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12 Complaints on fail to deliver services, and below standard customer services

azzurribikes
Level 2

It’s regarding

  • Ongoing delay of service (complaint 1)
  • Below standard customer service (complaint 2- 12)

 

Complaint 1)   promised 24-48 hours static ip setup, waited for 7 days, still not setup

 

  • 10 Jun 2021, I requested a 24-48 hours static ip setup
  • 12 June 2021, I called again to follow up the issue
  • now it's 17/Jun 2021, the static ip is still NOT setup yet

 

 

Complaint 2)   Wrong Transfer to Wrong Department up to 5 times, huge time wasted

 

16/Jun/2021

  • I called the small business technical support line, I identified myself to an agent, my name, address, purpose of call, the phone was ended, no agents call me back
  • I called again, I identified myself to an agent again, my name, address, purpose of call, the phone was transferred to a sales team
  • I called again, I identified myself to an agent again, my name, address, purpose of call, the phone was transferred to a residential technical support team, not a small business support team
  • I called again, I identified myself to an agent again, my name, address, purpose of call, am agent refer me to another agent, I need to identify myself again

 

 

Complaint 3)    No one delivered any promises with a reasonable timeline

 

  • When you request a timeline to the resolution of a problem 
  • The standard answer is "we don't know the timeline"

 

 

Complaint 4)  I am the authorized person to the account,

- which has already been identified on 10/Jun/2021, formally recorded in the account with my name, email, phone number

- yet, some agents require me to verify an SMS PIN from the account owner

- some don't

- some just require the address and my number

- some don't

- some request the account holder's name and DOB

- some don't

- it's very confused the way TPG handling the very same step

 

 

Complaint 5)   Technical support agent call ended randomly

- I had to repeat the whole process again and again

- it happened 2 times while I was placed on hold

- it happened 2 times while I was speaking to an agent

- My phoneline is 100% healthy, and never had any issue to any 3rd party in the past.

 

 

Complaint 6)  Technical support agent with terrible noise at background,

- animal barking, ** CROWS, machinery noise,  

- online forum says it's TPG staffs working from home in Filipino villages, I think that’s 99% true  

- My phoneline is 100% healthy, and never had any issue to anyone in the past.

 

 

Complaint 7)   Technical support team on 12/June/2021, didn't escalate the static Ip issue,

- I had to call again on 16/June, wasted me 4 days.

 

 

Complaint 8)   Team leader Ann said the issue will be fixed generally on the same day (16/Jun/2021),  

- she sent me an SMS saying she will keep me updated on 16/Jun/2021

- but no update after the SMS

- I had to called the TPG call centre manually again on 17/June/2021

 

 

Complaint 9)   The resolution process is completely NOT up to standard

- who is the case manager

- who will deal with the technical side

- who will call me or message me

- when will it be done

- Absolutely NO customer service level whatsoever

 

 

Complaint 10)  The note the agent written after each phone call is not fully accurate,

- every time I had to correct certain details, or repeat certain details

- I had to request a read out of what they write down every time to verify the details being correct.

 

 

Complaint 11)  There is no case manager for a single case, everytime I had to

-  no direct email number, only the general

- no phone number

  • repeat the same story,
  • speak to different agent,
  • correct the same wrong telephone records
  • request the same escalation
  • follow up on the same delay

 

Complaint 12)  There is no case number until i requested from supervisor Ann

 

 

 

3 REPLIES 3
BasilDV
Moderator

Hi @azzurribikes 

 

Thanks for raising this to our attention and we apologise for the inconvenience.

We'd like to have a better understanding of the situation and see what we can do to resolve this as soon as possible.

 

Please send me a PM with your TPG username or customer ID number to assist you accordingly.

 

BasilDV

azzurribikes
Level 2

In addtion to my previous complaints 1- 12

https://community.tpg.com.au/t5/Broadband-Internet/12-Complaints-on-fail-to-deliver-services-and-bel...

 

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Complaint 13)

 

someone called me on Sunday 20/Jun. says he is a technician from TPG

 

he said he got an order to call me, but he said he didnt know what the problem was and asked me to explain to him from scratch

 

I said I have explained 10 times to various persons and departments, check your notes before contacting me

 

it's hard to understand why someone doesn't know what he is doing before calling the customer

 

 

 

Complaints 14)

 

I received an SMS saying nbn requests to send a technician to our property, asking

- yes,

- no,

- help

 

I clicked help,

 

there is no one following up from there since

 

 

Complaint 15)

The static IP was activated some time mysteriously between 20-21/ June, but NO ONE informed us about the activation

