mehra.rakesh
Journeyman
I have had really bad experiences in India but this really tops them all Or Does It ??? Well here it goes ::: i wanted to open a FD account in SBI bank for a period of 1000 days and that part of the amount was to be from my ICICI bank account (the sh33iest of all indian banks ) and the rest was to be withdrawn from my PPF account in the same SBI branch..
Now the person who was supposed to open the account refused to even see me for 7-8 minutes ....
Somehow (by god's grace i must say) he noticed that i was sitting over there.. i told him in the simplest of terms what i wanted to do ...... His reply to this (which was plain absurd and Bull S. BTW) was to withdraw the amount from the ICICI bank and pay it in cash at this bank and also to open a saving account at this bank ..
Just to clear it out with him i again said that i wanted the amount only after the 1000 day period and for that i cud open a account any time next week let alone within three years . And also the amount was too large to carry it in person and i pleaded with him to accept a cheque instead .. But to no avail .... Anyways i withdrew the amount and drove back to the other end of the city only to find that the bank was closed as Sat was a half day ....
For the next three days i had a harrowing time filling the same forms again & again as the guy simply did not understand what i wanted to do ..... In the end i wanted to end it all and refused to open the FD in this bank... I complained to the branch manager about all this and she assured me that she will take care of it ..... The next day i come to the bank i find that the egghead opened a FD on terms other than what i desired ...... That's when i really lost it ...... I again complained to the branch manager and now though she has assured me that she will do it herself if it's not done properly and will send the FD certificate by post ....
I mean what the heck is it just me or all just about every indian company does not care for their customers .... Airtel , ICICI bank are the worst from what i have and will encounter ever ever in my whole life . And really soorryyyyyy for the long rant...
Now the person who was supposed to open the account refused to even see me for 7-8 minutes ....
Somehow (by god's grace i must say) he noticed that i was sitting over there.. i told him in the simplest of terms what i wanted to do ...... His reply to this (which was plain absurd and Bull S. BTW) was to withdraw the amount from the ICICI bank and pay it in cash at this bank and also to open a saving account at this bank ..
Just to clear it out with him i again said that i wanted the amount only after the 1000 day period and for that i cud open a account any time next week let alone within three years . And also the amount was too large to carry it in person and i pleaded with him to accept a cheque instead .. But to no avail .... Anyways i withdrew the amount and drove back to the other end of the city only to find that the bank was closed as Sat was a half day ....
For the next three days i had a harrowing time filling the same forms again & again as the guy simply did not understand what i wanted to do ..... In the end i wanted to end it all and refused to open the FD in this bank... I complained to the branch manager about all this and she assured me that she will take care of it ..... The next day i come to the bank i find that the egghead opened a FD on terms other than what i desired ...... That's when i really lost it ...... I again complained to the branch manager and now though she has assured me that she will do it herself if it's not done properly and will send the FD certificate by post ....
I mean what the heck is it just me or all just about every indian company does not care for their customers .... Airtel , ICICI bank are the worst from what i have and will encounter ever ever in my whole life . And really soorryyyyyy for the long rant...