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[Tenida]

Got karbonn A12+ from flipkart @Rs4649/-
Key Specifications
4-inch IPS Display
FM Radio
3G Support and Wi-Fi Enabled
Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
Secondary Camera Support
5 MP Primary Camera
1.3 GHz Dual Core Processor
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB

 

[nitin_k]

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[Gurrala74]

Hmm, with ongoing craziness of buyers who are more keen buying products on line due to time constraint and lowest price, the e commerce portals seems to take advantage of selling defective products.

I feel disappointed reading these things and stick to direct stores if I want to purchase something though there is little difference in prices to have peace of mind for what I spend.

And at times I find online portals are making people buy all unnecessary things with their mailers all the time

 

[appus]

Hmm, with ongoing craziness of buyers who are more keen buying products on line due to time constraint and lowest price, the e commerce portals seems to take advantage of selling defective products.

I feel disappointed reading these things and stick to direct stores if I want to purchase something though there is little difference in prices to have peace of mind for what I spend.

I do not know why you think Online portals are selling defective products.
It comes with the same warranty from same manufacturer. UniverCell / Croma /Ezone or any other Physical stores are selling online too. So, do you think they sell defective products online and quality products offline?

The price of the phone is depreciating too much in these days. So buying at a premium (2-3K more than the online price) do not make any sense to me mainly because warranty is given by the Manufacturer and not Online/Offline stores.

We never had problems with products purchased offline?
Frankly speaking - Flipkart and few other online portals are under loss (They think they will be able to get profit in coming years. That is what they are thinking for many years). Flipkart was not giving much discount till Amazon came to India strongly. Now they are fighting with Amazon and giving discounts.

At the end, customers are getting benefited.

And at times I find online portals are making people buy all unnecessary things with their mailers all the time

I agree on this ! I have unsubscribed from most of the mailing list so that I do not get tempted.

 

[nitin_k]

For me penny saved is penny earned. I have purchased numerous stuff from online sites and had my fair share of issues also but never did i lose my money. My last big purchase was HTC one dual sim which resulted in me saving of Rs 2300 bucks at that time. The prices rose after i had purchased mine and current price after discount is still more than my purchase price even after 2 months.

My point is to be flexible and if you get a sweet deal why say NO to it.

 

[Surfer]

Update on my Replaced Nokia lumia 920.
It has got the display flickering issue now.
So now what to say more.
2 faulty phones given to me and still I have to believe in flipkart ?
No way,I have asked for refund now. I don't believe in them.

 

[appus]

Update on my Replaced Nokia lumia 920.
It has got the display flickering issue now.
So now what to say more.
2 faulty phones given to me and still I have to believe in flipkart ?
No way,I have asked for refund now. I don't believe in them.

Ask them to give from a different Lot.
What do you think flipkart is doing ? Asking Nokia to give substandard phone at a lower price & earn lot of profit ?

Just imagine bro. If you are an entrepreneur having a company want to gain more an more reputation among other fighting brands (like amazon), will you choose a deal with Nokia to gain more margin even though knowing 'you may have to refund to the customer' ? The money incurred to multiple send/restock/courier/packing is not a small amount. And, finally refund back !!!

Since i am replying to you, I will reply to the previous comment by you. Even if the 100 hard drives were faulty, I will still believe the distributor and ask them to give me a new one from Different box (which is not imported along with the other faulty ones).

You might have seen HP call back some laptops. You see Toyotas call back lakh of cars which got some technical problems ? So, I feel Nokia should call back all the faulty products and give the customer a working one.

Did you try to take to the nearest Nokia service center and see whether it is genuine or not ? You can even try that. If they say it is not genuine, I will join you to protest against Flipkart. Will make the flipkart shut :)

(I belong to IT service industry and flipkart played a big role to scrxw up retail business. As we are more into Server side, we got affected much lesser compared to other retailers. Our clients at times check the price online and ask us to give at the same price as flipkart. We say 'buy from there'. Previously sales were on a higher side. Now, the part sales are come down drastically. Still, we do not blame Flipkart for it. It is the change which we have to accept and move on)

 

[Tenida]

Update on my Replaced Nokia lumia 920.
It has got the display flickering issue now.
So now what to say more.
2 faulty phones given to me and still I have to believe in flipkart ?
No way,I have asked for refund now. I don't believe in them.

That's fault of Nokia not Flipkart. Imagine if you had purchased it from local shop then they would have redirected you to the service center. Nokia service center usually repair the set if the faulty is not that big. In flipkart case you are getting sealed replacement set. So, where the problem? I think Nokia has send defective lot of lumia phones to flipkart maybe :|

Do you know I got my Kindle from amazon.in but the seller that provide kinlde is croma retail. You can even get the kindle from physical croma store. But in my case croma has no branches in Kolkata.

Good experience of flipkart:-

I ordered one lee cooper running shoe and bellies shoe from flipkart. My shoe perfectly ok but my mother didn't liked the quality of the shoe. So, I asked them for refund at order section with my bank details, with one day they took the shoe and within 4 days transfer the money. No question asked. No physical shop would have done this I guess.
Here's the SS

 

[Surfer]

Ask them to give from a different Lot.

Asked ,but they don't have any

What do you think flipkart is doing ? Asking Nokia to give substandard phone at a lower price & earn lot of profit ?

I don't know.

I agree with your points appu.
Flipkarts serive is very good and I appreciate that.I got item in 1 day. Also got replacement in 2 days. And now also they are offering me refund. I know it will be very quick.

