Vodacom Complaints Continued... (Page 6)

I wrote a complaint on Hissing Kitty but did not activate it since I wanted to give Vodacom a chance to respond. However, my complaint appeared on this Website anyway. Much to my happiness, Vodacom Customer Service called me today in response to my emailed complaint direct to them, got the details, have notified the relevant department, have emailed me a reference and direct contact point, they were courteous, empathetic, apologetic, and professional. However, I will give them a 5th Star once the problem is actually resolved.

Upset about poor service in the accounts department with Vodacom. I've been trying since December 2014 to cancel my phone contract. Till today 17/02/2015 I'm being charged for it, I have phoned the accounts department for help in this matter and the lady that helped me kept on asking me what contracts these are and after I told her numerous of times I don't have the information in front of me she refused to help me. I asked to speak to a manager and she just placed me on hold and didn't bother to get back to me. I am a very unhappy client.

I have been trying to cancel my upgrade and everytime they give me a number 0821950 and 0821959 and there is no way the help you must stay on the line and wait and wait I waited 28min on my phone everytime and when you get hold of them they CUT of the line what must I do if I go into vodacom shop they tell me I must cancel it myself and then I can upgrade in shop. Why do they let me upgrade over the internet and waited for 2weeks now! What must I do I can't wait forever!

On Tuesday the 12th Dec I purchased a miro sim from Vodacom Customer Care at Greenacres. After about 1 hour i was told its sorted and i shud wait a couple hours for my sim to be activated. This occurred at about 16h00. At about 10pm I tried my fone & found that it wsnt working, called 111 & was told it is pending and that it can take up to 24hrs. So i waited all of 13th still with no activation. Today the 14th, 36 hours later i called 111 agen.

The lady told me that the system shows its closed so the sim shud work, i shud remove it from my iphone &reinserted it. I did this and it didnt work. I called back. the nex lady told me that i shud call activations at 0821945. I called activations and the nex lady took my sim details and while waitin 4 a couple of minutes i got cut off! So i called back, nex lady told me they dnt deal with it i shud contact the centre i bought the sim from!!!!At this stage i lost my cool..this lady put me on hold while she supposedly contacted the centre in PE.

Unsurprisingly i got cut off again! I have in total wasted 2 hrs of my life with vodacom & have received increased blood pressure, lost a R20 for the sim as it seems this thing will neva b activated!!

Call centre bad service. I am very appalled and still disgusted when I think of the service I received yesterday at your so called 'customer care line' I went at a voda shop to enquire what I would need to do a swim swap and the lady told me they were out of cards that they would use for that but I could buy a sim card and do it from home she requested my I'd and proof of address saying she would have to rica it first lucky I had all the requirements in my bag so as soon as I got home I got on to the phone and called the customer care.

Where a very rude girl who was speaking in Sotho said I must confirm some questions she then requested a number at the back of the sim pack that I bought which I did and then said unfortunately she will not be able to process cause I was reading out a wrong number and to my surprise as I was with my brother while doing so it didn't make sense and as I could already see that we would not get to a conclusion then asked for the manager whom she said was not in and then she started laughing at the back ground I am sending this as I have never been given such behaviour as a valued customer to Vodacom.

She didn't even have the decency to apologise and just kept quiet until a man answered and explained which I was less interested in as I have already been mistreated by your call centre agent! Today I went back to the branch and the lady assisted me confirming that clearly that person didn't want to assist and the information she gave me is incorrect because she would have not been able to rica the sim card at the store if it was wrong initially I hope I won't experience this service ever as I simply pay for the service and as far as my money is concerned I expect good service delivery!

I received an sms from Vodacom about the downloading of a Vodacom app. It was dispatched at 0:39 on 19 Feb 2013. Why at this time of day when I am sleeping. I strongly object to receiving any form of information in such early hours of the morning. Whats wrong with normal office hours? I have a pre=paid contract with Vodacom.

Since my first cell phone I have been using Vodacom as a service provider and I have never been so disappointed in your service, there is a few problems on my account and I keep on phoning and trying to sort the problem ssince its not my mistake but vodacoms, but every consultant I speak to keeps on telling me that they will look into the matter and phone me back before the end of the day, but no one ever does...

one of your consultants was so rude that she even put down the phone in my ear while I was talking to her and explaining the problem,after she threatened me with handing over the problem to the "criminal department"...

Why must I be treated like this. But let me start from the beginning. A few years back I had 3 accounts with vodacom because of the fact that I had a business, unfortunately the business closed down and on 11 June 2010 I got premature contract cancellation quotes from vodacom so that I could pay all the accounts up to date and close them...like I did,afterwards I faxed the proof of payment with the signed copy of the quote and a copy of my ID to the cancellation department, and I never heard anything of this again.

Last year I took out 2 new contracts for me and my wife, seeing that I started a new job. I wrote down the correct banking details on the contract and was under the impression that the debit order was going off each month as it was suppose to, but the end of January 2012 I received a phone call from vodacom saying that my account is in arrears and that the debit order kept on being returned because of the account being closed

I could not understand this because I am using this account and its not possible, then the consultant brought it under my attention that vodacom has been deducting the money from the businesses bank account, the one that is no longer active because of the business closing down, and that there is currently 5 accounts open in my name, please tell me who's fault it is that vodacom deducted money from a wrong account since I wrote the right banking details in the contract.

