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Dear visitor,

Since its inception Vodafail.com has made a significant contribution towards raising awareness of the problems and issues faced by Vodafone customers.

Vodafone Australia customers have had the opportunity to voice their concerns, their fears and their troubles from every corner of Australia and beyond our borders. You have gathered the courage to stand up for your rights as consumers and to make your voice heard.

Each and every person who shared their story should have a sense of pride in this achievement and the changes that have occurred since the start of Vodafail.com.

More recently, traffic to Vodafail.com has declined significantly. Having achieved the goal of raising awareness and promoting concrete action in early 2011, we have now reached the point of closing Vodafail to new complaints. The site will remain online for as long as possible as a reminder and an example of what is possible when we share our experiences.

It has been a privilege to run this initiative and I'm am forever grateful for the help and support I've received. In particular I would like to thank Melissa, David and Travis for their continued efforts over the past 15 months. I'm also thankful and humbled by the support of ACCAN, Choice magazine and a wide range of media outlets, blogs and websites.

You can still browse existing stories and find out how to file a complaint if you are experiencing problems.

Until next time,

Adam Brimo

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Vodafail.com is no longer accepting complaints.
Over the past 6 months traffic to Vodafail has declined significantly. Therefore we have closed off Vodafail to new complaints. We think you will find more joy in posting on any one of these fine product / brand review sites.

You can also post directly on the Vodafone community forums.

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5546 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is very at 27 Dec 2010 10:50:28 PM
had vodafone for 4 years now, and without being silly i have to say there reception is dumb! i might as well stand on a hill and yell to my friends , because i can honestly get zero reception all the time , seriously , ok so to make a call or send a txt i have to go stand in the far corner of my kitchen holding my phone up toward the window, ive had missed calls from employers , dropped calls from potential employers , girlfriends , the amount of times ive heard,,"why do u allways hang up on me?" , or why do u never answer ur phone? , etc, rediculous! vodafone suck!!!!

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5545 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is crap at 27 Dec 2010 10:50:25 PM
I rely on my phone for business. Was with 3 and out of contract for 2 years, but never completely happy with their service in the country areas. Vodafone contacted me less than 2 months ago. Advised of merger with 3 and how they were able to provide better coverage. What crap! Now I struggle to get a signal in my own home. Now get call dropouts I never before encountered. After hours on phone to call centre was advised the towers would be upgraded as part of the National Upgrade, but no idea when. Vodafone is spending money like mad on advertising and sponsoring sporting events, sucking more people in - but doing nothing about fixing its service - only providing weak excuses. Went and signed back up with Telstra today!

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5544 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is iphone at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:48 PM
I bought iphone with a 24 months contract, besides the drop out my callers could not hear me unless i used the earphones.went to Vodafone where i got the iphone and related my problem.since the insurance was out, i was told that if i paid $45 they would put it for service and they (vodafone) advice me on the cost of repair,waited 3 week, decided to checkon the iphone it was ready for collection,when i did get my iphone it was not repaired and there was no comments on it, so where did my money go to and for what ,for keeping my iphone in a safe .I did not have phone for three weeks, as i dont own a extra mobil phone
I still had to pay my monthly dues.

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5543 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Crap service at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:29 PM
Calls dropping out within a couple minutes of a call. SMS messages not sending straight away. The receiver of my SMS getting them at all hours of the morning.
The bars of service on my phone goes from four to none in a space of a few minutes. Crap Internet on my phone. Overall not happy. Crap, crap, crap.
What's the point of paying for these troubles?

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5542 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Extremely at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:22 PM
I joined Vodafone as I was fed up with Optus and was advised that the coverage was impecable. Six weeks in and all I have been offered is disappointment. Mid phone conversation it hangs up, and then takes the phone longer than normal to reset. I have almost given up on bothering using my phone, which means I am wasting my money and fear that if I am put in a situation I will not be able to make a call that could be life saving. I should have gone to Telstra like I initially was going to do. Regret !!!

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5541 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is extremely at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:22 PM
omg lately its been awful, talking to my daughter the line just keeps on cutting out, i can hear her but she cannot hear me from my side of the line.
also if i receive a call it picks up but either line is able to hear each other so then either of us needs to hang up and call again, it does this twice before it works....

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5540 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Poor at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:21 PM
No mobile data for 2 days error msg 'unable to connect to server', haven't been able to make outgoing calls or sms for same period error msg 'call barring activated on service/account' - checked settings on ph. definitely not by me. Thinking problem would be rectified asap I put up with until rang '1555' (can only call Voda) 5pm this arv left msg for callback still waiting 12mn. Been fighting 2+mths for call credits to be applied - everytime I ring to ? I get a new excuse or fobbed off - nobody ever records customer call notes - this dates back to deal advertised at time/promises that influenced me to change network to Voda. Also Voda USB modem has v poor reception in my Nth Sydney unit - rarely able to video stream even 240p. When I called customer care was told that as long as reception has 1 bar this is acceptable to voda + speed issues due to using internet at peak times. Thanks voda I'll try + avoid watching any videos during your 7am-10pm peak times. 2 bills auto paid to date 1 over, 1 under - can't trust. Live in hope of improvements - only 21 months to go.

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5539 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is I can't tell how fail it is, most of you shouldn't have been issued with pen licenses in the first place. at 27 Dec 2010 10:49:19 PM
A shame to see so many frustrated people, however from the perspective of a slight nerd - If you research a purchase you'll generally have a vastly more pleasant experience!

EXAMPLE:

The utter stupidity about complaining about the quality of online gaming using a USB dongle puzzles me. Everybody who can google search can find out the average ping of a mobile broadband device, and can see that Telstra can't even provide suitable speeds (on mobile broadband devices) for this pursuit. Hi ADSL2+.

People who think the Vodafone network (or any mobile network) is anything similar to the balloon full of words in the Vodafone 'infinite' plans ad need to do some reading. Congestion in South Melbourne does not influence the northern suburbs, as such a cable unplugging in Perth almost certainly has nothing to do with your (potentially valid!) problem.

I use TPG and Vodafone, TPG has no retail contact, only an offshore call centre. I do not enter Vodafone retail stores (webshop has delivery and a discount- why line up getting angry?), I attempted to contact the Vodafone call centre on ONCE before discovering that dialling ##002# cancels call diverts. I guess what I'm saying is if you want a premium product, you should pay for a premium product - with it often comes premium service.

Apart from that, I would like to suggest that if the complaint includes the term "Vodaphone" the comment should also be removed because this person clearly isn't fit to be engaging in public discourse.

Finally if you DO have a valid complaint- keep up the crying, its sad that this works (see Optus after launching the iPhone 3G and the now (relative) success of the "Open Network") but it will lead to VODAPHONE hopefully addressing it and I look forward to the network upgrades. (If you're reading Nigel, WHAT ABOUT AN LTE NETWORK PLZPLZPLZ)

Thanks for reading my comment, and thanks for a hilarious bit of reading if you already posted :-)

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5538 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Ridiculously at 27 Dec 2010 10:48:35 PM
I pay $49 per month for mobile broadband. During a good week I am able to access my yahoo mail 3 times a week. When I do manage to access yahoo, I am not able to open and read my emails. While restarting and struggling to do so or to simply do some internet surfing, the reception simply cuts out and I am disconnected just to find myself starting all over again. I am not able to skype with my family and friends in Europe because the broadband reception is too poor. I have to go to a friend to skype from her computer. I also have the $49 phone deal so it is not as if I am utilising their cheapest plans either. These have been consistent issues since I got my internet and have tried in vain to find some logical explanation and compensation - always just the response by way of an apology. Something drastic needs to be done, and soon. I also have a small online business which is almost non existent due to the lack of efficient and trustworthy internet connection.

