Bad news for Tata Sky DTH Customers
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kunal_janu
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Rs.50 for ESPN Star in non cas areas..TRAI rule, half the price for DTH..That means TS gets it at 25 per subscriber.. Why the hell they want 75 from us :wall:I'm thinking that TS is planning to shut down asap.. Thats why wants to clear all customer accounts in 1year time.. 1400 in balance..At 400 per month i guess it will be over in 105 days.. 3 and a half months to tata..:wall:
ajuravi007
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At this point of time i might scrap TS after 1 year. If they come with good strategy i will be them but if make decisions like who know i might pull back in the middle of the year too.
Rs.50 for ESPN Star in non cas areas..
TRAI rule, half the price for DTH..
That means TS gets it at 25 per subscriber.. Why the hell they want 75 from us :wall:
I'm thinking that TS is planning to shut down asap.. Thats why wants to clear all customer accounts in 1year time.. 1400 in balance..
At 400 per month i guess it will be over in 105 days.. 3 and a half months to tata..:wall:
Its ridiculous to charge Rs. 75 for these 3 sports. I can atleast digest if they can provide ESS, Star Cricket, Neo Sports, Neo Sports+ and actve sports. I feel TS is taking customers for granted. I hope some steps into this matter may be govt or the press to highlight our problem
Rs.50 for ESPN Star in non cas areas..
TRAI rule, half the price for DTH..
That means TS gets it at 25 per subscriber.. Why the hell they want 75 from us :wall:
I'm thinking that TS is planning to shut down asap.. Thats why wants to clear all customer accounts in 1year time.. 1400 in balance..
At 400 per month i guess it will be over in 105 days.. 3 and a half months to tata..:wall:
Its ridiculous to charge Rs. 75 for these 3 sports. I can atleast digest if they can provide ESS, Star Cricket, Neo Sports, Neo Sports+ and actve sports. I feel TS is taking customers for granted. I hope some steps into this matter may be govt or the press to highlight our problem
sundth_guy
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@kunal, If you want to use your account balance soon then just use their extra services and order their movies and finish them in few days.:hysterical:
kunal_janu
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Hi Aju,
I have compiled the mail. Please tell me is i have missed anything, Send the mail by the end of the day. Here it is:
Hi,
This is in regards with the continuing problem of the channel offerings from Tata Sky and the rate at which they are offered.
People bought TataSky with trust in the name of the brand 'TATA' not knowing that they are going to face problems relating to it.
The Problem:
1. Channels that don't interest the customer are added, the channel count
is increased only to lure the new customers.
On contacting the customer care relating to this, all we get as reply is that
the channel is available only on customer's choice??.
Who chooses what the customer likes or dislikes? CC: Sir, we take surveys relating
to channels on regular intervals of time, Its TataSky who suggests us what to
show and what not to show.
We run a forum, where all the customers can login and discuss problems relating
to TataSky and this is the place where we even suggest a few people to choose
TataSky over the other competitors given the quality of video/ audio.
Not one member on this forum has said that they have received any such survey.
Where is the survey happening?
2. Channels that interest the customer are added to special add-on packs
Yes, this is happening. The customer care executive has another strange reply to that, 'Sir, the channel distributors give it as a package and we give it to u'.
We as customers would not mind the packages if they were designed to suit us. A person who wishes to only see some South channels and some sports has to pay for the full pack. Even if he subscribes to ur pack, the charges are unacceptable.
When these channels are available for free as FTA, Why do u put them under special packs?
Why are these free tp air channels not free??
TataSky receives a carraige fee from the channel boradcasters for putting them on the platform, Then why charge money from the subscribers?
U guys have not stayed away from sending us ad's via alerts, all ur active services are crap and filled with ad's, U get the money, The customer suffers.
3. Latest News: ESPN STAR, Star cricket moving to a spl pack called sports platinum pack, charged at Rs.75 a month.
When TataSky gets these channels at a much lower cost, why not pass the benifits on to the customers. TataSky decides whats good and whats bad for the customer, expecting the customer to take it just like in jail. It just does not make sense.
If u removing the channels and charging them in a separate pack why not reduce the base pack rates by the same amount,The base pack rates only go down for a bit, the add on pack rates are always high. Simply indicates Tata is money minded.
No reason is still given for having removed 13 zee channels, Rate still staying the same. If TataSky removes something, the money is saved,TataSky earns while we suffer.
