Club Mahindra membership is Big Scam

Rule No.1 : Never allow salesmen in your home. Even if they carry Mahindra Brand name.

I am a red member for >15 years. Club Mahindra has most of their resorts out of city limits. As a member, one would expect that all of your travel needs would be taken care of, like pick up, drop, site seeing, food etc. But no, everything is charged with a premium as the resort is at some remote location. On top of your membership, every year, you have to pay maintenance fee of about 20000 (red member). These charges keep increasing yearly at the whim of Mahindra. So, you end up paying even more than the initial membership fee (20000 p.a. x 25 years) what you are getting in the name of membership is just a hotel room, that too is difficult to book during the season. As that lady said, it's a trap (rather a money trap). And the Don't fall for it. Book yourself a decent hotel and enjoy your holidays without financial burden that will be out of your control.

Club Mahindra is a big scam. Thanks for coming out and sharing your experience and it shows your courage. There are thouands of people who feel shamed that they got conned and does not speak up. More power to you.

How can such an established Business group like Mahindra di such cheating? Horrendous! Thanks madam ! You have saved many other people from getting into their trap

Thanks for sharing the details of the scam. These people arrange customer meets in 5 star hotels. One should attend these meetings, eat free food and collect any gift they give. And come back and don't buy any package. If they pester you on phone, complain to local police.

Salute to your courage Sister. Even i m duped by them. I hope you get the justice and your peace back.

Thank you for coming out and sharing your horrible experience... This will save another of unaware innocent citizens from this Club Mahindra...I wonder what that Dharmatma (or trying to portray his image as one ) Anand Mahindra doing about this... How do such companies exist in India...How can the government let this go...

Excellent information ma'am. These are the educated, well dressed, English speaking dacoits of 21st Century

Thank you for posting I would never buy this... Club Mahindra and Country club same story..... It's a scam

firstly, do not take membership. whenever such promises we get, please tell them to give in writing, which they will not give and if they do not give, do not take membership. this rule we should apply not only for such membership but to any other products also. it is very unfortunate that we always sign the terms and conditions without reading it and we are trapped!

Thanks for the video I sent your video to club Mahindra sales guy following me. Now I will not get any call again

This fraud should be taken to national channels so that it will tarnish their brand image badly as it will reach a wider audience.

Thanks for eye opening awareness, just now I called call from them for meeting, thanks a lot

Thanks for video. I was about to take membership. Now mind changed after seeing this video 👍

Thank you for sharing your experience Please don't give any money to any one like Mahindra or others The Indian business lacks ethics they are cheat Please report to the police for a cheating Get a FIR registered Keep regularly sharing this video

A big NO to Country Club membership also. Total useless.....these people don't even refund your membership money also. They r fleecing ur hard earned money.😢

Lodge a police complaint and name Anand Mahindra in it. I am sure they will run to save his name.

Shame @clubmahindra. Thanks team for awareness. Commenting for better reach.

Thank you mam.you saved my money.after a call from club Mahindra I search the YT for more datails and reached here.All you explained clearly.thank you..

Waaaow... Thanks miss... We're 3 families that were planning to buy 3 memberships from clb Mhaindra.. lucky to watch this video...u saved us... Thanks so much... I PRAY... May ur money soon be refunded

good they should be held accountable atleast publically

Don't know why people are buying membership in the era of Internet

Ma’am appreciate your gesture here. No you are not a fool, you are honest person who believed in an institution and they failed you . They are the crooks .

Government should look into this mismanagement of Mahindra club…

Salute for shareing your experience on big corporates.... Keep it up.

Very nice 👌🏻Chor ko agar Jor se public mein Chor boloto it hurts them badly as people become aware of their them and their modus operandi 😁 I doubt these guys must have taken away customers laptop and amazon vouchers but on the surface this offer itself looks bogus . How many more such cases will surface no idea ? Better to file FIR against the employee and company who cheated.

I salute and thank Krishraj Rao for this platform. A lone knight fighting impossible.

👏💯💐THANKS for sharing, there r 100+ alternative content, video, audio podcast channels. Listennotes can blast any audio files, stream to all aud podcasts radios.

