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Telus provides telecommunications services across Canada, including mobile, internet, TV and home phone services. Since its establishment in 1990, Telus’ goal has been to enhance connectivity and communication for both residential and business customers.

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Pros
  • Exceptional customer service
  • Good network coverage
Cons
  • Frequent billing discrepancies
  • Inconsistent service quality

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2019

    It is not enough to just complaining but really sick of their billing. Nonsense billing and ripping off. Please get paper bill and get track of them every month. They try hard to put extra charges. Very disappointed & hope to have Telus to be one of social issue someday soon.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2019

    My Telus home phone has been dropping calls and I get a sound like someone is dialing while I'm talking, then the phone call just drops off. They have been here three times in the last 18 months. Each repairman has a different reason why this is happening, and every time, they say it’s fixed in a box down the street, or they have changed the wires. Last time I didn’t realized they screwed with my alarm system, that cost me $220.00 repair bill from the alarm company. Now @ 8 months later again same problem. I have some very important calls happening, from medical staff. Yesterday I called to get this fixed or I’m switching companies.

    The lady from a far away company said, "You must have the fiber optic line put in." I don’t want to pay one dime more, I tell her I’m a pensioner on a very fixed income, plus a widower. She still insisted this was what I need. I finally gave in, but I knew it was wrong. She tricked me, they're good at that. Today I canceled my appointment, I’m really angry now??? I just want my phone fixed, that’s all I want. I don’t need fiber optics plan, she promised it wouldn’t cost me any more money... I hate when people lie to you. Now what? So upsetting. This company I have had an account since 1973... shame on them for treating a loyal customer like crap???

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2019

    I moved to Boardwalk and if I moved to new place, Telus would be free, the technician come on November 9 2018, he said problem with the box. I keep calling and when will repaired... and the agent said Dec 19, 2018 but not coming yet. It's too long. I tried to order a product of Telus... just only 3 days after order. The technician come to repaired and only 2.5 hours. The technician was not polite like I used to be... I have been a Telus customer for 9 year. Even the agent... I tried to cancel Optik TV and phone. The service still there... I'm planning to take another provider as soon as possible. Telus is not in my interest anymore for now.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2019

    I called Telus January 9, 2019 to renew my contract. I have been a Telus customer for 8 years with 5 lines. I was offered the iPhone X 64 zero dollars with an 80$ plan plus Apple Care, the customer service rep provides me with my reference number and advised me I shouldn’t have any issues. Well I went to a Telus store and waited for over an hour to be advised the offer has expired, even when I called back Telus they were very rude advising me what I expected the offer to be forever I was shocked, they absolutely didn’t provide me any offer and advised me they could do what they want when they want. After paying this company for so many years over 4000.00 yearly, I couldn’t believe they don’t honor their word or at least offer something else to keep a customer satisfied.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2019

    The phone service is ok but when we needed to schedule a tech the wait time is over 6 days. Not ok when the internet and TV are dead for that time period. I think they are prioritizing new installs over keeping existing customers happy.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019

    I called Telus to renew my Optik tv, internet and home phone contract for two years. I was left waiting on the phone for one hour with no option to get them to call me back. I’ve been with Telus for more than 10 years and came to conclusion they’re not as good as they used to be unfortunately. I am not happy with their customer service or their prices. They gouged me for many years and it’s time to jump ship and try another provider!!! I would’ve put zero star if this option was available.

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2019

    Got new pure fiber connection. Worked fine for couple of weeks, after that no internet. Called to customer care. They replied technician will come after 6 days. Can you imagine 6 days with no internet at home. TELUS if you don't provide a service do not add more consumers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2018

    I recently changed provider, called to get final bill amount and month later get a bill still owe a balance. Have name and date who I talked to from month before and told there is still an outstanding balance due. I will never do my business with Telus ever again or would I recommend them to anyone.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018

    Anyone thinking of going with Telus do not. I had never been screwed like this before in my life. It was a back and forth game and had waited since Dec 4 to get cable internet and phone!!!! Guess what? Still to this day when the tech supposed to come he did not. My Rogers bill went from 247 to 330 because I had to raise my data up. Today they said they will send a tech tomorrow and this has been an ongoing game. Do not fall for their garbage because you will regret it!!! We even did a credit check which messes with our credit to find out our services kept getting pushed around!!! I will take this to a next level Telus!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018

    I got Telus Optik TV package in September. Disappointed in customer service: 3 hours of waiting time on the phone. Customer help reps usually directly showed that they didn't want to help or resolve the issue. If they advised some products, it would not work out because they do not listen carefully. Later on I asked if they can give me my money back for the wrong advise, they said they will transfer me to speak with customer loyalty department and I had to wait another 3 hours. They don't know products and services themselves. Yesterday, on Dec 15, 2018 service rep did hang up on me. It is extremely rude and unprofessional. Their TV packages set up that it is almost impossible to understand what you are getting. I would call it terrible business and terrible unprofessionalism of staff.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018

    To everyone reading this got with Shaw instead of Telus. I'll try to make this quick. I got a new apartment with my girlfriend for the 24th of November 2018, I tried to schedule a move in installation on the 20th for the 24th and was told that I couldn't get an install date until Dec 2. On the second the installer came and said he couldn't do the install because the apartment office was closed but told me that he would call me back later to schedule something for the next day (so I took day off work). No one called, no one showed on the Monday.

    I tried calling on the latter half of the Monday but was on hold for so long that I had to hang up as I needed to do something that day. I called the next day and spoke to a lady who ensured me that Telus's Mr fix it was coming (which I thought was strange) and could be there on Sunday, I had to tell her Sundays don't work because the office isn't open and that was why my last installation didn't work so she booked on Monday the 10th but she couldn't give me a time. I called once again on the 12th because I felt strange about not having a installation time and spoke to another gentleman who didn't ask any of the usual password or identification questions but assured me that someone was coming on Monday (no time given again) and actually told me to stop calling.

    So I call on Sunday because this all sounds strange to me and I speak to someone who tells me that my original install on the second was never canceled so I have no upcoming installations, I'm also told that because it's a Sunday he can't do much. On Monday I actually drive into a Telus store this time and got an employee to look into it, she arranges for me to have a Friday install between 9-11, she also arranged for me to have a manager call me back. A manager does call me back an hour later but my ringer didn't go off for some reason, I try calling back but he is busy so I email him a very detailed message.

    I then receive a call from a different manager the next day who ensures I have an installing scheduled for Friday between 9-11 and also gives me a credit (this was great). So now I am currently at home waiting for an install, it's after 11. I just got ahold of customer service and was told my install is booked for December 19 between 9-11. I don't know what to say. I've lost 2.5 days of work, hours of time spend on hold, over on my data because I have no internet. When I was with Shaw none of this ever happened to me but I'm stuck in a contract my girlfriend signed us up for. I guess we aren't a priority anymore.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018

    Telus representatives in Manila are very friendly but totally useless people. If looking for a wife I would definitely call them. But calling for help my 85 years old grandmother is better. Despite never having seen a computer before. Telus is going to lose a lot of customers. Unless those wishing to find a wife. What DISGRACE!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018

    Agents at this company for small business sales are not trained in the most basic of customer service skills. It took me 12 minutes to find out the status was exactly the same as the status was from 7 days ago. I have sent my personal information twice and have not received so much as a confirmation email. It's been three weeks and I am nowhere near to getting signed up. I canceled my ordered and will place it at another company that actually wants my business. What a truly terrible company to deal with. If they deal with new customers like this can you imagine how existing customer feel?

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2018

    Telus is gone to crap. The customer service argues with you about what you use. They do not support the products they sell you. It's all lies. The only way to get your money's worth is to call and say your internet is not working right and have someone come out three times in a year then they will offer you deals. But to hell with Telus. I'm going to hell. Probably not better but not ** Telus bs.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018

    Telus offers incentives and discounts to get people to buy in to using their products and services, it is how they hold on to customers and sway customers from their competitors. Do not be blinded by these illusions of deals and incentives for what you will get in a short time deal, a somewhat cheaper bill or one time incentive, it is not worth it for the lifetime of stress, frustration, demoralization you will feel from trying to get Telus employees to help you with your reoccurring problems from their faulty products and services.

    Telus employees lack in customer service skills and they miss the other point which is really to care about the customer. They say the same lines over and over again but with zero meaning, no emotion and no incentive to actually help you and make your life, and your services better, (they don't find a solution). They just continue to disrespect you. And they waste your time by having you call over and over again, and wait on them, and have them not fix the problem or take it seriously.

    Further, there is a serious breakdown and lack of communication between departments at Telus, then when you talk to them they have no idea what you're talking about, as apparently no one knows how to make client notes or communicate between departments, they will even go as far as to try to act like you are crazy as there is no record they say of your complaints, or appointments scheduled at all.

    This is where they will waste more of your time as you will wait for a technician to come to your house and none will come at all, you will then spend hours on the phone, getting nowhere, because they don't care about you and your life (what obligations you didn't attend to waiting for the Telus guy to come), they will try to act like you didn't actually have an appointment today and try to give you one for next week.

    Whatever Telus, whatever. I'm done. Seriously people don't do it, don't switch to Telus. You want to know why the other companies are a bit more it is because you are paying for service, clearly something Telus doesn't have or care to have. Pay it, pay the difference, you'll be glad you did. I switched to Telus and my TV didn't work for 4 months, I can't get service, I feel like I need to take drugs just to deal with the stress I get from their customer service people. I'm counting down the days till I can be free of Telus.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018

    Walked into Telus store at Southcenter mall in Calgary. 15 minutes of Looking at products we were never approached by any sales rep. As we walked out of the store pissed off a sales rep approached customer walking in and asked if he could help. I approached salesman and said why are you serving him before us. We were here before him. He said that’s how it works. I told him he’s quite rude to customers.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018

    I was promised a good deal but I have to call a number to get the deal. After installation, I have been bounced around many times for hours for the past few days and still haven't reached anyone. I greatly regret switching to Telus now. Don't do it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018

    We went for a month holiday to Europe and got message after message about how wonderful Easy Roam is for $12 a day. So we did sign up for emergencies. We have an iPhone and contact most of our friends and kids on iPhone or WhatsApp. I had roaming and data use blocked! I did not use Easy Roam at all and was surprised to get a bill for $48 for 4 days of use! It was explained to me by Telus, that any i-message to another iPhone where the receiver is not on wifi gets sent as a text message and that it counts as using the Easy Roam! So I paid for 4 text message, sent on wifi from my iPhone unawares, $48! A real rip-off!

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018

    Telus technician in our area is great though he must feel like a one legged man in an ** kicking contest trying to stay on top of failing, old, infrastructure. Telus is the only internet provider in the area in which I live and therefore there is no incentive for them to spend $ on improvements to customer service. Sure they'll offer discounts but these don't help with submitting my kids school work. Internet access has become an essential service and the Govt must mandate that service providers provide reliable service at a fair price.

    Telus has it nailed in two areas though... empty promises and abundant apologies... most of the apologies are from folks that have no clue what they're apologizing for nor knowledge of the services they're supposed to be "supporting"... how could they when I suspect they're located in some well removed foreign country; communication in English is often a complete joke. I could go on. Telus you need to do much better.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2018

    I keep track of my credit score. I noticed it dropped and the culprit? Telus of course! One of the months they had no payment made and didn't update my balance as well. So, naturally I called and I was pretty miffed. The reps know nothing about credit scores or payments. I sent a scathing email and threatened the Consumers Protection Act. A company can be fined up to $250000 for fraudulent or inaccurate record keeping. I received an email from Carol shortly thereafter, stating she straightened out the confusion with Transunion. My credit score went up!

    I'm still not done with Telus because they're still doing things wrong in my view. I get an ebill on the 14th or 15th of every month. I don't have to have that bill paid until the 6th of the next month but they still report the balance usually a DAY after I get my ebill to the credit bureau. I'm done with them when this contract is up in 6 months. They can kiss it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2018

    I lived in many countries, but worst ever is telecom provider is Telus. I faced two issues - spoiling credit score, high bills. For 20 dollars, they spoiled my credit score. Hopeless people, not sure why credit bureaus in Canada take data from these fraudsters. Telus in fact uses credit score as a threat for collecting wrong charges from customers. I received a bill of 350 dollars, I was having an old 40 dollar postpaid plan. I was using Koodo from Telus for nearly 2 years, and I was charged as I called a toll free number without knowing that they are charged.

    Later I came to know that even toll free are charged and there was a plan which Telus offered unlimited calls for the same amount I was paying. It was horrible experience talking to call center, they behaved as if I committed a big crime and 350 dollars was genuine charges. I felt cheated to be with this stupid company for two years, and canceled my connection immediately. They spoiled my credit score and charged me heavily. I hope these stupid guys fail.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018

    I paid $330 for what amounted to dial up service. Every time I called to complain, they told me there was nothing wrong. I was getting 1MB of upload speed and was told "that doesn't matter" by some little girl in a third world country that has no understanding of my business. I can't tell you how many times I called to get help, how much wasted time waiting on hold. Abysmal service. NEVER choice Telus.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2018

    I am on hold after canceling services July 23 2018. I had internet phone cable. it was ridiculous calling in to manage my account over 2 years of service. I will never use Telus again. Hold times are an hour to 2 hours regularly. Because most times only a Telus manager can help. ** and ** regularly helped me but were so swamped with calls they could reply often. I spoke to Carey July 23. Told her I'll pay the final bill as of today's date (July 23) and canceled all services. She sent an email with final balance confirming I canceled. I paid it immediately. I was adamant I didn't want any more bills from that date. Sent back all equipment. But I received bills every month since. After receiving the first bill in August I called Carey 3 times. Left voicemails. Emailed her as well. No response. I got a second bill.

    I called and emailed Carey and Joe. No response. Then 2 weeks ago I called a friend who works at Telus and then I got a missed call from a lady named Tory. She says please call her back at **. No dept. No extension. Nothing. So I hate calling them because it's always looking waits. So it's taken me 2 weeks to put time aside to call. But today when I called it only took me 28 min. which is lightning fast because they say I went direct to loyalty dept. Ridiculous. I use Eastlink now and love it. My longest call was probably 28 minutes but I even doubt that. They run like a normal company should. Now Telus promised they will delete my bills up to July 23... we will see.

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018

    I had to spend an hour on the phone to Telus regarding their billing practices. My mother's phone was cut off due to nonpayment. She hasn't received a paper bill in three months. The Telus rep said they had sent an email regarding the change to email billing. My mother is not computer literate and she doesn't use e-mail. The change to 'paperless' billing is greenwashing at its best as long as the green is the dollars in Telus' hands.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018

    Let me start by saying that the only reason I got involved with Telus was because a cable and internet package was being offered for FREE as a lease-signing incentive at my previous apartment building. The service was included with the apartment, should someone sign a year-long lease. Just in case I didn't make this clear enough already, the service I agreed to was to be FREE FOR A YEAR. Telus made it real easy to sign up for the incentive. There was a number to call so you could leave your name, phone number, and suite number. I got a phone call back within a day, and a technician was setting up my services within a couple days. The technician was great, but I found out that he is just a contractor used by Telus, he was not actually employed by Telus. At this point, everything seemed fine.