4. Speculations, Speculations, Speculations.
Nothing in TataSky is clear or transparent, All the policies are hidden, The customer care does not know one bit about TataSky, We are more updated about the happenings in TataSky than the customer care itself, We run a forum that is a
better and valid source of information than TataSky customer care Center.
Given all the speculations that remain unclear, We the forum members have decided to start a hate thread against the service and have decided not to suggest anybody TataSky even when TataSky is offered for free.
We did suggest a few people, based on quality of service, It was bad but acceptable at that time, TataSKy claims its picture quality to be DVD, but has never understood the Term DVD quality picture and sound, We the customers accepted it.
Now the recent speculations on the channel packages make the same unacceptable, The quality is bad, u better take cable.
No particular reason is given for the removal of multiple camera angles, Highlights on demand for the IPL and the coming Australia west indies series, Only reply received, The content provider does not will to give, hiding the face that TataSky is not willing to pay for the same,
Revised Motto of TataSky:
We want more money, Not happy customers.
We want to lead the market, don't want to stay there.
Does not look like u want to stay there, as the big competitors enter, Tata makes a move that only leads to more customer disconnecting. Nice strategy! earn as much as possible before the launch of new services, then we will offer everything for free. Nice work Guys!
Make all this a part of ur so much grouse website. It was never fun being on the website, There is nothing exciting.
Referral coupons are offered, But u need to buy through the customer care of TataSky at MRP, Does TataSky realize the discounts are available in the local markets. U have the STB in ur hand, and dont have to worry about getting it installed.
Buy it from the CC and have the tension of whether the product will be delivered on time, will it be in good working condition.
Let us all tell u, the programme is a failure. Get over it, Dont waste money on it. TataSky sure can make a fortune by it.
We were all happy customers, If u dont realize, each of us in the forum have 1000+ balance on our accounts only trusting that no matter how bad the service is, we still feel it is better than the other providers. Now is the case where we deny this.
It has been the worst.
We will all be leaving happily once our balance is over. U guys enjoy our money. Thanks for making us realize, If it is Tata, stay away from it, even if it is free.
We can assure u one more thing, None of the forum members, TataSky Users are going to buy ur Nano car, We realize it now.
It may be cheap, but we are sure Tata has already formulated a way to cheat the customers and earn money from the Cust-se-mar (die of pain, customer). Lemme suggest u one, Make the engine run on a apecial fuel that can only be bought from Tata, Make money. Thats what u have been doing so far with TataIndicom to begin with, Now its TataSky's turn.
Thanks to u and ur services.
Time is still not run out, Time to improve.
Get to know ur customers and value them.
We are not dumb and silent like ur Customer Care.
Members
Broad Band Forum - TataSky DTH Service
Tata Sky DTH - India Broadband Forum
I will post almost a similar blog on ibibo for them to address this grievance and send Mr. Vikram Kaushik a balti.
This is what i received from Ibibo friend of mine.
It will be great if you put up the problem that you are experiencing with DTH! Dont forget to put in their address so we can send them a balti package and a petition to get your problem solved. Please get all your friends to join the movement. We will be glad to help all through this platform. And will be doing a media story soon if we get a lot of genuine grievances!
So guys i'll update the link soon to post griviances, please do support the cause.. May be a media story featuring the issue.
Please do comment on the same.
Aju post it as a email soon to TataSky.
One more thing if u can find a mail address, lets mail them a hard copy, find Mr.Kaushiks official address, Lets give him a hard copy :thumbsup:
I have compiled the mail. Please tell me is i have missed anything, Send the mail by the end of the day. Here it is:
Hi,
This is in regards with the continuing problem of the channel offerings from Tata Sky and the rate at which they are offered.
People bought TataSky with trust in the name of the brand 'TATA' not knowing that they are going to face problems relating to it.
The Problem:
1. Channels that don't interest the customer are added, the channel count
is increased only to lure the new customers.
On contacting the customer care relating to this, all we get as reply is that
the channel is available only on customer's choice??.
Who chooses what the customer likes or dislikes? CC: Sir, we take surveys relating
to channels on regular intervals of time, Its TataSky who suggests us what to
show and what not to show.
We run a forum, where all the customers can login and discuss problems relating
to TataSky and this is the place where we even suggest a few people to choose
TataSky over the other competitors given the quality of video/ audio.
Not one member on this forum has said that they have received any such survey.
Where is the survey happening?
2. Channels that interest the customer are added to special add-on packs
Yes, this is happening. The customer care executive has another strange reply to that, 'Sir, the channel distributors give it as a package and we give it to u'.
