| Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S Advanced Mobile (I9070) on 24th June 2012 at RTL Mobile Pvt Ltd, Spencer Plaza, Mount Road, Chennai. I have paid 23,300 rupees through my Credit card.
On the next day itself I have identified that the network signal is dropping every 2 or 3 minutes randomly and automatically coming up. I observed that it was showing message as "No Service". I was not able to receive incoming phone calls and unable to make outgoing calls. When I am on calls, the calls are getting disconnected as the network signal is dropping.
As I was busy with my office work, I have taken my mobile to Samsung Service Center in Triplicane in Chennai on 30th June 2012 (Satruday). They said that the issue is with firmware and it will take 20 minutes to update. They asked me to wait for 20 minutes. I was waiting for 45 minutes, after that they said it will take another 1 hour and they asked me collect the mobile after 1 hour. I went to the serive center after 3.5 hours, but again they said it will take another 30 minutes and made me to wait for another 1 hour. After 1 hour they have given me mobile. I have identified in 30 minutes that the issue is not fixed. Immediately I went back to service center on the same day at 7.30 PM and shown them that the signal is dropping. They said they will change the antenna/receiver and asked me collect the mobile on 3rd July 2012 (Tuesday).
I went to Service Center and collected my mobile on 3rd July evening. They said that they have changed the antenna/receiver. But I have identified that the signal is still dropping. As suggested by Service Center staff, I have taken a new SIM Card, but that did not make any difference. I have tried with 3 different SIM Cards, with all 3 SIM Cards the signal is dropping. When I insert the SIM Cards in a different mobile, they are working perfectly.
I have taken the mobile back to the service center on 5th July 2012 (Thursday) and explained them about the issue again. They said they will be changing the board in mobile and asked me to collect it on next day which is 6th July 2012 (Friday).
When I went to Service Center on 6th July 2012 (Friday), they said they didnot receive the spare motherboard and asked me to collect it on next day which is 7th July 2012 (Saturday) at morning 10 AM. They promised me a callback at 10AM which I didnot receive and there was no answer when I call the service center number. I went to the Service Center at 1PM, they gave the same reason that they didnot receive the board and told me that they will be calling at 6PM in the evening. I got a call from them at 6 PM (First time got call from them) and asked me collect the mobile at 7PM. When I went to the service center at 7PM they said they didnot recieve the board and told that they will be calling me on 9th July 2012 evening at 6PM so that I can collect the mobile, But I didnot receive any call from them. I have called them on 10th July 2012 at 2PM, they said the engineer is in lunch break and they will call me in 30 minutes. There was no call from them. I have called them after 1 hour and again they gave me the same reason that they didnot receive spare board. They said today evening they may receive the board (This is the same promise from day one). Again they asked me to collect the mobile at 7:30PM on 10th July 2012 (Monday).
This is the worst customer service I have ever seen in my life. There is no proper information at any time. They don't know how to fix the issue. They don't know what is the solution for the issue. For any issue, they are saying firmware problem and restoring the firmware and giving it back without even checking it. They don't know when they will receive the spare parts. They don't know how to update the customer with right information. They don't know how to make proper followups and give right information to customer. As a result I am wasting my time everyday by visiting them and by making phone calls again and again.
I lost my patience and I cannot waste my time everyday to go there and get the same reason again and again. Kindly help me in getting my money refund, I don't need that mobile. When I went to samsung website to post a complaint in Submit Feedback, that page is not opening and showing an error message. I don't have any clue, how to get my mobile back or how to get my money refund. Kindly help me please. There is no reponse from the service center. Everytime the same answer, they didnot receive the spare and they will ask me to come on the next day.
My Name : Vidya Sagar
My Contact Number - [protected]
Shop Address where I bought the mobile : RTL Mobile Pvt Ltd, 19 A, First Phase, 2nd Floor, Spencer Plaza, Mount Road, Chennai 600012
Service Center Address : Triplicane, Contact Number :[protected]
Highlight in the entire story : I have given them a different mobile 9Samsung Galaxy S I9003 which was completely dead. They fixed in 4 days and returned it, because I
paid them 5434 /- for changing the board in the same week. But they are least bothered as the new mobile is in warranty and they don't get paid.
This is a wonderful lesson for me and I will never buy any of the samsung products. I will make sure none of my family members, friends and relatives buy samsung prodcuts.
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved