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4:29 am EDT

Vodacom Vodacom fibre

I reported my line fault on the 25th September. I have phoned ever day and received a difference excuse from the call centre agents. I am still waiting for a supervisor and then a Manager called Anna to phone me back after complaining on the delay.
Today is the 1st October and still no commitment from them when they will come and fix my line. I use this facility for my business work from home.
Its now the 1st October and the call Centre person has put me on hold with music for the last 15 mins.

You cannot get a direct answer

My call reference number is SR 210 925/10364

Desired outcome: I require service for my line to be fixed urgently

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Jo-Ann Makka Potts
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Oct 11, 2021 10:14 am EDT

Same here. Pathetic customer service

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3:21 am EDT
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Vodacom Credit Card Fraud

On the 2nd of August 2021 my ABSA Credit card was fraudulently charged with R30, 000 and credit was passed to VODACOM South Africa.
I immediately stopped the transaction, that is within 1 hour, at ABSA but it went through. ABSA disclaim all responsibility and I was told to contact the company who received these funds.
I have on 4 occasions contacted Vodacom but they do nothing except send an automated response to the effect that I must inform the investigating officer at the SAPS
I have as requested laid a charge at the Linden police station, and was told three days later that they could do nothing.
I signed an affidavit and submitted it to ABSA and Vodacom
These people VODACOM have taken fraudulently R30, 000 from my credit card
EC-17UX-2Q9Z2H Fwd: Fraudulent transaction Vodacom

Desired outcome: A refund and details of the receiving account for the police

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5:47 pm EST

Vodacom Data speed is terrible

Our whole family, all vodacom contracts, have been struggeling for more than 2 weeks now. The data speed is slow or non existent for most of the day. It is absolutely terrible service delivery. I can't get any work done because the data speed are to slow.

Desired outcome: Beter data delivery

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7:01 am EDT
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Vodacom poor service

i have always been a nokia customer...15yrs plus.
i have more than three contracts...
i purchased/upgraded to a nokia 5.4... 4weeks, no phone cover, no follow up, no nothing.

yet i can buy from takealot.com?

can the store manager please use takealot.com and start looking after his customers?
do they not have any form of IQ?

shall we sell people iPhone and take more than 4weeks to supply a cover of any sort?

let alone the cover i want... goodness me?
no service, no follow up, no nothing, and the person reading this also dont care? am i right? hidden in a office somewhere.

shal i cancell all my contracts?

Desired outcome: i want a cover for my nokia 5.4 idiots!!!

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4:04 am EDT
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Vodacom fibre and voip suspended without my knowledge

I have mailed the CEO MR SALEEM JOOSUB and the Managers of Fibre dept
My Tariq Moosa, Clint Thomson still no response
No response nor a call back.My account has been suspended for reasons
unknown.I have been complaining since 4th of August 2021 to date problems
not resolved.
spoken to several consultants since August but all that happens is all promise and no solutions.
Kindly help as i am about to take another contract with another service provider.
Thanking you kindly
Please respond as soon as possible?

Desired outcome: please help resolve

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7:05 am EDT
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Vodacom Unprofessional, unethical, totally & utterly frustrated

From beginning of February this year, there was an agreement made with me to pay towards my account which was n arrears, I was given an amount specified by them to pay over 6 months till end July. I have been making steady payments of slightly more each month then the amount stipulated. End of June after making 5 payments, I was informed that I am now owing them on further chargers incurred for supposed airtime & data given to me but only charged end of Feb of which I was never informed about. This was due to my contract being reactivated but I immediately phoned them to cancel with immediate effect, as I was still busy paying towards my overdue account & could not have a new contract commencing. I spoke to a Mrs Zanele, early July, who informed me that I should not pay towards the overdue amount and the matter will be investigated. End July they were still claiming I must pay full amount. Now it took me over 300 calls, several dozen emails to track who exactly was this Mrs Zanele, onlly to come right over 4 weeks later, now mid Aug, only to be told matter still being investigated/ I last spoke to her & her manager early Sep, stating that, the investigation has been concluded but I am still being held liable to pay full amount stipulated of which I hesitatingly agreed to do so, end of this month. Now they have deactivated my lines of their system, stating that I have failed to pay end July, but could not do so as the matter was still being investigated, and now Mrs Zanele in legal collections cannot or wont offer aany assistance to rectify this matter

Desired outcome: lines to be reactivated

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arnoldcoetzee
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Sep 27, 2021 7:02 am EDT
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service is poor!

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5:48 am EDT

Vodacom Vodacom Number have been deleted

Good day
I have had a contract with Vodacom for almost 21 years. Due to COVID 19 and lockdown I have lost my business and all income resulting in financial difficulties as I was unable to pay most of my account.

