Worst companies against whom we receive complaints
BEWARE OF THESE BANKS
Looking at the rising complaints against ICICI Bank, Citibank, and Standard
Chartered Bank , we request consumers to properly read their documents and
keep a record when dealing with these banks, especially regarding credit
card and housing loan. These three banks are biggest defaulters and do not
resolve consumer problems easily. Be aware of their terms in writing. Keep a
perfect record of all correspondence with them. If they do not agree to
written communication, immediately stop their services.
If you ask some nationalised bank to take over the housing loan from ICICI
Bank, even after paying full amount, you will not get back your original
documents for months. You will be told that the documents are in Mumbai and
they are trying to retrieve the same. This is the answer you get everyday.
BEWARE OF NOKIA
Nokia
assures that their handset is covered under insurance. They even provide a
certificate of insurance. But the condition is that if the handset is
lost/stolen, you have to lodge an FIR to seek claims. The catch here is that
the police station does not lodge FIR for loss of handsets, they only
register NC. So you will never get insurance claims on basis of NC.
Nokia
is selling some of its degraded products that have software problems. If you
come across such problem in a new set, do not waste your time in running
around service centres as it is not going to help much, ask for a
replacement with a new set. All those who have purchased 3230 set, have
experienced that there was software problem in every set. Nokia is simply
dumping the sets, which can not be sold in other countries.
BEWARE OF AIR DECCAN
Their confirmed bookings are highly unreliable and of no guarantee that you
will be allowed to fly
. The booked tickets get cancelled without intimation to consumer only to be
known by him when he goes to the airport to catch his flight. You will not
get refund immediately, if you have booked your ticket through credit card.
If you call up their call centre, if you press numbers relating to refund,
you will not be attended at all even if you try for hours together. If you
talk to somebody regarding refund, you have to press options relating to
ticket booking, so that someone will attend to you. Then you can ask for
refund. They are following very good trick.
BEWARE OF COUNTRY CLUB, BANGALORE
They advertise that if you take their membership, a plot of land will be
given free of cost near Golden Spa at Coconut Grove. Please note Golden Spa
is 35 Kms from Bangalore and the said plot of land is over 100 Kms from
Bangalore. Based on false promises and with arrangement with Citibank and
ICICI Bank, this team cheats the consumers of his money by asking payments
through credit card.
BEWARE OF PRIVATE BUS OPERATORS/TRAVEL AGENTS
If you book your ticket in a private bus operator, you will find that your
seat is allotted to somebody else also. Many a times, though you have booked
your ticket to some destination, you will dropped few kilometres away, if
there are not enough passengers for your destination. Then you will have to
depend on other services to reach your destination. Keep the records/proofs
and give a complaint to the nearest police station, when you come back. If
you find that the police is supporting the travel agent, immediately inform
his higher ups or give a complaint to consumer forum. Always try to use
government transportation services. They may be bad in service but will
never cheat you.
BOOK TELESALES & RECOVERY AGENTS
If you receive unwanted advertisement / telemarketing call from any company
or recovery agents. You will find it annoying especially when you are on
roaming network. Ask their telephone number and report to the police. File a
police complaint against the Chairman of the company.
BEWARE OF SOME HOSPITALS
If you happen to get admitted (or admit your family person/friend/relative)
for any operation in any hospital, keep all the records. Even if the doctor
scribbles any information on a piece of paper and give it you, please keep
it with you. In future, for your bad luck, if some adverse thing happens due
to wrong dialysis or wrong operation, these things will come handy to fight
it in a court. Please be clear that consumer forums are not of much help to
you because they do not have good doctors in their panel. Many a times they
do not have any doctors in their panel and even if they have, a doctor in
the panel will try to help a doctor. In such a case you will have to fight
tooth and nail. Hence keep all the records/proofs with you carefully.
BEWARE OF TATAINDICOM BROADBAND and WIRELESS FIXED TELEPHONE
Their promises to get you a broadband connection within a week is not to be
relied upon. Once your money is stuck (about Rs. 2000), it takes lot of
pains to recover it back. If you book Wireless fixed telephone, the
Tataindicom sales person will tell you that you can send/receive fax,
send/receive e-mails in other service providers’ account also (for example
vsnl, touchtel etc). Once you install the telephone, you will find that the
instrument can not support fax machine even if connected through EPABX, you
will find that you can receive e-mails in other accounts and can not send
e-mails at all. You have to send e-mails only through Tataindicom e-mail
service.
CAREFUL WHEN DEALING WITH THESE COMPANIES / PRODUCTS
LIST OF WORST COMPANIES AGAINST WHOM WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS VERY FREQUENTLY
AIRLINES:
Air Deccan
BANKS:
ICICI bank, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank
BUILDERS:
Parimiti Buildcon (Thane), Madras City Co-op Bldg. Soc (Chennai)
CARS:
Tata motors, Hyundai
CREDIT CARDS:
SBI credit card, Citibank, Standard Chartered
CELLPHONE SERVICES:
Tata Indicom Broadband, Airtel, BPL mobile
HOME APPLIANCES:
Videocon,
HOME BUSINESS:
Kenya Star Tea
INSURANCE:
National Insurance Co., New India Assurance, generally all
private/Multinational Insurance Companies
MOBILE PHONES:
Nokia 6260, 3230
TIMESHARE:
Royal Goan Beach Club (Goa), Happy Home Constructions (Bangalore), Country
Club India Ltd. (Bangalore)
TRANSPORTERS:
Sky Packers and Movers (Mumbai), Packways Pvt. Ltd.(Mumbai), Sai Packers and
Movers (Mumbai)
ARE U BEING HARASSED BY CONSUMER COURTS?
WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION ON CORRUPT JUDGES, REGISTRARS & CLERKS
We have received many complaints from consumers that they are being harassed
in the consumer courts when they go there to submit consumer complaint and
attend hearings. They are not being served properly by the clerks, and the
judges keep on giving hearing dates without arriving to judgment. These acts
are contrary to the purpose of setting up of consumer courts that were
basically meant to help the consumers. Please inform us if you have
experienced or witnessed harassment or corruption. Inform us the exact time,
date, and location of the incident in writing through duly signed letter.
Your details will not be disclosed on this website, but you should be ready
to co-operate when action against these people is initiated by nabbing them
through proper channel.
For further clarifications you may contact:
Sri.ARUN SAXENA
International Consumer Rights Protection Council
B-9/55, Vijay Nagari,
P.O . Kasarvadavali,
Thane (West) 400601
Mumbai