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Daily Basket
from Delhi, Delhi
Feb 19, 2010
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Hello,
This is regarding the useless Blackberry Customer Services I

would like to draw blogger's attention to:
This is regarding the Airtel Blackberry 8700G - [protected].
This is a corporate connection Airtel Blackberry with Solus Consumer Services Private Limited, a Prepaid with a monthly plan of Rs. 299.
The Internet or Blackberry services got disconnected on the phone on 30th of January. Inspite of reminder followups & mail communications we got only assurances from the service provider. As and when a call from the corporate representative has been given it is told that the same will be activated by sending PMP at certain number. The same never happened. This was repeated some 60 odd times and around 30 calls were made morning and evening to the Blackberry Customer Service no response was recieved.
Five days back i.e. on 14th February a Customer Service associate told that their is some issue with Pre Paid server and the same shall be resolved in 24 hours. Those 24 hours never came.

Now today while while speaking to a customer service associate we came to know that Pre Paid server of Airtel Blackberry is stuck due to some reason and cant be resolved for indefinite time. please go forward for a post paid plan.

Need to know something on the same front.
1. Who is answerable for this chaos?
2. Who shall repay the Rs. 504 balance in that prepaid connection?
3. Who will be responsible for the Loss of business because of this

chaos?
4. Who is responsible for wastage of time spent chasing to the BB

Customer care?

I know many of the my fellow bloggers shall be having a similar kind

of issue which i[censored]nresolved extends a serious threat to enterprise

data to an extent and corporate communications in other way.
I am facing the exact same problem right now. Been 4 days since I've been trying to activate the 299 / 899 plans (tried both several times). Each time, I get a response that my request for activation of the service cannot be processed. Please try again later. :-/

I spoke the to BB Customer Support @ Airtel. After calling up several times, the representative suggested the exact same thing (moving to Postpaid) as they have authority in Postpaid to enable / disable services whereas, its automated in prepaid.

While whatever he said made perfect sense, I can't understand why hasn't Airtel fixed this mess till now. It surprises me to see that 4 months have passed yet there's no respite for prepaid users.

Shame on your Airtel.
I took my connection in mid-march. And I am sure they had same issues back then. I never understood one thing about them, If there server's are really down for so long, why are they still advertising the plans for prepaid ? Why are they even accepting the requests of activations and deducting balance from subscriber ? Why are they simply not telling the customers approaching for prepaid plan that there services are temporarily down ?

I am just, so glad that in 10 days I was able to grasp what kind of organization Airtel is. And fortunately I ' literally extracted' my refund and changed my operator who are providing me with excellent, high quality and professional service. Or else, Who know I would have been stuck all the time till date without activation !

I posted this on another Consumer complaints website.

Yes !

Airtel did had problems in activating my blackberry service for 299 plan(prepaid). The amount was deducted from my balance and I was promised that service will start within 24- hours. But it never started. I made calls of more than Rs.100 to the so-called 'Blackberry Technical Support" and all what I got as reply was "Prepaid customers are not our priority, and they are helpless and I may have to wait for an uncertain amount of time atleast 10 days to any amount of time to get my service activated". Also I was never given any kind of reference number for complaints I registered. Not to mentions there horrible and unskilled officials there who use to put me on long holds, sometimes even upto 10 minutes or even disconnecting the calls after putting on long holds. Remember Airtel charges money for it. And to specific number which I was calling ending with 7070 they were charging the normal call rates. No clear solution to the issue was ever presented or addressed. All the while hints were dropped to me that if I was post-paid customer the service would have guaranteedly started in 4 hours ! I was really taken aback at such a fraudulent behavior on part of Airtel. Moreover it was painful to see how prepaid customers for blackberry gets step-motherly treatment. It was really terrible on part of Airtel when it was revealed that they cannot guarantee Blackberry service to prepaid customers when prepaid customers are the one who guarantees them the money by pre-paying it.

I also wrote to and called Nodal officers but none ever replied. Airtel has provided some worst quality service and customer care in all this. After 10 days, I finally understood by now that service by Airtel is hopeless for me, and there is no guarantee that it will ever be activated, even if it gets activated and some problem arises in future I would not be able to stand Airtel's incompetent 'Technical Support'. So I finally asked for my refund as it was only ten days and they were unable to get service activated. They initially declined to refund. But after some hard talks and implications that I would be moving to consumer court and ask for refund+compensation (for all the financial and mental trouble they caused)+ (if possible) a public apology in all the leading newspapers. Finally and fortunately, they had to oblige and give me 100% refund.

I instantly changed my SERVICE PROVIDER. And voila ! as soon as my new number from OTHER OPERATOR activated my Blackberry services were also activated.

This incident really has tarnished Airtel's reputation in my eyes. As far as my Blackberry service for prepaid is concerned I experienced lack of transparency and really horrible and incompetent customer service. And in future, I know I will never recommend Airtel or any of it's services to anyone.
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    Jithin PG
    from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
    Feb 19, 2010
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    Dear sir/madam,

    I am a customer of Bharti Airtel mobile prepaid service since past 3 years. Today i went to a mobile prepaid recharging shop and purchased an Airtel prepaid mobile voucher worth Rs 20. On the frontside of the voucher it is clearly printed exactly as follows :

    MSC: Rs.20 (Service tax inclusive), Calling Value Rs.16.13,
    Processing Fee Rs. 2.00, Validity of 0 days

    From this description itself, it is clear that the voucher gives me a talktime validity of 16 rupees and 13 paise. After when i punched the 16 digit code in the voucher as per instructions in the card, i was able to get my mobile recharged but only with 15.13 Rs . instead of actual 16.13 Rs.

    As soon as i noticed this unusual change in talktime, i contacted the company's pre-paid customer care. I talked with an executive and described about my issue. He told me that, it is Airtels new scheme so that instead of that 1 Rupee i will get 10 Local/International SMS free valid for 4 days. I told him, it was a normal voucher and nothing about this offer was described on top of the voucher. The voucher clearly talks about 16.13 Rs talktime. I told him that i purchased the voucher for regular talktime, not for any offer recharge. If i was in need of any offer there are several offer recharges and special easy recharge schemes available which i will do. But now, i was in need of talktime only and that is why i purchased a topup recharge voucher.

    Also, i already had an existing validity of 100 SMS a day after paying for two local SMS. So, i asked him to waver the money back to my account since i wasnt awared about any "hidden" charges imposed on me in name of normal recharge voucher. He told he he will transfer it to his senior department, and i waited for some seconds. The same thisg repeated with senior. He argued to me that they cannot do anything and Airtel is offering likewise. He was speaking like i am guilty by purchasing a normal topup recharge voucher.

