I placed an order for Motorola RAZR V3 deluxe pack on July 14 2007 at Cellhut via Google Checkout.
Google Checkout status:
14 Jul - order placed with Cellhut.
15 Jul - Cellhut received your order.
On 16 Jul, I get an email from Cellhut stating that my order has been cancelled as per my request, which I never did. 16th evening, I try to contact their customer care number, nobody attends for like 45 minutes. I drop off and send an email to them asking for an explanation. No reply yet till 17th July noon.
I then call them up again on 17th July and after 20 mins, I get through to a CSR. His explanation was that Google reported my card information as fraudulent and hence my order was cancelled.
My questions to him:
1. Google Checkout does not say so on its order status page.
2. My credit card statement already shows this transaction (though pending). If it was deemed fraudulent by Google, how come I see the transaction on my statement?
His answer:
Google Checkout is not reliable.
Me:
Then why give that as the payment option in Cellhut?
CSR:
Only in your case it is bad, but generally it is good.
Me:
What about the transaction?
CSR:
Let me check.. (after some time) The transaction is not yet posted and I have initiated the reversal already.
Me:
When can I see the reversal on my statement - now or after sometime?
CSR:
You should see it now.
Me:
I don't see it.
CSR:
You should see it shortly. Let me create a clone order meanwhile, this time directly via Cellhut and not through Google Checkout. Can I have your credit card information?
Me:
Am sorry, I would prefer to wait for the transaction reversal to happen, before placing the order again.
CSR:
Ok, sir (hangs up).
Let me see what happens next. Will post an edit, soon.
Update:
The experience was better after this. The CSR ensured that I received a cancellation notification from Google Checkout as well. I went ahead and placed the order again and the product got shipped the next day.
Update: (7/27/2007)
Well I was trying to use this product for the past 5 days and well, what can I say, it turns out to be a fake one. Have just submitted a RMA request with them to return it. These are the reasons that I have given:
1. The battery status keeps showing up as full and suddenly drops to 0% and the phone switches off.
2. There are no signs of this product being original. The manual appears photocopied from the original manual and there are pages missing from it.
3. The phone-tools CD is not even recognized by my PC.
4. Based on the authenticity checks suggested by Motorola (color, logo embossing, etc), the phone itself appears to be fake.
5. The earhugger handsfree headset broke the first time I tried to wear it.
Oh my god, so much of an ordeal to get a genuine mobile.
This review was modified by its author, sara.ramli, on
7/27/07 11:51 AM.