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ID Mobile always fails to direct debit from my Lloyds account. First it silently ignores its fail for several days and then blocks me. Same thing each month.
The same thing happens each month. First the app reports a successfull direct debit. I contact the live chat support and your agent confirms you have received the recent bill payment via direct debit. Then in a few days its status silently and magically changes to an error. Then IdmobilE blocks me and starts spamming with SMS and emails about some missing payment. It’s fun that your representative confirmed you got the money via direct debit several days ago. Okay, I contact the live chat again, your agent says I must pay the already paid bill with a card immediately. Then they verify my direct debit details and say the next month my direct debit will work like a charm. But the next month they fail again just like the month before. This happens again and again: they fail, they silently ignore their fail, they block me, they promise it will not happen again, it happens again. Useless support, terrible experience, business as usual🤑 So, in fact they are forcing me to pay my bills by card. They say they will ruin my credit history if I insist on direct debit only. Yes, I have a number of other direct debits on the same bank account, no issues at all. Yes, the bank says idmobile don’t even try to charge me. Yes, I copypaste my account details while setting up the direct debit. Yes, I tried to disable and enable it again.
Daily Direct Debit SMS from ID mobile
Is anyone else having this same issue with their direct debit and daily spam text from id mobile? ID mobile stupidly cancelled my direct debit after it failed twice, so now it’s impossible to re set it up on the same account. this issue has been going on for months with no one being able to sort it out, the complaints team have now admitted its deadlock so I can now thankfully go to the communications ombudsman. the worst bit iis… A. My direct debit isn’t working so I’m having to pay manually every month (and getting charged extra for doing so) They send me a text EVERYDAY saying “Hi, we have reinstated your Direct Debit as requested by your bank. If you believe this was done by mistake, please contact your bank or our support team at idmobile.co.uk/contact-us” AND ITS DRIVING ME INSANE!!! id mobile “technical team” are saying it’s because the bank keep sending through new direct debit instructions everyday, so they have to send me that text and I need to contact them to stop the texts. the bank NatWest are saying monthly they are asking for a direct debit mandate as they can’t set the direct debit without it. I am stuck in the middle with both sides blaming each other and no one being able to help me. the overseas customer service team are clueless but they do keep putting credits on my accounts to apologise for the issues the uk based complaints team are totally useless. They have no solutions, don’t apologise and have not offered any compensation for the many calls I’ve made and hundreds of online chats. I’ve even cancelled my active direct debit 3 times and reset it up again, still doesn’t work. The problem seems to be id’s policy of cancelling direct debits after 2 failed payments blocks all future instructions being set up, but they are too idiotic to realise they have blocked their customers from paying them ever again. ive even suggested to the uk complaints team they cancel my whole account, reconnect me and just start again, they refused. I just want my dd to work and these annoying daily spam text from id mobile to stop. i will now go to the ombudsman for help as the id mobile complaints procedure is poor and there is no way to speak with the “technical team” directly or a manager to escalate the issues. You have just deal with the monkeys who have no idea what they are doing. please if anyone has had the same issue, please let me know, especially if you have a solution for me. Thank you.
Complaint
I have had a complaint put in on my behalf via the live chat as I advised that I would be putting in a complaint about all the issues I've had since joining id mobile. The advisor then told me they had escalated my complaint and someone would be in touch. I said I didn't ask for a complaint to be put in on my behalf as I hadn't articulated my issues fully within the chat. I also did not ask the advisor to do so. I asked for a copy of the complaint so I was aware of the content when the complaints team called. I as told this couldn't happen as the complaint had been passed on. I expressed my concerns and advised it was not acceptable and that again I need the content of the complaint provided. After a few minutes and no replies the advisor left the chat. I have the transcript saved. Around an hour later I received a phone call from the complaints team. I advised I wanted a copy of the complaint before I discussed anything and asked that this be emailed. I was told it would be escalated to another complaints team and someone would be in touch. I still do not have any information about "my" complaint content despite asking both in the chat and with the complaints team. This morning I received a text message advising someone will all between 9 and 6 (despite requesting after 7) to discuss my complaint. I need the complaint information sent so I can actually provide all the complaint information for review prior to any discussion. This has been articulated and ignored several times now. Please email the complaint content before trying to discuss my complaint with me as requested on the phone and in the chat.