Global Office Solutions - Poor service // Wipro Mesh chair - Not a comfortable one

We had purchased Wipro - Mesh chair from Global Office Solutions based in HRBR Layout. Their service is pathetic. Actually the shop has a decent variety and staffs generally don't force us to buy. But for sure support is very bad.

We sat for some 5 -10 minutes on the the Wipro mesh chair. We were also informed that this chair is great and moves pretty fast and very well customizable. I did a search on the internet but unfortunately we did not have any reviews for the Wipro Mesh chair or Global Office Solutions store. 

We finalized to buying the chair since we also felt "OK" with our initial impression. We made the payment etc. but we were said there were no proper staff to fit the chair today, and asked us to fit ourselves. Since I was not ready and they could not send someone to fit this at house the same day, they made a boy fit this for us as two parts - the wheel-axle and the upper part. We fortunately noticed that he missed some of the parts in the package itself when we were just about to take the product and go home. Then we made the boy to refit the whole thing.

Also they said they will visit us at our house adjust the chair for the best comfort. But its been 4 weeks and I call them almost once in two days to remind that this work is pending. Every time we hear the same answer, "we are coming today at 6 sir, when are you available sir and etc". But they have not come till date. And when I called the owner listed in this phone, he just says no adjustment can be made in this chair, which is quite contradicting what we were said in the store during our purchase. Moreover, one fine day when I called the rude staff said, we can't come all the way to your house just to adjust one chair. In-fact we lugged the chair in our own car.

About the Wipro Mesh chair - please consider the below before you buy this chair. IMHO we did not find this chair comfortable.

Reasons:

1. The back support is really poor, 5-10 mins of time that we sat for was not enough to find this poor design. After 30 mins of usage, you will feel stiff back (for there is a gap between the spine and the chair).
2. The lowest height is more - that its not comfortable for a person of average height. If you push to the lowest height, the shock absorber action is gone and you will feel like sitting on a hard surface.
3. Low shoulder support, if you are little above average this is going to be an issue.
4. The backrest lock is only at the straight position and feels very uncomfortable. Due to the mesh there is no proper hard support.
5. The mesh is pricky, generally when we work at home we just wear a T-shirt, but this is going to be irritating and now a days I wear full clothing to avoid the pricking sensation on my back.

#709 5th A Cross Hrbr Outer Ring Road
Bangalore, Karnataka 560043


Update: 1
I have been contacted by Global Office Solutions and Wipro team on the issue (got about 8-10 calls). They had been asking where is the adjustment, so here I have uploaded an image and rounded the screws where the adjustments can be made. And Wipro team persona said he is going to send someone asap (Morning 01_Dec_2010)

Chef Bakers - Marathalli Review

I keep ordering birthday cakes for my team. I give orders of about Rs.1000 every month apart from buying cakes and breads for my family. The taste is good. But everybody knows it takes a big leap from Good to Great. But am pretty confident that these guys will only go from Good to Poor because of the way they treat customers.
I usually get the cake delivered to my office which is close to their shop in Marathahalli. But when I went today to the shop to order a pastry, they said delivery charges Rs.20 extra. I was surprised to know that. I asked from when. "Its been this way from the shops inception" came the reply.

I said "Come on man, I got the cake delivered to my office and am I lying you".
"Then what we are lying you-aaa?" phat came the reply. That really made me pale.

Then there was a new flavor called Succes (these guys did not know the spelling of Success, hmmm!!!) and Lavata. The cost per kg is Rs.600 and this pastry is on minimum order of 1 kg. Could not get the samples too.

The shop is pretty small, the price of the products are equal to Daily Bread. I really like the taste, but will avoid going to this place because of its poor customer service and indecent uneducated uncultured people as their staffs. When there is some other shop of even lesser quality but better customer experience, I will prefer the latter.
The way these guys treat customers is very poor.

Chilli Pepper, Maratha Halli, Bangalore - Review

We went to this hotel after reading the reviews in justdial.com. Most of the rating was 4 and 5 stars. Little surprise. I am not a Bihari so could not comment on the native Bihari dishes and the taste. Might be it was worth for 4 and 5 stars.

But mostly my menu was Chinese. My personal feeling is its more towards good ie., 3 star rating.

