Flipkart Big Billion Days sale leaves Internet sour, Amazon Great Indian Festival scores better

With the ongoing festive sales such as the Flipkart Big Billion Days and Amazon Great Indian Festival, you'd expect people to go on a crazy shopping spree and try making the most of the discounts and deals, and being all happy and ecstatic about the products they buy.

But, this isn't the case as customers have shared their ordeals regarding ordering products online, receiving defective items, and the feeling of being scammed by the e-commerce platforms all on X (Twitter).

E-commerce platforms including Flipkart and Amazon promised to offer great discounts and attractive offers on wide range of products, from clothing and mobile phones to electronic appliances, beauty products and more.

The sales started October 8 onwards and said to last for a week. 

Flipkart Big Billion Days

• Flipkart's Big Billion Days sales started from October 8 and will run until October 15. 
• However, X (Twitter) has witnessed fuming customers blaming Flipkart's Big Billion Days for trying to scam them, receiving defective products, not offering enough discounts, cancelling the orders, and not giving out all the information properly. 

Here are the tweets where customers have voiced their complaints and their dissatisfaction with Flipkart's Big Billion Days:

A customer highlighted that he ordered a phone, Samsung S21 FE 5G from Flipkart Big Billion Days and the camera of the phone was not working.

Yesterday i bought this @SamsungIndia samsung s21 Fe 5g snapdragon 888 gen from @Flipkart big billion days and now i face camera issue i didn't use it for a min and it like shit
What is this @SamsungIndia is this what u build and sell in india pic.twitter.com/H0zHNfNlD5

— incognito (@Monu98500216) October 8, 2023

Another X user highlighted that he bought a TV from Flipkart before the Big Billion Days sales started and noticed that during the sale period, the same TV was selling for a much higher price. 

#TheBigBillionScam
Dear friends,
I bought a TV on 4th October because it was somewhat urgent for me for 19600 approx.
The same TV was
22k on 6th
25k on 7th
31k on 8th which is supposed to b #TheBigBillionDays
It is supposed to be #BigBillionDays for #Flipkart
Not for us🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/gnObyziVlw

— sb (@sagarbaba21) October 7, 2023

An X user shared that he placed four iPhone order and they were all cancelled. 

Flipkart should change its name to cancelkart…
The worst service i have been seen..

If you people don't have the capacity then don't give any deal..
placed 4 orders
All canceled by seller.@Flipkart @FlipkartStories @flipkartsupport #bigbilliondays2023 #BigBillionDays pic.twitter.com/QNwlfKRQcS

— Sandeep kumar (@sandy67770) October 6, 2023

People have been blaming Big Billion Days sales for trying to scam them.

#FlipkartYeKyaChalRahaHai
While the total cart value is ₹9076 (above 5000), the 10% discount on ICICI card is applicable on both items, why the discount is ₹781 instead of ₹907. #BigBillionDays Scam pic.twitter.com/SReGeo70qA

— Siba Prasad (@Sibaprasad42) October 9, 2023

While, some people have shown anger towards paying a mandatory 'Offer Handling Fee'.

Imagine the amount of money @Flipkart is making during the Big Billion Days sale by charging all customers Rs. 49 as mandatory "offer handling fee". Nothing of this sort is being done by Amazon. Totally shameless. I too am a victim! https://t.co/ZRJt8LrlKa

— Sumit Suri (@sumitsuri) October 11, 2023

However, there are customers who have posted a positive feedback about the Big Billion Days.

If you are looking for smart watch under 10k this #FlipkartBigBillionDaysSale

Go with Samsung Watch 4 and keep track of price of Samsung Watch 5.

They are literally stealing deals if you will be able to get them.#FlipkartBigBillionDays #BigBillionDays #flipkartsupport… pic.twitter.com/rgT57JsMjT

— Abhishek Singhal (@abhitweets20) October 3, 2023

Read more | Amazon, Flipkart, and Myntra to offer big discounts during festive sales

Amazon Great Indian Festival

• The Amazon Great Indian Festival started on October 8. However, for Prime Members, the sale started a day earlier, on October 7 and the sale is expected to last for a week.
• On X, users have mostly showcased that they had a better experience with Amazon Great Indian Festival, although a few did point out not being offered better discounts on iPhones. 

Here are the tweets where customers have spoken about the problems the faced during the Amazon Great Indian Festival:

Hello folksI got scammed by @amazonindia
During the #AmazonGreatIndianFestival
I ordered an iPhone-13 on 7th,and after waiting so much now it shows me 'the item is returned to the seller' and the reason it's showing is I REJECTED THE ORDER which is absolutely FALSE. Situation 👇 pic.twitter.com/LVFQyALVdZ

— Anmol Kumar (@AnmolKu07678666) October 10, 2023

Another X user was upset about the fact the the remaining quantity of the product on sale was not mentioned.

Amazon's Great Indian Sale is a big #SCAM!
What is the benefit of being a prime member if this happens?
Are there not enough products ? (please mention the no. of products on sale) and if only metro cities are benefiting by this,then mention that too! #AmazonGreatIndianFestival pic.twitter.com/u8vxkyCmKX

— Misha chawda (@MishaChawda) October 6, 2023

Another customer complained the about the e-commerce website not working properly.

What a pathetic job so far @amazonIN 👏👏👏👏👏

1. Cart not loading
2. If it gets loaded - there is no option to use my Amazon Pay balance.
3. Always gives "503 - Service Unavailable" - when trying to make payment#AmazonGreatIndianFestival Looks like a total fraud scheme. pic.twitter.com/Tz3By1Taz2

— Shubham Upadhyay (@nomadic_terran) October 6, 2023

Have you ordered any products from Flipkart Big Billion Days or Amazon Great Indian Festival, and have you faced any such difficulties? Let us know in the comments