On Jan 25, I travelled from Mohali, Punjab to Shahabad Markanda, Haryana - which is a total of 75 KM. The estimated fare was Rs. 1113. Since tolls are closed, no toll payment was required in cash. I booked this cab by payment method "Ola Money Postpaid". When I reached the destination, the driver said that app is not responding and he would call me in case of any issues. After five minutes, I received a call from Ola representative that driver wants to end the trip and I okayed it since I had reached the destination. The Ola representative also asked me about the estimated fare which I told them as Rs 1113.
After a couple of minutes, I received a message that an amount of Rs 3609 has been deducted from my ola money postpaid account for my trip - which is for almost 250+ KM. I had multiple followups with the company as well as the driver about this. The driver said he has not told this much reading, but I am not sure if he is lying or not.
On Jan 28, I received a call again from Ola representative where they said I would be charged for 75 KMs only and rest would be refunded to me after his call. But I never received any refund.
Now today, on Jan 29, I received an email from company executive that they would not refund my money as the car meter reading is correct. They simply backed out of their statement that they made a day back.
How it is possible for a person to travel 250+ km in less than 1.5 hours in a CNG Alto car? I travelled from Mohali to Shahabad and I have proofs for that. Please help me get refund from Ola company and also compensation for the mental harassment I am going through. I have called them almost 20 times and sent several messages on support ticket, but they are not at all responsible. Please help me.
The OLA representative mentioned that since the amount was paid in cash to the driver, this did not reflect in the OLA postpaid subscription. I told them they could have already checked the trip invoices which are available in the OLA account to verify and cancel the subscription, as the amount of Rs 500 from the subscription selection was and never has been utilised.
The representative mentioned that she will update this and settle it internally.
Hence, a further update on this is awaited from OLA.