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Harsha Shivu
from Bengaluru, Karnataka
Sep 15, 2021
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Address: 128/1, 2nd floor, 12th B cross, 6th Main, JP nagar 3rd Phase Bangalore 560078

The issue that I have experienced was: I had raised an request to cancel my service (broadband: [protected]) on 27 Aug 2021 and I received a call from an agent named Abhishek where he insisted me to continue the service. Upon rejecting the he offered me 10 days of free rental for the usage of the internal. I tried to reject this offer too but he insisted to give a try. I just accepted and removed the entire connection and wiring. I again called and placed cancallation request on 3rd Sept.
They accepted and generated bill for 685 for the usage. when they say it's free and why should they charge the amount.
THis is total fraud and should be notified to department of telecommunication

It occurred on: 3/09/2021

please educate your agents to check the complaints and read comments
and cancel my charges

I look forward to your prompt response on this matter. I would like to keep a complete record of my case, so please reply back via this email account.

Yours faithfully,

Harsha Shivu

Mobile Number: [protected]
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Oct 20, 2021
Updated by Harsha Shivu
its been more than a month and Airtel has not responded
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    Sekhar53
    from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
    Sep 15, 2021
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    Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    I recharged my Airtel DTH account for ₹ 330/- using my credit card on 9th Sep 2021 and got. Transaction Failed msg. However my Card company said Airtel settled the transaction on 10th Sep.
    On the same day I recharged DTH again through NetBanking.
    However until now the Failed Charge amount does not appear on Airtel account and has not been refunded either
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      nisar0123
      Sep 15, 2021
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      Broadband Connection Shifting

      I raised a request regarding shifting of my broadband connection on 6th September 2021 (request no[protected]. But my connection is still not shifted after 9 days of raising the request. I called customer care everyday and they kept me saying same thing that they have escalated the case and my connection will be shifted by the end of the day but it's still not shifted.
      And not even a single technician have visited on my address till...
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      sarancom
      from Mysore, Karnataka
      Sep 15, 2021
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      Address: 16th Cross Road, Akshaya Nagar 2nd Block, Ramamurthy Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, N03

      My Broadband connection is closed in May 2021. I got final bill with amount that has to be refund back. Till now it is not refunded back. I escalated to nodal and appellate officer. No action Yet. .
      My Airtel account Details:
      Fixed Line No : [protected] Account Id: [protected]
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        Vishal Kumar Vishi
        Sep 14, 2021
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        Dear Team,

        I have confern my airtel Xtreme box replacement till yesterday night my airtel xtreme box not wrking and after raised complaint engineer visit and he says issue in my box and is replaced but he was says airtel xtreme box is out of stock last 15-20 days and he is not comitted when will be available stock kindly resolve my issue and as soon as replaced my xtreme box otherwies i was chnage in tata sky.

        Is that true airtel is huge big company he have not a single swap setup box is it poor company .
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          Neha Sabnani
          Sep 14, 2021
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          Address: Bangalore

          I was not informed that plan will be changed from 299 to 349, I never gave the permission to airtel company to do so. After calling the call centre they replied they have sent sms now a days who has time to go through sms this is the not the way to change the plan u need to call customer if he is ok then u can go ahead & change the plan. If airtel is no longer having 299 plan that’s not my problem. I never gave the permission for change of plan, this is purely cheating the consumer. I don’t want to continue with airtel, request the company to take the bill payment as previously new payment I will not pay.
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            saloniig
            Sep 13, 2021
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            Address: Gtb nagar

            I received below message and the recharge was done under DTH connection. I entered my FIBER ID [protected] only and then it shows recharge done successfully.

            How it can be possible if my put FIBER ID but it recharged for DTH.

            URGENT! To avoid service disconnection for your Airtel Xstream Fiber ID [protected], please pay Rs. 2829 at the earliest. Pay via u.airtel.in/qCDYxnmC4Opl . Pls Ignore if already paid.

            I have only broadband connection and I do not have any DTH connection. I am attaching the screenshot for your reference as well. I am sharing the call recording as well in which refund was promised to me.

            I have broadband connection but recharge was done under DTH connection of another person's account.

