Adept Internet TOTALY USELESS

Mars

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I made the mistake of signing up for a 1 gig unshaped month to month account with Adept internet, it was slower that my shaped 5 gig offering from openweb at the time. So in October last year I accidently lost my username and password for the account and when I mailed then to send it to me they said I needed to send them a fax request. A FAX REQUEST? in this day and age? so I say, bugger it, just cancel the crappy account.
Then they come back to me saying that my MONTH to MONTH account has a 3 month cancellation period. So I have a fit, but at the end of the day I decide its just not worth it, and I end up faxing the cancellation letter and the request for the password.

They send me an email stating that they have not received my cancellation fax

I fax both again.

October passes and no user and pass, I phone and freak out.
They say they have not received either fax - (hmmm smells like BULL***T to me)
I fax again.

November passes and SILL no user and pass.
Work is hectic so I don't have time to deal with this petty nonsense

December starts and I go on leave. I phone to get the email of someone in authority, so I can get results. They REFUSE to give me anything. The lady in accounts says that the MD of adept does not have an email, and at my utter disbelief she admits that he does have one (obviously dumbass woman) but refuses to give it to me.
I send more nasty emails.

Finally in December - 2 months after my first request - I get my user and pass.... with one gig. no mention of the gig I lost in October and the gig in November because of their uselessness.

Fine I think. October, November, December that’s 3 months = 2007 means NO MORE CRAPPY ADEPT!!

At the end of January - SUPRISE!!! they debit my account again. So I think maybe they’re not counting October because I only cancelled at the beginning and they lied to cover their utter incompetence to the final fax only went through in November. I go to the bank and I cancel the debit order just incase.

A week ago I get a call from a lady in accounts asking me why I cancelled the debit order. I explode....... I say to this person who has the misfortune of working for Adept and phoning me on this day (heavily edited version) " I will not have anything to do with the bunch of unethical thieves called ADEPT ever again"

Yesterday I find a statement from Adept in my inbox. Charging me for February + an extra R60 for the cancelled debit order. I explode......

I reply with this mail:
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You people are useless!

I HAVE CANCELLED MY ACCOUNT WITH YOU AS OF OCTOBER 2006!!!!!!
I have paid for the three months cancellation you people demanded despite the fact that I signed up for a month to month account, and, as I told the woman who phoned me, I will have nothing to do with you unethical bunch ever again!

Please refrain from harassing me with your statements and invoices, because as of right now I have blacklisted your domain and email addresses with my isp and I will no longer receive any mail from you. If you wish to speak to me you may call me on my cell phone.

Yours in disgust at you utter incompetence.

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I email my isp requesting them to ban the domain.

Unfortunately I find this email in my in box today:

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Dear Mr ***

Kindly be advised that our records reflect no cancellation received from yourself. You were informed of our cancellation procedure on the 12th of October 2006, the e-mail is quoted below.

Should you have any further questions or comments do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards

Gershon Davidse
[email protected]
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I EXPLODE

THEY HAVE RECIEVED NO CANCELLATION?????
WTF??
Besides the three faxes I have emailed them OVER and OVER, and I have TOLD them OVER and OVER that I do not want to have anything to do with them.

What do I do?

This is my response to the email today.

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I really don’t know what to say to you anymore.

I did receive the email you refer to below, after which I re faxed both my cancellation letter AND my request for my username and password. Then 2 weeks later I faxed BOTH faxes again! You where happy enough to invoice me even tho you can check through your usage stats that I did not use the service at all during October and November, and Then only because I phoned again and sent nasty emails about it was my user name and password sent to me. I then confirmed over the phone that I would not be invoiced in January because that would be the end of the 3 month cancellation.

all I have to say is GO AWAY!!!

Even more disgusted:


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Is there someone I can report these people to?
 
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Might they be affiliated to Telkom? Thats pretty much the same kind of service you can expect to get from Telkom...
 
My sympathies. They don't seem very, erm, adept do they? :D

I would recommend webafrica prepaid at R70/GB. It doesn't expire at the end of the month.
 
BROADCAST:
According to : http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ast&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=za&client=firefox-a

The ethernet broadcast address in hexadecimal is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. There are several types of IP broadcasting:

1. The IP limited broadcast address is 255.255.255.255. This broadcast is not forwarded by a router.
2. A broadcast directed to a network has a form of x.255.255.255 where x is the address of a Class A network. This broadcast may be forwarded depending on the router program.
3. A broadcast sent to all subnetworks. If the broadcast is 10.1.255.255 on network 10.1.0.0 and the network is subnetted with multiple networks 10.1.x.0, then the broadcast is a broadcast to all subnetworks.
4. A broadcast sent to a subnet in the form 10.1.1.255 is a subnet broadcast if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

So ... in some cases, the 255 on the end is a problem. Somebody please help IBurst out.
/me learnt something new. Thanks.
 
BROADCAST:
According to : http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ast&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=za&client=firefox-a

The ethernet broadcast address in hexadecimal is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. There are several types of IP broadcasting:

1. The IP limited broadcast address is 255.255.255.255. This broadcast is not forwarded by a router.
2. A broadcast directed to a network has a form of x.255.255.255 where x is the address of a Class A network. This broadcast may be forwarded depending on the router program.
3. A broadcast sent to all subnetworks. If the broadcast is 10.1.255.255 on network 10.1.0.0 and the network is subnetted with multiple networks 10.1.x.0, then the broadcast is a broadcast to all subnetworks.
4. A broadcast sent to a subnet in the form 10.1.1.255 is a subnet broadcast if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

So ... in some cases, the 255 on the end is a problem. Somebody please help IBurst out.
/me learnt something new. Thanks.

erm stoke, leave those greener rythems alone man :confused:
 
Adept have been very good in handling my business Diginet line, but I can't say I've ever looked at their ADSL service.
 
