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Showing posts with label Talk. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

DON'T JOIN TALK TALK ! If you want good service

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Their customer services REALLY ARE A JOKE!. But not in any funny sort of way :-)

My experience so far has been, lets say,a little annoying!. After getting my name wrong on the Welcome pack (used my first name as my Surname!),NOT sending me my requested Wireless Router (Which, by the way TalkTalk,I DID ask for!),Sending me random bills which simply demanded money but contained no explanation as to what for!, and then, when I contacted customer service (an oxymoron if ever there was one!) I spent 35 minutes listening to their BL**DY company jingle before being spoken too briefly by a REAL PERSON to then, after 5 more minutes listening to another annoying jolly tune, being CUT OFF because the call centre closed...brilliant!


Please folks.....take it from someone who has had the (sad) experience of being a customer...don't join this AWFUL,Impersonal and unhelpful service......save your cash,buy a mobile,get wireless broadband...but don't join TALK TALK.....you have been warned !.


So,to summarise:


If you like your friends and would like to keep them...please don't recommend TALK TALK to them.


If you want good customer services...don't join TALK TALK.


If you DO love listening to the same song on hold,played over and over again for half an hour...DO join TALK TALK!.

Open letter:

Dear TalkTalk. I have a suggestion for you regarding cutting down on the insane amount of time that you expect your "valued" customers to spend listening to your jingle whilst awaiting connection to a member of your staff (honestly, it's like the musical equivalent of Chinese water torture!).

Bright Idea!


Why don't you allow people to call you.Leave their contact number for your call centre staff to pick up, then they could call the customer back when your staff are free to talk! Not bl**dy rocket science is it?

Some of my more perceptive readers may sense that I am not happy with my TalkTalk broadband provider. The sad fact is that as with all large companies, they spend so much time trying to get new customers onto their books that they don't appear to give a dogs danglies about their existing clients......such is the way of the modern world,all things are not fair in love...or broadband!.


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Friday, 19 February 2010

When special offers are not really...well....offers at all !

I received an email from my telephone provider today.Its a strange one really because they also own the company that I have my broadband with...but I am not actually a broadband customer of theirs! .Anyway,I digress !. The point of this post is to illustrate how companies can "bend the facts" to make bad deals appear to be very good ones!

This is the email
I received.....


"Welcome to February's TalkTalk Rewards. This month we've got even more great gifts for you - from PC accessories to educational games, music and DVDs.

You could get your hands on a funky laptop sleeve, learn the basics of French, boogie on down with the greatest hits from the 70's and 80's CD or get fit for summer at home with a Body Blitz DVD. With loads of gifts to choose from, there's something to suit everyone.

Remember these gifts are free* - all you have to pay is £2.99 for postage and packaging. It's our way of saying thanks for being a TalkTalk customer. So what are you waiting for? Collect your reward today! "

Sounds good so far yeah ?.....well, not quite.....let me explain why.........

This is an example of some of the FREE gifts on offer:


Neoprene for up to 14 inch Laptop Sleeve
A Neoprene laptop sleeve."Worth £13.99" + £2.99 postage. I bought one of these in the POUND SHOP 2 weeks ago....yes, for a pound !

1m Signalex HDMI cable

An HDMI Cable. "Worth £12.99" Err...sorry again ! £1.99 actually in Home Bargains ...less than the postage for my "FREE" item !

Portable USB Memory Card Reader (12 Card Types)


A 12-in-1 card reader. Worth £9.99 (as they tell you) ? No.Bought one the exact same from the POUND SHOP...for a pound (Strangely) 2 weeks ago! And yet again you have to pay £2.99 for their postage !

Foehn & Hirsch W180 Groove MP4 Player 4GB FM Radio
A 4GB MP3/4 player. Foehn & Hirsch W180 Groove MP4 Player 4GB FM Radio G-Sensor and Charger with 1.8 TFT Screen Black.£ 27.99 (SRP £59.99)+£2.99 P&P. Erm.........Ebay says you are wrong



So be warned, all that glitters is not gold, and all that is "free" may actually be being sold !

Suffice to say that I won't be "buying" any of these "rewards" :-)
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