  • We had to try every couple of hours before can identify it ourselves
  • More than 20 times restart have been attempted  from 13 – 21 /June
  • Every time a restart of modem requires total shutdown of the whole company’s Internet
  • That causes huge inconvenience to the business and huge loss of productivity

 

Complaint 16)

The TPG senior technical person keep telling misleading information

  • 22/June, I questioned the TPG senior technical person why he didn’t check whether the static ip address has been activated before sending out an nbn technician. The TPG senior technical person said the WAN ip address, was not discoverable, because it was a private information to the customer, I said it is ridiculous excuse, it’s absolutely misleading.
  • 22/June, The TPG senior technical person cannot tell exactly what date and what time the static ip was activated, but on 23/June, The TPG senior technical person said the static ip was activated on 20/Jun according to their record
  • The long conversation on 22/Jun + 23/Jun had wasted me more than 2 hours.

 

Complaint 17)

The TPG senior technical person provides poor and below standard diagnostic solution

  • 20/June, The TPG senior technical person sent out a nbn technician to come, because he said the line was dropping out
  • 22/June, the nbn technician came, I had to take half a day off for his visit, the nbn technician also said the static IP issue is TPG’s internal issue, and has nothing to do with nbn cabling
  • 22/June, I questioned the TPG senior technical person why the dropping out has to do with static ip allocation,
    • line drop out should not be confused with static ip allocation,
    • it is a simple common sense to any one with IT knowledge,
    •  The TPG senior technical person said it is their standard procedure
  • The TPG senior technical person should have checked whether the static ip WAS activated BEFORE sending out an NBN technician
  • The TPG senior technical person should be able to tell what time, what date, the static ip was activated, yet all these critical information was nil according to our long conversation.
  • The long conversation on 22/Jun + 23/Jun had wasted me more than 2 hours.
  • My half day off work could have been avoided.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @azzurribikes,

 

Thanks for the additional details.

We chased this with the assigned Complaints Resolution Case Manager handling this case for additional reference on the ongoing investigation, feedbackwill be provided when it becomes available. If you wish to get real-time update you may contact them via return email.

 

Regards,

 

 

In addtion to my previous complaints 1- 12

https://community.tpg.com.au/t5/Broadband-Internet/12-Complaints-on-fail-to-deliver-services-and-bel...

 

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Complaint 13)

 

someone called me on Sunday 20/Jun. says he is a technician from TPG

 

he said he got an order to call me, but he said he didnt know what the problem was and asked me to explain to him from scratch

 

I said I have explained 10 times to various persons and departments, check your notes before contacting me

 

it's hard to understand why someone doesn't know what he is doing before calling the customer

 

 

 

Complaints 14)

 

I received an SMS saying nbn requests to send a technician to our property, asking

- yes,

- no,

- help

 

I clicked help,

 

there is no one following up from there since

 

 

Complaint 15)

The static IP was activated some time mysteriously between 20-21/ June, but NO ONE informed us about the activation

  • We had to try every couple of hours before can identify it ourselves
  • More than 20 times restart have been attempted  from 13 – 21 /June
  • Every time a restart of modem requires total shutdown of the whole company’s Internet
  • That causes huge inconvenience to the business and huge loss of productivity

 

Complaint 16)

The TPG senior technical person keep telling misleading information

  • 22/June, I questioned the TPG senior technical person why he didn’t check whether the static ip address has been activated before sending out an nbn technician. The TPG senior technical person said the WAN ip address, was not discoverable, because it was a private information to the customer, I said it is ridiculous excuse, it’s absolutely misleading.
  • 22/June, The TPG senior technical person cannot tell exactly what date and what time the static ip was activated, but on 23/June, The TPG senior technical person said the static ip was activated on 20/Jun according to their record
  • The long conversation on 22/Jun + 23/Jun had wasted me more than 2 hours.

 

Complaint 17)

The TPG senior technical person provides poor and below standard diagnostic solution

  • 20/June, The TPG senior technical person sent out a nbn technician to come, because he said the line was dropping out
  • 22/June, the nbn technician came, I had to take half a day off for his visit, the nbn technician also said the static IP issue is TPG’s internal issue, and has nothing to do with nbn cabling
  • 22/June, I questioned the TPG senior technical person why the dropping out has to do with static ip allocation,
    • line drop out should not be confused with static ip allocation,
    • it is a simple common sense to any one with IT knowledge,
    •  The TPG senior technical person said it is their standard procedure
  • The TPG senior technical person should have checked whether the static ip WAS activated BEFORE sending out an NBN technician
  • The TPG senior technical person should be able to tell what time, what date, the static ip was activated, yet all these critical information was nil according to our long conversation.
  • The long conversation on 22/Jun + 23/Jun had wasted me more than 2 hours.
  • My half day off work could have been avoided.

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