A telephone booth is there in our locality named ‘NIVARANI TELECOM’ addressed 16, Dr.G.C. Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly, Pin – 712201, (Near Mitali Samsad Club and Serampore Railway Station, Platform no 1&2).
Three or four months before the shopkeeper named ‘Bappa’ announced a fabulous offer, that BSNL will issue a lifetime connection along with a black & white hand set for just Rs.25/-(Twenty five only). This offer from BSNL will be available from this shop only. And one, who will subscribe 20 or more connections, will get a Nokia6600 color camera handset. At that time BSNL was issuing lifetime connections for free, from its mobile shops in our locality. First we did not believe his words, but at the end, when he shown us an advertisement from BSNL in a Bengali newspaper we believed and deposited Rs.25/- and all the necessary documents to him.
After a week he had issued a lifetime SIM card of BSNL, containing Rs.65/- as Talk-Time. This is the only thing we have received from him but no hand set at all. When we asked about the handset, he replied that BSNL has changed the scheme, and now we have to give him Rs. 50/- for black & white handset and Rs. 75/- for color handset, as extra, and we will have another Lifetime SIM card. Many of our friends give the same money once again but the result was the same at last. They have got the SIM card only nothing else at all.
Now, from the last two or three weeks he is asking Rs. 337/-(Three hundred and thirty seven only) for the service charges of BSNL, we have to pay if we want to have the mobile hand sets. Many of the local people have given him the money again. He has assured them that they will definitely have their mobile handset on 15th of July, 08. But the rest who have given him Rs.25/- or Rs.50/- or Rs.75/- for the first time will not get the mobile handset at all.
For your kind information we had a talk to the customer care officer of BSNL regarding this matter, he has informed us that no such type of offer has been issued by BSNL, but he can do nothing to the shopkeeper until we make a complain in the local exchange, he also refused to give us any further contact to whom we can discuss in this matter. The local exchange put their hands up from this issue and said that those SIM cards were issued from the Kolkata exchange so they should look into this matter. We are undecided, how to take some legal steps on this issue to prevent this kind of cheating.
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
BSNL Broadband — No broadband connection allotted
Hi,6 month back I have booked for broadband connection, They have installed phone line at my home 3 month back but still I have'nt got any call from bsnl guys to install modem and broad band. They are sending landline bill every month.
Please help I am a IT profressional I need broad band conn. immediately.
Thanks & Regards,