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Gautam Sindwani
from Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Oct 24, 2018
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Today's received a sms at 9:21 pm pm that 20₹ deducted from my airtel mobile a/c.

Balance deducted without my permission, i dont know whether service of bhaktisagar portrait has been started on my airtel no or not. Without any request and deducted rs.20 from my account balance. Please stop service and return my balance as i have not requested for this service.
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    Akila Shaikh
    from Jamnagar, Gujarat
    Oct 24, 2018
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    Rs 20 have been deducted from my account balance without any warning aur call for isagar potrait.It is a service which i've wished to have.This is not at all reasonable for a company to deduct money for providing a service which a customer never asked for.

    I would want my Rs 20 and the service should be stopped immediately.
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      ਰਾਕੇਸ਼ ਕੁਮਾਰ
      from Dirba, Punjab
      Oct 24, 2018
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      Address: Ludhiana, Punjab, 141109

      Dear concerned,

      It is with great sorrow that i write to you today regarding my request for sim upgradation from 3g to 4g, which is not being entertained. While your service has never had problems before, recently i have experienced severe and pathetic response from your customer care/airtel store/retailers, wheni raised this request. I believe that because i have not received the service i am paying for (Namely, internet) i should be refunded at least a month's worth of service since you are charging me a 4g data.

      The problem began on june 12th, when my internet went down for several days. I established that the problem was not my computer or the wireless connection, and then contacted you about the service interruption. You claimed you would resolve the same asap and advised to upgrade to 4g. You advised several means to upgrade the same and i have tried almost everything to upgrade the same, raising online request/ visiting airtel retailers/airtel store etc.

      I was handed over a blank sim from airtel store and a message containing a new sim number was dropped to 121 assuring that the service would be activated. You also suggested there to swapping the sim once the connectivity on previous sim get ceased. I agreed with all the procedure you followed and went home and waited for the network to cease out. But it never happened. Then contacted airtel customer care they advised to get a new sim from the aitel store as the previous sim might have some technical issue. I did the same and followed the procedure similar way as suggested by your representative and waited again to cease the network. But unfortunately that never happened.

      The problem continued throughout june and till the time. Contacting you customer care did not give any satisfactory answer to the issue and you are wasting your money paying them as they are of no use. My internet would cease working for several hours at a time in 3g connectivity and this made me mad and i opted porting out of airtel. But i did not find the same worthy enough since i did not avail the services what i paid for. You claimed that the problem was on my end, but i checked every possibility as you advised.

      I have established to my satisfaction that the problem is beyond my control, and that you are not providing the service i am paying for. I work online, so it is essential that i have internet that is functional which is worst on 3g. If you cannot guarantee service upgrading my sim to 4g. I will have to move to another provider. Please call me on [protected] to explain to me what you intend to do about this situation. I would normally ask that you email me at the address listed below, but since i cannot guarantee that i will be able to access my email with your service, i would prefer that you call.

      Thank you very much for your assistance.

      Sincerely,

      Rakesh kumar

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        arshanad
        from Hyderabad, Telangana
        Oct 23, 2018
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        Address: Chandrapur, Maharashtra, 713205

        I am using the rs. 448 1.4 gb/day unlimited pack, but after 7:53 am the net becomes unusable, hardly going over 100 kbps. I can't watch anything, do anything, even though i have hardly used any data. When the data refreshes with 12 at night the speed is back again until 7:53 am.
        Note: i have yet to use up my daily limit any day. I am in durgapur, west bengal. I would urge you to look into the matter or else i will have to discontinue using airtel.
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          pranav devgun
          from Doraha, Punjab
          Oct 23, 2018
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          Address: Ambala, Haryana, 134003

          I have postpaid airtel connection from ao long i visited the airtel store about plan change. They promised me to shift my plan to 199 but my bill came this time is 400 and they charged 280 for some value added swrvice not known to me.
          I really tried hard many time to shift to prepaid but all time these airtel store representatvis gave me promises like you will have very less bill and all. What to do in this i just paid 900 as my bill this month to.
          Over billed for approx 600..
          Please help me out
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            Arya711
            from Noida, Uttar Pradesh
            Oct 23, 2018
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            Address: New Delhi, Delhi, 110018