    He argued with me saying that Airtel isnt giving 16.13 Rupees for 20 Rs recharge, and only 15.13 Rs is available. I told him that i had the recharge voucher as evidence in my hand and nowhere in that card describes about any hidden offers and also it clearly talks about my regular talktime. He then argued that he cannot come and check the card in my hands to validate whether i am saying truth or not. I said ok, then i will provide you the serial number of recharge voucher so that you can validate my complaint. I gave the serial number of that card :

    [protected].

    Now he got confused on what to say, and asked me to wait for some seconds. After a while he returned back and told me that they cannot get further card details other than its price and validity. I asked him that there should be some information about this card in your databases and then he transferred the call to another senior executive.

    Now, things again repeated here and he also told me that Airtel is doing likewise, so you are liable to accept the changes. The phone conversation ended with me saying i will complain this to consumer court.


    Dear sir/madam, there was nothing descriptive on the recharge voucher about this hidden cost on an offer which normally i doesnt need. Whenever i recharges with 20 Rupees card i was able to get 16.13 as talktime. So i did expected the same today also. The customer care executive argued that this is a new plan introduced by Airtel. If it is so, isnt it the liability of the company to inform its customers about a change in talktime in its existing topup recharges? I am getting atleast 4 or 5 marketing calls and more than 5 marketing messages daily from Airtel. I havent ever received any informative message or IVR calls regarding any changes in talktimes. The company doesnt had enough interest towards customers and alerting them about new changes but in their cheap marketing tricks.

    Really, i was forced to pay for an offer which i doesnt need and that too in the form of hidden charge. 1 Rupee may not be a big loss for now, but what will i do if in future i will be fooled with bigger amounts i this way? How can i guarentee that i will not be fooled again by Airtel? How many lakhs of people might be fooled like me, and how much would be this company earning illegally by cheating customers? Dear sir/madam,strict action must be taken to these type of companies imposing extra expenses to customers without their knowledge, and not ready to refund the customer for his valid demands.

    With Regards,
    Jithin PG.

    Airtel/Prepaid — every second a new scheme to befool innocent customers

    I have a AIRTEL prepaid connection No-[protected].since last 15/20days its shown while checking balance that-"ab local calls sirf 50paise/minute, 24Rs RCV me paiye Rs19.74 and 50 local A to A night calls free, validity 30days" This is nothing but to cheat an innocent customer.Because i recharged on 31Jul by Rs 24 RCV but when had a local call on 07Aug at 2315hrs for 03mts i was charged.Bakwas customer scare service says I had consumed all night free calls.This is really pathetic.You cant make customers fool if so then organisation will meet its dead end anytime .
    @ Airtel_presence,

    Thank you for reviewing my complaint and assuring me to resolve the issue. Sorry for not including my contact information because of privacy issues. I'll send an email to the email id provided by you. I strongly believe my problem will be resolved soon. Once i get a reply from Airtel(be it positive or negative) i will come back here and update my comment.

    Thanks & Regards,
    Jithin.
    I got a call from the side of Airtel and a positive response regarding the issue. Thank you Mr.Rakesh Kumar for contacting me and promising a refund of 5 Rs (Including the amounts from my 5 recharges after this complaint). and assuring about messaging the concern department to alert all customers describing any changes in existing tariffs/recharge values before they take place.

    I'll post back here if i get the refund as promised.

    Thanks & regards,
    Jithin.
    I got Rs.5 refunded to my main balance. Thanks.



    Thanks & Regards,
    Jithin.
    same thing happens to my mobile no.[protected]
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      Subramanian Swaminathan
      Feb 19, 2010
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      I am Subramanian. I have been using Airtel broadband connection for the past 1 year.
      My Broadband land line number[protected].

      I recently shifted my room in the same street and i placed request for relocation.
      After few days, i got a response that there is no feasibility in that area. Then i placed a request
      for Cancellation.

      Last week (Feb 13th), one Sales person came to my room and he was enquiring whether i need airtel boradband
      connection. He checked for feasibility and he said YES. Please note that for the same address, just one
      week back, i got a call that i do not have feasibility for connection.

      Then, he collected 500Rs and all the documents which are needed. I even gave Rs.1000 extra which is required
      for Bachelors as Security Deposit. With in 2 days, they said connectivity is not there.

      My issues,
      1. Without checking the correct feasibilty, how can one collect all my documents and Security Deposit : 1000 + Installation Charge - 500.
      2. 1 week back, some one from Airtel told, there was no feasibility and last week some one said , there was feasibility and 2 days back, again

      3. When asked about refunding of my money (Rs.1500) , no body is giving me proper answer.
      4. Time & money Wasted for these people and repeated calls.
      5. When i called Airtel Cusomter care, they did not serve me anything. They simply said it is not related to us and asked me to call directly the Sales person. Should Airtel Customer care should be in sync with this info ???

      Sales Person who collected documents and money.
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      Shivani Enterprises
      Contact :[protected]/[protected]
      Sales Manager - [protected]
      Office :[protected]

      My Details:
      S.Subramanian.
      Contact number - 91-[protected]


      My present address
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      Begum Jani
      H.No[protected]/8,
      Opposite to Srivastave Enclave,
      Near 8th Police Batallion
      Kondapur
      Hyderabad-500 084

      My previous address where i was using Broadband line[protected]
      [protected]

      Hno 1-115/A 2nd Floor, Anand Residency
      Kothaguda,
      Kondapur,
      Hyderabad - 500 084

      I hope i get an answer from anyone soon.

      Thanks for understanding. Feel Free to contact me for any details.
      Aug 14, 2020
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      Airtel Broadband — payment collect but not response

      dear sir/mam
      i am vijay kumar singh apply to airtel brodband in dated 11/08/2009, i would payment in cash against your concern dsa ya any frencise componey
      the componey name TELEMEDIA SERVICES, MY RECIPT NO -767729 AGAINST CASH 1149/00 AGAINST THIS RECIPT AND BOOKED [protected]
      I AM ALSO COMPLAINED IN CUSTMERCARE AND MY COMP. NO[protected], BUT NO ANY RESPONSE, I THIN YOUR EXECUTIVE COLLECT THE PAYMENT AND HAND OVER THE RECIPT AND ENROLMENT FROM BUT NOT ANY TYPE OF RESPONSE AND NOT PICKING MY PHONE, EXECUTIVE NAME
      MR RAJESH AND CELL NO-[protected], AND CUSTUMER ENROLLMENT FORM NO-1832414
      SO I WOULD REVERCE MY PAYMENT IN URGENT BASE, I AM NOT INTRESTED IN YOUR COMPONEY BRODBEND, , approx one month ago but my coonection is not ready and done, and not any call me
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        SALMAN KADEER AHMED
        from Gurgaon, Haryana
        Feb 19, 2010
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        Details of the promotional SMS is as follows
        Name of the organization AM-Airtel
        Date and time. 3 feb2010 3:25pm 11 feb2010 12:10pm 13 feb2010 6:33pm 15 feb2010 11:06am 16 feb2010 12:04pm 18 feb2010 10:32am ...................and many more

        Content of SMS You have important miss calls to know your miss caller dial .........etc......................



