Vodafone topup, html character entity problem, proxy error

November 19th, 2012 | by Sean |

What do you do when you can’t communicate with a web-based organisation using their own ‘Contact Us’ method? It’s frustrating, so I’m going to copy this here. I’ve just topped up my prepaid mobile phone using a debit card on Vodafone’s website. I got a confirmation text saying

Thank you for your order.TopUp Amount:£10.You bought this on …

It’s not easy to read with that Numeric character reference in there – it should say

Thank you for your order.TopUp Amount:£10.You bought this on …

In a helpful mood, I thought I’d use Vodafone’s email contact form to let them know they are sending mangled texts. I filled in the form (including the surprisingly large number of compulsory personal detail fields) clicked the ‘Next’ button and got this:

Besides pointing out that not being able to communicate with a communications company has in the past convinced me to change telecom provider, that’s all I have to say.

Update: I got an email confirmation 20 minutes later that they have received the contact form.

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