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Below is a copy of a letter that won a competition in UK as complaint letter of the year...have a laugh and read on.
Complaint Letter of the Year. The British do have a way with words.... A real-life customer complaint letter sent to NTL (to their complaints dept....)
Dear Cretins,
I have been an NTL customer since 9th July 2001, when I signed up foryour 3-in-one deal for cable TV, cable modem, and telephone. During this three-month period I have encountered inadequacy of service which I had not previously considered possible, as well as ignorance and stupidityof monolithic proportions. Please allow me to provide specific details, so that you can either pursue your professional perogative, and seek to rectify these difficulties - or more likely
(I suspect) so that you can have some entertaining reading material as you while away the working day smoking B&H and drinking vendor-coffee on the bog in your office:
My initial installation was cancelled without warning, resulting in my spending an entire Saturday sitting on my fat a*se waiting for your technician to arrive. When he did not arrive, I spent a further 57 minutes listening to your infuriating hold music, and the even more annoying Scottish robot woman telling me to look at your helpful website....HOW?
I alleviated the boredom by playing with my testicles for a few minutes -an activity at which you are no-doubt both familiar and highly adept. The rescheduled installation then took place some two weeks later, although the technician did forget to bring a number of vital tools - such as a drill-bit, and his cerebrum. Two weeks later, my cable modem
had still not arrived. After 15 telephone calls over 4 weeks my modem arrived... six weeks after I had requested it, and begun to pay for it. I estimate your internet server's downtime is roughly 35%... hours between about 6pm -midnight, Mon-Fri, and most of the weekend. I amstill waiting for my telephone connection. I have made 9 calls on my mobile to your no-help line, and have been unhelpfully transferred to avariety of disinterested individuals, who are it seems also highlyskilled bollock jugglers.
I have been informed that a telephone line is available (and someone will call me back); that no telephone line is available (and someone will call me back); that I will be transferred to someone who knows whether or not a telephone line is available (and then been cut off); that I will be transferred to someone (and then been redirected to an answer machine informing me that your office is closed); that I will be transferred to someone and then been redirected to the irritating Scottish robot woman...and several other variations on this theme.
Doubtless you are no longer reading this letter, as you have at least a thousand other dissatisfied customers to ignore, and also another one of those crucially important testicle-moments to attend to. Frankly I don'tcare, it's far more satisfying as a customer to voice my frustration's in print than to shout them at your unending hold music. Forgive me,
therefore, if I continue.
I thought BT were shit, that they had attained the holy piss-pot of god- awful customer relations, that no-one, anywhere, ever, could be more disinterested, less helpful or more obstructive to delivering service to their customers. That's why I chose NTL, and because, well, there isn't anyone else is there? How surprised I therefore was, when I discovered to my considerable dissatisfaction and disappointment what a useless shower of bastards you truly are. You are sputum-filled pieces of distended rectum incompetents of the highest order.
British Telecom - w*nkers though they are - shine like brilliant beacons of success, in the filthy puss-filled mire of your seemingly limitless inadequacy. Suffice to say that I have now given up on my futile and foolhardy quest to receive any kind of service from you. I suggest that you cease any potential future attempts to extort payment from me for the services which you have so pointedly and catastrophically failed todeliver - any such activity will be greeted initially with hilarity and disbelief quickly be replaced by derision, and even perhaps bemused rage. I enclose two small deposits, selected with great care from my cats litter tray, as an expression of my utter and complete contempt for both you and your pointless company. I sincerely hope that they have not become desiccated during transit - they were satisfyingly moist at the time of posting, and I would feel considerable disappointment if you did not experience both their rich aroma and delicate texture. Consider them the very embodiment of my feelings towards NTL, and its worthless employees.
Have a nice day - may it be the last in you miserable short life, you irritatingly incompetent and infuriatingly unhelpful bunch of twats.
John
You should see what I write when Im in a bad mood :shock:
wonder if he ever got a reply rolleyes
Lindaxxx
That was just sooooooooo funny! lol Made even funnier by the fact that it more or less is probably true!!
I've nicked it now, so someone else can enjoy it!
Nice one! :lol:
Mal
thats a 2 biro letter
would have binned it if sent to me ,by second paragraph
I feel a cut and paste moment coming on ........................
rotflmao :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Hat's off to the author - hope he doesn't do me for copyright
fair play
the state of customer service in this country beggers belief, when its a service people rely on and has limited competition it gets worse
i understand his frustration
they are all 'computer says no' dumb as fuck agency delivered nobends
and another thing, why put someone with THE most annoying fucking accent ever, the stupidest most irratating voice in the world on a customer service desk
almost as helpful as having a foreign speaking butwipe answering the phone when you order your pizza...must be fun to find the person who speaks the least ammount of english possible and whack the poor twat on the phones.
Quote by Ben1978
....almost as helpful as having a foreign speaking butwipe answering the phone when you order your pizza...must be fun to find the person who speaks the least ammount of english possible and whack the poor twat on the phones.

