Cell-C not a good start

[grok]

Planning to port myself & my 2 kids to Cell-C as soon as our VC contracts are up (end Sept) but for now looking for a tablet for my mom to keep in touch with email & facebook. Walk into Menlyn shop on Saturday, ******** consultant wastes half an hour before getting to the fact that they don't have stock.

Tried on the Cell-C website, click Get-it but it won't process due to Captcha that doesn't even display (don't have adblocker at work).

Page suggests Contact Cell C Direct now on 084 145, phone but they wanna give me directions to my nearest store as they don't know stock of their various outlets.

Who's got time for this ****? I could walk into Vodacom now & walk out with a tablet half an hour later if it weren't for their ridiculous 750mb/month data allowance.

Please tell me it'll get better, cos I'm starting to think maybe my plan to port my family to Cell-C is a really bad idea.

 

[whatwhat]

Buy a prepaid and test it first in your area.

It might frustrate you even more if you dont know what you getting yourself into

 

[cavedog]

Yeah cellc outsources their stores so basically its a store that can do whatever they want.....

Better to get all your stuff through 084145

Took my upgrade only 2 days to be delivered to my house and have it in my hands..... You will also bypass any absurd fees and charges the store adds for their "service"

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Don't go to Cell C for their service because you won't get any. I'm happy with my contract but only because I don't have any issues, it was however a painful experience when I moved from my Blackberry contract last year as the store staff know how to sell SIM cards but not much else.