Vodafone Australia Reviews 957

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Evaluating 208 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the service, citing issues with network coverage, especially in regional areas, and unreliable internet speeds that often didn't match what they were paying for. Customers frequently reported problems with calls cutting out, text messages not sending, and difficulty making emergency calls. The customer service was also a major point of contention, with many describing it as unhelpful, obstructive, and difficult to communicate with, often involving long wait times, repeated explanations, and unfulfilled promises of callbacks. The minority of people were satisfied with the in-store staff, finding them friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. Some customers also highlighted positive experiences with specific customer service representatives who were patient, efficient, and went above and beyond to resolve their issues, leading to a smooth transition or a positive resolution to their problems.

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Customer service

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Staff

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Date of experience: Every day for the last 5 years. I'm back here again. Completely unusable mobile internet as usual. Constant phone calls that achieve nothing but wasting my time. Brain de... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just received an email advising they are increasing my contracted amount of my mobile phone contract each month, to support their growth by covering costs of upgrading their infrastructure!! Apparentl... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Legit so shit trying to recharge online login all good and then they ask to login again when you pick the recharge and then bloody asked for authentic code sent to mobile. Been with Vodafone almost 20... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had the pleasure of being helped by a…

I had the pleasure of being helped by a lovely young man called Hassan (I hope I've spelled it correctly).
Hassan would be the best customer service person Vodafone has!
When I rang about my new S25 I was confused but Hassan made everything easy for me. He deserves 10 stars!

October 25, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am always getting a high blood…

I wish I could give them zero ⭐️ but unfortunately there’s no zero ⭐️.
I am always getting a high blood pressure or having a heart attack whenever I am dealing with this terrible horrible company. I’ve been in this situation before, I called many times, talk to different people and explain the issue about my bill over & over again. I was getting frustrated & impatient, the Indian lady on the phone is laughing at me then disconnected my call-I don’t know how did she get the job.
Now, I have to deal with this again. The amount of time wasted starting by calling their number, wait to talk to a real person, explain the issue and I thought the issue was resolved, NO. I have to call again, put on hold again, speak to another person, explain again, still the issue is not resolved. It is EXHAUSTING. They are still sending me the same bill & charge me for the product I never use. I wish I don’t have to deal with them ever again.

October 22, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unbelievable bad internet!

Unbelievable bad internet! Sold me a wireless router that's meant to connect up to 10 devices to ~ I have to turn off wifi connection between appliances for ONE to work. Am under contract to get a gauranteed 20mbs down. Running speedtests, I'm lucky to ONCE get 14mbs but the usual speed is 1.7mbs. Trying to get tech support is impossible and you just go around in circles. They even over-rode my Do Not Disturb on my phone at 5AM!!! Absolute joke of a
company. Regret signing up to them. And with the 000 fiasco lately, they're a lethal company. Will going elsewhere once contract is up.

October 19, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service and support via Messenger

I recently had an issue accessing my Vodafone account online, and the experience with their customer service team was genuinely exceptional - the kind that restores your faith in customer support.

I was locked out of my account and couldn't access the website. I reached out to Vodafone support expecting the usual run-around, but instead got something completely different.

The support team member didn't just give me quick fixes or brush me off. They took the time to walk me through the entire process step-by-step and made sure I understood what was happening, were patient and genuinely helpful throughout and even helped me with an upgrade while we were troubleshooting

The next day, they followed up unprompted to check if everything was working properly. They actually cared enough to make sure the issue was fully resolved.

In a world where most companies hide behind automated responses and rigid policies, Vodafone showed me what real customer service looks like. They treated me like a person, not a ticket number.

Not only is my issue resolved, but I'm now a genuinely enthusiastic Vodafone customer. This is the kind of service that earns long-term loyalty. (Did you hear this GoDaddy???)

Would I recommend Vodafone?
Absolutely. If you want a company that actually backs up their service promises with real human support, Vodafone is worth considering.

Thanks to the team for going above and beyond. Rock on! 🤘

September 30, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company sucks

Tried to contact Vodafone today phoned the number and no answer for one hour and 16 minutes just hung up at the end terrible service for what is meant to be a communications company. If I could leave right now I would.

October 14, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rip off company

Bought a sim and a ten pound top up they wouldn't activate the voucher and when I finally got to speak to someone they said they weren't going to activate the voucher leaving me without any credit do not use this company as they take your money and don't give you the service I'm going back to the shop this morning to get a ee sim never once had this problem with them

October 14, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Vodafone nbn team are terrible

I am with vodafone for 10 years, but Vodafone nbn team are terrible, poor customer service. hving long standing nbn speed issue without clear resolution. Lodged the complaint to TIO to get vodafone attention.