    Fast-forward a month, and I receive an email saying my first bill is $140. I assumed that was some kind of administrative issue that Telus would sort out on its own. After all, there was an entire apartment complex (400+ units) with the same services being offered. Fast-Forward another 2 months. I get another email from Telus telling me I have 10 days to pay over $300 in bills and no-payment charges or it will begin to affect my credit score. So now I call in, and I wait on hold for over an hour to sort it out. The man I spoke with couldn't figure out how to fix my bill. He could not wrap his around that I owed Telus nothing for the service. He eventually got it down to around $43. I paid it simply so my credit score would not be attacked. I hung up the phone in awe, that I just forked over $43 to protect my credit score from a service that was advertised to be free.

    One month later, another bill arrives. This time I phone in and get someone competent on the phone who fixes everything for me and actually acknowledges that I had been wrongly charged. The stickler though, is that I had to wait 2 hours on hold first. Come to the end of that year long lease, I phone to cancel my service with Telus (huge shocker, I wait on hold for 2 hours again). At this point I have no desire to continue business with Telus if it is coming out of my pocket, as they had been nothing but a pain in my side throughout this "incentive". In my mind, Telus has now wasted close to 6 hours of my time, for a service that was supposed to be included with my apartment. At this point I am quite happy to be rid of the Telus headaches. Boy was I wrong.

    Telus charged me another month after my cancellation, and they now mail you a box with packing instructions to return-ship their equipment. Well it's now 2 months later, that box has never showed up and I get another email saying how it’s my responsibility to return their equipment or I will be charged for it (at an incredibly high cost by the way). So once again I sit on hold for over 2 hours, to speak with someone incompetent. She basically just tells me to forget about Telus' box/shipping instructions and just to mail the equipment myself. But even though Telus never provided me the box and shipping instructions, I will still be charged for the late equipment return. So not only do I have to pay to return their junk, they will charge me late-fees anyways. They sent the email informing me that I will be charged a whopping 5 business days before the 'deadline' on said email. Amazing.

    How is it possible for such a large company to conduct business so poorly. And the truly troubling part, is that they can use the threat of your credit score to force you to wait on hold for hours on end to rectify their mistakes. How is that even legal? To summarize my opinion on Telus I would say that their service is poor, their ethics are repulsive, their business model is borderline criminal, and they have without a doubt lost a customer for the remainder of my natural born life. Whatever service you may be considering with Telus, find another provider. STAY AWAY.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018

    I closed my account with Telus in 2012 and lived at the same address another until 2016. Never saw a bill from Telus, as far as I was concerned the account was paid off and closed. Recently, 6 years later I'm receiving calls from a collection agency and emails that I owe Telus. I called and spoke to the manager and she has insisted that there's a balance owed on the account but cannot explain why they waited 6 years to make any collection efforts. Anyone looking for telecommunications services don't even think about Telus. They have ruined people's lives. Bad company, I pray they go bankrupt as rumors are going around. They don't deserve anyone's business. They fabricate Bills.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018

    My Telus Prepaid status has always been in good standing. I had over $100 in my account. On July 24th 2018 Telus sent me a text message stating that on Aug 26, 2018 Telus will automatically enroll me in a monthly $10 a month plan and deduct the $10 from the funds in my Prepaid account. Please be advised that I did not ask nor request the above – Telus did this. Late Sept 29th I pulled my vehicle over to check my received voice mail from a relative telling me a family emergency has come up and to contact him at once. When I tried calling him a Telus message stated that my balance has expired and I can't use my phone. I immediately put my car in gear and things went from bad to worse.

    I will explain this when I submit my statement of claim against Telus. I feel that Telus did this to me in bad faith because I'm a low priority customer to Telus. When I needed my phone the most I could not use it due to the bad faith greed committed by Telus – I did nothing wrong or in bad faith – Telus told me I am automatically enrolled in a plan and Telus was to take the $10 from my Prepaid funds. I did nothing wrong – this horrible situation I was put in was 100 percent initiated by Telus lying to me and cutting off my phone.

    This is what I will do next. 1) Start a website to share my experience with others and encourage others in the same situation to consider a class action lawsuit against the purposeful bad faith actions committed by Telus. Add a GoFundMe web link to cover court costs. 2) Contact the consumer affairs departments of media outlets like CBC, CTV, and Global and explain what Telus has done to me in bad faith. Encourage viewers that have been treated like this to visit my website. Contact every consumer web forum. 3) Contact the CRTC and file an official complaint. 4) Contact an attorney to see how strong of a case I have against Telus' bad faith practice and sue for damages that will be explained in my statement of claim.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018

    Telus recently purchased the phone and internet provider for our business. The migration to Telus is at 5 months and counting. 4 different reps from Telus have made contact and assured us that they will get it done. They continually offer more and more discounts. On the original install, 5 months ago, they did connect the internet, but the installers said they didn't deal with phone and that I needed to call Telus. 3 reps/5 months later, still no phone and no answers as to why. Also no bill or account has been setup for the internet that is running. I'm still paying the original service provider this whole time even though it is past their disconnect date. This is the worst service I have ever experienced. Most definitely a monopoly buying up all the small fish as they've also purchased my alarm provider recently. If I had any other option, I would take it regardless of price. The fight continues. :-(

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018

    Totally frustrated with Telus. Received a text about one month ago saying that my 250 texts/$5 was going to be obsolete and I would be transferred to a $10 plan. I responded to the text (called in) and have since spent approx 4 hours on the phone with 2 different personal representatives. I have asked to speak with a customer service manager, but have yet to do so, even though I was told on 3 separate occasions one would call. I was told my phone would not work, you could no longer get the 250 texts (which by the way was for outgoing texts when I signed up... The last few months it is for in and out. Don't know when they changed that!) In order to keep my Telus number I needed to go to a $10 plan. For something that I don't need! As it stands... They gave my husband a different deal. He could keep his 250 texts for $5 but had to add 5 min talk for $3. I really think it is all a sham to sell! Greedy corporation... Looking elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018

    I been with Telus now for years. I got a text today saying they want another 3 dollars a month to keep the plan going that I have. But I get another full 5 mins of talk time (60 cents a min) lol. Wow. Telus are gone to greedy. I have 3 cells through Telus. But at the end of this month I am so done with you guys. You keep the 3 dollars your stealing from people. I guess you need it. Lol. Worst company ever. I will never deal with you again. You are greedy pathetic company. I hope you go bankrupt like you should. Greed will get you nowhere. Im kind a glad you took this so I could get to the point where I don't want to deal with you again because it's been nothing but trouble from you since I been with you. Always take a bit a change here and there for nothing... Rest in peace you greedy pigs.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2018

    Absolutely awful service. I’ve been on the phone for nearly two hours nearly all of it on hold. I’m trying to find out why I can’t Optik TV where I live and have to rely instead on Telus’ terrible satellite service. I live a five minute walk from downtown Victoria, BC, not in the middle of the Northwest Territories but Telus can’t give me a coherent answer about its pathetic service in my neighbourhood. I’m also trying to find out why it took 9 hours to upload a video to Vimeo last week but they don’t have an answer for that either. The “customer service rep” put me on hold while he claims to be getting me an appointment but I think he’s hoping I’ll just hang up. Telus, I spend over $250 a month with. All you do is raise your rates for the terrible service you provide. The CRTC needs to intervene and force you to develop Canadians.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2018

    If you buy any Telus home services, plan on spending at least an hour on the phone waiting for service any time you call. They do surveys, but do not bother to change their service. Try to find another provider that walks the walk of good, accurate, prompt customer service not a company that only talks the talk and then drops the ball EVERY time.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018

    I called to inform Telus my brother passed away. To be nice I offered to pay his last month bill. I was told I also needed to pay a month in advance if I wanted to cancel the account and they would refund me personally as I was paying on my credit card. They decided to snail mail me a cheque! We agreed that they would mail it to my house address. I waited weeks and thought the check was lost and after thinking about it, thought what a dumb idea mailing a cheque, so I called them and request to be refunded on my card. They told me too late, the cheque just went out today. I confirmed my address with them. 5 months later no cheque. I called and asked where my cheque was. They said they mailed it to my Mom's house and made it out to my dead brother. So they got paid, I got stiffed.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018

    The mobile app is always wrong when you check billing or data. During the day of my last billing cycle the data top ups disappear. No explanation! The data had 1.72 mb left at the beginning of the day on Sep 16, suddenly it was all used up. Why would this happen?

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2018

    Because of their faulty equipment I spent over 4hrs on hold to fix their problem. No consideration of the customer. They should hire a ph co to do call backs but they don't care about customers only the gouging and stealing of our money. They are the worst customer service reps I have ever dealt with.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018

    5 month old phone (with warranty) shuts down randomly and reboots. Telus store rep says it is a "software problem". He could not duplicate it in store so pretty much told me to take a hike and nothing would be done. Had taken it back once already for same problem and it was supposedly fixed. Obviously not or I would not have gone back. Phoned the helpline but they want payment for a warranty issue. More like a scam.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018

    If you are considering Telus to be your internet provider and you live in a condo, think again. For almost the entirety of my experience I have been paying for a service I have not been receiving, all because of a key. The condo building, like most condo buildings, has their electrical closets locked. Each company is given a key so that they may enter and set up services for customers. After multiple technicians from Telus lost the key, my condo board was no longer willing to replace it free of charge. Telus, a multi-billion-dollar company, could not spare the change to replace this key for their customers and techs; this is where all my issues started. My condo board decided to still allow Telus access to our electrical closet on the premise that they go to the condo board office, pick up the key in exchange for ID, then return it at the end of the day. You know, to ensure they don't lose it again.

    The problem is, the techs refuse to take this time to retrieve this key. This directly affects me because over the course of a couple months I have received a lesser, jerry-rigged version of my "internet" that costs $80 a month. My internet "75" is actually "25" unless I want to hop on one foot, touch my nose, and sing the national anthem every day to get maybe an extra "10". I contacted Telus in hopes that if I reason with them they may finally provide me with actual customer service, but unfortunately it was all for not. The tech they scheduled refused to get the key on principle, bitterness, and "liability". Not to mention the fact that he couldn't possibly see himself going mildly above and beyond for his job (we're talking mildly here like when a fast food employee gives you the extra fries at the bottom of your bag).

    When I contacted the manager of Telus home services to state the technician had refused service, I was met with an attitude that said, "well nothing I can do about it and even if I could, I don't want to". Inevitably this all ended in me canceling my internet package. Turns out a requirement you need to ask before making a commitment to an internet service is how capable they are at not losing keys. Not something I would ask on a first date but maybe something I would now consider. This was a blatant display of two large companies in a key measuring contest and I lost.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018

    My 85 year father moved to Calgary last June. At that time, I contacted Telus to let them know that my father is hard of hearing, cannot use a computer and that I was his POA. He uses a cell for emergency services only to call out in an emergency. When I spoke to them, I gave them my name, email and phone number and was assured that I would be contacted should there be any issues on his account. He was set up for Autopay with his credit card. After 5 months of sending his personal information to the wrong email address, and not taking payment on his credit card, they finally left a message on his land-line. My dad thought it was the bank calling because he couldn't make sense of the message.

    I called Telus after I heard the message and found out that they suspended my father's account and took him to a collection agency because they couldn't reach him by text or by calling him on his old number from another province. The only information they bothered to record was my name and got everything else wrong. After spending the equivalent of a full day on hold (I am not kidding), they proceeded to argue with me about reversing the late charges and refused to undo the damage on his credit. Even at the Customer Retention level, they were unwilling to even consider that perhaps their staff did not document the information correctly despite the fact that my dad has paid his bills on time and in full his whole life.

    Twice during that call, I was told that they could not reverse any charges because it was my 85 year old father's responsibility make sure that his bill was getting paid and, in their opinion, their staff could not make the mistake so we must have given them his old number in Winnipeg as a contact. After 4 hours of arguing with them, they finally agreed to reverse any late charges but still refused to fix the ding on his credit.

    I went away feeling like Telus actually has no regard for Seniors or persons with disabilities and even though I explained what we actually had done in order to prevent any problems, they effectively called me a liar because it was unfathomable that their staff could have written something down wrong or left out a piece of information. There was no accountability on their end at all even after I asked them to consider the history of their customer.

    They did in the end admit that there have been long wait times over the last several months to get anything resolved. I boldly suggested that they spend less time arguing with their customers, be willing to do ethical business and actually provide customer service instead of wasting everyone's time. This would go a long way to shorten wait times because they wouldn't have so many angry customers.

    Anyone looking for a good cell provider? I have been with Telus since cell phones first came out and maybe I am just getting old, but I don't believe calling your customer a liar and ripping off seniors and persons with disabilities is a good business practice. Telus would definitely not be a service I would suggest even to someone I don't like. Shame on you Telus. I support ethical business practices.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018

    I received a call from Telus offering my mom an iPhone 6 for free, unlimited calls, texts and picture texts. $45 a month. Receive the phone, with no SIM card. Then get the first month's bill. $280. I called Telus several times, to either be hung up on, put on hold and then hung up on, or put on a 4 hour waiting time to speak to someone. Telus totally lied about their offer, have overcharged, AGAIN. Refuse to admit their fault and fix the situation. I urge anyone on the fence about Telus, go somewhere else, their incompetence, lack of communication, and mis-information leads the customer to suffer hundreds of dollars of fees they should not be paying for.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018

    I have been a long time Telus customer. Over 2 years ago my services weren't working. After many promises and no change I changed my services to Shaw. All home services work great now. 4 months I have been waiting for a "manager" call back on my cell phone dropping calls and no response. Promised a callback yesterday and spent 32 minutes on hold today to have my call ended without a response, I get a text telling me to copy a link to online help and again instead of an agent it is an auto reply that says, "We will have someone contact you within 24 hours." Guess what. Doesn't happen. Yup a callback. I stuck with their service. In the past they were great. The last 3 years have been awful. I will not recommend to family or friends any longer.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018

    I bought home internet with 75 mbps speed, but received half of it. I called them and the wait time is always more than ONE HOUR. This is so annoying and frustrating. I somehow tried to escalate the matter and could receive a call back from customer service after couple of days. They asked me to do something, and after that, my internet is working even slower. Now I trying to call them, the wait time is always MORE THAN ONE HOUR. Also, they misguided me about the TV Charges. I think Telus really don’t care about its customers.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018

    My partner and I both bought and had a Telus mobile phone some years ago, we both tried Telus but within months, we had a damage claim to our phones and all we got was the constant runaround from Telus customer service outlets. Instead of honoring their guarantee to replace the damaged phones, they gave us nothing but arguments and stress, pressuring us to upgrade to newer phones and more services. How typical of notorious corporate greedy psychopaths to chase after profits before people's needs and concerns. We haven't been with Telus since, nor will we ever be again! Side by side with Bell from hell, another greedy shady money grabbing ruthless corporate monster.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018

    I never had any previous problems with Telus, I actually enjoyed their home TV, internet and mobility services before the following experience. I was moving from Canada to the US. I made two calls to cancel my mobility plan BEFORE leaving Canada. I was assured both times that the pre-authorized payment for the next month would not be taken. Surprise, surprise! Both agents DID NOT perform their duties and of course the pre-authorized payment was taken from my credit card. Then in order to request for a refund, I had to make three more calls AFTER moving.

