Airtel Complaints & Reviews

Dear sir,
This is for your kind consideration that i am using my airtel mobile number [protected] since last 6 years.and today on dated 23/01/2012,at 9:45 Am i received one message from AD-54321 that your service have been renewed for KKM_30 Subscription service from Airtel.you have been charged RS.30.when i call to customer care 198 they said that As per their Service Suervisor Mr Amandeep Singh that it cant be refund,and said that one service has been already activated on your mobile Chiranjeev Pack one Rs per Day and till date your 41 Rs has been deducted.i said pease give me proof of this that i have activated this service as per your words,he said that i am forwarding your complaint. Kindly provide me solution of this that how they deduct money from prepaid connection without prior confirmation.

Thanks & regards
Dinesh kumar Bameta

There has been regular deduction of Rs1/day from the subscribers of Airtel in Jharkhand. The amount deducted is on account of forced subscription to Value Added Service(VAS) called "Desi Tadka".

The mobile numbers have been automatically subscribed to the VAS and when the services are tried to be stopped, Airtel sends a message that "You have not been subscribed to any service". So, the service cannot be unsubscribed.
Also, on calling the Airtel customer care, they categorically deny any activated service or deduction. Hence, by such fraudulent business measures, Airtel has been looting lakhs of rupees per day from its consumers.

We request your kindness to please look into the matter.

I have made a Request for migration of postpaid to prepaid. details below

1. Request dated : 20/10/2011

2. Airtel Relationship center, Ameerpet, Hyderabad (ZION associates)

3. Sim no:[protected] (H-3), Phone no: [protected]

4. Amount cleared as per customer service on 20/10/2011 Rs 1730.00 against postpaid balance Amount collected for prepaid Rs 35+65, Rs 222 recharge.

My account is still not migrated to prepaid. I have tried contacting airtel relationship center, ameerpet, Hyderabad, AP. I only get one response from them that "they are trying to convert will be converted in couple of days"
But I have been struggling to do so in last 3 months and my number is still not been migrated to prepaid. All I hear from them is they would wave my monthly charges made after the migration request and convert to prepaid. Every month I am issued new bill which I am not liable to pay, I have cleared all my dues at the time of transfer and I did not use the mobile since then. I am usually out of city it is difficult for me to go and spend time with relationship center. Even then I went 4 to 5 times and emphasized them to take serious action, but they are least bothered and I
can still see my file lying in the bunch. We I contact customer care they put me this automated response

"We apologize for inconvenience caused to you in this regard.

Kindly be informed that as per the Service Request number 40782755, your request for conversion from postpaid to prepaid has been denied due to non receipt of payment. We request you to kindly make the payment towads your bill dated 21/01/2012 to process your request. We request your kind cooperation and understanding in this regard."

If there any dues left during migration I can clear them out,but I am not willing to pay the bills after migration request is made.

I do not understand why it is that difficult to do a simple postpaid to prepaid transfer. I request you to kindly take serious action and I am not liable to pay any of the postpaid bills after the request. Please kindly help me out with is issue.

Please find the attachment of the receipt on the request.

Thanking you

Chiranjeevi Kodali

Airtel mobile no: [protected]
Alternate number: [protected]

i have got a mms in aitelworld.com in my mobile, but it can not display. so how can i able to see it . plese suggest me

I had applied for porting in my number to airtel on 06/12/11 but when it dint get transfer even i after a week i visited the airtel office where i had submitted my form. my form was still lying in there drawers somewhere. I took back my form ans submitted it to another airtel office. now one fine day airtel deactivates my sim card without any prior warning saying that I did not submit the documents. but i had attached my election card with...

remote control not working properly i.e. the+ and - button is not working and button no:3,4 also not responding...kindly focus on this issue and rectify it as soon as possible

Hi,
This is Dileep Devendra, staying at Flat # F4, Canara Bank appartments, Sannidhi road, N R Colony, Bangalore. My phone no. is [protected].

I have recently taken Airtel broadband connection #40942267. No Airtel servicemen has come to install telephone and Broadband is not working after the first day, I have tried calling customer care so many times to no avail, i am finding this bit surprising as one of the best broadband connection provider is behaving the way you are. I am hoping that you will take quick action and resolve this issue ASAP.

