Eir proof of stealing this month.

Gaelmart

I've had enough of this **** show. 
We have to  get TD's involved or something. 
Last month they charged me €100 for being over limit. First time in 20 years I was charged for being over ALSO first time using Direct debit.

This month simply charging me €100 for nothing, again knowing its DD.

Their running a con here people. Wake the **** up.

175010012017

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

eir: Anna

Hi Gaelmart,


I'm very sorry to hear this.

If you check your billing cycle you will see why you have been charged this as your usage shown above is your monthly usage which would usually be different to your billing cycle.

I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

Gonzo

I'd like to jump in here because I am still confused about the whole fair usage policy.

In the 'my eir' online facility it tracks your data usage on a monthly basis. It starts from 0 on the 1st day of each month and resets back to 0 at the very end of the last day of each month. As the customers uses their service, the data updates from 0 to whatever amount they use up to the last second before the monthly reset and then the months total can be viewed under a link view historical usage. For example if it shows that during April I downloaded 545mb out of a 1tb allowoance, is this total not an indication of what Eir see's a customer using for their billing period. 

As everyone could have a different billing date, each customer has to work out what they download, for example, if the billing date is 8th April to 8th May, does that mean a customer only has to be concerned about their data usage between the 8th of April and 8th of May and ignore the monthly reset?

Gaelmart

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

eir: Anna

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

Gonzo wrote: »

I'd like to jump in here because I am still confused about the whole fair usage policy.

In the 'my eir' online facility it tracks your data usage on a monthly basis. It starts from 0 on the 1st day of each month and resets back to 0 at the very end of the last day of each month. As the customers uses their service, the data updates from 0 to whatever amount they use up to the last second before the monthly reset and then the months total can be viewed under a link view historical usage. For example if it shows that during April I downloaded 545mb out of a 1tb allowoance, is this total not an indication of what Eir see's a customer using for their billing period. 

As everyone could have a different billing date, each customer has to work out what they download, for example, if the billing date is 8th April to 8th May, does that mean a customer only has to be concerned about their data usage between the 8th of April and 8th of May and ignore the monthly reset?

Hi Gonzo,


Thanks for getting back in touch.


Yes, your account usage is shown monthly on Myeir, however, you are billed for usage during your billing cycle.


If your billing cycle is up until the 8th and your Myeir resets the data usage on the 1st this does not reflect your bill as your bill resets on the 8th.


Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

Hi yammagamma,


I'm sorry to hear this.

Can you please PM me your account number, full name and package you agreed to online and the price advertised and I will follow this up with the relevant team?

Thanks,
Anna

AlmightyCushion

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

I'm not an Eir customer but that's an absolute shít show. You say you provide a tool for customer's to check their usage yet the tool gives different data than your bill is based on. How is a customer meant to know if they are over their monthly usage if the tool is reporting different data than their bill is based on?

yammagamma

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

it also states this, so which is true,
Unlimited Usage
Absolutely no usage limits

what your being sold in advertising and by sales reps also forms part of the contract

Kristopherus

Would'nt it be much better if Eir matched the usage to the customers billing cycle or alternately put everyone on a calender month billing cycle.

eir: Anna

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

I'm not an Eir customer but that's an absolute shít show. You say you provide a tool for customer's to check their usage yet the tool gives different data than your bill is based on. How is a customer meant to know if they are over their monthly usage if the tool is reporting different data than their bill is based on?

Hi AlmightyCushion,


I'm sorry you feel this way.

On each customer's bill, it states the billing period and what usage they are charged for.

There are several different billing cycles for customers and this is why Myeir shows monthly usage.

Thanks,
Anna

TheDoc

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

I'm not an Eir customer but that's an absolute shít show. You say you provide a tool for customer's to check their usage yet the tool gives different data than your bill is based on. How is a customer meant to know if they are over their monthly usage if the tool is reporting different data than their bill is based on?

To be honest you would think people would wake up and move provider. 

Advertising unlimited, then putting in a fair usage policy, THAT YOU CAN BE PENALISED FOR, is a throwback to wonderful Eircom days. Being kept a float gouging people in areas that don't have Virgin access.

That 1TB fair use policy makes me balk every time. 

eir: Anna

yammagamma wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

it also states this, so which is true,
Unlimited Usage
Absolutely no usage limits

what your being sold in advertising and by sales reps also forms part of the contract

I understand your frustration, however, our terms and conditions are available to all customers online and you are expected to read this before signing up.

