On 28/09/17, at around 09:15 am, we booked an ola “mini” cab from greenwood park, new town, kolkata (Residence) to howrah railway station.
We received a confirmatory message from m/s ola that our booking has been confirmed giving us the details of the cab, driver etc.
Few minutes later, the driver called me & said he was at the location when i told him to enter our gated community he said he would pick us up within next few minutes. We moved out of our flat, with the luggage & kept waiting at the purported point of our pickup.
Since the cab did not arrive, i called him. The driver then asked me about the dropping point. On hearing howrah rly stn., he simply disconnected the call immediately & was not reachable any further.
Since i use a dual sim phone, i tried to contact him through my other no., but that too was of no avail. The reply to my repeated calls from both the nos was “….. This no is not registered …. Pl call from your registered no…..”.
Then i got a message from m/s ola that my booking has been “cancelled”.
Next i tried to make a fresh booking for the travel.
Now, m/s ola said “ ……cabs are difficult to be found at the location….. Etc, etc.”
I came out on the road out of our housing complex only to find no less than 6 cabs, sporting ola livery, “relaxing” near the gate of our housing complex.
What a fine mess i was in!
However, since time was running out, i spotted a kolkata yellow cab, engaged it & travelled to howrah station possibly the smoothest way to the station in my life.
We are now at lucknow en route to delhi.
The other day when i tried to book a ola cab here in lucknow, m/s ola tells me that rs 50/- is due from me on account of “cancellation”!!!
Dear m/s ola, i have got a fine case to be presented to the consumer appellate body giving the details of the raw treatment, harassment, bad behavior meted out to me & then “claiming” pecuniary penalty from me.
What sort of business policy is this???
I look forward to hear from you soon on the matter & also expect the malady to be rectified forthwith.
Yours truly
Tapan kumar ghosh
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