Vodacom
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Hi
I visted the Vodacom Chatsworth Store on the 29th of January 2017 and purchased a laptop contract, I was promised the laptop would be available to me for pick on Thursday ( 2 February) latest Friday (3February) and I had made it aware to the sales assistant that I am a student whose leaving to university and I need my laptop before the weekend. I also had to make several costly trips to the store to check on the whereabouts Of my laptop as I was not contacted by the store . The sales assistant at the store told me today that my laptop hasn't been delivered by the couriers as yet and when I visited the store yesterday(2nd February) the sales assistant told me that they had only placed the order on the 2nd of February. I feel saddened at the fact that I will most likely be leaving to university without a laptop for my first semester.

I have dealt with Vodacom online this last week for an online special that has been and still is advertised. Said offer was the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge + Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite combo deal. I ordered this little package on Thursday last week (26 Jan 2017) and have been put through an absolute obstacle course/gauntlet of emotional distress, spoken to more intellectually inept lumps from Vodacom's call centre that I should have to, and been delayed with my order for a full week. I have phoned to check my order multiple times this last week only to be told by several call assistants either one of 2 stories: 1) Apparently the cell phone is discontinued (really? Are we not referring to the S7 NOTE? Are we sure of this?) 2) There is no more stock of this special (No stock? Why are you still advertising the special on your website Vodacom?). Lastly I am told by someone that there is actually still stock and she has sold this very product this morning to people already. The lady who I took my contract out with (last week Thursday), told me on the Tuesday after the week I had ordered my phone (so, like, 4 working days later) that there was no more stock of the coral blue S7 Edge and in order to get my phone much sooner I can consider choosing another colour for R100 more on my contract every month (AGAIN no stock and we're still advertising?). I choose this option, reassured I will receive my very expensive package within the next couple of days. Not one to be inconsistent with bad service, two full days have passed and I still have not received my phone from Vodacom, in effect rendering my decision to go with the more expensive, more AVAILABLE (not CORAL BLUE) product pointless. Phoning back 4 times this Thursday, exactly a week later, I give 4 different people a message for my original assistant to call me back. Eventually I am told she isn't in and since these specials are only placed on a Monday (ok? Whatever that means… how do you people get stuff done?) I will have to wait another 5 days at least as today is Thursday and my order will only go through next Monday, even though I already ordered this special LAST WEEK THURSDAY so essentially I should've received the thing this last Monday already.

Look, I don't even blame an individual call assistant that I dealt with on the phone this last week (and to be honest, about 2 of the 10 people I spoke to were slightly helpful)…I blame THE MANAGERS, THE BOSSES, THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS CIRCUS. Train your staff, please. While you may be very polite on the phone, you people treat your customers horribly, and you know it, I know it, everyone's knows it. After a massive tantrum I am transferred to a more managerial character that promises me I will have my phone in the next 2 days and that my assistant will get back to me promptly the next day. Forward to today, Friday (3 Feb 2017), and my assistant still isn't in, the manager character is not available and I have cancelled my contract. I hope you people sleep well at night knowing how you treat your customers. I've never been more fuming, frustrated and completely disappointed by a company before. I do not, and will not, recommend Vodacom to anybody.

I have been trying since 4 January to get an answer as to why I was billed twice for a data contract in December. I have been sent from pillar to post and every time I am "put through" to someone who MIGHT be able to answer me, I am conveniently cut off. When I say that I am not accepting 22 February as a possible date for feedback I am just cut off. And this after the first call centre agent have promised to have this issue resolved within 48 - 72 hours.

You speak to a new agent all the time and NO ONE CAN HELP YOU AND NO ONE (EXCEPT ONE POOR SOUL) DELIVERS ON THEIR PROMISES TO CALL YOU BACK. I HAVE HAD IT!

Number concerned: [protected]
Ref nr: [protected]

Please refund me ASAP! Or just give me your silly explanation as to why you chose to steal money from me!

