Customer Services! What a bunch of useless idiots!

What a bunch of idiots.
3 times now i have tried to change my direct debit details....it seems impossible to do this! For 3 months now they have taken my direct debit from an old account. I am getting charges of £35 per time for this. Then they get it right and take it out on the wrong day, again incurring a charge. I now have £140 in bank charges AND late charges on my bill.
The indian call centre blame me for this! Cheeky sods! Saying there were incorrect funds available in my account. No clearly the lack of English of his colleagues has caused the problems.
I have now been cut of and i am standing my ground here. I will not pay BT until this charges are refunded. I believe they actually owe me money! See you in court with your telephone scripts.....and bring your cheque book!

Hi AngryKaty,
Welcome to the forum.
I can look into this for you and get it sorted if you want. Can you email in your forum username and BT account details to the email address registered against my profile, and we'll get back to you?
Thanks,
Stephanie
Stephanie
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A couple of weeks ago residents in my village started experiencing problems using their telephones. The fault, which was intermittent, caused the exchange to return dial tone, following the dialling of a number. Dropping the connection and redialling resulted in the connection being made, but this was very often only after a few attempts.
I contacted BT Retail (BTR) and after enduring numerous line tests etc I was informed that as the fault was in the exchange and that I had to report the problem to Open Reach (OR) on 0800-023-2023. After being passed from department to department, I was eventually told categorically that OR could not accept fault reports from customers and that I had to report it to BT Retail (BTR), who would then raise a fault with OR.
I called BTR, again, and after more line tests a fault was raised with OR. It was then 'reported' by BT that the fault had been cleared, although it hadn't been as the problem persisted. After more line tests etc. an engineer rang me to say that he was on route to the exchange and would ring me from there, needless to say he didn't. I then received a text saying that the fault had been cleared.
As said the fault is intermittent, it is only apparent if the faulty piece of exchange equipment is allocated to a customer, when they try to make a call. Therefore if you are lucky you might not experience the problem for perhaps a couple of days.
The problem however, did manifest itself again so I rang 150 again and was connected to the BT 'faults' department. I gave the reference VOL012-********** and was told that the fault had been cleared and closed. I was then requested to provide an description of the fault and there then followed long periods on hold, whilst records were checked and advice sought. At the end of all this another line test was insisted upon, which unsurprisingly was passed. The confusion however continued, and I was informed that an engineer would have to be be sent out to my property and that a charge of £120 would be made, if it transpired that no fault was found.
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Gareth asked me to use another telephone to undertake more tests and promised he would ring me in the morning. I did as requested and dialled '150' repeatedly for 10 minutes. The results were as expected, either ringing tone was received, or dial tone was returned, producingd a random pattern depending on whether the faulty piece of equipment was allocated, or not. If more digits were then dialled, following dropping back to dial tone, they had no effect, however after 20 seconds an announcement saying "Please hang up and try again", was received. I also contacted several friend to confirm that they were still experiencing the problem and they confirmed that they were..
Gareth rang again today and insisted that as no fault had been found at the exchange he could not raise the fault again without sending an engineer to my home. He stated that if no fault was found I would have to pay £120 and that if I didn't agree to this there was no way he could proceed. I refused to agree to my being charged £120 as I've been incorrectly charged in the past, when 2 engineers were sent to fix the same fault on the same day and the second reported it as fault not found. It took me a lot of time and effort to get the money refunded.
Of course I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that the OR engineer did not conduct a series of conclusive tests, or perhaps just pulled out each card and reinserted it, possible 'temporarily' clearing an intermittent contact on the card, or backplane and as he was unable to locate the fault he reported it as Fault Not Found.
The problem is incidentally a repeat of exactly the same exchange fault, that occured in June last year. It is impossible to believe that the same problem, which was cleared last year and now after 7 months, has reappeared and is causing exactly the same problem can necessitate an engineer visit to my home before it can be raised again with OR. I reiterate, this problem is being experienced by other customers connected to the our telephone exchange, therefore logic must indicate the problem is due to a fault in the exchange common equipment.
Lets get this straight, I'm attempting to assist BT by helping them resolve a problem, that is being experienced by many customers on the Hassocks telephone exchange. I did not expect to have to devote hours of my time, or be subjected to the Spanish Inquisition to do this. Quite why BT is incapable of rectifying a reported fault in its exchange, without making the threat of charging £120, if they can't find it, is beyond belief.
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Hi Lines_man
Thanks for the response.
Since deregulation BT has become even more disfunctional, it was always the only communications company that couldn't communicate internally. I recall the line "Left hand? I didn't know we had a left hand" being used on many occasions.
You say that the exchange equipment is maintained by BT Operate.... I can't find a group business called BT Operate.
so I'm assuming it to be an abbreviation for 'BT Technology, Service & Operations', headed up by Clive Selley who oversees Openreach, Wholesale and Consumer amongst many other businesses.
I'm convinced that most of BT's customers see BT as an entity and therefore contact BT expecting it to be capable of resolving a BT problem. However the only customer access is via Retail i.e.150 or 151, where the staff speak a different language to most of us. Please do not for a minute thing I'm being racist, it's simply a fact that there is a language barrier and this reduces the effectiveness of understanding a problem and its resolution.
Regarding the current problem, BT have insisted that they carry out repeated line tests to establish that there isn't a line fault, before they can raise the fault with whichever department deals with exchange maintenance. The history of the disjointed faulting process is recorded in my original post.
The exchange engineer found no fault, it is intermittant, and the fault was closed. Now they say they can't reissue it without an engineer visit to my home, with the threat that if no fault is found I will be charged £130. Forum moderator Neil has arranged for an engineer to visit tomorrow and has stated that no charge will be raised no matter what the result of the visit, but BT can't resist reiterating the threat, as you will see in today's text message:
"Hello, BT here. We're sending you an engineer on Thursday 12/02/2015 between 1pm and 6pm. Our tests are showing an internal problem so please make sure you've checked your equipment by following the instructions here www.bt.com/faults or click on this link for a video http://www.bt.com/wiring You can also call 08000285705 or look near the front of your BT telephone book for instructions, the page is entitled Faults, Repairs and Reporting. If you have found the fault on your own equipment, reply to this text with the word CANCEL and we will cancel the engineer for you, we check messages between 8am-9pm daily. Remember if the problem isn't with BT equipment, there will be a charge of 129.99 GBP. Thanks"
So after numerous line tests, all having resulted in there being no fault, one has suddenly appeared on my equipment, today.
Not withstanding any of this, the problem, as stated, is one of dialling a number and the exchange equipment dropping back to dial tone. I have just dialled '150' 4 times resulting in two ring tones and 2 drop-back to dial tone. I have tried with different telephones and the problem can easily be replicated on friends and neighbour's telephones, therefore logically it cant be associated with my equipment.
I'm really trying very hard to help BT, to help its customers, but they are incapable of dealing with the problem.
Cheers Noel

