Hi,
My name is Channdeep Singh & my Airtel postpaid mobile no. is [protected]. I have been a loyal customer to Airtel & availing their Broadband, DSL & Mobile services for quite long now. But, I have an issue here with my Airtel Postpaid Bill.
I signed up for Airtel Postpaid Mobile in Feb 08. It was a corporate plan as I work with HCL. It was an Advance Rental Plan for 1 yr & they charged me Rs 699. My monthly rental was zero. I was able to sign up for this with the Airtel's representative for HCL. Now, as it was a corporate plan, my internal company calling i.e. CUG (Company User Group) was free. Everything went well till 1 yr as the main reason for signing up corporate plan was being accomplished (of enjoying free CUG calling).
Now, after 1 yr, when plan expired, without any acknowledgement & notice, Airtel switched me onto a normal postpaid plan & started charging me a monthly rental of Rs 300. I came to know this after 2 months, when I started receiving calls for non-payment pf bills. When I contacted Airtel Customer Care, they told me, as your 1 yr plan has expired, so it has now turned into a normal Postpaid no. & that's why, you are now being charged this monthly rental. Moreover, when I asked them, how to renew contract, they asked me to contact Airtel's representative for HCL.
When I spoke with Airtel's representative for HCL, he says, he can't do anything about monthly charge & started ignoring my phone calls to him. I was very annoyed as this all was done without my approval & moreover, I did not get any notice through any mode of communication. Finally, after many conversations with Airtel Customer Care, they reveresed some amount & offered me a new 2 yr contract with some reduced amount. I got agreed.
It was all OK till here. Now, I carried on with my new plan & kept paying all the bills. In a few months, I felt that I am getting charged extra because my maximum calling was internal i.e. CUG, which was free as per my postpaid plan. Now, I reviewed my bills & found that I have been charged for even all my CUG calling. I reported this to Airtel customer care as my contact was non-existent with Airtel's representative for HCL as he use to ignore my phone calls. Customer care told me that the new 2 yr plan, I have been switched onto, is a public plan. Its not a corporate plan & so for, there is no CUG free under this plan.
Now, they said, they can't do anything & CUG will always be getting charged in these 2 yrs. So, this was an absolute breach of contract as they are now charging me for CUG as well. & the main reason for me to sign up for a corporate connection was to enjoy free CUG calling only. Upon this, I then went to meet Airtel's HCL representative in person, & he suggested me to keep paying my bills minus CUG calling charges. I told him, that it is not possible for me to figure out every CUG call from every bill & making payments after deducting CUG calling charges. & most importantly, doing this for 2 yrs. I don't think, it would be possible for anyone. Then, he advised me to calculate some average amount of CUG calling, which I make.
I kept doing this & now, few days back, I got a SMS for Airtel, that due to my previous outstanding, they have handed over my details to their payment assistance partner. I haven't contacted Airtel Customer Care & HCL's representative till now.
SO, I want to lodge a formal complaint here because of the following reasons:
1- Why I was not been informed & taken my assent, when my initial 1 yr contract was about to expire ?
2- When they offered me new 2 yr plan to renew, why they did not tell me that this this is a public plan, not a corporate plan, & I will be getting charged even for CUG calling ?
3- When I asked from Customer Care, the procedure to get this new public plan converted into a corporate plan (corporate plan, which means free CUG), they say me, that I will have to subscribe for a new corporate plan & all my money, which I paid as Advance Rental (Rs 1000) for this new 2 yr plan, will go in vain. Why ? Why I have to pay again ? Why you did not tell me that this is not a corporate plan & CUG will be getting charged ?
Thanks in Advance + Best Regards,
Channdeep Singh
[protected]
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
I have already register a complaint for my moible no. [protected] 1st week of November spoken to Mr. Amit for the deduction of my Rs. 10 he has refund immediately he told that the service of "FRiENDS CHAT" is deactived and but on 14th Novemeber 09 i have received message that Rs. 20 is deducted for the same and you have done my balance zero on 14.11.09 i cannot make called also.
i have not activated any service for FRIENDS CHAT so why you has deducted money from my amount.
if you are listening, Please take necessary actions, otherwise you may lose customers,
I wish Airtel to contine to be the leader in mobile service for the quality of service offered because i already have 3 connnections in my family.
I hope you will treat this matter as urgent.
With Regards,
Richa Jadhav