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Megabyte
March 15, 2023

169 days since NOS damaged my apartment, I have spent hours on the phone, complained to Livro de Reclamações - NO RESOLUTION

I have been trying over multiple calls with NOS since September to fix damage they caused to my rented home 169 days ago. They promise to call back and follow up but do not. All of the below interactions can be proved by phone call logs to and from NOS. 

26.09.22: NOS-contracted engineer comes to install internet and causes two problems: #1. damage to a wall (broken plaster, hole in wall where there shouldn't be) and #2. a problem with the window, meaning we couldn't close it. After doing the damage, the technician said that it wasn't her fault and that she didn't know where the socket was on the other side of the wall as it "was not her house". I expect a higher level of professionalism from someone whose job is to install internet in other people's homes. She should have measured before drilling through the wall. She also didn't tell me about the window issue, I only found out after she left.

27.09.22: I called customer service who filed a report. I was advised to go to a NOS shop and add photo evidence to the report

28.09.22: I went to NOS Amoreiras and sent photos to NOS email address of person working there. He said he would add them to the report and I would receive a call back. I have email evidence of sending the photos to him

14.10.22: No one has called me back, so I went back to the shop, they got someone to call me. Another support ticket was raised and they promised to call me again

04.11.22: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. Was promised call back

09.11.22: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. Was promised call back

09.11.22: Received call back - was advised they couldn't see the photo evidence and the customer support person guided me to submit the images a 2nd time online (I later found out that the employee at Amoreiras hadn’t completed the report as promised)

10.11.22: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. Was promised call back

11.11.22: Received call back, promised two people would come to the house to review the problems. Was asked by NOS if I wanted them to fix the damage or I would prefer to do it myself and bill them. I requested they come to fix it

11.11.22: One technician came to the house to solve problem #2 (window) only

15.11.22: Received call back, I reported that problem #1 was still not fixed. Was promised call back

25.11.22: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. Was promised call back

14.12.22: Saw all support tickets had been closed as resolved even though the issue was still open. I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. Was promised call back. I said that in my experience I wouldn't be called back. The agent promised to call back personally

17.01.23: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me and the December support ticket had also been closed. Was told I need to submit the photos for a 3rd time and that I need to go to the shop to do this as there is no longer a way to do it online. I submitted a formal complaint to Livro de Reclamações Electrónico online, as I was so frustrated about the hours I have spent on this issue with no resolution and had given NOS more than 3 months to resolve the problem.

20.01.23: I went to the NOS shop in Amoreiras to submit the photos of the damage for the third time as advised to do by the agent on the 17.01 The employee there says the person I submitted them to on 28.09.22 no longer works there and that he had failed to submit the report properly as she couldn't see it. She said she also couldn't see the photos I uploaded via the online form in November. This form is no longer online, I assume because it had technical issues. She requested customer service to call me. They did and I spoke to a lady who apologised, and said it should not take this long to fix the issue. She said someone would call me back in around 3 days

25.01.23: Still no call back as promised

01.02.23:  I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. The agent said she was forwarding the issue and someone would call me back. I asked that if they didn't reach me the first time, if they could please call again. I see now that the open pedido in the Apoio ao cliente was closed AGAIN without any resolution / call back on Feb 1st, and there are no open tickets even though the issue is still unresolved. It seems that the support team can choose to close support tickets without taking any further action?

06.02.23: Ines Carmo calls me related to the Livro de Reclamações Electrónico complaint, and says she will review and get back to me. I explained the situation briefly and that I am waiting for NOS to come and repair the damage themselves.

08.02.23: receive email asking for "document with budget and receipt of repair done" to comprovativos@nos.pt.  There is no document, as I have said multiple times, I am requesting that NOS come and do the repair themselves, as was offered to me back in November. I also have requested that this is a different technician that the one who did the initial damage. The email said I could call 218290507 for any clarification. This number does not work. 

09.02.23: sent email to comprovativos@nos.pt requesting a technician to come to the house and asking them to call me to arrange this

15.02.23: still received no answer to my email so followed up again via the email thread

27.02.23: still received no answer so tried calling. All lines busy, so I requested a call back. I followed up by email again to comprovativos@nos.pt

03.03.23: I called to follow up, as no one had contacted me. I called and asked to be connected to Ines Carmo and someone promised to call back 4th March.

15.03.22: 169 days after the damage was done, I am still waiting for a resolution 

 

This level of service is totally unacceptable. They have repeatedly lied to me, given me incorrect phone numbers and emails to write to, and wasted hours of my time. I don't know what to do next, does anyone have any contacts where I can escalate this issue?

    40 Comentários

    Petabyte
    April 17, 2023

    Update: NOS are refusing to honor their promise to come and fix the damage they caused themselves. The call recordings back in November would prove that they said someone from their side would come to fix it. Instead they now say that I need to find a repair person and send them an estimate for approval. They have also closed the open support ticket without taking any action at all. 

