Mobikwik!

Experience with any company matters a lot. My experience with many companies is not that good but with some is pretty awesome. No one can actually live without a mobile phone these days especially when your work depends on quick service. I normally do not go for prepaid service but these days I am using two prepaid numbers, one for myself and other used by my mother.

I was using ICICI Bank mobile recharge interface to recharge both the numbers before Jan 2011 but it was giving a lot of trouble those days. I was aware of online recharge websites but never trusted them for some stupid fear I had. One of those websites, is Mobikwik. I knew the owner personally as he was in touch for domain/hosting services I was providing. After having a word with him, I thought of giving it a try.

First transaction:
For the very first time in my life I was able to recharge my mobile using paypal funds! Yes, those days I was able to transfer small amounts without paying via CC through paypal. It was pretty easy and mobile for recharged in few minutes.

First experience with Debit Card: 
Though being totally into web business, I always hesitated paying online. It was the first time I paid mobikwik another Rs.100/- using debit card gateway. Those days they used to charge a small fees of Re.1/- on every Rs.50/- payment as service charges but on the other hand the mobile got recharged with extra Rs.2/-.

First problem with mobikwik:
During my 5th or 6th transaction, my paypal funds got deducted from my account but were not credited in my mobikwik account. I was quite sure I won’t face any issue in getting them back or get them credited in account. I sent an email on their customer care email ID and waited for reply. Reply came 3 hours later but funds came before the email! I guess they forgot to reply after resolving the issue as I got the reply as “we are looking into the matter and will resolve asap.” :)

SMS recharge:
So easy and quick! I just need to send “RC Amount MobileNumber” to their recharge number and it gets done in seconds. Sometimes, yes I faced problem due to network error but 95% times it was successful. I do not need to add the number to my online account to recharge it via sms and this  is the best part.

Online interface:
Pretty easy and convenient. Though I am from IT background  but I can see how easy the navigation is on the website. I am sure those who are not too tech savvy can also use the website easily.

Contests and coupons:
They regularly update the users with offers, contests and coupons which I never win! My bad luck but on their part, kudos :). Apart from great service, they proved themselves pretty good in customer relationships.

PROS:
1. Very easy to use.
2. Service charges not applicable these days and recharge amount is more than offline recharge.
3. Good customer care.

CONS:
1. Sometimes give network error.
2. A little delay in peak hours which may go up to 2 hours.

Overall experience:
I am happy and if customer is happy, company wins. I highly recommend the website for online recharge purpose.  Would love to give them 9/10 for their services.

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