with a "do-not-reply" email, went to the Vodacom store to get it sorted and the first time had no effect at all, same as with the dissappearing act over the phone, the second time round I was utterly angry with Vodacom and told the technician about the whole history, he was powerless to assist as the shops have no real purpose it would seem other than to sell, sell, sell, ****** the system bugs that they could fix in the past. When he phoned Vodacom call centers you could even see the frustration on his face after they failed to help him, just as they did me. Now Vodacom has wrecked my payment history, which was perfect up and untill I drew a line and refused to pay since they cared nothing for service delivery, and they deleted my number, I was attempting to port out to MTN and was promised that the number will not be withheld, they even told me no request was made from Vodacom port department when I phoned, and yet MTN could not only provide me with proof that they did attempt the port (PORTID was given) they could also tell me the error code. So Vodacom has no clue what they are doing, how it affects other departments or even have the slightest inclination to assist. All the while I have been blacklisted, bad mouthed and told that I am in arrears when they cannot seem to even do simple math and fix the same damn issues that I warned them will happen again, even their "associates" they use to handle these cases that I was handed over to could not located my file as it was in Durban, yet the number Vodacom gave me was for JHB. This is by far the worst level of service delivery and customer handling I have ever experienced, the funniest of which is that this is the 3rd incident with Vodacom, I guess I'm the ***** for staying with them this long.

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Vodacom
Vodacom's reply31 May 2019, 14:18
Official
 Dear Customer, Thank you for making us aware of your query. 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 
's update31 May 2019, 14:32
Reviewer Update
Please reply ALL correspondence via email, you have it on record, have the consultant review the WHOLE history before making contact and not just simply dial a number, my number has been deleted on your system so email is the prefered and ONLY method of contact currently.
's update03 Jun 2019, 09:45
Reviewer Update
Very fast with an automated reply, however no email correspondence yet.....sad that they don't seem to worry at all, or is it  that the complaints are so many they cannot reply to them fast enough.
's update04 Jun 2019, 13:49
Reviewer Update
Still waiting - 0 replies so far, receiving numerous emails from other people, yet Vodacom not worrying at all about useless service delivery and just goes to show how "serious" they are about helping.
's update04 Jun 2019, 15:46
Reviewer Update
First response 72 working hours later, no dedicated agent mentioned, no read through of issue, at least a response... I responded within 10mins, let's see how fast they reply this time.
's update06 Jun 2019, 07:55
Reviewer Update
It only took them 48 hours to provide me with incomplete data again telling me that they cannot help, contact another department, yet again the same useless handling of clientele, if someone bothered to look at the case before contacting me, as requested, the correct parties could have been included from the start, but to them you are nothing more than a ping-pong ball to be toyed with.