| Address: Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
Dear Sir,
I request you to give wide publicity for below mentioned case against poor service offered by LG to put a light/ to beware your readers against customs services and commitment to excellence and quality as mentioned in LG’s advertisements and booklets.
My grievance related to for Plasama TV, but first of all let me explain you about technical details of Plazma TV that it is like compressed conventional type Gas filled TV. The manufacturer claims expected life of 1,00,000 hours without any problem. But there is a technical problem for Plazama TV that is leaves ghost effect or burning of screen at the place where logo of DTH provider and Channel constantly remains as the particular location of the screen. This is due to inside layer of the panel which is coated with phosphorous get continuous bombardment at logo places which burns out this phosphorous layer leaves such ghost effects seen even after you shut down your TV. So the Plazama TV is not recommended to use as Computer Monitor or advised to disable screensaver or don’t freeze/pause the picture while watching through DVD.
LIFE IS (NOT) GOOD (LG) claims that they have developed advance technology by which the screen is continuously and slightly keep on moving so that the location of these logos gets changing which will avoid such ghost effect or burning of the screen. But as per my opinion, this is a fake claim by LG to make the customer fool. Such technology may exist in other manufacturer except LG.
I bought a 42PZ560R on 15th March,2011 and with little use, I found above mentioned defects, so I complaint the same to LG Customer care (RNA[protected], technician was sent from the company who visited my place and he confirmed that the display panel has a severe issue and the display panel is required to be replaced, I was little hesitate as NO ONE WOULD AGREE TO REPAIR THE NEW TV and LG’s authorised service stations are very famous for making alteration but I has no alternative, half-heartedly I agree. They have taken TV to their authorised service station in Ahmedabad and return back and the same complaint is there. LIFE IS (NOT) GOOD (LG).
Although they claim that the panel is replaced, but I have my all doubts as the picture quality is further detoriated and there are bright ghost effects which can be noticed even from 10 feet distance and without power supply is connected. The said TV was put for Colour Wash/White Wash, as LG claim that such effects will be removed, but as it is it is a fake assurance by LG and there is no change in ghost effects. The worst part of it that the so called authorised service guys update the status / blindly closed the request saying repair has been done. LIFE IS (NOT) GOOD (LG).
The second complaint was registered through phone vide compliant no RNA[protected] and again service personals visited taken back the said defective TV (Second time) to service station on 31st Jan,2012. As there was no communication from them, I contacted LG authorised service station where Mr. Gautam Shah from Dhanraj Services, Ahmedabad was on line and spoke to me in rude and abusive manner as he trained by LG for such things. He was of opinion that although LG claims for advance and latest technology, but it just to misguide and to make the customer fool. Such ghost effect will always remain in all Plazama TV manufactured by LG but and when the customer complains about such issues company trained their service team not to become very serious about such issues and wait till the warranty period is over and then only LG will solve such problem by charging handsome amount from customers. Shockingly, I got a message on my cell from LG that request has been closed without mentioning any reason.
After everyday follow up with Miss Kanika ( LG Customer Care Head Office, Greater-Noida, Phone[protected], Mr Dhiraj Bhasin ( Gujarat Service Head [protected]), Miss Shailee (Gujarat Service Office og LG [protected]), but there is no proper response from them apart from just giving useless commitments, and now nobody is picking up my calls except customer-care, who don't have anything to say except "we have sent a reminder to higher officials, someone will respond", but no one did.
I keep on registering more compliant over the phone (RNA[protected], RNA[protected] and all times I get update that the request has been closed without mentioning any reason.
In fact communicating through e-mails is also a great wastage of time. LG is not intended to provide customer delight experience on the contrary they believe in humiliation of customers. I am sure they are doing big business in service & repair for their low quality products because those are made like that only. LIFE IF (NOT) GOOD (LG).
LG’s team including Officers are not interested to understand the real facts, may be all the concern officers of LG Company are guided such way. I am totally frustrated and exhausted by this sort of irresponsible and irritable behaviour of LG’s service team. LIFE IS (NOT) GOOD (LG).
As present my under warranty Plazama TV is lying LG's authorised service station awaiting for solution of the problem since last so many days. LG is consuming my warranty period so that they can ask handsome amount for repairing after the warranty period gets over.
A LG equipment of 38K+ failed in ten months and against the 1 year warranty, they haven't came with solution. Are these guys trying to spend next 2 months time in which my warranty will be over or what? I don't care if LG replaces the part or the whole TV but i am not gonna waste my hard earned money like this. I also notice that so many people facing same problem for same product category, clearly indicates something wrong with the product itself. Why on earth LG isn't looking into the actual problem and selling the plasma TVs.
I believe that LG is world POPULAR leader in making your life painful after you buy their cheap quality product & the kind of services offered WITH THEIR HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL SERVICE TEAM which has all elements to fool customer in thousands of ways. They have team of nonsense authorised service station people who are professionally trained not to carry out the service and abuse the customer so that customer will fade up and will automatically diverted to find alternative with some private repairer ( Authorised service people working on their private basis) even during the warranty period. I believe that such nexus exists in LG so that LG will save the money and their authorised service technical will earn by exploiting the customers. LIFE IS (NOT) GOOD (LG).
Prof M. A. Lohia-Ahmedabad
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