[Resolved]  India Today Book Club — Product not delivered from 5 months after paying amount

I have made an online purchase on 1st Sep, 2009 for an amount Rs.574/-. After repeatedly followups with the Indiatoday cusotmer care they have sent me mail stating that the delivery will be done with in a short time. Now it is 21st Feb, 2010 and when i called the people on[protected] and checked about the satus they have no answer to my question and says "We have forwarded your request to concern department and they will get back to you" .

When I told them that i will get this Issue printed in News paper then, the executive says "OKAY". What does this mean. We understand that these sites are not trust worthy but, some times we feel getting an offers with great discount will definetly make sense for saving money. We reqeust that any of the concern depart should take initiave and do the necessary action with immediate effect and get back our money back.

For your reference here i give my Booking details, and their mails where i had a transaction with them.


1) [protected]@offers.indiatodaybookclub.com
[protected]@gmail.com

dateTue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:49
subjectOrder Information India Today Book Club
mailed-byoffers.indiatodaybookclub.com
signed-byoffers.indiatodaybookclub.com

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Thank you for entering our Rs 60,00,000.00 Sweepstakes.
We will inform you if you win any of the sweepstakes prizes.
Your Order ID is:[protected]. (Please note the order id. no. for future reference.)
You have made a credit card payment for an amount of Rs 574.0
Your diamond jewellery voucher number is : IB[protected]
Kindly give us 3-4 weeks for processing of your order. You will receive an email and a sms with your dispatch details soon.
For any further assistance call us at[protected] or email us at [protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com quoting the above mentioned order id


2) fromb jagadish <[protected]@gmail.com>
[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

dateTue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:09
subjectRe: Order Information India Today Book Club
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Dear Sir / Madam.

Please find the details given below for the purchase I have made for the product.

Request you to please update me regarding this As soon as possible.

Regards,
Jagadish

3)fromb jagadish <[protected]@gmail.com>
[protected]@offers.indiatodaybookclub.com

dateTue, Sep 29, 2009 at 16:12
subjectRe: Order Information India Today Book Club
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Dear Sir / Madam.


Today I have received an sms saying that "CDROM Jumbo Pack (MRP Rs. 1293) and Free 3D/2N Holiday + Free Adidas bag (worth Rs 5499) failed on credit card. Now you have the option to pay by Cash on Delivery. To Order SMS TENC to 567678. TnC apply" Sender : TM-India Tdy". It is really scarring me to see such messages of loosing my money from my account. Rs.574 has been already deducted from my ICICI Bank account now the message says to pay cash on Delivery.

Do you want to prove that you are cheating the customers? As per the discussions I had with your people on telephone they said the gift will be delivered in 3 to 4 weaks of time. But still I have not received my gift pack and now i receive these messages.

for your reference here i am giving you the details of the transactions happend in my ICICI Bank account:



Sr No. Value
DateTransaction
DateDescriptionCheque No.WithdrawalsDepositAvailable Balance
101/09/200901/09/2009 NFS/CASH WDL/01-09-09/09:11:48/0 6,000.00 6,413.00
201/09/200901/09/2009 BIL/[protected]/The India Today Grou/INDIATODAY_M 574.00 5,839.00
301/09/200901/09/2009 BIL/[protected]/Chinna/[protected] 4,000.00 1,839.00
401/09/200901/09/2009 VAT/CASH WDL/02-09-09/07:58:23/0 500.00 1,339.00
502/09/200901/09/2009 NFS/CASH WDL/02-09-09/00:03:22/0 500.00 839.00
602/09/200902/09/2009 NEFT Transaction Chgs_010909 5.52 833.48
702/09/200902/09/2009 BIL/[protected]/Chinna/NSP 300.00 533.48
804/09/200904/09/2009 NFS/CASH WDL/04-09-09/20:38:27/0 500.00 33.48
905/09/200905/09/2009 BIL/[protected]/jagadish amt lend/NSP 1,000.00 1,033.48
1006/09/200907/09/2009 NFS/CASH WDL/06-09-09/10:44:34/0 1,000.00 33.48






* In order to view payment IDs of your past transactions, please go to "Show Payments Made" in the Bill Pay section.