Thank you so much for the awareness. You are saving a lot of people.

Thank you well take your valuable advice. Please follow up with the consumer forum

So true ma'am...I am with you...what to do now?

No breakfast,even you have to pay for use of swim pool for 15 minutes charge is 300rs

Thanks for sharing awareness

Very true.Same with most of the members.😢

Thank you for sharing your experience! 🙏

ek baar paisa gaya toh phir gaya no matter what, this is what businesses r doing these days

Thanks for information, every body should alert

Similar thing happened with me as well. The sales person promised me 2 gift vouchers but delivered only one. After the money is transferred no one bothers about the customer. The terms and conditions are always in their favour. They only take money and scam you in such a way that you can't even go to the court.

Pride Comes Before A Fall. Even Club Mahindra is no exception to this rule

Thanks a lot for sharing it.❤

sad to know this ... i am sure there are more people in the same situation ... and all of the victims can come together and file a case against club mahindra ... collectively ... also tag concerned GOVT. authorieties and ministry ... praying and hoping that JUSTICE IS DONE

thanks sister you did a right thing posting this video. you saved lot of people's money. hope mahindra group will take note of it and do necessary changes.

You saved our money.... Collectively around a million....

I am not a member but I buy rooms via a agent in Chennai since 2006. You can buy sterling, Mahindra outside with out membership. Generally resorts are not that pricy if booked without membership since membership includes initial payment+ annual maintenance fees which is quite sizable.

It’s a very good thing that you are bringing it up in a social forum . Years ago I lost 50000 in this way . Never got a refund of course . I hope you are luckier . Kudos to you for speaking up . If you don’t get a refund and continue to be a member , even that will be very frustrating . Firstly every year you will have to pay a reasonably high maintenance fund for a seven day holiday per year . And you would be lucky if you get a booking in their resort when you have your vacation . Most of the times they are booked out and you are asked to reschedule your vacation which obviously is almost always not possible

You are not fool , I can understand the situation which made you purchase this membership .. It's the company which is taking us for granted ..

Thanks for informing. Will inform my friends as well .

Thank you for your awereness video madam!!

Never trust mahindra Pain can be seen in her voice.

very useful information

Thanks Mam for Awareness

Thanks Ma'am for detailed information......I was planning to buy a club Mahindra membership.

I had similar experience but was able to get full refund of my amount .... A) because I cancelled my membership through EMail before 15 days ,& then started pursuing the matter with the CEO through mail. That's when they realised the seriousness n started responding to me . I got my full refund on the date promised by them...

They have refunded complete amount within 90 working days. Don't call them. Sent email to the customer care and then escalate the matter in their hierarchy which is provided in their website... There are two or three levels of escalation. Escalate the matter after giving 5 working days to process the matter. Regarding the EMI's, never ask Club Mahindra to stop it, go to your bank and ask them to stop it( I did the same, but there are some exceptions since we have taken EMI in CM not in our bank)

Should got for legal against them . We all should all together should move to court .

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks mam

I too had had similar experience in Mumbai from Club Mahendra. Their sales people make all false promises and get the membership done and then vanish from the scene dumping all their promises to dust. It’s so unethical and surprised to see such unethical practices from Mahindra brand.

Very much . I too had taken a Mahindra zest in 2013. Had a 10 year plan . Never used it once. Whenever you wanted to avail there were no rooms available. Inspite of a non use you would still have to pay the annual maintenance fee. Sad to know that a reputed group like the Mahindra's is doing this.

great awareness and an eye-opener .i was about to buy the membership.

Well done madam ! The corporate cheats have become more active and developed a tendency of 'who cares you' during the rule of Modi govt...this is the power of common people the scamsters should know...time is coming things are not going to be so easy for those cheats !!

Thanks for sharing. I always wanted to have this membership

Thanks for the warning..

You get cash discount in total membership fee that is supposed to be paid instead if you opt out to have a Mac or iPhone.