        I have been contacting customer care since aug 2009 but they are only promising & giving final dates but as usual there is no result for stoping these massages
        I HAVE ALREADY COMPLAIN THE SAME THING SEVERAL TIMES FEW OF MY LAST REQUEST NOS ARE:-
        ([protected] 19feb2010 11:39am),([protected] 3feb 4:37pm with Imran fakirmomad ) ,([protected] 2feb2010 2:55pm with Sachin G)
        TODAY ON 19FEB2010 ALSO I TALK TO THEIR customer care no but as usual they are not responding they says that they will transfer call to senior & putting me on long hold & then call get cuts automaticaly repeatedly today I talk to Mr Kamal jaisingh he told me that he will transfer his call to Mr Prabhat & as usual after a long long very long hold call get cut automatically.
        After that I tried so many times to talk again but THEY HAVE USUAL PRACTICE TO AUTOMATIC DICONNECT THE CALLER BEFORE CONTACTING TO CUTOMER CARE WHEN THEY DONT WANT TO ATTEND HIM & THE SAME HAPPENED WITH ME ALSO.

        OVERALL THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW OF "DO NOT DISTURB SERVICES" & RUINING THE MY TIME & DISTURBING MY SOCIAL LIFE SO I WANT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEIR CUSTOMER CARE SERVICES & THEIR COMPANY.



        AIRTEL IS THE WORST TELECOM COMPANY EVER.
        Aug 14, 2020
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        Hi,

        I'm Saleem. my prepaid mobile no. is [protected]. I am regularly complaining to Airtel Prepaid customer care for the matter about automatically deduction of my balance. I'm getting same message (You have ben renewed for bikinibabes Subscription service from airtel. you have been charged Rs.15. Filmy Buzz and pics *321*69# from 54321)

        Also, I had been duducted Rs. 15 from Air tel for I had change wap model pak.

        Pls. help me to unsubscribe of any
        i have already registered with ndnc on 14/05/2009;reference no-f[protected]...still i got an recorded promotional call one month(feb 2010) ago regarding job alerts.i did not subscribe for the same but still rs.30 got deducted from my balance last month.This month(march 2010) i received another sms stating that thankyou for continuing with job alerts and we have charged another rs30.
        i want to know have been registered with ndnc on 14/05/2009;reference no-f[protected], how can i receive promotional calls.contacting customer care, executive is telling me to send an sms no promo to 511.
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          Gautam Kumar
          from Mumbai, Maharashtra
          Feb 18, 2010
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          This refers to my complaint no 30994897 to airtel regarding non-functioning of my mobile. As soon as I landed in Jamnagar, I couldn't get my mobile registered to the new network. My base location is Bangalore and I called several times to Karnataka circle but no resolution. If I call the local customer support they say they can't help and I'll have to call Karnataka circle only. The Karnataka circle no is chargeable and they keep holding for hours together and don't give any reply. I need mobile to work immediately. Please take this seriously.
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          Aug 14, 2020
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            arunswil
            from Mumbai, Maharashtra
            Feb 18, 2010
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            Hi all,

            I am Arun, recently relocated to Hyderabad, and I bought one new Airtel prepaid connection, during filling my enrolment form I submitted my PAN card and driving licence copies as my photo ID, and gave rented house electricity bill as my address proof, even then I got disconnected my outgoing calls after 10 days of purchase, then rush into nearst Airtel gallary, they asked me to submit all those forms once again, ! ...?...

            After having long battle with them .... once again I forced to give all my docs ....

            then finally my incoming calls also barred now .....

            I cant understand what kind of system they are following for address verification and how they approving to new connections .......

            Now plan to change my number .....

            Is it possible to get that same number ......? If possible kindly help me

            Arun
            Aug 13, 2020
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            Airtel — frode verification

            my mobile no [protected]. i use this no. last 5-6 month,but airtel close my mobile no. due to verification but i use this no last 5-6 month,airtel is totally frode
            verification because after 5 month which type verification
            hello sir
            WHY ARE U PEOPLE TROUBLING YOUR CUSTOMERS BY BLOCKING THE SIMS AND NOT EVEN ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK TO THE CUSTOMER CARE.THIS IS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR FROM AIRTEL. THIS IS NOT MY PROBLEM ALONE THERE ARE SCORES OF SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE MY ACQUAINTANCES. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE BUT MANY TIMES WITH MANY PEOPLE. ATLEAST YOU PEOPLE DO NOT LET THE CUSTOMER HIMSELF KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HE HAS TO REMAIN COMPLETELY ISOLATED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE EVEN EMERGENCY CALLS FOR DAYS TOGETHER. IF THIS CONTINUES SO WE WOULD BE FORCED TO FILE A CASE IN CONSUMER COURT. ITS BETTER YOU DONOT DEGRADE YOUR COMPANY’S REPUTATION WITH SUCH IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR.
            Hi,

            I am chetna i had bought airtel prepaid connection on 29 october 2011 with submition of all the id and address proof after 6 months usage of same number they blocked my sim without any intimation. when i rushed to their authorised dealer addressed- Airtel Connect Point, Shop-17, I- Block Market, Sector-12 with again all the id proofs he rejected to take the documents after that when i called to customer care number they told me that they blocked the number due to no id proof is submited i want to know that he a company is going to block the number they should have intimate customer but i my case i have not recieved any message from them.
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              PREM RATTAN AHUJA
              from Gurgaon, Haryana
              Feb 18, 2010
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              I (Prem Rattan Ahuja Chief Manager)have been posted at Oriental Bank of Commerce Gomti nagar Lucknow as Branch Incumbent from Bathinda w.e.f. 11.01.2010, I took post paid connection. I gave PAN, Copy of Passport, Account statment of Bank account and Employer Identity Card. But my call was barred after 7 day due to negtive report of address verification(Which is of my colleage where I stayed. After some days I got my accomodation and applied for change of address. Instead of changing the address my out going call has been barred. I have already given my new Number to my clients([protected]). My new address is 3/228 Vikas Khand Gomti Nagar Lucknow(proof of same has been already submitted to dealer. I also tried to contact Mauri [protected] but she did nothing to help.So get it verified and my connection be reactivated.
              More Over I am existing customer of Airtel and using Two Numbers for the last 5 years these are [protected] and [protected].
              Prem Rattan Ahuja

              [protected]
              Aug 14, 2020
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                Yurembam Indramani
                from Bengaluru, Karnataka
                Feb 18, 2010
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                To whom it may concern.