-Anna

AlmightyCushion

eir: Anna wrote: »

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

I'm not an Eir customer but that's an absolute shít show. You say you provide a tool for customer's to check their usage yet the tool gives different data than your bill is based on. How is a customer meant to know if they are over their monthly usage if the tool is reporting different data than their bill is based on?

Hi AlmightyCushion,


I'm sorry you feel this way.

On each customer's bill, it states the billing period and what usage they are charged for.

There are several different billing cycles for customers and this is why Myeir shows monthly usage.

Thanks,
Anna

Their myeir should show their monthly usage based on their billing cycle. Doing it any other way just provides data that is inaccurate and not very useful to say the least.

Gaelmart

The Terms are 600+ pages long and the usage limits bit is one sentance of size 6 font Text in the middle of all that .

Go look.

Have you read them Anna. Do you think a judge would let this stand for a 'resonable person' to comprehend.

What am I talking to you for? Sorry I know its not you're problem and you're only allowed to give one of 5 or 6 stock answers.

strokeslover

Kristopherus wrote: »

Would'nt it be much better if Eir matched the usage to the customers billing cycle or alternately put everyone on a calender month billing cycle.

They can't con you then

eir: Anna

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

Now add to  that. The Bill says "Usage to 25 Apr 17" I kept my usage to  25 Apr 17 under the limit. Now they tell me that is pointless because they have picked some other month to base my bill on. Its a no win situation for the customer with everything setup against them. 

Only power we have is our 'custom'.

I'm afraid if your billing cycle is from the 8th of April to the 8th of May, for example, your monthly usage would only show from the 1st of April to the 30th of Myeir and this is why it would show differently to the usage used for the billing cycle.


I apologise for any confusion caused.

Thanks,
Anna

I'm not an Eir customer but that's an absolute shít show. You say you provide a tool for customer's to check their usage yet the tool gives different data than your bill is based on. How is a customer meant to know if they are over their monthly usage if the tool is reporting different data than their bill is based on?

Hi AlmightyCushion,


I'm sorry you feel this way.

On each customer's bill, it states the billing period and what usage they are charged for.

There are several different billing cycles for customers and this is why Myeir shows monthly usage.

Thanks,
Anna

Their myeir should show their monthly usage based on their billing cycle. Doing it any other way just provides data that is inaccurate and not very useful to say the least.

I completely understand where you're coming from and apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

I have forwarded your feedback on to the relevant department.

Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

Gaelmart wrote: »

The Terms are 600+ pages long and the usage limits bit is one sentance of size 6 font Text in the middle of all that .

Go look.

Have you read them Anna. Do you think a judge would let this stand for a 'resonable person' to comprehend.

What am I talking to you for? Sorry I know its not you're problem and you're only allowed to give one of 5 or 6 stock answers.

I do apologise you feel this way Gaelmart.

I'm afraid this is the fair usage policy and is stated in the terms and conditions.

We do appreciate your feedback and this will be forwarded to the relevant department.

Thanks,
Anna

AlmightyCushion

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

The Terms are 600+ pages long and the usage limits bit is one sentance of size 6 font Text in the middle of all that .

Go look.

Have you read them Anna. Do you think a judge would let this stand for a 'resonable person' to comprehend.

What am I talking to you for? Sorry I know its not you're problem and you're only allowed to give one of 5 or 6 stock answers.

I do apologise you feel this way Gaelmart.

I'm afraid this is the fair usage policy and is stated in the terms and conditions.

We do appreciate your feedback and this will be forwarded to the relevant department.

Thanks,
Anna

Why don't Eir just advertise their packages as having a 1TB usage allowance instead of saying unlimited? It would be less deceitful.

yammagamma

we are being mis-sold  a broadband prodduct just like people were mis-sold payment protection insurance policies and just because it was in the contracts didnt stop tens of thousands getting there money back...

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/latest-news/thousands-to-get-refunds-for-missold-insurance-policies-28891237.html

175010012017

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

What I love about this is that I asked the eir rep during the sales conversation if there any limits. The person said "no". Later they made me acknowledge the T&Cs in which it says that there is a limit. eir is hiding behind their T&Cs and allows their sales rep to lie in their conversations with potential customers. I spend countless hours on the phone with eir debating this. 
As a result, I will cancel my contract at first opportunity and eir will never get another cent from me. 