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5537 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is every 2nd call drop out at 27 Dec 2010 10:48:12 PM
I am in the limousine industry for 15 years every second call my calls either drop out or i have no service at all....
how could you run a efficient & effective business?????????

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!

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5536 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is total failure at 27 Dec 2010 10:48:01 PM
I to have experienced terrible reception and friends and my children telling me my phone is swiched off when its not. I can make calls but friends are constantly telling me my phone is switched off. I have the phone line drop in and out the speaker on the phone is distorted my daughters phone which he has only had for a couple of months works one minute and not the next. I am so sick of paying for a dodgey service provider.They are so slow at updating our cap spend that we always go over and when they say it gets recharged on a certain day they charge us for any extra calls encurded on that day before the cap is renewed.

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5535 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:47:42 PM
I have 3 mobiles and 2 mobile broadbands, I have had the problems evryone has been experiencing with the mobiles and its very frustrating, one of the mobile broadbands has been a pain, its shows as connected but cannot open anything what a waste of my hard earned. When I call I get the recorded bitch which frustrates me, I have sent numerous emails but no satisfaction. Not to mention they have me on some vodafone live for the mobiles at $9 a pop which I never asked for and am still waiting for them to get back to me. My biggest problem is I renewed the contracts in October, cant wait to get out. Paul Geran

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5534 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is big failure at 27 Dec 2010 10:47:34 PM
haven't got any reception on my phone at home.

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5533 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is in every way at 27 Dec 2010 10:47:34 PM
i used to have vodafone wireless broadband... i thought i had a faulty unit because it never worked... after i called them and was put on hold for about 45 minutes... i finally got through!! i was handballed to another person whose english was terrible... and when i told them i couldn't understand them they hung up on me!! i finally managed to get throught to them again and told them i wanted out of my contract... i had to pay to do so and in the end i didn't care... i just wanted out!!
i also have an iphone with vodafone... i have shared in most of the same problems as other people on this site... calls drop out, no service, messages that have been sent but not recieved, trying to contact the fault line and having to talk to that useless bloody answering machine 'lara', getting hand balled to some indian call centre where the people are barely understandable!!
but when i rang the new contracts number... i was put straight through!! who would have guessed!! the MOST SHOCKING CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER HAD!! shame on you vodafone... you deserve to lose business!!

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5532 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Epic Fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:46:36 PM
Cannot get reception even though both my parents and sister, who are with telstra and optus, have reception in the same area. Phonecalls randomly dropout as well as reception. Tried contacting them via web and had a response saying that it will be investigated. Had a few calls, some of which I couldn't answer due to reception, and was ultimately told that there was nothing they could do for me.

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5531 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is Big Fail! at 27 Dec 2010 10:46:27 PM
I am with 3 now merged with Vodafone.
Hugely unimpressed with the fact we used to roamunder Telstra and since being bought out by Vodafone, me and my partner may aswell have no reception!
First of all, we weren't even informed there would be a merger, because if we were I sure wouldn't have had renewed my contract only weeks before it took place!
When i went into a store to ask about another new phone to replace the new one i had just got, i was met with "Oh it isprobably because of the merge to Vodafone....Oh, i wasn't meant to tell you that". Nice, the long trem customers weren't even kept in the loop, nor given the choice to leave at end of contract.

Secondly we have called 3/Vodafone and complained to some overseas, non-fluent english speaking person who didn't even understand us, to be told our reception is fine and also got quite angry towards my husband, nice customer service! And I'm sure they can really tell from looking at a computer that we have good or bad reception.
The phone had dropped out numerous times before my husband could even get that far as to speak to a real person.
I sure hope we can all just get some sort of service with this distorted company.

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5530 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Customer Service at 27 Dec 2010 10:46:11 PM
It takes hours to ge through tho the call centre and then they cant resolve the issue. They put you on hold and the call drops out. Pathetic!

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5529 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is a spectacular fail! at 27 Dec 2010 10:45:59 PM
At first i thought it was my phone, i got it sent of to get fixed and had to wait over a month to get it back. But it just kept having problems. For one, my phone calls get cut off almost all the time now. My internet does not work at all even though i'm still paying for it and my text messages are either sent but claiming to "fail to send" or not sent and claiming to have "sent" >:( I'm very unhappy and am now looking for a way out of this mess!

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5528 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:45:21 PM
I recently bot vodafone conectoin with $59 cap...eveytime I browse internet on my phone I am charged for it though I have 2gigs of internet quota included in my plan....moreover sometimes data connection will freeze....

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5527 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is No customer service at 27 Dec 2010 10:45:19 PM
Then when you have to call to get a problem fix, your on hold for hours and then when someone finally answers, they end up disconnected you. This has happend many times

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5526 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is The night before christmas with VODAFONE. at 27 Dec 2010 10:45:05 PM

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5525 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is very bad at 27 Dec 2010 10:44:54 PM
called Vodafone to find out what was happening with my phone (being delivered).

I called support after waiting an hour i finally i got to someone, i asked them if they knew the status of my phone, they kept asking if i wanted to cancel my contract i said i wanna complain they put me on hold and i never got off disconnected.
I then tried to send an email to complain but they wanted my phone number for the inquire (phone number that i was waiting to recieve).
Called to complain again about the fact that i couldn't complain and i got disconnected

phone finally arrived and i couldn't b bothered anymore


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5524 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:44:49 PM

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5523 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Very fail. at 27 Dec 2010 10:44:46 PM
Recently got conned into going on Three (who i believe is on the Vodaphone network) and from the minute i went from Optus to Three, i've had 0 reception in my house or anywhere else i go (funnily enough, you get perfect reception under the Brisbane river in the Clem7 -_- and constantly slow or shit internet.

Fucking fail.
27 Dec 2010 11:09:54 PM: 3 doesnt use vodafones network. it has its own 3G network. it the roams onto vodafones 2G network which isnt having any problems. its vodafones 3G network which everyone in whinging about.

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5522 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Life Changing at 27 Dec 2010 10:44:43 PM
Three months ago my life was changed forever. Swap your SIM and liberate yourself and your phone

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5521 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is No reception, rarely get messages when others have sent them at 27 Dec 2010 10:43:52 PM
Sick to death of not receiving txt messages when my frends and family have sent them. Not only that reception is so poor, seriously thinking about changing networks.

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5520 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is Annoyingly fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:42:20 PM
Bought 2 x$2 SIM cards. Both would not activate online. Tried with the worlds most annoying and useless phone system - LARA - and still wouldnt work. Spent over 5 hours over 2 days on hold waiting for someone from Vodafone to answer their help line (this included getting cut off 2x when I was 'transferred'to another line). 1 SIM up and running. The other still not working 4 weeks later.

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5519 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is big heap at 27 Dec 2010 10:41:42 PM
thanks to 3/vodashit, my phone is about as useful as a one legged man in an arse kickin contest. after numerous calls (have to be practically right beside the tower to make the call) to their sweatshop call centres, just get hand balled from person to person all with the same lame speil, "it must be your phone, would you like to upgrade?" f**k!!!!!
they can just boot off!!!