I have not received any communications in the last few months from Vodacom that my account was not up to date. When I phoned them this morning they confirmed that no SMS or calls was done to inform me of the issue- I was then not able to make arrangements or payments
My number was just cut off on 18.09.2021 without any correspondence.
AS I'm a business owner I made arrangements with Vodacom to go prepaid in this difficult times with COVID isn SA. So there was activity on the account and no one can say the number was not in use.
Now None of any potential clients - Family or friend will be able to get hold of me. I'm losing out on possible income! this is no way to support small business owners in SA.

They just say sorry I can't get my number back - HOW is this possible. I do not think that they portray the client centric values they advertise to the public.
After 21 years of being a client, this is how clients are treated.

Please assist with activating my number or getting it ported to another service provider.

Desired outcome: My number should be reactivated

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8:30 am EDT

Vodacom [protected]@telkomsa.net

URGENT MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED ASAP.

WE ARE IN OUR 2 WEEK PERIOD OF CANCELATION, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REVERSE THE UPGRADE SO THE CANCELLING CAN BE DONE ON THE FOLLOWING 5 CONTRACTS.

WHAT A STRUGGLE SINCE WEEK 1

Please call Mr Hennie Kruger [protected]
id [protected]

regarding reverse of the following contracts so we can cancel them.

1. acc l0030209-8 cell [protected]
2. acc l0030209-8 cell [protected]
3. acc l0030209-8 cell [protected]
4. acc l0030209-8 cell [protected]
5. acc l0030209-8 cell [protected]

MR HENNIE KRUGER
[protected]

Desired outcome: THE REVERSE OF THE UPGRADE ON ABOVE ACCOUNT

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arnoldcoetzee
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Sep 27, 2021 7:03 am EDT
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poor service!

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6:58 am EDT
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Vodacom Bad service

Vodacom try to advertise that they are a World class company but they are the worse company to deal with.
I have been trying to resolve a problem for over 12 years. They love phoning you or sending messages that they will resolve the problem but no-one ever does.
My husband and I must have spent many days going to their offices. They have too many staff who do nothing, always passing the "buck" etc onto someone else.
One shop I went to, I even saw the personal papers in a pile including a Will. Surely your papers are suppose to be private. They have papers of your address, income etc. I have been in contact with Hello Peter and Facebook for reactions.
All we are trying to do for the past 12 years is to get the phone that I have been using which is in my husband's name into my name.
For a "World Class Company" I would have thought this would be a easy task.

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2:58 pm EST

Vodacom Fibre

For the past two weeks out Internet connections just drop, we're supposed to have a 30meg line in Highway Gardens, at times it's .5. We can not even stream anything on tv in the evenings, it's so pathetic! Get your act up to gear

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7:10 am EDT

Vodacom ON LINE UPGRADE - PHONE STILL OUTSTANDING (O827827915)

On 17/06/2021 i upgraded on line on cell no [protected].
I wanted an samsung galaxy a52 lte red 5gb 200min top up as advertised in your book.
Upgrade ref vodacomonlin-[protected]
on 15/08/2021 i contacted 0821945 and was informed that there is no stock and i could not be informed when will i receive my phone
on 18/08/2021 i contcted 0821945 an requested the order to be cancelled as i urgently need a phone
i received e-mails that the request to cancel was forwarded on 18/08/2021
on 23/08/2021 i received a mail stating that the order is sill on future open
until today 14/09/2021 i have not received a phone and no feedback on when i can expect to receive a phone
i even said that i will take another phone if my choice is unavailable

Desired outcome: NEED MY ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR CANCEL MY ONLINE UPGRADE TO ALLOW ME TO VISIT THE BRANCH FOR AN UPGRADE

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3:57 am EDT
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Vodacom Double debited and they took my credit for arrears owed.

I have been dbl debited by Vodacom since Oct 2019
Yet I have an arrears that was supposed to be cleared and they only credited me the amount of a number that I canceled and they did not process so it was being billed.
This issues is continuing from July this year when I picked up the dbl debit from 2 separate accounts.
The retention Department always comes back with excuses instead of results
Absolutely Terrible service

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9:40 pm EDT

Vodacom Cell phone

11th of august I lost my phone up till today am calling every Vodacom and insurance Vodacom taking money from my account but up till now problem not sotout thay didn't give me any device how can I pay more less R2000 every month and am not using any device I need to talk to directors of Vodacom or main management to sotout issue urgent contact me
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Muhammad

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11:52 am EDT

Vodacom Pre Cancelation of device

ID:[protected]
Names:Mitswaile Kenneth Mokoena
Vodacom Accont Number:I8174924-0

I started my contract in December 2020 for Sumsung galaxy s20 ultra with airtime subscription of R152.17, my monthly payment for 36 months is R729.
On the 17 july 2021 I requested for a settlement amount, and was given 2 options to settle/cancel.

1st option, was that I pay off the whole balance, but I am going to loose out on the airtime for the remaining months

2nd option, was that I can only payoff the device and continue with the airtime subscription.

