21-03-2014 19:59 - edited 21-03-2014 20:04
21-03-2014 19:59 - edited 21-03-2014 20:04
I started my contract in April 2013 on a £32 a month tariff with 750MB of data. To cut a long story short, every month since then I've been going over my limit and making my bill come up to about £60 a month because I've been purcashing the overpriced one-off data bolt-ons (£25 for 1.8GB of data)
The Live Chat representitives knew how much I was paying each month, because they were the ones adding the bolt-ons. Last month one advised me to change to a £42 a month tariff with 2GB of data because it was the "best tariff for data".
Anyway, I've found this month that I've still gone over the 2GB data and bought all of the available one-off data bolt-ons (so this month's data will yet again be over £70).
I went into the live chat to ask what I could do and got told that I could have been getting an extra 4GB of data for only an extra £5 a month!!
Absolutely fuming that I've been paying £60 a month for using like 2.5GB of data alltogether, as well as the fact that the other guy lied to me and said the £42 a month tariff was the best I could get, I asked to be changed back to the £32 a month contract and have the extra 4GB of data for £5 every month (totalling £37 a month for 4.7GB of data).
He said no, because I'm not eligible to change my tariff again. I only changed it because I was lied to and told that it was the best one I could get! Anyway, I accepted the extra 4GB of data every month and so I will now be paying £47 a month for 6GB of total data (instead of paying the £60 for 2.5GB of total data).
However, I'm really angry that I'm not being allowed to go back to my old tariff and pay £37 a month. Also, I'm equally angry at the fact that I was lied to by the other o2 representative and that it took another live chat person over a year of seeing me paying £60/£70 a month to tell me that I could have actually been getting even more data for only an extra £5 a month.
What can I do?
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on 21-03-2014 20:01
on 21-03-2014 20:01
21-03-2014 20:02 - edited 21-03-2014 20:03
21-03-2014 20:02 - edited 21-03-2014 20:03
Hi,
Use wifi when and where possible.
Look at what your doing each month to accrue these data usages.
Once you have changed tariffs its not always possible to return to it im afraid.
on 21-03-2014 20:05
on 21-03-2014 20:05
In light of the fact that you qualified for the 4GB/£5 added data and you were misadvised about the best tariff for your needs, I would definitely go down the formal complaint route : O2 | Complaint
on 21-03-2014 20:07
I agree.
Do let us know how you get on.
Perhaps if you PM @Toby he may be able to assist you.
He is the Community Co Ordinator.
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/60444
on 21-03-2014 20:07
on 21-03-2014 20:07
on 21-03-2014 20:12
Thanks for the advice guys. The Live Chat complaints is closed at the moment. Does anybody know if the people on the phone (number 202) will be from the UK? I struggle to talk to foreign people as I never understand what they're saying and feel rude having to keep asking them to repeat.
21-03-2014 20:13 - edited 21-03-2014 20:14
from 202 on your phone are normally Uk Based callcentres.
Monday-Friday 08:00 - 21:00
Saturday 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday 09:00 - 18:00
on 21-03-2014 20:16
on 21-03-2014 20:16
on 21-03-2014 20:38
on 21-03-2014 20:38
There is a live chat for complaints, usually UK based. I used them myself when in Thailand.