Ok til all networks are same. They will do anything to leach your or your parents' hard earned money.
I was calling someone and before you get connected, you have these voice ads which inform you of various recharge offers. It was an ad about the new aircel offer of 3gb data pack for rs 227. I was excited and pleasantly surprised as my data plan had run out yesterday (21 aug).
So i checked by dialing *121# and i found that offer. I was cautious so i double checked in their spl offers for u section and the same plan was there.
But when i recharged, i got only 1.25 gb. I called cc. They were not very helpful and i am not even sure they were listening to what i was saying becuase instead of resolving my issue, they give me the number to check balance. After a couple of minutes, they asked me to wait for a couple of hours as the processing of offer might take some time.
So i waited and after 6 hrs, i checked balance and then i called them again. This time though this guy almost instantaneously told me it was a misunderstanding and the offer was "upto 3gb" and not "3gb". I was pissed off at this point. First of all, their was audio and i am sure the only thing that catches your attention is "3gb for 227".
Secondly, they never provided me enough info without recharge. When you dial *121# you only get the overview of the offers and the option. To activate it. No option that provides you with all the info.
At this point, i asked him if i could get my money back. Now comes the worst part, i asked him to connect to senior official. Now this guy, who i didn't know if he was actually senior off., he was completely unprofessional who i terrupteminutes and ten and used idiotic arguments which contradicted himself. Ihe used the argument that companies do this sort of thing all the time and esp during festive season, when they offer upto 50% discount. That doesn't mean you actually get 50% on all items. But he never mentioned that you they actually give you full details about the product. I told him that they also have "return policy" and i want to do exactly that. Now he said "this can't be applied to telcos". I said then if that was the case, then doesnt that invalidate his previous argument. It continued for a minutes. He never accepted that "ad was misleading" nor was he even listening to me at times constantly interrupting me. I asked him so tomorrow "will you scam customers by saying that some offer gives upto 10gb and actually giving 1gb data?" as a matter of fact, i am sure most customers won't notice upto and assume that it gives 10gb data. Why cant u say that you can get 1-10 gb of data? Because your customers might notice this and maynot buy it? This is so misleading! At this point, he said he will call me back later.
In the end, i would like to say that it is not just about me, it is about other customers as well. The fact that when i called the second time, the cc almost i instantaneously recognised my problem shows that this must have been a quite common issue. Yet, they are not willing to redress this. I was ok with getting edge and lowspeed internet instead of the promised 3g internet speeds. Even one of my online tests got blocked for 3 days because of poor connection. I was ok with that cause it was sunday evening when the traffic is really at its peak. But this is not ok.
Why not provide full information
To your customers? Instead o[censored]pto 3gb, why did you not mention 1.25 gb -3gb. Do you even care about customers?
I want either my money back or 2gb of data which is pretty fair considering airtel/idea are providing 2gb at that price. Most importantly, i would ask them to get rid of misleading ads!
Sincerely
Satya
Mobile number: [protected]
Odisha
Oct 1, 2016
Complaint marked as Resolved
Aircel customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Aug 24, 2016
Aircel Customer Care's response Dear Satya1025,
We apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please share the following details so that our team can look into your issue:
Recharge Date:
Mode of recharge:
Transaction ID:
Kindly feel free to write to us at [protected]@aircel.co.in for any further assistance on this matter.
Thanks and Regards
Aircel Social Media Team
Aug 24, 2016
Updated by Satya1025 I hope that you have actually read about my issue and this response isn't generated by a bot.Anyways here are the details you asked me about:
Recharge Date: 23 August 2016
Recharge Mode: Through the vendor
ID: ORR[protected]
I hope you understand my problem and don't just send a message that my problem is resolved without giving it serious thought, for what I am demanding is fair and not outrageous.
Sincerely
Satya
Verified Support
Aug 24, 2016
Aircel Customer Care's response Dear Satya1025,
Thanks for writing to us. This is to inform you, we have forwarded your complaint to the concerned department. At Aircel India, customer satisfaction has always been our priority and we assure that your concern will be taken care of at the earliest.
Kindly feel free to write to us at [protected]@aircel.co.in for any further assistance on this matter.
Thanks and Regards
Aircel Social Media Team
Aug 25, 2016
Updated by Satya1025 Well, this is the problem with you guys. You didn't even read the thing I guess.If the offer wasnt applicable, then why bother me at all with the message? I did not notice that it said UPTO 3GB.I thought I will get 3GB.And therein, lies the problem.No will notice that it says "UPTO". They will just think that they will get 3GB.So, in short, your ads were misleading.For example, if some telco tomorrow comes up with a plan that gives upto 10 GB for rs200 but actually gives 1GB, do you think it is fair from the perspective of the customers?Granted, legally UPTO 10GB means anywhere from 0-10GB, but is it morally correct to cheat your customers with misleading ads?You tell me.
Why didn't you explicitly mention that you will get anything between 1.25GB -3 GB?Cause no one in their right mind will pay 227rs for 1.25GB plan, when there are other ISP which give 2GB for the same price.So, you come up with this ad to mislead at least some of customers who don't have a keen eye.And you clearly succeeding
And I am done with Aircel.Seriously, I am done.You didn't even read my problem.You just gave the same answer that your CC gave.You all telcos are the same.
Verified Support
Aug 27, 2016
Aircel Customer Care's response Dear Satya1025,
We have re-escalated your issue to the team. We will share an update soon.
Kindly feel free to write to us at [protected]@aircel.co.in for any further assistance on this matter.
Thanks and Regards
Aircel Social Media Team
Verified Support
Aug 31, 2016
Aircel Customer Care's response Dear Customer (Satya1025),
As per our concerned team this offer is not applicable for your number.
Warm Regards,
Aircel Social Media Team
We apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please share the following details so that our team can look into your issue:
Aircel No.:
Transaction ID:
Kindly feel free to write to us at [email protected] for any further assistance on this matter.
Thanks and Regards
Aircel Social Media Team