    Again, those three agents just let the credit sit there, I had to make a sixth call to collections to request them to put the credit balance back onto the credit card that they took money from, when I specifically told them not to. Eight hours of my life wasted being on hold and three months later, I am told to wait three to five more business days to finally put this nightmare to rest. Fingers crossed! Seriously? Can no one do their jobs here? With two agents out of six doing what is asked of them, that's a 33% performance rate. So if you are looking for some recommendations for your company, perhaps replace 67% of your task force, since they are NOT doing their jobs. What an embarrassment and a joke of a company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018

    When we first got this internet we were under the impression that we would be given a big discount as per the agreement with the landlord. After a few months we called in and were told there was a mistake and that we would now be given that discount. We then paid $10 a month instead of the $0 a month promise. After this deal was up they charged us a whopping $85 a month. We are 2 people who need about 5 eps each. We are fed up and feel scammed.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018

    Never go with Telus services. Telus always mails separate billing statements for phones, fax and internet so the customer is not aware of how much they are paying in total for the month. Even after numerous requests, Telus did not combine the bills. Moreover, dissatisfied with their billing services, I moved my phones, fax and internet with Shaw. They are still charging me for the cancelled services. I have been charged for the services for Telus and Shaw for 3 months. It's disgusting that Telus did not port all our services to Shaw.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2018

    I hire the wireless service for my new place, I am already a mobile phone customer, and when the technician came and installed the service he told me I was on a two-year contract which I specifically said I didn't want to as I am moving out of the country. Now I am trying to cancel the service and the wait is longer than an hour. Deceiving customer service.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2018

    Telus is a big liar or some sort of dishonor company. They sent me an email to confirm the installation date and time, one of their agent even phone me a day earlier to reconfirm the service's schedule. I have had waited at home past the schedule time and no one show up. I phoned the service centre and being told they are unable to come for the installation. It is unacceptable excuse, they had sent me confirmation by email and follow up with a phone called prior the day of the services. They are very unprofessional and put me on hold for 45 mins until I hang up the calls. If anyone read this message needs to think seriously which services provider to be your next pick.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2018

    15 min on hold earlier and now over 10 - ** music, thanks not so much!!! And nobody answers the ** phone! HATE YOU AND WILL CHANGE IMMEDIATELY TO SOMEONE ELSE!!! Why has my television signal been lost? I have turned my Telus box off three times and still no service!!! Why does nobody answer? How long does a person have to ** wait??? YOU'RE A BUNCH OF ** CROOKS!!!

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    Reviewed July 11, 2018

    I have been a loyal TELUS customer for many years until 2017 when I switched our cell service to another telco. I dropped internet years ago when their service attracted lots of junk mail the minute we switched over and their solution was to sell us a filter versus change the email address as requested. We switched to another service provider. Now home service costs us a lot per month and I see no need to continue this. Their service is poor. Voicemail and no response is their answer yet other companies can handle this.

    In 2018 we found out that TELUS without any communication wants to install a large fiber optic cable output box on city property across from heritage homes and 20 feet from the main entrance to our neighbor. This will certainly reduce resale value. There back alleys and a city park that could handle this but they do not care. I care for my community and we will soon not be a customer anymore unless something changes. TELL US Y is all I can say.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2018

    Telus is a company that started as a phone provider. There is a multitude of agents to sell you their services. When you require customer service or changes to your accounts you can ONLY contact them by phone. However the waits times can exceed an hour and then they want to sell you more.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2018

    They do not answer phones, which is only way to contact them. Repeated numerous attempts for long, long periods on hold. They do not advise durations of hold times, nor do they offer to call back. Their stores will not accept cancellations of service. There is no address to email to or write to on their billings, nor online. Their apparent objective is to not enable customers to make contact except to sell new service. They have a virtual Monopoly. I wish to cancel my service and warn any other person considering their service to be very caveat emptor (buyer beware). A disgusting, worst example of corporate malfeasance.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2018

    I renewed my contract with Telus this year and bought a brand new iPhone X. I was very specific in my requests for my plan as well as to have AppleCare in order to protect myself from costly repairs. I renewed my contract thinking I had AppleCare on my new phone, and later after my phone was damaged and I went to get it repaired found out that I did not have what I asked. I have an email that shows the there was supposed to be a monthly AppleCare charge but because there's no amount per month on there they said I actually didn't take it. If they have the phone conversation recorded they would definitely know that I said I wanted that AppleCare. People don't generally want to spend 800$ out of pocket for a phone and not buy the protection plan for the phone.

    I clearly told them I wanted it and now they have left me with nothing but a broken phone that I have to pay full value to replace. When I called into them they were much more concerned of proving how wrong I am and that I actually declined the AppleCare which is absolutely not true. I have been a customer of Telus for 10 years and this was not the first time they have caused me grief with their terrible lack of customer service. I also hold several business lines with them as well for cellular modems and they constantly make mistakes on the billing resulting in hours of phone calls to get it fixed. I'm completely dissatisfied with this company and this is the final straw for me!

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    Reviewed June 26, 2018

    I've been slowly taking our payments off "auto pay", and if you specifically have TELUS as an auto pay, I highly suggest you take it off. They owe us $800 from April, when they took $800 from our bank account. They wrongly charged us even though we saw it coming and called repeatedly to ask them to not charge our bank account. The mistake was 100% their fault and they own up to it every time. In fact we were so proactive that we were talking to them about the issue 2 billing cycles (so FEBRUARY) ahead of time to prevent this from happening. I've spoken to them over 12 times through chat and calls and even Twitter, and NOTHING has gotten down.

    They repeatedly say the refund is being processed, and the next time I follow up, nothing has been done. ie: The last 4 calls I've made they've either said the money will go back into our account, the next time the cheque would be written, and this time, do I want a cheque or an EFT? Every single call has been full of promises, apologies and solutions that never turn into anything. We already canceled one account with them and it's likely I'll cancel this one as well. Just a heads up to anyone (who like myself), thought that if you were ever mischarged, it would be a quick fix, because it's not. Seriously. Shut off your auto-pay.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2018

    I have been a customer for over 5 years, having completed a 3 year contract with this cell phone provider before remaining on the same plan after contract. I have generally been a good customer and pay my bills on time. Last summer there was a mix up on my account due to me moving to new locations (time zones) with my employer, so my bill was unusually high. I called in but they wouldn't adjust the bill much, and I had to pay them the owing balance over two months. I found out nearly a year later that Telus decided to report me to Equifax for late bill payments. I contacted customer service for Telus, and was told they wouldn't remove the negative credit reference under my name.

    I am so impressed with them that I am writing this review, and plan to tell as many people as possible about this. My credit history is damaged for years over a payment issue. Last month I was $3 overpaid on my account, and I am far from a bad customer or someone who doesn't pay their bills. I will be ending all business with them shortly. Very disappointed in Telus.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2018

    I received a telephone call a couple of weeks ago from a Telus representative asking me if I wanted a free tablet... Turns out the tablet is not free unless I sign a 2 yr contract for ten dollars more than what I am paying now on my no contract plan... Just received my cell phone bill. It's $30 dollars higher because of data... even though I only use it at home, work or my car where I have wifi access. They pretty much told me to suck it up or get a different plan. I will be looking at other options than TELUS Mobility.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2018

    In APRIL I trying TELUS -cell provider but this company is very expensive so after 7 days I decide cancel this services. I pay them everything. About June 11- 2018 somebody call me (men have very bad accent and I not understand him) and say that I am owe money for TELUS. I tell him, "If you work for TELUS customer services first learn English because I am not understand what are talking about." Next day I call TELUS customer services and ask what happen and why this company want charge me any money if I cancel this services almost 2 month ago, so lady (she speak very well English) say because I used phone for one and half week !!!! That way I owe him $39?

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    Reviewed June 7, 2018

    I have been with Telus for over 15 years, my contract was up and I wanted to see if they could match Fido with their rate plans. Basically when I went into the store and told the representative what Fido was offering me he pretty much told me I should go with Fido because Telus could not match that. I decided to call Telus and take it upon myself to talk to customer relations, I was told the exact same thing. I should take the Fido offer. They were not willing to do anything for me especially me being a loyal customer for so long I was shocked.

    I guess this is what Telus calls customer service. I would have thought me being with them for so long they would be willing to work with me but I guess it is time to leave. Telus was very customer-related in the beginning but now they have definitely lost their way. If you are a long-time customer don't even bother trying to work something out with them because they won't help you. The tone of voice pretty much sounded like if you want to leave leave. Why should I have to upgrade to a plan that's $30 more a month just to get a new phone. It's ridiculous.

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    Reviewed May 30, 2018

    I received 6 phone calls from Telus asking if I want a cell phone at $0 on a 2 year plan. Finally I agreed because my son needed a new phone. We were currently with Rogers and we were fairly happy with their service. My son's phone was cracked and I couldn't afford to get the phone fixed or buy a new phone so I said yes to Telus after the pressure as they kept calling. I got the new account set up around May 23, 2018. However a week later I noticed $43 in data charges. Makes no sense because I have unlimited data with Telus already and use Wi-Fi and the data on my son's new phone (Lg X Power 2) had been turned off the day we received it in the mail.

    I looked on the online account and there is another button you have to switch to off the turn data off? I turned it off and called Telus Mobility once again. They said it's a $2 charge to switch the button to off meanwhile I had turned it off myself? After awhile Telus agreed to put the no date charge at $0 and credit me back the $43 for the data. Overages Show menu Page Total 161.14 MB. I did look online and data goes in the GB. I was being charged more for mere MB?? I was very unhappy to say the least.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2018

    I have to say how disappointing experience I had and still having with Telus. I went to one of their local stores in Highstreet Mall, Abbotsford for getting an internet connection back in March. I got a deal of $49/month + $100 credit from a girl named Marina working there. Has been 3 months now since I am using Telus Internet and neither of the promised deals has been offered so far. I am getting $70 bill each month. Went to their store thrice to have it rectified, waited there for 30-45 minutes each time and each time I was told it will be all taken care of the next bill run; to which I asked them to send me a confirmation email as a proof that my concerns have been rectified but they didn't do that.

    I also called their customer service center and waited for 1.5 hour listening their recording that they value their customers (A TOTAL LIE). They told the loyalty department will give me a call which I am still waiting for. Still my account is just showing that I owe them $70 for the monthly bill and no credits. It is not going anywhere. I went with Telus in the first place because the deal they offered was within my budget but each month I got bill more than promised deal. Really frustrated by the service and behavior. All I can say is "STAY AWAY! DON'T GIVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO TELUS".

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    Reviewed May 19, 2018

    I signed up for Telus as a student, and I thought it was a pretty good deal. During my time with Telus, I had tons of connectivity issues. So I called them and they told me that they would send me a new router to deal with the issues. Once I got the new equipment, the issues got worse. When I called, they told me that maybe too many people have been trying to use the internet. Since my roommates and I shared the internet, I thought it was an okay explanation so I upgraded the plan, which bumped up our bill pretty high.

    However, there was no change in the connection and I got tons of complaints that the internet was still on and off, and quite glitchy. After several phone calls, they investigated and realized that they’d sent me the wrong modem/router. Once they sent me a new one, the connectivity issues were mostly gone. However, I feel it’s extremely unfair that 8 out of the 12 months of my experience as their customer was horrible because they made a mistake and then didn’t correct it promptly. Once I was moving out, I asked to cancel my services and they assured me there’s be no cancellation fees. I sent their equipment back the same day as the cancellation date, and they had told me that as long as I return everything on time, I shouldn’t be charged any extra fees.

    About a month since the cancellation date, I noticed a charge on my credit card. They apparently charged me $120 something because I didn’t return the equipment. Luckily, I’d kept all my receipts from Canada Post and I’d taken pictures of the return slips, so I talked to the agent and gave her all the information. She told me she would confirm and refund the money. I called again a month later because I didn’t get any of my money back. The agent told me that they’d failed to input the return, and that was the reason for the charges on my account. He told me that he’s corrected the issue and I should get my money in the next 10 business days.

    A month after this interaction, I called Telus again to inquire about my check and the agent told me that it was sitting as a credit on my Telus account. Now, after waiting for 3 months, my patience was truly being tested. I asked him how this made any sense to him or anyone at Telus as I am no longer a customer! I told him that I was assured I would get a check. The customer service rep actually yelled at me and told me that it’s not his problem. He finally confirmed my new address, and I got the check 5 months after my cancellation date. A lot of these issues would have been cleared if the people at Telus cared about giving their customers good service. I mean for $80+ a month with crappy internet, that’s the least they can do. I would never recommend Telus to anyone!

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    Reviewed May 13, 2018

    In my area we have two choices - Shaw or Telus. After many years of dealing with constant price increases and poor service from Shaw, we moved over to Telus and have been mainly happy with their service, signal quality and customer support. Our main complaint, which would apply to any provider is the quality of programming on almost all of the channels. I have no interest in watching endless "hillbilly reality" programs, which seem to be the standard fare on everything from the History Channel to the Home and Garden channel. I realize these shows are cheap to make as they have no high paid stars, but they are terrible.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    I had my IPAD stolen, and I reported it. Next month when my bill came in I realized the IPAD was used to make LOCAL phone calls, and because I had no plan the charges came up to $700. I have called explaining, and a reasonable solution would be to upgrade the plan to minutes and have me cover the plan. Well not so fast, these guys offered 35% discount on the full amount! Those are local minutes, meaning it costs Telus less than a dollar to provide the service. So I now need to pay nearly 500 because I had the IPAD stolen. By doing it Telus is actually breaking the law.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2018

    After I reported my (already paid for non-contract) phone as stolen/broken and disabled my phone service (which was a tedious struggle), they showed I owed them for data use and an extra month... so I paid yet another month (January) [btw - they don't take all legal currency - only credit card or bank transfer]. For 2 months they showed I owed nothing. 0.00$ (Feb, March). In May, they sent an email saying I owe them over 200$ and they will attack my credit rating. They reactivated it and are charging me for previous months. The site's rigged so that you can't actually disable the service, contacts take you in a circle, and by phone you get disconnected each time after hours of trying. To save my credit rating, I'm forced to keep paying for a phone service on a phone that doesn't exist.

