Vodaphone bastards

[BIGKIWI]

Thanks guys will contact some those people tomorrow and see what i come up with. Yep that loop is annoying wouldn't give me email or any contact details of anyone in New Zealand

[Pee]

You can also threaten them into reducing your initial bills, as if they profit from the fact that your sim card was stolen they can technically be prosecuted under the proceeds of crime act.

Of course they will bankrupt you in legal fee's before you ever got to court, but they generally don't like a fight. There are alot of other points you can bring up if you get to talk to someone with some power.

Pee

[Draft]

You shouldn't need to bring a private prosecution in this instance (this should be brought by the Crown on the event that Vodafone are benefiting from the proceeds of crime).

Don't make any threats at this stage. I would, however, imply that you are currently considering referring the case to the Commerce Commission (though I think that most first instance claims are heard by the Telecommunication Disputes Resolution service which Pee referred you to above).

TDR requires that you have already complained to the telephone company as well. Though I think your efforts to date should be sufficient for that.

[haakuturi]

TDR also charges the ISP/Telco ~$400 as SOON as you log a complaint against them. Irrespective of what the outcome is, the company is down from the start.

Just one of many reasons as to why some ISP/Telco's have pulled out of TDR...

[Pee]

Yea Vodafone is still a member though, It quickly starts to cost the telco alot if they don't sort it out, which puts alot of pressure on them straight away.

I always find threatening helps, worked for me so far... you can always resort to sim card cloning, setting up your own 0900 and dialling it to recover your funds... although two wrongs don't make a right.... apparently :twisted:

Pee.

[BIGKIWI]

Still haven't heard back from the Vodaphone manager in Egypt. Have Gareth trying to sort it here but this is ridiculous

[Pseudonym]

I've found their Live Chat to have pretty speedy response times, although my queries were much simpler than yours.

You could try that, though:

https://vfnzsales.custhelp.com/app/chat/chat_launch_ss

[eddie1896]

vodaphone are scum..

[Ronin]

vodaphone are scum..

Yeah but telecom are no better. I've had all sorts of problems with them as well. Basically, we're all screwed.

[BIGKIWI]

Gareth is helping out where no one else has will let you guys know the outcome

[BIGKIWI]

Gareth got the bill down to $1000 from $3500 which is good but still you have to ask yourself my sim card was stolen and I didn't use the phone at all

[Pee]

I wouldn't pay it,

Try this guys trick instead, see how you go.

Dear Gareth,

I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $1000 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, Big Kiwi.

Full Thread - http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

Pee

[BIGKIWI]

hahahahah will have to try it

[ParnellPanther]

you sure you werent on one of your week long memory deleting trips and using the phone pal?

[Pee]

Yea he sells a shitload no doubt of T-Shirt's and merchandise just to go out of his way to defraud a phone company while on a trip to Fiji.... :roll:

Why he's a super criminal calling dumb-ass's world wide in an effort to get your vote!

[Bobsta]

No offence dude, but you seem to attract a lot of drama around you!