MultiChoice Africa / DSTV
reviews and complaints

During February 2019 I requested a settlement letter and received one that would load properly. I could see on the letter that the settlement amount was R2376.58, the letter was in html format and I couldnt follow the link to set up the payment plan.
I asked for the letter to be resent in a format that I could use and was sent a letter by another person, still in the same format but the amount was now over R3000. I queried the increase and was asked to forward the original letter, which I did on the 14th February and I have never had a response, even after various follow up emails.
On the 15th October 2019, and without any permission to do so, or even any correspondence since February. Multi choice attempted to debit my account for R5753.

My TV set accidentally broke on Saturday, I then contacted Multichoice to disconnect my ser ices until my TV is fixed, they are refusing to assist me and keep on referring me to Terms and Conditions which were never presented not explained to me. Why is it that when one upgrades, you assist them within a blink of an eye, but when one wants to downgrade or diz on e t their servi ces, you take us from pillar to post? This kind of behavior must not be tolerated. I demand that my decoder be disconnected

I opened a price lock account with DSTV beginning of the year and in May or so my contract ended at work. Then I proceeded to cancel my services with price lock and down scaled. I opted for DSTV plus which I paid for one month there after I stalled . My outstanding payment was R1200 and to my surprise I payed my services and still with my payemnt I got a notification of an R800 fee to pay for re-connection within a period of a month. I am not given a clear discription of what s it I owe.

I need an urgent response in this regards.

Good morning

We sold our PVR decoder to our friends, we contacted DSTV to assist with a change of ownership (ENQUIRY REFERENCE NUMBER : 2359891). Unfortunately they informed us that we still owe an amount to them and that change could not take place before the outstanding amount is paid, I requested the audio files of my telephone conversations with the sales consultants where I cancelled our subscription and confirmed numerous times that the month we cancel our subscription the last debit order will go through, and that there will be no outstanding monies due.

No one has contacted us yet, and I am super annoyed and embarrassed, as this is delaying my friends activating and using the pvr.

Kind regards
J Swart

We applied for the price lock service, the day of installation the service was not working with a promise that it will be resolved. No TV services were received, the call center conveniently puts the phone down when they do not want to assist you, this was done by a manager at dstv, it is been 25 calls and hours of airtime and I am still paying for a service I am not receiving! So frustrating, dstv is very unprofessional!

on the 15 October i paid
My DSTV amount of R530.00 but am suprised on the 23 October 2019 my system switched off and i called call centre to re-open it, but on the 26/10/2019 my system switch off again.

dstv i am not happy about your service i pay on time, i use my money to call you.

if dstv doesnt need my service tell me so i can go somewhere else

Good morning.

I am very disappointed in your call centre's poor Custer performance.
Firstly I have never missed a single payment. Last month I was still on the compact package paying R494 monthly, I then decided to call in on the 1st Oct 2019 to upgrade my package to the premium, endless hassles just to upgrade it but eventually it worked, I asked the consultant to please let me know what I need to pay in and they gave me a total of R369 which I paid in immediately.
Our premium package was connected and we could view... So coming the end of this month I would pay R905 which is (809+95) for extra view.

In saying that on the 25 Oct 2019 I went on my dstv app like I usually do to check my amount I needed to pay, to my dismay it showed an amount of R1808 due for end of this month, I got a shock as to the amount due and called in immediately.

Each time I called in I got told a different story, and every time I keep going on to my dstv app it keep showing different amounts due. Then it showed I owed R1798, then it came dwn to R1793... Since 12 the afternoon up u till 22:00 the evening I have been phoning in and noone could help me, ther was a time I was told I'm using a pvr which clearly I'm not, I was also told they can see I have done a upgrade on 25/10/19 and it's pending that's why my account is inactive. Yet whole month I have been watching the premium package, which is mind blowing as to why I want to do another upgrade... Then both my primary and secondary decorders was blocked, at a time I got told that my extra view is not linked but yet whole month it was perfectly fine. I was also told to pay I. A R71. 40 for them to activate my account again because it's a prorater rate, which I immediately did

Now I am sitting with the premium package and non of my channels can work and Noone can do anything because this case needs to be logged.

I basically am paying now for dstv which I cannot watch.

How pethetic. It quick for use to receive our money nd help upgrading our packages but the moment their is an issue then it's a hassle.