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    After a positive interaction with Telus, Eric increased their star rating on Aug. 3, 2018.

    Updated review: Aug. 3, 2018

    TELUS did return a a few days later. About a week delayed in transfer but I got hooked up with TELUS services for both TV and Internet. They sent another technician that was more knowledgeable. TELUS has apologized, issued credits on my account, and since then everything has been great.

    Original Review: April 21, 2018

    So, I figured I would explore services with TELUS after being a loyal SHAW customer for the past 5 years. Recently, TELUS installed fiber in our townhouse complex; every unit got a master link in their suite. A couple weeks later, I had a salesperson from TELUS come to my door. Offered me a deal. The deal was: 2 years contract, $150 credit on the account, and a master card worth $300. The biggest concern that I had is where TELUS installed the fiber distribution in our suite. It was on the other end of the living room where our TV was; and then the computer was on the other end of the kitchen. It was roughly 15-200ft from the distribution box on either end.

    Anyway, the sales rep from TELUS said, "That's no problem." That the technicians can run the cables. I told the sales rep that I want no cables running up and down my walls or ceilings unless they are hidden behind the walls like the regular cable hookups that SHAW has installed. The TELUS sales rep assured me that there won't be any cables run on the walls or ceilings. Thus, I signed and a date was scheduled for the tech to show up.

    The day the tech shows up, he asks me why the distribution box was installed there and away from where my TV and computer are? I was dumbfounded and replied 'Well, your guys install it, why don't you ask them?' Then he says, "Well you will have to change everything to WiFi". I replied 'No I will not'. Then I replied to say 'I was told by the sales rep that under the agreement for taking on the TELUS contract for TV/Internet is that TELUS tech will run cables through the walls to my TV and then to the Computer which are on the same floor but about 15-20 ft away from the fiber distribution box where TELUS installed it.' The tech refused. Said that the only way he will connect me is if I allow him to run cables on my walls and along the ceiling. I refused as that was not the contract agreement discussed. So the tech says 'Well I guess I am done here because I can't wire you where the box was installed'.

    Ok. First of all, it's not my fault where the distribution box was installed. TELUS techs came in and installed it. They picked the spot, I never told them to where to install it. I was actually puzzled why they would install it where it is as I am not about to move my furniture around. Needless to say, I ended up calling into TELUS via live chat and cancelling my contract. I then had to call SHAW to reverse my cancellation on my account. So lo and behold, still a SHAW customer... At least SHAW's techs actually know what they are doing and they do it well and fast...TELUS...not so much, they give up whenever faced with an obstacle. Seems like TELUS is hiring kids to do their installations when really what they need is ADULTS.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2018

    THE WORST COMPANY EVER. They must think that all their customers are idiots. Designed to take your money, designed not to let you leave their service. If they just gave an honest service for an honest dollar, they would not have to "train" the reps to be duplicitous, evasive, misinformative and liars. EMBARASSING that this is a Canadian company. They should be ashamed. My name is D. ** and I stand behind this review.

    Updated on 07/08/2018: From the very first day... Account was put IN SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME... Tried to correct, they would not because the PHONE WASN'T IN MY NAME. I had to do all the legwork to get the phone put into my name TOOK FOREVER. Lied, mis-information, it is like Telus gives classes to the employees of how not to give a direct answer... Just try getting a "yes or no" out of anyone there. I could go on and on. I tried to get help but no one there cares. They just wanted me to go away. So as there is no recourse, I paid off the account to the tune of 500 cancelled the service, and just had to eat the loss. I went back to my previous carrier who I had good service with for 10 years. If Telus was the last phone service on earth, I would use a tin can rather than deal with them again. One day this will all catch up to them. They can only rip Canadians off for so long, right?

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    Reviewed April 19, 2018

    Telus linked someone else's account to my accounts. When I called Telus to let them know they proceed to blame me. They didn't want to me to speak to a supervisor, and tried to brush it all off by saying it's ok now. Violated my privacy and worst customer service experience ever.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2018

    For few days I have problem with Telus e-mail. I try to access Telus webmail - no chance, only message I get is to call this number 1-888-811-2323. So I did. Without exception, the wait is around 45 minutes for an operator to come on the line. A most annoying recording comes on intermittently while you are waiting saying that THEY UNDERSTAND OUR TIME IS VALUABLE. What in blazes name do they mean by that?

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    Reviewed April 11, 2018

    Called not only twice but THREE times to get my prepaid Visa for signing up with Telus internet. They say there is NO record of me calling. LIES! Now I don't get a prepaid card, when I clicked on the appropriate link for receiving a prepaid Visa for signing up with Telus Wi-Fi! I have had to call at least three times to get my Wi-Fi back up and running. TERRIBLE SERVICE ALL AROUND!

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    Reviewed April 5, 2018

    Just waited on the phone for 1:7 minutes, all the while listening to a recording from Telus telling me they knew I valued my time and then I had to talk to someone who did not understand English and I could only understand half of what he said. I asked a simple question like, what would it cost to give my husband a telephone number, we have a phone and add him to my plan. I had to wait another 5 minutes for him to come back to me and tell me he was getting ready to hook up. I said, "No, I want to know the cost..." Another 7 minutes for him to tell me 65.00. I said too much so he said he would hook me up to someone else... another recording telling me they know how valuable my time is... Finally after waiting a total of about 1:30 he came on and told me he could lower it to 50.00. So much for Telus. We will go to a company who really appreciates my time and business.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2018

    I signed up for Telus before Xmas 3 years ago. They sent me a tablet before I had services installed. Gave it to my nephew for Christmas as it was a Samsung which wasn't as good as my iPads. They came but couldn't install due to needing infrastructure upgrades. I was fine with waiting but they were taking me to collections every 3 months for not paying my bill, even though I still did not have ANY Telus services in my home. This happened for over a year. 2+ hours wasted on the phone each time trying to explain to them the issues. I asked if I could cancel and they wanted $850 for a $350 tablet!!!

    Finally they sent a installer who again said he couldn't complete the install. He however left the phone line open in the ped outside. Fast forward to 3 am and I had a knock on the door, 3 cop cars out front. My Telus phone number (which I didn't even have yet because no services were ran into the home) was dialing 911 repeatedly. They forced their way in and walked through the home. Even though I didn't have a home phone. Next day I got a call at work from the police saying they were going to break my window at home to get in as the calls to 911 started again. Telus still wouldn't let me cancel. Finally got the services installed but they started my 2 year contract on the date of installation. Complete joke with terrible customer service. I got nothing for my problems other than an outdated tablet. Not even an apology. Thanks Telus!! What a joke.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 26, 2018

    A month ago I ordered service for my mom to be transferred (porting her number of 60 plus years) to her new address in a senior's home... 2 doors down from where she had it ported 6 months ago. I confirmed a week prior and on sat 24th, the tech showed up and stayed for 2 hours, and did nothing as it wasn't a 'fiber optic' line. So basically he chatted to an idiot who promised it would be done by the day's end. Of course it wasn't and after sitting there waiting for 2 hours we left. Her, 84 years old with no phone and me, wasted my time off. I was promised a call at 9am Sunday to confirm when it would be fixed. I called another Telus manager (Danny) who confirmed it may take 24 hours to change back to 'copper wires' but it would be done on the Sunday for sure and he would have someone call me Sunday as he was off but he would follow up on Monday.

    I was told that because she was elderly and now without a phone, it was of utmost importance to be fixed. I missed the call on Sunday 11 ish but called back within one minute. Then I called an hour or so later again and left another message and again, no callback. I called Monday at 10:16 am only to be told that Danny was busy but would call back after he dealt with one customer. At 12:30 I called again and finally spoke to him. I heard while on hold there was a Wed apt for her (5 days, no phone, which is a lifeline for seniors) and it was between 8 and 9 am. No one asked how they were planning on informing her. No one checked to see if she had an appointment or what was good for her. No one has done anything. Danny rambled about how he has to talk to 2-3 different departments to coordinate this.

    He said he would call my cell when it was figured but had no idea when that would be. Including which day. This is absolutely ridiculous!!!! My mom should not have to go without a phone for 5 days. Telus should be able to determine how to solve this stupid screw up on their part. I am furious and no one seems to give a rat's **. I have heard about 50 times from the various people "I understand how you feel" when NO they do not know how I feel at all!!!

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    Reviewed March 22, 2018

    An unfortunate customer who had used the Telus Mobility service just for 14 days and very shocked to see the bill. So expensive compared to other providers and the worst deal. I am so glad that I switched to another provider and will be never back to Telus Mobility.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2018

    Called to cancel my subscription for advertising. Conveniently they have a long cycle between when you can cancel and when the subscription comes out. Long story short, they sucked $400 out of me because of the cycle. NEVER go with Telus for anything! Phone, internet, tv... all they are looking at is trying to get as much $$ out of you as they can, they don't care you have been with them for 35 years. Sad...

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    Reviewed March 17, 2018

    I was trying to place an new customer order for the whole bundle of services from Telus. I am calling Canada from the UK and have now been sitting in a call centre queue for 16 minutes. The system just says we are dealing with a lot of calls. No idea of where I am in the queue or how long I will have to wait. In typing this it has now been over 20 minutes. I cannot believe the poor level of service and now getting second thoughts unless I get some feedback from them then I will place my order elsewhere.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2018

    I've been with a previous service provider for years. I switched for the TV deal. In the first six months with Telus we fried 2 PVR's and 1 modem. Every time required me to be at home to get them to replace it. I also have documented 7 call in's and 3 chat logs with them. They wasted hours of my time troubleshooting equipment. The software in their new PVR is crap - gets stuck/hung up switching between Netflix and regular content, etc. When I do get customer service on the phone it's only after being on hold 20-40 minutes. I've tried calling at 8 AM on a Tuesday, 2 PM on a Wednesday, 6:30 PM on a Friday. It really doesn't matter. I had 11 guests over and we even missed the first quarter of the Grey Cup for their horrible troubleshooting rigamarole.

    I switched back to my previous provider and have only had troubleshooting problems once in the first three months since coming back - and I was speaking to a person after 3 minutes on the phone at 7PM on a weekday. Equipment failures happen - with Telus they can happen A LOT. Customer service to overcome it was ridiculous though. After cancelling I got an email saying my final payment will be taken from my VISA - $520 plus change. I wasn't behind in payments - this is what I owe from the TV deal for breaking contract early. But they won't send me a paper bill and they deactivated my online account as soon as I canceled service - so I can't see what I am supposed to be paying for. I just want to do my diligence.

    Deactivated my account in early February and after online chatting twice and call in once to request the deactivation and then twice more for a copy of my bill they explained they can't email it to me (the call service rep is not 'authorized' to do that). I told them send me a paper bill. They told me it's an extra $3 for the extra bill. Since I have yet to receive the electronic one promised I am not going to be including any $3 extra into my final payment to them. To cap it off I also won't be paying the interest that I am sure they are starting to expect - because I still haven't gotten an invoice. Frustrating experience. I'm an idiot if I ever go back to them again. The only good part - they don't manufacture TV's. They don't even deliver it - I picked it up myself. It's the only thing I got from them that I am happy with. And the free shipping was not to my door but 20 minutes across the city. Oh well. Fools me once - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018

    Dec 15, 2017 submitted iPhone 8 Plus for a repair. Apple Care receives phone - with no instructions and Apple returns phone with no repair performed at the beginning of Jan 2018. The phone does not work and the local Telus store re-sends the iPhone 8 Plus back to Apple. We try to contact the store several times and the reply is - I've contacted my Apple rep and she is trying to solve the issue. Feb. 23, 2018 - I call the store again and the Telus mobility rep states - she just emailed Apple the day before. She has neglected to call back earlier in the week as she promised and return another call.

    Feb. 24th, 2018 - I call Apple Care directly and they find that Apple has shipped the iPhone to Telus on Jan 13, 2018 and that Telus has the iPhone. The Telus rep. (not the store in Terrace), whom Apple contacted, says that Telus will ship the iPhone 8 back to Apple on Monday Feb. 26th for a repair now that they have all of the information! I cannot believe how inept this local store is. I am regretting my switch from Bell Mobility to Telus mobility in Sept. 2017.

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018

    I have complained on many occasions that Telus usage counting often shows higher usage than my actual usage. Also speeds rarely come close to what they advertise when I download something. When I complain they offer more expensive upgrades. If they provided what they promised no upgrade would be required.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2018

    Telus suspended my service when I went to Cuba on the basis of "suspicious roaming", sent me a text saying to call this number to reconnect and verify it was me. Of course I couldn't phone on my phone because they disconnected me. Had to borrow someone elses phone to call them and was told by a rude, not very helpful woman that I needed to supply two pieces of government ID via fax if my account was to be reconnected. I explained that I was in Cuba with limited internet service and no access to a fax machine, she was very unsympathetic to my situation, being without service in a foreign country, unable to contact any of my family or make arrangements for being picked up at the airport or anything.

    She said my service would still be disconnected when I got back to Canada until I provided the pieces of ID. AND THEN after I get off the phone with her I receive an email saying "sorry to see you go" letting me know that apparently I had canceled my service altogether and the last day of my service would be Feb. 11th. Which I did not do, I never told anyone to cancel my service completely, although now I wish I did. Once I get back to Canada I go to the Telus store, the man helping me didn't even really know what to do as he said he had never seen anything like this happen in the 7 years he was with Telus.

    I had brought all my ID with me this time, hoping they would be able to have it and reconnect me. Not the case. I brought my passport, health card, driver's license and SIN card and these were all insufficient pieces of ID. They then informed me I would have to come back with either a paper bill mailed to my address or a bank statement. THESE ARE NOT PIECES OF GOVERNMENT ID which I was told to supply.

    The man there faxed in my health card along with my driver's license on the off chance that they would accept that. They did not. I waited a few more days for them to contact me which they did not so I emailed the escalated customer issue email address and was told the same thing that they would only accept my driver's and either a bill or a pay stub or bank statement. They told me to email in these and gave me an email address to mail these too which I did. Fast forward more than a week and still have heard nothing back from them.

    I'm extremely disappointed in Telus with the poor service and making it literally impossible for me to get my service back. When they cut off my service I had also just handed out multiple resumes with that number as my contact info so everyone I handed a resume off to has been unable to contact me. Thanks Telus. So far as I know I am paying for a service that I am unable to use.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2018

    One year ago I switched from Rogers wireless business to TELUS wireless business and that was the biggest mistake ever. I ordered 3 iPhones and it took them 10 days before I call and the customer representative confirmed that it was shipped already and I should be receiving them Friday the latest. I didn't receive anything till Monday so I called on Monday (which makes is 2 weeks since ordered the iPhones) and the rep told me that it's unavailable that's why nothing is shipping!!! I asked her why the previous rep told me that it was shipped and she replied by that it was misinformation!!!

