Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

Be careful while dealing with sarthakdeals.com     Please be careful while dealing with sarthakdeals.com Understand all terms and conditions before you decide to make any payment to them. Avoid any credit card payment through IVR. It has been heard that the company is making exaggerated promises during their telephonic marketing calls. I have also received a call from them at least 10 times on 24/02/2014 but when I asked them to give me the promises in writing through an email , they had vanished. The first doubt was created when the caller said that whatever shopping (other than petrol,CNG etc) is done through credit card, I will have to pay only 80%. If me and family go for excursion trip, the lodging and boarding incl local travel shall be borne by the company for rest of the life. They started asking details of the credit card which I refused to share. I had spoken to the credit card issuer who confirmed of such fraudlent practices. I am reproducing below two c...

If bargaining at MRP makes you sure of buying products at best prices? Every product is supposed to be sold with MRP printed on the products or its packing. MRP is a price that retailer can sell at its maximum which includes VAT/Taxes, packing, transportation and any other additional charges. Selling any product more than printed MRP is illegal. In fact it is always adviseable to bargain and negotiate the prices less than MRP. There are certain category of products where the MRP is very exaggerated even to the tune of 100%. The traders have been announcing the scheme buy 1 and get 2 free etc. etc. The readymade garments is a glaring example. Now the question is if the companies can announce a discount of 50-60% and I am quite sure they must be making profit of around 15-20%. If we assume they are not making any profit during the discount season that means they may be making heavy profits when they are selling products at their MRP. The question now arises do the customer believe...

  Can CIC be biased? Is it possible? I have been raising a RTI since last more than two years against Delhi Police. Delhi Police have been supplying false information and some of the crucial information which could have substantiated the claims of a possible nexus, have been suppressed by Delhi Police. There was a hearing before CIC (Chief Information Commission) wherein I could beyond reasonable doubt prove that Delhi Police is supplying false information and have been suppressing information of crucial nature. I concluded my view point with a request to direct Delhi Police to state the facts on an affidavit. Delhi Police refused to supply the statement of information on Affidavit.  Surprisingly the CIC order does not specify such request made by me as an Appellant. What could be the reason of suppression of such statements of the Appellant by CIC. Could it be possible CIC being biased. I do not believe but it is also a fact that it is a real based factual statement...

Why VAT being charged by Aditya Birla Nuvo on discounted MRP when MRP is inclusive of all taxes? A copy of the e-mail sent to Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. on alleged unethical additional charging of VAT on the discounted price as the MRP is supposed to be inclusive of all taxes and any discount offered on MRP also becomes inclusive of VAT/taxes. " Dear Sir, We have been receiving complaints from the consumers who have been shopping at your outlets at Connaught Place, New Delhi and Chandigarh stating that the outlets are charging VAT extra on the discounted prices. As you would appreciate that the MRP are inclusive of all taxes and VAT and no additional amount of whatsoever nature is chargeable. When the off season discounts have been offered on MRP the discounted prices becomes discounted MRP and in our view no additional amount is chargeable. To explain with illustration if the MRP of any product say is Rs.2,000/- inclusive of all taxes and a sale discount has been me...

Is "Ritu Wears" adapting to Ethical Business Practices? probably "No". This is a snap taken at "Ritu Wears" Faridabad who have announced off season sale discounts. A discount of 30% to 60% is being offered. The MRP of products is also displayed and MRP is a price inclusive of all taxes, VAT etc. Now when the discount on MRP is offered, the discounted price becomes MRP implying that the discounted price is also inclusive of taxes, VAT etc. As can be seen that Ritu Wears after discount is also charging VAT extra. The charging of extra VAT is an unfair trade practices as the price after charging VAT becomes expensive to the extent of VAT which in most of the items is 12.5%.   This means the price where the discount has been displayed as 50% makes effective discount to be 43.25% instead of 50% which is unfair trade practices as well as misleading selling.  Let me take another example. Say the company has announced 10% discount in the off sea...

Is EVOK, Crown Interiorz, Faridabad resorting to unethical business practices? EVOK also seems to be resorting to unfair trade practice (UTP).  I had a chance of visiting the store yesterday i.e on 8th Feb.2014 at Faridabad. It has displayed everywhere in the show room including newspaper a discount upto 60%. The sales boy had stated a discount of 15% on MRP on some particular item which was sent for billing. However, at the billing counter, surprisingly the cashier did not account for the offered discount. This was noticed only after payment of money by credit card completed. However the issue was raised. The cashier confirmed from the sales boy as to whether any 15% discount was offered on the item. The sales man confirmed and despite that the cashier did not corrected the bill. The cashier was asked to share the email id of the concerned senior official so that the issue is raised appropriately. The cashier refused to share the email id. Surprisingly the web-site of EV...

Is it adviseable to buy products whose manufacturer/trader consider details of their customer care as confidential? "We had contacted the Olympus Imaging India for their Cameras at 022-61420400 to  know details of customer care contact like Customer care number, name and address of the  h ead of the customer care for advise to consumers in case they feel any problem with the produ ct . The person had refused to provide the details on the pretext that such information  is highly confidential and surprisingly said he is speaking from London. I have never heard any person who has been contacted te lephonically in Mumbai can physically talk from London.       Another revealing fact is that if the company treats the customer care contact details confidential why should any person buy their product. What would be the treatment to the customer post sales if he faces any problem with the product and how he would get redressal to his complaint. ...