| Address: Bangalore, Karnataka |
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have been a customer of IFB for more than 10 years (customer ID 3261466), living in Adugodi,
Bangalore, Karnataka. I bought my second washing machine Senorita SX 3 years back on 05 Feb 2012.
For last 6 months, the new machine has been giving problems. There are multiple complaints registered with your service center. But the technicians from your franchisees Wilson
Garden had not been providing satisfactory service:
(1). For the first complaint (# 14140741 registered in first week of Nov'2014), to repair water leakage and replace door latch, it took more than 3 weeks to attend it, after escalating to your senior management.
(2). For the second complaint (registered in Feb'2015 first/second week), regarding noise coming from drum, your technician came and could not detect the root cause, went back
saying everything is normal. The problem went unattended due to lack of expertise of your franchisee's staff.
(3). For the third complaint, which was a repeat instance of second complaint (# 15183601
registered on 24th March 2015), again raised regarding increased noise and
vibration in the drum, the technicians from your Wilson Garden franchisee came to attend it, but could not fix the problem:
Before the complaint was attended on 28th March:
-- I was given an understanding that there are 3 parts which have problem: (a) big white plastic housing of the drum (in which the drum rotates) (b) Rubber belt (which rotates the drum) and (c) Rubber sealing (in which the door fits).
-- I was told by technician that big white plastic housing would be replaced free of cost,
except Rs 450 for transportation
-- Rubber belt and Rubber sealing would together cost Rs. 1450
-- Hence the total expense will be Rs 1850 only
But what happened on 28th March:
-- I was charged Rs 1190 for Transportation (Rs 450) and Rubber Belt (Rs 740)
-- I was told Rubber sealing is not available on that day, it would be fixed on Monday 30th March
-- I was told that the whole problem was caused by scaling caused by water, and hence I was asked to buy another costly water-softener costing Rs 1800 to fix this problem permanently.
Now, the status is as below:
-- Machine is still giving same problem, the noise continues and there is no clarity given by the
agency how this problem will be fixed
-- Your technician is telling me now that Rubber sealing is going to cost me Rs 1750 more, which is more than double compared to what he told me (Rs 750)
-- I have already spent Rs 2990, and being asked to spend Rs 1750, total of Rs 4740, on a new machine without any confirmation that this will resolve the problem!
-- I have registered a new complaint again on 4th April (#[protected].
-- I have tried to reach your area manager and state head on call and SMS, awaiting their response and action.
Since the machine is still under 4 years warranty, I want to escalate this to highest levels in
your company and seek return of the faulty machine in totality and appropriate refund of money paid by me for purchase, part replacement and maintenance.
Please let me know what action you are going to take and when to fix the faulty product and poor service quality.
Thanks and regards,
Sandeep Gupta.
Adugodi, Bangalore.
customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.