"Can we lie during our sales and promise everything?"
-"Yeah, just make the sale and end it on the T&Cs. We can tell them everything."
"That's fantastic!"

Grumpypants

eir: Anna wrote: »

Hi AlmightyCushion,


I'm sorry you feel this way.

On each customer's bill, it states the billing period and what usage they are charged for.

There are several different billing cycles for customers and this is why Myeir shows monthly usage.

Thanks,
Anna

But how can a user check their usage prior to going over the limit? So they are not hit with this charge? 

Surely if Eir have this arbitrary limit, then they have a duty of care to the customer to allow them to track their usage within the same cycle this limit refers to.  

Not only are Eir failing to provide a tool, or warn the customer they are going over the limit. They are actively misleading them into thinking they are under the limit by directing them to use the MyEir tool knowing full well that it show incorrect information. 


Also the misleading advertising on the website seems to still be in place despite it being reported last week. From looking here https://www.eir.ie/broadband/1000mb-fibre/ people would have a reasonable expectation to expect the product to have no usage limits since it says  [font=GT-Walsheim-Regular, Arial]"Absolutely no usage limits" [/font]

yammagamma

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

The Terms are 600+ pages long and the usage limits bit is one sentance of size 6 font Text in the middle of all that .

Go look.

Have you read them Anna. Do you think a judge would let this stand for a 'resonable person' to comprehend.

What am I talking to you for? Sorry I know its not you're problem and you're only allowed to give one of 5 or 6 stock answers.

I do apologise you feel this way Gaelmart.

I'm afraid this is the fair usage policy and is stated in the terms and conditions.

We do appreciate your feedback and this will be forwarded to the relevant department.

Thanks,
Anna

Why don't Eir just advertise their packages as having a 1TB usage allowance instead of saying unlimited? It would be less deceitful.

just saying unlimited is 1 thing but to say "Absolutely no usage limits" under unlimited usage is a disgrace every1 needs to get onto com-reg and advertising reg and your local tds

eir: Anna

175010012017 wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

What I love about this is that I asked the eir rep during the sales conversation if there any limits. The person said "no". Later they made me acknowledge the T&Cs in which it says that there is a limit. eir is hiding behind their T&Cs and allows their sales rep to lie in their conversations with potential customers. I spend countless hours on the phone with eir debating this. 
As a result, I will cancel my contract at first opportunity and eir will never get another cent from me. 

"Can we lie during our sales and promise everything?"
-"Yeah, just make the sale and end it on the T&Cs. We can tell them everything."
"That's fantastic!"

I am very sorry if you were advised there was no limitation by one of our reps.

Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

yammagamma wrote: »

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

The Terms are 600+ pages long and the usage limits bit is one sentance of size 6 font Text in the middle of all that .

Go look.

Have you read them Anna. Do you think a judge would let this stand for a 'resonable person' to comprehend.

What am I talking to you for? Sorry I know its not you're problem and you're only allowed to give one of 5 or 6 stock answers.

I do apologise you feel this way Gaelmart.

I'm afraid this is the fair usage policy and is stated in the terms and conditions.

We do appreciate your feedback and this will be forwarded to the relevant department.

Thanks,
Anna

Why don't Eir just advertise their packages as having a 1TB usage allowance instead of saying unlimited? It would be less deceitful.

just saying unlimited is 1 thing but to say "Absolutely no usage limits" under unlimited usage is a disgrace every1 needs to get onto com-reg and advertising reg and your local tds

I do apologise for any inconvenience caused to you.

Thanks,
Anna

eir: Anna

Grumpypants wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

Hi AlmightyCushion,


I'm sorry you feel this way.

On each customer's bill, it states the billing period and what usage they are charged for.

There are several different billing cycles for customers and this is why Myeir shows monthly usage.

Thanks,
Anna

But how can a user check their usage prior to going over the limit? So they are not hit with this charge? 

Surely if Eir have this arbitrary limit, then they have a duty of care to the customer to allow them to track their usage within the same cycle this limit refers to.  

Not only are Eir failing to provide a tool, or warn the customer they are going over the limit. They are actively misleading them into thinking they are under the limit by directing them to use the MyEir tool knowing full well that it show incorrect information. 


