Sir/Madam,
I am holding a Front Loading 7 litres IFB washing machine since 7 years.
In the 3rd week of December, I saw that the water exit pipe had broken and the water was gushing out of the pipe. Hence, I called your Customer Care call centre requesting for the change of the exit pipe. When the technician Manish came to change the pipe, since i was not at home and my mother attended to him, he told my mother that the blue rubber ring of the machine has a tear and needs to be replaced. So he adviced that instead of changing the rubber ring only, we should change the machine as its already out of warranty and is 7 years old. He first suggested that we should take an AMC and get the parts replaced. He also suggested that he knew an outlet on Sohna road which is just 4 kms far away and who would replace my machine at a discount.
However, my mother informed me on the phone of his suggestions which I did not accept. I spoke to him on the phone the next day regarding his suggestion but since I had myself washed clothes in the machine the earlier day in that morning and there was no damage in any ring or functioning of the machine. I immediately understood that he must have caused the damage in the rubber ring to encourage the change. Hence I asked him to send the technician again. This time, after many repeated calls, Prabhat, the area Service Head sent a technician called Sandeep on 30th December, 2015. I discussed with Sandeep and asked him that since the machine was working very well, does it really need a change except the change of the rubber ring? Sandeep said that in order to change the ring, he has to change the front panel since the panel's iron sheet had eroded and may not fix again. Once done, the machine would work as usual. I had to follow up Prabhat and Manish and Sandeep for almost the whole week and they then changed the ring and front white panel on the 4th January, 2016. Yet the machine did not start working. Both Prabhat and Sandeep did not take my calls for 2 days and then when I kept calling every few hours from another phone number, Manish finally came home told me that the machine's motor is burnt and needs replacement.
Since Friday I am asking them to replace the machine and send me the proforma invoice for a new machine, also arrange for refund and cause a replacement, they refuse to refund any amount nor are they now taking any calls. I even came to know from the call centre that the service team has got my complains cancelled at the call centre.
The Call centre has asked me to speak to Chanchal who is also speaking the same language as the first three. Then Customer care of IFB asked me to wait and someone will answer my query but no one has yet called back. Prabhat has asked me to talk to Kavita who is not taking any calls.
I need to bring to your attention that in the first instance when the pipe was changed, I spent the cost of the pipe and the service charge totally amounting to Rs.800. Then I spent Rs.3500 to change the rubber ring and the panel.
It appears that Prabhat, Manish and Sandeep together have brought me to a state where I am compelled to change my washing machine. Also they have caused me to spend Rs.800 and rs. 3500 on a machine which was not working.
My questions are:
a. Will the technician change the part of a machine even if its motor has got burnt?
b. Will he confirm that the machine will work if the rubber ring is changed if the machine is not in order?
c. Has Prabhat and Manish and Sandeep and Chanchal all got together to earn a commission on the sale of a new IFB.
d. Is IFB engaging such service personnel to increase their sales?
e. What action will IFB take now?
I want to place an order for a new IFB machine immediately and also claim the above expenditure to be set off against the cost of the new machine.
IFB must also compensate for all the agony and trauma caused to me by non answering of calls and bad service by their entire service team in Gurgaon and Delhi.
I hope your company will take immediate action for the above complain.
Mar 21, 2017
Complaint marked as Resolved
Verified Support
Jan 14, 2016
IFB Industries Customer Care's response Dear Sir,
Sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. Please share your contact details so we can further assist you.
Alternatively you can also write to us at [protected]@ifbglobal.com along with your contact details and we will help resolve your issue.
IFB Team
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