RESOLVED: VERY poor customer service on changing to unlimited.

[#1]

I am very disappointed by the poor level of service received after requesting to go on the Unlimited plan on 17th February.  I specifically looked at the site on the 17th to make this change as a support email sent to me on the 16th clearly indicated that a plan was on the way that would be better suited to my needs.
My request was taken and the change put through very quickly.  However, I am having to wait until my next billing date to benefit.  What gets me annoyed here is that the change went through before you billed me for this month.  When asking if it could be changed I have an email to say that "we would normally be able to do this for you."  So in those circumstances I asked if you would compromise and waive any over-run until my next date - you have said no.  On top of this every single reply has come from a separate person.
I have been with you for years since metronet, have two accounts with you and when I changed the other account mid-way through the month this change happened and everything was charged pro-rata.
Plusnet you are showing no customer service and flexibility in what is the worst recession this country has seen in 80 years!
Are you completely mad?
I notice from your blog you have found the time to celebrate your product launch. Congratulations you have bought yourself up to the expectations of customers in today's broadband market.  But perhaps you would like to turn your efforts and attention to getting on top of customer service.

[#2]

Hi Keith,
Sorry for the problems you've experienced with changing to the unlimited product. I've had a look over your account and can see that my colleagues weren't able to change you immediately due to a problem with our system. However they could have done this later in the day, I'll make sure they are aware of this in future.
I've now moved your account over to the Unlimited package for you, you'll be able to see this when you log in to our website.
Regards,
Chris

[#3]

Thank you for contacting me here and by phone today.  I appreciate you looking over this.  It's just a shame that such a public display needs to be made first.  As you say this appears to be down to communication or training and I'm sure you'll deal with it.
Please can you make sure that the pending payment is adjusted to reflect the new introductory price for this package?  I'll raise a ticket for this anyway.
Many thanks

[#4]

As the payment is already pending I can't unfortunately change it, I'll keep an eye on it and give you the relevant refund as soon as the payment completes.

[#5]

Quote from: keithaf

Thank you for contacting me here and by phone today.  I appreciate you looking over this.  It's just a shame that such a public display needs to be made first.  As you say this appears to be down to communication or training and I'm sure you'll deal with it. Please can you make sure that the pending payment is adjusted to reflect the new introductory price for this package?  I'll raise a ticket for this anyway. Many thanks

They've got you on a long contract now.
Don't expect flexibility.

[#6]

jameseh pushed my line on to unlimited after i got of the phone to a unhelpful cs guy.
me thinks the froum pn cs guys and girls should be payed abit of overtime to train these phone guys up to the froum standard of cs

[#7]

Perhaps it's the South African connection?
Or did BT put you through to India?

[#8]

All enquiries to PN are dealt with in the UK. As has been said in other threads, the South African call centre is only used for madasafish customers. You are calling PN, not BT, so will not be put through to anyone in India.

[#9]

Really?
See Shena's contribution http://community.plus.net/blog/2009/02/19/thursday-19th-february/
It's on the Plusnet EOD...
No mention of curried fishes

[#10]

If that is the case, why did CSC SA handle the highest number of calls ever in a day immediately following the Plusnet new product launch?
http://community.plus.net/blog/2009/02/19/thursday-19th-february/
Edit: Snap!

[#11]

Apologies for the diversion to the OP's thread, but I was going by information from <a href="http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,58482.0.html">this thread</a>, amongst others.
If that has changed since then I'm sure someone from CS will let us know.

[#12]

You're hardly to blame  since James was similarly labouring a similar misapprehension only a year ago

Quote from: Jameseh

Hi Jeremy, We have no plans to outsource our CSC to South Africa, nor do we have any plans to move the CSC out in SA over here. I can fully appreciate how there would be concerns regarding this. All PlusNet support continues to be UK based.

[#13]

Just to let you know that I'm still keeping an eye on that ticket for you Keith, and I'll refund the necessary asap.

[#14]

Interested to see that the OP has received an email about the new products. Has everyone received these? I only ask because I wouldn't have known about the changes had I not been a forum reader. BTW my billing date was the 21st and the change to Value has gone through seamlessly - thank you PN.

[#15]

I believe the email will be from one of our affiliates rather than ourselves.