I then asked them about the accounts that was never closed as I paid them and cancelled them in 2010 and I have the proof,the lady I spoke to is Shelly, she assured me that they would fix the problem and close the accounts on which they closed 2 accounts but the 3rd account was only closed 23 FEB 2012 and now vodacom wants me to pay all outstanding amounts on this account even though I cancelled this contract in 2010 how is this possible,

it was vodacom that made the mistake,but no one can help me with this matter, without permission they just keep on deducting the amount from my bank account and I have to go to the bank and ask them to reverse this, because no one can help me in sorting this matter.now I spoke to a consultant again today and asked him for the outstanding balance on the 2 accounts that I took out last year on which he replied that he can unfortunately not give me those amounts...

Please I want to pay my account but only after the problem has been solved and someone can help me, because like I say everyone I speak to keeps on saying they will phone me back or get a manager to phone me but no one does... What is going on with vodacom I have never experienced this type of poor service from vodacom... Please.

After having been a good customer for Vodacom in many years, this is my reward. I phoned the 111 number today(05/12/2012) in order to enquire why was my cellphone line suspended as I paid last weekend. Some xhosa lady called Fezi/Fuzi was very arrogant and send me from pillar to post instead of properly helping me. She ended up dropping the phone on me without having provided me with the help that i requested. This was around 8:00 AM.

I then phoned the number again and a gentleman by the name of Sibusiso was very helpful as he was able to help me within the shortest possible time without dragging me around. This happened around 8:10 AM. I will really appreciate it if matter can be attended to by Vodacom before I consider cancelling my account with them and share this experience with my friends, colleagues, relatives, comrades,etc.

I upgraded my phone on 2012/09/09, I wanted a phone that can do emails and I received a Nokia 500, after a week it started giving problems and I took it in to Vodacom Blue Route Mall, they then send it in for repairs, when It returned from repairs it was still not fixed so it was send in again, when I received it the thrid time it worked for two week and it started given problems again so it was send in again, I received the phone back today and they said it was a new phone because the previous one could not be fixed, when I inserted my sim card it still do not work so it must go in again and apperently it can take up to six weeks to get it back. I need a phone that can check and send emails for work purposes and according to me this is a breach of contract and I would rather cancel my contract with Vodacom than to carry on with something that does not work!

Well, where do I start. Right, let me start by saying just how wrong I was by thinking that Vodacom is the one of the best cellular network in South Africa, so you can imagine my delight when I applied for a contract and it was approved! Great! Little did I know. You can choose any fone you want mam, the lady told me and so I ordered the Lumia 920 and an Hp laptop with a modem. Ok, let me get to d point; that was 3 weeks ago!! Today, again was the day I was waiting for my stuff to be delivered, nothing. I call Vodacom again, for what's like the hundreth time in 3 weeks, not forgetting the irritation of having to be put on hold for what seems like forever! The lady I talk to today tells me I should call REM, the deliver company, I call. REM and they say Vodacom hasn't sent the stuff through to them for delivery and I must contact Vodacom, geez, that's exactly what I do, feeling that I'm totally at my wits end. Upon calling vodacom again (and holding), I'm told there order hasn't been released yet, I've heard that one before I tell them, and I finally do myself a favour and cancel the whole damn thing. Look, I'm so disappointed at the 'service' I received from you Vodacom, I seriously never thought I'd struggle like this and spend hours utilising my landline at work calling you, while you only bothered to only return my calls only about 3 times, always with false promises! But then again, it seems our complaints are just falling on deaf ears. Are they?

Apart from the whole identity theft issue and the whole way it has been handled, I had gone into your Fourways Vodashop to upgrade my account and to “fix” my 3G (not knowing it had been fraudulently upgraded). I notified Vodacom on the phone and at your store with Kai that I no longer wanted to upgrade with Vodacom given the circumstances. I even called Vodacom to make sure a Talk 1000 was no longer going to be actioned. I am not going to call them again – I don’t have the time to repeat myself. I told Vodacom on the phone that I wanted all contracts cancelled. They told me my Talk 500 contract would end in March 2013, and I said I would cancel then as I didn’t want to pay the cancellation fees. I will be using the number portability option to another supplier. I am NOT going to be upgrading to a talk 1000 with Vodacom – this was clearly verbalised and Vodacom can check their recorded conversations on the phone.

After all of this, I have now received and sms this morning from Vodacom stating “Your migration to Talk 1000 call per second package has been completed successfully”. As per the consumer protection act – “Exercise your new rights under FACTA to review your credit record and report fraudulent activity”. Vodacom has not helped me with this and I no longer want to conduct business with them. I’m sure you understand.

Also – according to the consumer protection act, and given that my request for the Talk 1000 which was supposed to kick on on the 1st December was cancelled within 48 hours of the request on the phone to Vodacom and at your Vodashop when I was there, I want this to be treated with care. Again, I don’t want to be a client of Vodacom anymore (as of March 2013 as per my current contractual obligation). I have not received the service I believe I deserve after 15 years with your holding organisation.

i applied for an samsung tablet 10.1 two and a half weeks ago. the consultant in Promenade Mitchells Palin Tamlyn said that it would be there at the store within one week. nobody phoned to say after a week its not there. i had to phone them to find nothing has been delivered yet. they then said they will phone me when it arrives and it has been two weeks and nobody has contacted me yet. i phoned again and left a message for the manager to phone me back as i left the complaint to say nobody is keeping me updated on how far the the process is regarding the Tablet. i decided to go to the store and requested to speak to the manager. she said that she never received a complaint from her consultant tamsyn. My problem is that the manager does not follow through on her complaints received. she should check on a daily basis what complaints there is as to me she is not doing her job properly but just sitting there and doing nothing. i am still waiting for them to phone me but no repsonse and no Tablet.
they are unprofessional and no client service.