I am very disappointed in your poor service

I upgraded my decoder to and explorer price lock of R499 round about April.
When i took this offer i was told that my monthly debit order amount would always be R499 unless if i took something extra on DStv (eg : Showmax, Boxoffice). So last month i was charged R647.35, mind you, i had not rented a movie or subscribed to showmax. So i gave Multichoice a call to get answers, but they couldn't give me answers except the fact that i have 2 subscriptions of showmax, of wich i knew nothing about and they said they can t cancel it on their side, i am the one who has to cancel it. as to how i am going to cancel it, i have no idea because i don't even have the login details for it. so they offered to escalate the matter to showmax with reference number **********0-C1 and this was Snegugu and they told me that i will receive a call with assistance regarding my query. i waited a week passed and no call. i called again and they told me that they are sending a reminder and that the turnaround time for my claim is 2 weeks. i then realized that i will not be getting answers as it seem like the people who were assisting me were not clued up on what was happening. i then reversed my R647.35 and paid R500 wich is the amount that we agreed on upon taking the offer. which caused me R40 extra charged by my bank. Then surprisingly on Tuesday the 22nd Oct, Multichoise deactivated my services as if i did not pay them. I called in to find answers but yet again, nobody could answer me but all they could do was refer me somewhere else. i asked the lady i was talking to to call her supervisor, but because of her bad attitude she instead decided to place me on hold for more than 20 minutes and on top of that she muted the phone for about 10 minutes listening to me venting out my frustration to my daughter, when i finished venting that is when she pressed the hold button and her name is NONDU(please kindly listen to the call). then i called again and found a guy Ayanda M... who was willing to assist but also sounded like he didn't know what he was doing until i got cut off. When i checked the app, i was apparently owing R79 which i still don't know what it was for but still i paid it because my kids needed to watch TV. Today again when i check my app the amount i have to pay is more than R500. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH I AM SUPPOSED TO PAY ON THIS PRICE LOCK PLAN? CAN SOMEBODY STICK TO THEIR PROMISES. PLEASE

Good day

We have been on our package for years now and we have our favourite channels that we been watching all this time. eg. Mcity Nickelodeon.
What and why is it right to change our package to a more downgraded one as we have never complained and have always paid our account.
I find this unacceptable and totally unfair.

Kind regards
Audrey
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Lourens Erasmus

I have requested a settlement letter to determine if I can cancel my subscription. I have contacted dstv on multiple occasions and have not received settlement letter.
I am also due a refund for over billing on my price lock agreement which has not been done yet.
I have sent and email, contacted the call center and used the chat option to speak with multiple agents. The agents all said they would request the settlement from the price lock department but this has not happened yet.

Good day.

I'm really disappointed in DSTV.

I've phoned the DSTV call centre since Monday 21st of October 2019. With a complaint.

Before October DSTV send me an sms saying that the amount due for my next payment for DSTV is R1029.. On the 3rd of October my dstv bill was debited with R1200 for Dstv... On the 6th of October my account was debited with another R1029 for Dstv. I phoned that same day and spoke to a lady at the call center.. She went onto your system and said that she can see the R1029 that went off ons my account but the R1200 was not located for as it should not have gone off from Dstv... The lady said that I should reverse the R1200 because the R1029 was paid... I did so.. On Monday 21 October they switched off my Dstv saying my bill wasn't paid. After numerous times phoning, sending proof of payments etc NOBODY got back to me..

As from today, 25 October, I REFUSE to pay any more money to DSTV until they have fixed this problem and switch my DSTV back on.. Numerous agents whom I've spoken to said I must send the proof of payment every time to another email adress.. I've done it everyday this week, we are now at Friday and still nothing!

This is unacceptable. The R1029 went off on my account like the sms stated it would, but now they say I didn't pay. I REFUSE to pay that R1200 and something they say I must pay, because in the first place, the sms stated that the next amount due is R1029.. Nothing about another R1200... If my dstv account isn't on by today 25th of October. I will stop my contract with DSTV. This is unacceptable.

Sasha-Lee Pretorius
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On Friday, 4 October 2019, we called DStv and requested that our smart card #: [protected] be switched on only for that day and then it must be switched off again. We were told it wasn't a problem and it was switched on, we called from # [protected] / 9935. On the 7th or 8th, we realized it was still switched on and we called your offices. We were then questioned as to whom we had spoken to, and who told us it could be switched off again. We were then put on hold and held on forever, no one came back to us and we eventually put the phone down. Now, today, 24 October 2019, I receive an SMS on [protected] stating that they have stopped my DStv as I've not paid, and to reconnect I must pay R939.00 using ref no. [protected] ! We cannot call your offices as we get absolutely no assistance! I truly hope this has not affected our Multichoice Premium Explorer package which is paid via debit order monthly, and we do not miss payments! We request that this is rectified immediately and we the charge of R939.00 is reversed. We have also had endless problems with DStv and our holiday package, which after over 2 years has still not been corrected, and I am kept on my cell phone to your offices every time we go to the coast, which has cost me a fortune in data and nothing works correctly every time! I would appreciate the courtesy of someone in a management position at your offices to call C. Emmerich, on [protected] or [protected] / 9935 today to sort this matter out. I am really not happy or impressed with the service I have received from your offices. Regards, C. Emmerich

