Vodafone India Complaints & Reviews

Hi,

My name is Sarbari Sen. I am a resident of 10 Central Park, Flat No. B-3, Jadavpur, Kolkata 32. I have been a customer of Vodafone for a long time. I have been using a postpaid connection ([protected]) since August 2009. All my bills to this number has been up-to-date. On Dec 7, 2010, I was offered a datacard connection ([protected]) by Vodafone where they promised me an unlimited data usage at Rs. 499. This was at a time when their 3G services had not been launched. I was informed that I would get 2G speed until their 3G services are launched and after that the datacard would automatically get upgraded to 3G once it was launched. I would enjoy 3G services at the same tariff. After the 3G services was launched a couple of months later, I started getting 3G speed on my datacard. However after 15 days I received an SMS stating that the trial period of my 3G services is about to expire and to continue enjoying 3G services I would have to apply for a new and a more expensive tariff. I immediately made a call to the customer care where they completely denied the fact that they had promised me unlimited 3G services at Rs. 499. To protest against this unilateral decision of increasing my tariff I refused to pay the outstanding bill and complained to Vodafone stating that they take back the datacard and refund Rs. 1600 that I had spent to buy it and I would immediately clear their dues. They refused to do so and without any prior information disconnected the connection of [protected]. I visited the Vodafone store to find out the reason and was informed that it was due to non-payment for the number [protected]. However when I threatened to take legal actions against them they restored my connection. Even after this I continued receiving mails and letters from them asking me to clear my bill. I kept repeating my deal and asked them to refund the money of my datacard which they refused to do. Finally they have once again withdrawn the connection of my number [protected]. I am a working lady and face immense difficulties without my phone. I have all documents to support my stance. I have cleared bills for the number [protected] till March 11, 2011.

I would request you to look into the matter and help me get the refund of my datacard. After this I have no problems in clearing their dues. I need to make official calls on a daily basis which is being hampered since my connection has been withdrawn. This is causing a lot of inconvenience for me. Kindly help me out of this situation. I need my connection back at the earliest.

How to Unlock vodafone puk via sms anybody tell me.

Sir actually i want my BILL SUMMARY OF MY CONNECTION: [protected] OUTGOING & IN COMING DETAIL OF DEC - 2011 to Jan 2012 PLEASE DO THE NEED FULL

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to bring to your notice that the bill generated for Mobile no. [protected] Karnataka circle is incorrect. I have activated service VF Mobile connect for the month of October 2011. My credit limit was Rs 800 at that time. Within 10 days o[censored]sage of that service; I received a SMS and email from Vodafone that my unbilled usage is 752/- and need to be paid it to enjoy uninterrupted service. I paid the amount immediately without any delay. After the end of my billing period I again received a email (no SMS this time) that my credit limit is 900/- and unbilled usage is 1519/- . I was completely shocked!

Here I have the following concerns:
1. Why dint Vodafone sent me a SMS second time when I crossed the credit limit.
2. Why did Vodafone allowed to generate such hefty amount?

I send much email to corporate care regarding the same, but customer care people said since the number was active under “3G plan” ; SMS/ Email was not sent when credit limit crossed!
How can you justify such a statement?
At one point of time they Vodafone can sent an Email for credit limit crossing and at another time they can't!

Moreover the data usage shown on the bill was completely incorrect. I did monitor my usage using software and it was around 732 MB as against 1079.443359 MB depicted in the bill.

I was reluctant to pay the bill; so raised my concern to customer care people. The number was deactivated by Vodafone by the end of my October month billing cycle. Yet, they generated another bill for the month of November for Rs 1965/-

By time I was in conversation with the customer care people for my bill re-verification, I started receiving some reminder from Vodafone that my outstanding balance is 1865.12/-.
I have appealed many times for the waiver for the extra amount charged; but the customer care people kept on telling the charges are valid.
When I initially had a conversation with them they accepted their mistake mail reference [REF :[protected]] but once I appealed for the waiver they never accepted the same.

I am a law binding Indian citizen who has completely lost hope in Vodafone.

Regards,
Rohan

I've got the missed call from [protected] at 9.45pm today. As usual when I called back, person on the other side told me he was speaking from vodafone & I had won a lottery of 10 Lacs under '2012 Vodafone Lottery Scheme'. He insisted me to call immediately to a person name Mr Sundar Singh, Branch Manager of SBI, some branch in Dellhi regarding the credit of lottery money in my bank account . The no. he gave me was [protected]. He asked me to provide 07 reference no. to branch manager. While writing down the no., I realized that it was a 12 digit no. starting from 92. I asked if it is a delhi mobile no., it should be a 10 digit or starts from 91. He replied that it's a routed no.. Then I checked the no. from which I received call, it was a similar no. as well.
After that call I just did google search for same. I came to know that I was not the first to receive such calls. Then immediately called up vodafone helpline to lodge a complaint. This could be a risky affair as someone is being interested in personal info like bank account details & specially when you are talking to an unknown person from Pakistan. Vodafone should do something to prevent such unwanted dangerous calls.

