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IMPORTANT: How to file complaints against Rogers
| Hi, Here is information from the Consumers Association of Canada on ways to make effective complains against unfair businesses. If we want to win the fight each of us need to lend a hand. With enough complaints we can hope for a change. Before you begin…. First, be aware of all consumer protection legislation that may impact your complaint – Federal and Provincial/Territorial governments share the responsibility of protecting consumers. Federal consumer protection statutes cover: Product Safety Food Safety Motor Vehicle Safety Competition Labelling Weights and Measures Banking Industry Telecommunciations Industry
Provincial/Territorial consumer protection statutes cover: Sale of goods (including warranties and licensing) for different types of products and businesses Unfair business practices Protection of personal information
Second, ensure you have all documentation in order relating to your complaint. This includes bills of sale, warranties, licenses, cancelled cheques or other proof of payment, contracts you may have signed, and any letters you may have written or received from the company concerned.
DO NOT: Procrastinate! Some conditions might be time-sensitive, and delay could cost you the right to get your money back. Stop payments on a sale or contract! This may damage your credit rating or lead to seizure of goods.
STEP 1: Contact the business by phone. Be prepared to clearly explain your problem and why you are dissatisfied.
Speak to the right people in the right order. Start with the sales clerk, then move on to the customer service office or manager, then the business’s head office.
Keep a written record of the call including - Whom you talked to (name or title) - When? - What was their response?
STEP 2: If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction, then write a letter to a person in authority – such as Manager, General Manager or Owner of the business. Include: - A description of the problem - Steps you have taken (i.e. details of your phone calls,etc.) - What you would like the business to do - Copies of relevant documents (keep originals in your own file)
Send the letter by registered mail, and keep a copy of the letter in your file. Give the business 10 days to respond to your letter.
STEP 3: If you still have no response or your complaint is still not resolved, you may formally register your complaint. Go here http://www.consumer.ca/1652 for a list of organizations with formal complaint registration procedures.
STEP 4: If you still do not receive a satisfactory response to your complaint you may wish to take your complaint to small claims court.
As a last resort, you may need to seek legal advice from a lawyer.
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i was ripped off also. plans on my account i never set up. free service i wasn't getting
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This is, im sure, quite redundant. These companies these days have absolute freedom from laws that govern exactly this kind of behavior. I have been a rogers customer since dec/08. During that time, i have records of payments totaling 1,900.00 roughly. I have never missed a payment. Each month, there are payments recorded for the amounts showing on their bills, yet each month i am suspended from service and asked to pay bills upwards of 700 to 800 dollars per month. Each month i call rogers, they dont find their records, and i am left having to pay the balance just to restore service. Believe it or not we have done this three times now where we just paid it, despise knowing that we do not owe it. This is because we have no choice but to keep our service active. We were assuming that rogers would credit our account eventually accordingly. However, they do now. All they do is send another bill with the 700 dollar balance, and then suspend our service again. I have in front of me another bill totaling 560 dollars when our actual bill for this period is only 214. And even that 214 should have been zero given our overpayments and awaited adjustments from Rogers. This companies business practices would certainly have bankrupted any new business as people would never stand for this kind of blatent theft. I truly believe after all we have been through with Rogers, this is a deliberate act in misleading their clients, making billing more confusing in order to literally steal more money from their customers. I am outraged and amazed at how little recourse there is for customers of this ridiculous company. Clearly, i am not alone in this struggle. |
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In June 2009 I wanted the HTC Dream and as soon as it came available I ordered it. I had it for two weeks and noticed battery issues. Customer Service sudjested I look for a battery and they would compensation. I could not find a battery so I was told to send it back. They sent me another Dream with even a worst battery issue and sent that one back, as I was instructed. They then canceled my phone service. I asked for a refund but was told I sorry its been more than 30 days, okay so give me me back the phone, nope sorry can't do that, okay so take the price of the phone $299.00 sorry nope you got to pay for the phone, I don't have the phone sorry you have pay for the phone and your bill. I think there is something wrong here.
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I have been Charged 3-4 times over billed.
He extent of over billing is such
that, an ordinary person in Developing Country can get a small house built for
himself and live there for-ever. May be his children can also live with that
money.
First time it happened like that
I have a 10 buddy calling Plan with them, (In which they allow unlimited
calling between them) One such buddy that
had on my list, someone at Rogers delebrately changed one digit in that like :--
687- 834- ____., instead of this no
they Put in the No like :-- 647-832 _ ___.
It was wrong impression of one
Digit and I kept on getting the bills like 400$ and 550$ a month instead of my
regular bills like 50$ or 52$.
It was a long story that i kept
on getting bills in the coming months as well. It was a long fought battle that
I could get that mistake rectified by them. But still my missories do not stop
there, I keep on getting over billing, although not to that extent but to some
smaller denominations.
I don’t understand why a company
of such a large bace shall keep on cheating people like this.
Had i had made a payment
arrangement from my Credit Card. This would have been a doomed situation for me.
No one would have ever returned my money from Rogers after i Could detect that.
Even got would have refused if this would have been continued for a period of
6-7 months.
The over billing does not stop
there it keeps on coming every month.
This is a big problem in Canada where
i think no Telecom Regulatory Body, (Even if it is there it is not Effective
for Sure.) So people like me have no voice against this injustice,
Pamninder Nagpal905 216 1339 |
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My wife and myself have also suffered this blatant theft from rogers. Both each of us on our own and then with each other. So a total of 3 times What really gets my goat is I wish I had recorded the intital person. I spoke
to about setting up the services, I did my research and knew what we
needed for cable, phone, internet, and cell. and I asked how much on
your "one bill" plan and was quoted 98.00+ any channels you decide to add. Our first bill was over $700. We went thru every recourse, contacted everyone whom we should and then could think of about it. And yet never had one response from anyone. And as anyone that has had to call knows they. Make it as confusing and frustrateing as they can. And giving the "lowest" and I mean lower than a snakes belly type low customer / tech support/ repair service.. It is no wonder the calls only end in utter frustration. And most of the time we were clients the service did not work properly, and we never did see a contract of any kind. In the end it was over 75 phone calls to rogers, 30 to other agencies/persons, 75 emails, and 6 registered letters. just to let you know and NO this IS NOT an exegeration.
Eventually we cancelled our services and told them to take it to small claims court. And were of course dinged the 900 dollar cell phone early policy cancellation fee not to mention the costs for cable, phone and internet as well. As they have little recourse against us as were both disabled and live on fixed (non-garnishable) incomes and our credit score is non existant, . In total now our bill to them is well over $3000. 85% of that being false or overinflated charges. We are now seriously considering bankruptcy to clear this debt.
Eventually we just refused to pay. I know this is no recourse for alot of people. But we cannot afford legal repersentation. So small claims is not an option for us and we will just deal with it in the bankruptcy.
These people have no moral fiber, no sense of fair buisness practice. And are breaking so many laws it's not funny. But they get away with it.
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I have been with Rogers for almost three yrs and decided to renew my contract on December 12/2009. I changed from single plan to family for what I was told the same price but I had to call to have everything done by January 4th/2010. Nobody took my call. They are now billing me on six different statements and I believe three different accounts. Can you please find a way to have this problem corrected. |
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