Service Activation & Deactivation – unused internet bill claimed

Location/place: Srirampur, Dt-Hooghly. PIN-712203

Name of company/service: Vodafone India / 3G 650 plan

Account No: 1.40074275
Mobile No: 9830219323

This is bring to your notice the disappointment and harassment experienced with regard to the 3G internet Vodafone account few days after activation.
1. 3G (post-paid 650) account activated on iPAD 2 from Chandannagar Vodafone store on 27 April 2013 after submission of all documents
2. Information received from the Sales executive that an address verification would be conducted in few days.
3. A verification personnel reached the address for verification and met my parents & talked to me over mobile on the number provided for contact.
4. Internet connection was found de-activated on 7 May 2013
5. Called Chandannagar Vodafone sales personnel and was told that address verification had failed. Explained situation but no recourse provided. Wanted to talk to superior of the store but not given access over phone instead provided number of Vodafone nodal officer
6. Called Nodal officer and asked for details of the deactivation and was told that profile verification had failed. This was unacceptable and hence asked her for recourse with regard to how address or profile verification could fail. if the concern isnt addressed adequately no more reactivation of connection required.
7. No satisfactory response provided to the above instead a 2nd person sent for re-verification when I had not given for any more consent in this regard.
8. A call was received towards the end of May 2013 from Chandannagar store stating that the connection is being reinstated. I clearly mentioned that I have faced lots of problem due to this disconnection over a period of approx 3 weeks and would want a satisfactory redressal to my concerns before any re-activation is done on the line.
9. Meanwhile a bill of Rs 277 was sent w r t the initial usage of a week or so.
10. I have never used the connection after the so-called virtual re-activation. Following which to my surprise I received another bill towards the end of June 2013 of Rs 665
11. I called helpline and asked for cancellation of my account and was told that it wasn’t required as the account has already been suspended due to non-payment of earlier bill.
12. If the above incidents weren’t enough, I received another bill on 25 July 2013 of Rs 665. I was totally shocked at that.
13. On 2 September 2013 I have received a final reminder to pay outstanding amount of Rs. 1046.90 within 12 September failing which legal action would be taken.
Please deliberate on the sequence of incidents above and take prompt necessary action to sort this matter out urgently.


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3 responses to “Service Activation & Deactivation – unused internet bill claimed”

  1. Hello Biplab Roy,

    Thank you for writing to us. We will get back to you with further assistance in 24 hours. Your service registration number is 1397388816.

    Regards,
    Vodafone Customer Care, Kolkata

  2. Hello Biplab Roy,

    We assure that we are working on your concern. We will get back to you with an update in 24 hours. Your Service Request Number is 1397388816.

    Regards,
    Vodafone Customer Care, Kolkata

  3. Hello Biplab Roy,

    Based on your email and subsequent discussion with Mr.Snigdhadev Paul, we would like to inform you that the verification was not successful as needed information was not provided and also the form was not signed by the authorised person. Moreover, there was a confusion regarding the work place or company. Hence, the number was temporarily suspended. Later, during re-verification, we received required info and the form was signed by the appropriate person and so your number has been reactivated. We found usage of data services and so you were charged for the same. We also like to inform you that we have not received any confirmation on deactivation of the services from your end. Hence, the service was active and the rental has been charged accordingly. We would request you to clear your outstanding to enjoy uninterrupted services. The Service Registration number assigned for this correspondence is 1397388816.

    Regards,
    Vodafone Customer Care, Kolkata

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