| Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Dear Preethi & Manish,
I was unfortunate to have made an online purchase from Pepperfry on 12th December, 2014. The order number is[protected]. It was much later that I got to know from many other customers of yours, who are known to me, of the delay in delivery which is a regular experience with Pepperfry.com.
At the time of making the purchase online, the product page showed clearly that the item will be shipped out on 15th December 2014 to reach me on 19th December, 2014. After having got the trail mail from Preethi, I contacted her around the said date to get to know of the status of delivery since there were no further calls / update from Pepperfry or their logistics partner. Upon inquiring Preethi told me that I am "misinformed" and that the date of delivery is 27th December, 2014. Now, at this point, I totally agree it is my mistake for not having kept a screenshot of the product page when I made the payment using my debit card. In the interim, I did go ahead and make another purchase online before this situation got to where it is today. That product is also to be delivered by GATI and I have details for it and it is still not delivered:
Order Number:[protected]
Order Value: Rs. 1780.00
Order Confirmation SMS Received on 19th December, 2014
Next SMS comes on 21st December, 2014 which states as below:
"Pepperfry has shipped item order #[protected] via GATI, AWB#[protected]. Tracking will be available after 24 hrs. See email for details. Rgds"
23rd December:
"Hi, Your Pepperfry order will be delivered tomorrow. Please ensure someone is available to accept the delivery. For any changes call us on [protected]"
I tried reaching out to this number to coordinate, but was unable to get through. Hence, decided to cancel my programs for a long weekend and stayed back in Chennai, else I would have traveled back to Bangalore. Yesterday (24th December, 2014) I get a call around 9:45PM from a person named Rajesh (mobile number [protected]), who claimed to be an employee with GATI. He called me up from Koyembedu, Chennai and said he wanted my address to deliver a "Table" to my house. I detailed the address, which he could not understand but understood a landmark en-route which is "MMM Hospital". He said he will be coming over in the night for delivery and I agreed. Not having heard from him, I called him back at 10:31 PM and he answered the phone to give a lame excuse of a vehicle breakdown and said this will be delivered to my residence on 25th December, 2014 before noon. I did check with him whether they will be working on Christmas day, to which he confirmed that they will be working. I then told him that I will keep aside all my other scheduled engagements for the day and wait for them and requested if the delivery could be finalized within 11:00 AM today (25th December, 2014).
Today, 25th December, 2014, I called him at 10:07 AM, he answers his phone and says that today no delivery can be made as vehicles are not available since it is Christmas. I told him this is exactly what I had asked yesterday to which he had responded confirming that GATI is working and even went on to negotiate the time. He was quite rude in his conversation today when he summarily refused to take ownership of the issue and readily gave his manager's number for escalation - Mr. Chinnappa Paul (mobile number - [protected]). He was anyhow courteous enough not to answer the call or call back in response to an urgent SMS I sent to his number.
Now I am left with two products I paid for, with no clue of what is going to happen, whether it will ever be delivered, what will be the condition of goods if it were to be delivered etc. Having been gullible enough to believe Pepperfry.com and their logistics partner GATI, I changed my plans for the same public holiday which they are now celebrating at my expense. Considering this, I want an immediate response from your organization. If I am not getting a resolution on this today, I will be moving my grievance with the Consumer Redressal Forum.
Please be informed that I am marking a copy of this email to the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Mylapore, Chennai for purpose of evidence. In anticipation of a positive response from your end at the earliest.
Best regards,
Manoj Gopalakrishnan
Complaint marked as Resolved
Verified Support
Apr 02, 2015
Gati-KWE Customer Care's response Dear Customer,
We are sorry that your experience with Gati wasn't as pleasant as promised. Thank you for reaching out to us. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are constantly improving our services each day to reach our customers' expectations and your feedback plays an important role in the process.
We apologize for the delay in our response and understand that the issue is most likely resolved by now. We hope that your next Gati experience will be as seamless as you would expect. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any other concerns.
Assuring you of our best services always.
Customer Service Team
Gati