81 Customer Reviews over 3 pages
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- None of your business
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- italk
- Date
- 2022-03-31
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If italk could be measured on their skill for gaslighting, italk would score top marks. Unfortunately italk fails on professionalism, account management, integrity, good customer service and complaint resolution in a timely manner. The important requirements of a service provider.
Stick to the big players in broadband as this shabby outfit isn’t worth all the stress to have a sub par broadband connection and deal with drones on the phone who sound bored out of their tiny minds. For your health and wellbeing, steer well clear!
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- Streatham
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-02-17
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- Wilts
- Reviewing
- italk
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- 2021-05-04
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- Bury St Edmunds
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-09-24
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This company is an absolute joke they're trying to take money out of my account without my authorisation they have messaged me every day phoned me every day keep away from them I have also contacted trading standards
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- Peterborough
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-05-27
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This is the worst broadband provider I had to pay a
An early exit fee to leave them , service went live and never had any broadband what so ever for 3 months , rang them countless times if you miss their call back from fault dept they remove it from their system so they don’t have to pay compensation even though the fault existed for 3 months , when that have done this you have to go right back to plugging in to test socket on your phone which I had to do several times I even left work early and had a call back booked with a manager so I lost half a days pay and they never phoned me as was booked earlier in the day , I waited for a few days and then I rang them back and started process all over again , I wasted hours on the phone trying to get it resolved and countless times it was never resolved, they even wonted to charge me £65 pound if I never returned the router , which is still in my cupboard been waiting over two months for them to send pre paid envelope so I can return it , my guess is the router will end up in bin as they even talked to get it posted back to them ,
They are also not registered with ofcom , but with someone else,I eventually got £37 compensation their first offer was £4 and a few pence , again took several hours of phone calls to get that they admitted they could see I had not a single moment of broad band from them in 3 months but still wonted paying £70 pound for the months which they never provided me with any broadband, in the finish I got their early exit fee dropped from £180 down to £65 so in the finish I ended up having to pay them £115 to exit early from contract when they never provided the service they was supposed to , I told them it was like stealing money getting paid for providing no service what so ever for 3 months , the only thing they gave me was a lot of wasted time and stress . So pls do yourself a massive favour and look elsewhere for broadband may be stay with one of the big names but defo not Italk
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- East Anglia
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-09-18
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If it seems to be good tobe true then it likely is too be good to be true.
I thought i bagged a good deal with fast fibre broadband, but oh no,this is THE most incompetent broadband company.
Customer service staff are miserable and it really does come across they are working from home because some of them answer the phone like you've interrupted them.
Processing is a joke. Today i received a letter for £65 bill for early termination of contract. This transpired whilst in my cooling off period and their diabolical service, i was shopped around for another quote. I told iTalk they then offered me a good deal and rectified the issues.
I believed what i was told and subsequently cancelled the other service a month ago. iTalk then said they are UNABLE to cancel it their end so instead of dealing with the technical issue they have sent me a bill.
Logic? None
I phoned customer service twice today. Nobody can tell me the timescale for a call back.
As soon as my contract ends i shall NOT be renewing it with iTALK. I may well have to pay more to another provider but iTALK are driving me insane!!!
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- London
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-04-22
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italk is without a doubt the worst broadband company I have ever used, I was with them for 3 years and now i'm back to my previous provider, so I know.
Avoid them at all costs! The internet was always slow but up until Covid19 in 2020 I was rarely home so didn't mind - but I always made sure to report the faults, which were always meet with silly excuses such are poor weather (i'm talking rain in London). October- November 2020 was the worst, working from home was extremely difficult with their lines dropping every few minutes, sometimes for hours. December I didn't have any internet at all! I had to pay for a mobile hotspot upgrade and lost many days of work because of it. When I spoke to them about this they said they would refund for lost internet, my phone data, but they lied. The engineer they finally sent out for an inspection (first and only in 3 years of complaints) said there was nothing for him to fix and that the modem was faulty. Note, he had never heard of italk, lol. I called back and said I was done with not having any internet and would be cancelling as it didn't make sense to pay that month, let alone another month for no internet. They wanted to charge me for a new modem to be sent out and said they wouldn't be able to resolve the issue or pay me any compensation if I moved on. I must have been on the phone for a good hour asking to cancel, with the guy just asking me to pay for the new modem, he hung up on me and I cancelled the direct debit. Finally managed to cancel on the phone today (April 2021!), and not a penny compensation wise. Ridiculous.