We ordered:

• 2 Sweet corn chicken soup Rs.65 per serving
• 1 Veg fried rice - ~Rs. 120 per serving
• 1 egg fried rice - ~Rs. 120 per serving
• 1 Boneless dolebach chicken (I may be wrong with the name, but it starts with 'D' and its a Bihari dish) Rs. 205 per serving

The portion was really enough for 3 adults.

Veg fried rice was more blunt, egg fried rice better, the gravy good enough, soup was really good.

The total bill was ~Rs. 650.

The ambiance is pretty bad, looks very dull, AC did not work and made us little suffocate. Personally feel its little over priced.

I could give,

3 stars for the food
2 stars for ambience
2 starts for service

Buying 3BHK flat in Bangalore

PAINFUL!

These are just reflections of my feelings when I went out to buy a flat in Bangalore.  Not to hurt anybody's feelings.

I wonder how the flats are getting sold faster than Hot Bajjis.
AS far as my observation, the flat costs between Rs.2500 to Rs.5000 per sq.ft in Marathalli, Whitefield and Ring Road area. (Not any city side).

For a family of 4 members, and we need a study room, we have to opt for a 3BHK, of which the third bedroom is not even bigger than a store house. That's even not good to call a Study room, so conjested even for a primary school student.

The total area claimed is including the common area, the part that is irritating is there are several tricks in alloting and claiming the area, since the same common area is claimed for more than one person. There is no proper control or measure to check this.

You end up paying for 75% of your house and 25% of the common area. (a decent ratio). But in some flats the ratio goes worst.

The sq.ft cost is exclusive of the below:
1. Car parking - Rs. 150000 /- (approximately) for the second car its even higher sometimes double the price. (I dont worry for now but atleast I hope to have a car sometime in future and have to get one car park atleast)
2. BESCOM charges
3. Registration charges
4. Water board charges
5. Sewage charges

The above roughly comes up to Rs. 3 lakhs onwards for a 1200 sq.ft.

Above all you need to pay a maintainence cost of Rs.2 per sq.ft. ie., Rs. 2400 for 1200 sq.ft every month. That accounts to 28800 per year.

How painful!!!

But above all here is the worst part. When you go to buy the flat you like these guys say its almost sold. (The ones which have a good vastu, more brighter living room etc.) Wonder at these cost how people are buying it!!

Few of the supervisors say the truth.

"To be honest most of the bookings are happening online, some for which people dont even visit. People in Bangalore just keep visiting the site thinking of whether to buy or not, but mostly do not buy. Our customers are mostly overseas, US, UK, Arab countries"

What a pain!! The Indians who go abroad take up the job of the native guys and also increase the land value here so "common man" who works for his motherland can not even afford a 2 or 3 Bedroom apartment.

Politicians are least bothered about common man because the Reddy's who dominate the realestate in Bangalore as well as other cities in India keep them (politicians) 'happy'. Its more or less like land mafia, buy or go.

Some people like in TamilNadu vote hearing that they get TV. But ultimately its the middle class who suffers.
US and other countries shou

Most of the land is bought by the realtors by throwing money or by power. We all know this. But we can not do anything. The blood boils on undergoing these experiences of  a common man. Yet I can not do anything just as most of you guys.

I am even irritated by the acts of our own brothers and sisters who work in foreign land, but do not invest where they work but invest in India making the realtors rich and the common man poorer.

Frankly, these people are neither good for the country they work (since they have taken their jobs) nor good for fellow Indians (since they have raised the price of land and made the realtors more bossy).

One final say, US, UK and other countries please send the Indians back, they are neither good for you nor for us.

Sejal Automobiles - Bangalore Review

I left my car for water wash and basic servicing @ Sejal Automobiles. But only when I left my car to next service in another service centre I found that some of the tool kits in my car is missing along with the mat in the . Felt really bad.

Just tried to see the reviews about Sejal Automobiles in Team BHP, wondering about the good review given here. I am absolutely clueless and sure not for it.

Might be I was not having good luck with Sejal motors, but what I am saying is the fact. The cover for the distilled water fluild was also missing, due to which dust and micro sand got accumulated in the tube providing water to clean the windshield .

Sejal Automobiles - Bangalore (near Bhagini & EMC office in Outer Ring road)

Can Bean bags - Review

I bought CAN BEAN BAG (jumbo size) after a lot of search over internet. Unfortunately there were not much reviews of bean bags. Obsessed by the website of can bean bags (http://canbeanbags.com/) I was having a biased opinion on Can bean bags. Other bean bag products did not have website or the websites did not work. In many cases the phone numbers were old or incorrect.