I have closed my vodacom account in 2009. In 2010 I found out that vodacom have blacklisted me without informing my by any statements of an outstanding account or telephone calls! I went into a vodacom dealer shop to find out what was going on and they informed me that I have a outstanding balance of R1200 with vodacom. I have paid the amount to clear my name. Now in 2012- 2 YEARS later!!!!!!! Vadocom legal department phoned me to tell me that I have an outstanding acount of R1800 from 2009??? I told them that I have setteled my vodacom account in 2010 but they seem to have no record of it and I have been blacklistsed again!! They can't even send me an email with statements and I think that its totally unacceptable!!!!!

To Whom It May Concern: I am really unsatisfied and frustrated about the service I have been receiving from the Vodacom repair centre at the Centurion Lake repair centre in Centurion, Pretoria. I took my phone if for repairs the first time, as it has been giving me problems. I had to stand in the long queue and explain to the lady what was wrong. They did not send me a sms to come and collect the phone, I eventually went to the branch and received the phone. I had to wait as Vodacom did not send my battery with, that they booked in.

The next day the phone was giving me the exact same problems, I went back a second time and had to stand in the queue again and explain to them the situation with the phone. They said they will send it to head office, which they did not. They did not send me a sms to say I must come and collect the phone. I eventually went again to ask what’s happing with the phone. The lady could not track my phone on their system as the previous person did not even book the phone in on the system.

The lady had to phone the technician to ask if he knew about the phone. I had to wait a long time for them to find the phone. When they got the phone they said it had been fixed, and will receive sms now, I asked about the rest of the problems and she said “What problem” I explained again and she said there’s nothing wrong with the phone, Like I am making everything up that is wrong with the phone. I felt like she said that I was lying about the problems with the phone.

She said I must take out the memory card and see what happens. So I did and it was still giving me the same problems. I went back today a third time and are SO frustrated about the service, I had to explain everything and fill in the forms again. And I had to hear the same story again, that they will be sending the phone to head office. How many times do I have to do this to get the phone fixed? It is service like this that makes me want to go to another network. It is unacceptable. New Job number received for the repair of the phone: 8302689-52101198.

In August 2012, I went in to the Vodacom store to request that my the internet usage is capped once I reach my monthly limit as I had been billed far more than the R.149 that was agreed to on my contract. The lady at the store informed me that she had made a note on my account and that my request would be granted going forward and so it was, as I paid just R.149 in Sep, Oct & Nov.
However, on the 10th of Jan 2013, I could not connect to the internet, upon calling Vodacom, I learnt that Vodacom has put a stop on my account due to me having exceeded my limit for Dec and my bill now stands at a staggering R.3000.
I would like to know how come, the cap placed on my account did not kick in once I had exceeded my limit so that I wouldn’t have been charged such an exorbitant amount and secondly, why is it that a stop was placed on my account 10 days after I was billed for the month of December??? Had Vodacom been more efficient in processing my request for my internet usage to be capped, surely I would not be in this position where I have to pay a ridiculous bill with money which I do not have.
This is yet another clear indication of just how useless and appalling Vodacom really is. They clearly do not have their customers interests at heart and try to make money off customers any which way they can.

For the last 2 weeks we have had problems with making calls from our vodacom number cell phones, get "call failed" sometimes 4-5x after each other to just try call a number( landlines, other networks), when through the signal breaks up continually and drops calls frequently! I called someone the other day 8x to try finish a phone call conversation! Had alarms going off at neighbors house today and couldn't even get a call out to them! Tried 5x and it just says call failed! what if I had an emergency??!!
It's not other networks we call that drop - if I call a landline it dies/ cuts the same. Vodacom- WHAT is going on???? This makes us want to migrate to MTN!! SO frustrating!!!

Vodacom phoned me with the Apple ipad deal, I accepted the New Apple ipad with 500 mb on contract, I received the sim in a few days, after 13 working days I received no ipad yet, I phoned about 10 times and they told me that it was cancelled, I did not phone in and cancel my ipad, why it was canceled nobody can tell me, Can you please help me so that I can receive the ipad I would really like to get it, the contract was approved as well. Please contact me!

I was offered a new contract by Vodacom. One of their sales consultants contacted me to offer this to me with a saving every month. When I received my account it was not as that which was offered to me. I phoned 111 only to be told to phone 0821950. Held on for 22 minutes to try and speak to a sales consultant but had to end the call. I can't possibly hold on for longer. Why does Vodacom not have a call back service? When and how must this issue be resolved when nobody answers the call centre or take your calls?

Good day, on 20 April a modem was given in for repairs, Job nr 8795688 at the Vodacom shop at Hemmingways Mall in East London. The shop did not inform us that the modem is ready for collection, when we asked about it on 29 April, they told us that it was there for collection. When we collected it, we noticed that the back of the modem (the cover of the battery) was missing. They told us that they need to order one. Up to today the cover is still missing and we are still waiting for it. Meanwhile we are paying for a two year contract but we can not use it.

