This is to bring to your notice that there are fake calls happening on behalf of India today book club to dupe consumers just like i was.
I received a call from a person day before yesterday who said he was calling from the verification dept of India today book club. He said that there have been many complaints registered against ITBC and inorder to make ammends they have now decided to identify a few existing consumers and offer them products at 90% discount.
The products were worth Rs 1 lac (Sony LCD TV, Blackberry phone & Compaq laptop) which would be offered to me at Rs 10, 000 flat. All i had to do is to transfer the money to an account after which they would give me courier details of the package that would be delivered to me at my residence. I was wary of the offer as it seem to be a hoax but the person convinced me that this was not a sale that he was making and thus he would not force me to accept it. It is complete voluntary to accept or reject the offer. Besides the amount will go into charity and i will also receive a tax certificate for the same. Though not fully convinced I decided to take a chance.
However before making any transfer to the bank acount provided by the person (Care Today foundation, account no 1894002101011518, IFC code PUNB0189400), i called up the bagit customer care number and inquired if there was any such offer from India today. They told me that the offer was genuine so i decided to proceed with the needful. I even spoke to a person who pretended to be a senior at the verification department for confirming the bank details required for the NEFT process.
Now that the amount of Rs 10, 000 has got transferred to the said account and i have not received any call whatsoever and when i called the bagit customer care number again, the same person told me that it was a fake call and that i just got cheated.
I have lost all trust & respect for India today Book Club even if the call was a hoax (i am not sure about this???). That there are many such complaints against ITBC on the net just validates my concern. I will not recommend ITBC to anybody in the near future and instead warn them of taking any offers.
I want want an explanation of this fraud and a refund of the money.
order ids given to me were 44009597, 44009598, 44009599
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