[Resolved]  India Today Book Club — Fraudulent Offer by India Today Book Club

India Today Book Club — NOT REDEEMING THE COMITTED DEAL

MEMBERSHIP NO. ITBC08470026
INVOICE NO. ORA[protected] DATED 8 AUGUST 2008
ORDER NO. OGA[protected] DATED 6 AUGUST 2008
WEB ID 1560026
UNIQUE NUMBER[protected]A[protected]

IN RESPONSE TO ADVERTISEMENT BY INDIA TODAY BOOK CLUB, I PAID RS. 574/- FOR Encyclopaedia BRITANNICA. IT WAS PROMISED THAT a) FREE ADIDAS BAG, AND b) VOUCHER WORTH RS. 5000/- WOULD BE GIVEN AS GIFTS. I SENT BY INTERNET THE REQUIRED REQUEST IN PRESCRIBED FORMAT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE GIFTS PROMISED> I HAVE SPOKEN TO OFFICERS OF INDIA TODAY BOOK CLUB ON 12 AND 25 SEPTEMBER AND 6 OCTOBER 2008 ( A LADY, SARABJIT AND JITENDER RESPECTIVELY). THEY GIVE VARYING ANSW$ERS. I NOW FORMALLY SUBMIT COMPLAINT THAT THE FREE GIFTS AS PER AGREEMENT MAY BE IMMEDIATELY DESPATCHED TO ME TO REDEEM THE AGREEMENT.

OM PARKASH SHARMA, ADVOCATE
Email: [protected]@hotmail.com

ITBC — I received fraud SMS

I got this ITBC sms this morning. I don't even know what is it. It say "Dear Abhishek Jain, your order has been processed. Your order no. is 0GA[protected] with total order value of Rs. 2598.
You can pay on deliveryIndia Today Book"

I havn't ordered anything & I don't even know what ITBC is.

books from itbc — fraud sms for book delivery which was never placed

dear sir
i have never given any sort of order to co. named itbc .i received a massage from so called itbc today only, of Rs 2599. which i have to pay after receiving product. please stop theses kind of fraud, & convey this massage to the co., if at all there is any co. like this.

I recieved froud SMS,
I got this ITBC sms this morning. I don't even know what is it. It say "Dear Gaurav Saraswat, your order has been processed. Your order no. is 0GA[protected] with total order value of Rs. 2599.
You can pay on deliveryIndia Today Book"

I havn't ordered anything & I don't even know what ITBC is.

I recieved froud SMS,
I got this ITBC sms this morning. I don't even know what is it. It say "Dear Gurpreet Kaur, your order has been processed. Your order no. is 0GA[protected] with total order value of Rs. 2599.
You can pay on deliveryIndia Today Book"

I havn't ordered anything & I don't even know what ITBC is. This the fake order. i did give any order.
gurpreet

Dear Mr.Akash Tomar,
Your complaint has been resolved on 04/12/2008
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

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected].

Dear Miss. Gurpreet Kaur,
Your complaint has been resolved on 04/12/2008
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

or call us on our customer care No.

[protected].

India Today Book Club — Fraudulent service

I had purchased Reebok fitness kit worth Rs 2999, plus an additional transaction charge of Rs 200, which was made using my HDFC credit card.



The transaction ID for this was [protected]



I was told that i would get the package on the 21st day starting then. Despite this assurance i was checking regularly on the status of my order, and I was completely misinformed all throughout that my package was on the way and would be delivered soon.



On the 22nd day i called up and spoke to Mr Dipendra only to find out that my order was cancelled by someone, BUT THE PAYMENT WAS MADE CORRECTLY. At this point may i ask a question- How is it possible that a package despatched already gets cancelled midway?? I simply fail to understand how it is possible for someone to cancel my order without any intimitation let alone permission from me!



Mr. Dipendra told me that had punched me a new order and that this was an unusually rare mistake and that he would make sure that the package would be delivered with 7 days.



I called up today again just to make sure that everything was fine and was informed by Ms. Sushma that it stands cancelled still, and i still have not got any refund. I expect that every organization at least takes the matter of REFUND of payment seriously even if the promised services are never met. This is by far, the worst example o[censored]tter disregard towards customer committment.



