Idea Mobile- A Fraud Idea!!

I had to make some calls on the 31st March. So I called the idea customer support executive and asked them what is the best deal for calling to USA and Saudi Arabia. The person talled me that they have a Rs. 79 deal which upon charging, I will get US call rate of Rs. 1.99 and Saudi call rate of Rs. 6.99 for one month. So I went to the neighboring shop on 1st April morning and charged for Rs. 79. The store guy told me it is Rs. 80. As I just talked to the customer support executive, I told the store cashier that it is Rs. 79. Now he charged me for Rs. 79 and I got a text message saying that amount is charged and my balance is same as what was before.

That evening I got a text message asking me how was the customer support executive's treatment. They asked me to send Yes to 4001 if the service was good and No if the service was not satisfactory. I send an Yes, thinking every thing was alright.

When I called at night I was charged like Rs. 6.50. So I called the customer sipport executive again. They told me it was Rs. 76 and not Rs. 79. So I won't get the deal. I told them that this was a mistake on the customer support executiv'e part as they gave me the wrong information. I asked them to get it fixed for me. They gave me a communicaion ID and told me the issue will be resolved by next afternoon.

Nothing happened by the next afternoon. So I called again and was given a new communication ID and told the issue will be resolved by that evening 7PM. I called to US on that night again and the result was the same. So I called the customer support again and they told me they have nothing to do. So I went on their website and founfd the name of their Kerala area manager and sent him an email explaining what happened and requesting him to get the issue resolved for me. I got a reply for that email saying that they checked the records and no mistake happened from my side.

If this is the way they are treating their customers, they need to change their advertisement from "a good idea" to "A Fraud Idea".

22 carat gold and 916 hallmark

What is the difference between these two? Actually nothing at all. 22 carat gold is supposed to have 91.6% gold in it. Now the jewelers in India are advertising as if 916 is some thing better than 22 carat. There is a 916 stamp on the jewelery. But you can put that stamp on even 16 carat jewelery also.

Another funny thing is the quality of the gold brought from Gulf countries and USA compared with that of Indian gold. The 22 carat from Gulf countries and USA are much more colorful than that obtained here. The reason is obviously less gold in the jewelery. In Gulf countries if they bust tou for under carating, they will chop the hands off. And in USA, if caught, you will end up paying millions of dollars in fine. So the consumers get good quality stuff from there.

In an advertisement seen regularly in TV in Kerala, a famous actor is saying, "916 gold in any where in India is of the same quality". By saying "any where in India", they are accpting that the jewelery from out side of India is better quality.