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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am so pleased with Hallon. I travel alot and the reception is seemless. They include the UK, which is the main destination I visit for family. Really love you network, hope you keep it up!

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It is not easy to talk, chat often resets, not all information in hallon page is clear. When I changed plan with subscripsion to another with more GB, it changed automaticly to prepaid card. And I did... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My previous telecom providers had very poor rates for mobile subscriptions. Migrating to Raspberry was very smooth and digital, they had all possible questions in their FAQ. I could migrate and k... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good support. And their offers good for temporary solutions (I dont use them as my default account as i have one already). Otherwise, I don’t think they have all the information clear on the website,... See more

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Hallon uppstod när allt fler efterfrågade enkla och billiga mobilabonnemang. Varför krångla till det när man inte behöver, tänkte vi. Sedan 2013 har svenskar kunnat ringa och surfa billigt utan bindningstider, krångliga fakturor eller rörliga priser. Ett enklare mobilt liv börjar med ett klick hos oss. Vi kallar det Halloneffekten.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

150kr subscription, 350kr in practice

For the third month in the row, my mobile data has been shut down, while at the same time they tell me I have more than 10GB left.
My only option is to buy extra EXPENSIVE data, making a subscription of 150kr/month turn into 350kr/month in practice. Either incompetence or a scam, either way seriously bad service.

Customer service is only an annoying chatbot that allows you to type max 500 characters without line breaks. Ie. non-existent.

January 6, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst telecom company I have ever dealt…

Worst telecom company I have ever dealt with. Two bills were sent to me within one month, knowing that I did not use the mobile SIM. I used another SIM card. I tried to cancel my subscription several times to no avail. I could not contact anyone in this company. There is no customer service phone number. I don't know how to get rid of this bad company. I really regret dealing with them and I do not advise anyone to subscribe to this company.

September 1, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Mobile operator ....

Hallon is the worst cellphone company I've experienced while traveling. If you happen to travel or need to come in contact with customer service never ever join Hallon.

I was traveling from Sweden to Sarajevo last month. Since Bosnia is not part of EU the moment I started my phone I was charged 80 EURO for roaming charges. After that your phone service will be locked. Two days later I arrived in Croatia which was an EU country. I tried to unlock my service but it was impossible to contact the customer service. The Chat service is a joke. Most of the time it is not even active and when it is you will be kicked back in the waiting queue. If you magically happen to connect to an operator, she will ask you 7-8 ridiculous questions to make sure you will not ask for any help.

August 15, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Where is the customer service ?

Super interested by this kind of operators because it is cheap and most of the time quite nicer than the usual big ones..but when it comes to any specific question there is no customer service to take over.

Terrible service, I have been waiting for a week now to unlock my data in EU while traveling.

You should do something and do not state 2-3 business days answer when you are not capable of getting back to your customers after a week.

July 15, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am using Hallon for my startup and it…

I am using Hallon for my startup and it costs only 1/4th of some telephony big names in Sweden. Extremely happy with with the service so far. Today I got a message offering me 25gb additional surf free of cost for working from my Stuga. I may not require additional 25gb but I really like the company attitude towards customers.

July 5, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer service from hell

Customer service from hell, takes several days to get in touch with them. Also, they charge you for a full 30 day period even though they know they have problems with shipment and you receive your SIM card 7-10 days after they start to charge you/count the days. That's why they have low listed prices.

June 3, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible

Terrible. 1) They rip you off. I canceled my plan, the customer service rep. wrote during our chat that she HAD ALREADY credited my credit card with the amount that would be charged for the following month, but I was charged the full amount for the following month and never received the credit. 2) Awful customer service. There is no way to call them, they only offer a chat alternative. To get to chat with a customer service representative, I had to wait over an hour.

March 21, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hello Kr!

Thank you for the review; I'm sorry to hear that you've had a bad experience. Please don't hesitate to contact customer service so we can help you solve this issue if you've been wrongly charged for your subscription.

Best regards,
hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible network operator

My payment failed due to card issues. I have updated my latest card details online. They’ve still blocked my subscription. I cannot make any outgoing calls. Kind of stuck. Horrible experience despite being customer for more than 4 years. No response for my follow up email. Chat is getting reset horribly. Terrible customer service.

March 16, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hi Lingarajkumar!

I'm sorry to hear you've experienced trouble with your payment. Thank you for taking your time to give us this feedback!

