This is regarding my buy back option of MI 10T phone. With this complaint I would like to notify you with great disappointment that I have been constantly made to face the problem by not granting me the option to avail the buy back option for which I am entitled to. Despite escalating it several times in the past it has still not been resolved and the option is still not made available to me. Please find the following history of my escalations and resolutions provided by your team so far. I firmly want you to consider this request as final and provide me the option immediately to execute my buy back option without any further delay or hassle. Failing to provide me with an option could compel me to take legal action against you.
I have Purchased MI 10T mobile phone (Lunar Silver, 8GB|128GB) on 9th march 2021 (Order ID: OD[protected] with a buyback option valid until 12th march 2022 with the price guarantee of 24, 500.
Problem/ Issue 1 : The deadline to avail the buyback option was 12th March 2022. I tried to avail the buyback option in January 2022. Surprisingly I could not find this option available to me.
Escalation 1: I contacted you in January 2020 to report the above issue by speaking to the customer care executive, who informed me about the status that this option has been already availed by me (which was completely false and incorrect status).
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Resolution by the Flipkart team: During the investigation of above escalation your team found that there was a problem from the side of the vendor which caused the reflection of incorrect status and unavailability of buy back option and due to this I was also offered a goodwill gesture gift card as a compensation for the problem faced.
(After the first escalation the buyback option was made available to me, which reflected in the month of February 2022)
Problem/ Issue 2: To avail the option I ordered a new phone (Samsung A52s 5G) on 9th March 2020 under the buyback scheme by paying the difference amount of Rs. 6, 548.00. The new phone was supposed to be delivered on 11th March. When I checked the delivery status on the evening of 11th March it indicated a revised delivery date as 13th March. On 13th March I visited the Ekart logistics facility to enquire about the status of delivery of the phone. Surprisingly it had already reached on 11th March, and I was told that the logistics team has not received the final clearance from the seller to deliver the phone and hence it is being returned to the seller.
My Order Number For Samsung A52s:OD[protected]
Order Date: 9th March 2022
Shipment Id: FMPP[protected]
Seller: TrueComRetail
Escalation 2: I contacted the Flipkart support team to report the above issue.
Resolution by Flipkart team: The support team member informed me that my order is still in process hence a complaint cannot be raised at this point of time. He informed me to wait until the placed order gets cancelled, so that they can escalate this to the back-end team.
Escalation 3: My online order of phone got cancelled on 19th March 2022, soon after this I had been following up with the support team for further escalations. The escalation process took longer, and the deadline of 13th March was passed by then. With my continuous efforts I got a call from your social media team conveying that the vendor has agreed to extend the buyback deadline until 30 April 2022.
Problem/ Issue 3: Unfortunately, I could not find the buy back option in the app and also in the browser as conveyed by the social media team. I have been constantly trying to raise this issue with your support team by reporting the above issue, but I have not received any response yet, which is very unprofessional and irresponsible behaviour from Flipkart.
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Without providing any Resolution, the Flipkart support team has closed all the above incidents.
Final escalation now: It is very unfortunate that Flipkart has failed to take necessary actions in time to resolve the issues with the vendor. It seems to be an intentional delay in the process to make the validity of the option to expire. Now there is still time for the extended validity until 30th April. I would warn you for the last time to enable the buyback option on my account for enabling me to place a revised order for my new phone well before the deadline of 30th April.
Do the needful: Please enable the buy back option for placing a new order of a phone as early as possible.
Flipkart customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.