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- Ballywalter
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-02-07
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Worse provider ever !!!! It's been of more than on ...took first payment early 29.94 so I cancelled the d d and within the matter of minutes they emailed. Texted and phoned to reinstate it then they sent me a email saying payment over due after taking it out of bank
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- London
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2019-11-08
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Do not use iTalk. My elderly parents recently moved to a different provider and have been daily harassed by members of the customer service team from iTalk, receiving several calls a day on their landline and mobile phones as they apparently owe 75p, even suggesting they would send in bailiffs. Although iTalk say on their website that their senior management team will deal with any issues, the advisers would not allow my parents to speak to anyone senior. Just the worst and intimidating customer service approach I have ever heard of.
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- Birmingham
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-08-10
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iTalk is a big mistake in fact I regret ever signing up with them very quick to sniff life out if you if you missed payment but never admitted to rectify your problem when you are having one...very stupid and useless company...Bad market
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- poole
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-04-09
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Luckily I am nearing the end of my contract and will avoid ever renewing it.I have never achieved more than half of the promised speed and upload speed most of the time is hardly registering.It is continually dropping out and almost unusable with an iPad.After hours of waiting to contact customer service the cost of trying to break the contract four months early was ridiculous and compared to other providers the cost of an alternative a faster service was to expensive..With what was promised when I initially signed up for this contract and what was supplied there is no way I would ever contemplate staying with them even if the price was acceptable.My main use was for very low for a security camera which is continually dropping out and then failing to reconnect because of the poor signal.
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- Uk
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-09-11
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Absolute awful company I so would not recommend this company they tried to £218 for 1 late payment and a engineer appointment when a engineer didn't even turn up, tried to take money out of my account every other day, rang them up talked to them about a payment plan they agreed but still tried to take money out of my account so rang back up they agreed to take my card off there system and still tried to take money out of my account even though they said they had taken my card of there system so they had said absolutely disgusting company do not go with this company
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- Sheffield
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-05-25
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1 star is too much for this company.
My advice would be to avoid ITalk
Unless you want to pay for slow very unreliable broadband.
Petty and poor customer service.
Counting the days now till my new provider can BT supplies me with fast efficient broadband for the same price I’ve been paying for utter rubbish slow useless broadband , the broadband wouldn’t even work in the room my router was in!!!
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- Colchester
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-10-21
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soooooo impressed!!!! Will recommend to friends i cant big you up enough!
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- Glasgow
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-04-28
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My debit increased from £30 to £40 for no reason. I sent company 5 emails asking why it increased and every email was ignored. Cancelled the debit and they then added a further £10 to my bill. Still haven’t replied to me. Do yourself a favour and AVOID this company.
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- Dunfermline
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-11-22
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- Liverpool
- Reviewing
- italk
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- 2022-06-22
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- italk
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- 2020-02-28
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- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-02-14
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I Don't recommend this broadband. Quite disappointedthat that at the beginning we've got promised a fast broadband and turns out that it is far too slow.+ 12 month contract. The internet does interrupt often with covid online lessons, especially wonderful (not)!! Thankfully hands down, it does not go off totally (that's why I give them 3 stars for the reliability). Also, contacted them few times about it. Customer service always good give them 5 stars for it. Sorry for this review but it's only fair for people to know.
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- Wales
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-01-14
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Worst company I've ever used. Kept sending e-mails asking for assistance as broadband wasn't working. NO REPLY. Absolutely no help whatsoever. Again, worst broadband provider
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- Wales
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-01-13
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Worst company I've ever used. Kept sending e-mails asking for assistance as broadband wasn't working. NO REPLY. Absolutely no help whatsoever. Again, worst broadband provider
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- Barnsley
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-05-26
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Perfect to be honest, never had an issue with our connection, we had multiple devices online at once and never had an issue, even down to cancelling everything was fair and simple
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- Trimsaran
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- italk
- Date
- 2021-12-09
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- Scotland
- Reviewing
- italk
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- 2021-07-29
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2019-08-25
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After being with it all for over a year I decided to switch providers due to my connection frequently going off. When I tried to resolve this with the company I was told I needed to prove this by going onto a laptop even though they were able to tell me several dates that it failed from their computer. After informing them I was switching due to their failure I was told I would still have to pay for the service due to being in a contract with them.