Regards Mrs Kroes

My first blackberry 9300 gave problems with the speaker after waiting for 4 days from vodacom they replaced it with a "new" 9300. After a month the "new" phone's scroller started to be inoperative and moved on its own.took it to vodacom to check it out for me. After a few hours they phoned me and told me that the problem was with the software and new software was loaded on the phone. That night the phone was exactly the same. Took it back, after 4 hours I was phone to fetch my phone and was told they loaded other Software again, that night the phone still went crazy.after taking it back the 3 time.

I was phoned again and was told to fetch the phone. Before walking out of the shop the phone stating to scroll on it's own again. The receptionist phoned the technician to find out what is to be done now, when he just replied to book it in and have them take a look. Why must it take 4 failed attempt to fix my phone. Everytime it is a inconvenience for me. This phone is still less that a month old. I am still waiting for feedback from vodacare in mimosa mall bloemfontein.I am more that 10 years with vodacom and is very dissapointed.

I took out two internet contracts in January 2013 because I am going to study and need to do a lot of research. When I have received the two modems i have phone Vodacom Brooklyn where I did my contract and informed them about the bad signal. they refered me to 082 111 , which I did. On a few occations Vodacom said that the Waverley tower was down and the next time they are working on this problem. My course for my studies has started already and the signal is so bad that i must every now and again start my modem. I feel that Vodacom must come to my house and check the signal themselves. I cant waist my money on my studies if I cant do my research.

Opened Vodacom contract early 2011. First 2 months fine, then stopped getting a/c's. Then started being billed for items I didn't use eg. international sms and data d/loading. Free minutes finished at begin of month. (I have Telkom ADSL & do not use cellphone much so unjustified). Had set call limit numerous times with call centre and it wasn't adhered to. Would receive sms demanding payment & threatening disconnection if not pd immediately.

When asked for a/c was never sent one - I DO NOT PAY unless I know what I'm paying for.. After spending HOURS on phone to callcentre & always being promised everything would be rectified with no results whatsoever I requested speaking to somone higher up. This happened countless times & I'm still awaiting a call. While the dispute over my a/c is ongoing,

Vodacom tried to obtain the money they felt I owed them in a sneaky, underhand & deceitful manner: they divided the debit order into 3 small amounts and took it all off on one day! Despite me phoning and spending hours & hours of my time trying to resolve this Vodacom refuse to do so. I have been lied to, cheated and deceived on various occasions with no-one interested in resolving this.

The service was pathetic. I went to the Bayside Data store afta 5pm one day and the person who does the back(works with returns) is not there so no one knows so they can't help me but they promise to call-which they don't. I get a phone number with my sms again next day which I phone as I've been indicated to on the sms. No one knws what's the hell I'm talking about, but they promise again to phone, I'll get back to them then 2 days lata, still noone knows anything. Then I phone the number again and get told its not their store or their problem cause I didn't book it in by them, I must fone Tygervally repair place and find out.

I try to phone these peolpe but engaged for hours. So I phone this shop bk and I tell them its not my job to go phoning around I'm a contract customer( I spend well over R1600 per month with you) Woman says ok takes details down. Then I wait again another 2 days. Then I fone again she tells me I must phone place I booked it in.

So I do but fone rings for ever. So next day I fone them again speak to a well manner guy who was actually helpful after I don't knw how many days of crap I endured.Tells me what the problem my be and give the direct line so I canphfone them. I get put thru to 3 different people so I have to explain my story 3 times. And she tells me I must pay R800 and something rand for new battery cause mine is broken. But its on guarantee. Then afta 7 days I finally get a message/call from the first lady that booked in the fone with all the information I needed.

Now what I don't get is why was it so hard to do that from the beginning? And why must I pay for a new battery? This is the second 9800 blackberry i've had and they took the battery from my last phone and put it into thid new phone and I must pay for new battery, but surely when you receive a new phone that includes battery as well. This not the first time , I always seem to have a problem with vodacom. and now with my new contract and new blackberry its causing problems again. All I got told was its a blackberry they all do that . How does this help me? 

Don't bother upgrading as it isn't as simple as you think. My contract has expired almost three months ago and no one has bothered to retain my business. When you call the contact centre you get pushed from pillar to pillar or the service provider has already closed. I don't have flexibility during office hours to do personal chores or activities. I approached a Vodacom Outlet in Greenstone when I eventually found a phoned I liked but the store hadn't received stock. Was told I would be contacted but I'm still waiting for that call.

After spending a few thousand rand on a monthly basis, you still have the ordasity to want to charge me for a basic handheld device. You have made enough money out of me and if you still want to charge me for a handset I will move to another provider. I do find your service shocking and expensive and do not need your service. Let me know if you want my business and if you have a package that suites my needs.

