Being sued by Neotel

My friend received this email on friday stating tat he owes R717 , the funny this is that he never even signed a contract with Neotel.
How can they charge him this amount for a service he never even received. He only requested a quote for the 2.5 gig prime and this was
done late 2007. Hugo can u please contact or PM for details.



"Dear Mr XxxxxxxxxxxxXXxXX FINAL DEMAND REFERENCE NUMBER: XXXxXXXX Dear Sir/Madam NEOTEL (PTY) LTD // MR XxxxXXXxxX RE: NeoConnect Prime 2.5G ACCOUNT NEOTEL ACCOUNT NUMBER: XxxX IDENTITY NUMBER / REGISTRATION NUMBER:XxxXX TOTAL OUTSTANDING AMOUNT DUE: R 717.97 1. We hereby act on behalf of Neotel (Pty) Ltd (“our client”) and have been instructed to address this email to you. 2. According to our instructions you are indebted to our client in the amount of R 717.97 in terms of the telecommunications services agreement you entered into with our client. 3. Our instructions are that, despite previous demand, you have failed to make payment of the abovementioned outstanding amount. This email is send to you as last resort in an attempt to resolve the matter amicable and to avoid expensive legal costs. 4. Therefore, you are hereby demanded to make payment of the Total Outstanding Amount Due within 7 (seven) days from date hereof. 5. In the alternative to paragraph 4 above, you are hereby demanded to make payment of at least 50% of the Total Outstanding Amount Due within 7 (seven) days from date hereof. Furthermore you are requested to contact our offices and make an acceptable payment arrangement for the remainder of the Total Outstanding Amount Due. 6. Payment should be made to: MACROBERT INCORPORATED TRUST ACCOUNT STANDARD BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010424288 BRANCH CODE: 010045 ALWAYS QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER: AN004572 7. Our immediate instructions are that, should No Payment be received within 7 (seven) days hereof, to approach the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to issue a Summons against your name and to obtain Default Judgement. Your name will furthermore be listed at the necessary Credit Bureaus, i.e. "Blacklisted". 8. We trust the above action will not be necessary and look forward receiving your payment. Yours faithfully MACROBERT ATTORNEYS PER : J A ERASMUS Direct telephone numbers: 012 – 425 3612 or / 3618 / 3619 / 3626 / 3628 / 3630 / 3631 / 3633 / 3635 / 3637 / 3638 / 3639 / 3642/ 3643 / 3643 / 3644 / 3645 Direct fax number: 012 – 425 3657 Email address:"
 
Its not just current active customers getting screwed but also customers that cancelled long ago.
 
Good lord.

People getting final demands after requesting quotes?

Send a PM to RPM about this. He doesn't read all the threads on the forum and he is responsive to these stories.

Maybe submitting all the supporting documentation to Noseweek will also get some interest.
 
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Same here.....f***ing idiots.


MR xxxxxxx xxxxxxx FINAL DEMAND REFERENCE NUMBER: AN002831 Dear Sir/Madam NEOTEL (PTY) LTD // MR xxxxxxx xxxxxxx RE: NeoFlex Data 10G ACCOUNT NEOTEL ACCOUNT NUMBER: xxxxxxx xxxxxxx IDENTITY NUMBER / REGISTRATION NUMBER: xxxxxxx xxxxxxx TOTAL OUTSTANDING AMOUNT DUE: R 2,286.84 1. We hereby act on behalf of Neotel (Pty) Ltd (“our client”) and have been instructed to address this email to you. 2. According to our instructions you are indebted to our client in the amount of R 2,286.84 in terms of the telecommunications services agreement you entered into with our client. 3. Our instructions are that, despite previous demand, you have failed to make payment of the abovementioned outstanding amount. This email is send to you as last resort in an attempt to resolve the matter amicable and to avoid expensive legal costs. 4. Therefore, you are hereby demanded to make payment of the Total Outstanding Amount Due within 7 (seven) days from date hereof. 5. In the alternative to paragraph 4 above, you are hereby demanded to make payment of at least 50% of the Total Outstanding Amount Due within 7 (seven) days from date hereof. Furthermore you are requested to contact our offices and make an acceptable payment arrangement for the remainder of the Total Outstanding Amount Due. 6. Payment should be made to: MACROBERT INCORPORATED TRUST ACCOUNT STANDARD BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010424288 BRANCH CODE: 010045 ALWAYS QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER: xxxxxxx xxxxxxx. Our immediate instructions are that, should No Payment be received within 7 (seven) days hereof, to approach the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to issue a Summons against your name and to obtain Default Judgement. Your name will furthermore be listed at the necessary Credit Bureaus, i.e. "Blacklisted". 8. We trust the above action will not be necessary and look forward receiving your payment. Yours faithfully MACROBERT ATTORNEYS PER : J A ERASMUS Direct telephone numbers: 012 – 425 3612 or / 3618 / 3619 / 3626 / 3628 / 3630 / 3631 / 3633 / 3635 / 3637 / 3638 / 3639 / 3642/ 3643 / 3643 / 3644 / 3645 Direct fax number: 012 – 425 3657 Email address: [email protected]
 
Well looking on Hellopeter and this thread, it looks like you can easily get a class action going here.

I have not received such a letter yet, but i also cancelled last year and the whole dealings with Neotel regarding contracts / signing / cancellation was highly unprofessional and suspect. I'm surprised they can legally sue anyone, considering how poorly they manage the sign-up an cancellation processes.

I NEVER got ANY email or paper response from them regarding cancellations, despite the fact that you can email their customer care address. Even when i was on the phone, NO ONE could ever give me exact details as to the process of canceling, it is always "someone will phone you back". The only phone call i eventually got was "when can we pick up the device, kthx bye" .

My last invoice from them clearly stated "Amount Outstanding R0 " . Did any of you get a final invoice? What did it say?
 
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Mine said 0.

Neotel must not even send me one of these, I promise to make more drama for them than they have ever had.
 
Don't get your hopes up. Mine said R 0 as well when I canceled in June 2009.

Well then you'd have a case. I mean they can't send you a "final demand" without ever sending you an invoice/statement FIRST stating what you owe and why you owe it. If your final invoice/statement said "R0" and 6 months later they decide you owe R2000 , how is that remotely legal ?
 
I emailed this Erasmus person again today asking him for an update. But looking at all the people they sent this mail to, I'm sure he hasn't even read the first one yet. :rolleyes:
Probably thought he got an awesome client when he landed Neotel, and got a rude awakening lol.
 
I salute Hugo, the only person that knows what's going on in that company. I'm resolving this issue with him tomorrow. I guess he is pissing mad at all his collegues atm, and cleaning up all their bloody mess. That poor chap working with a bunch of imbeciles.
 
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