I got this product for Rs.2200/-. In just two months the beans got compressed and is now half the size of what it was when I purchased. I am not satisfied with this product. And definitely will not recommend this to any one.

I went directly to the company's godown (a weary lane from old airport road) and purchased it. I think I can use this for another 1 or 2 months and its going to be a throw off.

Bangalore Office:
1553, 1st Cross, 10th Main
HAL Stage 3
Bangalore - 560008

I DO NOT RECOMMEND BUYING CAN BEAN BAGS. ATLEAST IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION THEN I THINK I WAS CHEATED SINCE I BOUGHT FROM THE GODOWN.

Vaaranam Aayiram Ultimate Review

Its ultimate review, cos you will know why ... read on !!
The movie is worth watching, not just for the father son relation, but to see the nuances of the love between Surya and Sameera Reddy.
I could only say, Gautham - the director, could have said lot lot more... I know its a commercial movie. But a beautiful story showing father son relationship "will will will" be lot more. Almost every father does that kind of care, almost every son also falls in love and fails, goes to drink, smoke and late night wandering. I have done that. But my memories with my father if I want to mention are more. I know for sure, since my father passed recently and what all memories came to me and in what sequence. That good sequence is missing in the movie.
Why did the first love is killed, it was shown beautifully!!! I could not accept it. Gautam is excellent we all know showing love scenes.
Surya's dad says in the first, when he is born, that my son should be lucky, because he is my son. Gautam would have better said, how the to be lost love was got with by his father's , love and blessings. Would not that be great!! By killing S.Reddy and second love with Divya, it just shows yet another movie. A lot of things had been shown, too much confusing and condensing. First love, second love, love failure, drugs, wandering. Gautam did not show how his father helped his son to get back from drugs. Am not sure if the theatre where i saw delibrately cut the scene. I am sure it should not be. Cos Gautam in an interview said, he had taken responsibility and had sent the editing teams to precisely cut where they wanted to.

When I was around 12 years, I have watched a movie by name "Veedu", a documentary movie to say straight forward. The same movie could be taken commercially also, but somehow that movie was the one it is. At 12 years of age, I hated that movie like anything. I would do anything from my father and mom watching the movie. Such a boring thing you know. But after 18 years, the movie still lingers in me. Its all experiences, in that movie, real real life experience. This movie for sure is not going to give the feel of the father-son relation in another year. If Gautam's intention was to show his love to his father, I would have suggested leave commercial things, if you wanted to see this movie stand the test of time, go create the best avoiding the unnecessary parts.

Editing sucks!! I could see lot of disconnect. The screenplay not great, especially, I wonder why Surya joined the army, 6 pack etc. Idhu edhuvume illama azhaga solli irukalam. All commercial.
One thing about music, is scintillating. Haris has done his best for the movie. All the songs are ultimate except the "Anjala" song. Needless to be in this movie. I know this is commercial. But i fail to understand how a single such song adds worthy money to the box office.
The song, "Nenjukul peidhidum ma mazhai.." awesome, Haris its lovely dude. I thought no one can do Illayaraja music again, but this song proved. Haris thanks for the great music. The guitar is not used much by all. But most of the songs in this movie, used beautiful Guitar sounds. Appreciate it. Every day minute it lingers in my mind.
And many know this movie is the last with Gautam-Haris combination. I really feel bad. I guess one reason where they would have got issues. Gautam wanted lot of Illayaraja and the Micheal Jackson effect in the "Machi machi .." song. I guess there.
One beautiful thing, I would say (if right) Gautam has showed where he is giving the music is A.R.Rehman. Did you notice the train scene, where Surya and S.Reddy meet first time? Did you note Surya after playing his guitar, where he put the tickle? He carefully had put into the small pocket of his jeans, which spelled "Maestro". I dont think that's coincidence. Thats absolute beautiful direction, for Gautam had said his thoughts.
Surya's acting is good. His effors well appreciated.
In short: Gautam did not show the love between dad and son as much as he showed the love between Surya and Sameera Reddy. Lot of things would be avoided to be a clean movie. Songs too good. Worth watching once, unlike Minnale, I watched around 3 times in theatre.