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Elderly parent let a supposed EE engineer into house without appointment

porcupine456
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Investigator

They turned up unannounced with no appointment and were let into the house where they proceeded to fiddle with the router for an hour and take it to bits and put back together again. Then said there might be a problem or not and left.
This all sounds highly suspicious as there was no problem with internet before they arrived.
What do other people think about this?
Tried contacting EE on his behalf but I can't get through to them.

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porcupine456
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Resolved. My Dad wasn't telling me the full story and I've now found the details of the engineer visit in his EE dashboard. He's very old and not with it.

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porcupine456
Investigator
Investigator

They turned up unannounced with no appointment and were let into the house where they proceeded to fiddle with the router for an hour and take it to bits and put back together again. Then said there might be a problem or not and left.
This all sounds highly suspicious as there was no problem with internet before they arrived.
What do other people think about this?
Tried contacting EE on his behalf but I can't get through to them.

JimM11
Maestro
Maestro

@porcupine456 If you cannot get to EE CS to check it all out, the Forum cannot do anything much at all for you. Use the contact details link as below any issues then the Police may be the best way to go, and do stress to the Elderly NEVER let anyone inside the Home especially if Unannounced visit. Have also linked the 2nd one so do take a look, about Guide visit's does not say if has to be 100% booked or not though!

ee.co.uk/help/contact-ee

About an EE Guide Home Visit| Broadband Help | EE

porcupine456
Investigator
Investigator

Can't get through to customer service. All the numbers are automated and I eventually got in a queue for a real person but was waiting over an hour so had to give up for now.

Christopher_G
EE Community Support Team

Hi @porcupine456 

Welcome to the community.

That really does sound unusual. I've sent you a private message to try and get some information from you, so that we can look into this.

Please take a look at your community inbox and get back to me.

Thanks

Chris

porcupine456
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Investigator

Christopher_G - Have messaged you.

porcupine456
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Investigator

Resolved. My Dad wasn't telling me the full story and I've now found the details of the engineer visit in his EE dashboard. He's very old and not with it.

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