Muntilchoice is by far the worst customer service consultants in their company.. Having to wait two weeks for someone to call me back to resolve a simple payment arrangement issue.. Wow.. Now I am told that I must wait again for someone to call me.. I have made the arrangement with a consultant in September.. Paid the amount that she advised me to pay.. Then I told her that I will pay 1000 a week until the arrears is up to date.. I get an sms advising that I must pay 5400 and they disconnected my services.. So am lost.. Please can someone assist me

Hi there for the like 20th time and huge struggle reconnect my dstv everytime dstv reconnects they disconnect it after 4 days etc and I must everytime use my airtime and wait a long time before they reconnect. Also give me you managers email address or chief in charge there because ive reached my max now everytime they say theyve found my August payment BUT gets disconnected as everytime.Smartcard nr [protected] ID [protected] Residencial Lesedi Street 129 Dullstroom Mpumalanga Mobile [protected] I have sent proof of payment numerous times im missing my allmost every game of the Rugby World Cup thanks to Dstv

Multichoice has disconnected my compact Dstv decoder 3 times this month. 14th, 17th and 2nd Oct 2019.I have made a payment of R400 on the 7th Oct 2019 which is my payment due date, they adviced me that the payment is reflecting on thier side but the problem is that they see 2 decoders in my name. i told them that my firts decoder was stolen in 2016 and i reported the stolen decoder in 2016 and the agent that was helping me that time told me that she cancelled the decoder. as far as i knew the stolen decoder was cancelled until i was told this month(Oct 2019) that the decoder is was not cancelled and when i make the payment it is divided into 2 for the 2 decoders.Suprisingly i have been making payments for 1 decoder since 2016 and i have never experienced this problem. The agent who was helping me today 23 Oct 2019 when i called Multichoice call center advised me that she cancelled the decoder and i must pay the money that i owe which is for the decoder that was stolen and i wasn't using it since 2016 in order for them to reconnect my current decoder. does its make sense to pay for something i did not used or multichoice is robbing me my money.

On the 14th of October I called The dstv Call Centre agent and I asked that I have two dstv to the accounts under my name and I wanted to pay one because I couldn't afford to pay the other, the agent that I spoke to said yes I can pay one if I pay the amount of R399 + R50 connection fee I paid R500 and extra they switched on.

2says it was disconnected we didn't realise it was switched off I called again to find out why it was switched off the call centre agent that I spoke to told me that if I paid the amount of R230 because I was behind on payments for two months then it would be connected and ws gonna switch off on the 3rd of November I paid R230 it was connected .

this morning when I switched it put on it was off I called and I asked why my dstv was disconnected the lady I spoke to told me that I had to pay an amount of R174 to be connected because I was behind on payments I told her that I was told to pay R230 because I was behind on payments so I need to understand why am I paying R730 for a R450 compact and I have to even pay more The Call Centre agents that I spoke to seemed clueless about what I was asking they all gave me different answers they didn't give me the same answers the first one I spoke to said it was okay I can pay R500 rands and we'll switch it on she never told me about any areas the second one told me that no it was not ok because I have 2 dstv compact I have to pay for both and I said I don't have money to pay for both that's when she said I can pay R230 in areas included then they will switch it on and then I have to pay again on the 3rd of November the third one told me I have to pay an amount of R170 because I'm behind on areas I told her that's what I was told last week that I was behind on areas how many areas am I supposed to pay in a matter of two weeks I need this issue resolved first I cannot be paying R1000 dstv compact please help

For the 5th time I phone in a month, no one can provide me with answers.
I took the pricelock plan in May 2019 to be debited with R948 per month, only to find out that the statement are correct but they are debiting my account with over R1000.
Each time I phone the tell me that it will be escalated to pricelock department, only to be notified there are no number to phone to get to the pricelock department.
Worst service ever, bunch of idiots that can't provide you with answers.
Each and every month I get debited with a different amount, and now they want to take a second payment in one month.
If this is a fixed contract for 24 months, how can they debit your account with more than what shows on the statement,
Not even the self help service is working.
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On Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 18:50 our two explora's were cut-off, the 3rd one still working. After 2.5 hours on the phone, no avail. Phoning from the Wednesday up to today Tuesday 22 October 2019, numerous calls, what's app, emails this service is still not operative. Can however say the primary decorder is now working and 3rd now not working. They just cannot fix the service. Everything worked prior to been cut-off and now nothing is working, not even the remotes are working. I have been sent from Pilar to post, do this, do that, scan whatever nothing works. Nobody have been able to have the knowledge to fix the error incurred by DSTV. Initially I was told my account being in arrears- how can this be as my debit order goes through every month by the clock on the 1st hence how can I be in arrears? I just don't know anymore, thus please collect your price lock equipment as you are not honoring your contract, thus I will not honor my contract with you and this is the only solution I have. A person can just have so much patience and whether I fought, been friendly, begging etc, this is going nowhere and Multichoice does not care. I will be so ashamed working for such company, just imagine I am treating our clients the way I have been treated by Multichoice. One week later, no solution and I say no further no thank you. My account number is 5276470. Amanda Odendaal