Missed engineer appointments and denial of conversation with Customer service

[#1]

Here's another example of customer service not having a grip on what's going on.
I recently suggested a long standing referal of mine should think about upgrading to fibre to improve their service & reduce their costs.
However, I have just had this message from them:
"We are in the process of upgrading to Fibre, but the customer service over the last couple of weeks has been appalling.
We have been quoted £16.50 per month for unlimited internet and phone rental.
I took a day off work on 11/11/15 to wait in for an engineer to come, but they never showed! So i phoned Plusnet to complain, they said they would give us 2 months free internet as an apology, however they have kept charging us. I have been on the phone to them again tonight to challenge these charges, but all they could say was that nothing was on their system to say about 2 months free internet. They are supposed to be sending an engineer tomorrow, 25/11/15, so we will see if they turn up! "
I'm not that surprised to hear about the missed appointments and delays as BTO have such a bad record of keeping appointments, and PN have very managed to create a mosnte of a customer service system . I am concerned and annoyed  that a promise was made to the customer and no record of it has been kept.
Should a COS person take this up pm me for the custmers user name
Thanks

[#2]

Welcome to Plusnet ! In 8 months I had 3 no-show of the engineer, and also 2 times an engineer came unannounced (when I wasn't there).

[#3]

These issues of missed appointments is really down to
a) BT Openreach cancelling engineer appointments with no explanation
b) Plus Net not bothering to inform the customer when BTO cancel
c) PN then doing nothing about it or providing complete explanation & appology
d) PN taking ages to answer the phone.
Because BTO  are at arms length from PN, customer service are behaving as if they have no responsibilty to customers

[#4]

The latest Which report clearly states that BTOR always pays compensation to the isps, including Plusnet, for missed appointments. Sadly the isps, including Plusnet, are not passing this onto the customers. 10% of appointments are missed!!

[#5]

To get compensation from PN for missed appointments  , you need to raise a complaint
When an appointment is missed, this info is very useful : http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/delivery-rights
Kind regards
Mike

[#6]

I've just checked with the customer.. They have given them one month's free fibre broadband, worth £7.99 credited to their account! What is the actual rate?

[#7]

How much Plusnet get is irrelevant (it's actually very considerably more than £7.99). If the customer has incurred a loss they are entitled to claim in full - see the Money Saving Expert article.
If you are not there for an appointment and the engineer can't get access you will be charged £50 - you might consider that appropriate.

[#8]

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How much Plusnet get is irrelevant

Rubbish! It is very relevant. This money should be paid to the customer, which is the point of the Which article.

[#9]

It's totally irrelevant - if a customer loses £200 they can claim £200 which is way more than the ISP gets from OpenReach.

[#10]

Good points, although the article - as I read it- implies that compensation is acheved via the small claims court process and  only likely to be considred by the court  when the engineers miss  a SECOND appointment. As it is perfectly resonable for BTO to miss or cancel  the first appointment without explanation and for the customer to endure the inconvenience .
However I do feel £50 is a good starting point.

[#11]

Loss of earnings can be claimed on top of any money awarded by BT. I suggest that you read the article.

[#12]

The problem is that when people know how much PN get they think that is the limit to what they could claim. The point I'm trying to make is that is not the case.

[#13]

Quote from: tijara33

Loss of earnings can be claimed on top of any money awarded by BT. I suggest that you read the article.

You can claim whatever you want, but you are always going to be asked to justify your claim.
The same goes for any action you take in the county court. You will have to demonstrate the amount claim reflects what you've lost.

[#14]

... and the county court will not be in the least bit interested in what the ISP may or may not have received from OpenReach - that is irrelevant.

[#15]

Quote from: AndyH

The same goes for any action you take in the county court. You will have to demonstrate the amount claim reflects what you've lost.

Do you not also have to be prepared to go to ADR first?