Sad News Airtel has reduced incoming validity from 7 days to 3 days after a plan expires

[stepenraj]

Jio

Okay thanks for the update. Will be switching my Vi secondary SIM to jio. And may i know, after 1 month basic recharge of 189 plan expiry in jio how many days will I get free incoming calls. And when I need to recharge basic 189 plan again

 

[thisisjagan]

Okay thanks for the update. Will be switching my Vi secondary SIM to jio. And may i know, after 1 month basic recharge of 189 plan expiry in jio how many days will I get free incoming calls. And when I need to recharge basic 189 plan again

I'm getting incoming calls for more than 1 year

 

[dino29]

That was valid until the expiry of their old spectrum.

true. If anyone read terms and conditions it had clearly stated this (if i remember correctly it was something like this") <Free Incoming Calls offered as part of the offer will be valid until expiry of current licence period">

 

[Ethan 2023]

true. If anyone read terms and conditions it had clearly stated this (if i remember correctly it was something like this") <Free Incoming Calls offered as part of the offer will be valid until expiry of current licence period">

Who read terms and conditions dino Bhai? Kitne chote chote aksharo mein likha hota hai

T: They are written in very small letters

 

[Ethan 2023]

I'm getting incoming calls for more than 1 year

Myself from last 5 years, though they threatened many times about disconnection

 

[dino29]

So, typical Airtel. Airtel is the Modern day "Reverse RobinHood" Company. Rob the poor to serve the High Paying customers.

Entirely wrong..... They have plans and offers which benefits customers from all segments..... Yes some of their plans may be slightly costly as compared to competitors but Airtel offers great service quality which adds value to the experience we get....... Jio offered lot of freebies initially to attract customers but Airtel stood by its core principle of not compromising on quality of service hence though they lost many customers initially but later most came back alongwith new customers too preferring Airtel, in Postpaid mobile services Airtel is far ahead and in prepaid too they have got huge market share though Jio is slightly ahead bcoz it still offers cheaper plans but then wait n watch as to have sustainable business model Jio too will raise prices further and reduce freebies as has been happening in last few years which will again cause shift towards Airtel

 

[dino29]

Who read terms and conditions dino Bhai? Kitne chote chote aksharo mein likha hota hai

Buddy as a customer it is our responsibility to do so...if not read then ask the company clearly about such things / queries..... One cannot say that company is lying as some members here stated if company has clearly mentioned details about offer in the subscription form which one signs while buying the sim card or porting to Airtel

Unfortunately it has become a trend to just criticise Airtel even when they r npt at fault..... Airtel is seeing great growth across its businesses which means their strategy is great and people like services they provide, ofcourse shortcomings will be there but labelling them with inappropriate words / terms is not right thing to do

 

[Ethan 2023]

Buddy as a customer it is our responsibility to do so...if not read then ask the company clearly about such things / queries..... One cannot say that company is lying as some members here stated if company has clearly mentioned details about offer in the subscription form which one signs while buying the sim card or porting to Airt

When they were creating n no. Of ads regarding lifetime incoming free, Airtel should have mentioned all the terms and conditions in the ad itself, it's not customer's responsibility, it's the service providers responsibility to clarify all the terms and conditions, it's called as misleading the customer and tarnish their trust

 

[dino29]

Yeah, but the poor people are the one who is badly in need of more incoming validity. Rich and even middle-class people don't need extra validity as they mostly queue their plans in advance. Even if they forgot to queue, they will surely do a recharge when they found outgoing is blocked, but not a big hassle for them, since incoming will be working before their recharge. But Poor people usually will wait to recharge till the completion of the (or at least the last day of) incoming validity. Now they are forced to recharge minimum once a month.

Earlier poor people can recharge just 10.5 times a year (28+7days = 35 days; 10.43 recharges per 365 days). Now they have to recharge 11.8 times a year. Almost 2 more extra recharges a year.

Here we have to understand the greedy & cunning nature of Airtel. 28 days + 3 days = 31 days = One Calendar month. If some poor person recharges his number on the salary day, his incoming validity will end exactly on the salary date of next month, when he mostly will have money. This will hold true for 2 days incoming validity (28+2 days) as well, which will be their next logical step, imho. I mean they may reduce the 3 days extra incoming validity to 2 days, if they get no backlash for this change.

It is logical for poor people with multiple SIMs to dispose all other SIMs except their primary number. Even this is a problem for middle class people, for whom 2 SIMs is a must, due to coverage difference (in home and work place). For them BSNL is the only upcoming "White Knight" and NOT VoId. VoId is more like a "Shadow of Airtel".

For ur information Airtel does provide 30 days validity plans tooo and it is not just Airtel but other service providers like Vi , Jio too have 28 days plans..... There is no such theory of forcing people to pay more as u r assuming

 

[Ethan 2023]

Entirely wrong..... They have plans and offers which benefits customers from all segments..... Yes some of their plans may be slightly costly as compared to competitors but Airtel offers great service quality which adds value to the experience we get....... Jio offered lot of freebies initially to attract customers but Airtel stood by its core principle of not compromising on quality of service hence though they lost many customers initially but later most came back alongwith new customers too preferring Airtel, in Postpaid mobile services Airtel is far ahead and in prepaid too they have got huge market share though Jio is slightly ahead bcoz it still offers cheaper plans but then wait n watch as to have sustainable business model Jio too will raise prices further and reduce freebies as has been happening in last few years which will again cause shift towards Airtel

Jio and Airtel creating duopoly in the market, nothing else, both the networks are miserable in certain areas,even in metro cities, they finished marginal players like Tata docomo which was worship for middle class people, courtesy -Late ratan Tata sir