Cell C
Reviews and Complaints

I would appreciate it if I could be furnished with contact number of one of the managers or better still the CEO of CellC who appears to be hiding away as no one can furnish me with his number. I await your response, Desiree Spies

oh! by the way when I asked to speak to the CEO of the company it was said to me by Mercia that he has more important things to deal worth rather than something like my problem.I do not wish to expose my problem here, as I want to speak to someone that is capable to assist me asap. This clearly does tell me that I am not important enough as a client for Cell C, take note I have been a client for 10years now.

I have a contract with Cell C for over 10 years now. I have not been able to speak to anybody that is in a managerial position at H.O. since July 18 - 2019 in regards to getting a resolution regarding my complaint and problem. I have been put through from one deptment to the next and even to the business deptment, for goodness sake how awkward can it be to be proficient and help a customer at Cell C.

Here are just but a few names of people I have spoken to already and still no solution.

Gadija manageres in Port Elizabeth
Victor - Baywest Cell C
Victor from Baywest called in to Cell C HO with me at the Baywest Store because I have made so many calls from my landline. He spoke to a person with the name of Thoko, TPHD
Luzane - legal dept
Junior, and this was at the Business section, apparently I was put through to the wrong section - Junior 170719qjjmxr
Here are the numbers I have been given to call and seriously nobody could help me yet
084 135,
084 195
084 194 4000
I have phoned the technical department ' 0841555555' and spoken to Lepotang.
I have phoned Mercia ' 0841744211'.
i have spoken to numerous amounts of people from a number of departments, Teboho, Lebo Happy, Lesage. i am totally disgusted with this service, POOR to say the least.

I ran a credit check on myself about a week ago. Turns out that I have been blacklisted by Cell C

I am completely dissapointed at Cell C's Customer Service Agents, the way they handle queries.
my email is desiree.[protected]@gmail.com
and my number is [protected] - I have had to buy myself another sim card as to all this trouble Cell C has put me through.

Its such a pity I am in Port Elizabeth as believe me I would have been in your offices like yesterday already to tell you in person what I think of your service.

Let me mention something to you Cell C this problem will not go away by just ignoring my problem, this just once again proves the poor service you give to SOME customers.

I am a Cell C client for about 10 years now. If this is how they treat Customers, I will never EVER deal with them again. And will also spread the word that none of my friends and family should choose them as service provider.

Its shocking to see all the bad reviews on the internet, I cannot believe as to what I have read about people complaining, but I now can believe it because I am in the same position.

Its Friday! I hope I can be assisted asap.

Good Day,

I have paid Cell C the R599 which they required in order to process my order and have Fibre connected to my home on the 28th June 2019. After the money was paid i was informed that the installation will take 4-6 weeks by a company called SADV. Today is the 15th August 2019 and I still have not been contacted by SADV. Furthermore after calling Cell C on many occasions I am told that there is nothing further that they can do, I have to wait for SADV.

How does Cell C expect to grow in the Fibre market if their interaction and service delivery is so poor.

I would like Cell C to please refund my money as they have no priority to customer services/ relations.

Thank You,
Alvin
[protected]

Dear Cellc

My name is Thato Bamphitile, I am not happy with the service of cellc store in Lichtenburg.

I bought two products described as follows:

• Samsung J4 plus
Snug 800mah Powerbank LCD
Screenguard
Phone case

•Huawei Y7 2019
LTE with 32gb sd
Bg Audio Lite Plus Bluetooth

I have only received the following:
• Samsung J4+
Screen guard & powerbank

•Huawei Y7 2019
LTE 32gb sd

Those are the products I got instead of what was advertised. I have been visiting the shop several times and I even spoke to the manager but they keep on saying the products of the package are finished. It has been 5months now without receiving the outstanding products.