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5518 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is very at 27 Dec 2010 10:41:34 PM
Network reception, gives me the shits!

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5517 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is waste of time might as well be on dialup at 27 Dec 2010 10:40:23 PM
I have a pocket wifi modem which I have had for about two months, worked ok in Adelaide but absolute crap in Cairns. It says I am connected to the internet but I am unable to get on. What a joke!!! Have been able to reach customer service and they told me to take it to a Vodafone shop and see if I can get connection at the shop. Well of course it works there its in the CBD! Go outside of the CBD and it's just useless. The rare times that I manage to get a connection it's that slow and eventually will just hang there and drop out. I have 5 gig sitting there which I can't use. To my displeasure I have had to go to Bigpond to get the internet as we don't have access to a phone line. Come on Vodafone get your act together.

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5516 Someone from Somewhere else thinks vodafone is Masonic Symbolism at 27 Dec 2010 10:40:13 PM
I'm sick of seeing corporate entities using pyramids and the numbers 666 in their logo designs, there is clearly something occult going on there and they are using this to control the masses.

Vodaphone uses 6 6 6 in alot of it's advertising, and it's time people woke up to this subtle yet powerful brainwashing.

checkout you tube for the adverts and logos

28 Dec 2010 01:55:32 AM: wow, never even thought of that. least someone thinking outside the box! I will check it now
14 Jan 2011 11:30:15 AM: Well, that certainly could explain why Vodafone is so evil, and able to carry on unopposed.
14 Jan 2011 05:42:15 PM: Yes they are eating babies as we speak!
15 Jan 2011 11:10:06 AM: @14 Jan 2011 07:42:15 PM:- You-re obviously a Voodoofone employee-(though it is hard to tell given VF's security of personal data)
Perhaps you'd like to leak that information,to Natasha Brown@ Fairfax- maybe not her- could get you sacked.
Unless, of course,you enjoy feeding on the flesh of the young and helpless.
16 Jan 2011 07:06:18 PM: The other white meat!?
20 Jan 2011 01:44:37 PM: Perhaps just tell us about the chicken thing you do?
26 Jan 2011 06:36:29 PM: with the biting and the hexagrams or the other thing?

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5515 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is mega fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:39:26 PM
ive been trying too get a hold of customer care for 3 months... ive even tried a number ive found on a forum were it was surpose too be someone in sydney..which too my surprise was disconnected... my friends cant even contact me using my mobile phone ..id get better reception from a cup joined to a piece of string

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5514 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is AWFUL! at 27 Dec 2010 10:39:05 PM
a) i need to attempt to send a message NUMEROUS times because it won't send the first time (even if my phone says I have reception)
b) i drop out of reception ALL the time, and often have to switch my phone off and then on just to regain it because it won't automatically find it
c) internet on my iphone is slow
d) my phone will rarely call someone first up - it sits on the "calling" screen but doesn't do anything, leaving me to keep trying to hang up and try again - VERY stressful in a rushed moment/emergency
e) battery life on my iphone does not last a day - I'm not sure if this is an issue with the phone or if my constant issues stated above are draining the battery
f) due to the internet being slow etc i'm on there for longer increasing my phone bill

VERY disappointed, considering I have been with vodafone for 7 years!!

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5513 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Rubbish at 27 Dec 2010 10:38:42 PM
I have been with vodafone for over 4 years now and only recently signed up to a 2 year contract (10 months ago) at first I had slight problems with my network in certain areas. Approx 6 mmonths ago I went overseas and put my phone on roaming for a few days. During that time I was unable to make calls or recieve any messages without switching my phone of and back on to recieve coverage for only 2 min. After I got back I tried to make it clear to customer service that there network did not provide me the service it promises and felt the need to be compensated, this however was ignored and in order to avoid the headache I paid the bill. Soon after that I was losing reception and calls were dropping out and to make matters worse I had no reception in my house at all. And it doesnt end there, to add to this failed promise of great service, calls would drop out and people would not be able to reach me as my phone was unavailable due to lack of reception.
I have spent numerous hours on the phone to customer service and at first my complaints were ignored. Infact on numerous ocassions whilst I was on the phone to Vodafone the call would drop out and yet that was not an enough excuse for them to assist me. Therefore I remained persistant and noted down any time I had no reception and anytime my calls would drop out. I was then told to get a sim change assuming that my new sim had a problem. So this was done anyway but the problem remained. eventually my network issues were investigated and in the mean time I made it clear that I would not be paying my bills untill I recieve the service promised by vodafone, I also asked to have my plan cancelled, however vodafone promised to have the network up and running properly again within the next month and that if this was not provided they would gladly cancel my plan. In the mean time, they credited me on my bills and I didnt pay 4 months worth of bills. Now they have credited me with $100 a month and I am expected to pay the difference even though the network problem is still there.
27 Dec 2010 10:41:30 PM: Don't pay and contact the TIO

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5512 Someone from NT thinks vodafone is Very fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:38:40 PM
I am a customer of vodafone for almost 2 years and have had nothing but trouble. I put up with it all until they decided to stop charging me. When they found out what was goin on they charged me a lump payment. To sort out that mess I tried to make a call to customer care. Was put in waiting lines in excess of 30 mins and then on hold for another twenty mins. Some how they worked out that I owed them $300 for that call. Vodafone you fail!

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5511 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is worst of all at 27 Dec 2010 10:38:35 PM
i have carpet cleaning buissnes,most of my bookings are on the phone ,so peaple ring me to get some quotations,and out of suden the line cuts of ,i try to ring the custumer back it says the mobile you ring up its eather switched of or the number you ringing up is not avayleble .simply i wane say vodafone sucks

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5510 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Big fail! at 27 Dec 2010 10:37:58 PM
I have been with vodafone for 6-8 yrs, 2 of those yrs as a pre-paid customer and I am now onto my 2nd 2 yr contract. This year I have had so many problems, refunds that were granted to me and never given, then I would call "customer care" and they denied ever giving me a refund. I have spent hrs and hrs waiting and waiting on "Customer Care" and it has often dropped out. Everytime I answer the phone the call drops so either I or the person calling has to call again, many ppl do not get my text msgs, often voicmails come thru much later then they were received etc. I have recently changed to the infinite cap but I am now cautious about what the catch may be??? I will certainly support any action taken to gain compensation and to stop this company from ripping off any more loyal customers liek myself.

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5509 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is just useless at 27 Dec 2010 10:37:46 PM
with my wireless internet just outside of elizabeth the signal only comes in poor or very poor,takes ages to load anything thats when its not booting you,and even more annoying when your told your computor is the problem so you spend a fortune getting a teck around that rebuilds it for a small fortune when there was nothing wrong with it in the first place as there all so honest to ,basicly vodafone should be shut down,all internet is way overpriced with most giving crap service and mobiles anrnt much better if any better as i have issues with mobile and vodafone as well.

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5508 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Epic Fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:37:15 PM
Missed mesaages, day late messages, full bars for reception until you use the internet then drops to 1 bar and is slow as a wet week... VODAFONE EPIC FAILURE

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5507 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is no sms no reception at 27 Dec 2010 10:37:13 PM
My network fails more consistently than it works. I reset the network up to 3 times a day, otherwise the sms' don't go through and calls can't be made or received. When I called vodaphone they blamed it on the phone, so I sent the phone in for repairs. It took 2 weeks for them to look at my phone (which I paid for bc Im on a contract) and nothing was found to be wrong with the phone. It's vodaphone. Vodaphone's crap. I'd be better off using telepathy as that works more often than vodaphone.