Also the misleading advertising on the website seems to still be in place despite it being reported last week. From looking here https://www.eir.ie/broadband/1000mb-fibre/ people would have a reasonable expectation to expect the product to have no usage limits since it says  [font=GT-Walsheim-Regular, Arial]"Absolutely no usage limits" [/font]

I completely understand your frustration and I have passed this feedback on to the relevant department.

-Anna

Gonzo

I have currently no idea of what my billing cycle date is. I was issued a new account number and installed on 7th April 2017. The myeir reset on Sunday night. I do not see a billing cycle date and have no idea when I stop counting my data for the month so will have no idea if I go over or not or when it resets. How is every customer mean't to keep track of their FUP allowance when everyone has a different date and the usage checker defaults to the end of the month.

niallb

You could leave the data counter exactly as it is and still have it be worthwhile and useful to your customer.
All you need to do is bill the customer for excess incurred during a calendar month on their next following billing date.
Requires no technical changes on myeir, just an extra line in your terms and conditions.

thomas 123

Literally about to sign on the dotted line to get Eir in my new house coming from Virgin(Virgin not available). Nothing short of false advertising!
As someone who works from home this could have cost me my job down the line, shady at the very least.

Gaelmart

thomas 123 wrote: »

Literally about to sign on the dotted line to get Eir in my new house coming from Virgin(Virgin not available). Nothing short of false advertising!
As someone who works from home this could have cost me my job down the line, shady at the very least.

I was on phone to Magnet there. (recorded it also :-)). All I asked was is there limits either download or throttle and he NO. 
"Absolutely not." he says
Its costing me €300 euro to  switch but Eir are going to  cost me at least that anyway before contract up in 7 months. 

thomas 123

Gaelmart wrote: »

thomas 123 wrote: »

Literally about to sign on the dotted line to get Eir in my new house coming from Virgin(Virgin not available). Nothing short of false advertising!
As someone who works from home this could have cost me my job down the line, shady at the very least.

I was on phone to Magnet there. (recorded it also :-)). All I asked was is there limits either download or throttle and he NO. 
"Absolutely not." he says
Its costing me €300 euro to  switch but Eir are going to  cost me at least that anyway before contract up in 7 months. 

Just sorted mine with Pure telecom there. 45 a month no messing asked 3 different people in there was their a usage limit , all said absolutely not , i had to laugh one of them stated "You understand we are in no way affiliated with Eir" music to my ears. 

You can change the logo all you want but deep down they still think they operate in a monopoly.  I know this is off topic but by the way Eir when someone calls looking for broadband can you please tell your sales staff to answer questions directly and not deflect especially by trying to ram mobile phones down our throats. 

eir: Anna

thomas 123 wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

thomas 123 wrote: »

Literally about to sign on the dotted line to get Eir in my new house coming from Virgin(Virgin not available). Nothing short of false advertising!
As someone who works from home this could have cost me my job down the line, shady at the very least.

I was on phone to Magnet there. (recorded it also :-)). All I asked was is there limits either download or throttle and he NO. 
"Absolutely not." he says
Its costing me €300 euro to  switch but Eir are going to  cost me at least that anyway before contract up in 7 months. 

Just sorted mine with Pure telecom there. 45 a month no messing asked 3 different people in there was their a usage limit , all said absolutely not , i had to laugh one of them stated "You understand we are in no way affiliated with Eir" music to my ears. 

You can change the logo all you want but deep down they still think they operate in a monopoly.  I know this is off topic but by the way Eir when someone calls looking for broadband can you please tell your sales staff to answer questions directly and not deflect especially by trying to ram mobile phones down our throats. 

Hi thomas 123,


Thanks for getting in touch.


I'm sorry to hear this and I will, of course, pass your feedback on to the relevant department.


Thanks,
Anna

Senna

My contract is just up and I was thinking about moving to EIR, wont be now anyway.  
Being allowed to call any service unlimited but there being a limit is just sharp practice that the regulators have only been too happy to facilitating for years. If everyone emails Comreg, they might have to listen and start bring in polices for the consumers good, rather than working for these companies.    