            I live in Delhi but customer service told me that DTH connection is registered for person who lives in Gujarat.

            I want my money back. That was website glitch who did wrong.

            I am writing since last month, you can check all my emails. Also, I would request you to LISTEN all the call recordings and see how pathetic people you have hired.

            I called many times regarding my payment issue.

            On 6th August, 2021 I recharged my broadband and paid Rs. 2829 and I really don't know how the recharge was done under DTH connection. However, I have only broadband connection not the DTH.

            Then, I sent many emails and called you as well then came to know that recharge was done under DTH connection not for broadband.

            So, one of your agents told me (between Aug 23 to 26, I don't remember the exact date) will initiate the refund and I will get within 5 to 7 business days.

            But I didn't receive the refund and after waiting for so many days, I called on 9th September, 2021 and then agent told me that I will get a call regarding refund and you will get it on the same or next day.

            I got a call and I shared the transaction ID with her and then she confirmed that I will get a refund within 24 hours on the same source of payment which is Paytm Wallet. Even I got text message for the same as well.

            I waited for 24 hours and then again called and then your agent told me that refund was never promised to me and it has been denied. He started lying and told me that his system is not working, tools are stopped working and due to this unable to fetch my account.
            I asked for the supervisor and he denied. Supervisor didn't take my call and agent said that he is not available. I insisted him that I want to talk to supervisor but he denied. And at last, he offered a call back. And I mentioned I need a call at 8 pm same day.

            I again waited and called them again as I didn't receive any call back from you because your employees did not want to work.

            Then I explained my story to new agent once again and the agent said that he is transferring my call to the supervisor. And you know what, what you supervisor did. He put my call on hold for more than 30 mins. And he was just unhold and hold the call without talking to me. It shows how customer oriented people you are. If they didn't want to work then you can simply deny na that you don't want to work. WHY YOU HAVE HIRED SUCH RIDICULOUS PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK.

            And then I disconnected the call and again called your pathetic customer service. Then again new agent told me that my case is open and I will get a refund by end of day before 12 am or by next day for sure.

            So, I am going to wait for today and if I will not get it then will call you again plus I am going to leave this message on social media, consumer court plus police stations.

            The world should know how pathetic people you are. And how you took someone's hard earned money and didn't give back.

            You can listen all the call recordings specially for 9sept and 10 sept. However, I have all call recordings as well and will surely publish it everywhere.

            I have contacted paytm and they said you have received the payment.

            Why you people are lying. Refund my money.

            Below is the text message I received from paytm:

            Paid Rs. 2829.0 to merchant at[protected]:05:10. The merchant can verify it through SMS or Business App. For queries, visit http://m.paytm.me/care - PPBL
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            Sep 13, 2021
            Updated by saloniig
            I received below message and the recharge was done under DTH connection. I entered my FIBER ID [protected] only and then it shows recharge done successfully.

            How it can be possible if my put FIBER ID but it recharged for DTH.

            URGENT! To avoid service disconnection for your Airtel Xstream Fiber ID [protected], please pay Rs. 2829 at the earliest. Pay via u.airtel.in/qCDYxnmC4Opl . Pls Ignore if already paid.

            I have only broadband connection and I do not have any DTH connection. I am attaching the screenshot for your reference as well. I am sharing the call recording as well in which refund was promised to me.

            I have broadband connection but recharge was done under DTH connection of another person's account.

            I live in Delhi but customer service told me that DTH connection is registered for person who lives in Gujarat.

            I want my money back. That was website glitch who did wrong.

            I am writing since last month, you can check all my emails. Also, I would request you to LISTEN all the call recordings and see how pathetic people you have hired.

            I called many times regarding my payment issue.

            On 6th August, 2021 I recharged my broadband and paid Rs. 2829 and I really don't know how the recharge was done under DTH connection. However, I have only broadband connection not the DTH.

            Then, I sent many emails and called you as well then came to know that recharge was done under DTH connection not for broadband.

            So, one of your agents told me (between Aug 23 to 26, I don't remember the exact date) will initiate the refund and I will get within 5 to 7 business days.

