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Hi, im a grab driver I am transporting a passenger to smrt depot on sunday 20th sept 2020 at around 5:04am to 5:18am when I was being stopped at the checkpoint gate, an officer requested my id and phone number which I complied, next after obtaining my particulars, the cisco officer told me to use the phone to check-in which I do not have the particular app at the moment. Then I explained to the officer should it be sufficient enough after taking down my id, but the officer still insisted me to use my phone to check-in. So I called the supervisor named shobox and we exchange words, asking her to help which she denied to which lead to my passenger frustrations and stressed out when the officer declined his entry due to my situation. My passenger was frustrated with words, then the lady supervisor for that same night named shobox was enraged by what my passenger sayings, due to the unprofessionally she came surging near my passenger confronting him which her intending to challenge my passenger. I talked to the supervisor that whether she could call the ops room, but she said that its not possible to call the ops room due to no one is available to answer the issue. But she did not tried to called them even once, instead she and the two collegue left both me and my passenger who is delayed left us neglected stranded and unattended there for around 10 -15 mins without acknowledging me that they were discussing amongst them. Then when I asked the supervisor whomever does she had to reported which might help, instead the supervisor told me she does not need to report to anyone. Its a clear statement that the supervisor says, she does not need to report duty to anyone in cisco trying to fool me and my passenger. Plus, the supervisor said that they do not have the ic scanner to scan my ic... So I asked her name, and she said that I cannot get her name and she gave me just shobox only. I am writing this complaint against the lackness of professionalism in handling the situation. This is my first visit to changi depot as a grab driver during this pandemic period.

Dear Sir/Mdm,

I am writing this after just encountering a really unpleasant situation at Terminal 3 departure gates just less than an hour ago. I was sending my family off to Adelaide and we were taking pictures and videos of the moment as they will be gone for 3 years before returning to Singapore again.

After they went into the gates, I was taking instastories of my nieces behind the glass and while doing so, I was approached on the opposite side of the glass by this Indian lady officer in off white or is it cream uniform with black pants. She was looking at me angrily and tapping on the glass indicating me to stop filming. I immediately stopped filming and she mouthed the words asking me to delete. I showed her that I have stopped filming and that the videos weren't recorded nor save in the Instagram and she still stood there mouthing the words VIDEO and staring at me. I repeatedly told her there's no more videos. I have stopped taking it. She just kept mouthing the word "video" and gave me a death stare and annoyed expression. That went on for 30secs.

At that moment, I felt like a criminal. I felt my rights being stripped off and I was confused and lost as to what I have done. I then thought to open my photo album and she made me scroll through the photos I took and everything. Demanding me to swipe left and right. In it, was a video I took outside the departure gate of the decorations and my family members children playing there. She mouthed at me to have it deleted. Which I then complied.

My family saw this situation and none of us can fathom what was wrong as we weren't aware we were not suppose to take videos here and even outside the departure gates! We asked her to come out of the gates and she just stuck her head out from behind the gates, still mouthing "DELETE THE VIDEO". And I told her it's already deleted and she just head back to the baggage checking post.

I am appalled by this situation. I am not aware of this no videos policy if there was any in the first place at the departure gates or even right outside of it. So many others were doing that as well so what set me apart from being pointed out like this? Why was I being treated like a criminal or an illegal immigrant? Why was this Certis Cisco so rude and nasty? Is it ok for your officers to treat guests at the airport this way? She can just politely ask me to stop filming. What gives her the right to look through my album and invade my privacy this way and demanding me to delete the videos I took in a public area? It was a sad occasion for us to have to send our family away for such a long time, and having to be disrupted with this sort of situation, it's the worst thing to happen. What a bad taste it has left. What a bad impression it has left. And definitely, it made me feel violated.

Please check the cctv and identify this Indian woman out. She has curly hair and tied up in a bun. Quite short and plump. Wearing a black badge. It happened approximately between 9:50-10:00pm, 27 Jan, Terminal 3 Departure gates. I believe she works for Certis Cisco.

I am awaiting a reply and apology on this and I want a satisfactory explanation on this.

I can also be contacted at [removed].

Thank you.

