Please be EXTREMELY careful in case you are planning to buy any IFB appliance in Bangalore.
See http://zookeepersblog.wordpress.com/ifb-service-doesnt-exist-in-bangalore/
No service exists ! IFB guys have no customer focus. They are not helping, nor concerned about any problem of yours.
Summary ( Observations )
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1 ) The complains recorded in Call centre is NOT tracked for closure. In many cases the calls are closed without visiting the customer at all.
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2 ) IFB has outsourced service to a company named ” Silicon India “. Thus IFB as a company does not want to show any ownership for your problems.
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3 ) The ” Silicon India ” guys have no skills. Often after lot of followup / reminders even if they visit your home, will be without tools, without spares.
Will diagnose wrongly, open things one by one unnecessarily and will only try to change most costly parts.
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4) The silicon India guys do not carry any identity cards. Once 2 guys came to my home in the evening DRUNK. I complained to Silicon India, IFB and TVSe Chennai.
No action or apology from any one was reported ever.
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5 ) The Silicon India mechanics are more interested in ” personal business “. As soon as they see a customer without Annual maintenance contract, they will propose if they can try to solve the problem
” privately “.
The skill level is same, that is ZERO. And thus one by one will replace the Motor, cards, pump whatever and keep charging money. The sole aim is to take away all good parts and sell somewhere else, and put other old parts in the machine.
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6 ) IFB has only 3 mechanics for remaining part of Karnataka. The IFB Bangalore Manager and Assistant Manager never could send those guys to my home even after several followups for my problems. The standing excuse is that these 3 guys are out of station. Even though they promise to inform me or call back, they never called back.
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7 ) No training is provided to all these mechanics for new models such as Digital models.
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8 ) The spare parts are very costly, not available in open market and thus IFB fleece the customer very badly.
See http://zookeepersblog.wordpress.com/ifb-service-doesnt-exist-in-bangalore/
Details of all that happened with me -
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
IFB / MaxiDry — no response to service
With regards to MaxiDry, I have made a complaint on 19th of May 2009 (ID[protected] which was finally attended on 20th August 2009.The tech concluded after checking that the bush needs to be replaced and confirmed to come the next day to change.
Next day people from IFB calls saying that the dryer needs to be taken to the workshop for replacing the part.
They collected the dryer on 21st August 2009 promising to return in 2days.
I STILL HAVEN'T GO T MY DRYER BACK.
I also registered a complaint on the 14th of September (ID[protected]
No response from you whatsoever.
My predicament clearly implies you are not in control of the situation. It is very sad, that in this day and age your service, even when the product is in warranty is atrociously poor.
Pls look into this matter effectively, and would also like to hear the measures you have taken to right this wrong.
I was a proud owner of IFB appliances(I even own an IFB washing machine) until i faced the above situation.
Sir,
I hope you are in receipt of my mail dated Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM.
I also called your customer service seeking to sort out this matter.
The customer service promised to call back with some clarity later in the day and kept their promise.
They called and held a conference call with the people who had taken my dryer for part replacement.
The man verified my name and phone number and said hell will get back to me in 10minutes. Acknowledging this conversation the customer service further reiterated that the service manager will sort out the issue.
Later I get a call from the service department and she tells me I would get the dryer in 3 days time. I refuse to accept it at ask her in turn ‘do you know when the dryer was taken from me’ for which she claims she doesn’t.
I then ask her to return my dryer and take it when the part is available.
She discusses with someone and comes on line and tells me, that they would send it in the morning.
Now the morning has passed and the day is ending and I still do not have my dryer.
I don’t know how to express my frustrations, I’m totally, totally frustrated, there is not even a reply or an acknowledgement from you either.
God help me