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Alec S

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2021

10 Mar 2021, 11:24

Worst and most unhelpful inefficient service

In my life of business I have never been so disgusted and aggravated with the poor and rude service I've received from Vodacom. On several occasions over the last 4-5 years I have phoned and complained about the downtime on my fibre optic line. I'd sometimes spend hours on the phone. The matter was never seen to and I continued having to try and work with extremely slow speeds and hours of downtime. During this time and for almost 5 years I paid my monthly subscription without ever being a day late or missing a month. Then one while was working my line just went down. After a few hours I called in fault reporting and they said my line was suspended because I had not paid. This was totally Vodacom's mistake as for some reason they did not debit me. Anyway at this stage I had had enough. They shove you from department to department, they don't answer their phones, they don't reply to emails and service generally is an absolute disgrace. I then phoned and told them i had had enough and told them to terminate my service immediately as I went straight to Telkom the next day and signed a contract with them. Vodacom suspended my service and over the next month or two I paid Vodacom in order to square off my account and finish with this total nightmare they have put me through. I have not used their services for over 6 or 7 months as I have been using another service provider and yet this morning I open my email and receive an account for almost R7000.00 The audacity of still billing me although I phoned on several occasions and was reassured that my services was terminated and I would no longer be billed. Absolute disgrace of a company. Unless Vodacom sorts this matter out very soon I will be taking this account and emails etc to an attorney.

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Vodacom's reply10 Mar 2021, 14:00
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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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Alec S's update17 Sept 2021, 21:09
Reviewer Update
This matter has still not been resolved.
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Alec S's update17 Sept 2021, 21:25
Reviewer Update
If you take the time to read my complaint correctly you will read the matter is not about the poor quality fibre service I received nor about the shocking and disgusting service that Vodacom offers. Its now about my account!

I have emails to prove my grievances (from me to Vodacom) with responses from Vodacom.

After all my complaints being ignored and me phoning and explaining that your line and your service was unacceptable, I still honoured my full contract and paid fore months after my contract was up hoping you would see to my problem.

After months of paying and phoning and still no reply from Vodacom (except for 'we are escalating the matter' I wrote and told Vodacom I was terminating my service. I WAS UNDER NO CONTRACT AND YOU CAN SEE I DID NOT USE VODACOM FIBRE ANY LONGER) Yet you still continues to bill me and now you are threatening to hand me over!

How on earth do you expect me to pay money to you that I do not owe to Vodacom. I have paid every single account of mine all my life and do not owe anyone money. I have emails to prove my complaints to you and my cell phone records are self explanatory regarding the amount of time I have spent calling Vodacom regarding this matter.