Flipkart — product booked in big billion sale, never delivered (forced to cancel or pay more)

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I have booked a nikon camera on oct 3, expected delivery oct 13. On 13th, they inform me, there is some issue. Please give us time till oct 16. On oct 16, they ask for time till oct 17. Then, till oct 18. Finally, they disappeared. I raised a concern on chat. She tell me, she can't solve it right now. They will call back in 24 hours. I managed to miss that call and called them back. Again response will be only in 24 hours.
Now, begins the real story.
Final settlement is to cancel the order. Place the new order at new price and new payment terms (Which of course does not include no cost emi). They will refund you the difference in the form of gift voucher after you pay and receive the new order. Gift voucher amount cannot be encashed in account and has to be spent within one year, only on flipkart.

@flipkart, why is this disappointing to me as a customer and i will not trust you again?
1. You are not giving me same deal again which is no mistake of mine. Issues with your sellers, technical glitches in website, if any, are your problems. Not mine as a customer.
2. You didn't even bother to follow up about a situation where you are failing to deliver an order until i followed up. Shows poor concern for the customers and their orders.
3. Your customer care is not at all cooperative and apologetic beyond the formal figure of speech. They are like, 'this is the system. This is the policy. We don't care even if you are customer. This is it. Take it or not. Your wish!'
4. When you have booked my order, of course i trusted you and did not place the same order with any other portal. Because of your failure to deliver, i missed the opportunity to order from any other portal. Clearly, disappointing for the trust shown your brand.
5. You have also blocked my money from my account for this period. So again, i could not place another order with you or anybody else because i my money is with you till you solve the issue. Was it planned?
6. Let me not talk about getting the frustration of all this instead of joy of buying a new product during biggest festival season.

Well done flipkart! Thank you so much.
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Verified Support
Oct 23, 2019
Flipkart Customer Care's response
Hi Vikas,

We are writing to you about your order OD[protected] for Nikon D5300 DSLR Camera Body with Dual Lens: AF-P DX NIKKOR 18 - 55 mm f/3.5 - 5.6G VR + AF-P DX NIKKOR 70 - 300 mm f/4.5 - 6.3G ED VR (16 GB SD Card + Camera Bag).

We are sorry to let you know that your order has been canceled due to unforeseen reasons. We request you to place a fresh order. However, the seller has completed the refund on 22 Oct 19 and it will be reflecting in your credit card EMI by 30 Oct 19.

Your kind understanding is appreciated.
Verified Support
Oct 23, 2019
Flipkart Customer Care's response
Hi Vikas,

We are writing to you about your order OD[protected] for Nikon D5300 DSLR Camera Body with Dual Lens: AF-P DX NIKKOR 18 - 55 mm f/3.5 - 5.6G VR + AF-P DX NIKKOR 70 - 300 mm f/4.5 - 6.3G ED VR (16 GB SD Card + Camera Bag).

We are sorry to let you know that your order has been canceled due to unforeseen reasons. We request you to place a fresh order. However, the seller has completed the refund on 22 Oct 19 and it will be reflecting in your credit card EMI by 30 Oct 19.

Also as per the previous discussion with the team seller is ready to provide the difference amount for your new order in your gift card section of your Flipkart account.

Your kind understanding is appreciated.
Oct 23, 2019
Updated by GargVikas18
Dear Support,
Seller is providing the difference amount only in terms of price. But payment terms are different. Earlier, I was buying it on no cost EMI option. Now, that option is not at all there. I have to pay the interest in the EMI which was not the case earlier. So please realize that the new deal is not same as before. You (your seller) might have matched the price difference but not the payment terms. And hence I am ending up paying extra for no fault of mine.

And thanks for accepting that refund will be reflected back to my account by 30th Oct. So you kept my money from Oct 2 to Oct 30. For doing what?
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