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What's the longest you've been on hold to centrelink for?
Random survey - what's the longest you've been on hold to centrelinik for?
Mine is around 120 attempted calls and around 1 hour 20 min hold time.
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Unknown userMember
Random survey - what's the longest you've been on hold to centrelinik for?
Mine is around 120 attempted calls and around 1 hour 20 min hold time.
In response to: What's the longest you've been on hold to centrelink for?
Ma60Senior Contributor
I always allow at least an hour to be left on hold. I usually complete jigsaws on my iPad whilst I wait.
In response to: What's the longest you've been on hold to centrelink for?
Unknown userMember
I’ve been trying to phone Centrelink for months and haven’t been able to get through even once. I usually give up somewhere between the 50th and 70th redial and try again later—to no avail.
It’s sad when being on hold for more than an hour seems so desirable.
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Unknown userMember
The average wait time for me was about an hour and a half! So very annoying but the best time to call is first thing in the morning I found, sometimes the wait was only half an hour if I was lucky! @Former-Member
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