Gaelmart

eir: Anna wrote: »

thomas 123 wrote: »

Gaelmart wrote: »

thomas 123 wrote: »

Literally about to sign on the dotted line to get Eir in my new house coming from Virgin(Virgin not available). Nothing short of false advertising!
As someone who works from home this could have cost me my job down the line, shady at the very least.

I was on phone to Magnet there. (recorded it also :-)). All I asked was is there limits either download or throttle and he NO. 
"Absolutely not." he says
Its costing me €300 euro to  switch but Eir are going to  cost me at least that anyway before contract up in 7 months. 

Just sorted mine with Pure telecom there. 45 a month no messing asked 3 different people in there was their a usage limit , all said absolutely not , i had to laugh one of them stated "You understand we are in no way affiliated with Eir" music to my ears. 

You can change the logo all you want but deep down they still think they operate in a monopoly.  I know this is off topic but by the way Eir when someone calls looking for broadband can you please tell your sales staff to answer questions directly and not deflect especially by trying to ram mobile phones down our throats. 

Hi thomas 123,


Thanks for getting in touch.


I'm sorry to hear this and I will, of course, pass your feedback on to the relevant department.


Thanks,
Anna

Anna while your talking to  them explain that its not the money so much, its the underhanded nasty way you(Eir) have of denying the obvious scam going on here. All hidden under a phrase. "Fair use".

Ask someone who can make a difference to  look at this image for 5 mins, then go and kiss their kids good night telling them to  be good.

shelly22

I found out about Eirs fair usage policy last month
Cancelled my contract and got sky which is unlimited and has no fair usage policy

I probably wouldn't of minded so much if I knew about the fair usage policy but the way eir are advertising their broadband as unlimited is wrong

175010012017

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

eir: Anna wrote: »

175010012017 wrote: »

When does someone step in and stops eir from doing this? How it's legal to advertise unlimited broadband and put a fair usage policy with a limit in place is beyond me. I can't help but wonder if eir doesn't realise that they likely will lose these customers when their contract is up?
1TB for a household is simply not enough in this age and their advertisement and sales practices are immensely dodgy.
They're taking the mickey with charging OP for going over their dodgy fair usage even they only got close to it. This will only get worse if we don't do something about it. 
It's also a joke that they don't have a tool for customers to check for this. The usage customers can check on myeir resets on the last day of the month, while billing period usually covers different dates. This is so dodgy and misleading, eir should be ashamed. 

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057733064
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057725499
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057576745

Hi 175010012017,


I'm sorry you feel this way.


I'm afraid it is stated in our terms and condition that there is a fair usage policy of 1TB and all customers are expected to read the terms and conditions before agreeing to a contract and can be viewed on our website.


You can view your monthly usage on Myeir.


Thanks,
Anna

What I love about this is that I asked the eir rep during the sales conversation if there any limits. The person said "no". Later they made me acknowledge the T&Cs in which it says that there is a limit. eir is hiding behind their T&Cs and allows their sales rep to lie in their conversations with potential customers. I spend countless hours on the phone with eir debating this. 
As a result, I will cancel my contract at first opportunity and eir will never get another cent from me. 

"Can we lie during our sales and promise everything?"
-"Yeah, just make the sale and end it on the T&Cs. We can tell them everything."
"That's fantastic!"

I am very sorry if you were advised there was no limitation by one of our reps.

Thanks,
Anna

All customers are being lied to through eir's misleading advertisement. eir is misusing the term "Unlimited" and continues to do so; even further builds up up on it. This is going on for years and the only reasons to keep doing it can only be that it works out for eir. There is no difference between me being lied to by eir when signing up and putting out ads that say UNLIMITED when it is in fact LIMITED. 
The many times that eir have lied to me are countless over the dumbest stuff. An eir agent will say anything to get me off the phone and then do nothing. Everyone worked a sales or CS job in their lives and it's clear that this is a strategy. 

jahalpin

It sounds like you are actually getting a very good deal for only €50 a month, 1 TB is a lot of data for a residential customer

Dr Turk Turkelton

jahalpin wrote: »

It sounds like you are actually getting a very good deal for only €50 a month, 1 TB is a lot of data for a residential customer

Is it as much data as the unlimited data that's being advertised though?
Doesn't seem like a good deal to me.

jahalpin

If I was a manager in Eir and I had a customer that was using so much bandwidth on a continuous basis I'd seriously consider showing them the door

arayess

was offered a bundle today from eir - decent price - phone , broadband , tv.
but after reading this I won't be moving....the fact that my usage on myeir won't match my bill cycle is nonsense.
Id' rather by pay more tbh than suffer that

thomas 123

jahalpin wrote: »

If I was a manager in Eir and I had a customer that was using so much bandwidth on a continuous basis I'd seriously consider showing them the door

Yes but if you were a manager at EIR it would be your responsibility to show were and when this usage occurred, your right 1TB is a good chunk of data, however its still advertised as unlimited.