Speak many languages other than English yourself do you?
confused
Mini hijack
Quote by Ben1978
almost as helpful as having a foreign speaking butwipe answering the phone when you order your pizza...must be fun to find the person who speaks the least ammount of english possible and whack the poor twat on the phones.

Thing here is most people will not do the job, can't complain about my locals they do wonderful job and suppose I have an accent to them but they still manage to get the order right 99 times out of 100.
As for call centres they are a pain moving away, but it not the accents it is the lack of local knowledge. They don't even have to go far away, 999 centers being centralised can make it interesting to call in help when you want to give past the chippy on your right, type directions and all they can find is a street name (great when you in a field full of horses), but I just nit picking...
/Mini hijack
Still back on point that is a great little letter, got close to similar myself with a few big companies. Amazes me some of the advice I got (and before anyone asks these were from a UK call centre), like leaving my modem (after I told them the plug had fell off the cable) plugged in for an engineer to test it rotflmao Then they moan that they didn't get a signal back when they tried it rolleyes No sh*t numb nuts, well I should have said that, I actually said that I wasnt surpised as although the plug was in the modem was across the room in a drawer.
I had to say this as the previous 'engineer' had refused to escalate as I let on my PC had been off while they ran the previous modem test, and made me do another 48 hour wait for another test (still left the PC off but lied next time I rang in). In all fairness though this was not NTL, although I have heard similar stories from them smile
rotflmao :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
thanx for making our night silk & big g
as a customer of ntl i know exactly how he feels mad :x :x
we still cant access our email from them,4 weeks and they still dont know what the problem is :x
Touch wood - I've never had a problem with NTL, but that letter is bloody brilliant. worship
Own up G, was it you? biggrin
Jas
XXX
Geez, there's a real reprise on the phonecalls saga. Been there done that - mostly on the crap TV service. Near monopoly - no accountability - bastards the lot of 'em. Mind you I'm sure 'John' felt much better having written it but it wouldn't get a response would it? Definitely a bridge burning exercise!
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Touch wood - I've never had a problem with NTL, but that letter is bloody brilliant. worship
Own up G, was it you? biggrin
Jas
XXX

Its Silk here wink
My brother worked for NTL tech support so he knows how bad they can be. But to be fair most of the people on the other end are just as bad. I will ask him if he received that letter when it was doing the rounds lol
/Mini Hijack/brag confused
I also sent one to Bulldog about my service. Was nowhere near as good as the above, but still good enough to get the attention of the Bulldog office, notified courtesy of my older brother
/Mini brag, sorry Hijack over
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Now that was a good laugh
Thanks for that Silk and Big G
Wonder if he did get a reply :shock:
Even better, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when they opened it lol
Cracker of a letter... I wish I'd written it on the day I'd had enough of NTL. All I could come up with was to stroll into their local office to complain about their service.... asked to use the phone ('cos mine wasn't working) and rang BT to sign back up with them. I got some disbelieving looks, but by the time I'd got home my BT line had been re-connected!
Quote by mal609
That was just sooooooooo funny! lol Made even funnier by the fact that it more or less is probably true!!
I've nicked it now, so someone else can enjoy it!
Nice one! :lol:
Mal

Quote by Jas-Tim
Touch wood - I've never had a problem with NTL, but that letter is bloody brilliant. worship
Own up G, was it you? biggrin
Jas
XXX

