Hello everyone, I am prepared to show to full story. Their email contains the disclaimer statement so I won't be show the contents in their reply. But base on my reply, anyone can roughly guess what that customer service officer said.
From:sukylite@gmail.com
Sent:Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:41:20 PM
To: g-mrd1626@singtel.com
Subject: Feedback Form
Personal Particulars
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Customer Type: Consumer, Existing
Salutation: Ms
Name: Eng Suky
NRIC/FIN: S________
Contact Number: ________
Email Address: sukylite@gmail.com
Feedback
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Nature of Feedback: Complaints
Commenting On: Mobile
Service Number: 9_______
Your Comments: I have been receiving the following message for the past 3 months: "Please keep this message Sender : chunkiat IMEI: 35234403208265901" The latest of such message come from this number +8618704890625. Some other day a different number will send the same message. But between 4 oct 11 and 5 oct 11, I have received a total of 22 of such messages from that number.
I found out that this message was sent out from my friend's previous mobile phone. My friend's name is chunkiat. He traded in this mobile phone, which is a Samsung Omnia 2 beginning of this year to Singtel. A security feature of this mobile phone is that it will automatically send a message to an emergency contact whenever the SIM card is replaced in the mobile phone.
For this security feature of Samsung Omnia 2, I am the emergency contact, thus my number 9_______. However, after he traded in his mobile phone to Singtel beginning of this year, Singtel FAILED to reset this mobile phone back to factory state completely. The failure of Singtel in resetting the mobile phone resulted in that message to be sent to my mobile phone everyday throughout the whole day. Some of such messages were even sent during late at night when I am sleeping.
I tried walking into a hello shop but the customer service officer failed to provide me with any solution. I also tried calling that number, risking the overseas charges. But the person on the phone sounds like a Chinese National who failed to understand my Chinese, and just straight away said I dialled the wrong number.
With all these unpleasant experiences all caused by Singtel's service negligence, I hereby demand a solution to this problem once and for all. Thank you for your kind understanding and I look forward to your speedy reply.
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Type: My Mobile
Singtel's reply: push the blame to chunkiat, find Samsung, or please consider changing your number.
From:"Eng Suky"
Sent:Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:54:34 PM
To: g-mrd1626@singtel.com
Subject: Fwd: Feedback Form
Hi Mr Ahmad Faisal
Your explanation is unjustifiable. Singtel has to provide me with more convincing justifications for entirely not assisting me in this issue.
I would like to highlight that while it is the user's responsibility to ensure that there is proper transferring of useful data from old mobile phone to the new mobile phone, it is NOT the user's responsibility for any inconvenience which arises because of Singtel's incomplete resetting of the mobile device upon the trade in.
I have spoken on an online chat with Weixiang from the online chat team... He assured me that
https://www.singtelshop.com/agreements/TradeinTC.pdf
is the only trade in agreement. Thus, there is no clause in the agreement that requires the user to agree to bear all consequences of not "ensur(ing) that the handset's data is wiped out to prevent such issues before trading in". I quote that from your reply.
It is not fair for me to bear even more overseas charges just to "kindly liase with the current owner of the Samsung Omnia 2" (quoting that from your reply) because of Singtel's mistake that causes me inconvenience ever since the past 3 months.
It is also not fair for me to bear with the inconvenience of changing my number because of Singtel's carelessness in the process of resetting the mobile device upon trade in.
Let's resolve this issue in a peaceful manner before I bring this up to the higher order. Please take necessary action, and I appreciate your kind understanding. I have included the exact chat with Weixiang from the online chat team for your reference below.
Thank you for choosing SingTelshop.com. Our Online Chat Agent will assist you shortly.
You are now chatting with Weixiang.
You: can provide me the link to the terms and conditions of mobile phone trade in?
Weixiang: Hi, my name is Weixiang, your Online Chat Agent, and I am here to help you with your online purchase.
Weixiang: It can be found here: https://www.singtelshop.com/agreements/TradeinTC.pdf
You: har 1 page only
You: more than just the accepting the phone
You: got any that has to do with "singtel not responsible for loss of data" or anything like that?
Weixiang: Please give me a moment while I check for you.
You: thanks
Weixiang: This is currently the only trade in agreement.
You: I would like to quote you in my email to a feedback I sent yesterday. can you provide me your fullname or something so that they know who I was referring to?
Weixiang: My name is Weixiang From the Online chat team.
You: Ok thank you for your kind assistant.
Weixiang: Is there anything else I can assist you with?
You: not at the moment. I would like to keep this chat open. you may take your leave.
Weixiang: Hi, my name is Weixiang, your Online Chat Agent, and I am here to help you with your online purchase.
Weixiang: Sure. Please let me know should you need assistance.
You: hi sorry one more thing I sent the feedback and the person reply me to my email... can I just send a reply directly from my email?
Weixiang: Yes you may reply directly to the email..
Weixiang: Is there anything else I can assist you with?
Weixiang: Thank you for using the Online Chat service at Singtelshop.com. Feel free to come back to us if you require further assistance. Have a great day!
Thank you for chatting with us. Please click the "Close" button on the top right of the chat window to tell us how we did today.
Thank you.
Regards
Miss Eng Suky
Singtel's reply: we are not responsible, we are not responsible. chunkiat is responsible, chunkiat is responsible. go change your number!
From:"Eng Suky"
Sent:Friday, October 07, 2011 10:47:48 PM
To: g-mrd1626@singtel.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: Feedback Form
Hi Mr Ahmad Faisal
The previous owner is also "under no obligation, whether complete or incomplete, when it comes to wiping out data/resetting information" before trade in. I am also not responsible for Singtel's "negligence to remove the feature" after trade in. Quoting all that from your reply.
I realise that we are simply passing the ball around and this argument will come to no end. Kindly note that whatever we are not "responsible" for, it is not in any Agreement Document stated that all 4 parties (myself, chunkiat, Omnia 2 new ownder and Singtel) have to agree with regards to trading in mobile devices.
In this webpage
http://info.singtel.com/contact-us
where I first started speaking to you, it contains the line "We are committed to providing a high level of service." May I ask what is "high level service" to Singtel? Below is an example of "high level service":
Singtel shall volunteer to contact the new owner of that handset in China, give him a step-by-step guide on how to remove that security feature in a language that he is comfortable with. He is probably using a prepaid SIM card that doesn't give a statement on how many messages he has been unknowingly sending to Singapore. The Omnia 2 is currently not with me or any of my friends thus I couldn't do the same. Also, it will be appreciated if Singtel can give me a refund on that overseas call I attempted on that fateful day.
This peaceful solution will do all of us (myself, chunkiat, Omnia 2 new owner and Singtel) a great favour.
"Consider changing my number" is the last thing I am going to do, because I will change Telco along with it, as Singtel fails to provide a "high level service" by pushing the blame back to the customers.
Thank you.
Regards
Miss Eng Suky
Singtel's reply: we forward to another officer to follow up, please be patient!
Singtel's repy again: Go find Samsung! It is their security feature, we are not responsible we are not responsible. I give you their contact now go find them.
Suky lost the battle, and if by next year June (end of contract) the problem persist, she is going to find starhub.