Indiatimes Shopping — Defective Blackberry storm 9530 with 3G sold by Indiatimes

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Defective Blackberry storm 9530 with 3G sold by Indiatimes
Submitted by: Abir Mondal
Category: Electronics & Gadgets
Complaint against: Indiatimes Shopping
Amount loss/claim: Rs. 10,499

Hello sir / ma'am,
on the[protected] I had purchased blackberry storm 9530 by calling indiatimes - ad placed in times of india of rs.10499.Order.No[protected] & sub-order no.3891020. According to the advertisement & after calling them up, the india times shopping people told me that there would me no processing fee or any interest from their end as I was opting emi facility for 6 months of rs. 1799. To be 100% I confirmed the same with the hdfc bank, whether they would charge anything on my credit card, hdfc also confirmed they would not charge anything such. I had received the product on the[protected].On the same day I transferred all my information from old blackberry to the new blackberry storm 9530, after setting up the phone settings according to my profile & activating all the required service, the phone shutdown automatically & since then after turning on the phone display was totally blank. Although the phone DID turn on but the display was totally blank. Since I had to leave for hyderabad that evening so I decided to take it to the blackberry service center, where I was informed that I was sold a refurbished & defective product. I immediately called indiatimes customer service immediately at first they immediately refused to take any complaints, after calling them up several times my complain was registered with complain no -180670. I was told I would get an email within the next 24-48 hrs about the order cancellation & procedure but I had received the mail on the 7th of july 2011. The email is enclosed below:-

from: icare [mailto:[protected]@indiatimes.Co.In]
sent: tuesday, july 05, 2011 1:12 pm
to: [protected]@gmail.Com
subject: reverse pick up

dear customer,

we thank you for contacting indiatimes shopping.

With reference to our conversation dated 28.05.11, we would like to inform you that we are arranging a reverse pickup of your product to get it replaced/Cancellation. Please follow the below mentioned steps for reverse pickup.

Steps for replacement/Cancellation:

step1: defective/Wrong product should be packed properly with thermocol.

Mention your complaint in the format attached, take its printout and place it inside the package.

Kindly fill up the following label, take its printout and place it on the parcel.
Order number[protected]
sub order number 3891020
list of parcel contents
value of product
customer address
customer contact number

note:- kindly mention the below mentioned address on the package where product needs to be send.


Merchant name- gadgets n more (maxis) - ro [ self logistics](101978) merchant profile
merchant address
bonanza industrial estate a-4 ground floor ashok road kandivali east mumbai 4000101.
Step 2: you need to contact to aramex courier with below mention details:-

account code: 50612330

call centre number: north –[protected]
west –[protected]
south –[protected]
east –[protected]

the timing for the call centre on weekdays is from 9.30 am – 8.30 pm and on saturdays it would be from 09.30 am – 05.00 pm.

Step 3: the aramex courier will visit your address and pickup the product from your doorstep, afterwards they will give you a ten digit invoice number known as awb number at the time of picking of the product.

Kindly call up the customer care on the below mentioned numbers and provide the awb number .

[protected] or [protected]

we thank you for your time and patience. We value you as our customer and your satisfaction is of most important to us.

For convenience please do not delete the interactions while replying.

Important note:- order & complaint details is required for resolution of your complaint against defective/Wrong/Features not matching product. Please ensure that the product should be packed properly.

Important note :- please find the attatchment (I.E. 2 letters )


with regards
neeta rauthan
customer service
indiatimes shopping
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So receiving the email I immediately called indiatimes shopping & stated the same that I was out of my home town & the product was at my house as I will be back from hyderabad on the 18th of july & then only I can send back to them & they confirmed that it would not be a problem. On the 19th on july when I called them up they confirms me that the order cancelation has been closed, when I enquired as to why there’s nobody willing to give any kind of answer & when I demand to speak to a supervisor, they simply denied on the face & put me on hold for more than 20 -30 min, till I DID not disconnect from my end. I really do not know what to do. I have spoken to several people, who has been denied support from india times shopping through www.Grahakseva.Com & all of them confirmed the same that they had been duped by india times. I'M just a college student who had a desire to purchase a blackberry after saving months of pocket money & so I seek your assistance to unearth such unscrupulous so called online shopping platforms cheating/Be fooling people who gets prompted to by produce through these channels. I just want to cancel the order & stop any kind of further payments to indiatimes shopping. Please help me

thanks & regards,
abir mondal
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