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5506 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Fail to Activate Sim card at 27 Dec 2010 10:36:26 PM
Purchased package that included sim card with $10 credit and a mobile phone in June last year. After 7 days and numerous calls to Vodafone support the SIM card was still not activated. Went to Vodafone store and after waiting for 1 hour while staff member called their manager, I was told to wait longer without being given any indication of when it might be activated, with the staff member actually saying that it might be a faulty sim card and the staff member admitted that they thought the SIM card should be replaced with credit, but their manager did not allow it saying that if I wanted a quick activation I should buy a new sim card. After further waiting the sim card was still not activated, I had to buy a new one and lose the $10 credit for I couldn't wait forever without knowing when the activation would happen.

It was bad enough to have a faulty sim card, but, it was more disappointing that Vodafone wouldn't admit the problem and replace the sim card with the $10 credit. All the Vodafone members who I talked to over the phone said, 'why don't you just buy another sim card? It's only $2 in Woolworths. You're losing only $10 credit'. They didn't seem to understand that it's actually not my responsibility to fix it, but Vodafone.

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5505 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is rruullll bad at 27 Dec 2010 10:35:40 PM
I had to use a payphone to make an important call because of the crappy service.

A PAYPHONE PEOPLE

A PAYPHONE!!!

Plus i have to resend my text messages because they dont send, and dont get me started on the mobile broadband and internet on my phone.

I pay top dollar for 3rd world country service.

I have been a vodafone customer for almost 8 years. If they dont fix things, id rather get ripped off at telstra, at least I WONT NEED TO USE A PAYPHONE!

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5504 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is Voadphone is useless at 27 Dec 2010 10:35:22 PM
Got a unlimited plan for business calls...its utter crap, cant make calls most times, calls get cut off when I actually get through...a total waste of time!! Worst decision Ive ever made.

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5503 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Extreme Fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:35:22 PM
Vodafone promised me excellent coverage on a plan that costs me $99 a month for me, and $30 a month for my daughter. However, I have anything but. I doubt I use $10 a month on my phone, as reception is so poor I can't make phone calls from it, which leaves me having to make them from my home phone (which was what I was trying to avoid by taking up this plan). Not only that, on the odd occaision that I do get reception, the phone will drop out mid sentence, or start screaming a high pitched noise in my ear. I get no help from Vodafone over this issue, and 9/10 times, the person on the other end of the phone can't even say my name properly. Argh!

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5502 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is very at 27 Dec 2010 10:33:49 PM
the internet is shit,very slow, sometime i cant evan get connected..very bad reception all the time..i get mesages very late..it sukz!Fa

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5501 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is 1 at 27 Dec 2010 10:33:03 PM
I've been with Vodafone nearly 10 years and always happy untill last few years. We went on a plan 3 months ago with my husband and ever since then, all calls were constantly droppong out and you couldnt hear the other person. i spent most my time walking around trying to get reception, we live in melbourne not in the country. Worst off all internet was so slow and past 4 days i've had no internet at all. we mainly got it as we have no internet in our new place and so we can do internet banling ect now i cant even pay bills... Constant errors appear and no internet coverage. my parents are really frustrated with the calls as well... We know a number of people who have had enough and i dont even wanna call customer service- its 2 hours waiting time plus transfered to the right dept and more waiting and in the end all i get is their having some dificulties and will be fixed soon... All load of crap- Most annoying LARA - half the time i have to call back cause she cant put me through the right people...

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5500 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is GRRRR at 27 Dec 2010 10:31:25 PM
Back in May 2010 my phone dropped out, no coverage at all having a few spare mobiles i swapped my sim...into 5 different phones! NO coverage! My brother came over with his telstra phone n i called Vodafone to complain, they checked towers in my area etc etc all saying no problem, tried system resets on the 2 main phones etc no go then they proceeded to tell me it was my phones that were broken and id need to buy a new handset!! I waited the problem out till 1 by 1 over the span of about 4 months they came back into service, the handset i want to use still drops out for days at a time! Grrrr

Around Oct i started to get messages out of the blue saying 'transaction failed - insufficient funds' 4-5 times a day for no reason i had done nothing to cause this, i called Voda several times and after being on hold for over an hour each time they would hang up on me. I sent them several emails over the past few months to which i received no reply, i must say though funny how the messages have stopped in the last 2-3 days!!

Calls continually drop out ill have to call someone 2-3 times just to have a 5 min convo! Had enough swapping companies so this doesnt affect my business!!

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5499 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is failed at 27 Dec 2010 10:31:16 PM
they got me to sign a contract and told me that there coverage was great in the aera i live in and paying all this money and got billed for someone else calls that wernt ment to go on my account and then they gave me internet and said it was all good and that i wouldnt have problems ...............wrooooong vodaphone i have had nothing but problems with this service the 2nd day i had started it took me 4 hrs to get through to the calll centre and then only when i did get through the call drop out but yet there charging me for the call to them internet well thats complete rubbish it takes me 5 to 10 minutes to load a page and they call this broadband what rubbish im ruffusing to pay my bill until this network is fixed as to what they promise
27 Dec 2010 11:22:36 PM: "they got me to sign a contract" thats rubbish buddy, that was your own choice
as for not paying your "vodaphone" bill, you'll never get another phone/contract in your life (actually probably your daddy's; i'm assuming by your spelling that you're no older than 10) due to your terrible credit history.
real smart.
i think thats a fail by your own doing.

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5498 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is EPIC at 27 Dec 2010 10:30:54 PM
Vodafone have let me down so much it's not funny. If I head anywhere out of town I still get Optus and Telstra but never vodafone. They are meant to roam on Telstra? True but only for some areas which Vodafone pay for. They select a few but leave most out of coverage... not good! Fail - I'll never use them again.

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5497 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is VERY at 27 Dec 2010 10:29:12 PM
My phone (iPhone 3GS) Decides that my time is always one hour off no matter how I try to change it, every time I connect to my Macbook the time changes to a wrong time, my phone always drops out of service where my Partners OPTUS iPhone is on full. My messages don't get sent or received like normal. The whole system is a fail! And I have 18 more months of this pain. Please find me a solution that does not have me forking out a buy out fee that is ridiculous!

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5496 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is 100% at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:56 PM
i am on an unlimited call plan with a iphone4 but out going calls last 6min 42secs i also get my mic cut out i can hear the other person and the phone locks for a period of time after hanging up, i am in the pilbra and after several calls to vodafone i have to send my phone to my parents as there is no vodafone shop for 1200km then my parents will have to send up a replacement phone and sim? as vodafone says its the phone not the network. incoming calls go ok outgoing you can count on 6min 42 and in a 30min call thats 5 separate calls very irritating

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5495 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is 3/vodafone merger FAIL!!! at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:51 PM
Every since 3 merged with Vodafone myself and my mum have been having problems with the phone continually dropping out, messages not being received by myself or others,the signal is terrible.
My last phone bill was huge due to having to keep re-calling people after the phone drops out; why should I have to pay for it.
My contract is up in a month I was told that 3 will be rebranded to vodafone. They are very persistent about me renewing my contract 3 different people calling me in the same day and even more phone calls over the past couple of weeks - I wish they would leave me alone! I think I will just go back to Telstra just wish they had better cap plans.
Im really over companies and there lack of customer service. Its all about the profits they can make!
Legal action is all they will listen too.
Also as far as im aware if they state you have reception in a certain area and then you dont this is enough to void your contract! A friend got out of their contract this way.

