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, December 9, 2021

Homesake India needs to address its customer service/follow up on complaints !

 Homesake India may have good products but their customer service is more than below average. They will not respond to any mails or resolve complaints once their products are sold!

They may make it appear that they have flexible exchange and return policies but in reality, they don't! They do not fulfill their orders completely. Think twice before ordering a gift from that website or pay extra for gift wrapping because they will not pack your gifts despite extra charges for gift packing and they will not replace defective products or ill matched pair of lamps.

I feel that this company lacks professionalism and does not know how to retain clients. No follow-up at all on telephonic & social media complaints. I think they don't care about their customers once they have sold their products! They don't realize that it is easy to get new customers but harder to retain existing ones. Each customer matters!

 

Celebrities should be selective about which products they endorse! They should carefully investigate them before supporting them because representing companies that mislead consumers could tarnish their image too!

Celebrities should stop endorsing companies that do not deliver what they promise by renouncing them even afterwards based on consumers' feedback and this can only happen if celebrities feel responsible about the products they endorse and demonstrate that through having a team dedicated to following up on responses of customers I see as a consumers rights blogger that almost all the feedbacks of different customers are negative and so based on that no celebrity should endorse or represent this company unless Livpure gets their act straight and starts valuing its customers ! The same goes for other celebrities endorsing other brands and companies.

RO Membrane Filter replacement deliberately ignored by Livpure for years!

 

Always ensure that the membrane filter of any RO is in working condition. Usually when serviced, the companies may replace the other filter but sometimes deliberately ignore the replacement of membrane.

Most of the consumers are not aware of this but membrane filters remove the contaminants of the water. The replacement of membrane depends on the water quality, water consumption or actual usage. It may need to be changed sooner or later after 2 years or so. There is no definitely established time but a responsible company should ensure that it is checked on maintenance visits!

Livpure naturally ignored that and when the water purity was tested recently was the shocking dangerous level of water quality revealed which had resulted affecting the health of the seniors. That is when the membrane was finally changed by Livpure after so many years of purchasing the water purifier and despite numerous maintenance visits where water quality was checked but the necessity of changing the membrane was not informed. In this case the senior citizen has pre-existing conditions and this carelessness by Livpure could have a seriously dangerous impact on the person's health since the water quality was extremely bad!

People please be careful and make sure that these companies replace the membrane filter of the ROs on time! After all your health is at stake! Know the product you are using and read all the intricate details of the product online for more knowledge so that you enjoy the benefits of that product and are aware of the necessary replacements that you are entitled to in the maintenance visits that you pay for.

Airlines criminally preying on passengers' miseries in times of pandemic !

 Airlines are criminally preying on passengers' miseries by outrageously raising the prices of the air tickets. The international tickets to India on well- known airlines started at around $2600 or so and went up as high as even $6000 during Thanksgiving holidays which was absolutely shocking! And these tickets continue to be expensive. 

Already one is isolated in times of pandemic and now the thought of such expensive travel makes one feel more isolated as now it has become far more challenging to visit family. People who have medical emergencies in the family have no choice but to pay such an exorbitant price to reach their families. 

The airlines are taking advantage of the pandemic situation when people are already going through financial difficulties due to loss of jobs or reduced hours. And they are making it so difficult for those who are trying to reach their families, and thus create even a wider and challenging distance between people.

 Instead of connecting countries and hearts, they are disconnecting people as many can't afford to spend that much right now. Nobody is asking the airlines to lower their air fares though that would be a nice thought but people are asking them to charge what could be considered normal fares even during busy season. One cannot expect airlines to demonstrate any sensitivity during world health crisis since they will only think from the business point of view but they have no right to raise the fares so much that they are abnormally high! There should be some checks on them!