    The customer representative deceived me first of all by saying that the plan has caller id and I asked him that if that has the call display for numbers which is not on the contact list and he confirmed yes. This turned to be a lie and that he was just trying to sell a feature that the company even don't have!!! This happened again when I was travelling to USA and discovered that they don't have the Roam Like Home like Rogers and Bell and they have something else called travel passport which is so bad even for any customer and so expensive and you don't get any enough minutes or data. Of course when I was initially doing the deal the same rep told me that they have the Roam Like Home and that was a lie as usual!!!

    The customer service is so bad to the extent that every time you call them they can't address your concerns, and once I spoke to the manager and she advised me choose French rather than English so I can get an agent from Canada not offshore and then I can speak English with the agent!!! So annoying. Eventually when I was cancelling the contract after only 1 year, I was told by the agent that the penalty was $990 and then I asked him if that includes taxes or not. He confirmed that taxes were added to the amount and the only left balance including tax is $990...and I don't need to say that it was a lie and that this amount you have to add taxes and I had to pay $1160!!!

    When I called to address this matter they told me that they will listen to the call. I gave them the ref. number and the agent name and date and time of the call. After 1 week they called to say that the call was not recorded for a reason and that they will just give $50 credit to help me. What kind of provider is that!!! Every time any mistake happens they say human error but the company never stands behind its employees' mistakes and the customer always pay for the unprofessional agents and all this lies and misinformation!!! Even when I cancelled they sent an email to provide my feedback, I gave them the worst feedback ever and even no one replied or called me!!! Stay away from this company as they are so unprofessional and not worthy of having your business and they just DECEIVE you to get your money.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2018

    Furious with Telus. They weaned me from my previous cell phone provider with a free Samung 8 and verified several times I would pay the same as my previous plan incl taxes. Received a bill for twice that amount and when complained they reviewed the taped conversation with the sales associate. They acknowledged he had made a mistake and should not have offered me such a cheap price but refuse to honour the agreement. Now have to send phone back, try and get old plan back, and change all my information back to old phone which had been wiped! Also out another $25 for the new cell case I had to buy. Disgusting customer service!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018

    5 years with Telus. I was on a fixed plan for the last year, this last bill was almost double. I called them, only to waste my time, they are trying to tell me my promotions are over. I have the emails confirming my deal with them and they say they don't do those deals anymore? This makes no sense? Telus has lost yet another customer due to stupidity! Called Shaw today, will be changing services.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2018

    Signed a 3 yr contract with fixed price, every few months my service price increased slightly till it doubled! This is always the case with Telus. Cancelled my services, 4 hours on the phone, they sent me a bill of arrears $449! This is to return the modem and equipment they installed. Another phone call, 7 hours long and me telling Telus the process, they send me out the boxes to ship the electronic goods in at a post office. Post office tells me to keep the receipt as Telus frequently denies receiving the goods and wants to charge the customer the $449 or destroy the customer's credit score! It’s a corrupt organization that requires government to look into the over pricing, price creep breach if contracts and false charges destroying people’s ability to establish credit financing.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018

    Prepaid and added credit card for automatic top up. I am a senior and on pay as you go. I bought a new cell phone from Walmart. They could not get through to Telus after a 1 hour wait. I said I would try from home. After an hour of waiting I got through to an overseas operator which I could not understand what she was saying. I asked if she could switch to English. I was able to gather that she said she was talking in English. I was unable to talk with her and discontinued the call. I have tried different ways to get service on my new phone which I was told was a simple matter of changing sim cards. I am looking for another provider that does pay as you go. I will be cancelling Telus. I will probably be out the $20.00 of prepayment and the $125 I paid for the new phone. I not likely will be able to cancel the $10 per month of automatic withdrawal but I can live with that, small price to pay to learn not to deal with Telus.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupContract & TermsPricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018

    Do not use this company for home services. I have been a customer for over 5 years. I have never been so upset by a customer experience. I have had to spend over 8 hours on hold/on the phone trying to get a simple thing accomplished. I have been trying to move my services since Dec 26th. I have had nothing but problems and dealt with extremely unprofessional staff. They do not call back when they say they will. They do not care and do not take responsibility. On Dec 26 I arrange to have services end at one address and start at another only to be told it couldn't be completed and that a linesman would have to come in a few days. The tech did not cancel the cancellation request at our previous address and they could not fix it. We were without services for 3 days. I was told by a loyalty team member that he would take this over and get us hooked up ASAP. He said he would call me back. He never did.

    I spoke to a manager on Saturday and told them that Dec 31 was the last time we could be in our old place. I begged them to give us a resolution and get a linesman out. I confirmed with Natalie, the manager that I spoke to that she would call me back. She said yes in no more than a couple hours. Again I was never called back. Called again and spoke to another extremely rude manager named Hermanas who told me Jan 3rd was the soonest a lines truck could come by. And that he would not book an appointment until they came. This left my mom without service AGAIN for at least 4 days. Or so we thought. More back and forth later. The linesman comes and I make an appointment for today between 11-1 and I am unhappy but expect it all to be over soon. Today the tech never showed up and never called. My mom called in at 1 and spoke to someone who said the tech is running behind and will call her soon. She never received a call.

    I call in tonight and talk to another manager. He does not take responsibility, he instead tells me that an appointment was never set up and the soonest appointment available appointment is Monday, Jan 8th. That is 9 days with NO service. This is not acceptable. And whats worse is that no one seems to care to fix the situation or make it right. I have never dealt with such an unprofessional and terrible company. And for anyone who took the time to read this to the end, this is the SHORT version. This doesnt include all the time spent on hold, or being put on hold for the rep to never come back on the line. Or being sent a incorrectly priced contract. Or having incorrect pricing set up.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2018

    I have had several occasions to have to speak with Telus. Without exception, the wait is around 30 or more minutes for an operator to come on the line. A most annoying recording comes on intermittently while you are waiting saying that THEY UNDERSTAND OUR TIME IS VALUABLE. What in blazes name do they mean by that?

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2017

    I called Telus customer service about 11 am Mountain Time on December 27, 2017. After one hour and 5 minutes I am still on hold. What is going on? You would think a supervisor would take some calls to cut wait time... 2 minutes should be the maximum wait time for a call centre. Telus should reimburse customers $1 for every minute beyond that.

    Updated on 12/27/17: On hold - two hours - Telus Call Centre. This is a follow-up regarding Telus Canada. They provide cell and cable service. On December 27, 2017, I called at around 11:00 am Mountain Time to solve a simple account issue. I have two Telus accounts--one for cellphone, one for cable TV. I made a payment to the wrong account. Payment on the correct account was due soon. I ended up on perpetual hold. I finally got a clerk at 12:14 pm MT. I asked to be transferred to a supervisor to complain about the long wait. I wanted compensation for the delay.

    12:19 pm agent transferred by putting me on hold for supervisor. 12:29 pm same agent apologized for delay, no reply from supervisor, put me back on hold. 12:35 pm same agent apologized again for delay, no reply from supervisor, put me back on hold. 12:39 pm same agent tried to transfer me to Client Resolution Management Centre (a fancy name for Customer Service). 12:46 pm same agent apologized again that he could not reach Resolution Centre. I again asked for a supervisor. Agent said all supervisors were in a meeting. It was 2:49 pm (Philippines time)! Agent said that to contact a supervisor he has to fill out an online form, email it to supervisor and wait for a reply. Apparently supervisors did not respond to his online form. Agent said a co-worker told him supervisors were in meeting.

    I told agent that it is not likely that all supervisors would be in a meeting at peak hours especially with thousands of calls backed up. If they did, Telus needs to get rid of them and hire new supervisors. 12:54 pm same agent again apologized, no response, he put me back on hold for Resolutions Centre. 1:00 pm a clerk in Resolutions finally answered. At my request, he explained that Telus was scrambling to match a competitor's cell phone offer of 10 Gigabytes for $60. As a result, it appears thousands of Telus customers dumped Telus service and switched to the competitor. In a desperate attempt to stop losing customers, Telus tried to match the offer. Consequently that resulted in thousands of calls, apparently from existing Telus customers who wanted the promo. Calls got backed up from the promo which was advertised Dec 16 to Dec 19. And they are still backed up as of December 27--at least that is according to the Resolutions agent.

    Therefore, when ordinary customers like me called in with a simple question about my cellphone account, I had to wait two hours to get an agent. It should not take any more than 30 seconds to reach an agent and holds should never be more than 2 minutes. Telus knows this. My initial problem was that I paid $46.14 as my monthly payment on my cellphone account. But I later realized that I had made payment in error on my cable TV account. I needed to transfer the $46.14 from my cable account to my cellphone account. And I cannot do that online. I had no choice but to call.

    The Resolutions clerk said I could have used chat, but as a baby boomer, I hate chat. I hate scrambling to try to type out a conversation. It just feels so impersonal and annoying. Some agents seem to be answering several chats at once, leaving you hanging with long gaps in the conversation as you wait for them to reply. Some of them seem like they will answer the chat when they are good and ready. To be fair, the Client Resolutions Management Centre (CMRC) clerk was professional and thorough in his explanations. It appears that it was management that screwed up because they were the ones who created the promo to beat the competition knowing full well that they would be inundated with calls at a time when they are already overwhelmed with customers who got new cellphones for Christmas.

    I used to work in a call centre for Bell Canada and I learned that all customer service calls are tracked as to when the calls was made, how long the caller waited on hold, how many callers hung up, how long the agent was on the phone with the caller, etc. The Bell Call Centre had stats for every day of the year. So the call centre could predict how many calls they were going to get, by just going back one year and looking at call stats for that day in the previous year. Consequently they can pretty well predict how many workers are needed on any given day in the present year.

    But in this case, Telus screwed up. In my opinion, panicked Telus shareholders were most likely calling management to tell them that the competitor had a fantastic deal and that Telus was going to lose lots of customers. Which it did. If management was on the ball, they could have called in extra staff BEFORE announcing the Telus promo. In short, they knew many Telus callers were going to be frustrated with long waits on the phone, and it appears they really didn't care. As long as profits are up and shareholders are happy, let the customers be damned. I asked the CMRC agent if he could offer any goodwill for the two hour wait that was inflicted on me just to get my simple account issue rectified. He said he would credit my account with $15.00--I would have preferred $50--I took his offer and thanked him for his help. He was an excellent agent to deal with. End of story.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2017

    In the process of upgrading my phone at the Telus store in the Willowbrook Mall in Langley, B.C., I created a very complicated problem that I had caused for myself. I went into the Telus store very worried that I had painted myself into an uncomfortable corner. The rep I approached was Neena, who greeted me with a big smile and a calm voice. After my disjointed explanation of what I had done Neena put her thinking cap on and in time was able to get everything sorted out. Without Neena's expert help I would be a very sad fellow. Neena was stellar in her efforts to help me get the phone I wanted at the time I needed it. I can't say enough how professional Neena was in providing me with the very best customer service I have ever had. She is my hero!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2017

    Apparently I am not the only one. I had the ISP changed from Telus to Shaw. Shaw sent in the cancellation notice for Dec 15th. On December 14th at 5 pm, our service was cut - no more debit-credit card transactions, no PO system, no music... etc. I was only made aware of the situation at 8 pm in which I promptly phone support. I was told that it was after hours for that team that I needed. We only resumed internet access next day when Shaw completed the setup. I had phoned Telus at 8 am (earliest time that they were available) to see if they could restore for the next few hours. They said they had reinstalled the account but it did not work. Furthermore, Telus blamed Shaw of course but after speaking to several Shaw reps, there was no record of Shaw requesting disconnect on the 14th. I no longer trust Telus so if you switch, issue the cancellation yourself (don't let the new ISP do it) and give yourself a few days' leeway.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017

    Cancelled a service that never worked in the first place, then received a bill in the mail (3 months after I canceled) saying owed $300 in monthly charges. When I called, the Telus agent was very rude, wouldn’t listen, constantly cut me off in the middle of my explanation, said there was nothing he could do and when I said I wasn’t going to pay for a service I cancelled and didn’t ever work in the first place he said ok then, "I’m sending your information to a collection agency". And now I’m out $300+ for an extremely unpleasant experience with Telus, a service I canceled and that never worked in the first place. I am extremely unimpressed by Telus and will be telling everyone NOT to use them as a provider for anything.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2017

    So I order Fiber Optic internet service. The service is great and I can't complain too much about it, but what I can complain about is the absolute disarray the support staff are in at the call centers. I ordered the Fiber Optic internet a month ago and only a week later, I called to upgrade to their Business internet. They couldn't book a date for me until December 13 (three weeks later) and I was very patient for my service to be upgraded even though we needed it sooner than later. So, the 13th shows up and Telus is nowhere to be seen or heard from. I call Telus to find out what time they planned on coming. I reach the business department to only find out that nothing has been done. Nobody was able to find if or when someone was going to show up. I waited around the entire day for them and on top of that, I went through call transfer after call transfer and still nobody could figure out what was going on with my planned service upgrade.

    I was literally transferred more than 8 times only to finally at the end, get hung up on because business hours ended! I spent over six entire hours trying to get it all sorted out and now have to waste another day to go through this same nonsense all over again. Internet service 9/10. Customer service 3/10. The customer service is very lacking and horrible. The call centers with employees you can't understand because their accents are so thick makes matters even worse. It's not their fault, but it's very hard to conduct business when you cannot properly understand the person speaking on the other end of the line.

    I had problems with customer service many years ago before switching to a different ISP, but coming back after about fifteen years of absence, I have noticed customer service/support has become a heck of a lot worse. If not for the terrible customer service I would have voted five stars, but customer service should be just as good if not better than the communications services being delivered to the consumer.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2017

    I've been with Telus for 15 to 20 years. They have fair treatment of customer and they never gouged. They even notified me if extraordinary usage. Customer service even if located offshore would take extra time to help with any problems and further asks if there is anything else I needed. As I frequent other countries they have plans that fit and always have consistent service either at their outlets or via calling. Excellent service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2017

    We have been with Telus for 6+ years, cell phones, internet and cable. We renewed our cell contract after talking to an agent about getting $100 off for us to renew. We paid for our new cell phones and upgraded our cell plan! We had to call again about the $100 off and they didn't put a note on the file, even though we had asked if she did, the new agent just said that there isn't a note on the file and he was rude! How about just give us the $100 off since we signed up for two more years for two cell phone plans and paid hundreds of dollars for our new phones and upgraded our cell plans to pay more monthly! Like seriously! They are a joke! Switching phone companies as soon as we can!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2017

    Telus periodically sends me promotional mail (physical letters) to my home address. I did not subscribe or gave any permission to send me any garbage. I called twice their customer service, but they said they can't remove me from the mailing list because I don't have an account with them. Am I supposed to open an account now to make them stop? Where is the sense in this? Very annoying! Waste of time. Until they remove my information from their system and stop sending me crap, I'll make sure to spread the bad word about the company around, and you know, mouth to mouth is the best kind of advertisement. (It might seem that the issue is not that important, but I'm positive that if you don't speak up against this kind of treatment, these kind of practices will persist).