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5494 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Bloody useless at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:48 PM
I spent one and half hours on the phone to VF the day I was due to fly out to a 7 week Eurotrip. I was trying to complain about 2 months of inexcusable reception on internet and phone (e.g. 20 mins of 'searching for a signal' in inner Sydney). After being on hold and being transferred numerous times they tell me the problem was I need to buy a new sim card!!! I told them I wanted 2 months free seeing as I pay them for a service they arent providing me with. They offered a $20 credit (2 months would be $140) and as I was waiting to speak to someone with authority to give me the 2 months free the phone cut out... wait for it... because of poor reception!!!
Now I am overseas and overjoyed to see this website and that I am not alone. My boyfriend and I have both had $300 bills from VF while OS due to data. Be warned - even when you are connected to free wifi some apps on iphone still use data - and VF does not tell you this as I followed all their instructions on how to aviod OS charges. When I get home I will be cancelling my contract (and making sure I am not penalised) seeing as they have broken our contract. BASTARDS!!!

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5493 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is Only recently at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:38 PM
I have been a happy customer of Vodafone for quite some time now. Was with Optus before and never had ANY reception, regardless of where I was. My problems with Vodafone only started a few weeks ago, where lost network keeps showing up on my iPhone. But have experience delayed voicemails from the start. There should be no reasons for this to happen.

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5492 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is Wireless broadband is riduculously fuking slow!!! at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:36 PM
I have a vodafail prepaid wireless broadband dongle and the transfer rate is is before the stone age!! I called vidafail and i was told i must b in a bad reception area... With thei information i recieved from the 'hard to understand' india i went and purchased a wireless router in the hope it would strengthen my reception.... Of course u can all assume what my outcome was! It was NO BETTER!!! Every day i am constantly turning off my internet and phone to in the hope the hope everything starts to work properly.... I could keep going and i asaure everyone that i will deffinately be filing out a complaint form for the Ombudsman as my troubles have gotten worse.... They had me convinced that the problem was at my end!! Now i know its not me and its thier company!!!!! THANKYOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!

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5491 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is very fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:26 PM
MY MOBILE BROADBAND IS NOT CONNECTING AT ALL FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH VODAFONE'S SIGNAL STRENGTH AND MY BROADBAND DISCONNECTING FREQUENTLY.
THEY SEEM TO BE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME, MONEY AND EFFORT ON ADVERTISING AND ABANDONING THE QUALITY AND SERVICE SIDE OF THINGS.

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5490 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is mobile broadband at 27 Dec 2010 10:28:09 PM
bought a pre paid pocket wifi so could use internet and skype to speak to family abroad.
Also had two prepaid SIM's for two phones. Guy at Vodafone store confirmed good signal in area I was to use it in. In you dreams!!!!
Biggest waste of my money and time
BIG MISTAKE. OFF TO TELSTRA!!!
who I should have used from day one.
Want my money back. Thanks
R

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5489 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:27:03 PM
since joining 2 years ago we have had doubled up account billings, my partners first phone just died on him within 2 months they sent it to a repair centre but couldn't be fixed & then they made us payout the phone even though it wasn't our fault & then he got a new phone & then they started billing us for internet t.v on his phone when he wasn't even signed up for it, we rung the customer service & they were no help at all!! this went on for like 6 months where he was getting these rediculous bills for like $150 a month & the fukin joke was that we couldn't even access the internet on his phone!!! but getting billed for it! this all happened in 2009 & now my partner got the iphone3 in june this year & he broke the phone & they had to replace it with a new one that now has so many problems like taking 45 mins to connect onto the internet, no service & also i have tried to ring him 3 times this week & so have other people & a voice comes on saying that his phone is dissconnected, but then an 1/2 hour later u ring it again & it's working fine! How do u get that!!!! we r VERY UN HAPPY CUSTOMERS!!!! & WHEN MY PHONE CONTRACT COMES UP IN MARCH IM CHANGING TO TELSTRA. VODAFONE IS VODAFAIL!

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5488 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is VERY FRUSTRATED at 27 Dec 2010 10:26:58 PM
i have wireless broadband and live 10min from cbd
i have full bars 4 reception but can
only connect via gprs which is very slow!
tried calling customer care they were helpful
but hard to understand(indians) refered my complaint
somewere else and got a phone call 1 week l8er saying low signal
in the area. wat a waste of time and also F*&k You Lara!
been like this 4 3 weeks now VERY FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!!!!

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5487 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is I HATE LARA! at 27 Dec 2010 10:26:56 PM
Dear Lara.

If you are reading this than there is something I have been wanting to tell you for sometime now. It has been really difficult for me to come up with the right words to express how I feel. We've known each other for awhile now, and I think its pretty obvious that we have started to drift our separate ways. Its been a long hard road and I think its about time to call this thing quits. I don't think we could ever been friends again. I mean, after all I can never actually reach you. I'm always on hold & that annoying music you play drives me up the wall. So, I guess this is it. I think its best if we don't talk anymore. I have found someone else.

Sincerely,
J

p.s: I have cut up my sim card. You wont be able to reach me. Ha!.. I guess now you will know what it feels like to be barred, disconnected and kept on 'hold'.

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5486 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is absolute shit at 27 Dec 2010 10:26:49 PM
Every call drops out. Mobile internet is useless. $99 per month... enough said?

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5485 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is PATRONISING at 27 Dec 2010 10:26:18 PM
I spoke to customer service last month and they treated me in such a patronising way. The call centre will do or say anything to make you go away.

Why would re-installing Windows on my Mac fix the connection problems with their USB dongle. I'm not stupid but I feel sorry for all the people that follow their instructions and waste hours of their day resetting phones and re-installing operating systems.
27 Dec 2010 10:28:19 PM: I feel your pain!..
27 Dec 2010 10:28:24 PM: I feel your pain!..
27 Dec 2010 10:28:41 PM: After NOT sorting out my call their fake stupid comments get me in a rage...

"is there anything else I can help you with"
"have a loverly day"

THEY DO NOT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27 Dec 2010 10:30:17 PM: ohhh yess!.. i just hang up!

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5484 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is No support at 27 Dec 2010 10:25:12 PM
recent signed up for vodafone wireless internet. used only for less than a week and the dongle has fault returned to the store and they send it away for service. got replacement but wrong colour. the store wouldn't change the right colour, they said its not their problem. What I am really p*** off about is that I have to pay $25.90 for the less than a week usage. I got next month bill stating that I have overdue amount of $25.90 + $39 monthly fee. I try to call their service desk but got shaft around and the store is no helper as well. Could anyone please help?

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5483 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is dropped calls & data transfer fails at 27 Dec 2010 10:24:32 PM
I thought at first that it is normal to have these issues. Although I tried to ring for support (which takes forever for them to even answer), no satisfaction. When I saw the NineMSN news mentioned about a possible class action against them & from friends who say to me that it is not normal to have such annoying mobile failure in their service, I've decided to join this then.

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5482 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Epic Fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:23:34 PM
This was the worst experience I've ever had.

