The Orange Shop

Business customer with multiple phone accounts and Orange customer for over 10 years. I politely asked if I could have a replacement phone or new phone contract for a Blackberry 9360 which kept turning itself off and then would not come on again.

Informed very young guy behind the desk that if the battery was taken out, the effect was that the phone would not turn on again - only by pressing the end call button over and over again ( x 100)would the phone come on again, if lucky and with time to spend.

Guy immediately took the battery out, and rendered my phone dead again. I pressed the said button many times for him to see what I meant and he snapped that all they could do would send my phone away.

When asked about having a new handset, he snapped that I would get a replacement.

I was waiting for urgent business calls and got cross with the guy's attitude and the fact they had cut me off.

The young guy then told me that there were other customers in the shop, and not to swear or get angry.

I left the shop, with the guy still shouting that there were other customers there besides me!!

Orange business customer hot line were informed, and they are sending me a replacement phone tomorrow.

Went into the above store and was served by a sales guy called Roger. We were really impressed with the way he talked through the new phone with my 10 year old daughter and despite the store being very busy he took time to ensure that she was happy and then he proceeded to do all the set up - something I had done myself on the previous phone (which was not straight forward for me).

We weren't spending a fortune or entering into an expensive contract but his service was fantastic.

I was told a lie about the plan I was looking for, that it didn't exist because it was a pay as you go option no one could be bothered! So so rude! I got ignored for about 20 mins and was made to feel of a great inconvenience to the staff.

Went to the Orange shop on the upper level in Meadowhall, Sheffield with a contract renewal due, and 3 phones as options for upgrade. Was firmly told that I could not have any of the phones I had in mind due to the contract I had (Sony Ericson S, HTC, iphone), that my best option was the Sony Ericson U - same as the S, they said, but neater. No, I couldn't have anything else even with a part payment. I've been paying them £33 a month for years now btw. I have arthritic fingers which is patently obvious to anyone who sees me, the U phone is completely unusable by me, it cuts me off, dials people I haven't called, it's just so tiny with badly placed buttons.

After phoning the Orange helpline and being told I can change the phone as under these conditions I had a 14 day cooling off period, I was dismissed out of hand and told they never take phones back, it was mine now and up to me what I did with it! They also 'sold' me a £5 ongoing contract a month for a sim card for my ipad, that even the Orange helpline has been unable to get registered for me.

I have discovered another Orange shop talked my Grand-daughter into getting the same phone, and even she is going mental with hers. Looks like this is a phone they are trying to offload!

I wouldn't walk into one of their shops again under any circumstances, and as soon as any in my family have a finishing contract we intend to change out and go elsewhere

I went into the Orange shop In Camberley to purchase a cheap PAYG phone for my 9yr old on. I found a cheap one and the Manger served me to start with. I told him I wanted the Nokia 100 for my 9 year old. he only texts occasionally but wanted it as a starter phone.

I was in a rush (bad time to shop I know, but i hadn't expected to be sold anything or sign anything) I asked the manager about text packages from Orange and was immediately told about there £10.50p/m Sim only package. I was in a rush and on my mobile and wasn't concentrating properly. The manager passed me over to a sales assistant to finish the sale.

I totally didn't think about it properly in the sense that there is no way to cap it or stop my son from going over his limit or anything and at no time was it mentioned to me that they have a no grace period/no return policy in store. there are no signs in the shop anywhere either.

The sale went through and I had to just pay for the phone and the £10.00 top up.

Over night I spoke to my sons dad and we decided that this Sim only wasn't appropriate for a 9yr old and The next day I went to take it back.I phoned the orange number first to see if I could do it without actually having to go back to the shop. The man I spoke to told me that I would have to go back to the store to sort it. He never mentioned that i would not be able to cancel the contract.

I had an horrible time in the shop. The sales assistant was rude and difficult as soon as she knew i was there to return and she eventually passed me over to the manager. (The same guy who sold me the prouct) He was polite at first saying they had a no grace period/option to cancel the contract) I was shocked and explained that I wasn't made aware of it and he retorted that well we are not going to tell you you can't rturn it. (He did tell me all the reasons why i could return it if it was faulty or I had no coverage).