                Hi,

                I really don't know whether this is going to help in anyway.

                This is regarding the Airtel Broadband connection. I have inquired regarding the Broadband connection to [protected] on 31st of January '10. As a followup they have sent two executives to my place to check the feasibility. They left saying there is some problem in the BOX so they need to speak to their manager. After 2days a guy(Karthik) from Airtel called up and told that he is going to come to my place to collect the documents and the amount for the connection. He came and took the money giving me a Receipt for the payment. Since then this guy has gone missing.

                Now, the Airtel people is telling they cannot do anything regarding this matter and they are not able to trace this guy. I have given them(Airtel) all the details for this Karthik including Mobile Number. But, they said they cannot traced the person as the number is switched off. But, to my belief, there is no chance that this person could be from other company other then Airtel itself.

                My Question is,
                1). Why do they recruit people if they cannot take down proper information at times of recruitment?
                2). Why they don't know who this person is and where is he from?

                Any help regarding what can be done would be highly appreciated.

                Thank you,
                Aug 14, 2020
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                  NITIN SURESH SHINGADE
                  from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                  Feb 18, 2010
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                  Nitin S. Shingade
                  Banglow No.56 Vinvar Sociwty, Dhankawadi.
                  Pune.
                  Date:-19th November 2009.






                  To,
                  Airtel Ltd.
                  Time Square, Pune- Satara Road,
                  Pune.


                  Subject:- Claim of refund deposit.

                  Dear Sir/Madam,
                  I have taken two new sim cards from our satara road office from Miss Sweta. She told me that you will get a bill of Rs.249/- for both the numbers [protected] & [protected] , but when I asked the helpline they told me, that it is for one number, so I reached to the airtel satara road office to Miss Sweta, here lied & said that she didn’t say any thing. On the spot I said to cancel both my numbers, then she said that u have to use atleast until first bill is generated. I went to her the same day when I received the bill, then se said you have to pay both the bill & u will receive the deposit of one thousant by cheque with in 40 to 45 days. But till date I have not received the cheque.
                  So please return by one thousand rupees by cheque or cash immedietly.
                  While disconnecting Miss Sweta to me that she will return my refund amount in cheque, there fore I have confirm her twice verbally.
                  I don’t want my refund amount in recharge form.

                  As per your telephonic conversation with Miss Sweta on 19th November 2009. She told me to send a mail Miss A.Chivate

                  now when i went to the airtel office,they told me that Miss Sweta & Mr.Swapnil both left the job, they have taken your money & we cant do any thing.But my saing is that they both were employes of your organication. Bring both of them in front of me. Company says that this who people have given false commitment to me. But they were the employes of your company, so company have to suffer the loss why me. & why the company is giving the loss to the geniune customer


                  Thanks & Regards,
                  Aug 14, 2020
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                  Hi There,

                  My number is [protected](Life time sim)

                  I am using airtel service last 3 year now i am facing this type of problem

                  Yesterday i top-up my mobile number with 250 and i have not get any balance.

                  so please i am requesting you do something.
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                    Rini Bapna
                    from Abu Road, Rajasthan
                    Feb 18, 2010
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                    Hi,
                    airtel is a complete cheater b'coz it charges for the ringing time also in its pay per second plan. For example i[censored] call someone and he/she attend ur call after 30seconds of ring and you talk for 53 seconds then you will be charged for 30+53=83 seconds instead of 53 seconds.
                    Please help it because this company is charging to its customers without even telling full plan details and lots of people are being cheated daily.
                    Airtel is cheating its customers. It made customers to recharge with 64 to avail pay per second offer (1p/sec for AIRTEL and 1.2p/sec for other ) in kerala.
                    Now AIRTEL reduced the call tariff of AIRTEL freedom plan (1p/sec for all local and std calls). Now also existing customers need to recharge with high amounts to get the new tariff. This is crazy.
                    Being the largest telecom company AIRTEL should not do this.
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                      rhini
                      from Bengaluru, Karnataka
                      Feb 18, 2010
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                      I was getting message that you have downloaded the games for Rs 99 , Rs 50 etc. I thought the msgs were spams and ignored initially. But after 3-4 days when I got the msg that I crossed my credit limit , I realized that these download messages were real. But as a precautionary measurement I called airtel on the same day and raised this issue and deactivated the airtel live ( which is in activated state by default). But I was still getting those download messages for 2 days even I deactivated airtlel live. I was automatically getting registered to some game downloading services game club etc.

                      My outgoing calls were stopped as I refused to pay the bills until these download issues were not cleared. I had to wait till feb 14 to get my online bill generated.
                      Now it is showing that I have downloaded games worth of Rs 620!!. I dont know how to use airtlel live neither I downloaded any games. !! Even my mobile may not support Java game. ( Not sure as Java is not supported in my mobile) They are simply saying that the bill shows that you have downloaded it.

                      It was great inconvenience to me as messages were comming continuously for every 2-3 min. And no one cared for the solution even after 15 days. I had to raise the complain only after getting my online bill . Now they are saying wait 2 more days.

                      Rajesh Hini
                      Mob: [protected]
                      Aug 13, 2020
                      Complaint marked as Resolved 
                      Thanks for the quick response. Please contact me on number [protected].
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                        Sampath Kumar
                        Feb 18, 2010
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                        Airtel Pre-paid Mobile Number: [protected]

                        Cricket alerts have been automatically subscribed for this number and I keep receiving alerts from[protected] and I am being charged Rs. 5/- per day. I had sent unsubscribe SMS (UNSUB SPO) to 54321 as per their web-site and received a confirmation SMS that the alerts are de-activated. However, I still keep receiving the alerts which is very disturbing and also money gets deducted.
                        I tried reaching out to customer care on 121/[protected], but did not find any option to talk to a customer representative, just some IVR messages.
                        Also, wrote to customer care at [protected]@airtel.in but still no action has been taken.

                        I request these alerts to be de-activated immediately and stop deducting money from the pre-paid account.

                        Thanks
                        Aug 14, 2020
                        Complaint marked as Resolved 

                        Airtel — joke alerts

                        [protected]i received a call from airtel and then on my no.jokes get alterts.then my balance also get reduced then i call to 121.then my service get deactived and i receive a call from same no.at that time my service get deactivate rather than that my balance get reduced.i already complained to 121 at more than 5 times i said that give me my complaint no, but no i ready to give me my complaint no, then i can email to airtel, but finally i get the complaint no.please replace me my balance my complaint no. is
                        =[protected] i talked to sachine on the date31 mar 2008 ok my mobile no [protected].

