With 13 years of customer loyalty toward Telus I opted to change carriers after being offered a corporate plan via my work place. Knowing that Telus would not be able to beat such a plan (as it is based on volume) I asked to have my Samsung S6 phone unlocked and to pay off my device balance of $350 (roughly half way through my current contract). It has been 4 days of "customer service" run around with a myriad of "escalations" throughout Telus. I am unable to utilize my phone during this time. To date I have spoken to 8 separate customer service representatives, some of which I have spoken to multiple times. At this point Telus is pointing the finger at Samsung and continue to state that it will take "a couple of days". I have suggested that Telus allow me to swap phones so they can resolve the problem without inconveniencing me, however they claim they are unable to do so and are "working on it".
This is clearly a frustrating situation and after hours of being placed on hold and being told "your case has been escalated" at the end of each day, I can't but help feeling powerless and second rate from a company I praised for 13 years.
