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The words O2 and CUSTOMER SERVICE are both poles apart when you have a problem that needs sorting out. They listen on the telephone and say they will sort it out, then proceed to do nothing. Write them a letter with everything detailed, they will ignore it completelly. I have had a problem with a contract phone, that O2 have ignored for over 6 months now, I ended up with three numbers from them and a bill each month for all three numbers.

I quickly cancelled ther direct debit, called them, wrote to them, went into the O2 shop and they all did NOTHING! The end result is a letter from their debt collectors - Westcot - so in reply to their recovery for a debt that does not exist - I have issued proceedings in the small claims court for costs, expenses and of course for stress.

Their inability to own up to a problem and to deal with it effectively is just beyond belief. Keep your sanity and stay away from O2, they are more trouble than they are worth. After 5 years with vodafone I'm now sorry I moved and will be back like a shot when the mess is sorted out. STAY AWAY FROM O2!!!!!
Mr D Liggins ... 14 January 2004

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I have been everywhere (as O2 are well informed) to try to get a £10 top up card refunded.although it's been scratched off already, no credit from the card's been used.The retailer wont give me the refund, no other shop will either and this has been going on for three months now. A very nice lady named Julie, from O2customer services telephoned the awful man(retailer),& told him she was from trading standards & to refund the money, by law he had to, due to card being wrongly sold to me in the first place. He would not. My mother&sister are both O2 pay monthly customers, my last attempt was to request I send you the card & the unused amount be credited to one of their accounts, this was again disallowed. My life has become very unfair and stressful due to this happening & I want this over and done with now. Please advise. Miss Dominique Wardle ... 10 June 2003
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My complaint is regarding O2:
All in all its just been one hassle after another. I wish I'd stuck to my first contract with Orange! ..
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.. Mr David Shirley ... 19 June 2003
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Mrs Calli, your email was sent in on 29/5/03, and you state that you had unlimited text and WAP when you bought your SIM last year (which implies 2002).
As I am sure O2 wil have informed you, O2 did not sell any tariffs with unlimited allowances after September 2001, so this means you are at the very least incorrect about your tariff.

In addition, O2 sent EVERY customer an email in September explaining the changes to the top up requirements - IN YOUR favour I might add, because it means that now, you no longer have to add £10 every month if you dont want to. The basic situation is that you need to top up once each month, at least 48 hours before your anniversary date, as it takes upto 2 days to allocate your free SMS/WAP after topping up.

If you dont top up in tht period, then your SMS/WAP become chargeable - for gods sake, you dont think they give you 300 SMS and 300 mins WAP calls for nothing - if you do you are more stupid that most O2 Online pay and go customers. I personly think you just dont understand your tariff - because I know for a fact that most of what you have said on this post - especially about unimited allowances which I know for certain is untrue.

I know this because I was until recently an employee of the company an have become used to crap from customers like you who simply mke your complaints up as you go along! PS rather than ringing them (I'm surprised you havent moaned about paying 50ppm to call customer service), I'd suggest emailing them at mycare@o2.co.uk R Biggs .. 27 June 2003
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I would just like to say that I became an O2 customer back in December. I had several problems from the beginning.
The bills were not correct and they were charging me MORE money than they needed too!

Then I started having a few money problems so I would pay as MUCH of my bill as I could. They seemed to be fine with this. I then owed them a lot of money, and paid it ALL in one go, clearing it! They then BAR my phone.

You ring Customer Services, and they put you on hold for 30 minutes. Then as soon as 6pm arrives. WHAM the lines all go dead. This happens everytime!! I have now had to pay O2 £122.18 to have my phone cut off. I haven't used it for 6months!!!! due to them cutting it off, and issues with money that they say they haven't receieved, yet I have had bank statements proving they've taken it out. O2, you are a load of rubbish!!! Rachel Simms..7 August 2003
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I’m on a tariff on which I am entitled to 200 Mins a month @ Weekends of free calls to a landline or Mobile Internet.
Great tariff I hear you say! But if only I were receiving the free minutes I am Allocated! Since 3 weeks ago I have not been getting my free Minutes. I phoned the help line several times every weekend but was told there was a Fault in the network and the engineers were "working on it" Still working on it 3 weeks later? One wonders what is happening to o2! I am also Having trouble sending and receiving calls and texts I have wasted at least £42.00 On calls to so called "member services helpline" When is the service going to get back to normal? Or should I move my custom to another more reliable network that respects their Customers and does not insult their intelligence?
Mary Loughrey ... 9 August 2003
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I recently changed my phone from pay as you go to monthly bill.
I purchased my phone from the o2 shop in Belfast. This was portrayed as the best thing in the world so of course i signed up for the contract. I took out the o2 gold insurance which costs me £4.99 a month. As far as I was aware the sales person told me this would cover for anything but obviously forgot to tell me about the excess.

This phone isnt even six months old and is not working very well.The volume wont turn down and the phone keeps knocking itself off. It has been put down to water damage. I have never got this phone wet but apparently if you use the phone outdoors in the rain this can damage it. I have not used it outdoors.

If phones are made as weak as this I think there is a problem. My point is as a first timer signing a contract I dont believe this was explained very well. As a pay and go customer my phone probably cost me approx £30 a month now this phone that doesnt work properly is costing me roughly £70 to £80 a month plus £60 insurance. I would have put the fault of the phone down to a faulty handset and battery. This could be a scam, how am I to know that it is actually water damaged.

I would like an explanation and information as how i can get my mobile fixed.without cost to me.. Janet Ward .... 23 September 2003
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After 12 months of dealing with a totally incompetant o2 customer dis-service,
from billing errors, to incorrect billing corrections etc etc etc, i called to cancel the contract. 1 month later got a bill. no record you cancelled said o2 ? so i ensured they cancelled and they told me to ring back following day to arrange a rebate (website is more upto date than systems customer dis-service use). rang following day and 02 said, what cancellation request !

They are useless, letters to complaints go ignored, so obviously not iterested either. Never again o2, never again.... Mark Ellam ... 1 October 2003
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I am another person fed up with o2 so called customer service.
A nokia 7250i phone that I purchased 3 moths ago has been away for repair several times and they still can't fix the fault for longer than 2 days. The repairs have taken 5 weeks. They now want to send it away again for repair but it seems like a waste of time. Kevin Medcalf ... 7 December 2003
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The network is fine.
I have been overcharged on bills. I have sent 20 Emails & 2 letters 5 in calls.No response,just false promises of a reply. What can I do,they owe me Approx 30. Brian Buttery ... 21 December 2003

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