[Merged] Install nightmare, billing etc - Page 2

Jules · 01-11-2006, 09:30

I am guessing someone didn't get installed yesterday

RS100 · 03-11-2006, 17:02

Where has the op gone??????????????????

Jules · 04-11-2006, 11:18

Looks like the install did not go well if it went ahead at all as he has not been here since 30/10.....................let us hope it gets sorted and he is back soon.

AndrewJ · 04-11-2006, 11:31

Another intiated NTL Customer

AntiSilence · 04-11-2006, 14:33

Just wait for him to post a rant

lostandconfused · 06-11-2006, 09:18

maybe it went really well and hasnt had the need to come back here?

ive heard rumours that it has gone well once before lol

LixeL · 06-11-2006, 17:30

I must say that our install for the phone and tv about 5 years ago was fine, then setting up the dial up connection about a year later was fine and about 18 months ago the broadband was 95% good (the only thing missing was the engineer with the green conduit, so the other guy just strung the cable round).

During the 6 years I never had any quibbles with NTLs services (think it was C&W at the start), tv always fine, phone never cutoff and broadband never a problem, even the duff modem I was given at the installation was swapped within 24 hours of notifying them.

The only problem I have had is terminating the contract due to moving house to an uncabled street. Its been about four months now and apart from the help on here from a couple of members Ive had nothing but hassle, trying phone calls, letters and emails all to no avail. Its all gone quiet for the last three weeks but im not sure if that is just the calm before the baliffs. Thing is it should have been so straightforward, I wasn't in any 12 month contract period and was happy to pay 30 days notice, its just the different stories every time I phoned up that was so painful.

pooper · 08-11-2006, 09:23

Another day passes, and i get 2 letters.... confirming my direct debit details... "ohh they must have accidentally sent 2 letters out" i thought.... until i checked the account numbers and realised they were both unique. *sigh*

OK... so maybe they've somehow accidentally created 2 accounts... i need to nip this in the bud and get one canceled ASAP.

So i call the number on the letter (billing department) and get through to an Indian lady, who i could barely hear or understand. She informs me that this is probably normal and that one of the accounts isn't active... but she'll put me through to customer services to double check... (!?)

So i get through to some young-sounding girl, who promptly tells me that i need to talk to 'disconnections' and forwards my call before i even get a chance to reply...

So then i get through to a really smug-sounding South African guy on the disconnections team. He tells me (in a really patronising way) that yes, that is normal. But when i tell him that i've only signed up for broadband and i give him my 2 account numbers... he tells me that in fact, yes, there is a problem.

So after spending 20 mins on hold, he comes back to me, sounding REALLY happy with himself "it's all OK now sir, i've fixed the problem for you, i've closed one of the accounts". So i thank him and then hurry off to work.

Upon arriving home later that evening, i check my mobile, to see that ive got about 15 missed calls, and a txt from the lady that originally called me to 'setup' my install date. She wanted to know if i still wanted my ntl broadband installed!

So i call her back and tell her that i do still want my broadband installed... "oh" she says "well because the account i created has been cancelled" So i explain the fact that i had 2 accounts created... THEN she tells me that she doesn't know if the engineer will be around to install it anymore (it's due to be installed the next day) because they cancelled HER account that she created, which had the engineer booked.

By this stage, i'm getting pretty ****ed off... i haven't even got it installed yet and i'm already been passed from pillar to post and getting nowhere fast.

She tells me that she won't be able to tell me if the engineer is or isn't coming round, until she gets in the office the next morning....

Soooooooo the next morning arrives... the South African guy calls me... and asks if my broadband is being installed today... i tell him that i'm assuming it is...!?

13:35... still no engineer... so i call the install woman back... who tells me that BOTH accounts have now been cancelled, and there's no chance that my install will be going ahead today.

So now i am absolutley FUMING. She tells me that she will e-mail the guy who cancelled the other account (I'm assuming it's the South African guy), and she'll get back to me....

In the meantime, some random guy calls me and asks if i've had broadband installed yet... "nope" i reply.. He also asks me what i've got booked for the 7th November... "nothing, as far as i'm aware...?' i reply... Then he tells me he might be able to squeeze in an installation in the afternoon, and he'll call me back in 10 mins to let me know... I never heard from him again.

THEN i get a callback from the South African guy.. who basically admits that it's his fault and he cancelled both accounts. I tell him that i'm highly annoyed and i will be wanting some form of compensation for this, seeing as i had to rearrange my shift patterns to get this day off and now i'll be without an internet connection for a week.

He asks me in a nonchalant manner "well is there an internet cafe nearby"......... Wow..... i really wanted to kill someone at this point... but i remained calm.... just about!

He then tells me that he's booked in an install for November 7th PM.... (a week later from my original installation date).

November 7th arrives, install happens........ no real problems. THANK GOD!

(What i'm GUESSING happened... is that; after i completed the internet order, someone (the lady who called me) must have somehow grabbed hold of my order (for commission?) and processed it herself, but at the same time, the internet order was also processed as well. (Something that did strike me as odd... when she originally called me, to confirm/book the install date & time, she told me "oh if you recommend a friend, and they sign up to ntl, you'll get ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£50 off your next bill.........!)

Anyway, let's just hope that from here on out, everything goes smoothly!

Paul K · 08-11-2006, 09:25

Couldn't you have just used your other thread to continue this?
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...php?t=33602843

pooper · 08-11-2006, 09:25

OK i'm FINALLY back lol

Here's my story: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...9#post34153219

Oh the joy! lol

Now someone pass the Valium please!

lostandconfused · 08-11-2006, 09:57

so the installation was ok when it happened then?

MovedGoalPosts · 08-11-2006, 11:25

Threads merged

Jules · 08-11-2006, 11:27

Good to see you back and all is well

MovedGoalPosts · 08-11-2006, 11:28

Glad to see that the install has finally happened, but it does seem you had a mega run around. You've asked for compensation, but did anyone agree to it?

pooper · 08-11-2006, 13:01

Yeah sorry i made a bit of a mess of those posts, thanks for tidying those up for me :P

Install was quick and painless thank god! Connected at 10mb, and been getting pretty good download speeds... although through http it seems capped at about 400K/sec.. which im assuming is because of the proxy.. but i haven't had time to fiddle around with that yet. Through ftp, i get the full 1200K/sec pretty much

As for compensation, i'm going to send an email to 'someone' not quite sure where to send it yet.. anyone have any suggestions? Or is there just a general complaints dept that i should send it to?