| Address: Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 410208 |
| Website: vodafone.in |
Made recharge of Rs. 204 prepaid Vodafone [protected], Transaction ID MU[protected], on 2nd April. Recd. confirmation successful recharge New balance Rs. 217.74/-. I rarely use Vodafone for calling except Customer Care of ICICI Credit Cards as the number is regd. to my ICICI Credit Card Account who I phoned on the 10th May. My call was disconnected midway. I found on checking that I made only a 11 minute call but my balance was exhausted without any logical reason. Checked call history since 2nd April and found no outgoing calls.
Phoned twice on 198. A horrible Nightmarish experience. Executives repeated "they did not find any subscription". No explanation where my Rs. 204 had gone. On the 2nd call Executive claimed the system did not show details, to call back after 30 mins. Was kept on hold for over 5 mins at a stretch each time, and forced to listen to nonstop repetitive message about downloading app from the App Store. My repeated requests to not subject me to this recorded infuriating message while being kept on hold fell on deaf ears. 3rd call on the 11th morning was disconnected by the Executive rudely. On the 4th call, I asserted that I be connected to the supervisor, was forced to listen to the maddening message on and on without respite without the ability to turn it off as any moment the Executive would come back on line and if I delayed replying by 2/3 seconds would disconnect me without second thought.
Recd. Complaint No. [protected] with an assurance my balance would be credited in 48 hrs, that have now passed, still no resolution. Cannot call Customer Care of ICICI CC till I recover the balance, though I desperately need to. Why does Vodafone slickly make customers pay; but have a long-drawn-out, unpleasant, disgusting process they subject their customers to; in order to recover the value they have cheated their customers of? Repetitive promotional messages forced on Customers, 48-hour resolution time periods, false Commitments, Executives who have no authority to resolve any issue so keep you on hold for interminable minutes, while the tediously repetitious promotional messages drone on.
Got an SMS message this morning that my complaint was addressed & I could appeal. No explanation about where my Rs. 204/- had gone. Tried calling 198 all morning and kept getting "sor-reee, we are unable to process your request right now. Thank you for calling Vodafone Care"
I now assert that Vodafone credit my account with the cheated-of amount, with an explanation why & how this has occurred and a compensation of Rs. 500/- (increasing by 10% for each day of delay in redress)for the inconvenience caused such as inability to call important/necessary parties & follow up with Vodafone involving expense of time and effort.
Vodafone India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.