For me id use a TB in a month easily, streaming, downloading games, playing said games online. Every hour on netflix/youtube is at least 1 gb depending on the definition.

Gonzo

jahalpin wrote: »

It sounds like you are actually getting a very good deal for only €50 a month, 1 TB is a lot of data for a residential customer

that depends on what connection speed you have and how many people are in the household and how do they spend their time online.

for ADSL and FTTC speeds under 40 megs, 1tb is plenty and people are unlikely to reach it. However fast FTTC and especially FTTH services, 1tb is not much especially if there are 4 people in a household all streaming on different devices several hours a day. Wouldn't be long burning through that fair usage policy with parents on Netflix several hours a night and kids each one on a different stream watching their own stuff. 

For a situation like that, Eir have no option for those who use more data, it's a one size fits all fair usage policy across a huge varying range of connection speeds and customer usage patterns.

Sphinx's

The subject line grabbed my attention; glad I came was considering Eir for a new build - won't be now! 

I am all for fair usage to ensure no line contention; and warnings/fines for excessive usage but this is out and out money grabbing.

Eir are beyond a joke, I left them a year ago and up until last month was still getting bills and threatening debt collection letters even after repeated calls, letters, emails,tweets and pm on here to them. Their solution was not to wipe out the last 10 months of wrongly issued bills but rather to change the email and number on the account to gibberish. They told me the issue was sorted and that nothing was owed but then this month a call from an Eir agent telling me that "changing my account contact details does not mean that we can't find you". Joke of a company.

175010012017

Gonzo wrote: »

jahalpin wrote: »

It sounds like you are actually getting a very good deal for only €50 a month, 1 TB is a lot of data for a residential customer

that depends on what connection speed you have and how many people are in the household and how do they spend their time online.

for ADSL and FTTC speeds under 40 megs, 1tb is plenty and people are unlikely to reach it. However fast FTTC and especially FTTH services, 1tb is not much especially if there are 4 people in a household all streaming on different devices several hours a day. Wouldn't be long burning through that fair usage policy with parents on Netflix several hours a night and kids each one on a different stream watching their own stuff. 

For a situation like that, Eir have no option for those who use more data, it's a one size fits all fair usage policy across a huge varying range of connection speeds and customer usage patterns.

Fair usage should measured against previous usage like electricity companies are doing it to calculate the average. Most months I'm well below the fair usage, when I had to re-download my Xbox One games due to an error I went over it. By the way, I went over by 24GB and got the €100 penalty. 

175010012017

jahalpin wrote: »

It sounds like you are actually getting a very good deal for only €50 a month, 1 TB is a lot of data for a residential customer

In 2007 maybe, but with HD content and games getting larger a household can easily hit this limit. 
It's also besides the point, if eir would not advertise that their broadband has absolutely no usage limits and there was a way to reliably check if a customer is going over the limit this problem wouldn't exist. 

Green Peter

eir: Anna wrote:

I'm sorry you feel this way.

I signed up a week ago and specifically asked the rep who was in my house to clarify that it was unlimited usage and he said yes and made no reference to fair usage or extra charges, this is scamming people and nothing else, it's time comreg take these people to task it's about as effective as the financial regulator in the boom!

Peppa Cig

Gaelmart wrote: »

Anna while your talking to  them explain that its not the money so much, its the underhanded nasty way you(Eir) have of denying the obvious scam going on here. All hidden under a phrase. "Fair use".

Ask someone who can make a difference to  look at this image for 5 mins, then go and kiss their kids good night telling them to  be good.

Time to talk to Joe I think

Might be far more effective than ComReg etc

Image above sums up situation very well

Who's going to ring Joe?

Jobs OXO

Time to unleash the media. Shine a light on this. Money talks. Eir will soon chance their tune.