Customer Care tactics

Often I am baffled by the answers the customer care (CC) representatives give me when i call the helpline of, say, any cellular operator. Well here is some of my experiences I have had with Airtel and BSNL.

Case I (Airtel)
I: My GPRS service has been activated and Rs. 99 has been deducted already. Yet I am unable to surf because you haven’t sent me the settings yet. Please send it.
CC: Sorry, the GPRS service is down tonight. Please call tomorrow morning.

Case II (BSNL)
I: I want to activate full internet access. Tell me how.
CC: Sorry, the facility is not available any more.

In both cases they have told blatant lies to cover up for their lack of knowledge. This kind of behaviour is not only unacceptable but it may also confuse the customers. The response I got from BSNL left me baffled as I really believed them at that time and gave up hope of enjoying GPRS!

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  1. Gravatar Icon 1 Siddharth Thakkar

    They lie on e-mails too!

    I have written on numerous occasions to Airtel about their on and off EDGE service on my BlackBerry. They usually reply 3-4 days later saying that the service was down that day due to a ‘technical upgradation’. They have NEVER replied to my follow-up mail when I ask them what the upgradation was about or what has been the difference after the so-called upgradation. Seems that these people only know how to lie to avoid the core problem - They do NOT have the infrastructure to support high speed data trasnfer on mobile phones.

    Hope that someday their PR-guys listen to what is being said about them on the internet.

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 raghvendra pareek

    i want new connection of air tell please give me feed back now like monthely expensees.i want un limited down lod.my adress israghvendra pareek ,rajkamal app. near bajrang ashram.N/H NO.8,sahispur ahmedabd.my cell no 9374215985

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 pravin

    i had asked for activation of scehme in which i can call any airtel user at 15 paise/min. for this i had sent the msg on 1515 but not yet activated after 1 week of sending the msg & when i called customer care nobody was able to sort out this or activate the same

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Sivakumar B

    I am a BSNL postpaid customer and I have got my GPRS activated about three months back. Of course, the GPRS was working fine with my EDGE enabled handset and now, about five days back, the GPRS stopped working due to some problems with the BSNL Server. From next day onwards, I started getting the GPRS, but the speed was terribly low compared to the speed which I was getting earlier. Earlier, the data transfer rate (download rate) was nearly 11.0 kbps with less disturbance resulting in lower rates of transfer. Now, it is only barely 2.5 to 3.0 kbps. When contacted, I got the reply from the BSNL Customer Care Centre that I need to wait for another one week because their Server was just made ready and the speed of data transfer will be restored in about a week’s time failing which, I can lodge a complaint with them again. I expect that BSNL will rise to the customer expectations on GPRS and keep the assurances given to me.

    Besides, the call rates of BSNL prepaid and/or postpaid plans are too high. BSNL has never cared to slash even a single paise even after reduction of many charges by the TRAI, after which many private operators started offering considerably low call rates to their customers.
    It is not known whether BSNL higherups are bribed by the private operators for keeping the rates too high to alienate the customer from BSNL. If not, when BSNL is going to slash the call rates?

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 Kirhor jani

    I have bsnl mobile connection 09426214001 since last 4 years. Now last 3 months i have started gprs facility with big plan Rs. 199 par month . But till today i cant use it

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 Ashish

    plz send

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 RAPURU.MALAKONDAIAH

    my post paid mobile connection no-9441229922 inturupted please activated and issue new sim card of same number,i was submitted with details in bsnl,vijayawada office

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 Nitin

    I have a prepaid connection of cellone.I have Nokia 6300 handset and send the request for gprs activation.But actually i don’t get it’s settings then what should i do now.Customercare r not responding properly.

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 nilesh patel

    these is ur no 9427348650 n this phone is missing so pl tell us that
    if we want to keep the same no then can we get it pl
    hope u ll reply
    n also give complane no

  10. Gravatar Icon 10 SHANKAR M K

    My BSNL GPRS internet browsing became in accessible from past one month.I have sent E-MAIL to the Executive Incharge concerned. But nothing has been done even after onw week.

  11. Gravatar Icon 11 jyotirmoy karmakar

    Dear sir, i have a internet connection. with 1 G.B. free (download). I want to block video clip and sharing video. Tell me as soon as possible.

    Thanking you. jyotirmoy karmakar

  12. Gravatar Icon 12 rafi

    dear menbers,

    I have motorola V3i with airtel prepaid connection. If i activated gprs in my mobile connect succesfully and i can brose on the phone via mobile office its working. Then i connect to my pc via moto cable i click web session then open a mini port then user name pass then connect succesfully, in the task bar showing airtel gprs connected but i cannot browse any site on my computer. i ll take help with customer care people but they cannot help . Please help me . how can i browse internet from my pc?

    Thanks And Regards

    S.Mohamed Rafi
    9940512088

  13. Gravatar Icon 13 amar bhanushali

    hi i have some problem pls solve this promblem.

    i at mulund in mumbai but here bsnl range is not available but dolphin range is available. when if i call form nashik through landline phone 99 rs of 1 india plan on my mulund mobile. pls tel me that time can (all bsnl mobile free) have free call or pay the charge of call. pls tel me fast argent

  14. Gravatar Icon 14 Paritosh Ray

    R/sir ,i have lost my hand set with my sim card.
    SIM no -32k89917430922111485946
    ph no- 9434134132
    Hand set- NOKIA-6600
    IMEI NO-356640006337623

    pl. inform me can i resque my hand set & SIM card ?

  15. Gravatar Icon 15 Paritosh Ray

    R/sir ,i have lost my hand set with my sim card.
    SIM no -32k89917430922111485946
    ph no- 9434134132 BSNL
    Hand set- NOKIA-6600
    IMEI NO-356640006337623

    pl. inform me can i resque my hand set & SIM card ?

