Jul 22, 2010 11:53 PM
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I wanted to send a couple of gifts to my loved ones in Mumbai and Pune and didn't have sufficient time to buy them myself here in Bangalore and courier. So I decided to use online shopping. Went through a lot of websites and then checked up their reviews here at mouthshut. None of the websites had good reviews but then as I had no other choice, I had to select one out of them and somehow I zeroed in on gifts-to-india.com. I purchased 2 gifts - one for my would-be (a bunch or roses with Ferrero Rocher Chocolate box) and other for my niece (a magic tricks game).
Money was deducted from my account instantly and I was assured that the gifts were on their way. Surprisingly both the gifts reached on time. Both my would-be and my niece were extremely happy that I sent them something. The message of love was conveyed. But this was the only good thing about it. Both the gifts had been altered midway. instead of Rocher chocolates, they delivered a pack of 5 Dairy milk chocolates !!! and instead of the magic tricks game they delivered some non-functional video game with duplicate joysticks.
Before sending I had read the reviews and had still decided to go with this website. But frankly I was expecting worst, that the gifts wont be delivered at all. Still this doesn't absolve the website from the fake business they have been running. I was cheated and am still feeling bad about it. The whole online gift thing in India is extremely unreliable and unprofessional. They would simply deliver whatever is available in their stocks and comes closest to your gifts. I don't know where to complain as calling the website guys up and complaining was in vein. My advise - Don't buy anything from this website at all !! Perhaps they are about to close and hence are getting rid of whatever they have in store by sending as replacements to your precious gifts !