I am really not happy with the service and I am fed up. I can't even go back to that cellc shop because they lied to me so many times.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Regards
TTJ Bamphitile
[protected]

Good day,

On the 16th July 2019, I upgraded my Cell C contract at the gateway store. The consultants name was Dhiraj Dularie. I received the phone however the deal came with accessories which was not in stock. I was told that i will be contacted once the stock was available. To date I have received no feedback. I followed up by email however no responses have been received. The agreement number is [protected].

good afternoon

on 28 of June 2019 cellc deducted R400 using two P30 cell phone that where taken on contract under my name which i have no knowledge off.
on the 2 of August 2019 they deducted R1217 again from my Account.
i lodged a complain with Sifiso from Cellc Ermelo and he said they are still investigating i request that may any one fro your side please intervene in this matter because it will affect my credit record

i request that the two contracts should be cancelled
thank in advance

I have 2 contracts with Cell C which were due for an upgrade but when I went through my statements in July I realized Money was being deducted from my account by Cell C which I was not aware of. I went to their branch in Galleria only to found out I had made an upgrade in March and I denied knowing that upgrade as I wasn't aware of such, I was then told to do an Affidavit and bank statements and send through so they will try to solve the matter.

Its been 2 weeks since all the above has happened and the only feedback I received was that I am going to be called in 2 days but it has not happened and when I call I am sent from Pillar to Post without getting any information about the case. I am told its under investigation and I ask where ab? as well I receive no answers as they have no information about it only the Fraud or Legal will be able to assist I am then given a number of which there is no answer.

Can someone assist with the return of my money and after that's been done Cancel these Contracts.

Reference Number: [protected]

Cell C is the most useless and unprofessional company i have ever displeasure of dealing with.
I have a contract with Cell C for two mobiles however the one " [protected]" I have not been able to speak to anybody since Friday 02 August 2019.
I have phoned the technical department ' 0841555555' and spoken to Lepotang.
I have phoned Mercia ' 0841744211'.
I have phoned Fikile ' 0841744211 as well as 0747433107. And spoken to her exactly 8 times already. Fikile as promised on two occasions 1st time 8 Aug 2019 & 2nd time 13 Aug 2019 to phone me back and i am still waiting. I have spoken to Thobani Zakwe on Thursday the 08 Aug 2019 at 09:20 am who assured me the problem will be sorted out by the close of business on the 08 Aug 2019. I have phoned and spoken to him on the 12 of Aug 2019 and he informed me that the IT department is busy sorting out the problem and that is should be sorted out on the 12 Aug 2019. He also assured me that he will phone me on the 12 of August 2019. However neither of the above has happend.

This Cell phone is used by me for my Guest House and would hate to think of how much business I have lost in the last 11 days. Is cell c prepared to compensate me for this ?
Furthermore I want on [protected] the contract to be cancelled with immediate effect BUT NOT ON [protected].
I would appreciate it if I could be furnished with contact number of one of the managers or better still the CEO of CellC who appears to be hiding away as no one can furnish me with his number. I await your response, Charles Featherstonehaugh

On the 20th of July 2019 a debit order of R1 087 was returned by my bank due to insufficient funds. I immediately made an EFT payment to Cell C on 25th July for the amount of R1 087. I e-mailed the proof of payment as requested to the "Proof of Payment Department" as well as to the customer care department. On the 25th of July Cell C deducted another R1 000 from my bank account. I informed them about it by means of numerous telephone calls and e-mails. Up to date this issue has still not been resolved. I have been a loyal customer of Cell C for many years and I am appalled by the way that this matter is being handled. I am at my wits end. When I phone they put me on hold for the contracts department and then my call is cut. I need a supervisor or manager of the contracts department to contact me to resolve this matter. I will definitely not renew any of my contracts with Cell C in future due to the poor service I have received from them. I have received
various Reference numbers to my numerous e-mails ([protected] Incident [protected] refers) All I am asking is that they refund me the R1 000.00 they deducted from my bank account on the 25th of July. How difficult can that be.
Francy East [protected] 4)