Would definitely recommend to stay clear of this broadband provider
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- Stoke on Trent
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-01-24
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- Coleraine
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-05-29
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- Crewe
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-02-25
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Worst mistake cuming to this company as the broadband is rubbish kept dipping in and out couldn't play on my playstation or YouTube. Kept ringing up to sort it had 3 different engineers out they said its sort the problem but it did not work each time when phone up the customer service operator had a voice changer and sounded like a robot he was rude and disgusting they he spoke also Kept passing me yo 6 different operator but none knew what they were doing or talking about.They would not let us leave. I have learning disability and autism this made me feel really frustrated and angry had yo pass to my support work which in the end gad to shout at them as they font listern to whst ur saying plus we just hung had enough kniw I get no stops calls and emails from asking me to stay with them no thank you I would not advise anyone to go with this crap company.
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- Runcorn
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2019-01-05
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My mother has this provider. It's pretty good the only thing that is annoying is no engineers come out and you have to do it all yourself. I'm amazed no ones bothered to review this company.
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- London
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-08-10
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They don't stick to the dates agreed and they have a very bad customer service and they always keep changing the go live date agreed and even the last go-live date which was today (it passed 5pm and it is not there yet and I'm still waiting for the broadband).
I called today to raise a complaint and told to record it and they said I've to wait to midnight and I asked to speak to a manager and they she is busy.
Below are the details:
1) The package was agreed and paid for on 19 July
2) When the package was sold it was confirmed by the italk representative on phone that the go-live date will be 03-Aug (15 calendar days after the sale date) if not earlier and that was the basis of the agreement.
3) Following that an email was sent to say that the go live date will be 03-09 August (this was not accepted by me the customer).
4) A week later another email was sent by italk to say that go live is now 10 August (this was not accepted by myself).
5) I called the customer service team and after 10min discussion I asked to talk to a manager and I was advised that no managers are available. I asked to talk with the customer complaint team and the representative cut-off the call.
6) I called again after an hour and talked with another customer representative and after an hour of discussion and him trying to chaeck and discuss the issue with his team internally, he told me that the go-live date that was sent to me is 17 Aug although the email below shows clearly that it is 03-09 August and this was not agreed at the point of sale which shows that italk is giving four go live dates 03 Aug, 03-09 Aug, 10 Aug & 17 Aug and it’s a complete mess.
7) I also asked for a customer complaint number and he said that they don’t operate this system and cannot give me a number.
8) The customer service advisor said that he’ll have further discussion to check why there is discrepancy and call me on the same day yesterday but this did not happen
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- Greenock
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-01-28
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These guys are a nitemare my bill was overdue which I take full responsibility for I contacted them by email to explain my situation til then they sent another 3 emails and they kept contacting me by 3 diffrent operators through out the the space of 24 hours then they sent another email and another txt message after speaking and saying the bill will be brought up to date the following day its as thou they think putting presure on several times can makes money appear for you I feel as though there trying to intimidate me and bully tatics with there atitude.if thing are not bad enough just now
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2019-08-06
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Don’t waste any time with them because sure as hell they will waste yours...
All that’s going to happen is they will give you a dsl, but that’s all you’ll get. Aside from the bills and and the multiple problems that come with signing up with them.
You will get the dsl because once they get that going they count it as being connected or live and from that day on if not the months leading up to it will be a living hell.
P.s they put you live to enter you into a contract but you won’t get internet. Just a load of bills and a 150 quid call out fee only planned by them. And a disconnection fee for a connection you’ve never had.
I dare you go with Italk. It would be the worst mistake your life!!!
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- MANCHESTER
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-09-18
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Engineer repair £150.09 for vandalism outside my property was charge for a new socket that was supposed to be damaged to connect phone line ,repair took 5minutes left a mess. How do this company get away with it and my broadband as been rubbish since the day I signed up , i now have paid for a booster plug and it's not much difference. They are absolute conn artists Worse company ever!!!!
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- Cardiff
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-01-17
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Please read this and don't make my mistake of joining them. If you have a fault you will be stuck, stressed and spending all your spare time phoning them up.
All phone companies use Openreach lines, and VM use their own lines, so whoever you go with will all use the same lines which produce same speeds. Go for a company who are very good at fixing faults because that is where this company is lacking.
-Had no WIFI for 15 days out of the 20 days I have been using their service.
-Had a seriously up and down connection during the 5 days it did 'work'
-Engineer did all he could over 1 wk ago, wifi still broken and said that it's on them to resolve the remaining issue
-They are closed weekends. Despite my connection going down Friday even when closed, was told they could only refund me for no WIFI from the day I reported the fault.
