(PENDING)Phonesafe, Beware!!!!!

(PENDING)Phonesafe, Beware!!!!!

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pincher

8,558 posts

217 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Are you saying that you haven't even started to implement a solution yet? eek

If so, that is deplorable - people are being overcharged left, right and centre.

At the very least, you should be looking to pull the PhoneSafe option until you manage to remove your fingers from your derrieres.

Genuine question Jack (not that I expect you to answer it) - are you not embarrassed by what you have just posted? For someone in an offical capacity to actually write that down and hit the submit button shows just how much contempt HM have for the people that use the site.

themanwithnoname

1,634 posts

213 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Jack Mansfield said:
Hi All,

Apologies for the delay in replying. We currently have a temporary product manager for PH dealing with this, who is juggling a lot of work at the moment, until we find a full time replacement. I've been informed that they are taking it further soon, so hopefully we can take some positive steps with it!

Again, apologies for the long wait for this and thank you for your patience!

Jack
Wow.

Haymarket need to publicly hang their heads in shame, only a few posts up I quoted all (and I mean all 4) of HM/PH posts in the past year or so, and the original complain about this SEVEN YEARS ago.

So the upshot is, that no-one gives a flying whatsit about the customer experience, and HM/PH continue to be complicit in flouting guidance and shafting customers.

What (poor, unfunny, excuse for) a joke...

22

2,303 posts

137 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Jack Mansfield said:
Again, apologies for the long wait for this and thank you for your patience!
Translation said:
The revenues generated by this system far outweigh the comparatively few people who are aware of the forums and the even smaller percentage who moan about it.

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

103 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Jack Mansfield said:
Hi All,

Apologies for the delay in replying. We currently have a temporary product manager for PH dealing with this, who is juggling a lot of work at the moment, until we find a full time replacement. I've been informed that they are taking it further soon, so hopefully we can take some positive steps with it!

Again, apologies for the long wait for this and thank you for your patience!

Jack
Hi jack
Just remove it until you have a better solution!
Happy new year!

Dan_1981

17,392 posts

199 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Unfortunately the solution works fine for PH & HM.

No doubt they take a kickback on the charges & what's the negatives for them? A few pissed off forum users..... 7 years of complaining and we're at 19 pages - the majority of posts from just a few posters.

I don't expect to see a change anytime soon..... just as the awful ads will continue to be served up

thebraketester

14,232 posts

138 months

Saturday 31st December 2016
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Its ok... they will have sorted it by next year.

  • Post correct as of 1/1/16

hadenough!

3,785 posts

260 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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Over SEVEN years...

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

103 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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Jack Mansfield said:
Hi All,

Apologies for the delay in replying. We currently have a temporary product manager for PH dealing with this, who is juggling a lot of work at the moment, until we find a full time replacement. I've been informed that they are taking it further soon, so hopefully we can take some positive steps with it!

Again, apologies for the long wait for this and thank you for your patience!

Jack
Hijack
Any progress? You said 'soon'
Thanks

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

229 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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johnwilliams77 said:
Hijack
Any progress? You said 'soon'
Thanks
Don't be so hasty!

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

103 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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MagicalTrevor said:
Don't be so hasty!
Why not?

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

229 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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johnwilliams77 said:
MagicalTrevor said:
Don't be so hasty!
Why not?
Give them chance to get it sorted.

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

103 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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MagicalTrevor said:
Give them chance to get it sorted.
They've had 7 years.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

198 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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johnwilliams77 said:
MagicalTrevor said:
Give them chance to get it sorted.
They've had 7 years.
The length of a Kia Warranty hehe

http://www.kia.com/uk/innovation/7-year-warranty/

Mr MXT

7,692 posts

283 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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I've been an active PH user for over 16 years and didn't realise this. What an absolute disgrace.

johnwilliams77

8,308 posts

103 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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Mr MXT said:
I've been an active PH user for over 16 years and didn't realise this. What an absolute disgrace.
Yip
Cost me £30 to make a short call about a car I was interested in.

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

229 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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johnwilliams77 said:
MagicalTrevor said:
Give them chance to get it sorted.
They've had 7 years.
You've successfully discovered the joke I was making wink

George111

6,930 posts

251 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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WOW !!!

I've never even tried to buy a car from PH so I had no idea the phone safe numbers cost so much. What a rip off !!

I can see the need to set up another website to advertise these rip offs to potential purchasers. Something which will appear in a google result page next to or near pistonheads.com

stitched

3,813 posts

173 months

Tuesday 10th January 2017
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Cerberus90 said:
So this is nothing about the cost of using phonesafe, although now I've seen it I doubt I'll be using it, but, I've got an ad up at the moment, it was using phonesafe, my dad suggested phoning the number to check it was working, we tried it and both of our mobiles say it's an invalid number.

Doesn't even seem to be working.

Edited by Cerberus90 on Saturday 17th October 12:41
Actually seems to be working perfectly.
You just forgot to check your dad's and your bill.

Jack Mansfield

3,256 posts

90 months

PH TEAM

Tuesday 10th January 2017
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Hi guys, just to keep you in the loop, I'm waiting for an update and will post it here as soon as I know it.

Thanks!

Jack

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

239 months

Tuesday 10th January 2017
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Jack Mansfield said:
Hi guys, just to keep you in the loop, I'm waiting for an update and will post it here as soon as I know it.

Thanks!

Jack
It's gonna be a hell of an update if it's taken eight years thumbup