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2017

    I started getting calls from a collections agency claiming I owe Telus about $200 of unpaid bills from 2 YEARS AGO??? Now I called Telus to clarify the issue, and they're now sending me all my previous bills 2 years after I left. Why do this now and not before? They have my contact info and email so why not remind me if I did ever have an outstanding bill? This company will continuously add hidden fees and charges to every month’s bill and you'd have to call them to ask them where all these charges are coming from. Every penny counts, imagine just trying to rip off clueless customers. Let's say $5.00 every month on their bill and multiply that by 10,000 customer and that's an extra 50,000 of unexpected hidden fees they're not being honest about to their LOYAL CUSTOMERS. Never ever going back to this company again, so dishonest.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2017

    Called to try to get a better deal on my plan as my bill is over 300$ every month! Spoke my concerns with an agent then was put on hold for over 30 min just to be told I have 2 options and both options were to have my bill at a higher price with a little bit more Data. They obviously do not care about their loyal customers, nor to compete with the competitor's price!

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2017

    Tried to order the Mayweather PPV on a satellite dish with Telus as provider on an account me and my brother share. Long story short, was on phone for 1 hour 40 minutes, could not get the PPV at all. Told the Telus agent (from Guatemala - really?) that he better make sure it doesn't show up on the bill. He says "No problem... For sure you will not be billed. Don't worry." Of course it showed up on the bill. So calling them Nov 3/2017 to ask them to credit... Of course you have to navigate thru the usual BS before you can access an agent... Estimated wait time of over an hour it says. Really? What kinda joke is that? So here it is now at 1 hour 20 minutes and nothing... Just the music.

    I have cancelled many accounts with Telus over the years and would with this one too but this is in a remote area where no other satellite providers are. Shaw right away gives you the option to enter your number and someone will call you back. Why can Telus not utilize something like this? This company is the worst ever. Can't imagine anyone would ever sign up with them.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2017

    I have been making numerous (6) calls to try and speak with a Telus service representative to only be kept on hold for over one hour. On one occasion we were kept on hold for almost 2 hours waiting to speak to a service representative. A representative told us that Telus needs to hire more staff. It is inconceivable that customers must endure long deals when trying to resolve technical or billing issues. Their automated service is inconsistent and did not offer a callback option. We are fed up with Telus and can't believe that a company like Telus can get away with such poor service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2017

    Went into the Telus store in Kildonan place in Winnipeg Manitoba and set up a business plan. I was told I would be able to get the Essential Phone for free and they would update my account the next day without worry, but unfortunately now they have retracted that decision. Now they are telling me to pay 200 dollars for the device or cancel the plan and number that I have already set up and am using. It is very frustrating knowing everyone that has been involved and no one will own up to their mistake.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2017

    I can't believe a big company like Telus could be so disorganized. I arranged installation of phone and internet at my office with a Telus Sales person. The work was scheduled for 27 Sept. It was a no show. When I called Telus, they couldn't find my file. So it was re-scheduled for 4 Oct. It was a no show again. But a Telus employee called in late afternoon of that date that they want to reschedule for some time in the next week. By this time I was totally fed up and asked them to cancel the whole thing.

    Then on 10 Oct. we found out our original Primus phone line was not working. I did not cancelled our original phone line prior to that. It took an entire week to work this out between Primus and Telus, while we lost phone service for a whole week. What happened was Telus had grabbed our phone line without informing us. It sure looks like to me every Telus worker (most probably on contract) works on their individual laptop with no data sharing whatsoever. It is absurd a communication company could operate in this fashion!

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2017

    Our landline was disturbed by a Telus technician at one of our neighbours' houses. The next neighbour and us ended up with lines crossed. We got their calls and they got ours for 4 days. Telus was called by the one neighbour and their lines were repaired. The technician disabled our lines and told us we had to make a separate service complaint. Now we have no service and you would not believe the unhelpful Telus people. The waits on the telephone from another location are hours long. We got through and were told we would be without service for days until another tech could be sent out. I asked about a service refund and was told I would have to line up in a new phone call to a different department. We will NOT be wanting any further dealings with a bunch of uncaring and incompetent persons at Telus.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2017

    I switched from Rogers to Telus a few years back and now I find myself switching back to Rogers. Telus started off great when I was a student and they offered affordable deals. As a student I found myself keeping a close eye on my data usage and payment dates because I was afraid of going over my data and overall missing my payments.

    When I renewed my plan 2 years ago I had recently gotten a great job, and just started saving up. The plan prices at that time were just going up and I thought, "Yeah you know it's fine. It's still affordable". Then slowly the customer service just started to diminish. I had a previous phone that I wanted to unlock and give to my grandfather and they wouldn't waive the fee. I wanted to increase my data by a GB so I wouldn't incur any additional fees, and they wouldn't honour it even though, oh I don't know, I had been with them for 8+ years. I would call and they would constantly tell me they couldn't help me. Terrible customer service. Yes, maybe they have procedures to follow and they really are unable to assist with certain things; it's not what you say it's how you say it. I always get off the phone angry and just hate calling them. As a customer you want to feel valued. If you want to feel valued - don't choose TELUS.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017

    I have attempted to call this company on a few occasions in a few different ways. 1866 number I was on hold for over an hour with no answer. Even though the voice prompt said 5-10 minute wait times (I have screenshots of this). I attempted with the call back feature on the app 3 weeks ago, still no call back. I have dialed *611 and waited over 2 hours on hold. This is the worst company for customer service and reception I have ever encountered. Ridiculous company. Disgusted.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017

    I've been with Telus for 3 and a half years now and this is the worst mobility in Canada. I have been getting extra chargers for things I did not use or do. I went to their branch at Square One - Mississauga and all the sales associate told me is that "He can't help me". I called their customer service and all that they said is that, "You have extra charges." I checked every phone number that was listed for extra charges. Some were numbers I did not have saved on my phone and some were just extra charges for things the sales associate assumed were "late charges". My plan is $45 calls and texting BUT NO DATA.

    Last month it came up to $412 and I paid them because they started charging me extra ON TOP OF THE $412!!! This month I made sure to track all my phone calls. I made all my family call me instead of me calling them so I won't get the extra charges. I never use data but I had extra charges for DATA when it says on my phone that the usage is 0 bytes. It came up to $107 so I know there is something wrong with their services.

    Avoid Telus at all costs. Go to Rogers or some other mobility that would actually charge you for what you ACTUALLY use/do. This is 100% an honest opinion from a student that has been worrying about their phone bill coming up to what is equivalent to one course at UofT. Mobility is supposed to be the easiest thing someone has to deal with, but this has been adding a lot of stress to me on top of my studies. I'm currently on the phone with their customer service and I've been on hold for over 25 mins. Is this really what you would like to spend your time doing? On the phone for 40 mins with customer service trying to resolve their mistake, then go ahead and be my guest. Sign up with Telus. I will make sure everyone knows this story because it has caused me so much unnecessary extra stress!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2017

    My spouse and I have been longterm Telus customers and we spend over $200 monthly in additional movie charges & UFC events. We have been loyal customers paying top dollar even though we know your competitors offer a significant cheaper rate. The past year as you can see on our customer file has been riddled with service interruption complaints due to faulty modems or service issues on your behalf. The last time we struggled to get a technician in to fix our service only to have him stand us up and do a no show and no phone call for our appointment after we sacrificed our hard earned work wages to make the appt happen.

    We woke up this morning to find our TV internet signal not functioning on our devices. We called the IT dept and had over an hour conversation troubleshooting hardware device wires that we told them hasnt been touched or moved in our sleep. Although our cell phones show a network available for WiFi we cant get a signal strong enough to connect. Yesterday we noticed our Netflix was even cutting in and out due to signal performance. When we attempted to get the rep to book a service technician to fix the issue we were told the time available was 1 pm... even though we repeatedly said we are home from work in evenings after 5 pm during the week and unwilling to take time off work to meet.

    I find it beyond ridiculous that I am paying a top dollar when I am not able to get service techs in to fix an incompetent device. Why are we paying top dollar to a company that cant offer competitive prices and services? The rep wanted to cut our monthly bill down and have someone at an inconvenient time next week to fix our issue. I am not waiting a week for service and having to take time off work to make it happen. We hired Telus to provide service and like we told the rep today we want our service fixed after 5 pm and to continue business as usual.

    Having a professional service provided is more important than a cheaper rate. If I wanted a cheaper rate I'd go with Shaw. We were frustrated after a year long ongoing battle of insufficient service and were directed to your loyalty department. I understand this is the dept where Telus has one last chance to keep a customer. He also offered cheaper rate with same tech schedule in daytime availability. I said bottom line we want our service fixed within a reasonable few days after 5 pm when we are home.

    This gentlemen spouted same stuff service rep before did. He offered a cheaper rate but said they could only come at 1 pm. Not what I asked for. It seems Telus no longer offers flexibility to customers for tech support for the working class and has disappointed us yet again. We called Shaw and were offered everything we needed at a cheaper rate including service techs in the area. In fact they have competitor package where they will call Telus to disconnect our service for us and any fees Telus would have charged will be taken care of at no extra cost to a new Shaw customer.

    It is holiday Monday today so if I dont hear back from you guys in next day or so I will be giving Shaw a green light to activate service. We purchased many movies on your network but we will gladly call that a loss if the service reps and techs cant pick up their quality service. I'm saddened that a company that charges the most offers the least and cant keep loyal customers happy.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2017

    Telus unknowingly charged me $35.00 for unlocking my phone. However they never notified me until I went to apply for a mortgage, a year later. They charged me interest on this $35 over the year and sent it to a collection agency. I asked for a copy of this statement that they supposedly sent out and they were unable to do this. Be warned when you close an account for these hidden additional fees. The 'customer service' person (Amanda) was nice, but incompetent and be prepared to wait over an hour to get help. Avoid the expense and headache, stay away from Telus.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2017

    Everything works like it should. Pricing could be better on the data being supplied and on the phones, but other than that it is fine.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2017

    I have a PBR, and 4 other boxes, also I have the Internet with them. My problem, the picture and the sound shutters in the tvs (3 of them. The only one it works not perfect but better is the one directly from the PBR. They send already 3 technicians and still I have the very same problem, I told them I'm pretty sure are the boxes problems (outdated. Once again I call today and I have an appointment for this coming Monday. I just don't know what else to do. This is in Red Deer, Alberta Canada.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPrice

    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2017

    I was paying a extremely high rate for my service and decided to switch to another company that would offer me more data with all the unlimited text and call perks I already had with Telus. This company was willing to offer me 8GB of data a month for my boyfriend and I each, whereas with Telus I was only getting 2.5GB for us both to share. The plan I have switched to is also $30 cheaper a month and their LTE network works better. Still, I have been a longtime Telus customer so I decided to see if they would offer me a better deal. Instead, they offered me fewer minutes (to reduce the cost they said) and only and extra GB for our plan for an extra $10. Let me see 16GB with unlimited everything for $120 a month or 3.5GB and limited talk for $150 a month. Really Telus, really.

    Also, when I phoned Telus to ask how much I still owed on my contract they told me $240 and considering I had asked how much to cancel BOTH phones I thought that meant for BOTH, but no they neglected to tell me that was for EACH phone and I found it out when I was switching service. Then when I called to complain I waited about 1/2 an hour and they said there was nothing I could do. I told them to go back over their recordings of the call since the guy on the other line had not told me the truth when I asked him how much to cancel. Obviously, I never got a callback. On top of everything else, I had to pay $50 each to get my phones unlocked so that I could transfer them; so all in all, Telus took about $800 and left laughing. Long and short, DO NOT go with Telus. They will screw you over and don't care that they are.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2017

    I made the mistake of going with TELUS. The bill is astronomical!! Besides the fact of being different from what I was told. They put me on contract when I was told it was month-to-month! AND THERE IS A HUGE LINE ON THE PHONE WHENEVER I CALL THEM TO DISCUSS THIS OR ANY MATTER!!! 45 MIN!!! Who on earth would provide such ** support!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2017

    Trying to change my home service. Cost is almost $300.00 per month, I would like to talk to customer service. On hold for 4 hours and counting. I wish there was another internet provider in Canada. I would disconnect my service.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2017

    Over the past couple of weeks I have been tending to Telus issues for my elderly father. These are issues which cannot be handled through a chat line or FAQs on the website. On August 20th, I waited 28 minutes and 56 seconds. On August 28 it was half an hour. On August 29th, it was one hour and minutes. All of this to solve a problem that was of Telus' making, not mine. This is absolutely unacceptable. The message with the hold music said that my time was valuable. Obviously not. My family will definitely be looking for another company which treats its paying customers with respect.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2017

    I am an existing Telus customer. I routinely receive and pay my phone bills. Apparently, this does not obligate this company to simply answer the phone when I call them. This is a TELECOMMUNICATIONS company that can't pick up the phone. I tried three times and ended up waiting almost a hour, simply to be told that the phone I wished to activate wasn't able to be activated. Is this any way to treat your "valued" customers? They like to brag that they are the "best" cell phone company out there. That is absolute **!!! I'm going to get rid of my cell phones and go live in a cave so I don't have to deal with them!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2017

    Telus customer service is atrocious and they no longer care about their clients. I was a client of 10 years. My contract expired and I was offered a terrible plan where I paid an extra $15 a month for less of the service and data I was previously receiving. No one made any attempt to continue my current plan or at least offer me a fair contract. I left and moved to another company. I had an owing balance for the month they charged me (even though I wasn't using services and everything had been disconnected).

    Six months later I received an inflated bill with additional late charges. It had already been sent to collections. I immediately paid the collections company, who provided me with documentation and proof of payment. The collections company was very helpful and called Telus to inform them the account was paid and closed. Two months later, six phone calls and the balance is still open and showing on my credit report. Every time I call Telus they put me on hold for 20 minutes only to tell me the account has been rectified. Infuriating. My monthly bills are $0.00 but the account still marks my credit report and looks delinquent.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2017

    Shocking. Just called Telus as some of US are waiting, e.g. 45 min, 1 hr & a 1/2 to report problems or to move services to a new address. So today We are calling as "New" Customers and getting instant service. Once We are Customers, as noted above, the service takes hours of Our time and one Person still is not able to get Their services moved to Their new address... 1st mtg. They arranged canceled via a message left with no explanation and 2 1/2 weeks later and They still can't get an appointment to have Their phone connected at Their new home.

