Hidden cancelation fees
I fell victim of the very scammy sale practice from Telus. I was signed up through a door-to-door sale in 2023. The salesperson clearly stated there were no hidden fees or cancellation penalties. Based on that conversation, I agreed to a SmartHome security, believing everything was on a 3 year term that I can cancel anytime. Today, after the customer support call I learned about cancelation fees! This was never disclosed verbally, and I would not have agreed to SmartHome under those terms. On top of that, the SmartHome system itself has been problematic from the beginning. The door camera has never worked reliably. I’ve tried to address this through support many times, but the issues were never properly resolved.. This experience has seriously damaged my trust, especially given TELUS’ recent ranking for customer complaints. At this point, I’m simply asking for a callback from customer service or the loyalty team to resolve this fairly, without penalties for a service that was misrepresented and never worked properly. If this can’t be resolved within a week, I will be submitting a formal complaint to the CRTC.
Apparently it doesn't matter if customer service individual lied to me!
Last summer I contacted telus to renew our father in law's internet and home service agreement. I was offered a good plan but I explained, I'm the POA for a 91 year old senior with dementia. He likely will either pass on or be moved to a home during the length of the 2 year contract. I was assured by the support staff that the fee would be waved due to special circumstances, also said he would write a note on the account, the cancelation fees would be waved. Well, it happened, he moved, I added an additional phone line to the new residence and a month later I called to cancel the home services. That's when issues started. The customer service said, no exceptions, nothing on the account. The fee is $285 to cancel. Doesn't matter what I was told before, made me feel like I was lying. I tried to escalate, he refused to and said, want to cancel or not?. I felt trapped and agreed to pay but now, I want to escalate, maybe go to a news media especially that I see cancelation fees will be illegal starting in June. Let's take advantage of a 91 year old vet with dementia. How can I get a refund for this fee?