Online Shopping Sites in India
My only online shopping experience from an Indian store has been Rediff after they forcibly sent me an add-on card which was linked with my regular ICICI Card.
I order a pair of shorts which were excessively expensive. I was supposed to get a free Audio CD which I never got. I never blogged about it. Sadly.
Not a big deal. But, it looks like most people still have issues with shopping sites in India. Like Ashok who had bad experience dealing with Indiatimes. Now one of my other friends has had good experience dealing with Indiatimes with cheap airline tickets.
So, I cannot be sure. But a look at MouthShut proves to me that Indiatimes sure has some serious problems. Anyone of you have anything to say about them?
April 1st, 2007 at 06:55 am
A couple of years back, Indiatimes goofed up to have an ACI laptop for 4k in their stores. The evil bozo that I am, ordered it and made payment through ICICI. Only to find the order confirmed, shipping status up and 2 fine days later a call from their Gurgaon office saying - We are sorry, there has been some mis-understanding. They canceled the order without letting me know whether they will send the money back. Thanks to them, I was refunded the amount after 2 long months.
April 1st, 2007 at 08:01 am
you could/should have taken them to consumer courts.
April 1st, 2007 at 09:00 am
I threatened, does that qualify? Their disclaimers and fine prints clearly proved that they hold the last rights to discontinue the order at any stage.
April 1st, 2007 at 05:25 pm
A couple of years back, Indiatimes goofed up to have an ACI laptop for 4k in their stores. The evil bozo that I am, ordered it and made payment through ICICI. Only to find the order confirmed, shipping status up and 2 fine days later a call from their Gurgaon office saying - We are sorry, there has been some mis-understanding. They canceled the order without letting me know whether they will send the money back. Thanks to them, I was refunded the amount after 2 long months.
April 1st, 2007 at 06:31 pm
you could/should have taken them to consumer courts.
April 1st, 2007 at 07:30 pm
I threatened, does that qualify? Their disclaimers and fine prints clearly proved that they hold the last rights to discontinue the order at any stage.
April 2nd, 2007 at 02:37 pm
heh. the courts have in the past claimed that clicking the OK/Accept button on these pages does not amount to a legal agreement.
but yeah, they are suckers no less.
April 3rd, 2007 at 01:07 am
heh. the courts have in the past claimed that clicking the OK/Accept button on these pages does not amount to a legal agreement.
but yeah, they are suckers no less.
April 3rd, 2007 at 04:50 am
Major problem with sites like ebay, Indiatimes and rediff is the quality of product, most of the products sold on these sites esp electronic gadgets are either refurbished or imported without any warranty and as vendor’s identity is not disclosed, you can hardly do anything if you face any problem with the product, I had ordered a pink iPod for my gf for valentines from indiatimes and recd white iPod instead that too after 12 days.. well aftr valentines day. We definitely need more genuine sites selling genuine products to increase ecommerce transactions in India
April 3rd, 2007 at 03:20 pm
Major problem with sites like ebay, Indiatimes and rediff is the quality of product, most of the products sold on these sites esp electronic gadgets are either refurbished or imported without any warranty and as vendor’s identity is not disclosed, you can hardly do anything if you face any problem with the product, I had ordered a pink iPod for my gf for valentines from indiatimes and recd white iPod instead that too after 12 days.. well aftr valentines day. We definitely need more genuine sites selling genuine products to increase ecommerce transactions in India
May 28th, 2007 at 05:28 am
I faced problem with eBay. they send me damaged product. i send back and again they send me the same product after that i again send back but after that i didn’t get the product. i called so many times to seller but didn’t get reply….
May 28th, 2007 at 03:58 pm
I faced problem with eBay. they send me damaged product. i send back and again they send me the same product after that i again send back but after that i didn’t get the product. i called so many times to seller but didn’t get reply….
July 7th, 2007 at 03:18 am
I am a research scholar working on Quality of Indian e-commerce wen-sites i.e. Online shopping malls. The above mentioned problems prove the genesis for my work.
July 7th, 2007 at 01:48 pm
I am a research scholar working on Quality of Indian e-commerce wen-sites i.e. Online shopping malls. The above mentioned problems prove the genesis for my work.
August 10th, 2007 at 03:08 am
I had a bad experience where in the amount was debited from my account but the vendor is denying the transaction. The bank could not do anything as they confirm the transaction id and that the amount has been credited to the “so called” secure account of the biller through (paypal/verisign etc..). I had provided the vendor with the transaction id and in spite of follow up for weeks together, could not receive neither the product nor refund of money.. Thank God it was a small amount..
August 10th, 2007 at 01:38 pm
I had a bad experience where in the amount was debited from my account but the vendor is denying the transaction. The bank could not do anything as they confirm the transaction id and that the amount has been credited to the “so called” secure account of the biller through (paypal/verisign etc..). I had provided the vendor with the transaction id and in spite of follow up for weeks together, could not receive neither the product nor refund of money.. Thank God it was a small amount..
September 29th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Priyanka…I need some information based on your work. I’m an entrepreneur. Please mail me at j_mv2@yahoo.com
Thanks
September 30th, 2007 at 02:48 pm
Priyanka…I need some information based on your work. I’m an entrepreneur. Please mail me at j_mv2@yahoo.com
Thanks
January 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I ordered some gift for my sister’s birthday and for my mother and paid them with my international bank card which is about 2 years back and they are still waiting for the gifts to come. I have not got any reply from them. Its sad but, as usual you burn your finger once….
thanks any way
January 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I ordered some gift for my sister’s birthday and for my mother and paid them with my international bank card which is about 2 years back and they are still waiting for the gifts to come. I have not got any reply from them. Its sad but, as usual you burn your finger once….
thanks any way
March 1st, 2008 at 12:28 am
Hi,
I am Quality Manager.. I have prepared the below mentioned material which I want to sale on the web. I do not know how to proceed & fix the prices. My targeted zones would be US & UK.
Can you help me which sites to opt for & what is the requirement in short how to proceed etc?
The ppts avalible on:
1) Six Sigma Green belt “DMAIC” methodology.
2) ISO implementation Procedure
3) ppt on how to present operational reveiw
March 1st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Hi,
I am Quality Manager.. I have prepared the below mentioned material which I want to sale on the web. I do not know how to proceed & fix the prices. My targeted zones would be US & UK.
Can you help me which sites to opt for & what is the requirement in short how to proceed etc?
The ppts avalible on:
1) Six Sigma Green belt “DMAIC” methodology.
2) ISO implementation Procedure
3) ppt on how to present operational reveiw
June 11th, 2008 at 05:09 am
I had a peculiar experience; eBay (then Bazee) advertised goods; I shopped on COD; got goods against cash; vendor maintained they did not receive cash; I was down-valued by eBay
Does anyone has a similar experience?
BTW, The bag was garbaged soon.
June 11th, 2008 at 03:09 pm
I had a peculiar experience; eBay (then Bazee) advertised goods; I shopped on COD; got goods against cash; vendor maintained they did not receive cash; I was down-valued by eBay
Does anyone has a similar experience?
BTW, The bag was garbaged soon.