I've been a Vodafone user since 2012. I am travelling on an international trip, and activated the i-roaming pack (INR2695 for 4 days) today morning, since I'll have business calls to make.
3 minutes into a call, my line cuts off due to low balance. I burnt through INR 250 rupees despite having a roaming pack which gives me 120 mins free per day. I recharged for INR1000 talktime because the call was important and I couldn't miss it. That got burnt through in ~12 mins.
Getting through customer care for Vodafone is an absolute nightmare, and I've spent two-three hours on hold, and listening to Vodafone advertising itself as a caller tune. I finally managed to get through to them twice, and while both said a complaint has been raised and I'd get a confirmation sms, nothing happened. The website indicates there is no complaint raised for my number, and i never received any SMS.
Pathetic, making customer support so horrible to navigate so that people would give up. After 7 years, actively thinking of shifting to a service that 1) does not defraud its customers through illegally charging for calls, and 2) does not treat customers like cattle
Vodafone India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.