                        Airtel — Jokes alert

                        My mobile number is [protected]. I recieve jokes from rediff in my airtel mobile (Kerala) for which i have not subscribed. I had spoke to customer care regarding this issue. Even though, everytime they told me it was rectified, i still get those jokes msgs and each time i get them i'm being charged Rs 1 per msg. Every day i recieve about 3-4 of them. Kindly help me in this matter. I was thinking of changing the connection when i came across this site. i hope it will be solved.

                        AirTel — to stop alerts

                        dear sir
                        on my mobile no. [protected] on this mobile two types are aleart are comes .i.e.jokes, stock. i request u to stp this alearts . i try to stop this ser. to cust. care. but they are not success .pls stop this alearts imdiatlly and reply me
                        note: balance is not deduct for this ser. but alearts are come pls stop this aleart

                        thanking u

                        AirTel — deactivate all paid services

                        dear Airtel i am subscr. of the no [protected] i am now in LUDHIANA from few days On my no. a caller tune is activate without my permission kindly NOTE no paid service ACTIVATE ON MY NO WITHOUT MY WRITEN REQST. and also DEACTIVATE ALL PAID SERVICES from my no. please tell me how i can deactivate this caller tune
                        regards PARBHU SHARMA
                        Dear Sir,


                        on my mobile no. [protected] on this mobile aleart are comes .i.e.jokes, stock. i request u to stop this alearts . i try to stop this service. to cust. care. but they are not success .pls stop this alearts imdiatlly and reply me
                        note: balance is deducting for this services. alearts are come pls stop this aleart

                        thanking u
                        I am using Airtel my no [protected].and i am using wap service "dada.dj'' is subscribed automatically.i already complainted to customer care but no response pls deactivate it

                        Airtel Service — ACTIVATION OF JOB ALERTS AND FUN JOKES

                        Im a resident of vasai, would like to your notice the miseries Airtel customers are facing. We have an Airtel cust service office at Ambadi rd vasai which is not able to provide cust service as there are no pc. The place is worth having a look at. No computers just3 chairs and a long table.Any system related issue they done even take an initiative . they give u a no and ask u to call999 from a phone placed outside the off. Anther thing to add... now my mom and dad are Airtel users and suddenly some sort of jokes and cricket service is activated on their phone widout their knowledge and their charged 30 each . On calling cust service they say they are deactivating the service and will reimburse this amt again.. now the service is deactive bt the amt is not reimbursed... then we have to again call up then the do the needfull...then after another two days the service starts again... and again the same circle repeates.... this has happened almost 3 to 4 times now... this really is so irritating... can something be done abt this....and moreover when we visit these cust service off they dont listen to u but ask u to call that 999 no ..... where my resolution ... can your reputed reporters team work on piece of info and bring peace and solution to us.. plz reply.... hoping to see some investigation on this matter
                        Dear Customer,


                        This is to inform you that your concern has been noted and our team is eager to resolve it. In order to get to the resolution, we need to get in touch with you and gather more details about the concern. We are restricted by the absence of your contact details. Please write to us at [protected]@airtel.in with your contact details (address and landline or mobile phone number).

                        We assure you that we are committed to resolve the issue to your satisfaction.


                        Regards,
                        Robin k
                        Here is an easy way to disable all the sneaky paid services that AirTel has automatically subscribed you to.

                        Send a SMS saying “STOP” to 121.
                        You will receive a reply acknowledging your request.
                        Right after that, you should receive a list of services currently activated on your phone.
                        If there are 1 or more services active on your phone, reply immediately to the message (send to 1210) “STOP” with the index number for the service you want to stop (see the example below).
                        AirTel will ask you to confirm that you want to stop the service by replying with “1″.
                        Reply with “1″ to stop the service (send to 1210).
                        Repeat step 1 for the remaining services.
                        You should get a message that no services are active on your phone.

                        For example,

                        Services active:

                        1. AirTel Talkies (code number)

                        2. Job tips

                        3. Jokes

                        Simply reply by sending “STOP 1″ to 1210 in order to disable “AirTel Talkies”, or “STOP 2″ to disable “Job Tips” and so on.
                        I just disabled the cricket ads. But they came right back! This is ridiculous! Can someone please fix this asap???

                        - Savita
                        To,
                        Airtel - Prepaid card

                        I getting daily a jokes which I don't want.. I unsubcribe same thing but nothing... daily my Rs.1 is cutting... please unsubcribe the service. my no. is [protected]

                        AirTel — to stop cricket alerts

                        my Number is [protected].....nd crickets alerts is activated on this numbr automatically....n i tried more n more to stop this service bt nthng happen balance is daily deducted by my account....now i want to change the operator n i must say airtel services is like helll......

                        AirTel — unsubscribe cricket alerts

                        my airtel mobile number [protected] and want to unsubscribe to cricket alerts how to do inspite of repeated sms to customer care cricket alerts are still continuing, please help

                        Airtel — deactivate cricket alerts

                        you have activated the cricket alerts from 54321 to my ANDHRA PRADESH "AIR TEL" NO. [protected].
                        i contacted customer care also but still they dint deactivate it.I am fed of by your network .Do deactivate immediately .I dont need any such stupid alerts .

                        Airtel — Airtel Talkies activated in my number but i cant deactivated that

                        In my airtel sim one value added service ( airtel talkies ) activated automatically. but i cant deactivated that service. i did call to customer care many times, they replied that service will deactivate with in 24 hours. i wait 5 days. that not deactivated.
                        Dear Sir,

                        Disable Airtel Cricket Alerts

                        Airtel Pre-paid Mobile Number: [protected]

                        Thanks and Regards
                        Raghubalan
                        you can stop or start any service from airtel, follow below steps….

                        Step 1)call *121#
                        step 2) use option 5 stop a service request in reply
                        step 3) selct the option you want to stop in reply
                        step 4)confirm with 1
                        step 5)you will get a message that withing 4 hour you service will be stoped.


                        Balakrishna. Ch
                        [protected]@gmail.com
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                          Dr. Jai Paul Dudeja
                          from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                          Feb 17, 2010
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                          My Airtel mobile number is [protected]. Without my consent/request I am being forcibly charged Rs. 30/- per month because I have been informed that I have become a member of Mitti Ke Rang. This is utter false. This must stop forthwith and the earlier charges given back to me by through addition of balance in my Mobile account. Since when Airtel has started these unfair trade practices? Can they be punished for this?
                          Aug 14, 2020
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                          Airtel Mobile — forced charges

                          I hold an AIRTEL mobile number. Very often once a week Airtel charges me for unwanted and non requested services like ring tone and what not. I have called them several times ( It takes more than 2 hours to contact a customer service !!! sometimes the whole day) to leave me alone, but to no avail. After a month they do the same,

                          Can you suggest me how to go about it to stop this rip off by Airtel. Are they allowed to force charge you for services which you have not asked for. Please suggest.

