| Address: New Delhi, Delhi |
Dear Sir/Ma'am,
This is to bring to your kind notice that I was a postpaid customer of Vodafone (the number being [protected]) and I wish to register a conplaint with repect to my dissatisfaction with your postpaid services and to claim my money back.
I acquired a postpaid connection in the month of November 2014 (i think on 20th November 2015) and converted it to a prepaid one on 21st February 2015 beacuse of the following reasons:
It was my biggest mistake to convert my prepaid vodafone connection to a postapaid one on a phone call from one of your representatives. One of your representatives named Rahul (+91 [protected]) called me up on an unlucky morning and offered me for a postpaid connection with host of offers. I agreed to the same and asked him at least 3 times that whether there is any other/hidden terms & conditions, he always said "no". He told me that in case of any problem I can freely cal him on the above provided number. I called him for buying the connection a couple of times and he satisfactorily replied to the same. All this was before buying the connection. But the real face of the story was yet to come. Whenever I called him to know of some thing after acquiring the connection (only if nobody was pickng up call on the customer care) he never picked up the call and some other person picks up the call always and told that Mr. Rahul is busy please call later (Surprisingly before selling the plan he was always available to me). Never ever was i able to speak to Rahul again. The other thing is that he truly deceived me of the offers that vodafone will give to me. He sold me a R. 249/- plan and told me that i will get 600 local minutes+500GB free 3G internet per month+one local vodafone number on which calls would be absolutely free+I would get the bill at my billing address FREE every month. Also he told me that i would be required to pay a sum of Rs, 250/- as security deposit which can either be refunded or can be adjusted with the unpaid bill amount as per my wish as and as & when i opt out of the postpaid connection. However, the reality was soon revealed when I visited a Vodafone store and they told me that 500GB free internet is just for 3 months, the local call on the vodafone number that provided was free for just a month, the bill will be delivered free for just a month at my billing address and the worst was that i would not be able to get my security deposit refunded in case i opt out of the postpaid connection before 6 months neither can it be adjusted. I was totally shocked to hear this. This is all due to the unrealistic targets that your company provide to their employes and the employees for achieving them often lie (like above) to their prospective customers and you loot them. Also the 500GB 3G plan was deactivated from my number without consenting me after 2 months.
I had a 1GB 3G plan active on my number and I asked your customer care executive to deactivate the same on 9th February 2015 with effect from my next billing cycle (i.e., 20th Feb 2015). So I presumed that it will be deactivated by midnight on 19th Feb 2015, but i was wrong. I was not informed that it would be processed only after midight of 20th Feb, 2015. The result was i ended up using internet at usual rates and the usual charges became applicable to me. Also, i called up the customer care atleast 10 times in the whole day of 20th Feb 2015 to know whether my plan was deactivated or not as i wanted to activate a 2GB 3G plan after the earlier plan's deactivation, but all the representatives were offering me different answers (like one was saying that the plan has been deactivated, other was saying that the request has been received and it is being processed, the other said we haven't received any request and like that). I asked one of the representatives to transfer the call to a senior person, but the senior was so busy that he did not pickup the call even after 10 minutes of continuous ring. In all this confusion with the last call i was told that i can activate the new 2GB 3G plan and the old plan will automaticaly be deactivated. I activated the same after my whole working day was spoilt due to non coordination among your staff. However on next morning (i.e., 21st Feb 2015) i got a text from vodafone that my all the 3G plans have been deactivated. I got totally confused and tried calling Customer care a several times but everytime i heard "sorry this service is not available". I got pissed off and since i had some urgent work I activated a 1GB 3G plan so that i can complete my work but i again got the same message that my all the 3G plans have been deactivated. This was the time when i decided to abandon my postpaid connection.
On the same day (i.e., 21st Feb 2015) i went to the Vodafone store (Jail Road, New Delhi) to convert my postpaid connection to a prepaid one. When I started explaining the resons to the official (named Saurabh) he was not able to understand my grievance and instead was countering me with his lame excuses. While converting my postpaid plan to a prepiad one he asked to pay off all the dues. I asked him to tell me the amount. He told me that the amount comes to Rs. 700/- for the current billing cycle. I was totally stunned at this. I asked him that when my last two full month's individual bills amount to less than Rs.700/-then how come for just a day o[censored]sage you can impose a mammoth Rs. 700/-. He explained that since i activated two internet plans today (please refer to point 2 above-one 2GB and then 1GB) so the whole of the charges are being levied. I told him that firstly its your fault that your customer care and your texting system was all in a non cohesive mode and all were providing me different information so i relied on my last call with customer care executive and activated the 2GB 3G plan and when i got a text from Vodafone that all my 3Gservices have been deactivated only then i activated a new 1GB 3G plan. Secondly even if its my mistake then also you should levy just a proportionate charge for 2 days on my usage and not the full month charge. But he ignored my plea and i was forced to pay the full amount as i had to retain the number but was nomore willing to continue with the postpaid services of vodafone.
The store also told me that any amount due to you (including your deposit of Rs.250/-) shall be sent to your billing address. I told that i was to change my home in the next couple of weeks. Mr. Saurabh told me that either you convert from postpaid to prepaid after you change your home or dispense with your money. That is really unprofessional on Vodafone's part. On approaching a postpaid customer you make all the efforts to reach them and make them come to your net and when they get trpped and have no option you leave them helpless.
l request you to please refund my security deposit (Rs. 250/-) and the proportionate amount of Rs. 700/- (i.e., 700*28/30=653/-) toalling Rs. 903/- at my new address which is WZ-1382, Ground floor, Nangal Raya, New Delhi-110046 for which the required address proof will be submitted by me at the nearest vodafone store as and when you require. I urge you to please respond and refund my hard earned money at the earliest otherwise i will have approach the TRAI as well as customer court for the redressal of my grievances. In order to avoid needless litigation and defamation of your long established rapport all over the world, kindly redress my grievances.
Also, I request to improve the quality of your customer care services and coordination amongst them. Also please stop deceiving the customers by making unrealistic offers to them over phone calls.
I took the vodafone connection in high hopes and that's why i am still enjoying your prepaid services. I strongly hope that you will resolve my grievances at the earliest. Thanking you in anticipation of your quick response.
Thanks and Regards
CA Nitesh Aggarwal
+91 [protected]