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Evaluating 39 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Consumers faced major difficulties trying to reach customer support, frequently dealing with unresponsive departments, endless identity verification loops, and unhelpful service agents. People experienced severe network disruptions, such as missing phone service, failed number porting, dropped calls, and broken mobile data connections that left them stranded without proper connectivity. Some people were satisfied with the helpful and efficient assistance provided by individual staff members when managing simple account renewals. Other customers also mentioned that when calls connected successfully, certain representatives proved to be professional, polite, and genuinely supportive during service setup.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tried to port over new mobile number to their service.. followed required steps, received automated email confirming that number was ported over, then another email confirming the account and number w... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Needed a replacement sim due to lost sim. Promised in 24 hours, then 48 hours, 5 days and still no sim swap. This is rediculous, with many phone calls and always being told another 24 hours and th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Signed up with Kogan mobile 12 days ago. Phone only started working under Kogan 3 days ago but it shuts down for 8 to 10 hours a day- no phone service, no data. A totally horrible experience over 20 p... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Kogan Mobile has very low communication low quality service. We wanted to transfer existing data to the new SIM. Almost all customer operators are Indian. I don't understand their English. Why c... See more


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  1. Telecommunications service provider
  2. Internet Service Provider
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  4. Phone and internet services

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Kogan Mobile offers Amazingly Low Prices. Choose freedom with Kogan Mobile - mobile prepaid options with unlimited national talk & text plus loads of data. Start saving with Kogan Mobile today!


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not relevant to New Zealand

I tried to order a SIM to New Zealand. It has been a month, because they're shipping them from overseas during covid. I tried to get a better idea of what's going on, and they're just adamant that it should arrive in only a few days - they're so out of touch with New Zealand that they think their pre-covid shipping times are still correct.
Their customer support is dreadful, I think they contract it out to a third world country so they can pay them 1 cent a day.
They're clearly just cashing in without wanting to expend any actually effort (like paying for a shipping depot within New Zealand, for example). I guess they're probably OK until something goes wrong.

29 September 2021
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Its OK

Its OK. Plans are good pricing, but their customer support is pretty crap, and lots of people leave because they don’t give any promotions to existing customers.

Fastest data plan I have used tho, and if you are a new customer the pricing is quite competitive

7 August 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you ever need any customer support…

If you ever need any customer support you are screwed. They don't even have a call center instead a online chat that does nothing at all. Customer service promises to get onto the issue but get ready to be bounced around for days and be so frustrated you end up porting to another company.

13 May 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very slow speeds and bad reception

Very slow speeds. Usually about 3-4mbps in city during busy hours and about 6-7 during quiet hours. In regional areas, speed is just very bad. You'd be lucky to get 3mps regionally. You constantly lose reception in regional areas. I am a loyal customer but I am done with them. Worst provider ever. Spend a little bit more and go with better ones.

11 April 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is review for Kogan Mobile NZ

This is review for Kogan Mobile NZ. I recently trialed their Go xtra large plan which I initially thought was very good deal.

The service was good to start with but the minute you hit a problem there only two ways to get issues resolved either by chat or email. You can’t speak to anyone to get the problem resolved.

I logged a problem with their customer services on March 20 and by April 5th it still was not resolved. This has been absolutely frustrating and wasted so much of my time.

I would not recommend Kogan mobile NZ until they improve their customer support significantly.

I have request Kogan to cancel my account. Stick with 2 Degrees or Skinny.

5 April 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

0 Star for Kogan

My Kogan mobile extra large prepay plan will expire in 2 days, and I decide not to renew the current plan, i clicked change payment method on my kogan app, and...It renewed instantly, it's $188.7. I then contacted their online customer service, who told me they can't refund me "since all Kogan Mobile plans are pre-pay and non-refundable", but they can make some arrangements, that is I can buy another smaller plan, after that, they "will raise the refund request for $188", which seems very suspicious. Anyway, I don't think I can afford another click and $188.7, therefore I decide to leave it. But I will NEVER use Kogan related stuff ever again!

14 December 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I recently purchased a kogan mobile…

I recently purchased a kogan mobile plan, and found that despite me clicking and ensuring that I "cancelled my subscription", there continues to be charges on my credit card. Which when I contacted them, they kept referring me to the fact that "they cannot refund any mobile plans". I had to get my credit card company to blacklist them, that's how bad it got. Yet they still would charge me if given the option.
100% stay away and DO NOT RECOMMEND.

13 December 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

So I wanted to recharge

So I wanted to recharge, but I couldn't get into my account. I rang customer service, and after 10 minutes of computer talk i was greeted with difficult Indian accented lady, who uselessly wouldn't let me pay over the phone, or reset my pin to the account on the computer. After some emails and more uselessness, I decided to change telcos because they obviously didn't value me as a customer. Upon porting my number to the new telco, my details didn't match, and thus failed. I find this hard to believe because I think I would know my name, D.O.B and address, but I believe Kogan changed them to fail the port. So I rang Kogan up to confirm my details who uselessly would not let me confirm. They then proceeded to tell me I needed a statutory declaration to confirm my identity. In conclusion, I think they are scammers and do yourself a favour, keep looking for different telcos, cheers.

16 November 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a scam

This Kogan mobile service is total nonsense. I signed up for yearly plan with discounted rate at the beginning and the renewal date was coming. I stayed to be renewed and they charged me full amount even though I was getting a numerous emails and text saying that yearly plan will be cheaper etc. so I asked why that happened and their response was ->>> We would like to share that the email is part of offers that we were sharing with our existing customers who can continue using our services on discounted rate. However, we never mention in any of our email that your plan will auto-renew with any of special offer.
I don't understand what that means. They share the promotion email with their existing customers but they never mentioned my plan will be renewed with discounted rate? What does it mean really? I am not your existing customer? What a SCAM. That's all I have to say.

