Asked by the Customer on 01-04-2016 09:28:05
Question posted in the Consumer Protection Law category relating to Gauteng
Question posted in the Consumer Protection Law category relating to Gauteng
Hi
Trust you are well.
I would like to know if I have a legal standing regarding my case.
I am a autopage cellular customer and have a vodacom line with them. I registered for a top up contract with in in April last year. I know I specifically asked for a top up becuase I did not want the risk of high chargers.
In November last year I increased the top up to 2gp per month, I was advised that the amount that would go off my account would be around R1073 per month on the top up. I agreed and in the months that followed, this is the amount I have been changerd.
In March I received an invoice of about R20,000, this was not per usual and I contacted autopage for clarity as to what this related to. The invoice they send me indicated it was for :DATA USAGE. I did not understand why they would permit that to happen as I specifically asked for a top up and been receiving a top up from Nov 2015 - Feb 2016.
I then realised that my contact with Altech had been handed over to Vodacom due to the sale of Altech Auto, not sure if this is what caused the issue.
I would like to know if there is any legal recourse for this as I did not request an open line for data and the contact I signed was for a top up amount. Which means the data would run out if I went above the amount that was allocatted to me in that month.
Thank you for your advice
Trust you are well.
I would like to know if I have a legal standing regarding my case.
I am a autopage cellular customer and have a vodacom line with them. I registered for a top up contract with in in April last year. I know I specifically asked for a top up becuase I did not want the risk of high chargers.
In November last year I increased the top up to 2gp per month, I was advised that the amount that would go off my account would be around R1073 per month on the top up. I agreed and in the months that followed, this is the amount I have been changerd.
In March I received an invoice of about R20,000, this was not per usual and I contacted autopage for clarity as to what this related to. The invoice they send me indicated it was for :DATA USAGE. I did not understand why they would permit that to happen as I specifically asked for a top up and been receiving a top up from Nov 2015 - Feb 2016.
I then realised that my contact with Altech had been handed over to Vodacom due to the sale of Altech Auto, not sure if this is what caused the issue.
I would like to know if there is any legal recourse for this as I did not request an open line for data and the contact I signed was for a top up amount. Which means the data would run out if I went above the amount that was allocatted to me in that month.
Thank you for your advice
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