So I went into the Vodacom shop in Centurion mall hoping to get my problem solved but I spoke to a brick wall.
I paid my premature cancellation amount on the 30th of November 2016, but to date, I am still being invoiced.
I asked the Vodacom person (lady) to please check for me why they are still debit me each month.
So the lady said do I have proof that I canceled my contract, so I showed her all my documents (Proof of Payments and the confirmation email from Vodacom that they received my payment and that my contract is closed).
So they lady said I must phone accounts department and sort it out with them, now I must do her work nice.
I asked her if I can please phone the accounts department from their store phone because I don't want to use my airtime to hold on for an operator, you usually hold on for 30min if you are lucky, with Cell c its 2min max.
Then they lady said no I can't use their phone because the battery is flat.
Then I told her that is the exact reason why I left Vodacom on the 30th November 2016.
What type of service is this?

Hope to hear from you, not that it will change anything in my life right now!

For the past 4 days I have been sent from pillar to post between Vodaworld, game and Vodacom customer care line without success. I have signed a contract with Vodacom through game with the intention of keeping my current number, however game informed me 3 days later that they are unable to register the contract because this number once belonged to my husband, otherwise I would have to write a letter to be given authorisation to use the number and this could take up to 30 days . I drove between vodaworld and game like a post man as both consistently gave me contradicting information . Eventually I phoned customer care today 02/02/2017 again my call was transferred to 4 different people, 40 minutes later to be told that the customer care line only support s online sales and direct sales! Quote "Unfortunately we do not support stores mam, you'd have to go back to game and address the issue with them! " unquote. This is despicable service, totally outrageous, nerve racking!

I will be celebrating my birthday tomorrow but thanks to your fantastic service my friends and family can not reach me as the sim card is no longer working.

I'm on the job market with this being my primary contact telephonically and email wise but again thanks to your great competence am unrecheable!

As far as am concerned Vodacom is by far the worse service provider I've had to deal with!

It's further annoying that despite having requested the customer service agent to escalate the issue I was literally told to go away to game where I bought the contract.

THanks for ruining my birthday! You can keep your phones and contract. I will ensure I don't touch or recommend Vodacom to any friends or family. The service sucks!

Should you bother I do have a business line

On the 31st of January I bought 100mb at 12:41 pm and it was activated, I got home later that afternoon and turned off my mobile data because we have uncapped wifi so there was no need to have my data on whilst I was home.

My data had been off all day because I had been busy with children at school, I had left my phone in my bag and when I eventually took my phone out at about 12:30 and turned on the mobile data for the first time since the previous day, I saw there were numerous messages saying my data bundle had run out, I checked my balance and saw that i had not received my R200 which I usually get each month as per contract! There were no open apps so I don't know why my balances are 0.00.

This is absolutely ridiculous, I can't do anything with my phone unless I'm in wifi, I am going back to University this weekend and I need this issue resolved because one can't work like this! There is not wifi all over campus and I just find this unacceptable seeing as we pay quite a lot each month for this contract and now I have not got any data this month! So we have actually paid for nothing.

I went into my local Vodacom store to see if they could see what was going on and they informed me that there seems to have been other complaints regarding this issue these past few days at many different vodacom stores.

I would like to know how you are going to resolve this issue, am I going to be reimbursed my R200 airtime or what would you suggest? Being a student I rely on this airtime each month so that I can buy my data in order to research varsity work and contact people whilst at university and this is now a major issue in my life.

hope you can provide a solution to this before I get back to university.

Regards
Sarah McKenzie

On 2nd of January I took the phone in for repairs at the Vodacom Shop Mall on first week of January 2017 due to a cracked screen encountered in December. The Phone was booked in & send to Vodacare Repair Shop In Alberton. I told the consulted that i don't want it to be repaired i will rather take a new phone & pay in the Excess coz the phone is Insured for Accidental & Loss cover.
The Vodacom Repair store in Alberton say they booked out the phone & handed it to the (RAM) the courier company. But the phone is been missing for 3 weeks. The Vodacom Insurance company does not agree to submit my Insurance claim because of the Phone is Nowhere to be found. Vodacom lost my phone which is insured & they don't wanna replace it. This is my second Claim. The first claim was successful. Currently spend 1 month without a phone & my contract is still active.

