The Weekly Gripe

Customer service problems?

Customer service hell

Call centres and customer service

If you have experienced problems with customer service and are not receiving the help you should, please feel free to join in this discussion with like minded people and share your experiences with us.



If you've ever called the customer service desk of some large organisation, you may have experienced frustration, anger or despair and been left with the feeling that you are nothing more than a nuisance or unwanted interruption.

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12-5-2008I completely agree I bought system from them and it is giving trouble in one month. They said that they would get it picked and check I am still waiting for their courier to come and collect. I cant go out and needs to stay at home. I regret buying and will not recommend it to any one else.vyas
18-3-2008Ordered 4 items of bedroom furniture last September. They arrived finally on 18th March. 2 of 4 items too damaged to be used. Am told that replacements are no longer in stock. I am not prepared to have mis-matched furniture in my bedroom & will have to wait in yet again for stuff to be taken awa...moreDon't use Debenhams Direct
22-2-2008Have you had a hard time at the hands of energy or utility suppliers? Is customer service letting you down? Or maybe you have a good news story. The ITV Local consumer team wants to hear from you. Take our two minute consumer survey http://www.itvlocal.com/meridian/surveyITV Local Meridian and Thames Valle
29-1-2008I ordered a river island dress and it came 1 month to arrive after I had paid for the blumming thing! buy from river island no way jose!>:(
18-1-2008I ordered a laptop on 31 December 2007. Order acknowledged 2 Jan 2008 - estimated delivery date 21 Jan. Chased 7 Jan because the tracker wasn't telling me at what stage it was. Confirmed by Dell that estimated delivey 21 Jan. Same again on 15 Jan confirmed by customer care same day target was 21...moreStuart
16-1-2008Last time I called Dell I was patched thru to their Pakistani call center. I was so frustrated with the laptop I bought & their pathetic service I sarcastically explained to the person on the other end of the line that they were making me suicidal! Suddenly he got all excited & started aski...moreRC
07-12-2007I have written Dell 6 lengthly letters giving all the detils of my payments (checks cashed by them). They harrassed me for one year from 8 am to l0 pm - 7 days a week. I owe $24.00 and they won't acknowledge my correspondence, so I can write this miserable experience off. Yesterday I got a l...moreBubbi
06-12-2007Horrible horrible experience with Dell Technical Support since I received my desktop and laptop in 2005. I am currently in the midst of another bad round of service with them related to my hard drive crash. Most recently, the rep did not log the call and dispatch of service so there is no record and...morePatti
19-9-2007I have also had a terrible experience (still unresolved at the time of writing). I decided to take this further: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BT-SERVICE/Disgruntled
03-9-2007I spent 20 minutes waiting for a BT customerr advisor . When I eventually got one, she decided to transfer me to someone else, which took about 10 minutes - then I got cut off!! BT are crap, I want to leave them for good, but how can I do that when they can't even answer the phone. If I don &#...moreDixielander
30-8-2007Dell Double Hell I ordered a Laptop with extra hard/software in July 07 (I wish I had seen some of the above comments first!) Problems began when I received a mail of late delivery. Spent most of the month trying to get them to confirm when they would honour the delivery, which they never did, To...moreDeepak Patel
28-8-2007I'm with NTL and I have to say have thought about moving several times for one reason and another., but actually before you consider moving, think about the old adage, that the grass is not greener on the other side.g



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