Nov
23
Companies filing suit over other companies advertising
November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Companies advertise the earth and make outstanding claims in these ads, some of which do end up converting people. So claims that a food item will make you friends in school, or that a shampoo will end up killing all your dandruff quickly, or that a brand of biscuit or milk additive will make your [...]
Jul
30
Safety feature – Online Credit card usage
July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
If you have ever stopped to look at the online credit usage you would have done (including reviewed the information you were asked to provide), it would seem extremely easy to use somebody’s card and use it for buying stuff. What is it that you need to provide in terms of information when using your [...]
Feb
8
The case of huge discounts on clothes
February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Nowadays, there are a number of shops (primarily in the area of apparel and clothing) that seek to attract customers through offering huge discounts. So you have brands such as Priknit offering 80% sale on their jackets, Cantabil offering 80% discount on all clothes, Pepe Jeans branding a sale logo of Buy 2, get 2 [...]
Sep
23
Another case, person gets bill for ‘ghost’ credit card
September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It happens again and again. A person either has not accepted the credit card that was provided to him even when he had not requested the credit card, or he was charged for some amount where he did not make the transactions. Mistakes can happen, even though in cases of a financial nature, one would [...]
Sep
19
ICICI ‘payable-at-par’ checks
September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is about a seemingly big fraud that India’s largest private sector bank is playing on its customers, giving a designation for something, and then doing something that is directly opposite, just so that they can squeeze their customers even more.
I used to work in Chennai, and had an ICICI account over there (that was [...]
Sep
4
Scam by companies selling cheap travel packages
September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Recently, I got a call from my spouse about contact from a travel package company. A company called XS Travel Club had contacted my spouse with grand promises of a great package – for Rs. 5000, you get a 3-4 days 4 nights package at locations varying from Mussorie to Shimla to Goa to Bangkok. [...]
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