I decided I wanted a new Iphone 4.
So I go to a store in elsternwick because I wanted to make sure that the plan I signed up for would include the bonus data as advertised. After I saw the representative use the website to place an internet order, I realise going to the store was a giant waste of time and I should have done it at home. I notice the guy enter my details twice, apparently a double deal they had going. I questioned him asking "I think doing that will order me 2 phones, I only want one", He assured me only one was getting ordered. I left the store, completely in doubt. So I call the Online Orders line, and after a 40 minute hold, get through. I ask to confirm that my order was for only 1 phone. Of course, it was for 2, and I had to go through the process of explaining to the online rep that it was the store rep's fault for stuffing it up.

The store rep told me it would take a maximum of 2 weeks for me to receive my iphone, 2 months later, I receive a card in the mail telling me it is ready to be picked up at Melbourne Airport. One lengthy roadtrip later, I am holding my Iphone.

When I turn it one, the Sim isn't recognized. So I attempt to call Customer service on my then current optus prepaid. 70 minutes later, I run out of credit and the call drops.

At this point I'd like to mention that ever customer service call followed the SAME LARA prompts/answers. What would you like to do? "Activate my SIM". Please provide your mobile number? "I don't have a mobile number because you haven't given me one". I'm sorry, please repeat that.
In the end, I just yelled CONNECT ME THROUGH TO AN OPERATOR until it eventually did.
And then the Operator would ask what my mobile number is, and all I could answer was "I don't know because you haven't given me one yet". Always greeted with stunned silence.

The next day, I go to a Vodafone store centre telling them of my problem. They let me use their phone to call customer service. After talking to lara, I finally get through to rep, only to have the call drop after I answered their initial "what is your name" question.

So I call back, after another 50 minutes on hold, the same thing happens.
I ask the store rep what is going on, He shrugs and says "They are having trouble with the phone lines, I should just try again later"

Optimistic, I go home, to look up the next nearest store to me. I make my way there and ask to use their phone to sort out this mess. Another 2 tries later, a total of 60 minutes on hold, and 2 dropped calls as soon as I was connected to a representative. Again, I ask the store assistants what is going wrong and they quite rudely tell me to go home and try it later.

The next day, I decided to buy more credit for my prepaid phone, hoping they had sorted their phone issues out. After half an hour on hold, and then being dropped as soon as I got through. I gave up for the rest of the day.

The next day (friday), I went to my parent's house (as they have a phone line - I didn't), and at 0930, nice and early, I call up tech support. This time (after 20 minutes on hold of course), I don't get dropped. And tell the representative what is happening. After a lengthy explanation that they haven't given me a mobile number yet and I need my SIM activated (which at this point I find out, isn't usually needed), I am told it will be operational in 20 minutes.

At 3pm, I call back, same deal, it will be ready in an hour.
At 4pm, I call back, again, it will be ready in half an hour (Support closed at 5pm).
At 4:30pm, I call back, and am on hold until 4:59, At which point, I am answered, and then hung up on due to closing time.

That monday, I go back to a store, and tell em my problem, and that they should ring up as a staff member to sort this problem out. (I was assuming they had some sort of priority line to skip the customer service queue - this is untrue). Eventually, I am told that my Credit check failed and that I would not be able to get an Iphone.

You mean this Iphone right here? - as I showed him what I was holding.
A mate of mine applied for the same plan + iphone, and was rejected on credit check (for some bizarre reason, his credit was fine).

So now I'm confused as to why I have been rejected, and yet still sent this iphone. I'm just about fed up and ready to leave (can you blame me?) - resolving to keep the iphone, unlock it, and go with a better telco, when the store rep rings up again, and this time tells me...

That my driver's licence number was input wrong.
He inputs it, and in 5 minutes, I'm connected.

It only took 2 months overdue, and a week of hassling to get my new iphone working and operational.
But now I get to experience the constant call dropouts, Data interruptions, crappy reception and horrible customer service Vodafone has to offer!

When my contract is up, NEVER AGAIN VODAFONE. NEVER AGAIN.
27 Dec 2010 10:32:06 PM: WOW!..thats just unbelievable
28 Dec 2010 12:00:15 AM: I really should have pushed for atleast 3 months free service or something, I think I was just ruined to resignation in the end :(

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5481 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:23:28 PM

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5480 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is vodafone is pathetic at 27 Dec 2010 10:22:22 PM
Recently changed to Telstra from Vodafone, best thing i ever did.Funny thing is i got a call from Vodafone asking why i left, my reply........"1: no reception..2customer service is shit..3they just don't care". Now with Telstra it's bloody great & because i linked my home phone and my wife's mobile i can call between the 3 for free and get $10 off each cap per month. so $39 per month $450 worth of call you do the math Vodafone........

ps Telstra also gave me a $200 credit for coming over.......

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5479 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:21:52 PM

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5478 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is 1 at 27 Dec 2010 10:21:44 PM
Me and my husband went on a plan 2 months ago, ever since then constant calls drop out. We can't hear half the time what the other person is trying to say or vise versa. Always have to run around trying to get better reception, its not like we live in the country somewhere. Internet is extremely slow and most frustrating is last 4 days straight ive had no internet at all. we got these in order to do internet banking etc and now can't even pay bills or anything due to the internet not working at all and when you call their closed or you have to wait 2 hours. My parents are also disguasted with their new plan and can never hear us and constant calls dropping out.
27 Dec 2010 10:24:29 PM: i forgot to add i've been with Vodafone nearly 10 years and was always happy untill last 1 year when they hit rock bottom.

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5477 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is at 27 Dec 2010 10:21:31 PM

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5476 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is ENGLISH PLEASE at 27 Dec 2010 10:21:19 PM
Fucking Indians, Hadi Wadi Woo, would you like a papadum. Thankyou come again.

This Indian Fuck put me throug to about 4 different people and then back to him. I asked him what country he was in and he wouldnt tell me.

VODAFONE you are the reason for racism. We hate indians because of you. They know the cricket score bette than knowin how to help me.

FUK OFF PUNJABI, Voda hiring Aussies, create jobs and teach them that there are more things to life than Brett Lee
27 Dec 2010 10:21:33 PM: lol
27 Dec 2010 10:54:32 PM: Sorry mate you are an idiot! Blaming Vodafone for your blatant racism??? No wonder they wouldn't help you. I wouldn't either. P.S. Learn to spell before having a go at other people's English. Douche!
28 Dec 2010 05:19:18 AM: I have to agree that's a bit full on, I wouldn't want to help you either dude, how's that saying go

"you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar!"
28 Dec 2010 07:27:13 AM: And you think that Telstra and Optus don't use the same call centres? Go and tell it to Jerry Springer you embarassing redneck.
28 Dec 2010 07:31:27 AM: No 5476, YOU are the reason for racism. And when you are being deservedly attacked in the street for making comments like that and crying for help, I will just walk on past and smile... :)

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5475 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is DISGRACEFUL at 27 Dec 2010 10:20:42 PM
I'm with 3 ...which as we all know has joined with Vodafone.

- After 24months we ordered upgrades for our 2 mobile phones. Rather than upgrades they added 2 NEW NUMBERS to my account. After about 4 hours of phonecalls they finally accepted that it was their mistake and said that they will remove the 2 numbers from my 'next' bill.
- As one of the new phones ordered was an iphone, they were reluctant to let me keep my number...to do so, I had to buy a simcard from another company...transfer my number to that company and then fill out a 'porting form' and transfer it back to 3 (like I don't have better things to do with my time.)
- On top of that, as I'm on the old cap and they didn't upgrade it when they should of (Signed the 15th Nov. for the start of Dec 10) I'm currently having to pay for internet usage that I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR AS MY CAP SHOULD OF COMMENCED ON THE 10TH DEC NOT 10TH JAN!!

