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> <channel><title>Comments on: A Consumer fights back</title> <atom:link href="http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/</link> <description>You. Me. We.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Ashok</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-223161</link> <dc:creator>Ashok</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:15:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-223161</guid> <description>Hi,There is lot&#039;s of other website to write complaints.As I had also problem with my spice mobile so I have written complaint below:http://www.consumer-court.in/complaints/spice-mi-350-gurgaon-delhi-c111.html</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p><p>There is lot&#8217;s of other website to write complaints.As I had also problem with my spice mobile so I have written complaint below:</p><p><a
href="http://www.consumer-court.in/complaints/spice-mi-350-gurgaon-delhi-c111.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.consumer-court.in/complaints/spice-mi-350-gurgaon-delhi-c111.html</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ramesh</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-186122</link> <dc:creator>Ramesh</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:12:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-186122</guid> <description>Thanks for posting this article. Very useful information. Keep the good work.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for posting this article. Very useful information. Keep the good work.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Arun Saxena</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-8071</link> <dc:creator>Arun Saxena</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:26:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-8071</guid> <description>Hi, This is Arun Saxena, President of International Consumer Rights Protection Council (ICRPC). I happen to read the story &quot;A consumer fights back&quot; and was touched by the kind gesture of the writer to acknowledge my efforts of helping the writer to fight the case in the consumer court. I should in fact appreciate the time and energy with which the writer took the opposite party to task and won the battle.
If we all Indians start to confront the corrupt, I am sure we will at least be able to arrest the corruption at the current stage, instead of letting it grow.I take this opportunity to warn the site visitors about the Country Club of India Ltd., a fraud company that operates from Bangalore. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, This is Arun Saxena, President of International Consumer Rights Protection Council (ICRPC). I happen to read the story &#8220;A consumer fights back&#8221; and was touched by the kind gesture of the writer to acknowledge my efforts of helping the writer to fight the case in the consumer court. I should in fact appreciate the time and energy with which the writer took the opposite party to task and won the battle.<br
/> If we all Indians start to confront the corrupt, I am sure we will at least be able to arrest the corruption at the current stage, instead of letting it grow.</p><p>I take this opportunity to warn the site visitors about the Country Club of India Ltd., a fraud company that operates from Bangalore.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sanchit Goyal</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-6320</link> <dc:creator>Sanchit Goyal</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-6320</guid> <description>Hey thnx a lot for remembering the date and enquiring on my blog. I didnt had your email address so replying here.Their lawyer didnt arrive on 22nd feb so he was fined Rs. 1000/- which was later reduced to Rs. 500/- on his request.I argued the case well on the next date but unfortunately the case was dismissed on the base that &quot;according to recent Supreme court judgement telecommunication cases are outside the purvue of Consumer courts! &quot;It seems that the judge didnt read the points submitted by me!Also I had 2 basic complaints. 1.) Wrong plan was activated on 1 connection. 2.) 2 connections never worked.The judge in district court didnt even talk about the 2nd point in his verdict. So when I appealed in State commission I specifically highlighted the 2nd point and it was the base point of the case. But surprisingly the judge again completlely ommitted this point from the judgement!!!!So its basically not the verdict but the way in which verdict is given is disappointing and makes me wonder if there is some sort of nexus in between.I am thinking of filing a RTI query to know how many cases were filed against Reliance in last 1 year and how many of them were dismissed.As far as this particular case is concerned sadly my experience was not as pleasant as yours. But at the end of day I can say that I atleast tried and to end I would like to quote few lines from Bhagwad Geeta-Karmanye vadhi karaste mafaleshu kadachan (do your karma or action or duty without getting attached to the fruits)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey thnx a lot for remembering the date and enquiring on my blog. I didnt had your email address so replying here.</p><p>Their lawyer didnt arrive on 22nd feb so he was fined Rs. 1000/- which was later reduced to Rs. 500/- on his request.</p><p>I argued the case well on the next date but unfortunately the case was dismissed on the base that &#8220;according to recent Supreme court judgement telecommunication cases are outside the purvue of Consumer courts! &#8221;</p><p>It seems that the judge didnt read the points submitted by me!</p><p>Also I had 2 basic complaints. 1.) Wrong plan was activated on 1 connection. 2.) 2 connections never worked.</p><p>The judge in district court didnt even talk about the 2nd point in his verdict. So when I appealed in State commission I specifically highlighted the 2nd point and it was the base point of the case. But surprisingly the judge again completlely ommitted this point from the judgement!!!!</p><p>So its basically not the verdict but the way in which verdict is given is disappointing and makes me wonder if there is some sort of nexus in between.</p><p>I am thinking of filing a RTI query to know how many cases were filed against Reliance in last 1 year and how many of them were dismissed.</p><p>As far as this particular case is concerned sadly my experience was not as pleasant as yours. But at the end of day I can say that I atleast tried and to end I would like to quote few lines from Bhagwad Geeta-</p><p>Karmanye vadhi karaste mafaleshu kadachan (do your karma or action or duty without getting attached to the fruits)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Usha</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-5021</link> <dc:creator>Usha</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:19:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-5021</guid> <description>You actually went to court for a washing machine? Wow...The idea to actually fight it out over the warranty issue would hardly cross my mind :s.I&#039;m rather impressed!.An awesome idea for a series.
