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Home phone not working, no dial tone, support staff useless.

Trooper9
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Message 30 of 30

Yesterday I spent one and a half hours on mobile phone to two different alleged technical support engineers. They were informed that there was no dial tone and that I had connected a simple corded telephone to the line and that I could only hear low level electronic noise. Eventually after running tests on the line I was told that the tests showed that there was no problem with the lines to my house so the "device's operating system could need updating by the vendor".  A simple corded telephone? They could not understand this. I suggested that the problem was probably with the Open Reach exchange but all I got back was the same answer, update the device!

 

Is there anyone I can call other than these clowns?

 

 

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Message 1 of 30

@Representingpam,

 

Your post won't reach staff attention on this old thread.

 

There's also a problem posting on the forum in that the community staff cannot yet sort out issues for former Shell customers - hopefully that will come, but for now you need to be asking to speak to the Shell Migration team whether using Chat or the phone [03451 720088, 9am till 6pm Saturday].

 

If you have Power of Attorney, you usually have to send proof to each and every company that the person you represent has dealings with. So that would need to be sent to the debt collection agency.

 

If it's a relatively recent PoA, this can be done online, rather than sending documents in the post:

 

https://publicguardian.blog.gov.uk/2020/09/09/use-a-lasting-power-of-attorney-your-questions-answere...

 

If you are simply a Nominated User, you'll need to check with the Shell Migration team that you can represent the customer when dealing with the debt collection agency:

 

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Articles/Nominated-user/ta-p/2205256

 

If you need further clarification on the forum, please return to the message board [choose billing, not Home Phone from the Help with your Service options in the forum menu]; click on start a topic to begin your own thread and staff will respond after the weekend. They won't be back on here before Monday. 

 

You'd also need to complete your community forum profile in the Personal Information area with YOUR details and, lower down, complete the full details of the lady's name, address, Talktalk phone number and account number in Private Notes. Scroll down further to SAVE CHANGES. 

 

Gliwmaeden2, a fellow customer.
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Message 2 of 30
  • I'm representing a vunerable,elderly lady who has dementia.Her line has been cut off now for nearly two months  due to an oversight when Shell handed over to talk-talk.The outstanding bill of approx £45 was handed over to a debt company which resulted in a payment of £136 being requested.This amount has been settled and I also paid talk talk £100.00 in early December to put her in credit-this was before I knew a debt collector was involved.
  • I've wasted hours on the phone trying to resolve the problem.The general pattern being passed from pillar to post and then being cut off whilst holding for another department.The call centre has never phoned me back.
  • When I initially paid the £100.00 I was promised that the line would be reinstated immediately by a lady from the call centre by the delightful name of Sunshine.The latest excuse from the debt collector who is still persuing me is that don't have authorization to speak with me although talk talk do.
  • Incidentally the customer cannot run up huge bills as her line only allows incoming calls.
  • Her phone is the only contact she has with her family who do not live local.
  • Disgusting service and, following another phone call at 1030 today,still unresolved.
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Message 3 of 30

@james126 

If you have any problems with your service then please start your own topic and the support team will be happy to help.

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james126
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Message 4 of 30

totally agree this servis is terrible my home phone as never beenthe same since my upgrade wot a mistake try getting help thats a joke cont wait for my contract .jams126

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Message 5 of 30

Hi @Trooper9 

 

Glad this has now been resolved for you.

 

Regards,

Karl. 

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Please log in to My Account if you need to view or pay your bill, manage boosts and track your usage. From My Account you can also check your connection and test your line for any issues in the Service Centre.

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AllyM
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Message 6 of 30

Are you sure it wasn't an Openreach Engineer?

 

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Message 7 of 30

An OutReach engineer came this morning, tested the line and guess what? The fault was in the Exchange as I'd originally suggested. Phone now working. Thank you Karl, Chris and Michelle of the support team.

 

It's a shame the original clowns (Indian call centre???) wouldn't listen but insisted that my corded basic handset need a software update 😂

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Message 8 of 30

No Problem 🙂

 

Karl 

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Message 9 of 30

Thanks Karl, apologies for earlier, Dave 

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Message 10 of 30

Hi

 

I've amended the booking to Wed 14th AM (8-1).

 

Thanks  

Karl. 

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Message 11 of 30

Hi Karl, sorry about this but I've just found out that my wife has a hospital appointment at 1100 on tuesday morning, any other day is fine. Being severely disabled I cannot put this hospital appointment off.

 

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Message 12 of 30

No Problem 🙂

 

as long as we can get the fault fixed for you, that's what matters.

 

Karl 

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Please log in to My Account if you need to view or pay your bill, manage boosts and track your usage. From My Account you can also check your connection and test your line for any issues in the Service Centre.

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Message 13 of 30

Hi Karl, Thanks. Apologies for various previous mistakes in messages, I'm new to this forum and so far I'm finding it confusing. It definitely 

isn't as user friendly as other forums I'm in. Dave

 

 

 

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Message 14 of 30

Hi

 

Engineer has been booked for the earliest appointment available.  Tues 13th Aug. AM (8-1).

 

Thanks  

Karl. 

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Please log in to My Account if you need to view or pay your bill, manage boosts and track your usage. From My Account you can also check your connection and test your line for any issues in the Service Centre.

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Message 15 of 30

Charges ok if he finds anything wrong in house. Previou day notice is ok.

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Message 16 of 30

Sorry, finger trouble, 8am to 1pm is ok.

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Message 17 of 30

Sorry but the AM time slot is 8am to 1pm (not 8-11). How much notice do you need (we can usually get an appointment next working day or the working day after)?

 

Could you also confirm that you accept potential engineer charges


Thanks

Chris

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Message 18 of 30

OK, 8 - 11 but I need to be notified in advance as I have a disabled person in the house.

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Message 19 of 30

Hi Trooper9,

 

The type of engineer that we book (appointed or non-appointed) depends on the line test results, if the line test passes then it's always an engineer visit to the home.

 

The appointment slots are 8am-1pm and 1pm-6pm, I'm sorry but we can't narrow it down any further


Chris

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Message 20 of 30

Any morning 9-11 but I really think that as the line tests are ok that the telephone exchange should be checked first to avoid an unnecessary visit.

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