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5474 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is frustrating at 27 Dec 2010 10:20:35 PM
been with vodafone about 9 years and recently last year or so the coverage has gotten worse, with drop outs, no 3G coverage, at times needing to call my wife and not being able to contact her...
i have tried complaining with no results... Ridiculous that i pay my bills but yet they cant fix a problem...

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5473 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is Useless at 27 Dec 2010 10:20:33 PM
It takes minimum 30 seconds for a number to start ringing,
then the call drops out.
Voice mail doesn't send a message for a day or two.
I can't receive picture messages.
Internet access is unusable.

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5472 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Pretty crap. at 27 Dec 2010 10:20:29 PM
I love Vodafone, for the good deals they do, and good rates and everyone in my family and friend circle is on Vodafone or a branch of.
But the customer service is shit, and some of the staffers are quite rude, and alot of them are VERY hard to understand, and they don't seem to understand YOU.
But, I am getting SO sick of my phone dropping out mid conversation, not letting me call out saying "network busy" and having to wait for another like 10 mins before I can call, not getting voicemails, texts, and texts not sending and the like.
I've never before really had a problem, but, this has recently increased and it's getting very frustrating.
Especially when my boyfriend, who is in Scotland atm, stays up waits for my call and has to wait longer because we keep getting cut out or the "network is busy" or when he calls me and my "phone is off or out of range" when it is not.
Fix this Vodafone or lose a customer who has been with you for a LONG time and always praised you.

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5471 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is crap... at 27 Dec 2010 10:19:48 PM
Im in Baldivis and only get 1 or 2 max bars in one room of my house. Even when the phone says it's in range, I don't recieve some calls or texts! I've also been woken at 6.30am yesterday and today by texts that where sent to me the previous days. Great holiday sleep in-NOT!!! I've complained to customer care (lol) change sim cards, turn ph on/off nothing works. Can't wait until september 2011.

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5470 Someone from SA thinks vodafone is They crap at 27 Dec 2010 10:19:44 PM
No or poor internet reception, put up with it for 6 months and have now changed both on the mobile and laptop, never again will I ever consider them for a provider, had enough of promises and no action

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5469 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is coverage and drop-outs and no service and message bank failures and total coverage collapse for 12hrs and so on and so on.. the only thing relable from them is the bill! at 27 Dec 2010 10:19:42 PM
Clients, builders and our own sub-contractors are continually complaining about not getting through to us when we are INSide 10km radius of the city. Very unprofessional for us!

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5468 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is epic fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:19:30 PM
well it really only has been happening for me in the last 6-8 months. I can sit in my lounge room on the goldcoast, and have no reception, but if i walk out side i have 1 bar, and if i go stand in the middle of the road, i get 3 bars, and thats after i have turned the 3g off on my phone, the numerous times i have had a call end with call fail message or the times i have called people only to have it not do anything for 30 secs only to have once again the call fail message on the screen come up, but worst of all was when i was on hold to them, after 15 mins it call failed only to call them back and be on hold for 1hr 45 mins, and the nice indian male spoke to me, and told me that they were upgrading the network thats why their is problems, and he did agree with me that i shouldnt be paying the amount i pay every month as they are not holding up to their end of the bargain, yeah i was shocked that one of their own workers said i should try and get out of the contract and someone will call me back the 26th of nov 2010 today is 27 dec and i am still waiting for that call!
28 Dec 2010 12:42:04 AM: I'm an Idependent ACN Representative,I understand how everyone are totally dissatisfied with the Vodafone phone, internet and customer service qualities. Our ACN customer services are incredible. You can reach them less than 10 mins pratically everytime. They are fast and effiecient and never transfer your call unlike Telstra or Optus as I heard, If you want to know more about us, contact me in my email at cengiz@acnrep.com I loves to turn UNHAPPY customer to HAPPY customer.

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5467 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Huge, massive FAIL! at 27 Dec 2010 10:18:50 PM
I'm so happy that we're all uniting in our pain!!!
I've felt alone for so long now, Vodafone have left me stranded with drop outs, months & months to get my handset fixed whilst still paying the bills and more so, RUDE service after spending hours on the phone away from work. Their best recommendation was to graciously unlock my phone so that whilst driving around the state, I could change over my sim card into a phone & service that works whilst still driving, just to talk to a client and then, when back into an area with coverage, swap back over to my vodaphone card & phone (whilst still driving) to resume my service....and apparently, this was their best offer! So good to know that I'm not alone anymore.

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5466 Someone from ACT thinks vodafone is goofy at 27 Dec 2010 10:18:49 PM
Every time i want to log on online ,the website said my password is wrong ,i do remember my password.and then my account is been locked 24 hours ,its so trange, i don't why . and i always call failed .so goofy

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5465 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is bad service at 27 Dec 2010 10:18:41 PM
Txts take days to arrive..drops out..no signal... Not long ago i spent hours of time over a few days trying to get through by phone for service when the online top-up facility wouldn't work. Numerous times after waiting for around half an hour on the line i just got cut off and then had to go through the whole Lara thing again. I sent a complaint using the web form for complaints but go no reply. After persevering with waiting i finally got through but then the line dropped out even while i was being assisted. In defense of the operator he was very helpful - not his fault he works for a terrible company. I imagine they treat their staff no better than their customers.

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5464 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is vodafail...definitely at 27 Dec 2010 10:18:37 PM
Have a usb modem which I have had for about two and half months, it just seems to have a mind of its own. Lets me connect when it feels like it and I am still getting charged for connection. Half the time it tells me I am connected to the internet and but I am unable to get on. What a joke!!! Have been able to reach customer service and they tell me, they have been having trouble in the queensland area, come on, its been 2 months now and they keep telling me the same thing.. pull finger

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5463 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is outdated at 27 Dec 2010 10:17:36 PM
All I ask for is coverage in Leongatha. Thousands of people live there, and 20km away in Korrumburra there is coverage. Korrunmburra is a hole though, I want to be able to make calls without having to go there.
27 Dec 2010 10:32:02 PM: use the land line lol

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5462 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is epic fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:17:17 PM
well it really only has been happening for me in the last 6-8 months. I can sit in my lounge room on the goldcoast, and have no reception, but if i walk out side i have 1 bar, and if i go stand in the middle of the road, i get 3 bars, and thats after i have turned the 3g off on my phone, the numerous times i have had a call end with call fail message or the times i have called people only to have it not do anything for 30 secs only to have once again the call fail message on the screen come up, but worst of all was when i was on hold to them, after 15 mins it call failed only to call them back and be on hold for 1hr 45 mins, and the nice indian male spoke to me, and told me that they were upgrading the network thats why their is problems, and he did agree with me that i shouldnt be paying the amount i pay every month as they are not holding up to their end of the bargain, yeah i was shocked that one of their own workers said i should try and get out of the contract and someone will call me back the 26th of nov 2010 today is 27 dec and i am still waiting for that call!
27 Dec 2010 10:18:33 PM: go to the vodafone shops, no wait.... thats right they know nothing about whats going on, only to direct you to call vodafone and be on hold for a min 15 years.

