I made a payment for my Hutch Bill of July on 27th Of July,2007 through ICICI Internet Banking in full. I paid Rs. 1500.00 which immediately got debited from my account and showed successful payment.

To my surprise, Hutch discontinued my outgoing calls while I was out of town. On calling them, I was told that they have not received payment. I almost in a state of shock told them the transaction number and details. They apologized and said that their network is not working properly so the confusion.

But in a gap of three days again they discontinued my outgoing and again the whole thing happened when i called the customer service. Some one who posed as a Sr. Manager told me not to worry and things will be taken care off.

Now, every day I get call or text from Hutch asking me to make that payment which I have already made. This is complete customer harassment. I feel highly irritated and upset on the quality of service.

A copy of email to:

The Hutch Complaints Division,
Mumbai.
Dated: 10th March 2007.

From: Kunal D Nerlekar,

Brisbane, Australia.

To whomsoever this may concern,
I the undersigned was on a visit to India from the 15th nov2006 till 29th dec 2006.

During my visit to India, I was interested in a prepaid sim for the sole reason that I would be around in India only for a month and a half. I purchased the same from The Hutch Shop, Shivkrupa CHS, Opp. Malhar Theatre, Gokhale Road, Naupada, Thane – 400602 on the 18th Nov2006. I had been clear about wanting only a prepaid offer to the representative Shruti Shinde. It was only on reaching home that I discovered I was not able to make any international calls. On checking with the customer service hotline, I was made to believe that I was on some experimental package and now that I had made a payment for this sim I would not be able to change it! This was really upsetting for me as all I wanted was to stay in touch with my Workplace back home.
Furthermore, when I walked into the gallery again, no one was really helpful or even bothered to accept responsibility of their own mistake. I was disappointed with the response and the treatment I received from hutch during this entire ordeal of one and a half month of my stay. I have been on your network in the past as well and that too on a corporate account. I have never defaulted on my bill payments and used to boast about your service till this tragic rollercoaster I have been experiencing from you till date. My mobile number being 9819969589 for the purpose of this complaint and my Relationship no: 17075799. If Hutch lives by any of their values, and I doubt it, had you to investigate, it would be an appalling and shocking story of a customers misery, misfortune and total extraction not to mention the mental trauma I underwent in my vacation period back home.

I had to submit my address verification twice, first when I purchased the cursed sim card and second after a month when a rude customer service agent ordered me to resubmit my entire documentation all over again. So I am supposed to dance around every time my mobile service provider decides it needs a verification for the service plan I have not asked for and still end up paying for. This is a clear case of taking undue advantage of a customer’s situation.

The drama doesn’t end here. Despite keeping your so called up-to-date and state-of-art call centre abreast of my departure from India and asking them to disconnect the service on the midnight or rather day end 29th dec06, you will be interested in finding out why my mother is still being sent invoices till date!

Here are the details:
INVOICE REF NO 000000010000695470
TR DATE 11 DEC 06 AMT 505/-
INVOICE REF NO 000000010000644279 11
JAN 07 AMT 904.75 (bearing in mind I had already left the country)
INVOICE REF NO 000000010000658432
11 FEB 07 AMT 268.11 TOTAL 1678.11 (bearing in mind its been 2 months since I left the country)

And I am sure here are the payment details which will never strike your eye as Loyalty!!!

PAYMENTS REF NO 4476921203304948
19DEC 06 AMT 205.00
PAYMENTS REF NO 991911 19
JAN 07 300.00 TOTAL PAYMENTS 505.00
TOTAL INVOICE AMT 1678.11
TOTAL ADJUSTMENT AMT .00
TOTAL UNBILLED OCC AMT .00
TOTAL PAYMENT AMT 505.00
TOTAL OUTSTANDING 1173.11
STATEMENT AS ON 02/03/2007

I fail to understand what am I being charged for? After jan07 which should have ideally been my last invoice.

Now I would appreciate a prompt and detailed apology as well as explanation as to why my family and I being harassed even though we have been what you call as LOYAL Customers unless your company has lost a copy of your value definitions. I also need to make this clear that I will be mailing a copy of this document to all the necessary sources I have in media, newspapers to get this settled. I’m absolutely amazed at how careless and inhuman your company can possibly be, after being patient for this long.