It is with utmost fury, frustation and pain that i pen down the saga of my sufferings using two products of Kenstar Appliances, namely its Convection Model Microwave and its Food Processor. I am Dr. Manoj S. Kamat based in Panjim Goa and i purchased both the above mentioned products one and half year before from CMM, Panjim Goa.
Kenstar's after sales service showed its first sign of shher irresponsibility by making we wait for more then 20 days for the demo. My repeated calls to the centre and the dealer seemed a futile exercise as the company did'nt even bother to arrange for the demonstration of the appliances for which i parted my hard earned money. After constant calls, and my ultimatum that i will drop the appliances in the dustbin of the service center if they are not attented to, a stupid service personnel "favoured" by making it to my home, opened the boxes adoring my kitchen yet to be opened and showed me the switches to put it on. Promising that he will make it some other day for the demo for he is "extremely busy" he left never to return till date. Result: For past 18 months i havent used the Microwave except for reheating bread ocassionally, and the food processor is served as a mixer.
We couldnot use all the functions of the food processor to for simmilar reasons. Last month the food processor used as a mixer turned off, refusing to restart. Bitten by the prior bad experience and yet in trouble i called the call centre (Kenstar service center, located at Kamat Complex, Caranzalem, Telephone[protected]/ 862/914) at least 7 times in past 10 days and every time I am promised that the engineer would visit my house today. Till date "Tomorrow" has never come, leaving my family in difficulties without the food processor (read "mixer")..
I am pained that such a reputed company like Kenstar witha range of appliances, are so shabby with customer care and after sales. IMAGINE IF THIS IS THE PLIGHT OF CUSTOMERS, STILL COVERED UNDER THE GUARANTEE PERIOD, what does the company's philosophy stand for. I m not so surprised that innumerable complaints from poor and helpless customers figure out on www.complaintboard.com and simmilar sites.
Bitten by such experience, I would strongly NOT RECCOMEND Kenstar appliances to anyone, and strongly urge to turn down its products "EVEN IF THEY ARE OFFERED FOR FREE "
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
So my opinion here is don’t go for any kenster product. Go for only those whose services are good.
cooler was stopped working, I logged one complaint to provided customer care No. on Kenstar Box,
I logged first complaint on 22nd May 09 the customer executive gave me my complaint no. (PUN [protected]) and promised me that i will get a phone call in 2 hours and service in 24 hours, but didnt got a single call so again I called on the next day the another executive (the keep changing executives) said the same work will be done on that day only, again same procedure as i will get call in 2 hours and service in 24 hours, but on that time also they didnt call or attend the call, then i again call then and asked about the comaplaint the another customer executive said that ""my logged call has canceled"" so i will have to logged a new call for this, I dont know how and why my complaint got cancelled when i asked that person i want to talk to your senior he gave my call to his collegue and told me he is our manger (Hemant Pillay) when he was just an executive.
I explained each and every thing to him he also promised me that they will take care of my complaint in 24 hours.
since that day i havent got any service or any type of call.
Pls help in this.
Regards,
Sachin Shinde
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Kenstar also recognizes the importance of after-sales service to the consumer. Which is why, we are constantly engaged in enhancing the level of consumer satisfaction - a truly demanding task in itself. Our strong back-office support, the Kenstar Service Department has developed a unique module of service that enables consumer attendance in less than 24 hours, starting from the time a complaint is launched in any part of the country.
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The above quote is taken from your web site.
The website has option for finding the Service Centers but is not enabled (sic!!!). There is absolutely no mention about the customer’s complaints or the Service help line number.
Fed up with the poor services from your local (Ahmedabad) dealer I took the help line number and tried to seek help for the repair of Mixer Grinder. I am giving below an account of my experience dealing with your Service Call Centre ([protected])
On 28th May’2009 I contacted the Service Call Centre and got my service request registered (Complaint No.AHM[protected]) for Kenstar Model MG9604A Mixer Grinder. The executive told me that the service engineer would visit with in 48 hours (The web site says with 24 hours..sic!!!).
I requested the executive over phone to provide me the local Service Centre Address or Contact number so that I can either visit or talk to the concerned to save time. I was informed that this information can not be given and as per the system, the service requests are to be registered with the Service Call Centre only. I made a request to take a note that the engineer should visit only after talking to me over my mobile phone ([protected]) phone.