Best regards,
hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No way to shut Internet off when abroad

I've been Hallon's client for more than 2 years and until I needed some extra support, things were OK. But I feel robed right now. There must be some justice somehow. I was abroad for 2 months and thought it would be simple as it was with my previous mobile operator to stop Internet surfing, but nope. Hallon really makes it complicated to stop surfing and prevent you from paying even though you are mot using. You cannot freeze your account for a few months as the other operators. They ask you to contact their support for it (!!!). I tried to do it, and Oh My, how bad they are with support. They robotically asked me a long list of questions whose answers they obviously had much better access to than I did and I could feel it was just to make me tired and see if I would give up. Ugly practice... I ended up w extreme bills, 6x more than I usually pay. Two days trying and being in the line for the support that stops working just like that, I managed to talk to someone. Once again, they asked a lot of info to make me give up (uhhh...GDPR?) and Thelma, the support atendent, said passive aggressively that Hallon could pay me 300kr back. I tried to undestand and reason with her and got an even worse answer: this was all Hallon could pay, but if I didn't want the 300kr, there was nothing else Hallon could do, no one else to talk. It really felt like a "shut-up" reimbursement. Before I could copy the conversation to save it and rate the support I received, Thelma shut the window and closed the service. (Cannot understand how it would be in Hallon's best interest to give this much power to an attendant). So ugly!

March 4, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hi Juliana!

Thank you for reviewing hallon!

I apologies if you've experienced bad support in contact with us. We of course do not ask questions with the purpose that the recipient would give up. Questions we ask, especially in the beginning of a conversation are to ensure that we are writing with the right person. This is required by us because of GDPR (The General Data Protection Regulation) and to ensure that your information is not accessed by anyone else but you.

When roaming abroad for future reference make sue that data roaming is turned off in your device if you do not wish to use data abroad. This setting must be turned on if you want to use your subscription outside the home network of your operator.

I hope this has helped clear some things up, and you are more than welcome to contact us at kundservice@hallon.se if you have any questions or concerns.

Best regard,
hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rip off!

The moment I opened my mobile overseas to change SIM card while travelling, they charged me 500 SEK and they claimed I made a telephone call! Rip off!

January 21, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hello!

We sincerely apologies for any misunderstanding regarding charges abroad or if it hasn't been detailed clearly enough on your invoice.

When roaming abroad outside EU/EES its recommended to be extra cautious when using your phone since usage is often more expensive. Data usage is especially notorious in this regard as it can quickly fly away out of control, whether it be active usage or background usage.

It's highly recommended when roaming abroad outside the EU/EES to always have data roaming off in your phones settings to avoid this from happening to you.

Best regards,
Martin at hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hallon is the worst mobile operator…

Hallon is the worst mobile operator imaginable. Avoid them like the plague, or they will make bogus charges against your account for months after you cancel the service

January 19, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hello Challe!

We sincerely apologies if you're receiving invoices months after you've terminated your subscription. Of course this should stop after the termination has been processed.

You can always login on Mina sidor on our web page with your BankID to check if there's any active subscriptions still present, and terminate them if that's the case.

You are of course also more than welcome to contact our customer service for assistance: https://www.hallon.se/kontakta-oss

Best regards,
Martin at hallon

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Good prices

Good prices, annoying af ads and signal that drops out often at remote locations and deep inside buildings. That's about it.

January 12, 2021
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Hello!

Thank you for your review, and we apologies if our ads aren't to your taste! 😅

Best regards,
Martin at hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hallon.se is horrible

Hallon.se is horrible. Even after you cancel their service, they will attempt to charge your credit card for service several months afterward. Then if you want to complain or stop this fraudulent behavior, you will have to wait weeks just to get a reply from their customer service. A bunch of cheats. AVOID AVOID AVOID

January 11, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hello Charles!

We sincerely apologies if you're receiving invoices months after you've terminated your subscription. Of course this should stop after the termination has been processed.

You can always login on Mina sidor on our web page with your BankID to check if there's any active subscriptions still present, and terminate them if that's the case.

You are of course also more than welcome to contact our customer service for assistance: https://www.hallon.se/kontakta-oss

Best regards,
Martin at hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst thief's and disappointing…

The worst thief's and disappointing company in Sweden.. not any support for 5 weeks, very slow internet.. overcharged by the company, they say it u must pay even for fees that are not supporting, the only thing they ca say.. is that we understand you abd your furstation and we will fix it asp,, then again write to chat? when the chat ??is not working?? so we pay for no service without network or solution very bad service must be shut down according to the costumers issues the police must check well this thief's....