Re: BT - Customer Service - What service???

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i was BT customer Account number *A/C no. removed. till today and now found out my account is closed??
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What a dumb customer service!!!! and where the heck is my payment?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so furious right now to the point my whole body is shaking and I feel dizzy!
I've been mailing out the check for $55 every month on 1st or 2nd of each month for past 2, 3 years now.
I don't get statements in mail, so I typed one page with the accountholder's name, address, account number and payment address. This check for $55 is issued by my work, so what I do every month is that as soon as I receive the check, I print out this little page with all the information, I staple the check to the page and mail out to the payment address listed under Contact Us on Verizon wireless website.
My due date is 21st of each month. As I mentioned above, I mail out the check either on 1st or 2nd of each month, which means the check should be arrived, processed, cleared from the bank, and credited to my account before my due date.
I don't have the entire record, but I can see the payment history for past 12 month from my verizon wireless online and this check for $55, although I've been mailng out on a very regular basis, it has been posted to my account very irregularly.
Sometimes, it gets credited to my account before the 10th. Sometimes, it gets credited sometime before my due date. Sometimes, it gets credited way after my due date. Sometimes, it gets cleared from the bank, but doesn't even get credited to my account. Every month, I have to closely monitor whether this month's check has been cleared and credited for this account.
If this happens to many accountholders, I would not be this frustrated.
I have a coworker who gets the same check from the work and mail out on the same day to VERIZON WIRELESS. Okay? Mark this. Same amount of check issued by the same bank goes to the same payment address by mail (same postal service). Difference? Her due date is 11th and mine is 21st. Another difference? Her payment gets credited in few days and well before her due date. Mine takes forever and ever and sometimes lands on a wrong account.
I called the customer service today to see where my check is and why it has not been cleared yet. The customer service, Jose, was so rude and raising his voice saying that it might have been the post office at fault. And then, he was asking if I wrote a wrong address or anything. Hello~ I TYPED the freaking payment address and my account number and saved in my computer. You've been getting my check with no problem for the past 2, 3 years now, so I'M SO SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE POST OFFICE WHO'S AT FAULT!!!! On top of it, I'm not calling to figure out whom to blame.
Then, I talked to the supervisor, Eric. Hey, if you are the supervisor, you should be able to give me more than the same lame lines that JOSE was giving me. Don't say that I've been mailing my check to the lockbox and you don't have the contact number. I've been sending my check to the freaking lousy lockbox and so have my coworker. She doesn't have the same problem that I have. Even if the lockbox doesn't have the contact number and a live person in, there is the department in which they process the payment, right? You should contact them to figure something out! You should provide a CUSTOMER SERVICE. What part of CUSTOMER SERVICE don't you get as a SUPERVISOR? I am YOUR CUSTOMER! and I, the CUSTOMER, hereby request a SERVICE that I am entitled to!
What did you just say? SUPPRESSING the late charges? Hey, Eric, Look!. I mailed out the check on 1st of August! I'm sure it doesn't take more than three days to be delivered from Los Angeles to Dallas. When I mailed out the check even before you generated my bill, how dare you to even mention the LATE CHARGE? It is NOT my ****** problem that you have a lousy system to process the check. You better fix the **bleep** problem.
You'd better keep your word and call me back with answers to all the questions (about irregular postings to my account, what's been causing the delay, etc) by TUESDAY.
What? Suppressing the late charges is all you can do for me? I just wasted my 40 minutes holding the call, and not getting all the answers I wanted, and dealing with non-sense ridiculous customer service and that's all you can do? You should waive my payment. You should give me like 1000 min credit.
I've been using the Verizon Wireless for almost 5 years and I'm seriously disappointed at the level of customer service you provided and the way you are handling this matter and not providing a good reason why you are messing up with my payment.