Quote by Silk and Big G
Its Silk here wink

:doh:
THE SEARCH BUTTON IS YOUR FRIEND!! (Ha! I always wanted to say that to the non-newbies :twisted: ) it's been done before... by yours truly!!
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewpost/360194.html#360194
as I said in that post; I originally received that letter by email as joke but it is presumed to be true...
ahhh well rotflmao :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
no i dont Laird, but im not taking phone orders from English speaking citizens, IN England whilst having the same understanding of the English language as you have on the point i was making..
Ah thanks for that Silk.
Have had a day trying to get speak to BT, Sky, Thames Water and the fuckwittedest gas supplier in the Universe. banghead I can really really relate. I'm cutting and pasting that to them now.
Thanks
CQ
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Ah thanks for that Silk.
Have had a day trying to get speak to BT, Sky, Thames Water and the fuckwittedest gas supplier in the Universe. banghead I can really really relate. I'm cutting and pasting that to them now.
Thanks
CQ

Thanks Sweet heart, it made my day when I read it.
I've hated NTL ever since ......
I asked them to cut off my phone cos my ex had run up a huge bill i couldn't afford to pay in one fell swoop. They refuse to disconnect you until you have paid, so as well as the outstanding bill you continue to have a monthly line rental to fork out for.
An agreement was made whereby I would pay a certain amount per month till I had cleared my debt. About a year later, I was away for 5 days. On my return, I discovered my phone had been disconnected. Calling from a nearby phone box, I spent almost £5 being passed from pillar to post only hear some young whippersnapper tell me that I had been disconnected. I know, ya daft bint, that's why I'm ringing you!
Apparently they had left me a message 3 days previously. But I was on holiday and now I can't listen to it anyway cos you've cut my flucking phone off. Grrrrrr!
All because it had taken me over a year to pay off the bill. At the amounts that they had agreed on in the first place.
Would you believe all that remained of my debt was 21 measly quid. I told them to whistle for it and signed up to BT.
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Cracker of a letter... I wish I'd written it on the day I'd had enough of NTL. All I could come up with was to stroll into their local office to complain about their service.... asked to use the phone ('cos mine wasn't working) and rang BT to sign back up with them. I got some disbelieving looks, but by the time I'd got home my BT line had been re-connected!

:thumbup: BRILLIANT.
I would LOVED to have been there when that happened !!
i've almost pissed myself reading that, need to get them signed up to SH. rotflmao
That letter, and the replies, have brigtened up an otherwise dull, rainy day.
Thanks guys biggrin
NTL are currently threatening to disconnect me if I don't immediately pay my line rental for this month. I wonder how this will affect me, given that I left NTL 4 months ago? They really are the absolute scum of the earth. I'm considering going to the police and making a complaint about attempted theft if they keep sending me bills.
great...
but having said that... replacing a few choice words and it could be my place he is winging about... but then again.. he problable has already!
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thats a 2 biro letter
would have binned it if sent to me ,by second paragraph

Looking for a bit of work at the moment anything going at NTL confused: , Cv includes nice legs short skirt, large tits not alot up top
lol what ya think :lol:
great letter had exactly same problems my self when they gave my number and line to a new customer thought the wife was having an affair when i called home and some guy answered after 3 weeks of sh@"!t i took them to court for breach of contract they didnt even turn up so i got a judgement against them when i checked them out they had 116 judgements against them they didnt pay so i sent the bailifs in ( pissed my self laughing when the bailif turned up with a cheque) biggrin :shock: :shock: :D :D
well it seems that NTL are trying to improve their customer service. confused
i was recently(ish) paid £30 by them to go and sit with a group of their customer service staff, managers and engineers and discuss how their service works from a customers point of view.
i lost no time in telling them that i thought they were crap, overpriced,their staff needed training propperly, their systems needed upgrading and their attitude towards customers stunk. oh.. and also and that an hour was no where near long enough to tell them all the bad points.
i even told them that the only good thing to come from NTL was them giving me £30 for 45 mins of my time.
lol
they at this point offered me a cup of coffee and ushered me out of the door.
:shock:
Well I'm on NTl and i hate it... Damn South East why can't we have Blueyonder over here at least that nets faster and with slightly better Customer Service although that fecked it up once when i was living in cheltenham. Chargining us when we had disconnected and then transferring accounts without my signature to authorise it.