[Resolved]  Airtel Prepaid — WRONG RECHARGE - LOOTING CUSTOMER WITH 75.75% OF CASH PAID

BEWARE OF AIR TEL RECHARGE !
I had a very bad experience on 21st May 2009 at Mysore while recharging my airtel mobiles. I was advised by the Aietel agent near Lalith Mahal, that full talk time available if I paid Rs200/- I gave the numbers of my two Airtel mobiles and paid Rs400/- to E-recharge each phone with Rs200/- which had an offer, full talk time, as advised by the Airtel Agent.
To my surprise I received a message from Airtel that my Airtel numbers were credited with Rs46-51 each as talk time against a payment of Rs200/- The agent too was surprised and asked me any other Airtel number was available at Tamilnadu and there by he would send another message to Airtel to credit the mobile at Tamilnadu with Rs400/- by canceling the original credits to my mobiles. He further said that within 48 hours the transactions would be finished.
On 23rd I lodged a complaint with Airtel by email and the authorities were positive in giving replies and assured that the matter would be resolved in a couple of days. Like that they prolonged for nearly a month and finally furnished a negative reply stating that the offer was not valid for my mobile phone !
Then, how their agent could mislead me ? Is it not the responsibility of the Principal to ratify the mistakes of his agent ? Is depriving the customer by 75.75% By Airtel is approved by the government ?
Are you an Airtel customer ? Please ensure that you have enough balance before you step out of Tamilnadu to avoid this kind of daylight looting by the company.

S. Lakshmi Narasimhan.
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Aug 13, 2020
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It is shameful that a leading mobile service provider M/S Airtel is exploiting the customers. The amount should be refunded to the customer as there is no justification in collecting Rs200/- and allowing only Rs46/- as talk time. Concerned ministry should take appropriate action against the company in this regard. It is not sufficient if Air Tel gives a soothing reply without refunding the amount. It should see that the refund is made immediately and a reply is furnished by the customer on line to that effect.
AIR TEL IS NOT SINCERE IN REFUNDING. I HAVE FURNISHED ALL DETAILS AND THEY ARE YET TO RESOLVE MY COMPLAINT.

WHO WILL TAKE A STRONG ACTION AGAINST THE COMPANY ? WILL THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HELP CUSTOMERS LIKE ME ? A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION INDEED.

MY AIR TEL NUMBER IS [protected].

WILL AIR TEL BE TRUE TO ITS WORD AND RESOLVE MY COMPLAINT ?

S. LAKSHMI NARASIMHAN
Air tel is yet to redress my online complaint dated[protected]. What is the use of sending online complaints? Air tel is just not bothered to redress the customer's grievances. The amount involved may be negligible for the company but is a good part of hard earned money of the customer which the company is enjoying ! The company may influence the Government / media / political parties and not the customers. I am sure that this trend of any company for that matter would have a cancerous growth and would be beyond repair.

MY AIR TEL NUMBER IS [protected] and [protected].


S. Lakshmi Narasimhan.

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