            But I didn't receive the refund and after waiting for so many days, I called on 9th September, 2021 and then agent told me that I will get a call regarding refund and you will get it on the same or next day.

            I got a call and I shared the transaction ID with her and then she confirmed that I will get a refund within 24 hours on the same source of payment which is Paytm Wallet. Even I got text message for the same as well.

            I waited for 24 hours and then again called and then your agent told me that refund was never promised to me and it has been denied. He started lying and told me that his system is not working, tools are stopped working and due to this unable to fetch my account.
            I asked for the supervisor and he denied. Supervisor didn't take my call and agent said that he is not available. I insisted him that I want to talk to supervisor but he denied. And at last, he offered a call back. And I mentioned I need a call at 8 pm same day.

            I again waited and called them again as I didn't receive any call back from you because your employees did not want to work.

            Then I explained my story to new agent once again and the agent said that he is transferring my call to the supervisor. And you know what, what you supervisor did. He put my call on hold for more than 30 mins. And he was just unhold and hold the call without talking to me. It shows how customer oriented people you are. If they didn't want to work then you can simply deny na that you don't want to work. WHY YOU HAVE HIRED SUCH RIDICULOUS PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK.

            And then I disconnected the call and again called your pathetic customer service. Then again new agent told me that my case is open and I will get a refund by end of day before 12 am or by next day for sure.

            So, I am going to wait for today and if I will not get it then will call you again plus I am going to leave this message on social media, consumer court plus police stations.

            The world should know how pathetic people you are. And how you took someone's hard earned money and didn't give back.

            You can listen all the call recordings specially for 9sept and 10 sept. However, I have all call recordings as well and will surely publish it everywhere.

            I have contacted paytm and they said you have received the payment.

            Why you people are lying. Refund my money.

            Below is the text message I received from paytm:

            Paid Rs. 2829.0 to merchant at[protected]:05:10. The merchant can verify it through SMS or Business App. For queries, visit http://m.paytm.me/care - PPBL

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              spandey280191
              from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
              Sep 13, 2021
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              Hi Team,

              I have taken internet connection for Airtel Broadband and I am waiting for its connection to be done.

              I am not getting any proper response from Airtel Customer care team why its taking time for installation. I have done payment on 12 Sept 2021 at 10:17 and I got message that technician will contact you within 24 hours.

              It has been more than 24 hours and no one has contacted me and I am getting response from technician team that they are not able to see my request yet with them, not sure where it has been stuck and why your technician team is not able to see it.

              Can you please take necessary action on priority as its impacting my work.
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                arkhan2018
                from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
                Sep 13, 2021
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                I want to complaint about Airtel, their app not working and my remaining data is not showed so I have to recharge for extra data whenever I am having data speed issues. After recharging my browser loads to https://one.airtel.in/rcconf which never loads to anything
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                  Yogesh Ashri 1234
                  Sep 12, 2021
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                  I recharged my mobile on 11 November 2020 recharge amount deducted but till now neither service provided nor amount refunded.
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                    KarthiKsammy
                    from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                    Sep 12, 2021
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                    Incident date : 11/09/2021
                    Ticket ID :[protected]/[protected]