Regards: Joseph
Cell :[protected]

Good afternoon.

I require legal assistance with vodacom.

I was on holiday in bali from the 24th of december 2017 till the 3rd of january 2017.

I have been billed r30385.41
My mobile number ([protected]) is registered on my father’s name (Mr thiagaraj govender).

The debit had run off my father’s account. He then phoned vodacom to query.

Vodacom has advised that I needed to put my “mobile data” off if I connected to wifi. Regardless of wifi I would still be charged data roaming rates.

If you look at the “data services” portion – it provides the amount of data used and charges accordingly. Please be mindful that I have 2 gigs of data each month all day and 1 gig of data from midnight till 5am.

Under “roaming data” each time I was on wifi I was still being charged. Vodacom advised that I should of put my “mobile data” off. Surprising enough when I am in south africa and if I connect to wifi and update/download software on my phone I was never charged – I never had to put my “mobile data” off.

Please assist with this matter as I can’t afford to pay so much of money for what I thought I was using as “free”

Vodacom has just debited my business account for R40 000.00, our monthly bill is usually under R5000.00 a month.

I have made numerous phone calls to Vodacom call centers to which I have reference numbers for confirming that this bill is in dispute & will not be debited off our account. No one from Vodacom has bothered to return my requests or follow up with the dispute, and then Vodacom still went ahead & debited the full amount off our account this morning.

My Vodacom account is in my business name, we have had this account for 8 years.

This account has my cellphone contract (red advantage) uncapped, my daughters contract (1gig capped with free minutes), another SIM card my son occasionally uses contract (1gig capped), my iPad (capped), my husbands iPad (capped) & recently I bought a Mac laptop with a Vodacom dongle (uncapped).

My husband, does not have signage on this account, his cellphone contract was on a separate Vodacom business account under his own business name. In July 2016 he went to transfer his cellphone number from his business account to my business account.

I gave him a written business letterhead stating precisely that I gave Vodacom permission to transfer his cellphone contract to my business account. Nothing more.

Whilst in Vodacom, my husband decided to change my sons SIM card package from a 1gig capped no minutes to a 200minute 200meg capped contract, so that he could give this SIM card to his manager to use.

He told the Vodacom consultant specifically to keep the contract as it was just add the free minutes & lessen the data and he repeatedly requested to keep it a Capped line. This Vodacom man never capped it! My husband did not tell me he had changed the contract thinking all was fine. However he never gave the SIM card to his manager to use as it turned out my son might need the SIM card in future, if he were away from home overnight.

This SIM card & the phone it was in have been sitting switched off in my bedside cupboard most of 2016 & the remainder of 2016 hence forth. Whilst my son was extremely sick in hospital in December I gave him the phone to be able to call me, when I had to shoot home. He sent a few what's app messages & phoned me a few times. At night he was given sleeping pills around 9pm, which I have nurses records of, I also slept beside him, he was fast asleep throughout the night, which we also have nurses records of when they came to change his drip at 12am..

He was given the phone on Sunday afternoon, on Wednesday morning I received a call from Vodacom stating this number had clocked up R35000.00+~ rand in the space of 2.5 days.

I immediately requested they block the line, and I requested a detailed schedule of the data usage instead I get an excel babble of numbers which I can only make out times of use being around midnight.

So basically within 2 nights at midnight while he was sleeping on sleeping pills, with me sleeping next to him, this Vodacom line clocked R35000.00.

There is absolutely no way this could be humanly possible, the phone was my phone at the beginning of the year so all its settings are set to not use data or download or upload or refresh in the background. I had specifically set all of these so as to save data.

1) Vodacom should not have allowed my husband to change the contract without my written consent or presence, therefore this uncapped contract is not legally allowed to have been changed by anyone other than myself.
2) Vodacom was also instructed to keep the line as a capped line and Vodacoms employee is at at fault having not done this & therefore should be held liable for not capping the line.
3) Vodacom is incorrectly & dishonestly over charging on data usage.
4) Vodacom despite the account being in dispute still debited the full amount.