BROADCAST:
According to : http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ast&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=za&client=firefox-a

The ethernet broadcast address in hexadecimal is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. There are several types of IP broadcasting:

1. The IP limited broadcast address is 255.255.255.255. This broadcast is not forwarded by a router.
2. A broadcast directed to a network has a form of x.255.255.255 where x is the address of a Class A network. This broadcast may be forwarded depending on the router program.
3. A broadcast sent to all subnetworks. If the broadcast is 10.1.255.255 on network 10.1.0.0 and the network is subnetted with multiple networks 10.1.x.0, then the broadcast is a broadcast to all subnetworks.
4. A broadcast sent to a subnet in the form 10.1.1.255 is a subnet broadcast if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

So ... in some cases, the 255 on the end is a problem. Somebody please help IBurst out.
/me learnt something new. Thanks.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Nice one stoke, now go play in the iBurst section! :p
 
BROADCAST:
According to : http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ast&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=za&client=firefox-a

The ethernet broadcast address in hexadecimal is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. There are several types of IP broadcasting:

1. The IP limited broadcast address is 255.255.255.255. This broadcast is not forwarded by a router.
2. A broadcast directed to a network has a form of x.255.255.255 where x is the address of a Class A network. This broadcast may be forwarded depending on the router program.
3. A broadcast sent to all subnetworks. If the broadcast is 10.1.255.255 on network 10.1.0.0 and the network is subnetted with multiple networks 10.1.x.0, then the broadcast is a broadcast to all subnetworks.
4. A broadcast sent to a subnet in the form 10.1.1.255 is a subnet broadcast if the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.

So ... in some cases, the 255 on the end is a problem. Somebody please help IBurst out.
/me learnt something new. Thanks.

I did this as well earlier :( Told Iburst Ed in one of the philosophy threads to fix his network.
 
My sympathies. They don't seem very, erm, adept do they? :D

I would recommend webafrica prepaid at R70/GB. It doesn't expire at the end of the month.

Yea I'm with openweb, and I find the service there awesome. I lost my username and password for my openweb account the same time I lost them for Adept. I just emailed Mr Beep and before the end of the day he replied with them.

HEY ADEPT! maybe you should go to Mr Beep for some lessons in service!!
 
Update

Can you believe it? They still persist in invoicing me. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!


I have sent an e-mail to Jacques Pietersen who I believe is the MD of Adept.

"Dear Mr Pietersen


I believe that you are the MD of Adept internet.
Perhaps you can help me with this. I have had the misfortune of dealing with your company over the last year. I lost my connection settings, and when I contacted adept to send me my username and password, I was told that I have to fax them a letter asking for it. Fax a letter? I do not own a fax machine, faxing is a pain in the arse. I also lost my connection settings for my Openweb account, I had the details from them within the hour. I cancelled my account last year in October. The staff there purposely made it as difficult as possible for me to cancel my account, firstly forcing me to pay a 3 month cancellation when I was specifically told by the salesperson when I signed up that it was a month to month account. Fine I was screwed by the salesperson. After a bit of unpleasantness, I agreed to pay the three month cancellation penalty, and I faxed through the letters (cancellation and request for password). Then, the staff there did not send through my username and password for three months despite continuous emails. I have faxed the details over and over. Finally in December I got my username as password, but to this day the staff at adept refuse to acknowledge any receipt of cancellation. You can read a full account of this at http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=66638. I am currently not using your service at all and still you persist in invoicing me. I have made it clear over and over, via phone, fax and e-mail that I no longer want to do business with you in any way. I have contacted my lawyers and they have confirmed that my e-mails alone are legally sufficient to cancel my account. PLEASE STOP HARRASING ME.

You have no grounds to continue with this harassment.

Please leave me alone. "


We will see what happens now

All I can say is PATHETIC PATHETIC PATHETIC.
 
It just doesn't stop.

The response from Jacques:

"Dear Mark,

Kindly deal with out legal or accounts department on this request.

Regards,
J Pietersen"

Well it seems that Mr Pietersen is about as competent as the rest of the staff.

Today I receive and e-mail from a Mr Gershon Davidse asking me when the next payment will be due on my account............

"Dear Mr. ****

Regarding Adept Internet account

Please find attached a statement of your account. Kindly advise as to when the next payment on your account can be expected. Please be advised that a simple solution to your cancellation query would be if you could supply us with your fax confirmation receipt.

Included please find our banking details for your convenience.

Our bank details are:

Account Holder: Adept Internet (Pty) Ltd
Bank: ABSA
Branch: Stellenbosch
Branch Code: 632005
Account: 908 425 3549
Account Type: savings / call account
Fax Number: 086 11 00 526

Please furnish your deposit with your account reference. Your account reference is 7445-****.

Should you have any further questions or comments do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards

Gershon Davidse
[email protected]
"

I will respond to Gershon here:

Dear Gershon

I will NEVER be making the next payment on my account.
As for the fax conformation, I do not think I have it, but if I find it I will send it to you. Besides, the fax is irrelevant, because my e-mails are legally sufficient notification for me to cancel my account.

Regarding me having any questions or comments : I have contacted you over and over and over, via e-mail, via telephone and via fax. Your fixation with the faxes you "never" received seems to be just a way for you to make my life difficult, and to force me to pay for a service you have not supplied nor have I used. I have already paid for october and november 2006 without receiving my username and password to access the service, despite numerous e-mails and phone calls (not to mention the amazing dissapearing faxes which you "never recieved"). Can you not understand the simple principal? I use your service, I pay, I don't use your service, I don't pay. Is Adept internet in such dire straits that you would go to such lengths to harass someone for a simple
R140 a month?

I have said it before, I will say it again:

GO AWAY!!!!
 
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