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5461 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Poorly at 27 Dec 2010 10:16:59 PM
I am so frustrated with the reception drop out! I was talking to my boss the other day and it cut out twice whilst in the middle of a conversation. How embarrassing. Another incident is it took me 20 minutes one day to make a call because it kept saying "call failure".

Its not because of a bad area that I was driving in because I have made calls in the same area before. Its really disappointing that such a large company would be having these problems but even more worrying is if we have to terminate our contract we have to pay cancellation fees handset fees....so thats not going to happen noway! This is why a website like this is very important.

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5460 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is a bunch of disgraceful scammers. at 27 Dec 2010 10:16:24 PM
I didn't really feel the pain, more my friend.

A week or so ago my friend got a new phone on the vodafone network. He let me play with it for a while, so I checked moblie internet. No connection. He freaked out, checked all the settings and nothing was wrong. Tried again, still the same problem (we were in the Melbourne CBD by the way). I pulled out my phone (on 3) and 3g was working like a charm. He then decided to make a call, which obviously failed (hardcore).

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5459 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Very at 27 Dec 2010 10:16:12 PM
I call it Nodafone

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5458 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is getting worse at 27 Dec 2010 10:15:54 PM
I started off with Vodafone 10odd years ago and was always extremely happy with their service, as well as customer service. I got the mobile broadband when that came out due to needing to travel with work- 2gig a month costing $70. Was happy to pay as I didn't need to much- and the freedom of wireless internet was what I needed. I was told it would be 3G coverage within a month. 18months of constant calls with them, due to receiving internet speeds of 5kb/sec on a good day the speeds finally came up to a more desirable speed. Not once did I receive accurate information from them on when the speeds would come up- nor any compensation for only receiving 1/4 of what I was paying for. Couldn't do anything as I was on a 2year contract....

In the last year- mobile coverage has also been terrible from home. Despite being 1km away from the nearest station and being well inside their "3G" coverage zone. Dropouts would occur every call, even with 4 bars signal still showing.

I recently moved and was moving into an area that would have no signal- so contacted them to see what I could do with my contract which still had time left. Bouncing around 5 different "service" centers, and over an hour on the phone I was told there was no option but to stay on the contract or cancel it. Despite bringing up the terrible service over the past year, and my 10years loyalty with them did nothing so I told them to stick it and begrudgingly paid the $1000+ to rid myself of them for ever.

The last year I know of a good dozen or so with the same stories, and this site shows the scale of it. Good to see something to stick it to them with!

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5457 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is EPIC FAIL! at 27 Dec 2010 10:15:24 PM
For over 12months I have had to deal with txt's not sending and calls not being received. I usually turn my phone off and on at least 10 times a day, my biggest count so far is 32, I am in constant contact with friends, family and customers through txt's.
1555 - No help
In store - Sim Card change - achieved nothing
Now I can't even turn on 3g access or I get a 'No Service' msg. No 3g for me, even though thats what I pay for.

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5456 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Suck! at 27 Dec 2010 10:15:09 PM
I will look for another carrier this week as long as they do not hold on to my account and telephone numbers (me and my wife) like Telstra did 3-4 years ago.

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5455 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Loss of a 5yr relationship ...almost at 27 Dec 2010 10:15:05 PM
I tried to explain to my usually very understanding boyfriend of 5 years that I did in fact try to call him about an important matter...right in the heart of Sydney CBD..but kept getting NO NETWORK COVERAGE....for hours and hours. It was much later that night that it finally decided to connect. Sure sure he said...its just not possible and an argument followed as our communicating about something that day (relating to kids) was imperative. Thanks Vodafone for causing a rift between us and now I understand more. I shall direct him to this site and hopefully be absolved!!!!!

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5454 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is on a scale of one to ten - eleven at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:58 PM
i pay 49 bucks to basically have my calls drop out, my reception go astray and and vodafail put me on hold for an hour every time i need assistance. Last week i was on a conference call, and the line went dead. I also dont get reception in the CBD but when im out in the middle of no where, i have full bars. NOT GOOD ENOUGH VODAPHONE. IM IN A CONTRACT TO PAY, AND YOU'RE IN A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE!!!

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5453 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is reception good at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:57 PM
HI iv been with Vodafone for 6 years iv never had an issue with reception and my phone is a t630 10 year old my boys have the same carrier and there phones are fine ,mind u soon as i go to the country eg wallan or Kilmore reception isn't there. and when i call them i am so over lara any way for 20$ a year what do u expect if ur not happy change carrier.

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5452 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Ridiculously bad.. at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:56 PM
I have a 29 per month contract. The phone is poor, keeps dropping out. Not happy from day one with little problems seemingly endless.

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5451 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is DISMAL Service! at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:49 PM
All calls made or received constantly disconnected after 6 to 8 mins! Also call reception fades in and out regularly. Not a happy customer.

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5450 Someone from WA thinks vodafone is Big Fail! at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:48 PM
I am with 3 now merged with Vodafone.
Hugely unimpressed with the fact we used to roamunder Telstra and since being bought out by Vodafone, me and my partner may aswell have no reception!
First of all, we weren't even informed there would be a merger, because if we were I sure wouldn't have had renewed my contract only weeks before it took place!
When i went into a store to ask about another new phone to replace the new one i had just got, i was met with "Oh it isprobably because of the merge to Vodafone....Oh, i wasn't meant to tell you that". Nice, the long trem customers weren't even kept in the loop, nor given the choice to leave at end of contract.

Secondly we have called 3/Vodafone and complained to some overseas, non-fluent english speaking person who didn't even understand us, to be told our reception is fine and also got quite angry towards my husband, nice customer service! And I'm sure they can really tell from looking at a computer that we have good or bad reception.
The phone had dropped out numerous times before my husband could even get that far as to speak to a real person.
I sure hope we can all just get some sort of service with this distorted company.

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5449 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is epic fail at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:30 PM
well it really only has been happening for me in the last 6-8 months. I can sit in my lounge room on the goldcoast, and have no reception, but if i walk out side i have 1 bar, and if i go stand in the middle of the road, i get 3 bars, and thats after i have turned the 3g off on my phone, the numerous times i have had a call end with call fail message or the times i have called people only to have it not do anything for 30 secs only to have once again the call fail message on the screen come up, but worst of all was when i was on hold to them, after 15 mins it call failed only to call them back and be on hold for 1hr 45 mins, and the nice indian male spoke to me, and told me that they were upgrading the network thats why their is problems, and he did agree with me that i shouldnt be paying the amount i pay every month as they are not holding up to their end of the bargain, yeah i was shocked that one of their own workers said i should try and get out of the contract and someone will call me back the 26th of nov 2010 today is 27 dec and i am still waiting for that call!
27 Dec 2010 10:16:47 PM: try going to the store, they know nothing about whats going on, and they will tell you to call vodafone and yeah thats another 15 years wait time

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5448 Someone from NSW thinks vodafone is Big Fail. Horrible at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:24 PM
My phone is all the time out of coverage. No service all the time and the reception
Has only got half a bar. It is rediculous. Sometimes my phonecalls fail in the middle
Of conversation. And my 3G network is horrible most of
The time it doesn't connect to anything. I changed from 3 company to Vodafone thinking it's better but looks like I've made the worst decision I went from bad to worse.

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5447 Someone from VIC thinks vodafone is Coverage and Customer Service at 27 Dec 2010 10:14:20 PM
DIE VODAFONE DIE
DIE LARA DIE, YOU PATRONIZING BITCH

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