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O2's DSL engineer did not keep two appointments. I AM NOW CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION


I am hoping somebody from O2 answers this, as it is ridiculously impossible to contact them any other way.

An appointment was set for 10th February 2021 between 0800 and 1200h for an engineer to come to my house for the DSL line which I ordered. Despite receiving several text messages from O2 confirming the appointment, including one at 7:04am on the day, the engineer did not appear. I received an email at 10:37am that same day telling me I needed to make a new appointment within ten days otherwise the contract would be cancelled. No apology or reason was given by O2 as to why the engineer did not arrive. The following day, a lady from O2 called to arrange a new appointment, and again no apology was offered, despite the fact I had wasted an entire morning waiting for the engineer to come.

Anyway, the new appointment as scheduled for today (22nd February 2021) between 0800 and 1200h. Again, I received several text message confirmations including one at 7:05am, and again I waited and waited but the engineer did not arrive. It is now 1345h and it is clear that he is not going to show up, so again, I have wasted another half a day waiting because of O2.

O2 has now put me in an extremely difficult position. I am a freelancer and work full-time online. I had scheduled my home internet contract with T-Mobile to be terminated yesterday on the assumption that O2 would have completed the DSL on 10th February as originally scheduled. Now, I am left with no high-speed internet other than what I have on my handy but that is of no use to me as it has a data limit. Basically, I am unable to work.

I am sick of trying to call the O2 customer helpline as it is automated and usually busy. I am also angry that in the email I received from O2 on 10th February, I was told “Ohne Ihre Rückmeldung können wir den Auftrag leider nicht ausführen, sodass die Aktivierung Ihres Anschlusses nicht möglich ist. Dies entbindet Sie jedoch nicht von Ihrer Zahlungsverpflichtung für den von Ihnen beauftragten Anschluss.” Given that on both occasions it was O2 that missed the appointments, I am sorry to say that IF THE CONNECTION IS NOT COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK (BY 26th FEBRUARY) THEN I WILL CONSIDER O2 TO HAVE DEFAULTED IN THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT, AND I EXPECT THE ORDER TO BE CANCELLED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ME, and I will take my business elsewhere. I WILL ALSO BE SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE AGAINST O2 TO RECOVER MY LOSS OF INCOME CAUSED BY O2’S BREACH which has left me without adequate internet until I can arrange a connection from another provider.

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Lösung von Sjinq8 22 February 2021, 14:58

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I am having exact same issue. The engineer has now failed to turn up for two appointments and I cannot now work as my T-Mobile internet has been disconnected. To make things worse, O2 never apologises and they even have the nerve to threaten to charge us if we don’t reschedule the appointments they miss within a few days. They are an absolute joke.

Edit o2_Lars: Moved to existing thread.

Okay, here is an update. The engineer finally arrived at 14:30, and luckily for him I was still home.

I am still very annoyed that the first appointment was suddenly canceled without reason, and that the rescheduled one was over two hours late. I am trying to run my business here, and the service I am experiencing with O2 really is not helping..

Hello @Sjinq8, welcome to our o2 community and thank you for your feedback :-)

If an appointment is made fo the activation of a DSL connection the technician always tries to get to this apointment. Especially in times like this it is possible that somethings happens and makes an apointment impossible.

As you have seen on the second apointment the technician even tried to reach you after the time that was arranged.

Please excuse any inconveniences, I am glad to see that your interne tconnection is working as it should :-)

Regards,

Lars

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