[Resolved]  Shine.com — Hidden charges and no transparency about services

On 10/06/24, I received a call from [protected]. The person explained about the premium services shine.com will provide if I pay a charge of Rs. 3657.
The performa invoice was generated with the product name 'Application Booster Package'.
I paid that, then the person informed me one relationship manager would be assigned to me and they would start the process.

The next morning, 11/06/24, the Relation Manager (Shiv Pratap Singh, [protected]) called me and started explaining about all the services I would require, based on my current profile.
He started with basic things and asked to complete payments for it one by one, not telling me exactly how much money I had to pay upfront.

These were all the transactions that I paid for:
'Education Verification Plus Package' for Rs. 5192
'Job Profile Verification Plus Package' for Rs. 9556
'Mid Level Resume Writing Services, - Cover Letter - Super Express, Professional Summary' for Rs. 15871.06
'Jobs on the Move' for Rs. 24779

I kept on asking how many payments I had to make, and each time he insisted on being the last one.
Then another performa invoice was generated:
'Career Assessment Test with Expert Counselling, Job and Interview Assistance, Linkedin Profile Summary- Super Express' for Rs. 32106.01

At this point, I had no money left in my bank account and said I couldn't do it. Then he started forcing me to do it through EMI. I said I don't want any services, please start the refund process. He denied informing me that they don't have any refund or cancellation policy.
I kept on requesting him for a refund, but he denied it every time.
Later, one of his seniors joined the call and said if I continued asking for a refund, they would start treating me the same way, and wouldn't help with anything.
When I asked to call him back later, after asking for a refund by calling the shine.com customer care, [protected], he said they won't be able to help and kept on forcing me to pay for this pending last transaction.
I denied it and cut the call.

A few minutes later, I received a call from Harshita Arya ([protected]), saying she was my dedicated Service Account Manager. I explained the situation to her and asked for help with the refund. She said it was not possible. She said she needed a better reason for processing the refund, but later said they don't even have a policy for refund or cancelation, and just denied my request.

After some time, I kept getting calls from the Relationship Manager, Shiv Pratap Singh, trying to convince me to continue with the services. I was still begging him to start my refund process but he said nothing could be done.
He explained the situation to me like this:
"Assume that my way of getting you the services was wrong. What if you get a job because of this, will you think about the money you 'invested' with us, or will you be happy with the new job?"
I again request to cancel my services and start the refund process. The conversation went on for almost an hour with him forcing me to continue the services. I denied. He told me to do whatever I can do, but nothing could be done.

I have not activated any of the services they made me buy.
I'm attaching the screenshots of the performa invoices which I paid for, (total: Rs. 59055.06) and for Rs. 32106.01 which I didn't pay for.
Also attaching the screenshot from the orders page from the shine.com dashboard.

I request you to please cancel all my services, subscriptions, and everything else, and refund my money.
In case any other document is required, I'll be happy to provide it.

Thanks
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Jul 13, 2024
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Jun 12, 2024
Shine.com Customer Care's response
Dear Sir,

We take customer satisfaction seriously and are glad to hear from you.

First, we would like to apologize for the frustration you've been experiencing recently. We want you to know that we appreciate your feedback. It will allow us to resolve any problems that occur and help us to improve our services.

We will respond to you shortly and we request you to bear with us in the interim. Thanking you and assuring you of our best services at all times.

Regards,
Team Shine
Aug 08, 2024
Updated by ssuyal
This complaint is not resolved. It's marked incorrectly. I never resolved it.
 
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