We will not & cannot pay this bill, it will put us out of business & leave our 60 staff jobless!

Where do I go from here

I cancelled my contract in Feb 2016. Since then Vodacom without fail every month debits my account for the FULL value of the contract including the device cost. I have emailed and called repeatedly for a year now and nobody gets back to me. I instructed them to cancel the debit order yet again this month R847 got debited from my account! I am sick and tired of being stolen from and want my money back from vodacom! How can they do this?!

Me and my mother in law upgraded our contracts on 10 January 2017 although our phones were ordered already on 28 Dec 2016. The manager told us that we could not get the tablets with it for the deal is already off. My friend upgraded 27 Jan 2017 and she got the tablet. I just wanted to find out why we did not get our tablets and the manager of Swellendam was so rude. He refused to speak to me, for he was busy stock taking. He told me I should go to another Vodacom and shouted to the girl who did my upgrade: "She is your client - you help her!". I gave them our numbers and told them I give them 2 days to find out what is going on and then come back. When we went back 2 days later, he showed us the brochure and told us the deal has expired on 6 Jan. I asked him why he didn't just tell me on Monday and he said because he was busy and it was not his working shift. I also asked him why we can't get the tablets, cause we ordered the phones on 28 Dec and he told me very rudely that there is no stock left. I mean, he is the manager - if there is a problem he is the one who should sort it out. All he was supposed to say is that he will look into it and let me know. I am not the first complaining about him. He can't do his work and is really rude to his customers. This is not about the tablets, but someone has to do something about this rude man.

Good day.

Im so frustated and angry. I did a migration signed for the quotation in november 2016, they deducted more for the migration than I signed for in december 2016. I phoned and emailed how many times and eventually someone helped and said they will refund me, this was being of january 2017. Now they deducted my monthly installment and still I didnt receive any refund. I phoned vodacom again and the lady there will argue with me and say I shouldnt get a refund I must go back to the vodacom shop that helped me with the migration becoz the problem are lying with the vodacom shop. I have all the proof that I paid more than im suppose to, but according to vodacom I dont know what im talking about.

To whom it may concern

Hi. I need somebody at Vodacom to help me. I am so frustrated with Vodacom. I have applied not once but twice for a simple R700 contract for the iphone 732 GB silver. Last week I spoke to a agent who told me I was approved and everything and the next day I would be getting a tracking number for my IPHONE 7. I was then contacted the next day only to be told I was declined. The thing I dont get is that how can I be informed one day that everything is perfect and I'll be getting my delivery the next day or the following week and then you call and say I am declined.
Anyway I contacted you guys again and spoke to another useless lady who couldn't help me either.She also said I was approved and then said I was declined after 4 days back and forth calls from her to me and having me send my bank statements, ID and payslip 2 times over and over for the credit team to upload the documents. So my thing is why do you false notify me all the time? I want the iphone 7 and I have over enough money in my account to pay for it. I even have a separate savings account with over enough money that I haven't touched in over a year. I clearly have money to pay for this lousy R700 contract. Its like you guys dont want my money at all because I dont have any other accounts on my name. I dont get how Im supposed to get an account if you cant even allow me to get one with you. I have money but you dont want it.
I understand that I need accounts to have a good credit score for this, but my frustration is why did the first agent NOMFUNDO advise me on thursday(26/01/2017) last week that I was approved and my order is placed for next day delivery for friday or likely the following week .On thursday the 26th when we spoke she told me she has to place the order before 12pm so that it can go out for delivery the next day but it could possibly arrive the following week. She said she would call me to give me a tracking number. She did call but only to tell me that I was declined, and said I needed to send my documents to ********** This frustrates me. I dont get how I can could be misinformed like this. Either she was to desperate to grab the sale knowing that there is a high chance that I could still be declined or she just doesn't know your internal processes well enough to know that I would have been declined in any case. As I have advised her before we started the process of the contract that I dont have any accounts and what are my chances of actually getting this contract. She advised me not to worry and she will put everything through for me. This is poor service from Vodacoms part and I am extremely disappointed in this. I feel that something needs to be done about this. I really want this contract and your staff are incompetent and misadvising me.

