I always stand up for what I believe in and what is right even if it means standing alone...In life standing up for your rights is never easy but it is very important to embark on this Long and difficult path to enforce and protect your individual and consumer rights.We all must be aware of our rights.In exercising our rights are we truly free individuals.

I have won many long customer battles against Banks,Phone Companies, Airlines, Electronics Companies etc. I have devoted time and energy to demand positive resolutions for myself and people around me. I hate it when one is denied what every customer has a right to...and that is when I find it important to address it and complain about it. I know it takes time to escalate matters but somehow I prefer to address it no matter what. Having lived in America for sometime, I give a lot of importance to Individual Rights.

It is my nephew who inspired me to write this blog. He felt the importance of his rights and the need to address this subject in a blog very early in age when he was unhappy with the services of a certain Airline. It was then that he suggested that I should write a blog concerning such matters too.

Everyone has certain rights but we are usually not informed about them or do not exercise them. We have a right to be heard...and we must never forget that. There is One Right for All and None should be discriminated. One has the right to question and a right to information. With growing middle class touch 400 million and consumerism, Indian Companies need to become responsive to Consumer complaints and grievances. Ignoring such complaints could lead to big financial losses for the company on consumer complaints being upheld by Consumer Courts.

In this blog, I would like us to share our knowledge about how best to address our complaints effectively as a customer or consumer. It is also important to inform people about the poor customer services provided by reputed brand names. But I would also like to hi-light the names of companies and brands who have co-operated with customers and given positive responses. Please do share your experiences too.

You do not win every battle in life but you learn lessons from it and hopefully live to win it some day. Through this blog ,I would like to inspire people to stand up for their rights and if needed fight for it but the fight for your rights has to be fair and honest. I aim to create a direction and awareness for people who are not given their due rights as an individual first and then as a consumer. There are always solutions and there are way to reach those solutions or alternatives as customers through proper channels.

Whenever you have been able to get your rights heard, you should generously share that knowledge as how best to achieve that so that others could follow that too. Pay it forward ! We should share knowledge and in doing so we will learn more from each other. Alone you can stand up for your rights but with people behind you and with you , there will be more force in it and consumers and customers will not be taken for granted. United we stand in getting value for our hard earned money...United we stand in ensuring we get good customer service.

When there is a will there is a way. When you stand up for your rights and for others , somebody will listen to you sooner or later. Your voice will be heard ! But for that you have to speak out ! Silence can sometimes be mistaken as weakness or indifference. Always know your rights and request for those rights to be implemented but if they are not then demand that justice be served.


Always stand up for your rights...

Consumer Rights Consumer Might !

" Sadaa Haq Aithe Rakh ! "

"Manzil mushkil to Kya... Humhe to us rah par chalna hi hai..."


Thursday, October 15, 2015

Vodafone- Pathetic Customer Service !

I just posted again on Vodafone India FB page describing how utterly disappointed I am in their not following up on my case that was left incomplete in June 2015 only to surface again today. Let's see how they respond to this case on the same subject this time but from past experiences I doubt that they would resolve it once and for all.

Vodafone continues to show insensitivity and carelessness in dealing with customers. As it is the last case on the same subject lies unresolved as after that nobody from Vodafone's highest authority levels got in touch with me to follow up on my complaint. There was no follow up. There was no thorough investigation and judgement was given by them without verification. I have all the mails till now. They were supposed to be investigating the false feedback of their specialised care team but all they did was giving me fake assurances when actually from the beginning till the end they supported the lies of their teams and defended them all the way. This is a total let down ! 

Not only that but my request that their specialised care team apologise to me in writing for giving false feedback was also ignored. Not only is Vodafone incapable of delivering fair resolutions but Vodafone does not even believe in sincerely apologising to their customers in writing for the deep stress and harassment they cause to their customers. 

Vodafone does not ever take responsibility of their careless actions in recent years and they do not address or complete their cases. The grievances I had regarding this subject in June this year were not addressed effectively and the case was left incomplete because of which I am facing the same problem again.

Leave alone giving damages for all the loss of time, money and peace of mind they caused me, they were not even willing to apologise to me in writing or ensure that I would not be threatened like this again. As I have been repeating from June, I had already visited the Noida Sector 18 Vodafone store with the updated documents on June 3rd 2015 and the store staff also confirmed the same, but Vodafone Nodal and Appellate refused to believe that as they chose to be partial and loyal to their so called specialised care team who gave them false feedback. As I said earlier on, I have evidence to prove that I visited the store. And this time Vodafone is again provoking me to take this to Court. 

I expect justice to be served and for once Vodafone to take a fair stand and carry out a proper investigation so that it could be proved that their teams were lying. Now this is a matter of principles for me...and I am very serious about ensuring that  the truth is uncovered. Thereafter I want a written apology letter to be posted to me and then maybe Vodafone can expect co-operation of some kind from me. Till then I have warned them that if my phone services are interrupted again then this matter will be escalated further than where it went last time. Vodafone cannot be after me every three months to verify my identity with documents when I have already done so many times till June 2015 itself. This is pure harassment and discrimination !

1 comment:

  1. Vodafone Specialised care team, Nodal and Appelate the worst people to deal with ever as they continue to harass customers even after their co-operation !

    As usual even after talking to the Nodal and once again despite their false assurances my calls have been barred again when I have already submitted updated documents on the 3rd of June 2015. This has happened for the second time and now I will have to seriously consider taking Vodafone to Consumers Court ! Vodafone has no right whatsoever to suspend services of my number for the second time in the last three months on the basis of the false feedback of your Specialised Vodafone Care Team.

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