I have been with Vodacom for many years. I had upgraded to a 1.5 G data bundle contract in August 2011. I always had lost unused bundle because I did not use up to the full capacity.BUT on the 15 November 2012 I received a call from Vodacom to tell me that my account has been suspended because I had incurred an amount of approximately R4500 without the subscriptions on 13 November 2012. I was then told that I used R2327-93 including subscription of R299. The lady that I spoke to tried selling me anothe simcard. I duly lodge a complaint. A few days later a gent phoned and told me that I was on the internet. I was liable for the account. I thought that the R4500 was for October and November but I was sadly mistaken when I saw my invoice in December, my bill was now R4950-78 for 01 - 11- 2012 to 13-11-2012. Went again to Customer care on 18-12-2012.Was talked out of closing account instead was told to do a sim swop because I had a BLUE simcard which was slow for a RED one. Accounts dept gave me 2 months to settle account. Can make a payment plan if I closed the account. My family URGED me to close this account immediately.Refused to look at my history with them for 3 years. Insists that I used and I am liable for payment. No way to prove . They have record of bytes downloaded but not the sites visited. Why did we RICA simcard.

Dear madam/sir

I send you this mail with disgust regarding the network problems, we have been contract holders for a very long time, recently we have so much problems with the network we (my husband and I) can't  even speak to each other at night, he works away and we need to be able to contact each other, this is really frustrating and we will not be renewing the contracts that we currently have when the time is due. My husband has laid a complaint and was told that he will be compensated for the inconvenience, but still we have problems with the vodacom network, we have been loyal clients for years.Please advise as to what will be done on behalf of vodacom as to rectify this problem asap, we are not the only people complaining about this. It only seems to be at night when its most crucial to be connected when needed.

I await your responce in anticipation.

Hi I bought a laptop with vodacom and I only used data in september 2012 then month end of september vodacom deducted R829 including the R229 instalment on my account and I called custome r services,they said Its for the data that I used but I only used data on the 31 august.......I then decided I won't use my sim again even the free data I won't use,I then told the consultant I was speaking to to stop the data usage on my account.....this month I received the statement saying R1023 is going to be deducted on my account at the end of this month..........I have never user my data and modem so I would like to know what that amount for or else m going to stop that debit order as I can't pay for something I didn't use

I am shocked shocked and even more shocked at the level of service vodacom haS TO offer their clients corporate or not. Trying to establish why why why why your phone has been locked and when when when will it be reconnected after monies had been transferrd immediatley. For at least five days speaking to at least 6 agents per day the wrong information was given, different information was given, you were transferred to other departments and never connected. The only consistency was their awful blaring music in your ear. (HEART ATTACK STUFF) Not to mention the amount of business lost. Not to mention that we were never never never informed of being over our limit.

I visited a vodashop at the eastrand mall,shop telephone number (011)823 3900,salesman - Alicia and cashier - Jacques. I basically went there to buy internet bungles,but the service I got there was very pathertic and very regretable to be a vodacom customer. I will definately escalate my complaint with the shop manager or owner and if no drastic action will be taken, then with so many network companies we now have,I will take my business to the competitors as long l will be treated as a customer.

Your service is the lowest of the low dafter being clients for the past 20 years. AND THIS COMPLAINT WILL GO ABSOLOUTLY NO WHERE.!!!!!!!!!!

My name is Dorah Moeketsi I have a top u 315 with vodacom. I had no problems with my contract until for a past two months not receiving sms regarding airtime being loaded on my fone. Then end of August 800 rands was debited on my accont then I phoned to make enqueries then I was informed that I have migrated to to 100. What I remember is I received a call from vodacom a lady called he accent was more like an indian she then told me that I have been a loyal custumer of vodacom and she is offering me a call per second not per minute so that my airtime can last longer I was happy about that.

After a few weeks I received a call again and was offeed a phone I then refused and said to a lady I was happy with my contract and I have two phones one for work and this one for my personal calls. We argued a bit because she was forcing me to take a phone I said to her I wonder how will I carry three phones but if you can be liable for the paymend then I will take your offer.

I called customer care and I was informed that my migration was even done at vodacom shop..when I don't know because for the past three months I have been attending a course and I have proof concerning that. So I asked for contract to be made a was it has been and I was informed to pay 900 rands upfront for something I did not request. I won't forget that ladies last words when she said she has a price for me and it will soon follow bcs I am such a loyal custumer..so I guess this is what she meant. My email address Is lolamoeketsi@gmail.com. My contact no is 0799067600. Regards Ms Moeketsi. I am dissapointed.

I have a 3G account with Vodacom. I have 3 devices running on the same contract, a computer and 2 i-pads. The internet on my Ipads stopped working on the 24th of March, I lodged a complaint and to this day nobody phones back or assists. I have phoned numerous times and now do not have internet at all.
I find the service shocking and would like to cancel my 3 G contract with Vodacom -I will return the modem and go to MTN for better service I am sure!

David Conroy
0825033893

Today i sent in my blackberry like so many others have at vodaworld due to the fact that it no longer turns on. I am part of a company that has over 12 contracts with vodacom and spends over R10 000 a month with them aswell as having a personal contract which i spend about R800. on arrival to vodacare there was no one to help me and when there was she directed me to someone else.

being a valued customer with vodacom for the last 10 years or so i asked if i may have a loan phone which i was declined as the lady helping me said they all out but i insisted that i recieve one as it is used for work purposes. Finally after insisting for a couple minutes recieving attitude from the lady "helping" she finally said she would give me a loan phone. When i recieved the phone i was disgusted that i recieved a vodaphone 125 which is valued around R50. i cannot send or recieve emals which hampers my day to day business.

i then called in and complained to vodacare where i was assured that a team leader will call me back within minutes to try rectify my situation with more than half the day gone i have recieved to contact from them.

