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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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19092 Someone from QLD thinks vodafone is Not blocking IMEI at 7 Aug 2011 04:28:36 PM
My iPhone 4 was stolen last weekend, upon realising that my phone had been stolen I immediately phoned 1555 Customer Care, however every time I selected the 'lost of stolen phone' option the call cut out. I attempted to call for about 3 hours, then waited until the store opened the next day. I then went into the store, was 'greeted' by incompetent and rude staff who needed me to spell out what my issue was and what I wanted them to do. Finally they gave me a SIM swap but were also unable to get through on 1555 to block the IMEI, I left the store and continued to call the 1555 number, finally 20 hours later I got through and was informed my iPhone IMEI would be blocked within 48 hours, 7 days later and according to both ATMA and Vodafone my IMEI remains unblocked. I have phoned Vodafone numerous times and they are confirmed that they had not blocked it and had no idea why they couldn't do it. They continue to say they will escalate the issue and that they will phone me back, and yet they have not rectified the issue, nor has anyone who has said they will call me back done so. In the meantime for insurance reasons I asked VF to email me a copy of my contract, they said this would arrive in my inbox within 24 hours... 6 days later and nothing. This is one of many concerns I have with Vodafone, I have had 6 months of poor dataspeed and no reception despite working in the city and living 2 ks from the city... I am so over VF and I WILL get out of my contract.
7 Aug 2011 04:42:30 PM: ppl in the store get paid to make sales and couldn't care less what happens to you after you've signed the dotted line. You've tried contacting VF so now go here:
http://www.tio.com.au/ComplaintForm/ComplaintFormS1.asp

and they must get back to you within 10 days
10 Aug 2011 04:10:52 PM: That's not true. If you go into a store and politely ask the staff to help instead of yelling, MOST people in the vodafone STORES (not dealers) will be more than happy to help you as they get paid for being there regardless of what they're doing. I used to work in a CBD store and refused to help customers who were rude. Obviously not everyone is like this, so unfortunately those people have a bad experience.
12 Aug 2011 08:51:22 PM: how do you think customers felt after being lied to, placed on hold for total 20 hours on ten occasions, and after being conned, then not given a refund. gfys
17 Aug 2011 07:10:54 AM: 1. you need to realise that the store people are there to help you and your mood does rub off onto them, you come in yelling and screaming - no matter what your situation is they will give you shit service in return because who are you really to be yelling at them first thing in the morning for something they ARE NOT responsible for.
2. waste your time with the TIO because that will get you know where, vodafone have not breached their contract in anyway.
3. you have lost your phone blocking the imei only stops someone else from putting there sim card into it - you still don't get it back they can use it for videos, apps (if you have any) just the sim can not work inside it so you have not only wasted your time worrying about getting your imei blocked for no reason but you are carrying on and realistically blaming vodafone for you losing your phone.
4. want a copy of your contract - go into a vodafone store (calmly) and ask them (nicely) to print you off a copy.