  16. Gravatar Icon 16 arun.v.r

    plz activate my sim 9446358581…….!!!
    i cleared all the bills… but now 24 days …. no response…!!!!

  17. Gravatar Icon 17 arun.v.r

    plz activate my sim 9446358581…….!!!
    i cleared all the bills… but now 24 days …. no response…!!!! its quite crual….!!! plz done it bsnl….!!!!

  18. Gravatar Icon 18 VIB

    BILLS

  19. Gravatar Icon 19 parmjit singh

    I have enabled the GPRS on my Mobile No. 94171-47948
    But Now when we enables the connection, firstly yhe message cam connecting. But afterthat the “Unable to establish secured connection” came. But we have to do to enables the conection

    Regards
    PARAMJIT SINGH

  20. Gravatar Icon 20 suresh v bhure

    my mobile missing immidiately block my mobile number 9423977980 And Please give new SIM Process What To Do Now.

    Regards,

    Chandrashekhar Suresh Bhure
    Suresh V Bhure

  21. Gravatar Icon 21 executive engineer/operation/230kv substation/siruseri

    Bills to be made as below and sent by ordinary post only.

    1)Executive Engineer/operation Cell no.9790901421
    230kv substation,
    Sipcot IT corridor,
    T.N.E.B/Siruseri,
    Pudupakkam Panchayat=603 103.

    2)Assistant Executive Engineer/Maintenence, Cell no.9791018251
    230kv substation,
    Sipcot IT corridor,
    T.N.E.B./Siruseri,
    Pudupakkam Panchayat-603 103.

    3)Assistant Engineer/Maintenence, Cell no. 9791018252
    230kv substation,
    Sipcot IT corridor,
    T.N.E.B./Siruseri,
    Pudupakkam Panchayat-603103

  22. Gravatar Icon 22 ritesh thwaria

    i have gprs conection in my mobile. i want to start net in my pc but i haven’t received the setting on your hand

    please tell me how to srart net in my pc by mobile

  23. Gravatar Icon 23 ubaid

    i have loss my mobile modle no 1650 IMEI no 359564010014308 please trse it and send me msg my no is o9797717315

  24. Gravatar Icon 24 Sandeep Deorani

    dear sir,
    can i know about the call list of cellone prepaid connection.

    with regards,
    sandeep deorani

  25. Gravatar Icon 25 Aamena kapadia

    i lost my phone with my Airtel sim card.
    i requst you plese block my sim card.
    my Airtel mobile nomber is 9724488976

  26. Gravatar Icon 26 priya

    HOw to block any number on bsnl prepaid?????????

  27. Gravatar Icon 27 seema agarwala

    can u get me the access point for bsnl gprs in assam

  28. Gravatar Icon 28 Raizada

    I have lost my prepaid (Airtel) Motorola v3i phone
    pls block my sim

  29. Gravatar Icon 29 Raizada

    I have lost my prepaid (Airtel) Motorola v3i phone
    pls block my sim. My ph no : 9871963797
    Can i get another sim with the my old no? if yes …how do i go about it?
    u may contact on 09871638555…THNX!!!

  30. Gravatar Icon 30 SABITA C NEGI

    I have lost my prepaid(Airtel)NOKIA 2630 . please block my sim. My lost cell no. was 9975369310. Can i get another sim with above mentioned lost no. Please let me know the procedure and documents to be submitted to the AIRTEL Customer Care at Nashik.

  31. Gravatar Icon 31 KISHORBHAI H PARMAR

    please sir i have ricvesht to 14 day . i m applya to gprs sating by my mobail. i ma allredy avriy day call for castomer car .any time same anser yor proseing . i have recvest to sir please please fast for satting g po r s my mobail

  32. Gravatar Icon 32 KISHORBHAI H PARMAR

    please sir i have ricvesht to 14 day . i m applya to gprs sating by my mobail. i ma allredy avriy day call for castomer car .any time same anser yor proseing . i have recvest to sir please please fast for satting g p r s my mobail

  33. Gravatar Icon 33 K NAGESWARA RAO

    my phone no is 9441610971. the sim got blocked
    please release the same activated or inform if any duplicate card to be applied for

  34. Gravatar Icon 34 Allwyn

    will bsnl post paid sim support blackberry or can i configure it with push mail.

  35. Gravatar Icon 35 Sagar Sen

    How can I block a particular number in BSNL????

  36. Gravatar Icon 36 h k mridha

    sir i purchase topup card of RS-110 but not activated in mobile.

  37. Gravatar Icon 37 gopalanjanaki

    please activate my g.p.r.s in supernova nokia airtel g.p.r.s i will be very thankful.mylogin given ishttp125.21.241.88pass word citbeshi god bless

  38. Gravatar Icon 38 Sabyasachi Sahoo

    Sir,
    With due respect and beg to state that I Sri Sabyasahi Sahoo belongs to the BSNL Orissa zone and having 9437320110 mob no., want to activate the GPRS service in my Nokia 5320 handset. I am a new mobile user. So, how can I activate it without facing any touble.

    Yours faithfully
    Sabyasachi

  39. Gravatar Icon 39 SHankar.C

    Nowadays AIRCEL pocket internet is working properly.
    To activate- Type PI and send it to 121.
    You’ll receive all the settings.
    So start browsing.

    Charges:10paise/kb
    Rs.24 booster available for unlimited internet for 3 days.(72 hours)

    I too use that

    The speed is more than AIRTEL gprs.

  40. Gravatar Icon 40 sunil

    sir i have lost my nokia phone (5310 express muzic ) 3 months ago i have emi no and bill of that mobile .plz tell me how i xcan found it plz give feedback 2 my email

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