Shocking to see customer service like that

I got a Blackberry Bold 9900 in July 2012 within a month some of the buttons on the keypad just stopped working , the phone was taken in to vodacom and I was told that should the phone be faulty it will be replaced with a new phone. After a week we received the "new" phone which was actually a refurbished phone someone elses old problems now being passed on to me. Within n month I experienced again the exact same problem. The phone was taken in again and I aksed them for a new phone there response was that they cant give me a new phone the phone has to be sent in again but they will ask for n virgin phone with no history. week later again I received a refurbished phone and now not even 4months after I entered into the contact with vodacom the third phone is doing the exact same. I have not received a quality product, and have the exact same problem now for the third time. So where dos that leave me? send the phone in again only to get another refurbished scrap phone or I should just refer this matter to the consumer council give back the phone and cancel the contract. I dont want to hear that it is blackberry not vodacom. The phone and contract was obtianed from Vodacom thus I want a new in the box phone from vodacom and they can sort out their issues with blackberry if vodacom advertises an inferior product they have to be willing to replace that product after so many problems.

Vodacom deleted my number that I have been using for the past five years with no absolute reason. My fone just went dead dated 30/01/2012. I foned their useless call centre dated 31/01/2012 to find out what might be the problem. I was told that my number has been accidentally deleted of the network and they will investigate what exactly happend and inform me the next day. A day passed with no call from Vodacom. I then decided to fone the useless call centre again on the third of February 2012 to find out what the problem is as I have waited long and I am expecting very important calls.

I was told my number will be reactivated within 24 hours and I agreed. To my suprise on the 4th February 2012 Vodacom gave away my number to someone else and when I phoned to inform them, they just told me there is nothing they can do as they have already given my number to someone else. This is one terrible experience I will never forget. It is the same as they have taken my life and given it to someone else. One can just imagine that I now have to start afresh from banks etc simply because Vodacom decided to delete me from their network. I mean an error is on their side, I did absolutely nothing wrong and now I have to suffer the consequences.

Good day, I've upgraded last year at the Vodashop Melville to a Huawei Ascend touch screen. I had the phone two months and the screen cracked, I took it back the guy told me it is to new to repair. I left with the phone, I went back this year now suddenly they say it is physical damage and is not part of the warranty, why was this not ecplained when I got the phone in the first place? If I knew that the screen is not part of the warranty I would have never upgraded to the touch screen. I spoke to the shop last week Thursday after they said they will phone me (a month after phone was given in), the guy told me he cant help me it will cost over R3000 to replace the phone, when I asked him why it was not explained he said he doesnt know will tel the person who helped me last year phone me Friday. It is almost a week later and up to now no phone call. I need the phone to be replaced or something please.

In December 2012 we took our blackberry in for repairs after waiting two weeks we received our phone and was very happily told that we instead of only repairing our phone received a refurbished phone. On Saturday 30 March 2013 the phone displayed an error message PHONE MM6 which we later discovered meant the phone is black listed, i am certain you can deduce our extreme frustration. By providing us with a refurbished on your own accord it resulted in us being inconvenienced with having to deal with the incompetent and unpleasant staff at Vodacom Menlyn Pretoria. We are still awaiting assistance.

I did an upgrade from a cell-phone to migration to top-up date where I was promised to get a laptop and a moderm. I took almost a month to receive my laptop after making several follow-ups because no one from vodacom was prepared to update me as to what was happenind. At last I received my laptop without a modern. The same day I received the laptop I noticed that the parcel was opened and quickly checked and found aout that the modern was not there whereas the box where it was supposed to be was empty.

I Imeediately called Sbusiso Dubazane who was the one who phoned me about the upgrade and informed him about the situation. He promised to call me back and same day teh courrier came an collected the plastic in which the moderm was supposed to be. Since then I received no feed back . Today on 18/03/2013 I phoned Sbusiso again and he gave me a number to call (011 766 1201) and when I phoned I was told that they will tell Sbusiso to call me.

I have never seen a service of this nature in my life where I have to run around for services that should have been offered to me because I pay for them. This guys are sending me from pole to pillar. If they were of concern they should have already solved this problem and updated me with what is happening. I'm still waiting for the modern. I want this guys to cancell the contract because they dont care and I have paid the first premium even though I didnt have the laptop and the modern, they continue to depit the premium. This month again they are going to depit my account whereas I dont even have the modern and havent used it since the upgrade. I want the contract to be concelled and I will return the laptop because there is no value for money. I dont even think that in future I will ever have dealings with vodacom.

This guys are unprofessional because I m the one who must always follow up and they dont even vare to phone and update me. Please advice as to how to go about cancelling the contract as I'm withn my rights to concern the contrate becuase I have been given a row deal here and Im prepared to take this matter foward as I believe I have been wronged here.

On the 22nd of October 2014 a lady called me from Mondo Mobile offering me a flexi 100 package. I had just recently did a transfer of ownership to get the Vodacom contract in my name as it was on my fathers name. I was under the impression it was a package for my current number Vodacom delivered a new sim card to me on the 28th October that had been RICA and I thought this was normal because my address was different on transfer of ownership so thought this was normal practice. I later discovered the sim card had a cell number which I did not want, Why would would I want another cell number? I went to the Vodashop in fourways mall where I did the transfer of ownership and I explained to a young white lady about what had happened and she looked on her system and said oh Vodacom have made a mistake and cancelled this contract and cut my sim card up in front of me. I said are you sure she said yes.

