I lodged the following complaint with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs thru the link provided against India Times Dot Com :
https://ccccore.co.in/..
https://demotemp41.nic.in/guest/complaint/default.asp
The rest of the correspondence follows :
From: CORE Centre <care@core.nic.in>Subject: Confirmation - CORE CentreTo: ajayshooda@yahoo.co.inDate: Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 10:46 AM
Thanks for sending complaint your complaint details as followsTitle : Non Reciept of refund from India TimesComplaint ID : 20076Complaint Details : I ordered a Pop Corn Maker thru India Times Shopping the internet portal of Times Internet Ltd. Order Number 111658371 ,Sub Order Number 2089688 . The product I paid for was costing Rs 1400 , one that was shipped was costing Rs 999 . It came without a proper tax paid invoice or the vendor's or details of Times Internet . It was returned by me. They have not issued me a refund . It is my second bad experience with them . Earlier they had shipped rotten mangoes as gift.Consequences : Suffered a loss of Rs 1400 as they have not refunded the amount to me.We are also happy to inform you that you could also avail of the free HELPLINE service by calling the Toll Free Consumer Helpline at 1800-11-4000Thank you for lodging your complaint with us.The CORE Team
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Their response to my communication to them that I lodged the complaint with the ministry.
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Dear Mr. Hooda,We thank you for contacting Indiatimes Shopping.
We apologize for the delay in responding you.
With reference to your mail dated-21-06-09 for order number- 111658371, we would like to inform you that we are forwarding your request to the accounts department. We request you to allow 07 working days, so that we can revert you with proper solution.
We regret the inconvenience caused to you in this regard and sincerely apologize for the same.
We thank you for your time and patience. We value you as our customer and your satisfaction is of most important to us.
For convenience please do not delete the interactions while replying.
With regards,
Desendar Kaur - Customer Service
Indiatimes Shopping
From: ajayshooda@yahoo.co.in [mailto:ajayshooda@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:26 PMTo: icareCc: customerserviceSubject: Fw: Confirmation - CORE Centre
I have lodged a complaint with the ministry of consumer affairs for now , next will be a legal notice for cheating to your Chairmain .
Rgds,
Ajay S Hooda