22 September 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely woeful. Is there actually someone that will pick up the call?

I usually cant be bothered to post reviews but in this case, I'm just so peeved..

Beware of the saying "You get what you pay for". Yes, I took advantage of their $4.90 40gb promo and now I'm paying for it. Called yesterday and was on phone for over an hour before was disconnected (hung up on). Now nearing the 1 hour mark so will see what happens. All I hear is "if you need assistance, please hold and your call will be answered shortly." What is the definition of "shortly"? This is absolutely horrendous! Worst thing is, no idea where you are in the queue...and if anyone will actually answer my call?

17 April 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Garbage - Watch for telemarketer calls after purchasing

Similar to other posters I have had an issue porting number. A little advice for yourself if you're having the same issue.

The online 'help' is useless and says you can fix yourself in your account. Don't believe them.

Follow the following steps.
1. Email "help @ kogan. com" (without spaces, review wouldn't allow it) immediately outlining the issue. DO NOT EXPECT ANY HELP.
2. For laughs try ringing the 1300 number a couple of times.
3. Keep emailing so you have a trail over 2 weeks showing you have given every reasonable effort to resolve the situation.
4. Ask for a refund.
5. If necessary take to the TIO and/or ASCC.

After spending northwards of 10 hrs on hold to the useless 1300 number and 14 emails over 3 weeks, Kogan has agreed to refund the purchase (sometime in the next 10 business days, this may or may not happen).

In addition all of a sudden my wife and I have been up to a bunch of telemarketer calls, myself for the first time in years (outside of the last time I complained about Kogan). The last time I got this many telemarketer calls was, the last time I complained about kogan.com. I'm almost starting to suspect a disgruntled employee somewhere is filling out 'competitions' with your details if you complain about their service or your details are sold. Please note, I can't substantiate this however this is the second time I've had issue with Kogan and the second time I've got a bunch of telemarketers calls while being on the do not call register.

The first time I had a massive issue with this company I gave them the benefit of the doubt assuming that it was a one off after being a member for northwards of 7 years. I won't be dealing with them again unless I am exceptionally desperate for a product I simply can't get elsewhere.

You've been warned you're considered a sucker if you do business with Kogan or Kogan mobile, not a customer. You will be treated as such.

Goodluck.

PS I will update if I ever get the refund.

14 April 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ISSUE WITH PORTING

I have to wait a 2 hour phone call line and still there is no responds. THEN THEY HUNG UP ON ME?
Completely and utterly disappointed with this customer service.

7 April 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pre-paid mobile service auto-renewed…

Pre-paid mobile service auto-renewed (which is literally just a month-to-month plan) and charged me $70 for a service I can't use. Terrible service. Have used Kogan many times in the past and thought the bad service comments were overblown, but I'll never buy anything from them again. Not worth it.

17 March 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Kogan mobile roaming useless in the Mediterranean.

Kogan mobile annual package use on a daily basis in Australia has been faultless and I happily give it a 5 star rating.
Kogan Mobile International Roaming however, is less than a 1 star rating.
On enquiring about international roaming before a recent overseas trip I was assured that I could purchase 24hour roaming for $15 from each of the countries I was proposing to visit. In Spain, France, Italy and Malta, Kogan sent an SMS message saying that "Welcome to
(name of country). Roaming in this country is not available on Kogan Mobile. Please use WiFi if you wish to use your mobile. Have a safe trip."
In the UK according to the SMS roaming is possible however by the time I reached UK I had not a shred of confidence left in Kogan roaming.
I can understand Kogan not having international roaming, but to claim that it is available and simple to obtain in the Mediterranean is positively fraudulent.
Hot tip: Rather than using Kogan, change carriers if International roaming is important to you.

16 February 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Koganmobile

My wife has used Koganmobile for over 2 years and I have used it for 8 months and am very happy with the service we receive and the excellent price we pay.

24 January 2020
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I bought a $15 pack/24 hrs for…

I bought a $15 pack/24 hrs for international roaming. After activating it at LHR airport I could call my son in London using Kogan's instructions but he could not ring me back even he followed what I told him to dial with 001161 then my Kogan mobile #. I could text him but he couldn't text back!. So this pack is useless to my expectation and the instructions of how to use it I got from the Kogan team online seemed to be misleading customers.

26 November 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Kogan mobile warning

I pay up front for a hole year with Kogan Mobile, but something went wrong and instead of kogan mobile helping me, kogan mobile tell me to call Kogan and Kogan tell me to call Kogan mobiles both of them don't want to take responsibility and I'm left without no service no money and no one to help me because they all don't want to deal with the promble and now Im out of pocket a hole lot of money and nothing to show

26 October 2019
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A full-featured, value-for-money mobile-plan that lasts all year

Kogan Mobile is on the reliable and fast Vodafone mobile-network. I took up Kogan Mobile's offer of 40% off, prepaid for one year. So, for only 86.3¢ per day I get unlimited standard calls and texts to Australian numbers and 40GB of data to use per month. Kogan Mobile also has 20GB, 13GB and 7GB data-levels available on its Mobile Plans, as well as 30GB and 8GB Data Plans for your tablet or device. (I connect my computer to the internet via the personal-hotspot feature on my smartphone.) When you activate, I recommend installing the Kogan Mobile app onto your phone, which lets you keep track of your data usage.

10 June 2019
Unprompted review

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