Regards,
[name removed]

We are a small business who have been using Cisco services for use of their Jasper SIMS (data plan) for over 10 years. We have been paying invoices reasonably on time all these years. However, we were told late November that they did not receive the payment for October and it was past due. We immediately responded via email sending them a copy of the check that was mailed early November. To this, we were asked to put a stop payment and re-issue another check and were given until Dec 24th to pay in full including November payment. We requested our bank to stop payment on the prior check paying service fee and sent Cisco another check on Dec 13th for the amount in full and emailed the same day the copy of the new check to the accounting department. To our surprise, without further notification, Cisco suspended and deactivated the SIMS. There was no phone calls or emails informing about the deactivation. As it was holidays, we did not notice till our return the first week of January. When we reached out to the accounting department via email, we got a curt reply indicating that our account was suspended on Dec 24th for lack of payment inspite of us sending the proof of mailing with scanned copy of the check. We can understand the mail failing to reach once but can not imagine missing two months in a row, especially when we mailed two weeks before the due dates. Strangely, the account managers do not provide a contact phone #s in their email and there is no contact number on the invoice itself. The only way to communicate with accounting/revenue department is through email. We were not even given an option of payment via phone or online.
Our email asking for ways to resolve this issue is still unanswered. It appears to us as if Cisco wanted not to deal with small customers and were finding ways to force an exit.

I find it extremely unprofessional for a company of Cisco's size to act this way to its customers. We hope the senior management would take such complaints seriously and identify ways to rectify such issues.

i have experienced abt 3 times rudeness of certis cisco customer service officers at the changi airport terminal 1 pass exchanging office. first was an indian lady who told me my ic was unacceptable although it was in good condition and i never have any trouble with police or ICA before. Secondly, in the morning an old Chinese lady who rudely told me to give my pass in exchange force my ic. The third was today on oct 12, at abt, 825am a Malay and Chinese middle aged ladies. They rudely told me to go over to their counters. The spoke loudly as if annoyed with me and I felf embarassed in front of other visitors. Pls I am begging whoever this may concern.. Pls do sth abt this. Pls take my complaint into serious consideration. Pls do no hesitate to me regarding this. I am more than happy to furnish you with more details. Thank you..

My family and I were travelling from KL to Singapore on flight AK723 on 21st July 2019 and arrived at terminal 4. While my spouse is filling up the embarkation/disembarkation form, an Indian female Certis Cisco Officer aged late 20's/early 30's shouted "finished already or not?!"

Changi airport is rated the best airport since 2013. Nonetheless such rude interrogative questioning does not only tarnish the abovementioned reputation but also unnecessary.

I hope Changi airport/Certis Cisco look into this matter seriously and provide more intensive training. as I understand this is not the 1st time passengers have encountered an ill-mannered officer.

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I have paid above stated amount to this person to get the cisco ccnp exam voucher. however he did not response by sending me voucher after make the payments. I need to get the refund because this person is lying until he receives the money.
please block that amount and return to my account "xeon. [protected]@gmail.com"

I closed a Webex account for my company in early 2016. Months later, they simply initiated, without my previous approval, an additional charge (almost double cost) and I - the client - had to contact the company to cancel the invoices issued without my prior authorization. This was solve with no additional problems (I have the emails History).

Now, after almost 3 years, I need to cancel my contract and receive the information that it has been closed a 3 year contract. Are you kidding me?
At no point was I informed a 3-year contract (or I would have never closed). They can see the whole negotiation history to confirm that this was never accepted or even spoken in the beginning.

I am trying to understand how this company works and frankly what should be a temporary contract break is becoming a nuisance against this company that tries to earn customers' costs without passing on clear information during the negotiation.

After one month, I'm still trying to request the immediate cancellation of our contract, but unfortunately they simply don't care.

Please educate your cab drivers who commute into Cessna Business park about traffic discipline and rules. Especially the one attached in This complaint. they have the least care and concern about fellow drivers on the road. Jumping lanes, over speeding, over taking from the wrong side, blocking other vehicles deliberately... these are some of the issues I have noticed very often with your drivers.

Hello,

The above referenced account has been placed with us for collection. This account is seriously past due and needs immediate attention. Please contact us immediately to make arrangements to pay this. Amount owed is $ 2, 925.96

If you dispute this account, please supply us with details to support any dispute. We accept all major credit cards or checks. You can either call me and I can take payment or you can go online to www.ciscocollect.com to make payment. Use your ref# 738424 for the Cisco Account Number. Please call me with confirmation of payment.

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The Proctor is call Andy (BinBin Wu)

Cisco CCIE Beijing Exam center is asking money from candidate during lab test.

if the examiner (called Andy) is no receive what he wants, he will add troubleshootings to this candidate till he fails.

I do not think it is a request, it is a threat!

adding troubleshooting is legitimate for CCIE testing, but asking money is another issue.

I do not believe it till I saw it from my naked eyes.