            Hi
            I have been using airtel from a long time and they fool people these days they promise for high speed internet but their speed is even less then 2G everywhere airtel is having connectivity issues where other brands are working fine but airtel will be crawling like a snail just because of this i lost the cheaper fare of my flight there was just one seat left but due tk this ### internet i lost that
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              Thamizh Maran
              from Perambalur, Tamil Nadu
              Oct 23, 2018
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              failed to refund the deposit amount

              Address: 621212

              Sir
              We have running the airtel store in peramblaur district, we closed the showroom on last january 2018, but still airtel finance team failed to refund the amount.
              Our 50, 000 rs amount was not refunded still now, they are replying properly for it. Now it about 9 months gone, still the call & mail are not answered properly.

              Store name:zerone tech
              Location: perambalur, tamilnadu
              Contact:[protected]br...
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              Lawy
              from Tondi, Tamil Nadu
              Oct 23, 2018
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              Address: 641025

              I have received msg like "your outgoing call validity is going to end from 28 Oct 2018". I called the customer care for help they are saying it's a new policy so you have to recharge with valueble pack. If I have normal balance why I can't call and why I need valueble pack. Past 10 years I am using this sim. Please give response as soon as possible.
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                Ps134
                from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                Oct 23, 2018
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                Airtel did automatic activation of value added services (Vas) & deducted mobile balance.
                Airtel is continuously doing such frauds on customers & denying the fact that it has done on its own, instead trying to pass the blame on customer without any proof.
                There are several complaints which has been lodged on forced activation of vas without consent of customer.
                I need the answer from airtel why it has activated vas without my permission?
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                  Ps134
                  from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                  Oct 23, 2018
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                  Airtel is continuously activating unnecessary Value added service on its own without any consent of customer in my prepaid airtel mobile number [protected] & deducting balance periodically when ever I am recharging it.

                  I called airtel customer care which is absolutely useless- no need to mention it, I have complained via email too, but Airtel is passing the blame on customer saying that I have activated it.
                  When asked about concrete proof, they are unable to produce any such.
                  This is the case for many customers that Airtel intentionally fraudly activating VAS & passing the blame to customer without any proof.
                  They are completely in denial mode . This is violation of business ethics.

                  I am not so dump that I wont recognize & reconcile after activating several VAS which are irrelevant for me & nothing to do with my daily life.
                  Therefore I need airtel to come up with the proof which shows I have done it (fact is that I have never done so) or accept the fact that it has activated it without customer permission.
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                    varun sai
                    from Mavoor, Kerala
                    Oct 23, 2018
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                    Address: Hyderabad, Telangana

                    I have registered a complaint with airtel executives on 27th april. There is no development in the complaint. My complaint no. Is 84985334. This is serious issue i cant attend any calls though the mobile is on it gives the message to the callers as switched off. The advertisement showing as fastest network its fake. The net does not even turn on due to weak signals please take immediate action.
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                      Saravanakarthi
                      from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
                      Oct 23, 2018
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                      Address: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641037

                      We are continuously enquiringly about our plan change ...
                      and we have requested ask some customer relation manager to visit us..
                      we have sent various mail to [protected]@in.airtel.com but they skipping the customer compliant only .. not ready to solve the issue .. before we have corporate connection with vodafone the customer relation is really good compare to airtel..
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                        Praveen214132
                        from Mumbai, Maharashtra
                        Oct 23, 2018
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                        Address: 411028

                        My mobile number is +91-[protected]. I have taken a broadband plan but due relocation and travelling I requested for the 500Rs/months custd plan saying within three month you are eligible to activate Any available braoband plans without any setup charges. after 15 min I got a call from One of family member saying he wants to visit Pune for 6-7 days so I called back to customer care for cancelling the request. The Activation request will take 4 hours to activate so it is not activated yet but they you will be charged as you requested for activation.
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                          from Bengaluru, Karnataka
                          Oct 23, 2018
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                          Address: 560011

