| Address: Bangalore, Karnataka, 560069 |
Dear sir,
Unfortunately i am an hdfc customer who wanted to take a home loan from you but got stuck in the web of false promises and their consequences. By the end of this email, you will definitely understand and (May be) agree also why i am saying so. This is just an attempt by an ordinary customer to sort things out at the hdfc level within hdfc bank ltd before exploring the other options including rbi and consumer court. This could well come out as scam to get the customer's hard earned money to show the profits on bank's balance sheets. I hope hdfc bank will have patience to go through this mail.
Some of the basic details before proceeding with the exact matter: — branch details:
Hdfc ltd
No. 40 (Old no 1383/1384),
East end main road,
Jayanagar 9th block,
Bengaluru - 560069
Department applicable: home loan department
My details:
Parmar deval manharbhai
Hdfc loan approval - file no:[protected]
Mobile no: [protected] — the hdfc bank branch applicable (Or rather in question) is bangalore - jayanagar 9th block branch and employees are nisha ramesh, adi narayan and the branch manager (I dont have the name but i am sure you can easily find it out)
I had contacted mr. Adi narayan from hdfc bank (Jayanagar 9th block branch, bangalore) regarding my home loan needs during early october 2015. During the conversation, i was informed about the pre-approval home loan process which as per my understanding the process of loan approval before i have any property on hand to buy. As per the discussion with mr. Adi narayan, i can pay inr 11, 400 as a pre-approval loan processing fees. As promised by mr. Adi narayan, inr 2500 will be the deduction as the processing charges (So the refundable amount will be around inr 8900) in case of not opting for the loan.
As a part of above mentioned process, i paid inr 11400 on 28th of october through hdfc bank cheque (Which was further processed on 16 nov 2015). I had submitted all the required documents and loan of 15, 50, 000 was pre-approved as communicated through email on 19 nov 2015.
Due to my personal reasons, i did not want to avail the home loan and wanted to get the refund (Of around inr 8900 out of total processing fee of inr 11400) after applicable deduction of inr 2600 as promised by mr. Adi narayan.
This was the point when i realized the big mistake i had made by approaching hdfc bank. As the very first step, i contacted mr. Adi narayan who refused to agree on any possible refund citing hdfc policies. He never gave this information through email when insisted.
After ignoring my call repeatedly, one fine day i could reach him but i was told to contact miss nisha ramesh. (Ideally it should have been that hdfc bank contacts customer rather than customer is required to contact someone from bank in this scenario.)
I sent an email to miss nisha ramesh on 11-feb-2016. I got the reply on feb 15 with the details as "currently, if the loan is closed, the fees will not be refunded." this was totally opposite to what i was promised before by mr. Adi narayan.
When the communication continued on emails, as per another mail reply from nisha dated 24-feb-2016 6:54 pm, it was mentioned that "if property papers are submitted, fees for legal & technical are included in the same". I would like to bring to your notice that again this is not the case. This scenario is out of the picture tried to be depicted as loan was just in pre-approval stage and actual loan against any property was not borrowed. Property is yet to be purchased and the whole exercise is to speed up the loan process whenever i buy the property.
I decided to contact her in person at the branch where she tried avoiding me and kept me waiting for more than 2 hrs citing she was very busy. When asked about the exact details of the processing fee deductions, she told about no refund is applicable and refused to give any details for the deductions. (Please note that at this stage hdfc bank is saying me that no refund is applicable which is going to be proved wrong in just few seconds.)
I decided to approach the branch manager to bring this matter to closure.Initially, he also did not acknowledge that the refund is applicable. (Please note that so far refund is not applicable.)
Slowly he started getting angry and behaved very rudely saying he had other customers to handle as if i was not the hdfc customer. He said he did not know any adi narayan and get the money from him. It was a pathetic experience with hdfc bank.
When i became firm on my refund, then he became soft and started acknowledging the applicable refund. At the end, he agreed to pay inr 2565 which was also acknowledged through mail later on. He wanted to close the matter by forcing me to accept the offer of inr 2565 refund or told me to get out of his cabin. (Please note that now hdfc bank has changed its stand from no refund to some refund. I don't know how quickly hdfc bank policies change and at the discretion of the branch manager)
I have already confirmed with other hdfc branches that the applicable refund in my case is around inr 8900 and deductions are only of inr 2565. I do have conversation audios from the branches as well as from the customer care and can be produced if required to do so.
I would like to request you in a last attempt to sort this matter out and refund me my hard earned money.
Hoping to get this query resolved as soon as possible.