Does &#039;Battle against Procrastinating&#039; count ? &gt;.&lt;Cheers</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You actually went to court for a washing machine? Wow&#8230;The idea to actually fight it out over the warranty issue would hardly cross my mind :s.</p><p>I&#8217;m rather impressed!.</p><p>An awesome idea for a series.<br
/> Does &#8216;Battle against Procrastinating&#8217; count ? &gt;.&lt;</p><p>Cheers</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ambi</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-5007</link> <dc:creator>Ambi</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-5007</guid> <description>My experience with Airtel for the past year has been really good.Maybe its just different in different regions.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My experience with Airtel for the past year has been really good.</p><p>Maybe its just different in different regions.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ambi</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-5006</link> <dc:creator>Ambi</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:27:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-5006</guid> <description>Well, point was you could had hired some 2 guys, thrashed one guy...  :rotfl:apart from being physically intimidating, I also happen to be a project manager, which means I do damage control so often that its second nature to me.(Also, I could probably talk someone to boredom, even.)But one situation where I really did intimidate one guy was this: I had to get a DD for Rs.80 (some stupid RTO stuff) and I went to the nearby Andhra Bank. One 50yr old guy at the counter was making himself look very busy and when I handed over the challan to him after paying Rs.100 (Rs.20 was processing fees. Burglars.), he looked sideways and said &quot;come back after an hour!&quot;.I just looked him in his eyes, and said &quot;Excuse me, but I don&#039;t have an hour to wait. This hardly would take you 5 mins, max 15mins. Now, we are all busy people and I don&#039;t want to lecture to you for 10mins on how this bank&#039;s customer service sucks. So, please issue the DD in 15mins, or let me know if I have to talk to the manager to get a simple DD, for which I have already paid for&quot;.5 mins. DD in hand. Voila!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, point was you could had hired some 2 guys, thrashed one guy&#8230;  :rotfl:</p><p>apart from being physically intimidating, I also happen to be a project manager, which means I do damage control so often that its second nature to me.</p><p>(Also, I could probably talk someone to boredom, even.)</p><p>But one situation where I really did intimidate one guy was this: I had to get a DD for Rs.80 (some stupid RTO stuff) and I went to the nearby Andhra Bank. One 50yr old guy at the counter was making himself look very busy and when I handed over the challan to him after paying Rs.100 (Rs.20 was processing fees. Burglars.), he looked sideways and said &#8220;come back after an hour!&#8221;.</p><p>I just looked him in his eyes, and said &#8220;Excuse me, but I don&#8217;t have an hour to wait. This hardly would take you 5 mins, max 15mins. Now, we are all busy people and I don&#8217;t want to lecture to you for 10mins on how this bank&#8217;s customer service sucks. So, please issue the DD in 15mins, or let me know if I have to talk to the manager to get a simple DD, for which I have already paid for&#8221;.</p><p>5 mins. DD in hand. Voila!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sowmya Suresh</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-5005</link> <dc:creator>Sowmya Suresh</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:31:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-5005</guid> <description>My list of consumer product manufacturers who have given me a raw deal is so long..I&#039;d have to make suing them my full time activity.1. Citibank - Came of all fours to open my savings account and then stalled opening my Demat in spite of reminders/emails and all documents submitted2. ICICI bank - never ever handles a request properly be it a request for change of address or new cheque books or credit card cancellation.3. Airtel - don&#039;t even get me started!4 HSBC - Oh those credit card people! Harassed me over the phone for months saying I did not make a payment even though I did and even sent them the proof.I contacted ICRPC then. Yes they are good. I did not have to visit the court. HSBC even sent back an &#039;excess&#039; billed amount which I had overlooked!!5. Whirlpool Washing Machine - Same problem as yours. Had to exchange it for another brand.6. HDFC Bank - Will not allow me to close a bank account I have with them. Their excuse- I have to get a letter from the manager of another branch where I have a locker saying I have closed it. My argument - I cannot travel to another city when all they have to do is pick up the phone and get a confirmation or even get it done by email!! (Absolutely ridiculous)List keeps going on.. Don&#039;t want to keep ranting here!! Sorry!!