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..."


Sunday, October 25, 2015

The deficiencies of Vodafone cost the customers endless inconvenience

 One for All and All for one in their lies...It is clearly visible that is what Vodafone stands for ! The last three months I have been caught in the web of their lies. And every time I tried to disentangle myself to reach out for the next level of complaint channel to get justice, they would again weave a web of lies regarding my case. I have suffered immensely health wise too because of the mental torture they subjected me to through their representatives like Sunil and Sunder on the phone at 199 & Nodal number who were extremely aggressive and rude. They continuously harassed me through their lies, accusations and hostile attitude. This is supposed to be business but they made it personal ! Instead of addressing the case with a calm and professional attitude, they for some reason of their own made it their personal agenda to prevent me from getting the case investigated. Most of their male representatives always talked to me in a raised voice when discussing this case !

When I even complained to the shift supervisor Naresh, he declined to register a complaint for quite some time till I coerced him to do so by reminding him of my rights. Basically he was more interested in finding out as to what all I have gathered in terms of evidence relating to this case and I told him that he would get to know that soon enough when the matter goes to Consumer's Court. Such is the behaviour of Vodafone Representatives !

An investigation can never be one sided ! But Nodal based their resolution only on the false feedback given by their team. That just goes to show that all cover up for each other and going to these so called different levels of complaint is just a sheer waste of time ! At all levels they deviated from the matter and refused to address my complaint ! They only kept passing unfair judgements. Nodal is supposed to resolve conflicts impartially by listening to both sides but they did not do that as Nodal team was more interested in passing judgement based on their opinions. They did not even want to consider the facts.

The fact is that I have been wronged here because my account was suspended by the carelessness of the Backend team and the wrong feedback of the Vodafone specialised care team and Vodafone shop even after my documents were verified by their staff. At the time of visit to the store, I had even requested them to keep our attested documents and photographs but they returned it saying that they do not need it as our address has not changed in all these years. I kept requesting the representative to give me a reference number or receipt so that it could be confirmed later that I had got my documents verified at the store again but he refused. He assured me that my calls would not be barred but soon after that my calls were barred for a week ! It is very disappointing to see that they go back on their word everytime.

The question is not so much about submitting the documents again and again. The question is why were my calls blocked when my documents had been verified ? Vodafone's lack of professionalism, lack of efficiency and lack of co-ordination between departments is the key factor in complicating this matter. And because of the deficiencies in Vodafone's way of working, I as a customer have suffered and my number still remains deactivated for over a week now. I have been caused endless inconvenience by Vodafone's lies and carelessness.

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