                    I called the airtel CUSTOMER team and raised an service request on 11.09.201 due to broadband disconnectivity. They took and request and booked an Service engineer visit on the same day around 05:00 pm (IST). I got a call by evening from the service engineer named Vignesh; he enquired about the issue and told me that he will check & will update me within 30minutes but he didn't turned back after that call. I tried calling him multiple times where he doesn't even respond the call. And again I raised an request from airtel app and I got sms from airtel stating that the issue will be fixed by 12.09.2021 & service engineer will visit the site by 09.00 AM (IST). Yet again next day no one came or called me since afternoon. Again I reached the CUSTOMER care and updated the incident, the senior manager committed that 100% resolution for the issue will fixed by end of the day. After I spoke with the CC team, a person named KALEESHWARAN - Airtel Service engineer; he visited the site and told me that he will send the wiring engineer's to fix the disconnection within an hour and asked me to send an SMS for an site visit to airtel team. After an hour no one showed up, again I called this person to send the engineer's immediately then he told that he informed to the engineer LOGESH and gave his number. I called LOGESH multiple times and he told me he will visit the site without fail. He keeps ### that he's on the way but he never came to the site. It's been more than a day and still my issue is not being rectified. Seriously disappointing and pathetic service from airtel. They give loads of crap reasons but they never resolve the issue. They don't value the CUSTOMER so I am planning to change my operator.
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                      Raman0451
                      Sep 12, 2021
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                      I applied for Xstream fiber broadband on 7th September, 2021, made the full payment, even got confirmation messages from Airtel but even after 5 days no one has called for installation. There has been no activity from the Airtel India. The customer support on Twitter is practically useless.
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                        100rabh1
                        from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                        Sep 12, 2021
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                        I have been using Airtel broadband services in Chennai. Broadband has stopped working since 7th September 2021 and issue was reported to Airtel the same day. SR[protected] has been issued. I have been constantly following up since that day on a daily basis day and night but issue has not been resolved. They don’t even tell about the issue and simply tell that a callback has been arranged but no one calls back. Since it is a advance rental plan, I am at the mercy of Airtel. Due to covid, I have been working WFH where it is extremely difficult to work without broadband services.
                        Request your kind intervention.
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                          NirmalaD
                          Sep 12, 2021
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                          Hey there,
                          I'm an Airtel prepaid User. I attempted to recharge my Airtel number in Airtel thanks app with the sum of rs .598 on September, 11th 2021 around 8:00 p.m. via net banking.

                          When I did so the amount has been deducted from my bank account and received the confirmation message (with TXN id) from my bank. But in the app it shows the transaction (txn. Id:[protected] has been failed due to no response from the bank.

                          Kindly look into this issue and refund the money that has been deducted from my account.
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                            Soji 333
                            Sep 12, 2021
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                            Address: Padippurackal

                            On 5th Sep 2021 I added 500 INR to Airtel payment wallet thru my south indian debit card, money deducted from my account and not credited in Airtel payment wallet and I get a msg from airtel ur money intiated to your number with txn ID[protected], until now it's not showing in Airtel payments. I compliant several times in Airtel customer care, they are just saying some excuses to wait more days.
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                            Thanks.. Payment returned from Airtel
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                              Vignesh MV
                              Sep 12, 2021
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                              I have received a transaction that was not meant for my number by someother person because of a mistake while entering his mobile number during the transaction.
                              I have been trying to revert the transaction through SMS service airtel has provided but I get replied as "NO KEYWORD found" .
                              I hope Airtel resolves this issue ASAP.
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                                SUNILfx V5
                                Sep 12, 2021
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                                I get unusually lot of SMS from Airtel. And it has spammed up my inbox. This makes life difficult when u want to search for some important transactions related messages or OTPs.
                                And mostly these are useless offers... And loan related stuff. Please stop these nuisance. I use dual Sim on my phone.
                                Another Sim is of Reliance JIO. I get zero marketing SMS from them. Thats how professional they are. And i have been a decade long Airtel customer and Im dissappointed with their user friendlyness.
                                Please make this stop.
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                                  Sanju devassy
                                  from Kasaragod, Kerala
                                  Sep 11, 2021
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                                  Address: Delhi

                                  I recharge my airtel mobile [protected] through airtel thanks app payment via paytm wallet for rs.399/- on 10/09/2021 at 10.28 am. I received a msg that my recharg is processed and paytm shows my payment success. But not recharged. I contacted paytm team, they said payment transfered to airtel thanks app. I submit a complaint through airtel thanks app after i try to track the complaint it shows complaint closed ans solved. But not yet get any refund or any response from airtel team.L
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                                    Arvind SN
                                    Sep 11, 2021
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                                    Post recharge also I’m unable to make calls and unable to connect customer support as well. Please do the needful
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                                      Maujhuri Hijli
                                      Sep 11, 2021
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                                      Rs. 79 is deducted from my bank account having Ref No. [protected] dated 11th September, 2021 time 19:37 pm. But I didn't get any recharge successful message and recharge not done.
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