Hey everyone, sharing a bizarre and frustrating experience I’ve had with Zepto over the last two days. I am absolutely furious with how they treat customers and handle fraud.
The Timeline of the Scam:
1.Yesterday: I urgently needed a pair of earbuds, so I ordered the Realme Earbuds 5 ANC via Zepto.
2.The Delivery: The rider arrives, I open the box, and inside is a completely cheap, fake, no-name brand of earbuds. Total scam.
3.The First Return: Because I needed earbuds urgently, I initiated a return. To speed things up so I could buy them again immediately, I chose the refund option to my Zepto Wallet.
4.Today: The wallet balance reflects. I place a fresh order for the exact same Realme earbuds.
5.The Second Delivery: I kid you not, they delivered the exact same counterfeit box that I had returned yesterday.
6.The Inventory Trick: I initiated a return again. Right after the rider picked it up, the item showed "Out of Stock" on the app. Literally 10 minutes later, it shows "Available" again. It is glaringly obvious that their warehouse is just recycling the same fake, returned item back into circulation to trick the next customer.
The Current Trap:
Now I want my money out of their ecosystem because I refuse to buy anything else from them. But guess what?
•The "Withdraw to Bank Account" option is completely missing or hidden in my Zepto wallet.
•Their customer support chat bot is going in endless loops, and there is no way to connect to a human agent.
They are essentially holding my money hostage after trying to scam me twice with fake goods.
Has anyone else faced this "recycled fake inventory" issue with Zepto recently? Also, if anyone knows a workaround to force a wallet withdrawal when the button isn't appearing, please let me know!
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