                          thank you

                          Airtel — uninvited subscriptions

                          airtel has deducted 30 per month for some jokes related value added services without permission or information from my cell no. [protected]
                          Rs.30/= is recoverd towards Manoranjan Pack (..?????..) without my knowledge & request for the same ...
                          My mob No is [protected]
                          Amount not yet recredited eventhough the service is initimated as withdrawn
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                            ANANDA ASHOK
                            from Hyderabad, Telangana
                            Feb 17, 2010
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                            SIR,
                            CELL NO/ SIMCARD - [protected] WAS DELIVERD TO ME, BY YOUR CHANNEL PARTNER OF AIRTEL - HYDERABAD WHO IS LOOKING AFTER CORPORATE ACCOUNT OF STATE BANK OF PATIALA-HYDERABAD, AFTER COLLECTING NECESSARY APPLICATION AND FULFILLMENT OF KYC NORMS. HE HAS CHECKED THE APPLICATION AND IDENTITY PROOF ETC AND DELIVERED THE SIM CARD. I ALSO REQUESTED TO MENTION MY CORPORATE ACCOUNT CEEL NO [protected] ON THE APPLICATION FORM OF CELL NO [protected] FOR ADDITIONAL IDENTITY PARTICULARS. THEREAFTER I WAS USING THE CELL NO [protected] FOR INWARD CALLS.
                            MY WIFE WAS IN APPOLA HOSPITAL AT JUBILLE HILLS HYDERABAD WITH THE CEEL SINCE MY BROTHERS SON WAS HOSPITALISED . TO MY SURPRISE I OBSERVED THAT MY CELL NO [protected] WAS BARRED BY AIRTEL DESPITE MY FULFILLING ALL THE KYC NORMS WHICH WERE CHECKED THAM.
                            DUE TO BARRING OF THE SAID NO , THE COMMUNICATION COULD NOT BE DONE TO THE HOSPITAL SITE WHERE MY WIFE WITH THE SAID NO WAS PRESENT. THIS HAS CAUSED DAMAGE AND LOSS OF REPUTATION TO ME AT THAT CRITICAL JUNCTURE .
                            THIS IS NOTHING BUT HARRASEMENT AND CAUSUNG DAMAGE TO CUSTOMER . UPON CALLING SH SATISH ,CHANNEL PARTNEL ,AIRTEL HYDERABAD ON 03.02.2010 HE ASSURED THAT THE NO WILL BE ACTIVATED WITH 12 HOROURS BUT SO FAR IT IS NOT RECTIFIED DESPITE MY PLEASE AND SMS MESSAGES TO HIM AT HIS NO [protected].
                            KINDLY DIRECT THE COMPANY OFFICIALS NOT TO CAUSE SUCH DAMAGE AAND LOSS TO SUCH GENUINE CUSTOMERS WHOSE KYC WAS ALREADY ESTABLISDED AND EVEN AGAIN GIVEN ALL THE NECESSARY KYC DOCUMENTS AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY IF SIM CARD. I HAD ALSO RECHARGED ON 03.02.2010 WITH RS 55 BUT THIS AMT ALSO LOST BY ME DUE TO NEGLIGENT AND CARELESS WORKING OF THE STAFF.
                            I MAY BE COMPENSATED WITH THE LOSS BY RECHARGIND MY NO BY RS 100.00
                            AS A PENALTY AND NEGLIGENT ATTITUDE OF AIRTEL

                            WITH REGARDS

                            ANANDA ASHOK
                            CELL NO -[protected] / [protected] / [protected]
                            STATE BANK OF PATIALA,ABIDS,HYDERABAD
                            Aug 14, 2020
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                              Priya jain
                              Feb 17, 2010
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                              I am forced to address this email to as I think Airetl customer service has been inefficeint to solve my complaint.I would like to file a complaint against Bharti Airtel Ltd. for Wasting my time and giving me mental torture for the following matter.

                              Problem 1:I took a postpaid connection from Airtel by the number [protected] in jan 2007 and since then the name on my billing account is wrong.My connection is in the name of Miss Rakhi Jain but my name is Miss Priya Jain.I have called customer services several times in last 3 years but no one has resolved my problem.I have submitted proof of my identity at customer service center in Lajpat Nagar but still the issue is same.I am unable to show my Bill as address proof as it is in wrong name.Each time I call customer service advisors proactively escalates the call to supervisor who promises call back which never happens and always gives me refrence number which no one takes care of.Airtel customer service is Horrendous Appalling and Diabolical.I want this telephone account to be changed in my name without effecting my services at all.

                              Problem 2:I am on paper free billing for last 3 years.All of a sudeen without my permission Airtel decided to send me paper bills.I have to call every month and request to stop paper bills but the situation is same for last 6 months.I do not want paper bills at all. i have harrassed by the nodal officer as I have escalated the issue to them.

                              I have no faith on Airtel's credibility and intergrity. I have also now decided to file a complaint in the District Consumer Court against this after I approach the Telecom Regulatory Authority.
                              Aug 14, 2020
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                                V.Janaki
                                Feb 17, 2010
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                                My mobile no is [protected] and i'm receiving an SMS from 54321 every day that costs me a rupee. I have never subscribed to this service. Please DEACTIVATE me from this service IMMEDIATELY. I don't want to be ripped off by a service that is of no use to me.
                                Aug 14, 2020
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                                It had gotten worse now. I just received an SMS from 543216 that 30 rupees had been deducted for the renewal of Chat service. I had already sent two STOP SMSs to 121 to stop all services and i received a confirmation back.

                                THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. PEOPLE PLEASE DON'T GO FOR AIRTEL EVER AGAIN.
                                Airtel customer support was kind enough and refunded the 30 rupees. Thanks a lot folks. I really appreciate it.

                                Regards,
                                Janaki.
                                First of all, WHY and HOW this service gets automatically subscribed in my mobile without my consent. I didnt subscribed to any services. There should be at least a msg saying "customer, you have subscribed to **** service. And call *** to unsubscribe at any moment" etc. This calls and sms are coming even in the midnight. It is really irritating, annoying. The reason I stopped using vodafone and started using airtel is to get rid of annoying vodafone calls.

