Dear all,
We wish to bring to your notice the recent embarrassment and mental stress that we faced due to the brand PHILIPS and now we have come to a conclusion not to buy “PHILIPS” brand again
We purchased a PHILIPS 40” LED smart TV (40PFL6606) in Singapore on 17-Mar 2012 and brought to India. After (8 months) the display faded in one corner and hence we got in touch with the Service center in Kilpauk (Compliant no. PCHN[protected]). Sadly, the engineers were not proficient enough to solve the issue even after multiple attempts. They gave an excuse that the TV is from Singapore and hence they could not get its parts in India. After a long struggle we managed to get a replacement for the LED TV, another 42” LED TV (42PFL6357) by paying the difference in amount Rs. 7000/- to the company, which has turned out to be waste now.
Suddenly on 05th Oct 2015, we were not able to switch on the TV and approached the service center in Ayanavaram (Techno smart services) through the PHILIPS call center[protected]. (Compliant no. PCHN[protected]) The engineer Mr. A. Ravikumar attended the compliant and was unable to figure out the issue. He took pictures of the TV to identify the defective parts. He said that defective parts are to be changed and it will cost Rs. 5, 500/- and collected Rs 1, 200 as service charge in advance. We were waiting for 1 month, after which another engineer named Mr. Viji (sent by Mr. Rahul Anandhan (Manager, PE Electronics South Zone) visited us and informed us to bring the TV to Valasaravakkam service center. He also said that the license of the previous service center (Ayanavaram) got cancelled and gave a new compliant no. PCHN[protected]. We carried the TV as advised by him. Now, after 2 full months they are asking us to take the TV back which is in a very bad condition I.e. 75% of display is blurred. If we want the display to be good they are asking us to pay Rs. 42, 365 (the original TV cost itself was only 40, 000) otherwise take the TV back in the same bad condition after paying 1, 200 as service charge (for the second time) and asked us to collect the previously paid 1, 200 from the other service center (Ayanavaram), the license of which got cancelled.
Is this the way the customers are meant to be treated?
After trusting PHILIPS and buying such an expensive TV this is what we got in return. Thanks so much for this wonderful user experience.
The below are the contact details of concerned authorities from PHILIPS
1. A. Ravikumar, Service Engineer (Ayanavaram) – [protected]
2. Rakul Anandan, Manager, PE electronics (South Zone) – [protected]
3. K . Viji, Service Engineer (Valasaravakkam)- [protected]
Philips India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.