Note:
1. Transaction date: The date when the transaction in the account is entered.
2. Value date: The date when the transaction takes effect for the purpose of calculation of interest.
3. Legends Used in Account Statement
· VAT / MAT / NFS – Cash withdrawal at other bank ATM
· INF – Internet fund transfer in linked accounts
· EBA – Transaction on ICICI Direct
· BIL – Internet Bill payment or funds transfer to Third party
· VPS / IPS – Debit card transaction
· TOP – Mobile recharge
· BCTT – Banking Cash Transaction Tax
· UCCBRN CMS -Upcountry cheque collection
· LCCBRN CMS - Local cheque collection


Now I need exclanation for this and if i am not receiving my gift or refund then I will make sure that the Issue will be taken to the concerned Government departments and would ensure that you have to pay for it.

Thanks,

Jagadish
[protected]
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India Today — No gifts received till now

I also want to add to my complaint before that inthe subscription offer you people have also promised assured free gifts . I havent received a single one till now, Whats the difference between subscription and buying from a local stand except home delivery?

indiatodaybookclub — non compliance of relese of gifts

I have paid Rs 2249/- for CDs and was promised some gifts to be claimed online but the website mentioned is not opening
Dr R K Chaudhry
e-mail: [protected]@yahoo.com
mob: [protected]

India Today Book Club — no delivery of product

I have paid 3199 Rs for watch that has been offered by India today book club. order reference is MITBC-WEB[protected]. Please do something.

Offers.indiatodaybookclub — nor delivery of order

I had booked an order vide ID No. [protected] dated 13.02.2009. I was told that the ordered material will be delivered within three weeks. But today it is more than a month, but the supply has not been received. My credit card account has already been debited by the concerned amount. It is not understood why this delay?

indiatodaybookclub — site not accessible

i bought a pack of 20 cd's and was promised free gift after logging on this site but this site is not available
till date i am receiving mails to claim my free gift but that is not true.please do the needful
thanking you in anticipation
Dear Mr. Ashok Dhir Your complaint has been resolved on 01/4/2009.
Please refer to the email sent to you on your id. If you have any further queries, please mail back to us on the given id:

[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

Would request you to kindly mention this subject: ONLINE COMPLAINTS
Whenever you mail us for quicker response,

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected]
Dear Mr.Anu Parihar Your complaint has been resolved on 01/4/2009.
Please refer to the email sent to you on your id. If you have any further queries, please mail back to us on the given id:

[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

Would request you to kindly mention this subject: ONLINE COMPLAINTS
Whenever you mail us for quicker response,

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected]
Dear Mr. Samarendra Your complaint has been resolved on 01/4/2009.
Please refer to the email sent to you on your id. If you have any further queries, please mail back to us on the given id:

[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

Would request you to kindly mention this subject: ONLINE COMPLAINTS
Whenever you mail us for quicker response,

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected]
Dear Mr. Dinesh Shinde Your complaint has been resolved on 13/04/2009.
Please refer to the email sent to you on your id. If you have any further queries, please mail back to us on the given id:

[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

Would request you to kindly mention this subject: ONLINE COMPLAINTS
Whenever you mail us for quicker response,

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected]
Dear Mr.Piyush Sharma Your complaint has been resolved on 16/04/2009.
Please refer to the email sent to you on your id. If you have any further queries, please mail back to us on the given id:

[protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com

Would request you to kindly mention this subject: ONLINE COMPLAINTS
Whenever you mail us for quicker response,

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected]
Reference my Order ID : MITBC-WEB[protected] aganist which I have received pack of 8 CDs on 28.03.09 against payment of Rs999/=. but I have not received XXL Size REEBOCK T-Shirt and ADIDAS Bag as ASSURED FREE GIFTS till today(01.05.09)
Do I consider it as malpractice in which case I shall be constrained to take legal stepss.