Today, 3rd June, 2009 after waiting for more than 144 hours, I contacted the Call centre again to remind. To my great astonishment I was told that my address was wrong (as reported by their service engineer Mr. Ghanshyam) and therefore the complaint is closed. I was given a new Complaint No. AHM [protected] by the call center executive Ms. Sheetal. She also advised me to talk to the local service centre and told me to contact Mr. Raju at 230666. When I told her that there can not be a 6 digit phone number in Ahmedabad (sic!!!) she gave me a mobile number of Mr. Vijay Parikh [protected]. She never told me that I should try this number after 11 (sic!!!). I requested her to lodge a complaint against Mr. Ghanshyam who has wrongly reported for closing the case citing the reason of incorrect address but she gave me no solutions for such grievances.
I tried on the mobile number several times but got no response. I called up the Call centre again to enquire whether the number was correct. I asked the Call Centre executive to transfer the line to the Call Centre Supervisor but I was told that his line was busy and I should call again after 10 minutes. I kept holding the line but to no avail.
I joined the Call Centre number again and this time Nazneen picked up the line and spoke in chaste Hindi whereas I had opted for talking in English. My request to transfer the line to the Call Centre head was not entertained.
Furious, I called the centre again and talked to Ms. Jayshree this time. She wanted to know the reason for transferring the line to the Supervisor. When I told her that I wish to make a complaint against the Call Centre executives she told me that she is the boss. Suspecting her behaviour I insisted for talking to the Call Centre head.
The line was then transferred to Mr. Dheeraj, Manager of Call Centre. I insisted for initiating action as under:
Mr. Ghanshyam: For giving false report of wrong address and not following the instruction for talking to me over my mobile phone prior to the visit.
Ms. Sheetal: For not informing me that I should call after 11 am to contact Mr. Vijay Parikh and also not transferring the life to her superior inspite of my insistence.
Ms. Nazneen: For talking to me in other language inspite of my opting for English & not transferring the line to the Supervisor in spite of my holding the line for long.
Ms. Jayshree: For blocking me to reach to her superiors. For shielding her colleagues by imposing herself as the Head of Call Centre.
Mr. Dhiraj: The Manager of the Call Centre showed helplessness while talking. He should be held overall responssible for the entire episode and improper handling of the customer’s grievances / complaints.
I sincerely hope that my feed back would help you to weed out the shortcoming in the system and improve the services of the company. This complaint should be limited to be seen as against a particular person but against the system as a whole. I would like to make some suggestions as under:
1. The website should guide the customers properly with the address / contact numbers of the all service centres.
2. There should be provision to lodge complaint on the web site also.
3. Call Centres should have correct address / contact numbers.
4. All service related grievance should also be registered at the Call Centres.
5. Call Centre executives should not discourage the customers to talk to the superiors even though the matter could be trivial.
6. The feed back on closing the complaints should be sought by sending sms or verbal feed back over phone to ensure proper customer satisfaction.
I am trying the mobile number of Mr. Vijay Parikh [protected] since 11 O’ clock (till 11.18) but no one is picking up the line….. who bothers for the customers.. afterall?????????????????
Regards,
D K Goswamy
1002, Labh Shukan Tower, Nr. Judges Bungalows,
Bodakdev, Ahmedabad
(mobile [protected])
KENSTAR AC 1 TON — Swing option is not working
HI,This is Pushpendra from NaviMumbai([protected]) i have been complaining since a month regarding our fault AC, it’s swing option was not working since first day . We called so many times to customer care they launch a complaint but never reply.Complaint no. (THA[protected],THA[protected],THA[protected],THA[protected],THA[protected]) .once their technician came and took away the swing flap after that nobody came.Here i once again request to look in to the matter and reply soon.
Thanking you very much.
Regards
Pushpendra Kumar Gangwar
Raji
Chennai
(Mobile : [protected])
Pramod
Manager,
Vishwa group
Mob: [protected]
P.ATAUL FAREED
33/265 P K STREET
PERIAPET
VANIYAMBADI 635751
VELLORE DIST
TAMIL NADU
Kenstar mixer cum food processor — not working and Warranty
Sir/MadamLast 16 days i am giving complaimts to them none of the sales engineer has came to my home for the product this is very disgusting thing and my product is in warrenty.
Regards
Mr V.D Shinde
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