ABSOLUTELY TRUE

agreed so also @Jio fibre connection in pune

Thanks .for exposing . My money is saved

Why not take them to consumer court?

the problem is that you are okay loosing your money....when rich people dont deserve money these heppens

Thank u for your information,i am also going deal with club Mahindra

टेंशन मत लो। ये लाखों लोगों के साथ हो चुका है और कोई कंप्लेंट नही

I also had exactly the same experience...asked for the refund which they flatly refused...hardly any preferential services even after paying such a heavy amount...what makes them so emboldened to indulge into thuggery so such a magnitude truly baffles me!!

What are the government guidelines for such memberships?

Yes ,it's a bitter experience for me, they are very bad in customer service, when you lodge a complaint they give you a complaint no, but without addressing the issue they closed the complaint without contacting me. Pl be careful while dealing with these chests.

Thank u so much for sharing. I was about to enroll, u opened my eyes

Thanks , we will never fall into the trap of club Mahendra ...it's a game plan to collect money free of interest and use in their business. Most of the time bookings are denied to members and sold outside . That's true and fact ....

😮 big sham,say no to these scammers.

Mam the same thing happened to me they refuse to refund but when i sent legal notice they refunded full amount in 15 days . do not let them go do not show weakness social media post will not help you have to take legal fight in consumer court and have patience just to remind that online consumer complain does not do much help go with direct fight

आनंद महिंद्रा बऱ्याच गोष्टींवर बरळतो यावर बोल ना बाबा

They also approached me when I stayed in their hotel in Kodaikanal, after so much persuasion still I did't accept it as I found their operation was so complex.

A similar thing happened to my Mom 12-14 years back.. I had to threaten them to get our money back and finally they returned our money. This is a trap... Most of the sales guys in India are there to reap you apart. They have robbing mentality

Why News papers, channels don't publish this.... Not even single complain.... Is it possible... So that proves it is paid media

Agree with you. Mahindra is a scam. The other problem is that all the good slots (Diwali holodays, Xmas / New Year, etc) are all booked by purple members. As a 'red' member you have to be content with off season slots (which the sales guy will never tell you about)

Dont get trapped for few incentives...

We project our greed as innocence. We should grow up first. Don't believe anything that is not written in a legal way.

I am really amazed how easy it is to use people's greed and trap them. If it's not written on paper, how can you agree to their promises?

Never trust Sales, always ask them to email what you've discussed...

Let us sue them .l think people must sign n take them to court

One solution is to have in legal agreement all the promises which the sales team commits and we need to ask the sales team to get the agreement signed from Club Mahindra and the same should be registered. This can provide legal remedy.

Is there no CONSUMER AFFAIRS or Legal consumer courts, where you can get justice?

I agree they are not member friendly they should ban the maintenance amount yearly and look at alternative they already give to non members so they should not charge the members

Do you have anything in writingfrom them? If yes, you can file police case against top guy under sec 420 ipc. Additionally, you can file a case in consumer court and may be it will take a year but they will come searching you. Crux is, only if you have their promises in writing. If not, you are to be blamed for trusting needlessly

They have a small print, which we do not care to read. “ notwithstanding whatever is in this agreement nothing shall bind the Company…”

I have made sure to record every call with CM staff may it be contact center of any other associate. They have a tendency to go back on their promises and flip sides whenever they want. They are absolutely horrible

Mussadi lal made a office office episode on this in 2001

We also faced similar issue at the time of putchasing the Membership and the sales guy promised us few things including a I phone, which we never got. Availibility of rooms in resort is very rare thing and you cannot plan your holidays basis Club Mahindra membership. You will never get a booking when you need it. Only in Offpeak season there is a remote posibility you may get something and that too if you are lucky...Resorts are good but getting a booking on time is a big issue. Customer care is absolutely useless and never will address your issue or assist with bookings...

I am surprised that they offered you a Red Studio membership at less than 2 lakhs. I thought the price would be in the 6-7 lakhs range. I took their membership in 2001, that time I paid 2L for a Red 1 BR.

You need a good lawyer for consumer court & high court. Consumer forum has no legal status.

Instead of going to consumer forum, you should go to consumer court. This is fast track also.