October 13, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

TERRIBLE COMPANY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE…

TERRIBLE COMPANY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE DO NOT USE THEIR ROAMING SERVICE!
I travelled on friday the 3rd, used their daily roaming plan, it was finished in 10 minutes so i subscribed to the weekly plan for 600 pounds, i recharged my balance and subscribed, it sent me a message to tell me i’m subscribed to the weekly plan for 600.
IT DIDNT WORK ONCE WITH ME, i had to stay in a country for 4 days with no data, my only source was sitting in restaurants to use their wifi (imagine paying for unneeded stuff just to get wifi because i’m lost in a foreign country). all while that their app says that i have an active plan that’s 100% full as there is no usage
then i called their customer service, the vm told me i have no remaining balance, i recharged and called them. an agent who was extremely rude kept on telling me that the message and the app dont mean i have a plan going on as she sees i only charged for 550 not 600? and that all my balance went on my internet usage with no plan (which never even worked) she kept on arguing with no common sense.
someone called me 10 minutes later, i explained the whole thing again but asked her first “before i tell you what happened, if i have 15 pounds balance and i try to subscribe to a 20 pounds plan, will you send me a message that i’m subscribed or that i dont have enough balance?” she told me the later, told her thank you the rest will make perfect sense to you then and explained AGAIN, she told me i’m right but she needs to get back to me in 10 minutes to check . she never did. i called 30 hours later, the guy told me that he sees i charged 600 pounds yes which means i paid more than 800 and i explained the whole thing AGAIN, he told me he raised a complaint for a manager to get back to me. 10 minutes later someone calls me with a very bad attitude, asks me to explain AGAIN and when i do, he tells me the same nonsense the first lady told me with even worse attitude which i never imagined, tells
me because there is an active plan, it cant be refunded (i thought i didnt have a plan because i didnt have enough balance wow how the words switch in 2 minutes) and then tells me his title doesn’t let him and such things would need a manger. told him then fix your system and leave a note that i won’t be explaining for the 5th time unless it’s someone who has authority to do something about it.

October 3, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have an issue with my bill each month…

I have an issue with my bill each month the past 3 months and each time I have to waste hours and hours of my time trying to talk to somone and even use the chat but they still continue to get it wrong and now no one even calls to rectify- there customer service is so bad now as I have been with them for over 15 years and this is the worst it is at. Best to pay the extra and go with Telstra I believe. I would not even give a 1 star if I didn’t have to

October 3, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Vodafone has the worst service I’ve…

Vodafone has the worst service I’ve ever experienced. Their customer support is completely unhelpful, unresponsive, and lacks even basic common sense. Dealing with them is a waste of time and frustration. I strongly advise everyone to avoid Vodafone.

September 29, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Vodafone will continue sent you bill even cancel post paid service

Cancelled postpaid service, which is the one they said cancel anytime one. Still get bill for next month, most ridiculous is, on the second month which cancelled, get another bill. Because already cancel with them, cannot call 1555 but have to call another number. Forever wait in the queue, no one answer.

September 29, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad Home Broadband Service

I had Vodaphone broadband installed early September 2025 where l live in Scotland in Ayrshire, they promised good speeds for a 150 Mbps speeds In the same room where the Hub it is not bad but in other rooms it's 20Mbps. very poor connection

It's a weak connection and my phone provider from THREE Network Hotspot Connection beats Vodaphone Home Broadband

I asked for 1 free booster but Vodaphone said No, they want me to pay extra and upgrade to receive a booster and try to grab more money from me.

I am paying £23,50, Not worth it and they want to me to pay more for a crap weak 25.18Mbps speed home broadband connection

The connection vary from 20Mbps to 70Mbps if close to the hub. It's a rip off

Think twice in your area before choosing Vodaphone home broadband and keep raising complaints

September 26, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No zero star option?

No zero star option?

Useless service with useless customer service operators based in India. There was an NBN fault that Vodafone refused to send an NBN tech to fix the line.

Vodafone took 2 weeks to turn around and just tell me it was my problem. I had to pay for a technician to inspect the line and he determined it was NBN's responsibility to fix it and Vodafone should have organised this especially seeing though I lodged a dozen complaints because it cost me $15k in business loss.

After being completely dissatisfied with how Vodafone handled my complaints, my businesses losses and an additional $150 bill for a technician I asked for my service to be cancelled and a refund returned to me.

Instead they cancelled the service and retained my money as a credit against my account.

What an absolute disgrace they have been. Do yourselves a favour and go elsewhere.

March 1, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is the worst customer service

This is the worst customer service ever! There is no value for the customer whatsoever!! My husband and I have used Vodafone for over 15 years, and we have had multiple phones with them for us and our kids. We have always paid bills on time and never complained, but this past week was absolutely horrible!!! I’ve ordered a new iPhone 17 together with an accessory pack, had been told that the accessory pack is an original Apple ( it’s not), spent 6 hours on calls and driving to the shops twice to try to return it, and was bounced to different people until finally someone took it from me. Still not sure if they have removed it from my payments. Now phone… being told I am not allowed to order it for pick up. Ok I guess. Then when it didn’t arrive on time, I was told I should have ordered it for pick up. Duh… Had to contact Australia post office (they were very helpful) and they told me that vodaphone did some mistake on the delivery package, they can’t deliver it without vodaphones confirmation, but said they will put in for delivery as soon as they received confirmation. Vodaphone people bounced me to multiple departments; didn’t let me chat with their supervisor ( as I asked) and said it will take them up to 24 hours to contact post office. 24 hours to reply to post office email that the address is correct. Seriously??? Honestly, I don’t even think they understood what was the problem with au post. Everyone just telling me they can’t do anything and no one is responsible for anything. There are more to the story, but those are main points. I will keep posting this negative reviews on all the platforms until someone in their team will actually care to do something and give me compensation. I own the business myself and wouldn't ever treat my clients this way.

September 24, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Staff member from mobile prepay Dept

Staff member from mobile prepay Dept, Oweis.. Thank You for caring , Oweis your amazing competent professional and most of all compassionate in ensuring my telecommunication mobile access to medical staff is priority. You are a wonderful human being, Thank You Kind warm regards , Joana K

September 23, 2025
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