| Address: O P Road, Vadodara |
We bought a Faber 4 burner cooktop last month from Croma Old Padra Road Store, Vadodara.
As soon as we started using the stove, literally the very first ignition, the black coating of the burner rings started to melt causing discolouration of the rings, rings sticking to the pans/vessels spoiling them and the powder coating falling on the burners, causing the burners to blacken.
I immediately called the sales person at Croma and complained about this. I was told that my complaint has been registered and that Faber will have this replaced / corrected. The person from Faber, did come and check the product but said that this will happen and there is no option but to use this bad product. I called Croma again but the concerned sales person did not answer, nor return my repeated calls. His name was Ganesh.
So I contacted a senior sales person at the same store (Mr Bankim, who is an ADM at the OP Road store). He too said he is escalating the complaint, etc but to no avail. Despite my repeated calls, I was only told that they have escalated the matter to Faber and that they are going to have the burners and stands replaced, but no such thing happened and no one from Faber called.
Out of irritation I finally visited the croma store with the spoilt burners to show them what they had sold to me. While Mr Bankim continued to maintain that Faber will have this replaced and that he would contact the relevant person at Faber again to check on what is happening, he also connected me to one Mr Prasad, who was extremely rude and told me that this is how the product is and nothing can be done. If at all I should try and clean it. I rubbed the black coating of the burner stand with my hands in front of him and that is when he realised what was happening. Yet he did not help much and only took the product photos saying he too will escalate this to Faber.
It has been over a month since my purchase and complaint but nothing has happened. The attitude of the Croma and Faber Staff is pathetic. I really need my money back. Why must I buy a product which is substandard. I can understand discolouration after multiple usage but I don't understand this from the very first ignition!!
Apr 1, 2022
Complaint marked as Resolved
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Feb 27, 2022
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