I also had a problem with Tiscalli in the UK with trying to cancel their Dial-up service when I got Broadband installed. When I tried to cancel, they insisted that they had to have the order number they sent in a letter two years previously when the account was setup. The fact that I had a customer number, bank account details, customer details, dialup password etc was apparently no good. It HAD to be that order number or they were "very sorry, but there was nothing they could do". This was not just the one operator's 'misunderstanding' as I rang back and got the same story from another operator. I also asked for my order number in order to cancel the service, but even with all my account and service information, they could not tell me what my order number was.
I did consider just canceling the payment to them, but got advised that course of action could lead to further problems with the company with debt chasing, bad credit references etc. I finally got my service cancelled by ringing up and pretending that my accountant needed the order number to tie up some tax records They got me my order number instantly, and I proceeded to cancel the service.
So we have a company who's one piece of information needed to cancel is supposedly not tied in to any other piece of customer information, who cannot find that information if it is needed to cancel the account, but can then somehow find it instantly if it is needed `not' to cancel the account.
Looking at the evidence, someone with a more cynical view of business would conclude that their system was set up to deliberately put obstacles in the way of loosing a customer.
You think?
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