For many days i was not using my Vodafone number [protected].
And i lost it ,can u please block the card.....and please issue a duplicate sim for me.

Regards,
Ankush

Hello! My name is Anand. I had a vodafone number [protected]. I was unable to use the number for the past few months and now all of a sudden my number has been disconnected. I am unable to re-activate the number. Kindly do something about it.

My current Usage bill is amounting approx 1800/- & my usage is around 400/-...afterwards i stopped using the sim & even i tried to deactivation of the sim but each & every time something is wrong with the id-proof & all. So now i have not enogh time to complete this fomalities. i also want to pay the usgae bill amount i am ready to pay it..but company demanding the rental amount also of around of 3 months which is totally unusaged..Sim card was out from the cell phone. Neither a single incoming nor outgoing call done. so my demand is that that i will pay only the usgae amount only not the rental & all...As other mobile service providers never demand about the Rental amount which is not @ all used..

So i will only pay the usage amount not any other amount...

Dear sir,
I am Deepjyoti Das, one of the customer of " Vodafone" having a mobile no.[protected] suffering from the worse services. today at 08:13pm i got 2 messages from Vodafone that ' Hello, as per your request , Supermodels Video Alerts service has been activated on your account and Rs.14/week has been charged. But the fact is that i didn't even requested for any such service, However i have been using the Net Pack Service for browsing internet.And when i called the customer for this complaint they told me that this service has been activated through internet. What is this ? If it is so then I want to request vodafone to check my browsing details on 16th jan,2012 and let me know when i opened the vodafone website or any other website to subscribe for any such service.. Is this the way to satisfy your customer? It is the 2nd time i am facing this problem..is it the new technique of vodafone to involve their customers to any such useless services as mentioned above in the name of internet browsing if the customer has a Net Pack Service activated, so that the blame can be given to the customer... I am waiting for your kind immediate reply.

Regards
Deepjyoti Das

Vodafone customer care service executives dont know what problems exist with their network and conveniently blame the customer for whatever issues he/she might be facing.

I had a pathetic experience with one of the executives. I was unable to get any connectivity in the Andheri area from 13th Jan 2012 ([protected]) and when I called (on 14th Jan) to know what was the issue was I was told to get my SIM and handphone checked at the nearest vodafone store, as according to the stupid executive their network was fine and the problem was with my SIM and/or handphone!!!

even when I specifically told him I was getting connectivity in other areas, he was adamant about getting the SIM and phone checked.

However, the truth was far from that. Their BTS at the Andheri area is facing problems and hence there are network issues till date.

It looks like
Vodafone does not bother to provide up to date information to it's executives
or the executives are parrots not intelligent enough to give the right answer but repeat what they are taught in their training.

A harried customer of Vodafone!

I took vodafone sim with mobile no [protected] on 23/12/2011 from Karad,Distt- Satra(Maharashtra). Recharge of Rs 300 was done on 24/12/2011. When I took the new connection, I was informed that all messages(Local + Std) will not be charged for 10 Days.
However after 25/12/2011, I was charged Rs 10 per sms even on local messages and my balance dropped down from 300 to 40Rs within a span of 3 days even on not using the sim for either making calls or sending messages.
I called to vodafone care a couple of times but they neither found the solution to my problem nor they refunded any money and ignored my complaint saying that I did ISD messages, they did not pay my attention to my geniune problem .I do not even have any ISD contact number on my phone nor I have saved any number with OO/+91 in front. I am highly troubled presently due to my sudden balance deductions. My complaint number is 110/804158 as was given to me while taking to some of your company executive on vodafone care. However, no solution has found yet.
Do find solutions to my problems & make necessary refunds else I have to file this complaint in consumer court. My alternative contact no. is [protected].
Kaveri bharati
E-mail:- ashish.[protected]@gmail.com

As i wish wish to take Bsnl connection,taking my vodafone mobile nuber under portability,I visited local vodafone store in visakhapatnam[andhrapradesh].They charged Rs 1000/plus taxes 103 as number portability charges,considering my mobile nuber as special numer.I paid money under protest,as there being no alternative for me.I argued with them stating that i did not make any selection nor offered any special under under payment category at the time of taking vodafone connection couple of years back.I made representations to customer care vodafone by email and finally they negatived my request on the ground that i paid money.It is obvious that are determined to collect money for portability that too heavy charge like Rs 1000 plus tax under the pretext that that my number is a special number

Dear Concern,

This is With reference to the services Provided to me by your Esteemed Organisation.
Firstly i opted an prepaid Number wide no. [protected]. same was disconnected after an week sating docs not submitted... i again submitted my docs and again same was disconnected saying documents not received... i want to state if docs are not received than how my calls start after first disconnection.. secondly i have your mails on records which clearly states that my outgoing and incoming cant be started without docs Receipts... means u received my docs... my balance of 400/- also not refunded after permanent disconnection.

Secondly when u refused that my number cant be started, i as a fool gain opted the services of vodafone and applied for a Postpaid.Number Given to me is [protected]. which promised by ur executive that same number will start till evening... executive name Nipun.. mobile no. [protected]. i made the payment also of rs. 500/- wide receipt no. 11635 dt. 11 jan 2012. in vodafone store 3b2 mohali. (Waves System Corp.)

