Dear all,
I wish to share my ordinary experience dealing with your colleague rajesh, bhushan & himanshu verma.
I have purchased samsung galaxy note 5 handset bearing model number sm-n920gzseins, bearing serial number rz8h10e82za.
On 8th may 2016, i did first mistake by purchasing samsung galaxy note 5 handset bearing model number sm-n920gzseins, bearing serial number rz8h10e82za from one of your dealer new impression (Sector – 17, vashi) and on 21st may i noticed that the finger print sensor was not working, immediately i call to the dealer he asked me to visit the showroom after inspecting the handset he suggested me to visit samsung service center i told him that due to my busy schedule i’ll not be able to visit the service next day. I visited your samsung service center at haware centurion on 1st june 2016, i met rajesh he claimed to be service center manager. When i informed him about the problem that i was facing, rajesh said he need to repair the handset to which i didn’t agree, you tell me after spending 50k how would you feel that your instrument is repaired that too within 13 days.Inspite of humble request to rajesh to change the handset he denied and said our policy is to change the handset if the problem occurred within 15 days and in my case it was 13 days but due to my busy schedule i visited your service center on 1st june (23rd day) that was my second mistake. Then he showed me a small piece and said this is normal sir, i just need to change this piece and your handset will work fine. Then i asked him that it is normal that a samsung brand new handset has a manufacturing defect?
And what is the guaranteed that after replacing this small pc the handset will work fine?
He didn’t had any answer, when i was not satisfied with rajesh reply, i asked him for the senior authority contact number or mail id to which he refuse to give (As per service industries norms nodal officer details should be displayed)
After sourcing i got bhushan (Area manager) contact number after updating him about my problem he took rajesh on con-call, i felt very positive that my query has been heard and now i’ll get the remedy. But it was more shocking that an area manager has given me a helpless answer and asked me to log a compliant in customer care toll free no.[protected].
Besides having to partially respond to my requests through meeting and calls, rajesh & bhushan exhibited zero interest in assisting me.
After investing time and effort to visit your service center in vashi. Thereafter i called up customer care toll free no and a very helpful girl patiently took all the details and assured me that she has forward my request to escalation team and somebody will get back to me within 24 hrs. Sorry i do not recollect her beautiful name. (Request no [protected]) (Request no [protected])
But i didn’t receive any call in 24hrs.
Shukmender (Tele executive) called me after 24hrs. After hearing my complaint even he assured me that he is forwarding my request to higher authority for resolution and took the convenient time to call back, but again the call didn’t come as per time given.
This time himanshu verma (Senior executive - customer experience) called me and again i have to repeat the same story to him, coz i was expecting positive response. But even himanshu started explaining me the policy and refuse to change the handset.
I was very upset and asked him the nodal mail id to which he said that i’m the decision maker but there were no resolution given to the customer.
I told him that i’ll write to senior authority, he said fine you may. But on next day morning himanshu called me and started bartering by offering me 5 months extended service, i said ok so that i can check the extreme side of samsung. And this is the lines himanshu has mention in his mail as if you guys are doing favor to me on my mistake by purchasing samsung handset.
(Moreover as goodwill gesture we are proposing you 5 months extended warranty on your unit. This offer is valid for 7 days starting from today i. E. 13.06.2016.)
I can appreciate that it may be samsung india's strategy to ignore consumers that offer a business of just few hundred korean won. However, then its team should communicate it to customers like me so as to spare me of such ordinary (In my books, worse than disgusting) experience. I would have been absolutely if rajesh, bhushan & himanshu had directed me to someone else at samsung or at the dealer's end. But instead backed by the way he has been mentored, he thought he could just take me for granted and brush me off.
I wish i had 'read' into the quality in himanshu call, to not expect much from him.
I do not need to elaborate on the values and attributes reflected in rajesh, bhushan & himanshu conduct and commitment towards his work and contract with samsung. The important question is where these values and attributes originate from? My belief is that be it professional or personal team (Family), values of leadership (Parents) get transmitted into their team members (Children). So i would blame samsung india leadership for choosing and training the chain of team members to allow the above experience.
What does the above experience indicate? One perspective would be to mutter "it's just an insignificant negligence by a team member and resultant one dissatisfied customer; let's focus on other high value customers and resultant sales and profit numbers needed to feed excel and powerpoint documents." my perspective is that every such conduct results in gradually killing of a painstakingly created brand and more importantly insulting the collective work and worth of brilliant engineers who designed brilliant products, investors who risked their hard-earned monies and leaders/managers/sales professionals (And others) who nurtured the business and the brand for 56+ years.Insulting those who made possible their employment.
It's pervasive of we indians to not understand or appreciate what 'global brands' mean and approach them casually (In reality cruelly) as we haven't succeeded in building them except for mahatma gandhi.
The way i was attended at the vashi service center too demonstrated very ordinary values and attitude in the role of after sales 'professional'. They ensured that visiting vashi service center will never be a joyful experience.
It seems like samsung india leadership is specifically building a team to reflect a certain brand of values and attributes. Snobbery would be the first word that would strike my mind to describe the team. If i were you, i would introspect than to reprimand them.
In contrast, i dealt with an iphone to purchase an iphone 5s in 2014; he has a built an association that may last a life time with iphone and him. I accord it to his leadership/organizational values that mentored him to conduct in a certain manner.
Recently, i convinced my wife & cousin to buy samsung products we have used and i joyfully vouched for the products' quality and got them one. I regret it now...
Rajesh, bhushan & himanshu (And may be some others) may wonder if the above 'minor' experience warranted this note. That's because bred in chalta hai (Everything is acceptable) indian philosophy most o[censored]s cannot relate to the fact that ordinary conduct can be agonizing (And costly). And because they measure everyone by the standard they have set (Rather forgotten to set) for themselves. I have no qualms about my note; i ignored their lapses and gave them an opportunity. But all i got was a cold shoulder, time and again. However, this note is not directed only at rajesh, bhushan & himanshu conduct.
I wouldn't be surprised if the samsung india team chooses to ignore my note. I don't expect it cause any introspection.
I sincerely hope i do not ever have to buy a samsung product for the want of a better product. I would rather buy a lesser value product and save my dignity and time.
Enjoy the pride, gentlemen.
Sincerely,
Sajid shaikh
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Mumbai, india.
Aug 6, 2021
Complaint marked as Resolved
Samsung India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
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