January 9, 2021
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Reply from Hallon

Hello Saimir!

We sincerely apologies if you've experienced problems with your subscription and internet speed.

We're of course not thieves trying to steal from you. Subscription plans are automatically charged monthly with or without usage and if you ever feel that the subscription you have with us isn't working out as you like you can always terminate it whenever you want since we don't have binding times or termination periods. This can also be done whenever you want via our self-service on Mina sidor on our web page.

You are also more than welcome to contact customer support if there's anything we can help you with: https://www.hallon.se/kontakta-oss

Best regards,
Martin at hallon

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If you want to kill your mental health...welcome to Hallon

Do NOT move your number to Hallon. I repeat. Please do not create misery for yourself. How is this company allowed to be advertised? Its lies, scams and should be banned. I paid Hallon and without my knowledge decided to get 2 subscriptions under my name. The first sim worked for One day then suddenly no longer worked the next. The calls wouldn’t go through or Sms. Horrified by what i got myself into i cancelled the subscription. The other subscription was about to start with my number being transferred. I decided to cancel the mobile number transfer because of what had happened to the other subscription. I decided it was unreliable. I tried getting in touch woth hallon for days and even 4 hours in queue on chat. They do not respond to emails. Let me express that. THEY DO NOT WANT TO RESPOND to you. I was waiting in the queue on chat and kept getting pushed back to the end of the queue- 87th position. Yes. 87th position. Everytime i reach the 16th position i get dragged back. When I finally got hold of hallon the next day, they told me that the number transfer has been cancelled. I was sooo happy that i would not have to deal with all them ever again . But then things got even more worse. I wake up one day to “no service”. My number gone with Hallon. Me having no subscriptions whatso ever and my number wiped off from my original mobile operator. I was too kind to hallon to wait in the list again. Paid hallon even more money to order another sim and get my number back. Did i ask for refund?no i didnt. I just want my number and to just calmly go back to my original mobile operator. I wanted to go silently without saying anything about them... but no one deserves this. Honestly, I wouldn’t even wish this upon my worst enemy. I pray you all save your stress levels, and mental health and do not put yourself through this. Wish everyone luck. They are right to be advertising themselves as cheap- cheap quality and service. I bet all the money they scam goes to advertisements and its a cycle of Scam and advertise. Thats how they keep it going. I was so stressed :/ you want to spend most of your time Stressing about hallon? Then sure but people have a life.

Oh yeah and I saw how you respond here to other customers. I DONT WANT YOUR APOLOGY its meaningless and revolting. DON’T even try suggesting emailing you- you don’t even respond! We can take this matter further. You have lost my respect. I dont want my money you took. GIVE MY NUMBER BACK i paid for it and you stole it.

December 16, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would not recommend Hallon at any…

I would not recommend Hallon at any price, stay away! Customer service is terrible, horrible reseption and billing is even worse as they have other companys to handle bills. I would not use Hallon even if they paid me to use their services.

November 28, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The customer service is horrible they…

The customer service is horrible they charge you whatever they want, they don't explain the charges, they charge you a lot for receiving calls even if you don't answer them when you are out of EU. do not use them is the worst company ever. They make you wait for hr in the chat.

Kundtjänsten är hemsk, de debiterar dig vad de vill, de förklarar inte avgifterna, de debiterar dig mycket för att ta emot samtal även om du inte svarar dem när du är utanför EU. använd inte dem är det värsta företaget någonsin. De får dig att vänta på hr i chatten.

October 5, 2020
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Reply from Hallon

Hejsan Gerardo!

Tack för din feedback!

Det är jättetråkigt att du upplever vår kundservice så pass dålig, och jag kan försäkra dig om att vi inte debiterar utan något underlag. Varje månad specificerar vi alla kostnader som månadskostnaden för abonnemanget avser i en detaljspecifikation som man utan hjälp av kundservice kan nå på Mina sidor, antingen via vår hemsida eller vår app.

Om du befunnit dig utomlands utanför EU/EES kostar det att ta emot samtal till din röstbrevlåda. Detta framkommer även i välkomstmeddelandet för det land du besöker.

Vi hoppas att du i övrigt varit nöjd med ditt hallonabonnemang.

MVH,
hallon

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