    Customer agent (read as condescending and uncaring) Joe in Montreal answered My call at 11:22 a.m. BC time this morning. When I explained some of Us are calling as new Customers today to check out wait times to reach someone as We who are existing Customers are waiting and waiting and at times not even getting the service We are requesting after We actually reach a human. In response Joe says to Me in a very inappropriate tone a message including the following... "Just so You know we are only 25 answering calls for 100s and just so You know there are wild fires in BC." How dare he use the fires in BC as an excuse for Telus taking Our money and not using it for the services they take Our money for?!

    I told him We are customers paying for a service we are not receiving at all or appropriately. I told him he had poor customer service skills. Off to check Other Providers. We have Other TV and Internet Providers as Telus could not provide us updated service in Our neighborhood then notified Us just before Christmas it was available. So I headed to Our very busy mall at that time of year to go to the Telus shop to order the service to give to Our Children as a Christmas surprise. Waited and waited in a line to be told, when I was finally able to talk to a Telus rep, that the notice We received was sent in error and We in fact could not get the service they said was now accessible in Our Neighbourhood.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2017

    This all started months ago when I first signed up with Cricket Office in N Himes Street Tampa office: 813-348-9333, They informed me that I had 30 days to add the refer person to my account. Then I called support. They told me that I had to download the application, My Cricket, then My Cricket Rewards, which I did EVERYTHING your support department asked me to do. In the meantime, the person who referred me did get his 25.00 credit but I never did. Then I was told to wait the full 60- or 90 day which I did. Again I called customer support and finally after months of waiting now I was informed that no I will not get the credit because I was supposed to sign up BEFORE the line was active.

    This is the worst customer service I have ever dealt with and on top of all of this, the representatives that I have spoken to, ALL can see the notes and how many time I have called regarding the same situation. No one cares, no one does nothing. You ended up losing a customer for $25.00 and now have an irate customer that will by word of my never give Cricket Wireless a positive comment.

    The worst is the last supervisor which I am sure you can see who it was on my account DISCONNECT my services with no authorization from me, only because he can't understand my frustration and even MORE does NOT care. My phone is now disconnect by the last supervisor that I spoke to and this morning I went to reactivate my service with another cell company. I don't know how or why you think you can treat people this way, your reps are horrible. They don't understand that not everything is black and white and processes sometimes need to bent or every situation is different and your don't empower your reps to make these decisions and if you do, then they are not doing it. I can't believe the way you treat customers and expect to continue to be in business. I will be sharing this experience with everyone who will listen on social media because your company needs to be stopped.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2017

    49" LG 4K Smart TV, MSRP: $1099,Model: LG49UJ6300 with 2 year contracts. Other store sells it for 857.99. The difference is 241.01. What is it for? Is it used to pay for interest when Telus buy a TV for you? Every month, Telus will get the money from your monthly service to pay off the TV in 2 years such as 45.7916 for each month (you do calculation for 1099/ 24 = 45.7916).

    If you cancel the 2 year contracts after one year because of bad services or some reasons. What is going to happen? You have to pay the rest of your TV cost 549.5. At the end, you are the one who paid for TV not Telus at all. Why Telus called it a gift to its customers. Think another way, if you use your credit card, and buy the same model for 857.99, no contracts with Telus, you can use any other company like Shaw. How much do you have to pay for a month in 24 months is 35.749(roughly) + 14.2 (interest for 20% a year) but amount will decrease along with the time. So question? Should I sign up a 2 year contracts with Telus? ;)

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    Reviewed July 23, 2017

    3 weeks ago had a sales call by a slick Telus rep. He convinced me that their service will save me a lot of money for phone, internet and tv, with the promotion for their new fibre optic system. From then on everything possible went wrong. My appointment was for Sunday after Canada day at 900 am. I got a call that morning at 730 am from the tech asking if he could come sooner, I disagreed and he reset the appointment after waking me up. They didn't have another appointment for several days so I agreed upon that date. Next appointment date the tech that arrived did not know what he was to all to install even though multiple emails to me said it was all part of the service call. Then another tech arrived and did not know either. The 1st tech spent approx. 8 hours hooking everything up and found only the internet worked so he had to switch everything back to Shaw, since the Telus services did not work properly.

    They then decided to set another appt. which was 8 days later, I objected about that so they sent someone back the next day. The same tech came back later than agreed upon but continued to figure out the issues with their service. Now he had spent another 4 hours and got the services working somewhat. He left the cable box on the front of the house open with cables hanging as well as screws and clips all over my driveway. Then the issue was my older tv that was hooked up to my stereo. They did not have an rca jack setup to accommodate the stereo. Another tech was sent to try to resolve this problem and hook up 1 more box. 2.5 hours later it was all working. Now I was told by the tech I would have to keep my phone service with Shaw active for 5 business days, that turned into 7 business days. On the 7th day I went to use my phone and it was dead. No dial tone at all.

    I called to find out the issue and waited on hold like usual for approx 40 minutes. This was after several other calls equalling about another 1 hour or so of my time. After several tries and different techs they were able to get the phone working again. One thing I forgot to mention was, since the start of all of this I had about 10 emails from Telus with at least 5 of them saying I am your new Telus rep and to call them with any questions. The problem was it was from 5 different CSR's. Now back to where we were, I was now to receive a call from a supervisor to compensate me for all the time spent and problems encountered. This is where it is truly pathetic. The supervisor never has called me back after being promised 4 times now and having me wait for the calls that never came. To date I've invested approx. 17 hours of my time between techs at home, phone calls, and waiting to hear back as promised.

    As of yesterday the 4th supervisor was still trying to send me through the one who never calls, Natalie is her name. I asked if she doesn't call me back again what am I to do. Her reply was she will call, if she doesn't call she would file a complaint with her supervisor. She said it wasn't fair I had to chase them down which I agreed. Well surprise, no callback, what a joke this company is. They keep passing the buck rather than deal with the issues. I cannot believe a communications company has such poor communication about everything they do.

    I didn't even mention the Philippine overseas Telus worker who I spoke with that laughed at me when I told her the problems I was having. I said I didn't think it was funny, shut her up right away. Anyhow my advice to anyone considering switching your services to Telus, don't do it, unless you want to deal with the crap all the people here have been shoveling from Telus. Also the tv service with the basics and 6 theme packs suck. I need 4 more theme packs to be equal to Shaw. The service may save you money initially but will be the same in the end. NOT WORTH MY TIME!!!

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    Reviewed June 29, 2017

    This company must have the absolute WORST customer service I have ever seen. 2 hrs of being switch to different departments because NO one wanted to do their job. Thank god for Tevron, as he at least tried to help. His supervisor, Miryam absolutely disgraceful, promises to call back... still waiting. WAKE UP TELUS!

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    Reviewed June 21, 2017

    I have canceled my TV/internet service in May of 2017. There is a credit balance on my account of over $80. Telus chat representative said that I will not get my money back for 3 billing cycles!!! What is Telus doing with my money (and, undoubtedly, many other people's money)? Will I get it back with interest (I highly doubt that!)? Waiting 3 months to get my money back is ridiculous; they had no problem taking my money throughout the years I have been a customer. I can attest that Telus' treatment of customers is the worst I'd encountered among telecom companies.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2017

    Telus emailed me an offer as a loyal customer for an internet upgrade and a prepaid $200 Visa card. When I called to redeem they advised this was for new customers only. This is despite the fact the I emailed the manager the offer that specifically indicates this is "amazing deal for loyal customers" and "as a thanks for your continued loyalty".

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    Reviewed June 14, 2017

    Scammers. I bought the Google Pixel XL, and pay for the warranty. My phone is only a couple of months old and it is "physically damaged" although I have done nothing to it. I sent it away and they want to charge me all kinds of money to fix it (it won't charge anymore), and I refuse to pay it as I still owe $700 on it, and I pay for a warranty. Seriously, they are the biggest scammers. I am so irritated.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2017

    Where does the buck stop in this company? Nowhere. There is NO top gun. No singular entity to whom you can plead a case. I must say their billings overdue people are nothing but pleasant, so I'm not going to lose my cool with them. After all she reversed a $5 late fee for me. Thanks. Doesn't resolve the fact that I went in to renew my contract either the day it expired or the day after, only to be told I had to pay my entire phone bill off before they would even be able to offer me any type of contractual deal. Huh? I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, l want to renew with you, why can't I carry the balance forward? "No can do," sweet faced, pleasant store person says, "I can't change company policy."

    Well, I said, "I'm leaving Telus, you just lost me after 40 years" (not always in my name but always Telus). Walked across the mall and signed up with Virgin right then and there. Did I lose my composure and abuse any of the Telus reps? No. It isn't their fault. It's company policy. Why chew out someone doing their job.

    I waited for the questionnaire online to voice my dissatisfaction, thinking I might get a call from someone interested in assisting me and addressing the issue. Well, I did get a call. From their billing department and a very pleasant woman whose powers allowed her to take off the last late payment fee (rounded up to $6) but absolutely nothing more.

    No one had previously come out and explained to me that since I'd changed my payment date I'd fallen "behind" not by 1 month but 3 according to her records. I was carrying a balance forward each month - but WAIT - that's exactly WHY I changed my billing date! To avoid late charges every month. I obviously didn't understand it would apply to every bill after that change. I was told it would only affect my April 2017 bill. Yeah, right. And oh, must have gone over your 300 minutes or something (didn't I have unlimited calling in Canada?) because you have long distance charges of over $20 for calls between Edmonton and Calgary... Imagine that.

    After 2 years on the plan and NEVER getting charged (oh hell, maybe I was, now I'm going to have to look at every single bill) long distance I get whacked 4 times in 3 days. And of course I ask "IS THERE NO ONE I can speak to about this? No one where the buck stops?" Answer, no. Just "please pay the bill" and "we are sorry you had this experience". I get it. Most if not all companies are like this. Each little ant busily doing their individual job to the best of their ability. Some more efficiently than others. I've actually spoken to shift managers letting them know how well the staff member handled my concerns. Not just once either. I was proud of my affiliation to a company my dad had worked for until his retirement. He may still have his shares until this day. But it isn't the same company my dad worked for.

    It's a soulless conglomerate now. Just a massive ant hill. But no queen. And certainly the customer is not valued if it comes to that customer owing this monster money. Telus isn't isolated in this money talks, "let me charge you for every little thing", cash sucking void. Most of us have or do work for a company just like this, but by some other name. Of course I will have to pay in order to avoid the collections agency, that gets fools like me (who don't read fine print or ask the right questions) frequently. They know I will pay up, then who cares if I ever go back to Telus again.

    And there is no ultimate top gun to happily say "kiss my ass" when I'm told I'm a valued customer. I feel so enraged by that term today. To those invisible deities who make the policies so the shareholders are guaranteed an ever upward payout, you are soulless vampires, especially considering the costs of internet, cellular connections, et al should NEVER be this expensive. Valued is NOT how I feel.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2017

    I have 3 accounts with Telus and have to re-negotiate pricing every 2-3 months even when the Loyalty department assures me everything is set for 12 months. Every time I have to call in to respond to an inflated invoice I have to hold for at least 45 minutes and often longer just to get to the first rep. While I usually do get the appropriate financial agreement, I have to waste significant time on the phone waiting for a CSR. I can only believe that the lengthy hold time is due to the large number of unsatisfied customers and/or insufficient number of staff to respond to callers complaints. Come on Telus surely you can do better! At this point in time I cannot recommend Telus as a media or cellular supplier.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2017

    Your internet is THE WORSE EXPERIENCE I've EVER dealt with in my life. I'll be standing BESDIE your modem and lose WiFi, not to mention we're paying $100 a month for a VERY BELOW average experience. When I'm not buffering for ages on basic Netflix or Youtube videos. My ping hits over 500 on video games I play. Customer service treats you like you're a joke, cause they're well aware if you try and leave them they're gonna charge you out your **. So ya, Telus can go straight to hell. WORSE EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE, Shaw is the only decent service here in Edmonton and probably Canada Wide. Why don't we let Sprint and Verizon in? And let them kill this ancient useless phone company that has drained Canada for too many decades. I WILL NEVER spend a single penny EVER again on this company, even if its the last resort available. Not worth the dirt they sit on.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2017

    Very bad service from Telus. Never recommend anyone to chose Telus. I had changed my mobile service from Telus to Bell and call Telus to let me know my any outstanding payments so I can pay. Their representative told me certain amount I did paid that in time and I moved to different province same month. After 3 months when I applied my home loan I was denied because they said I have $49. something to pay to Telus. And I when I called Telus they told me that "we have mailed you the last bill" which is strange because I never use to get bill in my mail in past 2 years and they never emailed me stating that I have some pending amount. I strongly suggest everyone to stay away from Telus. It's a ** company.

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    Reviewed May 15, 2017

    Having to wait 4-6 weeks for a refund cheque seems excessive to me. I understand about billing cycles and termination of services (I'm an accountant) but having to cover the full amount of the final bill while waiting for the credit and the refund is not fair. Highly unlikely I will ever use Telus again for any provided service.

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    Reviewed May 15, 2017

    They keep you on hold for hours until you give up. UNLESS you are signing up for service. Then they answer right away. They overcharge. The left hand never knows what the right hand is doing. The worst company I have ever dealt with ever. It's insulting.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2017

    I had ended my services with Telus because I have been dissatisfied with their customer service for a while. I switched to Virgin Mobile. A few months later, I paid Telus $186.00 in error. As soon as I noticed, I called them right away and let them know what happened. They took my information and promised that money would be back in my account in 2 weeks. Well, 3 weeks passed and I still didn't see that money back in my account. I called again and they said they are having issues with their payment services and that there was a backup. They again promised me I would see that money in 10 business days. They also gave me the option to call my bank and get them to reverse the payment. I called my bank and they said it would be easier for me to wait the 10 business days with Telus because it had already been too late for them to reverse the payment. So I called Telus back and told them I would wait the 10 days.

    It has now been 3 weeks (6 weeks total since the first call I made) and I STILL have NOT received the money. I called back AGAIN and this time I was on hold for a total of 2 hours! 2 hours!!! Just for them to tell me nothing has been done and that they are looking into it. After being on hold they come back and tell me that they are sending a cheque in the mail and I have to wait another 4-6 WEEKS before I see that money. I am furious!!! NEVER EVER will recommend Telus to ANYONE! They are rude, unprofessional and sorry to say but STUPID! Poor, very poor customer service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 19, 2017

    I waited on the customer support for 2 hours, and I am not exaggerating. After 2 hours passed, the guy told me since the account was owned by my father, and he was not home (BECAUSE HE COULDN'T WAIT ON THE PHONE AND HAD TO WORK), I could not add more channels to my ** t.v. ALL I WANTED WAS TO WATCH ** SOCCER IN THE MORNINGS!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed April 16, 2017

    Telus is a 3rd-world mobile phone network. I just spent 2 and a half years living in a third-world country so I'm speaking from experience! However, their prices definitely aren't third-world. They happily charge a premium for their third-world network.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2017

    SO I cancelled my Telus account because they promised me a laptop to sign up- then when I followed up a year later they said it never happened and refused to give me a laptop. BUT THE REAL CRIME is that after I cancelled I brought my equipment to Canada post and sent it all back. They lost this equipment in their Warehouse and then asked me to pay for it. I said "No Way! I sent that stuff back already" - so they said they would look again. I did not hear back from them and moved out of that rental a month or two later...

