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| Website: www.paytm.com |
Dear Team,
I have booked a bus ticket (Guntur to Chennai) with "Paytm" service (order no: [protected]) for my wife and myself on 09 Jul 2016. Before booking the ticket I have viewed the cancellation policy of the SVR Translines (bus operator) in my IOS app. It was clearly mentioned that "if we cancel the ticket between 5 hrs to 24 hrs before the bus departure you will get 90% refund". By seeing the cancellation policy of the bus in the IOS app, I have confidently booked the ticket. Due to personal reasons my wife travel got postponed and I had to travel alone to Chennai from Guntur. When I opened the paytm IOS app, the app didn't allow me to cancel my wife ticket alone, so I had to forcefully cancel both of our tickets, hoping that I would get 90% refund as mentioned in the cancellation policy. Later I have booked another ticket from REDBUS IOS app for my travel to Chennai and I have travelled on the same day which is on 10 July 2016.
Now the problem here is, Paytm has not credited 90% refund for my bus cancellation. When I raised a complaint (Ticket No: 06027561/[protected] with Paytm, they have mentioned that "If you cancel the ticket between 0 hrs to 12 hrs before the departure of the bus you will get 0% refund". They have posted the same message content in their desktop site, but the cancellation policy which I have seen is from IOS app. When I have argued with them that
they have mentioned it in the IOS app, they kept quiet and din't respond for my questions for 1.5 months. Later I have tried to replicate the scenario by booking the same bus and took the screen shot of the cancellation policy which clearly described "if we cancel the ticket between 5 to 24 hrs before the bus departure you will get 90% refund". I have sent the screen shot proof to the paytm customer care representatives and they din't respond anything relavant to the screenshot.
After 1.5 months (14 Aug 2016) I got a call from paytm customer care representative and he has asked me to replicate the issue in IOS. When I tried to replicate the issue, I can see that they have changed the
cancellation policy of the bus operator in the IOS app. I have asked him did you do any releases/patch updates to the Paytm IOS app, he said no to it but I have seen the recent they have depolyed a patch in the IOS app on 04 Aug 2016. The customer care lied to me that there were no patches. I have asked them few questions to answer but they haven't replied for any of my questions.
Here are my questions.
Why did you take 1.5 months to reach the customer ?
When I reported the software bug initially to the customer care representative, why did he accepted it ?
How do you prove that the screenshot I have taken is not from SVR Translines ?
Can you provide any proofs that you have not released any pathes to the IOS app ?
I have also attached the screenshot of the cancellation policy I have taken.
Consequences:
Paytm app didn't allow me to cancel my wife ticket alone, so I had to forcefully cancelled both of our tickets, hoping that I would get 90% refund as mentioned in the cancellation policy. Later I have
booked another ticket from REDBUS IOS app for my travel to Chennai and I have travelled on the same day which is on 10 July 2016.
Because of that reason I had to loose Rs.3180 (For cancelling the paytm ticket which I thought 90% will get refunded) + Rs.1600 (The bus I have booked with REDBUS) = Rs. 4780.
Relief Required:
I would like to get my refund of Rs.2862 (which is 90% of Rs.3180). Hope it clarifies you to accept that it is the bug/glitch in the paytm IOS app.
We have noted your complaint and the same has been forwarded to our customer service team. They will get in touch with you directly to resolve your concerns.
Regards,
Reliance Communications