Mobile app to submit support ticket: disappointing

jbroo

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@rain_mobile

Yesterday morning my speeds were bad so I decided to try submitting a ticket from your mobile app. Since the ticket is submitted from the app, rain should have all my details already based on the account, you would think.

A whole day later I got a reply, asking me basic things:

Kindly confirm if your connection has been restored if not please provide us with the below information:

1. What is the issue being experienced? (No Coverage / Connection Error / Low Speeds) ?
* I already stated this in my ticket submission.

2. Please confirm the make and model of the device you are using?
* This is visible on the rain app and I'm sure rain can tell based on my account? Why ask?

3. The sim card number(Alphanumeric code) which can be located on the actual sim card itself?
* Again, visible on the rain app based on my account. Why ask?

4. Your full address from your connection point?
* Again, should be linked to my account, but also address is required when submitting the ticket and mine was entered. I guess you discard this data too, since it does not appear on the mail.

What's the point of entering info or having this data on your system if support agents don't use it and start from square one?

Looking at what the form submitted, its quite useless:

Product: 4G
Service Name: xxxxxx
Comments
Hi, seeing poor speeds again this morning. 1-2mbps downstream. Last time there was a fault on the tower. I am connected to Fynnland VOD, PCI 446, Cell ID 36, Band 38. Please could you check?

Getting this reply after a whole day was annoying. I will be submitting future tickets here directly to your reps.
 
Hi,

I think the saying " Get use to it " comes to mind...
I've DM'd @rain_mobile & @rain_networks here on the 18th for my on-going 4 month issues, still waiting for that " support call"...
They reply to me here pretty quickly. I have no issue. Just noting that the app support experience is quite crap. Let's not derail this into a "everything rain sucks" thread, there are enough of those.
 
Reply is one thing - getting things sorted is another, guess that's the reason why there are so many threads... In Rain's case - Quantity > Quality...
 
@rain_mobile

Yesterday morning my speeds were bad so I decided to try submitting a ticket from your mobile app. Since the ticket is submitted from the app, rain should have all my details already based on the account, you would think.

A whole day later I got a reply, asking me basic things:

Kindly confirm if your connection has been restored if not please provide us with the below information:

1. What is the issue being experienced? (No Coverage / Connection Error / Low Speeds) ?
* I already stated this in my ticket submission.

2. Please confirm the make and model of the device you are using?
* This is visible on the rain app and I'm sure rain can tell based on my account? Why ask?

3. The sim card number(Alphanumeric code) which can be located on the actual sim card itself?
* Again, visible on the rain app based on my account. Why ask?

4. Your full address from your connection point?
* Again, should be linked to my account, but also address is required when submitting the ticket and mine was entered. I guess you discard this data too, since it does not appear on the mail.

What's the point of entering info or having this data on your system if support agents don't use it and start from square one?

Looking at what the form submitted, its quite useless:

Product: 4G
Service Name: xxxxxx
Comments
Hi, seeing poor speeds again this morning. 1-2mbps downstream. Last time there was a fault on the tower. I am connected to Fynnland VOD, PCI 446, Cell ID 36, Band 38. Please could you check?

Getting this reply after a whole day was annoying. I will be submitting future tickets here directly to your reps.
Hi @jbroo

I do apologize for the support response, they do deal with a number of queries on a daily basis, BUT I ma here on this platform to assist you as best I can in the fastest way I can.
 
Hi @jbroo

I do apologize for the support response, they do deal with a number of queries on a daily basis, BUT I ma here on this platform to assist you as best I can in the fastest way I can.
@rain_mobile I understand and thank you. My personal hope was someone who runs your tech support might take note and rethink the process. There is nothing quite as frustrating as getting a generic response asking you for info you have already given or info Rain should already have. May as well just make a button to open a ticket then, since the agent will ask everything again anyway.
 
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Hi @jbroo

I do apologize for the support response, they do deal with a number of queries on a daily basis, BUT I ma here on this platform to assist you as best I can in the fastest way I can.
I need an assistant too. I can't connect to my rain sim card. When i insert it to my phone it needs a Sim lock Pin. And i can't find it on my rain account.
 
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