Hi EveryOne,
11 Reasons why you should not buy any Samsung product in India based on the colourful advertisements.
1) The products they sell in India are of poor quality and it will certainly give problems in 1-2 years time despite taking extra care.
2) The service provided in India is pathetic. You approach the Service centre with 1 issue and return with 2-3 issues.
3) They have a policy to maximize profits without any liability.
4) If you add up the time you spend at the Service Centre and raising complaint, you are losing approximately 48 hours of your valuable life.
5) Samsung does not compensate for the time, energy or money spent by the customer in pursuing the problem.
6) The repaired devices are not tested before giving back to the customer.
7) We Indians show patience and are considerate. Samsung takes advantage of this fact
8) Samsung DOES NOT TRUSTS its Indian customers but Samsung wants its Customers to trust them. Customer is always wrong and he/she is always lying.
9) Contact details of Regional Manager, Area Manager or higher managerial staffs are not shared with customers as it is convenient for the lower ranks to bury a major issue and commit large scale frauds.
10) Repair work is exaggerated in order to get more profits.
11) Technicians are totally unaware of the software and hardware of the Samsung Product. They are incompetent. If a test is conducted on basic know how of the device.
These points are from personal experiences mentioned below
I, Thomas V, had bought a Samsung Note GT-N8000 in 2012. I take extra care for the electronic devices because being from a technical background I know how to and how not to use mobile devices. This is evident from the number of mobile devices I possess, ranging from the old Nokia 6600 to the Ipad 128GB, all in perfect working condition. After 1 year of moderate usage the Samsung Note stopped detecting the Sim Card. I quickly found out the reason that the Sim Card Tray had a broken pin. I made a rough research on the Sim tray and found out that the Sim tray is a separate unit which needs to be replaced from the Samsung Service Center. I took it to the Service Center at New Delhi. When I asked what needs to be done the, technician, in a blink of an eye, said that the Motherboard needs to be replaced. For your information this motherboard costs Rs.10, 000/-. I asked whether there is any other way to sort it out but the answer was the same. Now I showed him the image of the Sim card Tray unit and asked the same question a third time. This time he understood that I have done my homework and completed the whole work. Can you guess the total charges?... Rs. 800/- including Labour charges. So I just avoided a fraud of Rs.9200/-. Giving the Service guys the benefit of doubt I conceded to my ‘Chalta Hain’ attitude.
Another year o[censored]sage and the Samsung Device crashed completely without any warning whatsoever. In other words it got Bricked. I made extensive research on why the device crashed all of the sudden and how it can be revived but no avail. The only logical conclusion that I could make was that a chip must have fried. Take due note that I am not a fan of rooting devices(getting master access to the firmware) so the Note was running on Stock ROM(the firmware installed by Samsung). I took the device to various Samsung Service centre across India and not a single Technician could pinpoint the problem caused. The only solution they could offer was ‘trial and error’ method. Till date the cause of the problem is unknown and no one has any idea about how this issue can be avoided. Such level of incompetence added with my earlier experience prevented me from giving the device to any Samsung Service Centre for about a year. Recently I felt that I should get it repaired and someone less privileged could use it. So I, against my will, took it to the largest Samsung Service Centre in North Mumbai. They said that that the motherboard and battery needs to be changed. When asked why the battery needs replacement they said that the battery may be faulty which may have caused the motherboard to crash. I chose not to argue and gave the product for replacement of battery and motherboard. After a week I got the repaired device and paid the bill amount of Rs. 15, 226/- . In the repaired device I found out that the WiFi was not working properly so I brought it to the notice of the technician and he confirmed the problem. I was surprised to know that the device was handed over to me without proper testing. The Samsung device was again taken for repair. After 8-9 service center visits, 20-30 phone calls, 2-3 hours waiting for each service center visit and after the second repair, I am being told that the product will be returned only after payment of additional labor charges. Anyone with sound mind can understand from the above two instances that Samsung product is made of poor quality, technicians are incompetent and phony, pricey repairs, irresponsible customer Support with no liability, even the repaired parts are faulty, no testing is done before delivering the product, customers are mentally harassed to great extent and finally that this is not an accidental mistake from Samsung’s side because it happened to me twice. Now I suppose that the whole Samsung product was a scam where the customer is fooled from the day the device was purchased.
“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me” I will never be fooled again to buy any Samsung product even if it is for free.
I would strongly suggest everyone to go for other brands because of the hardship I personally faced regarding the first and last Samsung device I have owned. You could be the next victim of such fraud. Chose wisely
Samsung Reference No.:[protected]
Bill No: [protected], [protected],
Date of Incident:from 25/05/16 to date
Aug 5, 2021
Complaint marked as Resolved
Samsung India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.