I have been with Vodacom all my life, and dont want to go to another network ever, but this has been horrendous from you guys. A simple R700 contract you dont want to approve, it doesn't make sense to me. I just want to note for the record. I walked into a cellc store on the 28th and they approved me right then and there for the iphone 7 32GB. It was so simple and I know you dont care, as I am just one customer out of thousands that have contracts with you. I just want to know why is it so hard to get a simple R700 contract with you guys? I have a clear credit record, clear criminal record and everything. I have no responsibilities at all. I have no kids. I stay with my parents and I work and earn my own salary, over enough to pay for this contract. I dont get why you cant just give it to me. Like I said I can even send you banks statements of my savings account so you can see I have over enough money saved up in there to give you peace of mind that I am able to pay this contract. I dont understand what the big issue is.
I just want this to be given to me. I want you to go listen to NOMFUNDOS call with me and you will hear what she said to me. Giving me false information. I am highly disappointed in this service. "

On 22 December 2016 I renewed my Vodacom contract on-line and chose the Microsoft Lumia as the upgrade handset. It was delivered in two days, but I was not satisfied with the phone and called Vodacom to Cancel my upgrade and to collect the phone. I was told it will be collected on the 28th of December due to the holidays. On the 15th of January it had still not be collected. After numerous calls and many hours spent with Vodacom Customer Care, RAM finally collected the handset. I could finally change my choice of phone - to a Samsung Galaxy S7. A female consultant told me the cancellation of the Lumia had been cancelled and request for the new choice (Galaxy S7) has been logged. I evenrr received an SMS with an order number, confirming that my Quotation has been processed. Waited for a week and contacted Vodacom again. Only to be told that no cancellation had been received and there was no request for the alternative fee. In the meantime I have been charged for the original Lumia which I had returned on the 23rd of December. This time a male consultant went through the whole process again, assuring me that it is now definitely on their system. On the 25th of January I received an SMS again to confirm that the quotation has been processed and that I can expect the phone between 2 and 3 days. A week later (today - the 1st of Feb I called AGAIN. The consultant told me she can follow the process on the system and the phone will be delivered no later than Tuesday, the 7th of Feb. This whole process is taking over 6 weeks. It is unacceptable

I have been with vodacom for 17 years now. I keep on receiving huge amounts of extremely high billing accounts every month. On my other contract i never receive data or airtime. I went to seek legal advice at Mr Snyman at Snyman Attorneys. I need my account back in order and sorted out. Emails have been sent, begging, pleading, but still there is just no assistance.

My account number with Vodacomi do not have at the moment but the contract number is [protected]. 2 weeks ago they stole my device i reported it, i am running my account on my wifi account daily. But still these extreme high accounts. I requested that they assist me in helping with a sim swop so i can atleast track my device before we have to submit insurance claims even then there was no assistance.

I am going to sue this company if i do not receive the assistance i require for loss of income.They are unfair and this is not acceptable.

I can be reached on [protected] or [protected]. I am truly considering changing my provider seeing that after 17 years the lack of poor service they provide.

Have had problems with this contract over last 2 years. Spoke to a consultant on 29 December 2016 regarding the procedure for terminating contract. Was advised to give 30 days notice - confirmed this (in recorded conversation) - Contract ends 2 March - was told to call before 2 Feb to officially cancel - Called today and spoke to Vodacom Cancellations department - was told by Xolile that as I have passed the end of January, they can only cancell by end of February now and so I will be liable for the next months account (up to 30 march) and or cancellation fees. I mentioned that I had specifically called in on 29 December 2016 to avoid this kind of incompetence and error. I lodged my verbal complaint in conversation with him - he said he would escalate this through the normal channels.
I called Vodacom customer service to lodge a formal complaint - spoke to Lulama, who could not assist - refered me back to Concellations, because "we can't call up the recorded conversations in a different department". I lodged my next verbal complaint on the understanding that that call was also recorded.
Have spent countless hours dealing with this Vodacom call centre incompetent bureaucracy. Will hold the service consultant and this Organisation responsible for incorrect advice given - not prepared to pay for their wrongfull advice and unfair practice