I am completely disappointed becuase i was under the impression that India Today is a credible organization.

India Today Book Club — Not received the things

I had paid Rs.5000 as part of one offer with 7 DVDs of Agatha Christie in nov 2008. I havent received any intimation on this till date except the Booking ID over phone. When I checked with the customer care, this was delivered to an address in Mumbai.

Suggestions on how to sue or get money back from these daylight big robbers.

India Today Book Club — Online Fraud

I am Vikash Agarwal and have made an order on the 17th of march, and the amount had been deducted from my account then and there. But, the next day i received a call and was told that the amount would not be transferred due to some technical error and was made to enter the credit card details via a telephonic transfer gateway.
Now, this company has charged me twice and the customer care services are misbehaving and becoming aggressive. They do not respond to the mails and calls.
It is an absolut case of online fraud and it makes me beleive that this is how the company makes money. They fool the innocent customers. Something must be done to bring down this practice as it is not expected from a comapny with such a high repute. The consumer court seems the only option leftout. Lets unite and work against this practices. Please feel free to contact me.
Vikash
[protected]@yahoo.com

i agree with you.

I agree with you. Thank for sharing.

India Today Book Club — not getting offer

i have buy 4 book set of books for rs1000. i was told that i will get 2 days and 1 night holiday tour package free. but i didnt get it yet and they are not providing me the necessary information.if they realy dont want to cheat people they do repli this complaint.

I (membership no. ITBC097558) had ordered for a set of four books, which I received through Invoice no. ORA[protected], Order No. OGA[protected], dated 31st July 2009. However, I did not receive the free Reebok Watch, which was promised in emails and SMS. I complained about it through email. Initially they said that I have to enter the unique code and email id at another site. But that unique code never existed in the bill that I received. Despite sending 4-5 emails they did not send me the unique code. After replying a couple of times, they did not have even courtesy to reply and apprise me the latest developments. Yesterday I talked to them over phone got the unique code. But that site was not working yesterday. After I called them about this, they asked me to redo this after few hours. But still it does not work. I have spent more than Rs. 200 over phone for talking to them and sent about 8-10 emails. But I cannot imagine why a company like India Today can fall to such a level to cheat the people. I shall advise all the people to refrain from such buying for free gifts. Probably by cheating certain percent of people they are making up for such free gifts.

indiatodaybookclub — Re: Fraud offers and Taking the money

I got a mail from india today book club regarding the offer (on Kodak 10.3 MP Digital Camera @ Rs 4999 ) on June 23rd and I am replying to the same mail . I tried to purchase this product online but I didnt purchased it as I will be shifting to hyderabad with in few days from bangalore.But some guy named Srikanth from Indiatoday called me on the same day told me that I can purchase this and I can recieve this product before July 5th in bangalore as I am shifting to Hyderabad on July 5th evening.

I purchased the camera on June 23rd using my ICICI credit card through phone banking from india today.

But I didnt recieved this product by July 5th and I moved to Hyderabad.on July 10th when I called indiatoday people from indiatoday told me that the product went to bangalore address and they will redispatch it once they get back.But when I called on July 18th people told me that India today recieved that on Jul17th nd they will dispatch it and I can recive it by July 26th.

I called so many times (which cost me 220 rupees) to india today after that and everytime I am recieving the same kind of respinse like due to technical error it was not updated in the system and I will surely recieve it with in 10n days.And now today it is August 26th and I still didnt recieved that and some guy from indiatoday is saying that my product was not at all there in the stock as india today sent it to some one else.

Now This is totally fraud.I made the payment on June 23rd using my credit card and I started paying EMI also (which costs me some 600 rupees additionally) but still I didnt recieved the product.I have so many complaints regarding this and so many high level managers confirmed that I can recieve it by August 15ht at last .But still I didnt recieve.

I am going to file a case in consumer court against the india today book club on saturday.Please respond if you people have any querys.I am sending this mail in reply to the offer mail I got from india today.

India Today Book Club — fraud done by india today book club

Dear Madam/Sir,

I have pursued one Total fitness kit from India today book club.

my membership No of india today book club is ITBC 0969904.

with reference to my order no 0GA[protected], I have given a order to india today book club for TOTAL FITNESS KIT worth Rs 3199 on 08/07/09 by INTERNET.

