mchek: More Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway Madness

Good god. I tried recharging my Smart Tag using the pathetic OxiCash option.

Can’t. Apparently they are not accepting ICICI Bank accounts any more.

Standard Chartered was never an option.

I do not have an account in any of the other bank accounts they are supporting at the moment.

I checked what other options I had.

Got this mchek. No clue what it is.

I went to their site and registered.

Gave them my credit card details!

Now, I have no clue how do I recharge my smart tag using mchek.

None of the sites have any information.

I called up the call center number and found out that mchek would ‘soon’ be supported.

This is when they are mentioning it in the ‘supported’ options on their website.

Almost a year has passed and they do not have a simple mechanism for me to recharge my smart tag.

I cannot use a Visa or MasterCard. I cannot any longer use my ICICI Bank savings account.

They are annoying me. Forcing me to visit their offices. And those offices are not open 24×7.

Update:

I checked with a friend who had accounts in Kotak and IDBI.

Trying to recharge did not work with Kotak. Something failed in their system.

Finally managed to update using IDBI.

Took the pain and updated my account and recharged the tag to get this message:

“Thanks. Your E-Tag balance will be updated within 48 hours.”

Earlier it used to get updated in 20-30 minutes. Now, they take 2 days. Awesomeness.

Update: OxiCash had this to say about ICICI Bank:

From this week you can top up your wallet through ICICI Bank. Within 2-3 days we are going to start top-up through ICICI Bank.

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what are the recharge days

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Sanjay

Airtel users - can now recharge DG toll using mChek on Airtel via the IVR channel. Simply by dialing 543219 - its toll free.

Existing mChek users can use this as an alternate channel.

New mChek users will be prompted to register the first time.

Cheers

Sanjay, mChek

There seems to be some issue with the website here -

The syntax i typed is getting truncated because i used the "<" symbol.

Here is the correct syntax:

MCHEK [11 digit Tag No.] [Amount] to 53030

AIRTEL USERS:

PAYFOR DGTOLL [11 digit Tag No.] [Amount] to 554329 TOLL FREE

PAYFOR DGTOLL [11 digit Tag No.] [Amount] to 543219 TOLL FREE

Shushubh - as a feedback to your blog, would be great if the person posting the message has an opportunity to preview what is being posted.

Sushubh

i have added a preview button i guess that would work :)

Transaction Process for registered mChek users:
• mChek registered customer sends sms “MCHEK ” to 53030.

***** Alternately AIRTEL users may SMS Payfor DGToll to ‘543219' (toll-free)

[HINT - Once you do this transaction successfully, save this number in your contacts and also save the SMS syntax as a template!]

• After entering your mChekPIN you will get confirmation SMS.

__________________________________________________
For New Registration:
Option 1 - on the Internet:
1. Visit https://www.mchek.com/mChekReg and sign-up with a mobile phone and a valid credit card (Visa/MasterCard) issued by a bank in India. All transactions are completely secure.

Option 2 - from your mobile phone:
• Customer sends message “MCHEK ” to 53030

• It will prompt for registration across one of 3 methods based on your mobile number: 1) USSD 2) J2ME 3) Incoming Call

• Airtel subscriber will get USSD & J2ME registration based on their hand set and other operator will get an incoming phone call as described below:

• Customer will receive an automated call, and will complete registration process on call :-
1) Create mChekPIN (6digit numeric)
2) Enter 16 digit credit card no
3) enter expiry date in MMYY format
4) enter CVV details and
5) re-confirm mChekPIN

* Once the registration is completed, the customer can transact as per instructions given above.

For any further questions, please email support@mchek.com with your mobile number.

hi. please confirm which is the correct order. i would like to check it out. i have already registered my card with a mchek account. thanks.

Marketing@mchek.com

Strangely, the sms full text is not coming through. The correct format is MCHEK ACCOUNTNUMBER AMOUNT to 53030

Regards
mChek

Hi Sushub,

We at mChek have integrated with DG Toll for smart tag recharge and are currently testing the same. It would be great if you can do a test and let us know your feedback. The action required is for you to send an SMS with the text "MCHEK " TO 53030. You can then pay with any credit card from any phone. There will be a voice call to collect your PIN that you created when you registered on our website. Please feel free to let us know your feedback at marketing@mchek.com

Abhishek

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