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#10871 16-Dec-2006 22:48
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I don't want or intend this to be a (swearing removed) thread just want a resolution

You may have read a while ago (uhh September i believe) I signed up for 1Gig mobile data plan on Telecom and after asking was assured that it would work on my phone, and the telecom website listed the phone as having an internal modem etc.

Now after many weeks of bouncing around with a CSR at the Advanced Technical support desk it was decided that the Samsung a920 didn't actually work here in NZ. At this point it was now in the next billing month. As their information was incorrect, it had never worked, and I had not even used 1kB I asked for a refund for the two months and to stop the plan. He said he shouldn't really but he would give me one month credit, I thought I would let the other month that I had paid for slide....


Low and behold I was more then a little surprised when the next bill arrived and I had been charged again for the data plan.
A tad annoyed I rang up and explained that the the person I was in touch with last obviously hadn't actually canceled the plan and I would like

a) A refund for the month again
b) To cancel the dataplan.
c) Switch me over to flexi mytime from go 200.

At the end of the call I confirmed with her that she had done all three things, which she confirmed.

Two weeks later there was no sign of the credit so I rang again.
Turned out I was still on go 200, still on the dataplan and there was no refund.

Getting slightly more annoyed she assured me she would fix the problems and email the tech support man I had been dealing with initially and get him to sort it out as it was his screw up and change me to flexi herself.

Well my next bill arrived covering December 16 - Jan 15 the other day
Surprise surprise (or not) I am still on the data plan AHHHHHHH.
(at least I now my voice plan had been changed to flexi)

So I've been charged for 5 months now for a dataplan which I have never been able to use or cancel, for which I have been refunded one.
Someone please give me (PM) a contact email or phonenumber above the CSR level that I can contact to sort this out
because I am sick of spending half an hour explaining the situation and being told it will be fixed then finding out nothing has happened.

I am a poor student and its now Christmas! Paying an extra $200+ is not my idea of fun.

On a side note the Telecom your login link on the main telecom page redirects to a 404 and the direct link from the email bill was working earlier but now appears to be redirecting between two pages and bouncing between the two in a loop.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help



(Moderator edit (BG) - DO NOT evade swear filter with *'s, it is not looked upon lightly. Removed swearing)




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#55652 16-Dec-2006 22:59
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Where abouts are you based? Auckland?

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  #55653 16-Dec-2006 23:54
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Yip, why would that make a difference?




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  #55660 17-Dec-2006 08:44
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Put your complaint in writing, and seek a full refund. If the phone doesn't work here, you shouldn't have been charged at all.

I believe next year we'll have an instance similar to the UK Oftel that people can contact to seek resolution of problems like yours.






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  #55671 17-Dec-2006 10:48
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Now see Juha thats my problem, who am I to write the letter to?




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  #55673 17-Dec-2006 11:47
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PMed you.
Good luck.







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#55677 17-Dec-2006 12:44
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Unfortunately it's too late for this advice to be of any help to the OP, but if there is a lesson to be learnt here, it would be that you should never pay charges for which you do not believe yourself to be liable.

If a service provider sends you an inaccurate bill then you should pay the charges for which you accept liablility, and send a remittance advice to the provider to notify them of which charges you have paid for and which charges are in dispute (preferably in both hard copy and electronically). Ensure that you keep a copy of this correspondence and note the date and the method by which it was sent.

If the service provider refuses to react appropriately to this then you may face the risk of them terminating your account, but do you really want to remain a customer of a service provider which treats you this way?


 
 
 
 

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  #55687 17-Dec-2006 18:25
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alasta:

Unfortunately it's too late for this advice to be of any help to the OP, but if there is a lesson to be learnt here, it would be that you should never pay charges for which you do not believe yourself to be liable.



I have only paid for the very first month, got a refund on the second month and I am yet to pay the last two months bills.....
I am willing to write off the first month, but not the others...

Thanks Tony




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  #55719 17-Dec-2006 21:41
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Filterer: Yip, why would that make a difference?


Yes, I would have been able to help you. BUt as Tony has PM'd you try that first, but if you cant resolve contact me.

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  #55745 18-Dec-2006 08:08
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Alright thanks to you as well nzbnw. I will try my luck in the next few days. As for trying to evade the swearing, sorry didn't even realize there was a swear filter!

PS: I love the new snap preview thing when you scroll over an external hyperlink




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  #55824 18-Dec-2006 20:09
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Was attacked by the automated voice dialer today suggesting I pay my bill or the men in black would be sent around. I better get onto that email!




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#55830 18-Dec-2006 22:01
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Someone here must have TG on the quick dial

 
 
 
 

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  #56242 23-Dec-2006 15:19
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Resolved, thanks to those who helped!




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