[Resolved]  Zoom Car — pedl rent cycle trip did, not end resulting overcharge loss of free time and suspended service

Address:Kolkata, West Bengal, 700156
Website:pedl.zoomcar.com

I have been subscribing Pedl (Rs. 49 per month with 1 hr free time) for last couple of months at New Town, PIN 700156 (Kolkata).

Yesterday, I took Pedl cycle number 3174880 from New Town bus stand to rode to the NKDA market in 5 minutes, parked at cycle point and tried to end trip many times.
But the app did not end the trip.

Then I went to get vegetables from the market, but it did not end trip automatically after 10 minutes as it is supposed to do. I tried again but the trip did not end.

Your help was of no help as it has a set of stupid options which effectively lead to "Try Again" "No, thanks" "No refund" " No end trip request in last 5 minutes" and so on.
After about 5 hours the trip ended after I called your Chinar Park outlet.

5 min use - 5 hours charge
for no fault of mine.

I lost all my free time for the day on the top of it I was charged Rs. 8/-
And I had worry for all the time. I desperately tried find how to contact you without success!

I have similar experiences before also. And I was charge and my renting time was not adjusted with my free time on 19th October 2018.

I pray:

1. You (Pedl) improve the Mobile App
2. Improve the help so that it really helps.
3. Clearly indicate phone number where I can contact an employee who can help.
4. Clearly indicate email address where I can contact.
5. Return all the excess amounts charged and all my free time lost by extending my subscription. I do not know how you can reset my worries and anxieties caused by your bad apps.

yours sincerely,
Alakananda Mukhopadhyay

My details:
1. My phone number used to book cycle is ...
2. Cycle number was 3174880
3. I took cycle from New Town bus stand to NKDA market (5 minutes)
4. Date: 15 November 2018 Time:9:19 to 2:13 pm.
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Dec 21, 2018
Complaint marked as Resolved 
Zoomcar customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Nov 19, 2018
Zoomcar Customer Care's response
Hello User,

Greetings!

We apologize for the inconvenience caused. We would request you follow the below steps and raise your concern.
- Click on the hamburger menu in the app (three dots on the top left-hand side)
- Select “My Trips”
- Select “PEDL”
- Select the trip where issue needs to be reported
- Follow on-screen instructions

Regards,
Imran
Zoomcar
Nov 19, 2018
Updated by almukherjee
Hi,
The reply by zoomcar is of no use.
I did follow the steps suggested.
But I had to choose from only options that do not apply to me and I cannot write what happened in my case!!!

Following the steps of the zoomcar representative, one gets 3 options:
1. I would like a refund.
2. I was involved in an accident.
3. I lost an item,

When I choose option 1, I get two options:
1. I locked the cycle at station but forgot to end trip.
2. My trip started but cycle failed to unlock.
Option 1 leads to:
A trip is auto ended after 10 min of parking ...

In my case I did not forget to end trip !!!

I tried many many times but the trip did not end.
At last I got a notice that it may take about two min to end trip if connection is poor.
I was forced to extend after five hours and next time I rented i was forced to pay the extra charges.

The trip did not auto end after 10 min !!!

The instructions do not redress the unjust and unfair treatment by zoomcar on me.
I WANT JUST and FAIR REDRESSAL.
:: Alakananda Mukhopadhyay
Dec 03, 2018
Updated by almukherjee
My issue has not been solved !!!
Got Stupid Reply by a ###, advising me to follow the help that is of no help !!!

Moreover harassment by pedl goes on:
I am a senior citizen and former professor and head of chemical engineering department of Jadavpur Univ. I use Pedl of zoomcar in New Town, Kolkata.

Today, the trip of cycle no. 3167446

Frequently, cycle trips do not end for hours even when I park it at pedl station and press "end trip" button. This causes a lot of agony due to worry and anxiety and loss of time for which I cannot attend other urgent business.
Their help is deliberately stupid so that I have to run in a circle without any solution. So, their help is of no help at all. Even once their bpo advised me once to follow help of the app; he had no intention to solve the problem!
And there is no way to contact them. What should I do? It seems some one has to take some extreme step to give them lesson. Hope they will contact me and solve the issue!!
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