I am writing this after I had to call up and complain to the vodafone customer care for the 2nd time today and 3rd time in a week to remove unexplained VAS activation on my mobile numbers.
A few days ago Video Mania was activated on my mobile without permission. I complained, got it deactivated and the debit of Rs. 35 reversed. Again, today, the same blasted service was activated again. I had to call up again to deactivate and reverse the charges.
An hour ago, another 35 Rs. was debited from another number this time for video dictionary. Again, called up customer care to get it reversed.
My question is that who authorized Vodafone to debit or activate anything on my phone without my permission? Debiting my account without my permission is FRAUD. I don't want to believe that this is a fraudulent company, but unfortunately, the explanations I am getting from customer support are quite perplexing.
Customer support is saying that some third party is activating these services and I should do specific browser settings on my phone like pop up blocking, etc, to prevent these issues. The joke is that all these settings have been in place on my phone all these days.
In any case, I have bought the phone to use it the way I want and not according to what Vodafone says. The service provider has no right to ask customers to make any specific browser settings.
The situation is so bad that I am afraid to keep any balance over Rs. 10 on my phone because the moment I put the money, all these crazy services start getting activated. I wish I had not opted for Vodafone and will be moving out soon unless this problem is fixed once and for all.
Thanks.
Vodafone India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
tis s really irritating i m afraid 2 recharge my no. nw plz fix tis