Regards

Dileep

sir i hav port my no from docomo to airtel postpaid.......docomo had deactivated its all services but till now airtel has not started its services.......my no. is not working from 2 days please see this matter....amit gupta ,[protected],ferozepur cantt(punjab)....and the dealer oum communication is doing nothing bt my complaint......every time i go his system doesnt work.......

Dear Sir,

My number is [protected]. I am feeling very sad for complaining for airtel but you people left me withe no option. I m using airtel from past 10yrs and i never faced any such kind of problem. This time You people have crossed your limits.My first complain number is F[protected] and my last complain number is 41571768. Its been more thean 1 monthe I m contacting yours customer care and still no action been taken.

On 16the december 2011, i received one message from airtel live theat some Java games services have activated for which i am charged rs99. i filed a complain on thee same day and your executive replied its a technical issue , will be solved soon. Like theis i had been charged rs99 daily at least 10times . I contacted yours customer care again but theen also no action. On 31st december theis service was stopped. Because of theis service my bill amount reached Rs6500 ,which use to be only 650.Then i again filed a complain so theat my bill amount get back to normal, but till today no action taken. And currently my bill amount is 6900 because of which u guys will barred my services as my credit limit is only 1200rs.

I m highly frustrated withe theis behaviour o[censored]r service.And your customer care people are forcing me to accept theat i have downloaded some stupid java games, its disgusting. Provide me withe solution or else i will switch to otheer network. I have no energy left to explain my problem problem again and again to ur customer care people. Do revert back asap.

One advice for you people, PLEASE TRAIN YOUR CUSTOMER CARE EXECUTIVES.


Regards,
Hina

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that on the 22nd of November, 2011 i had purchased an Airtel 3G - USB modem (dongle) of a postpaid connection (number : [protected]). I hardly used the mentioned connection for about a week, but then in the end of 18days, i was delivered a bill amounting to Rs. 1000.

I fail to understand that, firstly, how can you'll send a bill amounting to Rs. 10000 when i have hardly used it for a week, secondly, how can you send bills before the completion of a month and thirdly, i purchased the AIRTEL 3G -USB modem (dongle) on the 22.11.2011, started using it 2 days after that, but the bill states a bill period of 11.11.2011 - 10.12.2011, this is ridiculous .

It is very sad and disheartening that Airtel has started giving such problems, not only faced by me, but also by friends, and me and my family have been an Airtel user for almost a decade now.

I would be very grateful if you could kindly check your records and not only re check my bill amount but even the bill period. I am cent percent sure my Airtel 3G - USB modem (dongle) bill cannot come so high. I firmly request you to STOP my postpaid connection as fast as possible and i refuse to take any calls or pay any bills when i am not using the above mentioned Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that on the of November i had purchased an Airtel 3G - USB modem (dongle) of a postpaid connection (number : [protected]), purchased on the 22.11.2011. I hardly used the mentioned connection for about a week, but then in the end of 18days, i was delivered a bill amounting to Rs. 1000.

I fail to understand that, firstly, how can you'll send a bill amounting to Rs. 10000 when i have hardly used it for a week, secondly, how can you send bills before the completion of a month and thirdly, i purchased the AIRTEL 3G -USB modem (dongle) on the 22.11.2011, started using it 2 days after that, but the bill states a bill period of 11.11.2011 - 10.12.2011, this is ridiculous .

It is very sad and disheartening that Airtel has started giving such problems, not only faced by me, but also by friends, and me and my family have been an Airtel user for almost a decade now.

I would be very grateful if you could kindly check your records and not only re check my bill amount but even the bill period. I am cent percent sure my Airtel 3G - USB modem (dongle) bill cannot come so high. I firmly request you to STOP my postpaid connection as fast as possible and i refuse to pay any bill nor receive and calls from you'll henceforth since i am not using this connection at all. Further, such mistakes on your part causes greater inconvenience on our part and belonging to a middle class family this results into a mental harassment.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully.

Satyendra Nath Modak

Dear Sir,
I have a prepaid mobile connection from Airtel in UP(East) circle Mob number [protected]. For the last 3 months i have been speaking to airtel office here in Allahabad to improve the signal strength or stop giving prepaid connections for our area. However, nothing has been done since we are prepaid connection holders and the money is already with the company.
You are kindly requested to use your good office and impress upon them to improve the services.