-They refuse to give me refund until the fault is fixed, so in meantime are taking full payments while I have to spend £25 on EE data to tether from
-despite having depression and severe physical health issues, paired with the fact I've been offline for over 2wks of the 20 days I've been online, they won't terminate me from the contract.
For those who want more details:
I've only been online with them for 20 days. After going live, the broadband has been so awful I've had absolutely no WIFI connection for 15 full days; even after an engineer was called out to have a look.
So, since going live on December 29th, the broadband has constantly disconnected, requiring me to lose pages/re-login for my work. This has had a negative impact on my work. On January the 31st the WLAN and DSL lights on router went blank. In other words, could not pick up on internet at all. As the offices were shut, I rang them on the 4th and explained the issue. I also asked if I could get a refund for the days it hasn't been working. The guy said I could only have a refund from the day I reported the fault. I explained they were shut, and I asked if they have a record of when I was online because obviously, it will show when my internet went down. Apparently they 'can't' see this, which is a joke. The engineer who came over on Jan 11th (yup, I had no connection for those 11/12 days), showed me a device with a graph detailing the drop outs/dates they happened. He explained that my provider can definitely see this too. So basically, they're either dishonest or completely ignorant. The engineer somewhat got it working again for about 2 days, but like before, internet consistently disconnected. He told me he did everything he could, but that it was up to the provider to sort out the issue on their end.
After finding the time I called them up on the 13th, to explain the fault was still there. However, the guy over the phone told me to switch router off for 30 min so he could do a test. I did, when I turned it back on the router had the same issue of no WLAN or DSL light. I phoned up to explain that it's suddenly unable to to pick up connection at all, even with plug directly into the line without the cover on (which is meant to be the best connection you can get). I was asked to do a speed test because the line supposedly had 'no faults'. I explained that I could not access the internet to carry out a test. Anyway, they just said they'd pass it to the fault team. I phoned up over the next couple of days to explain that I seriously need WIFI, I was advised to do a speed test again (absolute joke). So I've now been offline for an additional 5 full days. That's 16 days spent offline.
I asked to leave the contract without any fees since my mental health is seriously suffering. I have also spent £75 on EE add-ons to tether from my phone. I also asked for a refund for what I've paid the first time I had faults, but they told me to wait until the fault stopped happening so they could calculate. In the meantime they happily took the full bill out of my account.
Fortunately for them, the fault is still persistent, so they are continuing to receive my full payments, despite the fact I am having to pay for EE data to substitute the lack of WIFI.
In addition, when I joined the lady on phone was dishonest about how many weeks (3) it will take to install, knowing that I needed to be up and running by at least around 2 weeks. I could have gone with another provider if she actually told me about them taking 3 weeks after hearing my concerns.
Just an outright disgusting company.
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- Manchester
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-05-27
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Very dissapointed miss sold broadband and upgraded to fiber always cutting off for no reason even when I use Netflix, wanting to cancel to be told I would have to pay out of my contract July 2021 absolute disgrace internet switches off when my landline rings seriously taking legal advice
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- SANDOWN
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-03-13
- Comments
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Wired fibre good speed, wireless always dropping. Still no solution after a year!
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- Stalybridge
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2020-06-02
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- Runcorn
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2021-05-06
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Didn't even want to put 1 star avoid this company at all costs. My bill was paid off my card by myself (direct debit failed so got put on payment plan paid off my card each month) without any knowledge they set up another direct debit and still taking payments off me on the phone, when I realised on bank statement and called them no apology no refund just an account in credit and they still proceed to take money monthly. Cancelled direct debit with my bank and they just set up another within days I have had to cancel my card to stop them taking more payments. Definitely switching
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- Oswestry
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-04-14
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Quite honestly, I am truly baffled as to why this company is still in business. We have had nothing but trouble since the day we signed up to them. Far too many issues to list. I am absolutely disgusted with them and judging by the amount of negative reviews it is obvious I am not alone in my opinion. Now to put oil on the flames, we are stuck with them, I would love more than anything to be able to walk away from this tin pot, unprifessional, lying, dishonourable charlatans and sign up to another service. They must be laughing all the way to the bank knowing they are receiving an extortionate amount of hard earned money each month from people who placed their trust in them.
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- west sussex
- Reviewing
- italk
- Date
- 2022-07-14
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