But in this all process I have lost all my interest in Lumia 920.
Such a cool phone , but its all mind game now.I lost faith in it.
Even though I will again bye a Lumia but oftsource not from flipkart.
Sorry!!

Nokia and flipkart both should be blamed IMO.

PS : See more and more bad reviews coming now on flipkar site

 

[nitin_k]

LOL

Why the price of Nokia Lumia 920 changing on dialy basis
I am planning the buy a Noki lumia 920 but its price is changing on flipkart on daily basis.
I dont get it a week back it was 20500 then after 2 days its 21500 then 23500 and todays its 25500 are they playing games with us. The only reason i am not buying it is because of this price game please stop it and let us know a fixed price so dont we are not dissopointed after buying the phone from flipkart

Nokia Lumia 920 (White) Review by Anand | Flipkart.com

 

[allhyundaicars]

LOL

Why the price of Nokia Lumia 920 changing on dialy basis
I am planning the buy a Noki lumia 920 but its price is changing on flipkart on daily basis.
I dont get it a week back it was 20500 then after 2 days its 21500 then 23500 and todays its 25500 are they playing games with us. The only reason i am not buying it is because of this price game please stop it and let us know a fixed price so dont we are not dissopointed after buying the phone from flipkart

Nokia Lumia 920 (White) Review by Anand | Flipkart.com

This is true. When I saw it was 24500. And nexus tablet was for 7999 now it's for 9999.

 

[Gurrala74]

@Appus and @Tenida

I agree on the service of Flipkart on the replacements, but as surfer said the whole interest of buying a new product will die down with such kind of experiences, so online stores should take the things serious with the manufacturers for such products I feel.

 

[appus]

@Appus and @Tenida

I agree on the service of Flipkart on the replacements, but as surfer said the whole interest of buying a new product will die down with such kind of experiences,

I agree. As Teninda said, If you had bought a phone from local store and you find the problem next day - You will be sent to Nokia service center than replacing with a brand new one.

so online stores should take the things serious with the manufacturers for such products I feel.

Till the day customer accepts open piece without any problem, no online sellers (whether it is flipkart or xyz) can give guarantee on any electronic items.

He himself agreeing that he got the second phone in 1 day and they were apologetic and ready to do the refund. They could have easily said 'Go to Nokia customer care and get it repaired/replaced' as per warranty claim instructions.

Anyways, some people prefer online when they can save money and can wait for 1 or 2 days.

I still believe, I can save a lot when I shop wisely. As I have mentioned in this or other thread - I saved 18,000 rs+EMI conversion fee (around 2-3K) on a 79,500 DSLR Camera(total of 20-21k). Croma offline store was selling at 79.5K and I got it from ebay for 61.5K with 6 months emi. Now also flipkart sell that product at 66.5K. I got the product in less than 24 hrs. Ordered at 4PM and got in the morning around 10AM (from Coimbatore to Bangalore). It was manufactured on a later date and hence a better firmware came along.

I saved 2000 to 2500 rs when i bought HTC explorer for my wife. I got it for 7K(more than an year now) and all Univercell/Sangeetha were charging 9 to 9.5k.

Provogue Shirts 3 for 999 (Each mrp is 1800 or so).Reebok shoes for 999 (MRP of 4999). These are 2-3 examples out of 100s of purchase online. Maximum discount I would have got in from Reebok showroom is 40 to 50% . Maximum discount on shirt I would have got is buy 1 get 1 free (50%).

At times, I see local stores giving huge discounts on appliances than online. I buy from there too. Like prestige, they give good discounts at Prestige Kitchen outlets. Save which ever way possible is my Motto (not compromising quality)

@surfer
What price you bought it? If it was really cheap, why dont you take it to Nokia service center and get it replaced ?

 

[nitin_k]

The import price of Nokia Lumia 920 is 24,991 + taxes and its surprising that Nokia is selling them at a loss here ? see the declared MRP And they have not imported any 920 this financial year. So its certain they are clearing old stock.

 

[edios]

I agree with Tenida and Appus.
Imagine the situation like Tenida said. If that happens, it's most likely that you never will buy a Nokia again.
BTW, even though I don't (or didn't) shop much (offline/online), I always prefer buying online because there are a lot of selections to select from, for every budget. Whereas, if I'm buying offline, I've to go out, get in some stores, if I didn't like a shoe, travel to another place and bla bla.
Recently, I ordered an Adidas Tennis shoe from Myntra. The MRP of was 3699. But since it was my first purchase from Myntra, I got a coupon and applied it. Final price was about 2589.30. OMG, can you even imagine! 1100 rupees off on a 3700 shoe? That was just awesome! if I had bought from an offline store, I wouldn't have even got a rupee off.
Unfortunately, it didn't fit my foot (length was correct but the width). I guess every Adidas tennis shoe is almost the same. So I returned on the same day at around 8 PM for 70rs. And the next day evening, I got Rs. 2589.30 + 100 (shipping charge) as Mynt credits. Since I didn't want to buy something from Myntra, I asked for a Bank refund and wah! It was easy as ever.
Would love to shop again from Myntra.

However, the last purchase from Flipkart was not good. But this is NOT AT ALL a Flipkart's problem. The courier was utterly crap! They said some of the items is in the hands of the govt. ( TAX problem) and more than a week I waited. I cancelled it on last saturday and it returned back to Mumbai just today.
Waiting for the refund.