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11-04-2017 10:14 AM
Hi,
I'm posting here as an attempt at a resolution over the phone has been mainly fruitless, despite the best efforts of some of the Vodafone staff.
Last week, on the 4th April I called to give 30 days notice on one of my 6 lines as my Son is taking over his own contract. During the call I was offered an early upgrade on my main number which is the Red Leader account for 2 of my other numbers. We agreed an upgrade and I waited patiently for the text at midnight to tell me that the new contract was active. Much to my youngest Son's and my own surprise he got a text at midnight telling him that his number had been upgraded to a red leader account and that his new phone would be with him the next day. My son's account had only entered a new contract 4 months previously.
I called Vodafone immediately to find out what had happened and as we went through my account it transpired that they had applied the upgrade to the wrong number, upgraded another of the numbers which was on a separate red package and again had only recently been renewewed and managed to lock the account which should have had the upgrade applied. The 2 red sharer and 1 red leader were now 1 red sharer and 2 red leaders. It's all a complete mess.
I then spent 3 hours on the phone with your upgrade team trying to get the issue rectified however, when they tried to correct the issue it only seemed to make matters worse and we came up with a work around which involved, rejecting the upgrade on the line that should not have been upgraded, rolling it back and moving the original red leader account to a red sharer contract which would essentially flip the two contracts but would result in the same cost and outcome. This was supposed to solve the issue of the locked account.
Cut to a week later and I still have two red leader accounts and I'm effectively being double billed and yesterday spent another hour on the phone with a member of staff and one of your super users attempting to sort out the account and return it to the correct status.
Can somebody please assist me, somehow, without me having to go to OFCOM to put in a complaint. I keep being told that it will be resolved within a couple of hours and after 24 hours I'm back on the phone and it is as if the previous call didn't happen.
Any help greatfully appreciated.
20-04-2017 07:44 AM
In an attempt to fix my main number 2 days ago, vodafone decided it would be a good plan to disconnect the number and reconnect it immediately to a new contract. Guess what one of them happened and what one didn't.
Currently waiting for a call back that I was promised I would get yesterday and a reconnection I was promised would happen 2 days ago with no number, no contract and no service.
Told that it could take up to a week to reconnect. I pointed out that I could walk into any Mobile providers shop in the country and walk out 20 minutes later with a new phone with a working contract on my original number once Vodafone give me my PAC code. Vodafone then informed me they couldn't provide the code as they have disconnected the number and their system has removed it from my account.
I don't see how my situation could get any worse to be honest.
21-04-2017 11:35 AM
Sorry to hear about the trouble you're having. It shouldn't take longer than 24 hours to disconnect and reconnect your number, so we'll need to take a look into this.
So our team can have a look what's going on, please email us your details using the instructions @Amanda sent you in a private message previously.
21-04-2017 04:17 PM
It's with Vodafones highest tier of support now. My main number is still disconnected while your technical team have been in the account since 9:30 this morning with absolutely zero progress. Now been told it is unlikely it will be fixed until next week due to the weekend. I am now considering my options including legal ones.
22-04-2017 08:37 PM
11 days on from my initial post here and 18 days on from Vodafones initial error and my main number is still disconnected. Spoke to Vodafone daily and every morning I'm told that Technical are working on it and it will be sorted within 24 hours.
They have assured me that I will absolutely not lose my number but as they also promised to have this sorted almost 10 days ago I'm preparing myself for the worst. This entire experience has been an absolute nightmare and as customer of some 12 years with both personal and business accounts to say my feelings towards Vodafone have likely been forever sullied.
23-04-2017 12:23 PM
I'm sorry to hear you feel this way @slartster, and I apologise for the length of time this is taking to resolve.
If you'd like us to take a look into its progress, or chase anything up for you, please email us through the details provided by @Amanda. We'll then be able to help you further.
23-04-2017 10:19 PM
For the record, I sent 2 complaints, 1 via your online form last Saturday and a further direct email on Wednesday and have not received a single solitary response from anyone with regards to it. Just to be clear it states on your own website
'If you're unhappy and want to make a complaint, simply complete our online form and we'll get back to you within 48 hours.'
Absolute shambles.
25-04-2017 12:15 PM
We do understand how you feel, however we can only look into your complaint once we've received your details.
The email that you've sent via the complaints form goes to a different team, they may not have picked this up yet. If you want us to look into this for you directly, please use the link @Tash mentioned.