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Dear All,
I am a Eureka Forbes users for past 4-5 years. I have used several products of theirs i.e. water purifier (without RO), RO water purifier and vacuum cleaners.
Eureka Forbes used to be market leaders ages ago, but now due to their bad customer service, they have lost their share drastically. I bought all the products of their based on the brand name they created, but the after sales is paratactic. Here are couple of more facts learned by me, which may help others to decide before buying their products:
1. They do not manufacture any component of water purifier (RO) themselves, they just import and assemble. They just put their logo and sell the product. None of the filters inside RO (RO membrane, carbon, pre filter etc have their stamp)
2. The installation is done by third parties (they have made various franchises) who are not well versed with the products
3. Eureka Forbes has only a handful of technical staff as their employees. All the complaints and after sale services are also done by third parties. The third party’s are just interested in taking new customer under AMC and making money. IF they are asked to replace any spare covered under AMC, they provide they use the local products for same (as said none of the RO components have Eureka Forbes seal). No customer can differentiate between local or genuine component.
4. The customer support is bad, you keep on calling them, they will keep sending untrained third party guys till the time, and your RO gets worse. Now if you escalate to higher authorities (very very difficult to get their escalation IDs), they may send some senior technician to fix the issues after many days. You will not have choice to select the day and time of as per your availability (their technicians do not work after 5:30 or 6 PM)
5. They charge very heavy amount for the spares.
For past 2 years, I am getting my RO filter services and spares replaced (only branded stuff like Pentair or DOW Filmtech) through local market, Complete peace of mind. Support is just a phone call away, arrives at my home in 30 minutes, genuine prices for spared with bill and warranty.
Just for your awareness, check prices of water purifier components (the entire set of components RO membrane, charcoal filter, sediment filter, pre filter, pipes, elbows and 1 year AMC costs less than 2000 Bucks INR)
RO water purifier is no rocket science; it’s just a enclosure of imported components (no one manufactures in India). Choice is your now.
• You want peace of mind or buy a product for which keeps you bothered now and then. I would always want a product for which the customer services is best
• You pay very heavy prices for an assembled product (products with similar capability and better customer support are available at half the price in market)
• Many of my friends recommend Kent over Eureka Forbes as their service is better in North India (I don’t know about other parts of India)
• Also I would not advice to go for very locally available RO in the market. But there are a lot of midsized RO filter companies who give the same capability RO at lesser prices. Try to google.
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
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Regards,
Eureka Forbes Team