I have been a Fido customer for 15+ years and have always had very good customer service- until now. I ordered an iphone 11 on August 26th and received an email saying that I would be notified when the device shipped. I was never notified or contacted so on September 20th (3.5 weeks after ordering) I went onto Fido chat to ask about the phone and to find out what was happening. I was told the the phone was on backorder (would have been nice to have been notified about this prior), and that the phone would arrive in 3-4 weeks. I asked what I should do if I do not receive shipping notification in that timeframe and was told "Do not worry this is the maximum time frame for this device as from now" (direct quote from the chat). Four weeks passed and nothing from Fido, so I called again, this time on October 18th. I had the worst customer service experience- I was already frustrated and talking to this representative only made it worse. She basically said that they are backordered everywhere and if I thought I could get it elsewhere then go ahead, when I said that if I was going to do that I was going to take my 15+ years of being a Fido client with me, she basically said go ahead. She never tried to make it right, never validated my frustration and then told me that I should have known the device was backordered because I hadn't yet been charged for it. I said I believed I had not been charged because I didn't yet receive the device, and could not have known it was backordered because Fido never reached out to notify me of this or the huge delay. I said that someone in the company must have some idea of when these phones would be shipped and she said they do, but she doesn't have that info. So I asked to speak or be directed to someone who knew and then she said no one knows (after telling me the opposite). She was not able to give me any indication of when the device would be in stock and shipped. I asked if it could be months and she said no, but then could not say how long it would be. Fido never indicated that this device was backordered when I placed my order. They are still taking orders for this device on the website, even though orders placed almost 10 weeks ago (maybe for some even longer) have still not been fulflled. This is such poor business and poor customer service. Further, when I asked if I could get a different phone that was equal to or better than the one I ordered she said "We don't do that", so I asked what Fido could do for me, and she said nothing. But then said "I can give you 30GB of data for $60", which has been an offer on my account for months and would have me paying more than I'm currently paying....no attempt to try to show any semblance of proper customer service. It was the most brutal and frustrating conversation. I am so disappointed in the terrible customer service and lack of communication from Fido- they used to care about customer service and helping their customers. I think it's time to switch carriers.