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My list of consumer product manufacturers who have given me a raw deal is so long..I&#8217;d have to make suing them my full time activity.</p><p>1. Citibank &#8211; Came of all fours to open my savings account and then stalled opening my Demat in spite of reminders/emails and all documents submitted</p><p>2. ICICI bank &#8211; never ever handles a request properly be it a request for change of address or new cheque books or credit card cancellation.</p><p>3. Airtel &#8211; don&#8217;t even get me started!</p><p>4 HSBC &#8211; Oh those credit card people! Harassed me over the phone for months saying I did not make a payment even though I did and even sent them the proof.I contacted ICRPC then. Yes they are good. I did not have to visit the court. HSBC even sent back an &#8216;excess&#8217; billed amount which I had overlooked!!</p><p>5. Whirlpool Washing Machine &#8211; Same problem as yours. Had to exchange it for another brand.</p><p>6. HDFC Bank &#8211; Will not allow me to close a bank account I have with them. Their excuse- I have to get a letter from the manager of another branch where I have a locker saying I have closed it. My argument &#8211; I cannot travel to another city when all they have to do is pick up the phone and get a confirmation or even get it done by email!! (Absolutely ridiculous)</p><p>List keeps going on.. Don&#8217;t want to keep ranting here!! Sorry!!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Divya</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4999</link> <dc:creator>Divya</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:44:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-4999</guid> <description>Where there is a will, there is a way! One of my father&#039;s friend fought with a mobile company thru consumer court and got the reund  :-D &amp; myself and Rajan had lodged a complaint for one of the internet service providers when inspite of repeated follow ups nothing happened. Those ppl called back immediately once we lodged online complain  :rotfl: , it is a different thing that we disconnected &#039;cos the speed was poor........but i guess if we take a stand and believe in what we do, we surely can find out a way  O:-)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where there is a will, there is a way! One of my father&#8217;s friend fought with a mobile company thru consumer court and got the reund <img
src='http://cdn.gingerchai.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> &amp; myself and Rajan had lodged a complaint for one of the internet service providers when inspite of repeated follow ups nothing happened. Those ppl called back immediately once we lodged online complain  :rotfl: , it is a different thing that we disconnected &#8216;cos the speed was poor&#8230;&#8230;..but i guess if we take a stand and believe in what we do, we surely can find out a way  O:-)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: chetan</title><link>http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/comment-page-1/#comment-4997</link> <dc:creator>chetan</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:46:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gingerchai.com/2010/02/04/a-consumer-fights-back/#comment-4997</guid> <description>great..
well,,i didn&#039;t fight a battle like this with any body, but yes I once used that word Consumer Forum, to the local mobile service shop, for the services which he should pay.
but as I used that word, at that very instant, I got my money back</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great..<br
/> well,,i didn&#8217;t fight a battle like this with any body, but yes I once used that word Consumer Forum, to the local mobile service shop, for the services which he should pay.<br
/> but as I used that word, at that very instant, I got my money back</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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