The India Today Book Club is a big fraud as it misrepresents and cheats people into making purchases by assuring them lots of freebies but the freebies are never delivered and thereafter the complaints are also never answered / redressed.
I had fallen into their trap and now they are neither responding nor redressing my compalint. The details are as under :-
On 11.2. I had received a call from a staff of India Today Book Club (who named himself as ANIL SHARMA, MOBILE NO. 9650157918), informing me that since my earlier purchased International Holiday Vouchers were about to expire on 15.2. therefore, I was being given an opportunity to purchase something else and get the price of those vouchers adjusted therein.
I was given many options to purchase, namely - Philips 17" LCD Screen, Philips Home Theatre, Kodak Digital Camera (Model No. M-380), Samsung Camera (Model ES17), Samsung Mobile Phone (Model Star 5233), Samsung Mobile Phone (Model S5560) and HTC MObile Phone (Model 3470). The caller informed that with all of these purchases, I would be getting free gifts such as Reebok Track Suits, Reebok Watch, Swatch Watch. Domestic Hoilday Vouchers with or without airtickets as well as gold jewellery ranging from Rs. 15, 000/- to Rs. 35, 000/-. He explained that with all other purchases, the jewellery is gold plated whereas with the HTC phone, the jewellery would be REAL GOLD worth Rs. 35, 000/-. He also told that if I made two purchases, my name would be entered in a Limited Lucky Draw hwere the prizes included Laptops of Apple/Dell etc., Cash Prizes as well as Real Gold jewellery worth Rs. 70, 000/-.
The caller called me thrice on my Mobile Number that day i.e. 11/2 between 11.00 A.M. to 2.30 P.M. and gave detailed explanations including details of assured prizes. Therefore, I made the following two purchases on that day i.e. 11/2, using my credit card on their secured tele-system, namely :-
1. HTC MObile Phone Model 3470 for Rs. 17, 298/- (with 3 assured free gifts namely, Swatch Watch worth Rs. 17, 000/-, Return Tickets for 2 (TWO) persons anywhere in the country without any ceiling and thirdly, Pure Gold Jewellery worth Rs. 35, 000/-);
2. Kodak Digital Camera Model No. M380 for rs. 9, 498/- (with 3 assured gifts namely, Rebok Wrist watch worth, Gold Plated jewellery worth Rs. 25000/-, and Holiday Package with 3 air tickets ach subject to limit of Rs. 7, 000/-).
However, I have not received the Air Tickets and Gold Jewellery Vouchers for the First Purchase. I have only received the HTC Mobile P3470 and the Swatch Watch.
I have not received any item of the Second Purchase i.e. I have neither received the Kodak camera nor the free gifts.
I have been making telephonic complaints on their phone no. 011-40502424 as well as on their two e-mail IDs namely- [email protected] & [email protected].
But their is no response to the e-mails, and every time I call on their phone no. they simply say that the complaint is under process.
This is misrepresentation and cheating on their part.
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