Thanking you
M S REKHI

sir,
a deduction of rs.98 & 300 has been done by company. On calling to callcenter of company firstly they keep
Hold for several min. Then call is been cutt off without proper reason. They make excuse that u used net but i have installed another pack for net. They do what they want and on saying of complaning in TRAI. They say that nothing could be done by gov. We are no. 1

I was under a Datacard plan Rs.1250/ per month for 12.gb free data usage with 7.2mbps speed limit but the speed i received was worst which is just 15kbps for whole of the 2months i used. for one month i just used the datacard for 7days and they charged me Rs.44,000/= on that particular month bill and finally charged me Rs.5000plus saying that they are offering a discount for heavy usage. i dont know what is this rubbish statements. worst speed, wrong bill and above all a 3rd rated worst customer services. They initially confirmed me data usage is under the monthly plan limit so monthly bill is Rs.1250/ to be paid. but bill statement i received was Rs. 44000/ on discount it is Rs. 5000/-. Ridiculous even the nodal officers couldnt resolve in a proper procedural manner. Its better to sue the Airtel telecommunications providing datacard services especially. Anyone can help with this? kindly advice thanks.

I have recharge Rs 333/- through ICICI Bank account but not get balance in my cell. Pls find below details and do the needful.

Cons. Name- Piyush Kumar Singh
Lucknow

Cell No- [protected]

Bank Transaction No[protected]

Hi Hello,

Im rajesh i work for flextronics. On Jan - 10-2012 requested airtel broadband net connection through your executive collected device from our office.

This is to inform you that i request for my brother but 2GB is not enough for your usage. Please take this device i have not installed till now.

Contact Name:Rajesh Ramanathan

Contact : [protected]

Please send your executive to return device.

Thanks.

Sir,
I am using Airtel prepaid service and my mobile number is [protected]. i have recharged my prepaid balance with Rs333 on 18 Jan 2012. also i have activated 2G internet with Rs19 of 100 MB for 3days internet package and used internet approx 1 hours which generally deducted around 10 MB. also i might have did hardly 3 local calls for less then 10 mins. on 19 Jan 2012 my mobile balance was completely finished and i was left with only Rs7 in my prepaid balance. when i called airtel customer care to know why they have deducted the balance, they have not answered my query and disconnected my call without resolving my issue. Request you to take some action against Airtel so that they return my balance.

Hoping to get any kind of justice from you.

Thanks
Sunil.

Fraud by Airtel in GPRS 98 Pack
Topic: Airtel Postpaid billing issue with gprs
Name: Ramesh Kumar gopal
Airtel No: [protected]
Relationship No: [protected]
Bill No:[protected]
Bill Date: 07-Jan-2012
Bill Period: 05-DEC-2011 to 04-JAN-2011

I activated airtel gprs Rs 98 plan for free data usage upto 2 GB on 18th Dec, 2011.
After activating it, I found out that a considerable amount was getting added onto my unbilled amount on next day.
I called the customer care executive expressing my concern about this.
They replied that there was no need to worry and that these amounts will get added on as unbilled amount but when the bill is generated only 98 rupees will be charged for internet if my data usage is within 2 GB.
My credit limit is Rs. 1500.
Now when the bill was generated at the end of the billing period, that is, on 06th January 2012, I was shocked to find it to be Rs. 22639.63
The amount on account of my call usage charges and bill period charges was around Rs 147, and the rest was all internet charges.
On scrutinizing my bill and calling the customer care executive I got to know that internet browsing through airtelgprs.com was covered under the plan I activated and that browsing through WAP_ALL (Airtel Live) was to be charged(Which was never told by customer care executive when I taken the Rs 98 GPRS plan).
But my point is that my credit Limit is Rs 1500, so airtel should have intimated me when I crossed it. Instead they waited for the entire month for me to accumulate more and more Data charges and slapped this bill of Rs 22639.63
on my face. The normal data charges are Rs 20kb/30paise. So if I would have thought of spending my entire 2 GB usage, my bill would have been around Rs 31000.
The Customer care executive, who clarified my bill details, transferred the call to her floor manager. On telling the floor manager that as my credit Limit is Rs 1500 why should I get a bill of Rs 22639.63
and explaining him gprs usages, he offered to waive my bill that if I pay Rs.7000 they'll clear the remaining amount but I'm not ready to pay that also.
The people who are from the collection department keep calling my friends and relatives numbers from my itemised bill and tell them about the bill amount and try to threaten and trying to spoil my reputation.
They don't have rights to open my bill and get the numbers and calling them ask for the bill amount.
I have called the nodal officer and told about the issue and their ilegal activity of the collection department.
Today morning I went to an customer relationship office and call the customer service centre and offer my connection surrender of my two Airttel postpaid numbers and subsequently the executive called me and ask the reason of why I moving from airtel.I explained her everything and she told that the nodal officer will call me soon.
I'll go to consumer court for this issue.
Airtel does not have rights to open my bill before the bill due date and call the people who are called by me from my mobile number.
They are voilationg the privacy act and I'm going to give a complaint to Cyber crime devision also.

