CUF, Via verde, CGD have horrific websites/apps
I’m Portuguese. Basic online functions don’t work, they display wrong information, and some things can only be updated at a counter.
With Viaverde it showed that I had an associated payment means with a “check” mark, but then payments kep bouncing. Turns out that what’s on the website is wrong and I had to go to an ATM to associate a card, so payments could work.
With CUF, changing address is not possible online, only at a counter. Associating my kids to my account is shown as a function, but it does not save. How hard can it be?
With CGD the UX is quite bad, as when certifying a new phone, it keeps rejecting it, and it does not say that I need a history of operations. There’s other similar functions, where a simple error message is now shown, and you don’t know why things fail.
I could go on… Mercedes salesmen don’t call you, or don’t reply to mails. Vodafone promises an account manager, who refuses to help you. Companies dont’t have answering machines configured for the closing hours. There’s just an all round sloppiness. Come on bosses, there’s a lot of competent, motivated staff, just empower them and get out of their way. You cannot micromanage a company in a modern economy.
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Amaranth Reef
May 28, 2025
Use Telepass instead. Its the Italian Maut System which isn’t perfect either. But at least it works (some pages are only available in Italian somehow).
Also you can use it in Portugal, France and Spain aswell. You can even switch vehicles and license plates with it.
Red Bucket
May 30, 2025
I fixed the thing in the meantime. It’s just this deathn by a thousand cuts that is annoying!
Gray Crater
May 28, 2025
I love how this is turning into a page where actual Portuguese people come to vent 😆
Red Bucket
May 30, 2025
I spent over 10 years abroad, so only the “cámones” can really empathise with my suffering! :D
Rose Newt
May 28, 2025
100% what surprises me is that this actually makes everyone’s life more complicated. bad UX - more calls/meetings in person - more work. it seems obvious and yet..
Red Bucket
May 28, 2025
Oh yes, but that’s also how it works in small companies. You send a mail, people call and ask for a meeting. There is no agenda and no minutes, so the meetings goes really nowhere.
People with good leadership skills could build some great companies here, given the good talent available, as long as they can institute a culture of rigour, e.g., pick up interns and train certain habits, like when to meet or when to write, proper meetings, etc.