I will request all readers to never subscribe to a magazine from Indiatimes shopping. They are in the business of cheating people by selling subscription of the magazine but will not deliver it after taking money.
I made a mistake of subscribing to Lonely Planet magazine for 3 years in the month of November 2010 vide subscription number 27674510.
Things were OK for first six months wherein they had send the magazine on time. However since May 2011, they stopped sending the magazine and after at least 10 complaints and a delay of 20 days, they send me the copy.
Since then it has become a monthly affair that I have to call them 10-12 times to get my copy that too with a delay of 20-25 days.
After bearing with this for more than six months, I told them to cancel the subscription and refund the money. However despite repeated reminders and passage of one month, I am yet to get money back. In fact every time they will give one excuse or other.
Like today they told me that magazine is damaged while magazine is easily available in the bookstores. It seems that this is the business practice of these people to cheat people by selling subscription and then not deliver goods.
They assume that a customer is not tracking his subscription. If someone complains, they can deliver a old copy and still make merry on the money from the customers who are not complaining.