Hi,

I am a customer of Airtel prepaid mobile for a long time. For 1 year, airtel has been forcing unwanted services on my mobile and deducting my balance. I have complained to their customer care several times, but this practice is repeated even nowadays. I am visiting foreign countries for the time being with international roaming activated and with enough balance to account for any emergency calls. But due to their mischievous activity I lost a huge balance. This is day robbing. I had posted about this incident in the same forum and got reply from somebody claiming as AIRTEL customer executive. But no action taken so far. This is fooling the customers.

Some timeline of AIRTEL's planned robbery on me
1) Previously, AIRTEL customer care/automated number used to call to my number and ask me to press xxx number for their yyy service. Then I had the option to not to opt for the service.
2) Later, they used to call to my mobile from some random number and if I accidentally pick the call, they used to activate some service. When I talked to their customer care executive, she was telling me that I had opted for the service. Poor me, what to do?I didn't have any idea.
3) Again later, when I went abroad, they used to call me. Even if I didn't attend the call, they used to activate some service. I came to know that by dialling *121# I will be able to see and cancel the service. I cancelled many such services which they had activated in my mobile to loot me.
4) They began activating unwanted serviced very frequently in my mobile in a competitive spirit. Don't know their customer executive gets some award for this. I used to view and cancel it whenever I notice it.
5) Again they changed the strategy. They activated some services. When I tried to view the service using *121#, they will show a status as something like "Kindly note that there are no services active on your mobile". But there will be some messages coming to my mobile in the name of some particular service and my money would have gone. I would be able to cancel this service only after quite a long time only, if I tried continuously.
At this point I sent an SMS to their customer care number 121, which is believed to be a toll free number. I did it from UK. I lost Rs.50 for the sms, which I sent to complain about their looting.

I would like to ask just one question. Do AIRTEL see me as an enemy instead of a customer?. Is it a war between team AIRTEL v/s people of the nation?

Best Regards
Sudeep R K
[protected]@yahoo.com
(Number already registered in response to the so called AIRTEL customer executive)

I have a pre-paid mobile connection provided by Airtel. The service provider has activated Gyan Sagar service on my mobile connection and debited Rs.30/- even when I did not ask for its activation. It is unfair by the service to activate any service without consumer asking for it. It has become the practice by companies to activiate similar services and they make huge money from unsuspecting customers. This is a fraud. Subsequently, I lodged a complaint with the customer care centre and it was deactivated. However, consumers should not be subjected to this type of harassment. Service providers should be stopped from charging any service without a valid request.

Last 14th Jan, I tried to recharge my airtelmoney account with INR 100, but it got failed and here is the message I got.
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Transaction Failure !
Reference No:[protected]
Please check your airtel money balance after 15 minutes. If the amount has not been credited, try again. If the amount was debited from your bank account, it will be refunded within 5 working days.
Please quote reference number in all interactions / queries regarding this request.
Click here to return to your account details
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I must say the new application you guys have developed is really sick, "may I help you?" section is a total waste, you can not actually submit a request in raise request section! It doesn't do anything while you click on the Submit button.

Please initiate the refund, please, I guess "5 working days" time is now over.

rechargeitnow.com zindabad, I have always received the topup within 30 seconds after the payment is done. Even sometimes, I get topup message in my mobile seconds before it shows "recharge successful" page in my computer screen!