Now since December I am getting billed for this number but I am not even using it! Instead of been billed R89.00 its now R339.00!! The amount of hours I have spent on the phone with customer care in Dec and January 2015 has proven futile and then I get told oh you should of cancelled it within 14 days of activation. Thanks nobody told me about this!! I feel I have been misled and robbed and now if I want to cancel my contract I have to pay 75% of the remaining months which ends in July 2016! This is BS! Finally my complaint got escalated to rewards or something but as of today nothing has been done about it. I was in contact with Jonathan Subban and Bianca Qwabe from Mondo Mobile who were very apologetic and helpful and assured me this contract will be cancelled and I will be refunded for the amounts that have been debited off my account.

On Monday 2nd February 2015 surprise surprise Vodacom charged me for the number again! When I try contact Jonathan or Bianca now they ignore me. I am so angry and so disappointed with Vodacom. They do not care at all about customers or services but are more than happy to suck you for every penny you have. They don't care if they lose you as a client because they can make their money off other new clients! All I want is for this issue to be resolved but nobody ever gets back to me with a solution then I must spend loads of time fighting on the phone. Please help me sort out this issue because it is causing me sleepless nights.

I took my iPhone to the Hillcrest Vodacom branch, where I purchased it, for repairs (the screen was blank) on 16 Dec 2014 ( please note I only purchased the phone in November 2014). It was returned un-epaired on the 24th, apparently Find my iPhone was installed and they could not repair it. I deleted this app and sent it back. On the 30th it was again returned with the same comment. I assured the management (Lushen) that the app was removed, bought BB data for my spare phone for the month and sent it off again. Early January the same scenario! This time I gave management all my Apple ID info so he could check for himself that the app was deactivated and that no devices were linked, he did and we sent it off again! I then had to change all my Apple ID info.

A week later we went through the whole scenario again, phone back with same comment and we have the same argument. Management assures me that the phone will be at the store repaired by Friday 30th. I phone the store that morning to be told it would be sent in by late afternoon by Monday at the latest, all repairs are done. Today I went to the store, no management present, my phone is there, unrepaired, same story. I am now ready to explode! My BB data has subsequently run its month's course and I am without whatsapp or Internet etc access. What is Vodacom going to do to make up for this inexcusable inconvenience!?

I can not understand - this is not the first time that I complain about my account. I never used to have a problem with Vodacom but now - I do not use internet on my cell phone because I have my internet at home. I am not the browsing type of person. According to the last statement I used internet everyday and I know that I did not do it! Furthermore according to my statement I made a call (to my daughter) and spoke for 1hr and 59sec. in my entire life I have never spoken so long on a phone, not even a telkom phone. This is ridiculous!!!!
I tried to speak to a person at Vodacom just now but apart from the noise that you could hardly hear what they say she was all but helpful. I have been a customer of Vodacom since 2001 but if this is the way that things change I can't wait till July that I can close my three contracts!

I have received the worst service from Vodashop Craighall Park- when trying to open my contract and again now when trying to resolve an account query. Rea the ‘second in charge’ is very rude and so unhelpful that its almost laughable. Further to this, the call limit i had requested and signed for when I opened the contract has after 7 months suddenly “disappeared” from Vodacoms records, and now I have been charged ridiculous amounts of money for two months because suddenly my limit has ‘lifted itself’. Vodacoms customer service has always been shocking, but this is now ridiculous. Time to switch networks.

Good day

for the last couple of weeks, I have been experiencing bad network problems. After mentioning this to several friends, I find out that everyone is having the same problem. Phone calls are not going through and directed straight to voicemail. Not receiving voicemails in real time. Not receiving SmS’s in real time. Not receiving MMS’s in real time.

Sometimes my messages only reach another person a day later. I could be sitting next to someone and phone them, and it would go straight to voicemail. I, myself, have been receiving complaints from other users trying to get ahold of me, that I am just not answering them, meanwhile my phone, which is placed on my desk at work does not even ring, but indicates after a call, a missed call came through.

The matter is becoming quite frustrating and I hope it will be resolved soon.

Best regards

I am so upset with the fact that my account went into errors, and I did mot know about it. I only found out about it when i pulled a 3 months bank statement in order to buy a house, if it was not for the bank i would not have known that my account was in errors. When i was informed that my account as not been paid for 3 months i was shocked. I spoke to someone in the accounts department and they said that they sent an sms on my contract card. But i did not get that sms because that sim card has been off for 2 years, and what shocks me is that you did not pick up that sim has not been used, i am still trying to figure that out as a service provider you did not notice that sim as not been used.

When i asked her why they did not send me n email or post me a letter to state that my account is in errors, she said that they only send letters when they are going to hand me over to lawyers. I still do not understand how they can send a letters to hand me over to the lawyers, but not to say my account went into errors. My accounts was always up to date and my contract for my laptop ends in April 2014, now because of this i cannot get an approvale from a bank to buy a house. The lady then told me that my account has been removed from every month debting and i will have to pay cash, i had no problem about that. but yesterday they tried to debt the amount out again, i do not understand why.