I was really surprised by this and upset as i didn't want a contract for 12 months for a 9yr old child who could run me up huge bills and the manger just shouted down my attempt to explain that it was never mentioned to me that i couldn't get a grace period and I did tell him it was for a 9 yr old. He then accused me of saying he was lying which I didn't and when we got to a stale mate HE REFUSED TO TALK TO ME. I phoned the orange phone number again and they said There was nothing I could do as it was store policy and they had no control over it. She also said that i had to escalate the store manager issue within store.

I spoke to the manager again and asked for the contact details of the person above him and he REFUSED to give them to me stating that he is the highest person to contact and that he can not give me the regional managers contact detail because of data protection.

I cam away feeling completely incompetent and stupid but also i felt like i was ripped off and treated badly. The manager had no reason to give me a shouting just because I wanted to cancel a contract. he could of calmly mentioned that there is no such policy.

BTW I THINK IT IS HORRENDOUSLY TERRIBLE THAT THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD BUT NOT JUST THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE ISN'T A GRACE PERIOD.

The manager of Camberley Branch really needs some new training in the escalation procedures and how to deal with customers.

I purchased a Nokia C3 on a £15 per month contract. After getting my number moved across, which took 5 days to do, I had sometime to play with the new phone. Within the first few hours the screen refused to work, albeit intermittently. The next day I took it back to the shop. The staff were unempathetic with my situation and refused to acknowledge any fault, even though this is a known issue with the C3 (which presumably they withheld at time of selling it to me). Under the law it is up to them to prove that the device is not faulty, not up to me to prove it is. The staff told blatant lies, claiming that touch screens intermittently break all the time, which is utter nonsense. Furthermore they said that if I could not prove a fault within 14 days they had no obligation to replace the handset, even though they ate required by law to do so. Shocking customer service. The staff were rude, ignorant and deceitful.

I would like to start off with shop looks good need more staff seemed over-run, asked to see manager and basically got told no :/ which confused me, shouldn't managers be on shop floor or are there none there staff where ok helped where could but need more product knowledge only knew certain things but they said only opened for 2weeks so maybe why lack of knowledge but for me waiting time toooooo long not enough hands on shop floor had gentlemen trying to talk to me and turn off alarms @ same time noise not good. Staff ok few good ones, shop style is nicee open modern like it a lot.

Today I went to buy an iphone with my girlfriend to stratford city at everything everywhere store. But I haven't bought any because of rubish customer service. They even doesn't know how to behave with customer. Immediately replace some sales assistant otherwise they will destroy the goodwill of orange. I have experience the worst behave in my life at this store. His name is [name removed] who is the best in bad behaviour. He is so rude, loud & angry. Please send him to a school of behaviour. I don't mind to pay for it. Only for him, I have decided to leave orange. I am a orange customer for last 4 years.now I gonna tell all of my friends and relatives to leave orange & T mobile........This is my facebook & Twiter status after visiting EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE at stratford city Westfield

Went to orange shop in Bluewater, kent since my i phone sim was stuck in my old phone. They said it was my mistake and that they cannot take it out. Would cost £50 to get the sim out of my phone, but I will have to leave the phone and go.

I got my sim eventually removed by an Asain phone salesman. He did that in 5 min and didnt even charge for it!

Dont ever go to this orange shop, they are very unhelpful

Just experienced the most dreadful customer care in the upper mall Orange shop in Meadowhall. Went in because I had a problem with my daughter's mobile, which I bought her for last Christmas. Was in the shop 35 mins before a member of staff even had time to speak to me. Was already pretty fed up by then. The woman just said I needed to call customer services - she dialled them on a phone, but I got cut off because they were all busy - 'call back later' - and the woman who was 'serving me' had vanished off back to the other Orange store. Eventually got a very brief explanation of what the problem had been from another member of staff in store - took about 2 mins, by which time I had been in there 50 Mins. The woman behind me, who was waiting as long as me, was disabled and leaning on a stick the whole time she was waiting. They didn't even offer her a chair! Strikes me all Orange are interested in is flogging phones to new customers and have zero interest in supporting the customers they already have.