One candidate is forced to leave the center in order to withdraw money or the examiner.

I think Andy is picking the victim based on his mood, and I am lucky as I am holding an Australia password so he did not choose me.

This seems to be well known among those Chinese candidates.

I am telling what I know:
test center is located in Beijing.
I first know about it on 9th Jan, one person I know got threaten during RS lab test.
I was told Andy ask him to transfer 10000 RMB to his Wechat (a mobile phone app in China) or Andy will do something during his lab test.
The candidate did not do it at 9th, but at 10th and he received his score as passed.
Usually the score will be published at the same day, but he did receive in the second day after making a payment.

I saw it on 16th Jan.
What I saw was Andy came to a Chinese girl.
After a while, the girl left and brought a paper back for Andy. that is a bank transaction receipt.

I cannot do anything seriously, I am not allowed to bring a mobile phone so I can not provide any evidence, I believe that is the reason Andy - the enterprise is so confident to do this.
People complaint to the Asia exam center and they do not give it a *! of course they say we do not have evidence.

I know the victim in person if you want something please contact me here.

10080RMB is the exam fee in China, now someone needs to double it.
It could be anyone next time, and I hope can do something for this.

What MF [censored] at that company decided that none of their web interfaces will set all the functions necessary to use their crapware. If you aren't using their CLI daily it is an hours long process for even the easiest task. 2 hours spent, and still not able to pass through the AP to get a DHCP address. Also turns out the "Reset to Factory Defaults" doesn't you have to use the CLI to wipe the NVRAM.

This is the second Router that I have opened with factory wrapping on it, One from Best Buy about 18 months ago. And now this one from Wal-mart. When I called for support to help install them I was told that according to the S/N they are out of warranty and they could not support them with out a charge of $39.00. They must do this from the date of manufacture not the date purchased.

Because he had me open it to check the S/N now it can not be returned. I have thrown BOTH in the TRASH and will never buy anything with the CISCO name on it EVER! (AVOID CISCO AT ALL COST)

I purchased a new AT&T modem to replace a defective older model 17 December 2010. Upon replacement the Linksys Model WRT54G would not connect or function. My daughter called Linksys and was told the model was over a year old and no longer under warranty and she would have to pay for tech support. I called the following day and spoke with Simon. He said he had to see if the my Linksys was damaged. He walked me thru step by step and I was connected to the internet via the router. I said I had a laptop and that needed to be configured. He said to hand over the control of the computer to him. I complied and he made some changes to the computer and said he needed to check with his supervisor about the router. When he returned, he said I would need to have some software e.g. drivers, and computer optimization that would increase and make my computer safe from outside interference. I told him that once I was connected, as I was, that was sufficient for me. He then argued I had to have the computer optimization and I would be charged $199.00 for this operation. I was skeptical and knew everything before the replacement of the AT&T modem functioned just fine. When I appeared more reluctant, he suddenly began to erase all the settings, passwords, and necessary information needed to connect to the internet via the router. I asked him why and he said my Linksys was not under warranty and he could only offer the $199.00 computer optimization. He had told me nothing was wrong with my present Linksys Router, but I had to have the computer optimization, and with that, all information and my connection to the internet was erased and disconnected. This selfish act of revenge and a scam to sell a product unfamiliar to me, is certainly not good business and should be investigated and discontinued. Are there no laws to protect seniors from unscrupulous computer criminals

Certis Cisco hires rude and incompetent fools who take pride in harassing passengers in Changi Airport, then when challenged to justify their actions, these losers just hide behind their flimsy "standard operating procedures" to summon more of their own kind to intimidate you into backing down. These pathetic idiots are lowly-educated, over-the-hill police-wannabes who couldn't make the grade if their lives depend on it, but yet are given countless opportunities to abuse what little power they have.

AVSO Suresh and a bespectacled Constable Rubaai Bin Haji Rosian Tan, NRIC S7101972A were most horrible and unprofessional lot from Certis Cisco that I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with on Dec 22 2011, 3.30am, at Changi Airport Terminal 2.

AVSO Suresh was demanding my passport and address, despite not being in uniform, yet was extremely rude and confrontational when asked to verify his authority by showing his warrant card, which he does not have!

The egomaniac Constable Rubaai turned up later and cemented my impression of these Certis Cisco jokers, with his belligerent behaviour and rude, aggressive language, constantly harping over how he was in charge of the entire shift, as if that means anything outside of their half-baked organization.
I was just excercising my right to verify their identities in order to protect myself, as I did comply with their instructions fully, yet could not help but feel I was being disrespected and harassed by a bunch of hooligans, who surrounded me 4 men to 1, and treated me like a criminal for taking a nap prior to my flight.