I got the shipment on 30/07/09 through blue dart courier no [protected].

The consignment I received was not containing the appropriate material for which I have ordered. As a result I immediately called up at the customer care of India Today Book Club and requested him for the replacement.


customer care has asked me to courier back the parcel , and he has assured to give the

replacement with courier charges within 7-8 days.

The date was 31/07/09 and today is 12/09/09, I am not in receipt of
my consignment.


I have spoken to customer care executive so many times as well as I have
sent emails to them so many times but I am not getting proper reply from
them .

At the initial stage, they were keep on telling that the returned material
has not been uploaded into the system and that should be done in a week
time.

Since then the weeks are continuously going and they have not taken
initiative to give me the my parcel.
i have spoke with India today senior person too, But he is also not showing much intrest.

I have sent email also to senior person but they are not showing any interest.

please help me, i have spent lot of money in calling them i would like to go to the consumer court againest them. please guide me.

I AM EXPERIENCED OF THIS TYPE CHEATING BY INDIA TODAY BOOK CLUB. SINCE LAST NOV 2008, I HAVE NOT RECIEVED MY FREE GIFT. EVERY TIME I SPOKE OR WRITE MAIL THEY ARE SAYING HAT YOU EILL GET IT BY 10 TI 14 DAYS. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN ON THEM.

ITBC(India today book club) — fraudulent offers

sir,
this company sends various offers through emails and SMS one should not fallm prey to this company i have personally sufferrred this
Case 1
I bought brittania encyclopedia set CDs from them with a holiday offer free but i couldt not get that offer and CDs are also not good.
Case 2
I bought a pair of flotter and Reebok shoes from them for Rs 2599 the strap of flotter broke within 15 days i returned it to them but till date got no response from them.
Case 3
I bought an holiday offer of Rs 5943 with a free stay of 1 week in resorts of RCI (resort-store.com) when i made online booking the RCI charged me Rs 16898.00 so the pacakage costs me about Rs 23000 if this is the way company deals i am sorry to say it is 100 percent fraud.
My advice to all consumers is plz do not fall prey to offers of ITBC else it will cost you too much.
I[censored] or some can help or advice me i shall be thankfull
Jagdish Sajwan

India Today Book Club — Regarding cash refund

Hi,

I had ordered for a kodak 10.3 megapixel digital camera in the month of June 09 through Indiatoday book club. I had made the online payment of Rs. 5,348/- during my order through ICICI Net banking and the order number was MITBC – WEB – 22444739.

After waiting for a month, i called up india today customer care and found out that the ordered product was out of stock and they suggested to write a mail for refund. i wrote a mail to [protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com and [protected]@indiatodaybookclub.com for my money refund.

I never thought that online shopping will consist so much of fraud, i have atleast made a 200 calls to indiatoday customer care and the response is always same that i will get the refund with in 20 days. two months back i spoke to some one by name Ravi and he assured that he will look into the matter and i received a mail with new reference no: RE09001658. But the same old responses "you will get it in 20 days".

Kindly help me in this regard...
I have very less or no hopes of getting back my money but still i thought its my duty to bring the awarness to other people.

My sincere appeal to government and public is not to entertain such companies who loot people like this in open market.

Regards
Praveen

India Today Book Club — Your various emails and phone calls

I receive numerous e-mails and telephone calls selling reebok fitness kit worth rs. 9000/- for Rs. 3000/- only.

I have even seen FULL PAGE advertisements in news papers selling this fitness kit.

Is it practically possible to sell products at 66.66% discount.?

To day i tried their website and i was asked to contact at telephone number[protected].

I dialled that number and an answering machine directed me to dial new numbers as[protected] upto 30672227.

Please see how these numbers respond:

[protected]: This number is out of order.
[protected]: This number is out of order.
[protected]: This number is out of order.
[protected]: This number is out of order.
[protected]: Network is busy.
[protected]: Network is busy.

As data of MTNL/BSNL telephone numbers is available online, Those who avoid public crticisiom, it is a common practice for them is to have a telephone connection from private operators.

And none is able to trace the culprits.

W C Goyal