    Well in the meantime they sent me to collections. By the time collections found me I was screwed. They said if I didn't pay them my credit score (which was already MANGLED) would just get worse and worse!! To top it off nobody cared about the lost equipment, not the agency, and not Telus. Now my credit score is ruined and I am 3.5 yrs into this 6 year punishment for deciding to do business with Telus. I hope they go belly up.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2017

    Horrible service. I've been lied to. They promised me that they will pay off my 1200 dollar phone bill, offered me a contract and denied me being on that contract even though I have the ** confirmation email. ** you Telus. Going to Koodo. Bye.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2017

    Telus talked me into a three year plan on tv telephone and internet. I always paid my bill and then I had to move and where I moved to Telus had no service but this did not matter to them. I tried talking with them and they just sent me to collections for 4700 dollars. I told them that there was no way I was paying that so they reported every month for three years delinquency on my account so it say I been delinquent 39 times on my rating. I WARN YOU RIGHT NOW TO BOYCOTT THESE ** AND TO CLOSE OUT ANY ACCOUNTS YOU HAVE WITH THESE LOWLIFES!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 28, 2017

    I canceled my phone in early January as I was laid off from work. I accepted the charge for the remainder of my phone as well. I was told my phone would be shut off and I would see my final bill sometime later. About 10 days later my phone lost service which indicated to me it had been shut off. In late February I suddenly received a normal bill, I thought maybe this was just the pro-rated rate from January. While traveling in early March, my phone suddenly regained services. I called Telus again and according to them my phone never lost service and I never canceled. I had to ask repeatedly to speak with a manager.

    I was then accused by the Customer Service Manager in Toronto named Michelle that I was lying. After arguing with her and letting her know I would charge back through Visa she agreed finally to cancel the phone and refund the amount I was charged that I should not have been. My phone was finally shut down but I was never refunded the agreed upon amount. I feel that basically this is some sort of scam the agents and managers are running to squeeze more money out of customers who choose to cancel. If anyone else has had this experience as well I hope that it has been reported.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 25, 2017

    The company is ridiculous! Never in the last 10 times that I've contacted them have I waited less than 20 minutes to speak to someone! And to be honest, if the average wait was 20 min I'd be way less irate than I am. On multiple occasions I've waited for up to an hour and had to hang up. This morning, by both phone and IM is no different. Yesterday waited an hour and eventually hung up. My next call will be to cancel ALL my services with Telus... and that will be an call I will wait hours to complete, because I'm totally sick of the terrible, pathetic service that Telus continues to provide me.

    To be very clear, when I finally am able to speak with associates, they are courteous, knowledgeable, respectful and seem to know what they're doing. I feel bad for the working level associates because they seem to be trying hard to do a good job. But whoever is in charge of scheduling or recruitment or having some way to control wait times is seriously overestimating their clients' patience with trying to actually talk to someone there. They can lure in customers with free TVs, but they'll lose them as fast as they'll suck them in with service like this. I'd gladly pay for my own TV and actually be able to speak with a representative when I need one. Totally infuriated.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 23, 2017

    Since I signed up with Telus and I have been getting overcharged bills. None of my bills were right. I had to make a call and wait online and go through hassle so I can fix their mistake. The last thing was they charged me 15 dollars for a call outside my province, although I got 100 minutes Canada wide. When I called them they denied that I have free canada wide in my $70 plan. Stupid company and I seriously advise that no one become a customer.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    I was with Telus for almost 8 years. Had no problems. Switched to Bell for awhile because my contract was up and Bell had a 50 month plan that was over. I chose to go back to Telus because they always had good service but now in the last few months I don't get my bills. They can't explain to me where my 100 dollars went and why I have a balance. Blame me for not paying when I don't get it when I get all my other stuff. They have the right address and get tongue tied when I keep reading my online billing to them because they know they're wrong. I get other people email. I get called a man named David when I'm a female named Shawna proving yet again I'm being blamed for their mess up service. Used to be 5 star. Now I would never recommend this company.

    I have never felt so disrespected and have never ever left a review for anyone before but I believe they deserve this and people who want to know before they sign up should be able to see what they are signing up for. They clearly have some issues with their stuff and staff. After it took me 6 month to even get my voice mail to work maybe longer. They make you feel very small and uncomfortable and take no responsibility for what is happening. The greatest thing is after I get off the phone I get another email saying my service is being cancelled even though my bill is due in 3 weeks and it's a 68 dollar bill so not past due at all and my account should have credit and now I get to have no phone when I manage 2 stores. I only clicked the 1st star because I had to. They don't even deserve the one star.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupPunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 18, 2017

    Their call center service personnel was helpful and often solved connection problems overnight while I was still a customer, but then I cancelled my pure internet subscription last November, and they were to send me a free box to return my router. The box never came, so I called them to confirm that they had my correct address (although that should be redundant, because they installed the router at my place) and ordered another box 3 weeks later. That box also never came. So I bought my own box (following their guidelines) and sent them the router. I confirmed on the phone with their service that they received it on the 3rd of January. Then, on my bill on the 25th of January I was fined 150$ penalty, so I called them. They apologized and said that this will be corrected on my next bill and that I don't have to worry.

    On the next bill (25th of February), there was a late penalty for not paying the 150$ fine (aha!), so I called them again. They apologized a thousand times and said that my account is already closed, and that I should just ignore the email. Now it is March, and I just received another email (13th of March) saying that they could not access my bank account to withdraw the penalty and that I will face further charges if I do not pay at once. This time, I will just ignore them. How can this the #1 phone company in Canada have such inept service personnel and get away with it? This is called a monopolist (serious form). Technically they still owe ME 50 Dollars, but I would already settle for not being harassed by those emails any longer.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2017

    I ended my home services with Telus in August of 2016 after a thoroughly dissatisfying 2 years of incompetent service, right from set up where they failed to transfer my home phone to my new address for 6 weeks. On cancelling, they asked me to return my equipment and I did so. Now, in spite of repeated communications insisting I returned it immediately, they've decided to charge me for it as 'unreturned' and no agent has the authority to issue me a refund. Totally disgusted at the amount of time and effort it is taking to get my money refunded. It's turned into a 'my word against yours' situation. AVOID USING TELUS! Go with Shaw or Bell I beg you. The time and effort to sort out disputes will eat up your life.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 10, 2017

    Was with Telus for years and Years; I never complained about the billing until I tried to upgrade my services and then I found out how bad no I mean Horrible Telus really was. It took not 1 but 5 different Technicians, oh wait I had 1 Tech be a No Show while I took the time off work to wait for them. I had called 3 times to find out and no one could be of any help so finally canceled my services and now 3 months after the fact I get a letter stating that I owe them money.... because of unreturned equip which I had actually returned more than what they had requested on their Letter. Now they are telling me I have to find my Tracking Number from 3 months ago to prove that I had sent it. It is unbelievable and unnerving that this company will do everything in their power to get their greedy hand onto anyone money. I will NEVER EVER GO BACK TO TELUS!!! They will screw you left, right and center.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2017

    I order home internet, I have to wait 6 days. My window was 8 to 9 am. Well it's 12:30 and no tech or word on him. I am trying to cancel a service I don't have but have an account for and they won't let me. Do not join Telus.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017

    I bought a router on the go 2 months ago. I paid 425 dollars for one month because it doesn't work anymore. I didn't received any invoices by email or by mail. How come I get 100 dollars for data when the router didn't work, mystery. Tried to reach the customer service by email. No answers. By the phone after 1 hour and 30 minutes still waiting. I'm going to cancel my home and mobility service with pleasure when I will be able to talk with someone from Telus after maybe few hours waiting.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2017

    They are pathetic. Gouge, gouge, gouge, you can't complain about their service... because there is none... We need more choices. These people monopolize the system. To charge us astronomical prices. Corporate greed.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2017

    Telus had salesmen in the mall. He stopped me to show the new fiber service. My first question was "Do you have fiber where I live?" He replied, "Yes" after he looked on his iPad. My next question was about the up and download speeds. He assured me that the speeds would be higher than my current provider because of the fiber. At that point I declined and was about to walk away when he said "Why don't you try this for thirty days. We won't charge you anything to try it out." So with that in mind I thought why not and signed. What a huge mistake that was! A few days later an installer shows up at my place. First thing he says is "You have no fiber." I said, "Well I should just cancel" but the installer replied, "Why not try for thirty days. The trial cost nothing and you'll be far happier with this new service. Even though there is no fiber just copper." Like a fool I said ok. My mistake, they had me right then.

    I did use for two days. Everything was way slower and dropped out regularly about once an hour for about three minutes a time. So I called Telus to cancel. They sent me to the customer retention department and they constantly refused to cancel and kept saying they could adjust the monthly bill. After forty minutes of this he finally said he would close the account and send the final bill because the trial wasn't free after all. I said the sales person told me the trial was at no cost. They simply say the sales guy was confused and that was that. So now I get billed for this. It just made me angry that they did that. But wait it's not over. Now in order to cancel the account they sent me a prepaid box to send it back in or pay two hundred for the box that they sell for one hundred fifty.

    After looking around on the net I find out that even with the tracking number they claim none received and bill the two hundred. So now I have to buy this crap for fifty over the sale price and try to sell it for whatever I can get. I would highly recommend not using Telus for any reason ever. In my opinion they can do this because they still see customers as captive and focus on lobbying the government to regain captive customers through limiting consumer choices and their legal rights to move away from them. All in all my experience with Telus has been horrific. Something one would expect from the mafia or worse.

    Because they can do this. The other providers do the same roughly making Canada one of the worst places in the world for telecom gouging. These practices are approved by our government because of lobbying by that whole consortium to keep customers captive by restricting any competition that could be considered competition in the business sense. So I think this won't stop until we elect a government that won't play for pay. Meanwhile Telus will continue to gouge how ever they please (With government support of course).

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017

    I have been out of all my three services which is internet, TV, and home phone. And when I called Telus regarding the issues all they have done is switched me from person to person. Then they said some will be there to fix the issues tomorrow morning between 8 and 9 and no one showed up. And when I called them again and then they said they can't send someone for another two days which makes it a total of 5 days without any services. Then I finally asked them to transfer me to their manager and then manager even said the same thing and I asked them "would you take this if you were out of all three services" and she said yes which was ridiculous and very rude from a manager. Instead of helping me she was very rude and loud. Then finally she said she will try her best to send someone asap and get back to me but she never called me back or send anyone to fix the problem.

    Then my last resource was to call the loyalty department and same drama over there as well. Loyalty guy right from the beginning before he even listened to me he said he can't do much "as you have already spoken to someone and they have told you that they can't send someone until Tuesday" and all he can do is give me credit for the days I haven't used the services. I told him that I called you so you can help me with the situation and I am not looking for a credit. He was useless as well and said that's all he can do and nothing much.

    So basically I am try to say that Telus has big commitments when you originally sign up with them and once you are on board then they forget everything. But I wanna give credits to Shaw for their customer service because they are always there to help you at their utmost. I would recommend Shaw over Telus anytime. Telus is a big thug who make you to sign years of contract and then they forget to provide you the service and I would highly recommend people to stay away from this company and go to provider who actually cares for their customer not like Telus who is totally useless and a team of very unprofessional and rude employees who has no clue how to provide a customer service and even has no clue how to talk to them.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    I dropped my phone off for repairs for a persistent phone (a Galaxy Samsung Edge 7) freezing issue. The exterior of the phone was in perfect condition when I dropped it off. When I went to pick it up at the Telus Chinook store (in Calgary) after being notified it had been repaired, the store manager told me there was a printed note from the Telus repair group stating there was a scratch down the length of the screen. I told the manager there were no scratches when I dropped it off and they certainly didn't make me sign anything to that effect either, so the scratch had to have happened while Telus was repairing it. The manager said "I don't know what you want me to do." She was barely civil to me and insinuated that I was lying about the scratch. She told me that I probably scratched it and didn't notice.

    I told her that wasn't the case and she did acknowledge that she would notice if her own phone was scratched. I pressed her that Telus should repair it as they damaged it. She told me that I would have to pay $225 to get it repaired. I asked for the Telus policy when Telus repair damages a phone. She replied there isn't one. She then called customer service and passed me over to them. After 1 hour with this person, their final solution was either for me to buy a new phone for $500 or to pay for the repairs up front and then receive a credit from Telus that will take months to reimburse me. Not great treatment of a customer nor a good solution. My advice is to stay away from Telus.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017

    Just switched from one provider to Telus... Wow, what a ride. Be very cautious and make sure all of your systems are connected and functioning or it will cost $$$ after they have left your home. This, in my case, included TV, Phone, Internet/wireless, etc. Just an FYI.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017

    Telus Mobility reported me to the credit bureau for having a late payment in Jan 2014. When I phoned them to inquire as to the details like the amount they reported was late and how late it was, Luba from Montreal was extremely evasive, kept telling me she didn't have the info, but she did when I wouldn't give up. She kept changing the figures and dates and was very rude. I asked her several times to please be polite because this was important for me to figure out.

    She refused to transfer me to a manager and said there weren't any there and even if there was, they wouldn't talk to me. When I asked her the city she was in she would only say Canada. I asked her again for the name of a manager and she said Elio. She refused to spell it for me. When she finally answered me as to where he was located she would only say Montreal. Finally she just refused to help me anymore. I then googled Elios form Telus online and found Elios ** in customer relations in Montreal. I phoned him and he refused to talk to me unless I would speak French, which I can't, then he hung up on me.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017

    Ordered a basic phone from Telus for my parents (the only model they have available). It came two weeks later DOA. Tried to order a replacement, but was sent to the nearest store, which obviously didn't have this model in stock. Store rep confirmed DOA and ordered a replacement. Two weeks later still no phone. Trying to reach Telus over phones takes hours (literally). Sometimes after 30 minutes it just disconnects. Trying to use chat instead, but chat rep is not from webstore. So brace yourself if anything goes wrong with the phone or plan. Unbelievable.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017

    I have a cooperate account with Telus. There is never anyone to talk to when you call the help line, I often waited at least 45 minutes then they transfer me to some one else, their online options for help posted number that are out of date. My advice is stay away from Telus, and really watch your bills if you are stuck with them.

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