Thanks,
A frustrated hdfc bank customer,
Deval m. Parmar - [protected]
HDFC Bank customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
I have checked all my emails!
Talked to my RM. Emailed them. Tweeted them. This is my fourth destination.
HDFC Premier Banking Programme is committed to provide quality experience to our customers. As a privileged customer, you are entitled to a host of exclusive privileges like discount on locker charges, preferential pricing on loans and cards, dedicated Relationship Manager, unlimited free usage of domestic ATMs and many others. Kindly provide us your account details or registered contact details so that we can reach out to you. Alternately you can write to us at [protected]@hdfcbank.com or contact your Relationship manager for any more information on the same. DO mention ref id as TTU[protected] in subject line while sending a mail.
-Bejoy
HDFC Bank Customer Assistance
They have also been charging me for the NEFT transactions I do. If am a preferred customer & they charge me for the same, then why do they charge for my NEFT transactions too. Am very disappointed with the services of HDFC Bank, especially for their poor customer support after raising a complaint. When I try to trace my complaint status with the reference number they had given me, it says that my reference number cannot be traced & I have to reach a nearest branch.
Am going to close my account with this Bank as they simply focus on charging me fees for which I am not entitled to pay. And also am planning to file a complaint with the RBI regarding the same.
HDFC Premier Banking Programme is committed to provide quality experience to our customers. As a privileged customer, you are entitled to a host of exclusive privileges like discount on locker charges, preferential pricing on loans and cards, dedicated Relationship Manager, unlimited free usage of domestic ATMs and many others.
A nominal charge of Rs. 100.00 plus taxes per quarter, per customer is being introduced as a Programme Management Fee, for Savings and Current Account holders which is applicable from Jan'16 and will be levied to your account in Mar'16. Kindly provide us your account details or registered contact details so that we can reach out to you. Alternately you can write to us at [protected]@hdfcbank.com or contact your Relationship manager for any more information on the same.
-Anay
Customer Care Assistance
"Changes to Terms and Conditions
a. When you become a customer, we will tell you of changes to terms and conditions through any of the following channels :-
i) Account statements/ Pass book
ii) ATMs
iii)   ; Notice Board at each branch
iv) Internet, including email and website
v) Newspaper
b. Normally, changes will be made with prospective effect giving notice of one month.
c. If we have made any change without notice we will notify the change within 30 days . If such change is to your disadvantage, you may within 60 days and without notice close your account or switch it without having to pay any extra charges or interest.
d. If we have made a major change or a lot of minor changes in any one year" ... So it clearly means you are in violation as the change was without notice but was not notified within 30 days as required because you are charging the fee from Jan onwards and it is much more than 40 days since.. HDFC needs to reverse this fee immediately.. Thanks!
there are many colleages in my office who have bank account in HDFC bank.
we are writing to Reserve Bank of india.
go to Reserve bank of india website to lodge the complaint.
Regards
rajesh Jain
And in above comments, I see HDFC customer care staff suggesting for some stupid utter waste (atleast for me) benefits from this so called HDFC Premier Banking Programme..
Arey yaar, this is totally unacceptable! I will rush to the bank tomorrow, if not refunded i will close the account with you immediately.
Already, we are suffering with lot of taxes in every step we take and trusting you, I'm saving my hard earned money with HDFC and you do this??? God! I'm afraid...:(
HDFC Premier Banking Programme is committed to provide quality experience to our customers. As a privileged customer, you are entitled to a host of exclusive privileges like discount on locker charges, preferential pricing on loans and cards, dedicated Relationship Manager, unlimited free usage of domestic ATMs and many others.
A nominal charge of Rs. 100.00 plus taxes per quarter, per customer is being introduced as a Programme Management Fee, for Savings and Current Account holders which is applicable from Jan'16 and will be levied to your account in Mar'16. Kindly provide us your account details or registered contact details so that we can reach out to you. Alternately you can write to us at [email protected] or contact your Relationship manager for any more information on the same.
-Natasha
HDFC Bank Assistance
Regret for the inconvenience caused. To help you with kindly write to us at [email protected] with your customer Id/account number, charges details and registered contact number, mentioning Reference Id TTU-141016-06 in the subject line for us to assist you better.
-Natasha
HDFC Bank Customer Assistance
whats this BS really..they are cheatrzzz. with out any information. even i want to close my account as soon as possible.
we should take HDFC to court
This is an unfair practice from such a bank and (RBI if they can) must intervene to stop such a matter. I fail to understand why such fee will be taken when you are NOT wish to take any such management and facility.