Complaint against Indiatimes Shopping

Location/place: Ahmedabad

Name of company/service: Indiatimes Shopping

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

I would request you to please find below two trail mails w.r.t. order for Sony Xperia Ion (Black) phone ordered by me on http://shopping.indiatimes.com. As the mails are self explanatory, I placed the order on 12.04.2013 but a week later I was contact by one of their representative saying that the said product is now out of stock & requested me to accept another color of the same model or cancel my order.

As I wanted the product in Black color only, I refused the option of other color. Also, I didn’t wanted to cancel the order as on other website/retailers the same product was approx. INR 2,000/- costlier (for price reference please check this link: http://www.sony.co.in/product/xperia+ion). The customer care representative also registered a case id 817974 and told me that they will arrange the product shortly & will intimate me accordingly.

However, today i.e. on 26.04.2013 again I got a call saying that they are not able to arrange the product in Black color and I have to cancel my order. When I asked them that, cancellation of this order & buying the same model from else where will cost me additional INR 2,000/- So are they ready to refund me additional INR 2,000/- as compensation so that I can buy my phone, they had no reply to this.

Thus in view of above, I would like to request you to kindly help me in the matter so that I can get the product or appropriate compensation.

(Note: In order confirmation mail total is reflecting as INR 21,490/- but I used a discount coupon on website and final cost which was debited from my account was INR 19,770/-)


Kind Regards,

Jaspreet Singh
Deputy Manager – Marketing
The STC of India Ltd.
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
Ahmedabad
+91-9727753735

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jaspreet Dhillon
Date: Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Subject: FW: [Order:3002209536] Order is created : Indiatimes Shopping
To: “[email protected]

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

Please find attached trail mail wrt order placed for Sony Xperia Ion (Black) mobile phone on 12.04.2013

The reason I placed the order on your website was:
1. Your website was showing that the said product is IN STOCK when I placed the order.
2. You were offering the said product at a very good price, which I appreciate a lot!

Now coming to the reason why I’m writing this mail is, today i.e. after more than one week of placing the order one of ur official contacted me via telephone and informed that the model I ordered is NOW out of stock and your company will not be able to deliver the same, instead she offered me to accept another color of the same model i.e. Black and Red color, which I refused straightaway!

You are requested to kindly intimate me the current status of my order i.e. will you be able to deliver me the phone as per original order placed by me or not?

Also in case you are not able to deliver the product as per original order placed by me, I will be incurring a financial loss of more than INR 2,000/- as when I ordered the phone on your website it was costing me INR 19,770/- with 6 month EMI option. Now as on date if I order the same phone from any other website it will cost me approx. INR 22,000/- with similar payment option. So in case of cancellation of order will your company bear this financial loss?

In view of above, kindly take the matter on urgent basis as more than one week has passed since I have placed the order and still nothing is clear whether I will ever get the phone I ordered!

This was my first shopping experience on your website and I’m really sorry to say but this is highly unprofessional practice from your company’s end.

Kind Regards,

Jaspreet Singh
Deputy Manager – Marketing

The STC of India Ltd.
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
+91-9727753735

– Sent via Windows Phone
From: Indiatimes Shopping
Sent: 12-04-2013 23:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Order:3002209536] Order is created : Indiatimes Shopping

Dear Jaspreet Singh ,

We thank you for placing an order with us.

Order Details
Order ID: 3002209536 Shipping Address
The shipping address was saved as “office ”

Name: Jaspreet Singh The STC of India Ltd. 6th Floor, HK House, opp. Bata Showroom, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad
City: Ahmedabad , State: GUJARAT , Pin: 380009 INDIA
Contact Number: 9727753735
Order Date: 12 Apr 2013
Order Total: 21490
Payment Mode: HDFC 6 EMI
Order Item ID Product Name Price
(inclusive of shipping) Quantity Subtotal Expected Delivery Date
00001 Sony Xperia Ion (Black) 21490 1 21490 26 Apr 2013
We will keep you updated on Product(s) Shipment and Product(s) Delivery Completion status via email on : [email protected] and/or SMS on : 9727753735.

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