We as customers would not mind the packages if they were designed to suit us. A person who wishes to only see some South channels and some sports has to pay for the full pack. Even if he subscribes to ur pack, the charges are unacceptable.
When these channels are available for free as FTA, Why do u put them under special packs?
Why are these free tp air channels not free??
TataSky receives a carraige fee from the channel boradcasters for putting them on the platform, Then why charge money from the subscribers?
U guys have not stayed away from sending us ad's via alerts, all ur active services are crap and filled with ad's, U get the money, The customer suffers.
3. Latest News: ESPN STAR, Star cricket moving to a spl pack called sports platinum pack, charged at Rs.75 a month.
When TataSky gets these channels at a much lower cost, why not pass the benifits on to the customers. TataSky decides whats good and whats bad for the customer, expecting the customer to take it just like in jail. It just does not make sense.
If u removing the channels and charging them in a separate pack why not reduce the base pack rates by the same amount,The base pack rates only go down for a bit, the add on pack rates are always high. Simply indicates Tata is money minded.
No reason is still given for having removed 13 zee channels, Rate still staying the same. If TataSky removes something, the money is saved,TataSky earns while we suffer.
4. Speculations, Speculations, Speculations.
Nothing in TataSky is clear or transparent, All the policies are hidden, The customer care does not know one bit about TataSky, We are more updated about the happenings in TataSky than the customer care itself, We run a forum that is a
better and valid source of information than TataSky customer care Center.
Given all the speculations that remain unclear, We the forum members have decided to start a hate thread against the service and have decided not to suggest anybody TataSky even when TataSky is offered for free.
We did suggest a few people, based on quality of service, It was bad but acceptable at that time, TataSKy claims its picture quality to be DVD, but has never understood the Term DVD quality picture and sound, We the customers accepted it.
Now the recent speculations on the channel packages make the same unacceptable, The quality is bad, u better take cable.
No particular reason is given for the removal of multiple camera angles, Highlights on demand for the IPL and the coming Australia west indies series, Only reply received, The content provider does not will to give, hiding the face that TataSky is not willing to pay for the same,
Revised Motto of TataSky:
We want more money, Not happy customers.
We want to lead the market, don't want to stay there.
Does not look like u want to stay there, as the big competitors enter, Tata makes a move that only leads to more customer disconnecting. Nice strategy! earn as much as possible before the launch of new services, then we will offer everything for free. Nice work Guys!
Make all this a part of ur so much grouse website. It was never fun being on the website, There is nothing exciting.
Referral coupons are offered, But u need to buy through the customer care of TataSky at MRP, Does TataSky realize the discounts are available in the local markets. U have the STB in ur hand, and dont have to worry about getting it installed.
Buy it from the CC and have the tension of whether the product will be delivered on time, will it be in good working condition.
Let us all tell u, the programme is a failure. Get over it, Dont waste money on it. TataSky sure can make a fortune by it.
We were all happy customers, If u dont realize, each of us in the forum have 1000+ balance on our accounts only trusting that no matter how bad the service is, we still feel it is better than the other providers. Now is the case where we deny this.
It has been the worst.
We will all be leaving happily once our balance is over. U guys enjoy our money. Thanks for making us realize, If it is Tata, stay away from it, even if it is free.
We can assure u one more thing, None of the forum members, TataSky Users are going to buy ur Nano car, We realize it now.
It may be cheap, but we are sure Tata has already formulated a way to cheat the customers and earn money from the Cust-se-mar (die of pain, customer). Lemme suggest u one, Make the engine run on a apecial fuel that can only be bought from Tata, Make money. Thats what u have been doing so far with TataIndicom to begin with, Now its TataSky's turn.
Thanks to u and ur services.
Time is still not run out, Time to improve.
Get to know ur customers and value them.
We are not dumb and silent like ur Customer Care.
Members
Broad Band Forum - TataSky DTH Service
Tata Sky DTH - India Broadband Forum
I will post almost a similar blog on ibibo for them to address this grievance and send Mr. Vikram Kaushik a balti.
This is what i received from Ibibo friend of mine.
It will be great if you put up the problem that you are experiencing with DTH! Dont forget to put in their address so we can send them a balti package and a petition to get your problem solved. Please get all your friends to join the movement. We will be glad to help all through this platform. And will be doing a media story soon if we get a lot of genuine grievances!
So guys i'll update the link soon to post griviances, please do support the cause.. May be a media story featuring the issue.
Please do comment on the same.