                          First and foremost "airtel sucks" when it comes to complaints and service. The coverage in my area has been then worst and for the last 6 months i have been promised they are putting u a tower. Out of sheer frustration i have ported to vodafone..
                          The technicians keep strolling and dont bother to attend to the complaints. Once i advised them of changing over to vodafone a million calls have come. I asked the scavengers to come home to see the witness the coverage. One braveheart came up from airtel - manu and agreed the strength is only 10 when it should be atleast 50-60..
                          Money swindlers.. I have decided not pay airtel and let then call me forever...
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                          Oct 23, 2018
                          Updated by [email protected]
                          Btw this pertains to Mantri Pride, 1st Block, jayanagar bangalore 560011.. the airtel technicians who do not attend to clients complaints are devraj and anith .
                          Airtel is terrible .
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                            Disisme06
                            from Kolkata, West Bengal
                            Oct 23, 2018
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                            Address: Kolkata, West Bengal
                            Website: Submit complaint

                            I am using [protected] airtel prepaid no.. Today, 23rd october 2018 i received a customer persons call from [protected] at 2.54 pm.. Named mayuri (Doughted) as she was calling for postpaid. I was not unable to attend and told her i had traveled whole night.. She asked my other postpaid no. Which i am not bound to tell her.. After that she had behaved very badly, raw tone and spoken slangs to me
                            I am very disappointed that airtel appointings this kind of people for there customer help...
                            Please look into this matter
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                              mrthiru
                              from Puducherry, Puducherry
                              Oct 23, 2018
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                              Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600116
                              Website: www.airtel.in

                              Today i learned that the talk time top up plans have been removed and i have to top up every month to keep talk time validity.

                              I strongly oppose such decision as i am using basic model and i have same basic feature phones for my parents and i only top up them when their talk times are used, this may take sometime 1 month or 2 month or 3 month. For me also its same.

                              The plans you brought now are headache and i have to keep remind and top up for each month.

                              Please bring back talk time top ups and can be used until talk time amount are used.
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                                AR - Ilayaraja rasigan
                                from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                                Oct 23, 2018
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                                Address: 600097

                                [protected] am - 10:30 am

                                As my airtel sim blocked & asked for puc code, contacted airtel customer code and they asked me to visit store room. Went to the store room this morning, every customer was approaching executives, i also. And then they asked me to get the token and sit and wait. They called out token no.1 & 2. I was waiting for my turn. Many customer did not get the token, they directly approached the executives who came after me. I got up and one of the executive told me to wait again. They have never called me still 10:30. I wasted my time got fed up with airtel. Y didn't you cal me? Follow any best method.

                                Y did you asked me to sit and wait???
                                My dress code - wearing shorts and tshirt???
                                Observed people who came well dressed served first
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                                Oct 23, 2018
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                                I squeezed the token no.3, you can find it in your airtel store or ask your security.
                                Oct 23, 2018
                                Updated by AR - Ilayaraja rasigan
                                I have been blocked for three days, have no alternate mobile number.
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                                  Kumaresan Rathanavel
                                  from Perundurai, Tamil Nadu
                                  Oct 23, 2018
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                                  To day I got a message from Airtel that Rs.75/- was deducted from my account for activation of HOT CHILLES. I deactivated it by SMS. But the amount Rs.75/- was not refunded.Offering value added services without demand from the customers is an offence. this type of pick pocketing from customers should legally be checked by authorities concerned.
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                                    Rinkoo Sharma
                                    from Gurgaon, Haryana
                                    Oct 23, 2018
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                                    Address: 121004

                                    Dear sir,

                                    My mobile no. [protected] has been ported out from vodafone yesterday at 11: 30 pm and till now that number is not activated from airtel. I have called you again and again to your customer care but i always replied that your verification is pending and wait for one hour but they did not define that what kind of verification is pending, i have already verified by your customer care.

                                    I have spent more than 16 hours on which there is no network on my mobile and there is a number of calls which are very crucial to me to attend but cant help it.

                                    I am requesting you to please resolve it as soon as possible.
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                                      deeps4chill
                                      from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
                                      Oct 23, 2018
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                                      Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600099

                                      I have an airtel broadband connect for which i have failed to pay the bill for 2 months, as our family has been in an accident. With all the chaos in hand, we have missed paying the bill. For which the connection was removed, on top of that a lady from airtel called us threatened that she will be sending people over to our house and also accused us of cheating, if she had checked our airtel bill records, we have over 6 connections for over 8 years. But this is how they treat their customers. This happened on 23/10/2018 around 10 am.
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