So I payed off the device only on the 17 July 2021.
When I do a follow up to find out if the device has been canceled, and if they have found the proof of payment, they said they found the money they can see it, but it is not allocated anywhere and already they are debiting the monthly installment from that money.
For 2 months I have been calling vodacom to resolve this matter but no one wants to do their job, cancelation department keep on sending me to billing department, billing department sends me to cancelation, they are playing a game on me.

I would like to have my money back because they are failing to do a simple thing which is to cancel the device, and I have paid already for this device to be canceled.
Can you please assist, I need my money back because its been 2months that I am pleading with vodacom to pre-cancel the device.

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11:36 am EST

Vodacom fibre

So they make promises, on a recording, confirm that they are recording the call and then come afterwards and change their story.

A manager gives his cell number and then blocks you

SIS Man. You people are fraudsters !

NEXT IM GOING TO SOCIAL MEDIA

Desired outcome: Honesty

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12:44 pm EDT

Vodacom Vodacom

On the 14th of June 2021 I spoke to Snowy from Vodacom and requested Vodacom to remove the special offers for gigabyt and the 20% discount on my number [protected] all to find that the consultant said that it was removed i then paid July statement in August more funds where deducted and now in September was told to pay an extra amount again and yet I requested them to cancel it off the my Vodacom contract account today again I phoned Vodacom all to find that the special offers are being deducted off my account.

Desired outcome: I want a reversal done on my account

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Vodacom Insurance

I bought a phone from a Vodacom outlet in Bluff, Durban in the beginning of March and signed insurance forms with them for the phone to be insured. The phone is an iPhone 12 Promax which was bought cash no contract.
I submitted my bank details which they requested so that they can debit my account. I waited patiently for them to debit at the end of the month, nothing was debited. I called and spoke to a consultant named Ernest Lebogang Molefe who advised me to do a manual payment and send him proof of payment, in the meantime he will investigate as to why they were unable to debit my account. I sent proof of payment as advised.
The following month was the same story no debit, I sent an email inquiring which I received no response whatsoever this time. The following month nothing again, an email was sent also with no response inquiring why was monies not debited on my account. I then resorted to do a manual payment again and sent proof of payment.
In the beginning of August 04th the phone got lost and lodged a claim with vodacom, I was taken from pillar to post where one consultant actually said they do not do manual payments and the claim will be rejected on those reasons, they gave me their account number for failing to do their job.
I kept on calling everyday for progress of my claim being played by them one telling me their own views on the matter. Amogelang Monthato finally responded on the 12th August advising that the insurance will not pay because it has lapsed.
My question then was that if the insurance lapsed whose fault is it because not even once has Vodacom tried to debit my account and found that there are insufficient funds. I was the one who always communicated with them sending emails regarding their incompetence every month with no response whatsoever. I have sent them a formal complaint on the 16th August via their complaint department which up to date they have never responded, whereas they had promised to revert within 48 hours.
I have been patiently waiting for Vodacom Insurance to revert with an amicable solution to this and admit their own fault but they have failed. The complaint is sitting with one Grace Mapeta and Grace Bronkhorst who have promised to revert but have failed to do so.

Kindly assist as I have exhausted all avenues and actually thinking of suing them legally in their personal capacity.
Lindiwe

Desired outcome: Replacement of my phone

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4:50 am EDT

Vodacom Fibre

I signed and registered my Vodacom Fibre in November 2018. I started paying since that date. Vodacom only registered the contract on their system in October 2020. There were no upgrades. Now that I'm moving and wanting to cancel my Fibre account - Vodacom is telling me I have over a year still on my contract because of their error.
As much as I have called and spoken to a Kim at the Vodacom Fibre Centre I have had any feedback or customer care.

My ID number is [protected].
Please can someone assist me with this as I'm becoming increasingly frustrated with your company.

Desired outcome: To be able to cancel my Vodacom Fibre Contract

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5:13 pm EDT

Vodacom Customer service

We recently decided to switch our fiber service to vodacom. I contacted them a month before the time as I work from home to have everything sorted and what j need to do. They never told me it would 48hours. It's been 48 hours now after giving them a heel up a month in advance. I am still without an internet connection. The customer service is poor as nobody can give you a correct answer and nobody gets back to you at all. Every time a new person answers the phone and tells you they will escalate it and get back to you, but still no response or replies.
I am at my wits end and like on the verge of cancelling everything and finding some other provider

Desired outcome: I would like an answer of how this will be resolved and when it will be resolved

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4:02 pm EDT
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Vodacom Phone contract, product and service

I recently re-newed my telephone contract and was not happy with the phone I refused to take it and the consultant said because I have already signed for the contract there is nothing they can do I must just take the phone. The manager also got involved but still it did not help as I was told I have to take the phone.

I really do not understand why should I take the phone and pay for something I am not happy with. I tried to call the head office but still this is not going anywhere? The phone does not have the features that I am wanting like dual sim card

Please help

My name

Desired outcome: I do not want this contract I prefer another phone or laptop contract

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