                                Now I guess, it is time to say good bye to airtel and switch to some other customer centric service provider. Thank GOD, MNP is activated in India...
                                YES! I AM ALSO GETTING THE SAME SMS FROM AT-54321 CHARGING ME 1 RUPEE PER MESSAGE. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE THIS SMS, I DO NOT WANT IT.
                                MY NUMBER IS[protected].
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                                54321--same thing happened with me also. daily rs 2for MMS is being deducted without my consent. i am planning to file a case on Airtel. Ph [protected].
                                My Pre-paid air tel mobile no- is [protected].The balance in my account has been reduced substantially in the name of sms services of your company although I have never subscribed or used such service.One message I have read, was saying thanks to me for subscribing CARRERTIPS_1 service but I have never subscribed for this service.I request you to stop all sms services and credit the amt to my account which has been debited from account in the name of such services.
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                                  Pankaj J
                                  from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                                  Feb 17, 2010
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                                  Dear Sir,
                                  I had taken the Airtel prepaid service in Mumbai in December 2009
                                  Initially i had a balance of Rs 50 after the activation. I made a few calls and my balance was reduced to around 34. Then suddenly the next day my balance is reduced to Rs. 0
                                  On inquiring i was told that all the amount was used up in GPRS transaction. I dont even know how to use GPRS. So i thought may be because i dont know i must have done something which might have used GPRS.
                                  Then i recharged my phone with Rs 275. and soon with in 3 days my balance got reduced by Rs. 50-60.
                                  I understood that its done because job alerts and some other alerts were activated.
                                  I called up customer service they said that i have activated these alerts. I was told that these alerts might have been activated when the automatic calls from airtel comes and some button might have been pressed.
                                  Then i was told if thats not happened what might have happened is they start the free trial service and after trial it continues and to stop it we have to send a message which i guess is total violation from the TRAI guidelines which states that unless The Consumer gives direct consent no value added service or any alerts should be activated.
                                  I made a complaint and was told that i will be getting a call from their concerned department in 4 working days for the complaint i made with the complaint number [protected]
                                  Then i called up to ask for the status after some days they refused to pay me back the money they stole from me.
                                  Then i told them i do not wish to get any message from Airtel or any other company so they said they would activate the DND facility for me with the request number W[protected].
                                  After this the service provider didnt send me any message.
                                  My phone had been switched off for last 3 days.
                                  Then when i start my phone today i got around 8 messages from Airtel with cricket updates.
                                  I called up Airtel again about this and they said this might have happened by mistake and accepted their mistake and said they are returning the money they charged for this service.
                                  In the evening again i got another cricket update and my balance was deducted again.
                                  This time they said the balance is not deducted. I asked for information that when was the service activated and they first say on 16/2/2010 at 4AM
                                  I asked him you believe that i got up at 4AM to activate this service he quickly corrects it by saying sorry its not AM but PM. But the question is how can i activate this service with my phone switched off.
                                  To this he says i must have pressed some button when i got the automated call from Airtel.
                                  Then i asked him to tell me if my DND service has been activated. To which he replied yes.

                                  Now what i cant understand is
                                  1. How can i get a call from Airtel when my phone i switched off.
                                  2. Why i am getting calls and messages from Airtel as they claim that is how the service got activated when my DND is active
                                  3. Why is TRAI guidelines being ignored so blatantly and these people having the guts to say that you wont get your money you want you can go to consumer court. (This was told to me when i was making a complaint for money being deducted for services which i didnt activate first time.)

                                  Again he has give me a complaint number which is [protected] and i am very sure they will deny it from happening.

                                  Seriously speaking i feel since the revenue per person has gone down this is the tactics they are using to extort money from us. I Hope some Airtel management sees this complaint and replies me with a solution

                                  Also i would request everyone and anyone who has any information about where to make the complaint about the violation of DND and TRAI guidelines officially as i believe that by making an official complaint with the TRAI is the only way they can stop cheating clients who are supposed to be kings but treated like criminals and asked to pay for faults which they are responsible and not us.
                                  Aug 14, 2020
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                                  Airtel — Activate DND without my consent

                                  Sir, i am an airtel customer. My number is [protected]. I bought an airtel sim on january 2009. I called customer service for not getting any offer, but they are saying that you have activated DND service on 2007. For a newly started pack it is free from all service. By activating DND service they blocked my offers without my consent. For deactivating this i called several times and spent my precious time for this. At last i asked compensation from them for activating DND without my consent and spending lot of time with customer care. Please take action and ask them to compensate me Rs.1000. Thank you.

                                  Airtel Prepaid — Activation of JOB Alerts without consent

                                  VAS - Jobalerts was activated without my consent on my Airtel Prepaid Number - [protected]. The service has been bugging me for the last two daily moths without fail. You always somehow manage to send an sms while I am doing the only important work of the day.

                                  Kindly Deactive the service. I am very content being jobless.

                                  Airtel Mobile Prepaid — service activated without my consent

                                  I have not opted for hello tune services but when i start my mobile after three days at 7.00am on 24-11-09 a message came from hello tunes saying thanku for subscribing hello tune service you have been charged Rs 30. Sender 543211 time 03:29:59 on 24-11-09.As i written my mobile was switched off from 22-11-09 morning to[protected].00 morning,message time is 3.29.59am.
                                  my mobile no [protected].
                                  dear sir
                                  i wish to inform you that, i am facing a serious problem on my cell number [protected].
                                  i called on this number but according to call register no call was received from that number where i talked .
                                  when i checked call register i got surprised according to call resiter at the same time call was received from other number.
                                  when i checked that number there was no call made from the same number.
                                  you are requested to take this matter seriously, your early action shall be highly appriciated. with regard ajay
                                  Dear Mr Chugh,
                                  Thanks for your comment.

                                  I would just like to bring to your notice that if you have really gone through the complaint i made with all the description given by me there are atleast 3 reference numbers from where you can get my information from the Airtel Customer Service. The only thing is you willing to do so.

                                  Secondly i guess this is the standard response given by Airtel Customer Service team as this is the same response give to all the complaints regarding airtel given in this site with none of them which i got through given any response about why the problem may have occurred.

                                  And lastly we need to bring all our grievances at this public platform for the simple reason that your customer service is not actually of any customer service as all the information which they give are either rubbish or what all we already know. For ex I was told that the cricket alerts has been activated on the day my phone was actually switched off. On insisting to know why was i contacted for this service the response was may be some problem with the server which is another strange reason for which we are being charged when actually we should be given compensation for being disturbed while i am a registered DND client.

                                  So i would like to request you to first give me some satisfactory reply here so that i should give you my other details (i dont understand why my address would be required as i dont think these alerts are concerned with my address. So i would also like to know the reason for your need of this information also)

                                  Thanks
                                  Pankaj
                                  Unsatisfied Airtel Customer
                                  sir,

                                  Pl send Name and address of pre-paid airtel Mobile owner. Mobile No is [protected].This no of Mumbai. soon.


                                  Thanking You.

                                  Airtel — jobs on mobile alert activated without consent

                                  Jobs on mobile service has been acticated on my mobile phone ([protected]) without my consent.
                                  Every day Re 1 get deducted from my balance.

