67000.00 Data charge!

If you need help kicking up a fuss let me know. I don't take nonsense from suppliers. R67 000 is a lot of money and could have paid to import another dog. You sound like a very kind and gentle person, and you need to be stern and face up that they stole money from you and tricked you. You must get angry and demand they refund you.
 
acidrain said:
Just bought a 24H one as well... no message saying anything about activation except saying dial *141*something to check balance... meh not that i need the points anyways.
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You've just proven what the OP said. Sorry, but this 24 Hour package is BS. How many unsuspecting customers have fallen for this trap?

You have to jump through hoops to get what you pay for.
 
Nicci said:
If you need help kicking up a fuss let me know. I don't take nonsense from suppliers. R67 000 is a lot of money and could have paid to import another dog. You sound like a very kind and gentle person, and you need to be stern and face up that they stole money from you and tricked you. You must get angry and demand they refund you.
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:wtf: not everyone is into importing dogs...
 
ghoti said:
One thing I would love to do if I ever get into a position where I make telecoms law is force providers to put soft caps on accounts. Make it that they are forced to cap at a certain amount unless the user phones in and unlocks for more data. Regulation that all providers have to provide their users the ability to hard cap themselves should also be out there.
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I can see the attraction of that, and you will doubtless get a lot of sympathy with that view.

Nevertheless, I think the only way we grow up is to take responsibility for finding out exactly what we contract for. The human personality requires responsibility for healthy development, and removing that from the individual and shifting it to the state is a recipe for keeping people infantilised.

There's certainly is a shortcoming in modern education. If I were a teacher, I'd spend quite a bit of time showing people the ropes on how to negotiate the many things they encounter in the modern world ... and that includes telecommunications, cellphones - and the contracts and pitfalls to watch for. And a whole host of other things.

But I don't think we should be forcing people by police power (ie laws) to make certain stipulations in contracts. Those people of course include associations we call companies. Specific laws like those you propose are too heavy a hand to use for normal economic relations, because the ordinary common law preventing force or fraud is more than sufficient to cover the matter.

It's high time that we as a culture gave attention to equipping people to deal with the modern world. This is a parenting and systemic failure, and can only be remedied in our non-state social and civic institutions, starting with the family.

Laws like the ones you propose - though filled with good intent - have the deleterious psychological effect of keeping people immature and undeveloped in taking up their full responsibilities in the modern complex world. And that is never good, for we need more personal responsibility, not less.
 
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arent you the guy that called into East Coast Radio as well? The dj practically laughed you off man and a mampoer caller after that not believing you could accrue that much data costs. at r2 per MB someone should teach them its VERY possible. My advice to you is not to keep quiet about it and take the high road. kick up a fuss!!! The only reason your company sold you out(and they did) is because they were afraid of adverse credit rating/listing by AutoThief cellular. if i were you id get ConsumerWatch on it.

And as for your company, you dont have any allegiance to them.Start looking for another higher paying job pay off the debt quicker and start living again;)
 
The company shouldn't have paid...its sick how these big players make their money....through small plot-holes and high charges on these plot-holes. Im sure taking them to court or something would have solved the issue??

Dylan_G said:
+1

Get Wendy Knowler in on this. You might not be able to get your money back, but raising awareness would benefit many others. Also, it might get you some attention from Autopage.

Good luck man...
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I hope the OP does this. Someone really needs to expose these bullies!!
 
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Wall said:
:wtf: not everyone is into importing dogs...
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Dont you know its how you evaluate a sum of money? Can you import a dog with that amount ... Yes ... Thats a lot of money :D
 
supersunbird said:
What country do you stay in where they put people in jail for debt? SA hasn't done that for decades.
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Was just trying to illustrate a point, of cause you won't go to jail. But I know of some friends where their lives have been destroyed by wrongful debt. (debt collectors are evil)

I was just upset by the fact that MTN can get away with this and even Autopage for that matter.

Apologies for coming across so .. well indifferent :)
 
Wall said:
:wtf: not everyone is into importing dogs...
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But many a person is just that, a dog! Cell providers must be held responsible for theses "errors' but why would they? It's a niche way to enrich themselves!
 
I see in the Vodacom thread, Vodacom reduced that other guys bill by 90%

Guess for this week, Vodacom is the better company.
Maybe add this bit of information, when you go to some kind of press.
 
HideInLight said:
I see in the Vodacom thread, Vodacom reduced that other guys bill by 90%

Guess for this week, Vodacom is the better company.
Maybe add this bit of information, when you go to some kind of press.
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Thank you. :)
 
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