These idiots failed to see that it was their poor management of the situation(no uniform, flashing airport access pass in lieu of a warrant card) that led to the confusion in the first place, and still childishly taunted and dared me to lodge a complaint with the Changi Airport Group and Certis Cisco management.

Date : 22 Dec 2012
Location : Changi Airport T1 Gate C19
Time : 6.35am

Very rude Chinese bespectacled Cisco guard who gave unclear & wrong instructions to remove boots.
Made my husband to move around the security check area & started shouting at him when in the 1st place he did not state that he should go out of the metal detector area.
Request for his name but his colleagues refuse to provide.Demand an apology & he refused.
Changi Airport & Certis Cisco Authorities : Pls look into this.

I have just spent a lot of money setting up with a cisco linksys wkusb120n for internet connection and it keeps dropping out not connecting to internet. I am using MAc operating systems and windows and even with firewall turned off it still keeps dropping out from the internet. even when xbox connected through ethernet I have never had such a poor service from linksys before. I have been on firmware update site and have the most updated software, I think that this is appalling and will look top use another system rather than linksys in future No help given from Linksys and no help by tech support Just wanted 29.99 dollars off me to fix with no help!

Absolutely the most horrendous router I have EVER had the ill fortune to own. Got it home, set it up(being I had set others up this was not difficult) all worked well till I turned off my laptop and turned it on again, I had to repair the connection each and every time I turned it on, time after time a good 20-30 minutes of clicking and unplugging and plugging... absolutely a pain in the... well, u get it. I don't have time for this, I am attending college to earn my PhD, I am studying for hours at a time, long days on campus, I just want to come home after all the head pounding and relax and do my research. So I call for support, the woman I speak to can barely speak English and is obviously reading from a schematic so she is not listening to me, she has me set up another connection, exactly the same way I had previously, and it works... Okay, great. or not... the second I shut it down it is lost again, my ISP router is showing at 5 bars, yet this irritating wireless router skips past it and tries to connect to 4 neighborhood signals that each have one bar... Hello... Houston we have a problem. I repair and unplug and plug and repair, all the while the window keeps popping up to advertise "Network Magic" buy it now and keep the wonderful service going... OMG, Never EVER as long as I live will I ever purchase another problem product from this companyIt is obvious to me, if I do not purchase their "Network Magic" the repair problems will never be solved. To add insult to injury, even though I coded a password in to lock the system from others using it, the map in the system shows a computer that has connected to my system, with no way to deny it access, my only option according to the information that pops up on the screen, is to watch it as a potential intruder, or remove it from the map... Not Deny it Access to my router, just make it so I can't see it. NICE...! It is all about selling me more and more and not about truly providing me with what I purchased, a wireless router that works. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, DON'T BUY CISCO OR LINKSYS

After 8 days I finally received the Linksys E3000 wireless router from Cicso. After unsuccessfully trying to get it to connect to the web, I finally called their service technicians. I spent the next 3-1/2 hours with the tech over the phone trying to get the router to work. Finally, I was told that it the internet connector was defective and that I would have to speak to customer service. Before speaking to customer service I waited to speak to a supervisor who said that I had to speak to a senior technician. After another grueling half hour with the sr. tech, I was put on hold to wait for customer service. The connection with customer service was immediately severed. The next day I called Cisco customer service for a replacement. I was told by the supervisor that the only replacement that I could get would be a refurbished one. I paid for a new system, they wanted to replace it with a refurbished one. For the next 45 minutes, I tried to get in touch with Cisco's US branch. Their US offices only handle enterprise customers. They take our American money but do not want anything to do with regular people. After another grueling 1/2 hour, I finally spoke with a rep who got permission from her supervisor to issue me a return label so that I could send the defective router back and get a refund. They originally wanted me to pay to send it back. Cisco is the absolute worse company to do business with. The US branch wants nothing to do with regular folk. I take that back. They only want our money, but will not assist us in any other way.

Never buy Linksys products over the phone Because returns are impossible. I followed their detailed directions on how to return the router. I followed these directions but they didn't hold up their end of the deal: After they received my item, nothing happend (no credit to my account). I called and they exclaimed I now need to request a credit. What? And they also needed my tracking number. Give me a break - um, they would have this right on the box. Thankfully I had it. I can't imagine how many people don't check to see if they were credited. What a scam!