Aju post it as a email soon to TataSky.
One more thing if u can find a mail address, lets mail them a hard copy, find Mr.Kaushiks official address, Lets give him a hard copy :thumbsup:
ajuravi007
Regulars
@ Kunal The mail sounds good and i will send the same to the CCOO and lets see what are they going to reply
kunal_janu
Regulars
ajuravi007
Regulars
I am formatting the mail now and i know that i need to paste link
I will do that.
Kunal just now i have sent the mail to CCOO with the subject - Grievance From Tata Sky Forum Members - Tata Sky DTH - India Broadband Forum
I will do that.Kunal just now i have sent the mail to CCOO with the subject - Grievance From Tata Sky Forum Members - Tata Sky DTH - India Broadband Forum
Hi Guys,
Prices W.e.f 01 June 2008
OK Guys Channels going off from the Base Packs are
ESPN,Star Sports, Star Cricket in a new pack Platinum =Rs 75 pm
Sports Gold Pack ANNUAL will not exist any more you will get it on monthly basis 30 pm for Neo Sports Neo Cricket Active Sports
BBC Ent, Cbeebies, BBC World rolled into new Lifestyle SILVER pack = 30 pm
South Starter Pack cost = 175pm
Family Pack costs = 200 pm
South Value Pack costs = 250 pm
Super Saver Pack costs = 250 pm
South Jumbo Pack costs = 300 pm
Annual cost for Super Saver Pack = 2500 pa
Annual cost for South Jumbo Pack = 3000 pa
New Add on packs created SPORTS PLATINUM (Rs. 75) and LIFESTYLE SILVER PACK (Rs.30)
Those who want to get the benefit of sports channels enroll for annual pkg before 01 June 2008. Because for the annual pack customers change will happen once the annual pack is over next year.
We have subscribed NEO for 1 year so what happens to it, will it remain till 1 year validity?
Rough cost per month for me could be
Super Saver - 250
Sports Platinum - 75
Sports Gold - 30 (after 1 year validity finish)
LS Gold - 30
--------------------------------------
Total - 385
as against current 342.5 (300+30+12.5).
Tata Sky following inflation index of country
Prices W.e.f 01 June 2008
OK Guys Channels going off from the Base Packs are
ESPN,Star Sports, Star Cricket in a new pack Platinum =Rs 75 pm
Sports Gold Pack ANNUAL will not exist any more you will get it on monthly basis 30 pm for Neo Sports Neo Cricket Active Sports
BBC Ent, Cbeebies, BBC World rolled into new Lifestyle SILVER pack = 30 pm
South Starter Pack cost = 175pm
Family Pack costs = 200 pm
South Value Pack costs = 250 pm
Super Saver Pack costs = 250 pm
South Jumbo Pack costs = 300 pm
Annual cost for Super Saver Pack = 2500 pa
Annual cost for South Jumbo Pack = 3000 pa
New Add on packs created SPORTS PLATINUM (Rs. 75) and LIFESTYLE SILVER PACK (Rs.30)
Those who want to get the benefit of sports channels enroll for annual pkg before 01 June 2008. Because for the annual pack customers change will happen once the annual pack is over next year.
We have subscribed NEO for 1 year so what happens to it, will it remain till 1 year validity?
Rough cost per month for me could be
Super Saver - 250
Sports Platinum - 75
Sports Gold - 30 (after 1 year validity finish)
LS Gold - 30
--------------------------------------
Total - 385
as against current 342.5 (300+30+12.5).Tata Sky following inflation index of country
First Post! xD
Nice work with compiling the mail!
I really hope Tata Sky actually responds to it.
I've been a happy subscriber for almost a month now, but this sudden move has has really made me feel it really wasn't worth going for Tata Sky. BBC World and ESPN Star being some of the channels I tune into frequently, it's probably going to hurt me a lot. I'm atleast happy for subscribing to Sports Gold before it goes monthly. -.-; Oh well, I atleast hope the immense number of complaints will help Tata realize they're going to lose such a large customer base (or would they?).
Nice work with compiling the mail!
I really hope Tata Sky actually responds to it.I've been a happy subscriber for almost a month now, but this sudden move has has really made me feel it really wasn't worth going for Tata Sky. BBC World and ESPN Star being some of the channels I tune into frequently, it's probably going to hurt me a lot. I'm atleast happy for subscribing to Sports Gold before it goes monthly. -.-; Oh well, I atleast hope the immense number of complaints will help Tata realize they're going to lose such a large customer base (or would they?).