This was all a misunderstanding or no communication and when i told then that they said it was not. This has never happend to me were my account went in errors and i had an excellent credit record and this small miss communication left me as a bad payer. If no one coucould help me with this minner problem then i do not think i will recomend you as a service provider and will not buy anything from vodacom again.

I contacted Vodacom on 20 Jan 14 to confirm when my contract expires and will revert to standard rates. I was told end February and that higher rates will only be charged from March and that I will still get the discounted rate in February. This did not happen and when I received my bill for February the higher rates were charged. However I spoke to 2 different departments on the 20th who both confirmed that the higher rates will be charged only in March. I have a reference nr as all their calls are recorded. I spoke to a Nonhlahla at 12:22 on the 20th and to Khanyi with ref 323381972. I phoned them in February lodging my complaint and spoke to Asanda. When no one got back to me I phoned again and spoke to Tshego, who promised to get back to me. This did not happen.

I then spoke to a Team Leader called Clarish Gardiner from Cape Town, who lodged my complaint and told me it will take 6 working days to investigate ref nr 330771323. When 6 days passed without a call I followed up again. I spoke to another team leader Kersha Wagenaar, whoc promised to phone me the same day. This did not happen. I phoned 2 days later and spoke to Team Leader Pologo Hailoe from Joburg who promised that someone will phone me same day. This did not happen. I phoned the next day and spoke to Team leader Bulelane Skhikhi who promised to get back to me same day. Guess what it didn’t happen. I phoned the next day and asked agent Wayne Williams to get Manager Mandy Nthule to phone me back. This did not happen. Really?

It seams Vodacom is in the business of cahsing customers away. They grew so big that customer service is non exitent. I really hope someone reads this that can resolve the problem or at least get back to me.

I’ve joined the Vodacom network about a month ago, from the point of inserting the new sim card into my phone, I haven’t had a single good day with the service provider. Would you believe that I get +/- 5 to 7 seconds of network coverage per minute, its a pitty I cannot attach images to this complaint to emphasize the poor coverage. I’ve called the call centre and they advised me there’s something wrong with my handset because everything is clear on their side. Its possible yes but my BB 9790 is still new. So I’ve inserted a colleague’s M_N sim into my handset and voila it works with no hassle, endlessly. I’m starting to believe I’ve made a huge mistake joing Vodacom because my plea to have decent covearge withthem is wishful thinking.

my complaint is the network in general I can’t use 3G then it goes to sos or a small 3g icon appears and I can’t get any emails or bbm msgs nothing its been like this 4 days now I’ve purchased my R59 bb internet service I’m busy on a free site the next minute I know it tells me I’m out of funds a whole R33 something and it keeps saying I have insufficient funds now you tell me what’s the use I pay my R59 for 30 days then I don’t even get all my days I’m disgusted in this pathetic service this is daylight robbery I’ve been with vodacom 4 more than 10 years but as soon as the shops open I’m changing networks because all you are going to say is sorry but sorry doesn’t give me my days back or my airtime and your network is damn slow it takes 4 ever to download a small 1000kb file really myself and my family and close friends are done with you guys because this is fucking ridiculous

Bought a Vodacom Blackberry 8520 at game, within a year it started giving us problems so we took it back back to game , got a call back after a month to tell us that we need to pay R920.00 for the phone to be fixed as the screen was damaged “apparently Vodacom told game we need to pay that R920, for the phone to be fixed” what’s the whole purpose of the phone being under warranty ? This is daylight robbery so very disappointed.

To whom it may concern: One more week then it will be 2 moths that I have been waiting for a phone. I have used my points to obtain 2 phones from VODACOM. The shop has told me firstly it would only be a week. Excuse upon excuse and almost two months later and I still have not received anything nor have I been updated or called.

Time upon time I have to call the shop. I am not VODACOM nor the service provider, I am the customer. I feel that this is completely unacceptable. Please advise way forward.

Upgraded into a data line in August and took a 1gig top up contract. I have been advised that this was not the case as a normal data contract instead was activated. I have been liaising with Faiek from data and Alida from legal. I also have a second line with Vodacom with has been deactivated because of the dispute with data line. I sent questions in December to both Faiek and Alida as instructed by my legal advisor, I have not had the courtesy of their response.

It seems Vodacom is bullying their customers into accepting mistakes made by their staff or those of their business partners. I need my line (fully paid up and has never been in arreasr) re-instated and the data line complaint resolved to my satisfaction, I am the customer who is paying after all. Judging by the similar complaints on the internet from Vodacom, maybe I need to escalate this to the public protector’s office and consumer office. I will appreciate any kind of response, in writing as I am done talking to rude and obnoxious staff from your call centres.

it has been 3 months now that i have not been able to use my cellphone due to vodacom staff not following up on their work and having a no care attitude.my number that is 072 2936177 has been removed from the network due to not being able to pay for it as me and my wife had moved over to new jobs.i missed one months payment and arrangements have been made and we were assured by the call centre that all will be fine and that we dont have to worry about it as long as we made arrangements.if only i knew that it was not true then i could have made other arrangements.everything is paid up full now and we followed all procedures to get my number back up and working.nothing is being done about it we had to send a fax 3 times already and still they cant confirm if they got it even right after the fax have been sent.now im assuming that it is not a normal fax but surely one that works on a data base or a system.it feels like we are trying to do their job for them and if they dont care at all about anything why call it customer care in the 1st place.how can we fix this?….im sure their is atleast one person that will be able to help.