Good day

I have to say I am thoroughly dissapointed in your customer care service.
Firstly I cannot get through to your customer care service through the number 082 111. I reach your head office and they put me directly through and not even 3 minutes in the line goes dead and I have to call the main office again.
My airtime and data dissapears and no one can tell me why...

I have to recharge every time. I have turned off my data and still it dissapears.

Hi, On the 18th of May 2016 I cancelled my contract and got a letter stating that my contract would be cancelled the end of June (last Debit). But July and August 2016 the debit order went off again. When I phoned in to find out they told me I had phoned in 2 days later to stop the cancellation (which I know I did not do). They were supposed to check up on it and phone me back. This query was raised in September and till now I have not received any call back. I subsequently put a hold on my debit orders. Now I keep on getting an account statement which shows that they keep on adding the monthly amount. I also sent an email on Tuesday the 24th of January to '[protected]@vodacom.co.za' where I have also not received any feedback on. I would like my refund of the two extra months deducted as I cancelled my contract

Good day,
The above mentioned number has been on a soft lock.
In December 2016 “somebody” deactivated the line without my consent, thus the monthly bill escalating to +-R1300. In addition to this, the line was unable to make calls. A recorded announcement was then on the line, informing me that the line was suspended.

In January 2017 I queried this, and gave verbal telephonic notice to END this contract. I also requested the line to be soft locked up until the time of the termination of the contract. In the interim, the line was once again unable to make outgoing calls. A recorded announcement was then on the line, informing me that the line was suspended.
On 30 January another R1039 was debited from my account.
I also asked the consultant to make a note that my daughter (Talitha) has authority to make queries on my behalf when contacting Vodacom and he failed to do so.

I would like the answers to the following Questions:
1) Who deactivated the Soft Lock on this Account?
2) Why was the contract not ended after requesting this? (Please go check your recorded calls- Which you love to remind us about)
3) The line has been suspended, yet the bill ends up at R1300 for the past two months?
4) On 16th of January 2017, Justin Joseph requested information in order to answer my previous written query. Up unto date, I received no response!

This is unprofessional, unethical and I will be taking this further.
Vodacom has failed to follow my telephonic instruction to cancel the contract (AS per my request in January – and I was informed that you can only do this telephonically)
Vodacom has deactivated the soft lock without my consent
Vodacom has suspended the line, although the bill has escalated to over one thousand rand.

Kindly be advised that I will be exposing Vodacom in OFF YOUR TROLLEY in the the Tygerburger and I will ask the media for help regarding the above mentioned queries, since Vodacom can never answer!

sukkel nou al van die 20 Januarie 2017 om fone oor te dra na my naam. My man op wie se naam die kontrakte was is oorlede. gese ek moet al die dokumente email moes gaan pay as you go koop om dit te kon doen aangesien vodacom al die fone ge soft block het. sedertdien bel ek daagliks 0828111 was al 4 maal in na ons vodashop al die nodige dokumente ingevul die lopende rek op datum kontant betaal soos deur vodacom versoek is die eerste aansoek is sommer net gekanselleer niemand weet hoekom of hoe nie. moes weer ingaan alles weer oorgedoen bestel nr per sms gekry use order nr [protected]/[protected]/ en 1-[protected] when contacting vodacom customer care on 082111 for futher enquiries weet niemand iets hulle kry nie sulke nr nie niemand weet niks EK IS [protected]@TVOL MOEDELOOS EN HIPPER MOEG ASB KAN IEMAND PIK BY EN NET HULLE WERK BEGIN DOEN !