    So now on top of the hours spent so far, we need to spend more hours of my and my landlord’s time to coordinate a third party repair, get an estimate, send for approval and then manage the repair. The level of customer service is completely unacceptable. @Mário P. @Fórum 

    You should go to the NOS shop, do the same to their wall and ask them for a estimate to repair. 🤣

    ROR00000000044710347 @EuSó reclamei de novo para saber se a provedoria me explica a dualidade de critérios.
    João H.
    Gestor da comunidade
    April 17, 2023

    Hello @ARH,

    Thank you for reaching out and sharing your feedback with us.

    As requested through private message, please send us the requested information so we can proceed on solving this issue.

    Thank you for your understanding 

     

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    ARHAutor
    Megabyte
    April 17, 2023

    @João H. the suggestion that I spend more time and money to clean up this mess myself is not satisfactory.

    Bruno Aleixo
    Super User
    Super User
    April 17, 2023

    @João H. the suggestion that I spend more time and money to clean up this mess myself is not satisfactory.

    Its such a small hole, just buy some betume and put it in there. Its not gonna take more than 5€.

    then send receipt to nos, and they refund you in your account. 

    Um bem haja 

    O amigo Bruno ajuda
    Petabyte
    April 17, 2023

    5€ pelo arranjo + 50€ pela chatice.

    Deve resolver 🙃

    ROR00000000044710347 @EuSó reclamei de novo para saber se a provedoria me explica a dualidade de critérios.
    ARHAutor
    Megabyte
    April 18, 2023

    @João H. the suggestion that I spend more time and money to clean up this mess myself is not satisfactory.

    Its such a small hole, just buy some betume and put it in there. Its not gonna take more than 5€.

    then send receipt to nos, and they refund you in your account. 

    Um bem haja 

    It’s not my house. If I do a 5€ bodge job it’s going to end up costing either me or my landlords much more than that in the long run. And the cable needs a socket (ideally the existing one next to hole, where it should be in the first place).

    João H.
    Gestor da comunidade
    April 18, 2023

    Hello @ARH,

    We appreciate your feedback regarding this matter.

    In order for us to proceed with this request we need get a technical budget for the reparation.

    Please send us this documentation as requested.

    Thank you 

     

     

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    ARHAutor
    Megabyte
    April 28, 2023

    @João H. 

    I sent the estimate by messenger as suggested by yourself here and also by NOS in the forum private message: (exact quotes from NOS taken from these messages):

    "Please send us the document with the budget and invoice for the repair that has already been requested and the situation will be resolved."

    "you need to send us the estimate and the receipt for the repair done."

    "The indication we have for resolving this situation is for you to send us the estimate and the receipt for the repair done. That is how we will be able to help you. We need these documents so that we can take care of everything"

    "NOS will refund the repair amount, but for this we need you to send us proof of the repair amount. That way we will be able to help."

     

    I sent these documents on messenger expecting to get approval so I can go ahead with the repair and the NOS messenger team replied asking for a "technician report" about the damage. What is this?? At no point did you or any other NOS employee mention this. I have asked NOS for clarity on the process multiple times and it hasn't been provided. Now I have been told AGAIN that the issue has been passed to the specialized team and they will call me. This has been told to me so many times and then no one calls (see original complaint).

     

    My landlady took time off work and a repairman came to the house to look at the issue and then spent time to prepare a quote. He is expecting to be paid once the fix is done. I cannot spend anymore time or money or energy on this. I am so frustrated at NOS's incompetency to deal with this situation, including the fact I had to submit the pictures 3 times to NOS (twice in person at the shop) due to a failure in your processes to record information correctly.

     

    Please can you talk to your team and let them know that this is the solution that has been promised and that they just need to approve the repair cost so we can close this and move on.

    João H.
    Gestor da comunidade
    April 28, 2023

    Hello @ARH,

    Thank you for your feedback regarding this matter.

    We’ve received your private message and are following up on it.

    We’ll reply to your private message as soon as possível.

    Thank you

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    ARHAutor
    Megabyte
    May 4, 2023

    I got two unknown calls this week which I assume is NOS. I picked up both times (call records prove this) but there was no one there. Then I get an SMS saying they tried and failed to reach me. I requested another follow up on Messenger. 

     

    Just now I get a call from Marlene who asked if the damage has been fixed already. I am amazed at how unclear internal communication and processes are at NOS. She was not able to say what had gone wrong in my case or provide a clear step by step process for what should happen in case of damage, just that it should have been fixed more quickly.

     

    She said someone from NOS should have visited the house following the first report to asses the damage. I told her this was promised back in November and that I reported multiple times since that they never came. I don't know why the Forum team have not mentioned this step and insisted multiple times that I need to get an estimate and invoice myself without this step?  @João H. 


    I am awaiting a promised follow up call regarding the estimate I submitted next week.