Kindly advise

Siddhartha Roy

E-mail:[protected]@yahoo.co.in

Mobile: [protected]

India Today Book Club — Maney take but no gift sent

I was promised 16 CDs for 599/- but given only 4 in Oct'08. Later promised a Reebok shoe for 748/-. Money is debited in Feb'09 but no shoe delivered so far. Contacted them in Mar-Apr many times on mail, They have said sorry and promised to send. No action from them, Now they dont write at all. This is clear cheating. I have all mail messageswhich I am attaching here
Dear VIKAS KOTHARI
We thank you for the overwhelming response we have received for our offer.
This is to confirm the receipt of your order. The details of your order are as mentioned below:
S2442 SAAZ : SITAR VOL.1 & 2 (ST OF 2 CDS)
S2443 SAAZ:TABLA VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2444 SAAZ:SANTOOR VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2445 SAAZ:SAROD VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2446 SAAZ:FLUTE VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2447 SAAZ:SARANGI VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2448 SAAZ:VIOLIN VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
S2449 SAAZ:SHEHNAI VOL.1 & 2 (SET OF 2 CD)
Your order has been processed and will be delivered to you within 2 weeks
We value your association with India Today Book Club and thank you for your patronage & cooperation.

Yours Sincerely
Nitin Sawhney
Business Head
India Today Book Club

Dear Member,

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

In this regard we would like to inform you that the offer availed by you was extremely well received as a result of which we were flooded by orders, that’s the reason we were running out of stock for shoes.
As we have procured the same now, we are arranging to dispatch the same at the earliest.
Also we would like to inform you that your actual order that was for Cds, the same has returned back to us due to some postal problems we are arranging to re dispatch the same at the earliest.
Once again we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this mail and products
We will be happy to render any further assistance or clarification that you may require.
Your valuable association with the India Today Book Club means a lot to us.
Assure you of our best possible services always.
For further queries, please feel free to get back to us or Call us on our Helpline Number[protected] or[protected] tolls free, 9:30 AM TO 6:30 PM, all 7 days) or Write to us at:

INDIA TODAY BOOK CLUB
B-47 INDIRA ENCLAVE
NEB SARAI
NEW DELHI-110068

Warm Regards,
Rohit Kumar
Executive Relations
India Today Book Club

India Today Book Club — Product not in list sent

I had booked an order on India Today Book Club for the United Club of Benetton Style Kit which included UCB Watch, UCB Sunglasses, UCB Collared T-shirt (XXL in this case), UCB Cap & UCB Belt for Rs. 2, 198/- on May 6, 2009 in response to their mail sent to me. I was aksed to confirm the order via an SMS To 52424 which was duely done. They inturn confirmed the order to me and said it would take about 2-3 weeks for it to reach me. I received the packet in about 10 days time and on upon opening up the parcel to my utter surprise, instead of the T-shirt they very coolly sent me a Messenger Bag which is of no use to me.

I called up their call center no. (STD) and the agent tells me there's no T-shirt in the Benetton Style Kit that you have order. This goes on to show how the ITBC & UCB are fooling people by clearing of the stocks of the unwanted things they have in their inventory.

I warn all people not to order anything on India Today Book Club and moreso if it is the Benetton Style Kit.

India Today Book Club — Payment done; Product not received since 2 months

My membership id is : ITBC0975910 and my order number is : 0GA[protected].
Order Amount : 1548=00/-.
Product ordered : Swatch watch.
Order date : 29th June 2009.

Its been more a month now and I have still not received anything. Whenever I call them or email them, they first said that there is some technical problem with their system. Afterwards they say we have processed your order and you will receive your dispatch details soon. After which they are asking me to wait for 20-25 more days.
While the product was supposed to get delivered within 3-4 weeks of placing the order.
I have also asked them to refund my money, but it seems that they are not reading that line.

Please guide me here.

Thanks,
Nihar Shah.