Cell c legal department urgent request for a call back
Alisha a | 06 aug 2019, 15:16
I am very disappointed in the service, I am well aware of my account being in arrears, due to I was unemployed but I still contacted cellc customer service, to make arrangements in paying my account. june month end I tried doing payment via eft but using my cellc number or id number as reference it didn't allow me to pay. I contacted cellc they said I will received and sms with the reference number, nothing came through. the amount outstanding r1900.00, I have been trying to contact cellc ever since june till now I have found no joy, I have visited cellc store twice now they asked me to send you guys an email. they then gave me a number for legal * 601 called this number numerous if time very hard to get through, just for a reference so that I can make a payment. finally got through to legal to took my information and gave me the amount of r2800.00 which is not fair. I am still awaiting the reference number so I can pay. please advise how to go forward, I have made too many contacts and I can't wait anymore.
Contact me on [protected]
I want to make payment asap

To whom it may concern,

I'm wondering if you can help advise me what to do next?

About a month ago now I started having an issue with my router. When I contacted you, you informed me that the tower in my area which is giving the network access was turned off therefore leaving me with no internet and I still have 14 months, now 13 more months of the contract.

I asked you guys to please give me an ultimatum as I refuse to pay for the next 14 months for a service I am no longer receiving. You keep saying you will get back to me but its been 2 weeks since you told me about the tower being switched off, which I was not informed of until it had already been switched off! I have now paid for another month of a service I am no longer getting and you are not giving me any options to continue the contract?

I have since tried to plug the router in, in a different area and still get the same issue of no network access which now means that the router is not working not just from the tower being down as the router still has no internet access in a different area with a different tower. When I asked your company about that issue now they just said they would get back to me and still nothing has been done about the issue.

Please can someone advise me on what my next steps should be as I refuse to pay for a service I am no longer getting and you refuse to let me know what my other options are?

I have tried everything and no one at the company is helping me sort the issue out?

If you continue to ignore my issue and even acknowledge my problem I will be taking you to court as this is actually just ridiculous now and the fact that no one is willing to deal with this issue is so unprofessional and I will be mentioning this to every 0erson I come into contact with and I will be complaining all over Facebook and hello peter as this is not called for! You are taking my money so willing but will not help me with anything!

This is my last resort and if nothing is done now to help sort out my issue I am taking this to a lawyer to sue your company.

Please get back to me ASAP

I received a notification that my bill for the month of August totalled to R1025. I called the call centre to query an I was informed that I am being charged for additional data that is supposed to be free but can not discounted this month because of a billing system but will be credited in September. What?

I further proceeded to cancel my cellphone insurance with c surance where according to the policy wording the cancelation is immediate but was told I will be billed for the last time this month but there is no cover.

The service I have received thus far is shocking and disgusting.

I earlier today contacted Cell C on their Facebook page, to ask what the issues was with the data service connection problems that I'm experiencing as well as thousands of other users. Later to find that I have been ignored, how I know this is that an additional enquiry came in on their posts and it was answered by the Cell C representative. My enquiry on the other hand still wasn't answered, so I decided to investigate. I found that they representative was online constantly yet still hadn't responded to my enquiry, further more I had noticed that all African clients were answered within 10 minutes where as Caucasian clients had to wait anywhere from 10 minutes to having no response at all (like myself) so clearly it's an issues of race as well. I am livid by this, my well being and work is affected since I can't connect to the Internet to make bookings for my client, they cannot help me or give me an indication as to what's the problem so I'm completely in the dark. I've just renewed my contract and now I'm getting now service from the contract of company, this is gross negligence and a breach of contract and will exercise my right to cancel it at no extra charge or fee because this is unacceptable.

I have absolutely no signal since Friday the 9th of August. I don't know whether it's due to a fault on my sim card or something else. I tried everything I could think of to fix it. I restarted my phone several times, I even wiped my phone. It still doesn't work, and now I can't use Whatsapp, since I need a verification code, and I can't get any SMSes. I am very angry to say the absolute least, and I would appreciate some feedback from you. If this problem continues I will find another network provider.