I can understand that the situation is infuriating, but the anger is misplaced. To start, it is very bad practice to not have a direct way to view whether the check you are sending had been cashed. While it gives the appearance of being convenient, you are setting yourself up for a nightmare when you do not, first, deposit the funds and issue your own method of payment. Secondly, the fact that it was not applied to the account does not necessarily mean that Verizon Wireless is at fault. You cannot determine this absolutely until you confirm that the check had been cashed by VZW, which, again, is going to be difficult to impossible because you are sending a check from a third party. The likelihood that it was lost in the mail should not seem shockingly preposterous. Matter of fact, people use this excuse because it is a very plausible scenario. It is essential to know whether the check was cashed by VZW, if it was, then they can go through the steps to find it; if, however, it was not, then it is something you will want to get reissued.
My advice is to follow the approach listed above, but, more so, eliminate the overly emotional reactions so that the matter can be addressed in a logical way.

What is the number for Verizon Wireless Corporate Customer Service Complaint for CA

My Complaint: I have been a Verizon Wireless customer for approx 20 years. I called customer service to seek an early upgrade for my daughter's phone. She is away in college and her phone is malfunctioning. She is eligible for an upgrade in approx 6 weeks so I did not want to spend the money on a replacement phone when since we were planning on updating to something newer. The customer service rep to me they could not do the early upgrade an to call back in a few weeks. After explaining this was unacceptable (I do not like the idea of a young female being out of state and away from home with no reliable means of communication), she places me on hold to later return with the only offer of I must purchase a new device through her ( over the phone) which will be shipped to me, the phone was priced $100.00 more than the online price (they will not price match), plus i must pay $30.00 upgrade fee, $35.00 activation fee and taxes on the retail price of the phone. I am upset and disappointed with the quality of service provided by Verizon being a 20 year customer. If not for the seriousness and urgency of this matter, i would not have asked for an early upgrade. It is times such as these that you get to see how much of a "valued customer" you really are. I guess you are valued as long as you pay your bill and continually purchase their products. I would like to speak with someone from Verizon's corporate or customer relations department. As of now I am really considering changing my service to a different provider. I have multiple accounts with Verizon and i will canx each after the current contract committment expire (starting with my daughter's phone which expires in 6 weeks) In the meantime I will go purchase her a new phone with someone else and take comfort knowing she will have reliable communication.

I started with them in 1985. It has been wonderful service but very expensive. They seem to operate on day of deposit day of withdrawal. That means that I have no benefits nothing beyond the normal customer if I don't pay my bill they shut me off. That's why I have switch to another provider and I have better service lower cost and better phones. you can't beat other providers I mean it. Please don't expect more from verizon other than a "pay me more money and I'll do what you want" because it's all about money. Read the transcripts from current Verizon employees all over the internet. The company is going down and they're taking customers with them.
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Customer Services! What a bunch of useless idiots!

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