                                  Kindly take the necessary action and immediately stop this service.

                                  Regards
                                  Anish singh Chaudhary
                                  anish.[protected]@gmail.com
                                  Mobile phone- [protected]
                                  I agree with Mr Pankaj. AirTel is only interested in exploiting people, rather than giving them good service, their customer care executives are useless, they only give redundant or wrong information, put us on a never ending hold and never get back with a proper solution, just saying humme iske liye khed hai, we are sorry and what not. They were good when they were only into telecommunciation, but now after trying hands on everything, they are spoiling their name. And the funniest thing is after 31st May 2010. The customer care service on 121 will be chargable !!! how lame??? We need to pay to speak to your executives... Get a life

                                  Airtel — Activation and Charging money for Alerts without my permission

                                  Sir,
                                  I have called airtel customer care seven times and all seven didn't gave any solutions to Refund my money. For your kind information i did not activate the Alert option. It got activated by Airtel and they charged me for these alert without my permission. The details of Alerts activated by them and my money deducted them is as follows,

                                  Alert Type Activation date Days/ Frequency Money deducted

                                  Ramayan Alert 25/01/2011 48 96 Rs.

                                  LKD Alerts 02/01/2011 2 or 3 times 20 or 30 Rs.


                                  The customer care didn't respond my complaint and refused to refund me. I want my all money back and also the money charged for calling customer care. Please provide me the way to take serious action against the company. This was happened with me for third time , so I want aware all customer using mobiles and to teach a lesson to the company. Here I briefly writing my complaint because, the Aitel company has 13 cores customers and I calculated that if they deduct money from each customer illegally 10 Rs. each, they can earn 130 cores yearly. I know that they earning by this way, on my fathers mobile they activated number of alert without their permission. Please contact me on email or mobile no. and we have to file a common complaint in court if they deceived you. This is My address and contact details

                                  Mr. Bhushan Shivraj Kantode
                                  C/O Kavtekar.
                                  Vishwa Residency, Dange chowk,
                                  Thergaon, Pune.
                                  Email: [protected]@scigenin.com, [protected]@yahoo.co.in
                                  Mobile: [protected], [protected]
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                                    NIKHILESH MOHARI
                                    from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                                    Feb 17, 2010
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                                    Dear Sir
                                    My phone no [protected](purchased from kolkata)was misplaced at my residence in low battery condition.When got and dialled on 14.02.10
                                    it was showing NO NETWORK COVERAGE/SIM CARD REGISTRATION FAILED.I immediately contacted your customer care at Delhi.I had been informed
                                    to contact customer care centre at Kolkata at [protected].After listening to the problem I had been told to meet any AIRTEL outlet at Delhi.
                                    Accordingly I met Mr Salim of your Malviya nagar Delhi outlet on15.02.10.He could not solve the problem and informed the above said phone had been
                                    permanently disconnected and only Kolkata office could solve the problem.I contacted Kolkata office on 15.02.10.But they could not solve the problem.
                                    From 16.02.10 evening the phone was showing LIMITED SERVICE.May I know the reason for this permanent disconnection?My phone was a life time connection with a balance of Rs 70 .I had received SMS up to
                                    24 dec 09 and I called my daughter at USA in the first week of January 2010.
                                    I would request to kindly look into the matter urgently.
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                                    yours
                                    nikhilesh mohari
                                    Aug 14, 2020
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                                      M.sarath babu
                                      from Bengaluru, Karnataka
                                      Feb 16, 2010
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                                      SIR,
                                      I AM OPERATION THE AIRTEL PREPAID CELL SIM NO.[protected]
                                      SINCE TWO YEARS WITH A SCHEME OF ONE PAISE / SEC OFFER
                                      BUT THREE MONTHS ONWARDS EVERY DAY MORE THAN ONE RUPEE
                                      CUTTINNG FROM MY BALANCE WITHOUT OPTIONS, RECENTLY THE SOME WAS TAKEN TO NOTICE THROUGH LOCAL AND INTERNAL AIRTEL CUSTEMER CARE PEOPLE AND EVENTHOUGH NO SOLUTIONS , LAST TWO MONTHS BACK ALSO I STOPED TO RECHARGE , EVENTHOUGH ONE RUPEE CUTTING WITH SHOWING MINUS BALANCE , ON ADVICE OF LOCAL RECHARGE AGENT , I HAVE BARED THE SAME WITH SENDING SMS TO THE AIRTEL PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH THE SAME IS CONTINUEING AND FACING THE SAME PROBLEM .
                                      Aug 13, 2020
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                                      Everyday — missing sim card

                                      i want to deactivate my number because i miss my number before one month. i think this sim card some body used. so, i want deactivate my sim card. otherwise please bar my outgoing call on that sim card number.
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                                      [protected]
                                      This is the number to bar outgoing calls.
                                      i request to deactivate this number
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                                        Rajratna L Jagzap
                                        from Bengaluru, Karnataka
                                        Feb 16, 2010
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                                        Myself and my family uses the AIRTEL telecommunication service.(Six connections) since more than a year.
                                        Three of them were provided with unexpected additional paid service. The facts were communicated to the customer complaint section. The unexpected loss of money was partly credited on the account.

                                        My complaint is-

                                        1) Why the company hits the unexpected service on the head of the customer?
                                        2) Is it the responsibility of the customer to be vigillnt against such practice?
                                        3) Why cant' be the attitude of such companies should be caring of customer rather than DOUBTFUL?
                                        4) Why the company adjusts the loss only that - related to the LAST RECHARGE ?
                                        5) Why the honourable people on the back end customer care service cuts my call without satisfactory explanation of doubts?
                                        6) What is meaning of 'sufficient chance given' (paryapt moka) for getting the doubts cleared when I call the customer service without getting the satisfactory understanding about what has happened to my money?
                                        7) Is it a TECHNOLOGICAL FAULT or DELEBERATE unacceptance of complaint call of a customer, as i placed the complaint after the experience the facts mentioned in my complaint NO.-5 as mentioned above..? I do not get access to the customer care executive after the DROPPED (CUT...?) CALLS IN THE MIDDLE of communication.

                                        8) Why should I continue with their service?
                                        The complaints are very valid.
                                        I my self have faced these problem.
                                        Infact just some moments back I also made a similar complaint. You can view it at
                                        http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/airtel-prepaid-mobile-service-mumbai...
                                        I have given a detailed information of all the malpractices done.
                                        Infact what i had forgotten to mention is.
                                        You can talk to the call center executive at the max 3 times and after then you cannot talk to the executives but have to be content with the automated computer recording and have to wait for a day to get a chance to talk to these so called executives again to get a resolution to your problem.
                                        Thanks for reminding this problem
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