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Offline John

Has BT gone to the dogs completely?
« on: September 29, 2015, 01:27:42 AM »
Several times over the last year I had need to contact BT about their contracted phone line and broadband service. On each occasion I found it a laborious and onerous task.  Logging into ones account always seems to take ages and that is always on the basis that the passwords even work.  Each time I required to log in I found myself having to reset my password and even then there was no guarantee that they would work.  Enter four incorrect digits and it was then a 20 minute wait to have another go and so it goes on. 

In desperation today I decided to telephone them suspecting from the outset that I would be in for a long wait as my call transferred to the Indian subcontinent.  I was right, 20 minutes later having listened to various pieces of crap music a young lady from Mumbai answered my call.  She appeared to have some difficulty in answering my questions so put me on hold again whilst she attempted to transfer me to the billing section.  Ten more minutes passed before the call was eventually answered, an English accent this time. I had had enough this time, my attempts then to cancel my account were met with offers of reduced terms and special offers. Bloody hell, if I had known this I would have attempted to cancel months ago!

In the end I told them what they already knew and that was that Sky was undercutting them drastically at the moment so the inevitable was about to happen.  I contacted Sky's website and within moments got an advisor on chat and within a few minutes had a new contract sorted.

Wake up BT...your service is CRAP!!


« Last Edit: September 29, 2015, 01:51:28 AM by John »
A malicious prosecution for a crime which never existed. An exposé of egregious malfeasance by public officials.
Indeed, the truth never changes with the passage of time.

Offline Myster

Re: Has BT gone to the dogs completely?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2015, 08:31:22 AM »
For a second I thought you were having a dig at pugsy's old man!  @)(++(*
 
You've changed to Sky?... deary me!  They're as bad as BT for customer service... with established suckers, that is.
 
They're matey and hunky-dory at the start if you're new, but once hooked with a cheap deal then their service degenerates from atrocious to abysmal.


They took over from a small company called Be who I never had the least bit of trouble with – connection made quickly every time, no reductions in broadband speed, great free phone enquiry service (from a sultry-sounding beauty with perfect English, based in Bulgaria – I asked her for a date but she said it was too far, even though I offered a free plane ticket! Desperate or what?).


Then Sky bought them out and mediocrity kicked in. Two minute waits while they check the line every time I connect, extreme variations in speed from snail to tortoise, and finally bumping up my fee by £11 a month without any notification at all – no e-mail, no info on their website, nothing. I asked for an online chat, waiting 10 minutes for an answer which never came, sent several mails without any reply and when I rang up to complain I was put on hold for 15 minutes, and even then got no satisfaction - "Go to Sky online and tell us your broadband speed", they said... "To hell with that!!!", I replied euphemistically. Cancellation is in the offing.


Sky? You can stick it!  %56&


Yours angrily,  ?8)@)-)


Myster.
It's one of them cases, in'it... one of them f*ckin' cases.