Now kindly refund me my 500/- as well as the balance in my prepaid card. I m no longer willing to avail your So Precious Services.

Thanks and Regards,

Prabhat

I Have got a massage i.e limited period offer!! Recharge by 31st Dec with RC21 and get ALL STD AND LOCAL SMS at 1p/ sms ONLY 4U!!Offer will be activated within 24 hrs. power to you!!.For details call 124(toll free).
this is the massage i hav got from VA-611112
so i called 124, 111 and confirmed whether iam eligible to recieve that offer are not??
then they said it is applicable then i recharged with that but no use msgs are costing 9ps to other network
so i called 111(custmer care) and filed a complaint to rectifie my problem they said by 6th JAN we will resolve ur problem but still there is no use my prblem is not rectified yet.
complaint no is ([protected])

My name is praseetha. I was using the mobile no - [protected] for last two years. Recently i was not able to use the sim card because i was out of station. When i came back i found that it was expired before it should have been (I was not using it for only one month - provider has told that it will expire only after 6 months after the last use.)
Now this number is with another guy, who is actually misusing the calls which come to him from my relatives and husband.

So i kindly request to stop the service to this number.

Kindly reply me to [protected]@gmail.com



Thanks
Praseetha sukesh

sir i am vineet kumar my vodafone no- is-[protected]. i will complaint about my vodafone no outgoing and incoming barred about negative verification but never vodafone executive come to my home i am go t vodafone store rajouri garden i will submit the re verification request about 3 times but not solved my problem not start my no. pls solve my issues.
name-vineet kumar
contact alt-[protected]
landline-[protected]
address-CA-47-B DDA FLATS HARI NAGAR NEW DELHI-110064
VODAFONE MOB NO-[protected].

Vodafone's so-called backend department who calls incessantly for various useless gimmicks has forcefully changed my Blackberry services plan from 599 to 899 without my consent. I realised this when I stopped receiving emails.

The surprising part is Vodafone has conveniently changed my plan without any confirmation message informing my about the plan change and then suspended both my email accounts. To make matters worse when I called their customer care, they tell me that I will 'have to' pay for both the 899 plan as well as whatever plan I switch to.

A reputed company like Vodafone making such bloopers is preposterous. I strongly recommend some stringent measures against these services providers for bridge of trust and wrongly charging customers.

Glad to see so many complaints against Vodafone. i wanted to deactivate my number and had called the customer service desk. They had assured me that from so-and-so date the number ([protected]) would be deactivated within a few hours. However, in my billing cycle they had charged me for period well beyond the promised dates. When i had called the customer care - they were unwilling to first acknowledge that there was a mistake and kept insisting that the payment should be made. I was told that though the phone was discontinued but due to internal procedures the account was still in an active mode, hence i will have to pay for the extended period. Why should any customer pay for inefficient services?!! that too when the account was deactivated.

The vodafone customer care rep was rude and ill equipped to handle grievances. Infact, the rep went to his low standards and started threating me saying 'you pay...else..' It showed the low standards of the company itself by appointing such illiterate jackass.

I wanted to take this up last year on such forums but due to paucity of time, couldnt. This is more to caution folks against taking Vodafone services. Anyways what to expect from such companies.

For years, my whole family have been using Vodafone, now we plan to either migrate to other operators or stop such lousy services.




They charged me unnecessarily after i had complained to deactivate my number.

ravindra

This is to notify you that my mobile phone service provider VODAFON/E has deducted 30.00 INR twice for caller tune services in error. First deduction which happened was on 08/01/2012 for 30.00 INR and second deduction happened on 11/01/2012 for the same amount. I have got proofs for this duplicate charge as vodafone notified me through text and I have saved those messages. When I had words with VODAFONE customer care, initially they had a common reply to wait for 6hrs for the charges to appear on there system. At 2:15 11/01 I had conversation with VODAFONE customer care and denied for these deduction. According to them no transaction ha taken place twice. When I asked them to check the notification text which they sent me for the deduction, They said no such system exist which provides them with the information on text being sent to the customer. VODAFONE is a good service provider in term of network for mobile communication but has got appalling customer services.

Please get this issue sorted.

Hi,

I recharged my phone with a Recharge of 500 and got Rs 450 as talktime making my total balance of 594 Rs.

I recharged my number +91-[protected] with 3G plan of Rs 375 (500 MB usage) via SMS and got a confirmation regarding activation of my plan in another 2-3 hours and my balance go deducted.

Later I recharged my number again with Rs 89 SMS topup via SMS.

Deducting both I still has a credit balance of Rs 130 on my number.
When i checked my balance the very next day,it showed only Rs 12.

I have been trying to reach your executive and everyone tell me a diffferent solution.I have asked them several times to escalate this issue but this did not happen.

Finally they told me that a person will call me from their team in 48 hours regarding this.

Its been more than 4 days I have not received any call..

My complaint no is[protected].

Kindly check and resolve ASAP.

Regards
Vaibhav