Dell - Direct to Customer Hell

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Reviewed Dell Inspiron 1150

Having heard and read some Dell horror stories had kind of put them in my consumer-recall freezer until they launched what seemed like a brilliant configurationread more...

Built like a tank, but terribly slow to crank!

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Reviewed IBM Thinkpad R50

Let me clarify here that the model I am writing about is R-52/A36. When the snake-oil seller (dealer by the name of Amit of Nucleus Computer of Basavanagudi, Baread more...

Seeking Suckers!

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Reviewed Eureka Forbes ACE Vacuum Cleaner

Y’know, that’s what Eureka Forbes salesmen probably look for -fall guys to buytheir vacuum cleaners. Just in case this sounds like I’m ripping thread more...

Clean water, murky service!

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Reviewed Eureka Forbes Aquaguard Nova Water Purifier

Eureka Forbes in its prime was one of the best sales organizations in the country. Now, however, one can make out from the kind of sales people they now send thread more...

Sting in the tail

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Reviewed Mahindra Scorpio

When my friend asked me to try out his (then brand-new) Scorpio on the narrow, blighted roads of Koramangala in Bangalore, I must admit I made all the right kinread more...

Hyundai, Zip that Lip!

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Reviewed Hyundai Santro Xing

My first impression of the Santro, way back when Hyundai launched it, was, forget the looks, but: ’’What kinda weird name is that?’’ I just read more...

Stay away from ebay

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Reviewed Ebay

I’d heard about vehicles being sold on ebay (yes, even in India!) and decided to give it a shot. Using my erstwhile baazee account which ebay most graciousread more...

Eko Vehicles: Fly by night?

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Reviewed Vidyut 150

The Eko Cosmic I or II or whatever else they may call it (and, frankly, the dealer didn’t know the difference himself!), is cute enough to look at. Closer read more...

Don't touch Alcatel

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Reviewed Alcatel One Touch Easy db

Well, my first phone was an alcatel one touch db and even in those early days of cellular telephony it used to get offended stares from users of more upmarket pread more...

The foreign hand?

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Reviewed ICICI Bank

ICICI is fast turning into a bit of a leech like its other ’foreign’ counterparts that will rip you off even before you’ve finished batting the pread more...

ICICIdirect Is Anything But That!

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Reviewed ICICI Securities

In the ancient days of the Internet circa 1995, logging on to websites was something like this: one clicked to log on, then took the dog out to let him irrigateread more...

Now it works, now it doesn't...

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Reviewed Airtel Mobile Operator

Am being forced to modify my review on Airtel due to a dramatic increase in call drops, voice breaks and overall fall in quality of service. Customer support reread more...

Beware of Automartindia

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Reviewed Automartindia

I agree whole-heartedly with all the others who have recounted their experience with this sleazy used-car lot run jointly by the Mahindras, Sah & Sanghi and HDFread more...

The Con-try Club

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Reviewed Country Club - Yelahanka - Bangalore

Updating this review with a more appropriate headline (Oct 28, 2005): Our last visit to this sad place was made memorable by mosquito bites and the fact that thread more...

No Go for Let's Go

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Reviewed Maruti Suzuki Alto LX

If you’re looking for a mode of locomotion that can take you from point A to point B at comparatively low cost, well, you might want to take a look at the read more...