I recently did a sim swap for both my contract lines because my phone got lost, however I was initially informed I'll be charged R50.00 for each sim for the swapping. One of my lines was deactivated, when I called in today to activate the line, I was told there'll be an additional fee of R115.00 that will be debited due to the activation. I find this to be unethical because I'm already on a contract not prepaid, so why do I have to pay activation fees let alone being informed on minute 99 before activation about this fee. Totally disappointed with Cell C's way of doing business, cant wait for my contract to end.

Good day
I am beyond upset because of the problem you guys are having at the moment since 1st of Aug, without informing your clients. We have to struggle and think something might be wrong with our sim card, signal or router just to find out that the problem is with you Cell C. Seriously, for how many days more must one be without Data? You will credit me from the 3rd of Aug untill there where you eventually sort out your problem, if not I will take it further. The consultant at your Uitenhage Branch also said to me that this is not fair to us and should be credited! Every day I try to see if the connection is sort out and still nothing.
I need a urgent response on what's happening and how long must I be within data, I am running a business and need my data.

Yolandi Jerling/ van der Merwe
Id [protected]
my contact no [protected]
email- [protected]@gmail.com
Using 20gig day 20gig night
I don't know what the Cell C no is. Using it for data.

Thanks
Yolandi

My name is Mrs SE Strydom, my number is [protected], I also have a data package contract of which I received an orange sim card in March 2019. Last week Thursday the sim card crashed. On Sunday 04/08/2019 I went (with my own inconvenience, waste of my time, waste of my money and petrol) to the Cell C shop in Carnival Mall. The sales lady Maphed was trying to assist me and said clearly that Cell C is having a hassle with the orange sim cards and that I can do a sim shop for R150.00 or she can do it on the contract and issue a new sim for R50. This is not acceptable I have been a Cell C client for 12 years and only have had the sim since March 2019 but yet Cell C wants me to pay for there mistake (not my fault I received a defected sim). I asked to speak to the manager of the shop. He was out and about in the mall and kept us waiting (after Maphed called him) for 20 minutes. His name is Desmond. I found him to be unfriendly with a very laid back unprofessional attitute and did not even pick up the phone to call or anything regarding my issue. This is the treatment that I receive after being a loyal client of cell c for over 12 years! This is not acceptable at all. So how is Cell C going to solve this issue? Hope I will get a satisfactory answer soon. Mrs SE Strydom

The customer service and overall experience with Cell C has been utterly disgusting, to say the least. It is taking us 4 months to get someone from Cell C to cancel our data subscription from them, and it still hasn't been cancelled. That is multiple times a month that we have to reverse a debit order from our account and multiple phone calls to inquire as to why the subscription has not been cancelled. We phoned a month before the subscription had to be renewed, the call centre agent advised us to phone on a specific day which we did. On the day we cancelled the subscription, we were advised to phone the next day to check whether the subscription has indeed been cancelled which we did and we were assured that the subscription has been cancelled. Here we are, 4 months down the line still having the debit order going off for the Cell C subscription and still battling to get someone there to understand how to work their system to cancel a subscription. Utterly shocking and greedy! Not to mention the poor customer service from the arrogant call centre agent we had to deal with last.

ive been on cell c for years, i recently lost my phone and i have been trying to do a sim swap for the 3 passed days, hoever they keep telling i have fail security check, i even went to the branch in JHb newtown, they told me the same thing, i even brought an ffidavit from the police station, my ID book and proof of reseidence, and they still cant help me😡

I have just bought a data sim card with cell c for the past two months it was fine not having problems but this third month it's always offline so my query is that why am I being treated like that because I am paying for the data and it was working nice but now it's really troubling me please assist I cannot pay for something that I don't benefit from it.

I had a Cell C contract which I canceled and they are now sending me invoices of content services for a number that hasn't worked in ages, customer services is transferring me to a non existing legal department 😩

Cell C I need answers, why am I being invoiced for a cancelled account that hasn't been used? What are content services, is your legal department real?