Products & Service Reviews

Since  90s as India gradually started opening up to global markets; it also became easy target and dumping grounds of several so-called dubious global brands. Many of them targeted Indian consumers as sitting ducks and tried to loot them at one go as they knew with their poor quality and service of products they are not going to last long. One such brand is KENWOOD; it's a consumer durable manufacturer, selling various white goods like fridge, bread toaster, AC etc. Their products really have good finishing with elegant looks but they are very deceptive! And what more; worse are their after sale service.   In Kolkata, their service centre M/S Baishnoi Service Centre at Lake Town is the worst service centre I have ever come across. They took more than four months to repair a simple Pop-up bread toaster. You will be surprised to know that after  repairing it did not serve even for a month!!  There is none to address your grivance at the company's customer-care.  

Must have watched TV ads; Saif Ali of Bollywood painting wall of his apartment and promoting some particular brand of paints to turn the life more colorful! But my recent experience in this venture to turn the walls with colorful paints deemed not paintful but painful. Considering exterior paint works in my residence put me in search of reliable painters. But first jolt came as none could recommend one! Some recommended casually but they did not sound dependable. At last I decided to contact paint companies like Berger, Asian paints who claim to offer the service under their supervision. I called them one by one; first turned up a guy from Asian Paints, he was kind enough to visit my residence and listen my requirements. His terms of service seemed to rigid. I sought clarification if they  could be little flexible ( as painting the windows and grill after painting the walls); he promised to ring back or make a return visit soon. But he did not keep any of his promise! "Don't

H ave you noticed in our City the arrival of new eye clinic "Vasan". In fact I casually found few of their branches in and outskirts of our Kolkata while travelling by bus or car . But never considered to take a second look or information on them till recently. H owever; it was on e o f their ad in some lead ing news paper sta ting 'no fees' for patients above 50 caught my attention. For the past th ree or four years every time I visited  eye clinic for fixing my glasses; I have been cautioned of catarac t development in my left eye. And all th e t ime they said ; it was in early stage and would take time to mature. But how long that none could predict. So every ti me I guess I have some problem with sight; it bothers ;I hold cataract responsible for it . May be it's matured and needs surgery for ey e sight correction . So the ad of 'Vasan' for free check -u p was really soliciting. I grabbed the opportunity. One of their branch on B .T.Road, Kolk