India Today Book Club — Not received my order ,paid 2 months before

I ordered Reebok Tracksuit-small in a offer sent by India Today Book Club(ITBC) two months before.I paid through credit card of My friend, total of Rs848.00 including all charges as mentioned my ITBC.Payment processed, they acknowledged told me to wait for some days .My order no. was-0GA[protected].After some days, they mailed that I have returned the order, how ever they were resending this.But actually this type of incidence was not happened.This fact is around one and half months back.after that I have communicated several times with them, every time getting a nice apology letter.Please suggest me what to do?

ITBC — Wrong information given, and cheating

As is with telesales, after innumerable calls stating that by paying merely Rs 2598/-(and no additional taxes whatsoever) we opted for the books today offer of purchasing books for a free gift of holiday package and return airtickets. After confirmation, very rudely we were told that we should have known that taxes are to be paid by us. We wanted to cancel the order and sent umpteen number of mails only to find that the order was not cancelled and the package arrives at our doorstep.

Now we want to avail the free gifts without paying any taxes as we were told first, or else, we wamt our money back.
Kindly resolve this as soon.as possible since we have already paid money and spent lots on phone calls and the tension to addon .

We want to be compensated for the mental tension we have been through. No one from the customer care replies to our query.No senior official of the concerned department cared to answer our mails or calls.


we hope this time we find justice, and action is taken so that such frauds are not repeated.


Booking id:[protected]


- Vijay Sastry
[protected]
[protected]@yahoo.com

India Today Book Club — Product Delivered without mentioned components

Dear Sir,
On 13th August I got a call from India Today Book Club executive regarding a KODAK C-180 Camera being sold with a discount, the offer was the camera worth around Rs. 8000 being sold at Rs. 5298 only with other gifts as Holiday voucher and air tickets for 2.
I recieved the product on 31st August, THe invoice no. is ORB[protected], my order no. is 0GB[protected].
The product has been recieved in good condition. But on the pack of the Camera (Kodak company pack) it is clearly written that this camera comes with a 2GB memory card, Battery Charger, AV vable and Camera pouch. I did not find any of these things in the pack recieved from India Today Book Club.
This morning, the very next day, I called up India Today Book Club help line, the executive says we are not going to provide you the above mentioned four things. When I asked him that when i have paid in advance for the totals things, why are not providing these things, the executive was not in a position to tell me the answer. He says that the company has nto given them these things, if that be so, then why it is written on the pack of the product. India Today Book Club executive's seems to be of an irritated person.
I hope you will please look in to the matter. Out of above mentioned four things, most prefrebly I want the 2GB memory card. I you could please help me in getting it from India Today Book Club.

Thaking you in anticipation

Regards
Ashwin B Pandya
INDIA TODAY BOOK CLUB IS A FRAUD HOUSE OF Mr. Prabhu Chawla' s MEDIA group and this group is tarnishing name of India as thusands of cheating cases. I was cheated Rs.7598/- by this group.

Offers.indiatodaybookclub — PURCHASE THROUGH CREDIT CARD GOODS NOT DELIVERED

I have purchase few items n internet and paid online using my credit Card but items not yet delivered.
I sent few emails but then no response is forthcoming.
Paymetn details through ICICI Bank Credit Card
dt. 07/09/2009 R.NO.75425319251000354307539 in Favour of INDIA TODAY for Rs.3,199.00

Could someone from legal profession guide about the possible course of action that people like us could take against this ongoing fraud by Living Media Group? Is it a simple consumer forum case or cyber crime is also involved in it, kindly let us know

Thanks
Manohar Dangare
M[protected]

India Today Book Club — Money encashed but no book, gifts sent even after 2 months

I had sent a cheque of Rs. 2199 against letter ref PT[protected] which was encashed on 16th Nov and the promised History of the world book + air ticket + Reebok watch + 8 bestsellers are yet to be sent even after 2 months of encashing cheque. My repeated attempts to contact them on phone, SMS & emails have gone unanswered.

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