I have been a loyal customer with Plusnet and renewed my contract on the basis that up to now the service provided as well as the customer service has been good. So much so that I recommended Plusnet to my father who has taken up services with the company.
I recently found that the deal I was getting with Plusnet was not the best around as both Sky and Talk Talk were offering better priced broadband. I rang Plusnet who kindly offered a reduced monthly payment plus £50 cashback. Because of this deal and the cashback I agreed to stay with Plusnet.
The reduced payment was applied immediatedly but there was no sign of the cashback. I emailed Plusnet who told me that the cashback was not noted on the contract so they would need to listen to call back to the call to confirm that I was eligible. Fair enough I thought, and they got back to me to say yes I was eligible that there must have been a communication error when the sales assistant was updating my account. Mistakes happen but I was happy that they were sorting it out.
Except this is not the case. It has been 3 MONTHS since I was promised cashback and they keep fobbing me off with a automated message saying that they are waiting for an update:
"Thank you for your patience.
Unfortunately, we are still waiting for an update in regards to your cashback. We will continue to monitor this and offer our sincere apologies for the delay."
The question has been put on "hold" and the release date keeps getting pushed further and further back. What is unacceptable is that I have not been told what the delay is or what is happening. I wrote back expressing my frustation and asked for some clarification on what is happening but since then the release date has been pushed back AGAIN and I received the following message:
"Thank you for your patience.
Unfortunately, we are still waiting for an update in regards to your cashback. We will continue to monitor this and offer our sincere apologies for the delay."
For a company which prides itself on customer service, it is unbelievably poor to offer "sincere" apologies on a repeated basis without giving any indication of what is actually happening, even when asked. It is clear that absolutely no regard has been paid to my concerns as a customer and I am left feeling that I have, in effect, been duped into staying with the company on false promises. I should not have to repeatedly chase the cashback with was promised to me as an incentive to stay with Plusnet.
I'm left angry and frustrated, and if someone does not contact me with a personal response telling me what exactly is happening then I will be cancelling my contact and switching internet providers.
Abraham
