| Address: Thane, Maharashtra |
even after informing and seeking inputs on 31st October / 1st November 2012, before moving out of town on 2nd November , i was not given the details of drastically high charges of "rs.3.50 per sms" or high roaming charges(unspecified) or no connectivity/tie-ups in Eastern UP circle.
Abruptly on 14th Nov 2012 i was BARRED and with NIL networks shown. Only on reaching Mumbai on 18th Nov, i received some signal. After calling “customer service” only info given was “services are barred”, nobody knew why. On repeated calling i was informed that i had run up a bill of Rs.3278.00 and was VERY HIGH. I instantly paid Rs.3300.00 online and kept calling Aircel Customer support till 11.00 PM to restore my connection.
Next morning i got a sms that my current bill for cycle[protected] till[protected] was Rs. 3930.22, (due by 4th Dec 2012) HOW it shot up by Rs.650.00 without me making any calls or sms as my services were barred till[protected].00 pm is a mystery????
Then suddenly my services were barred again on 22nd Nov 2012 around noon again without information/warning. Again repeated follow-ups had no effect, no complaint numbers given, no explanations given. When i wrote a strong mail to appellate authority i got a assurance of services restoration in 4 hours which never happened. Further follow ups and they insisted i visit their gallery at Malad as the nearest one to my house at Mira Road had shut operations and next was at Malad (W).
I had to travel one and a half hour to reach the Aircel gallery. There i was informed that they had BARRED DUE TO very high usage and bills of Rs.3930.22. I argued that this is unfair when i have already paid Rs.3300.00 approx 84 % of bill bill amount even before bill generation how could they just bar my service without any information or warning. The executive after lot of tinkering and back-office discussions restored my services after about one hour. Then he warned that if did’nt pay Rs.2000.00 immediately to cover the balance Rs.650.00 (due by 4th Dec 2012) and advance for unmade calls again my number would be BARRED SHORTLY. I had no choice but to keep my number active first, take up the matter with “Consumer Forum” and immediately port out to a better service provider.
The company has acted indiscriminately. My due date for full payment being 4th December 2012 and even as per company’s credit limit set @ rs.1100.00, i still had rs.470.00 (incl billed+unbilled) to be used. Then why have they inconvenienced me twice. Once for 5 days from[protected] to[protected] and again for 2 days from[protected] to[protected]. I have lost connectivity and business.
I request the forum to TASK the inefficient service provider for :-
a) refunding pro-rata bills for duration services not rendered (BARRED)
b) Penalty of Rs.10 lacs for inefficient services, mental trauma and harassment, withholding and denying services as agreed upon and paid for by me. IN SHORT BARRING ME ILLEGALLY UND UNJUSTLY WITHOUT SPECIFYING VALID REASONS
c) Treating my connection worse than a pre-paid connection, NOT EVEN PROVIDING COMPLAINT NUMBERS UMPTEEN NUMBER OF TIMES.
d) Repeating this CALLS BARRED three times since connection obtained. First month itself they had barred connection just after sending the bill to my mail id. Explanation offered was that my billed and unbilled amt had surpassed rs.700.00.
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved