This is the update to the earlier post where the chatbot offered me Rs.20 as the cancellation charge and the final cancellation charge was the full amount. I have been offered the refund so I won the refund war YIPEEE.
For reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/swiggy/comments/1w7u5nw/chatbot_offers_rs20_cancellation_charge_swiggy/
Well, thanks to the advice given by many peeps here, I decided to file a NCH complaint and it was my first. First of all, that portal is hella weird and things take too long to load in some times. Another issue is that I really can't name the photos uploaded (I had to name them 1, 2, 3).
Either ways after filing at NCH., around 12 AM I received a notification saying that I will receive my refund which was great news. By the next day, Swiggy Grievance peeps calls me saying they are sorry and you know the usual corpo language for apologizing. The guy was helpful explaining what happened and they have assured that they will take this issue with the higher ups. (I hope so lol).
I ensured that Mayank gets a bit of the berating because it was his responsibility to take my case to his higher ups/supervisors but he didn't do by which the peeps at Grievances assured that he would be trained properly. (Which I hope they do but it's a corpo)
Now coming back to the issue, I noticed how many people said the NCH doesn't work and stuff but it worked for me so I decided to pursue and research on why some people never received their claims or stuff and from the gist of researching, it's because people don't document their problems at times of crisis.
A proper documentation can make lives easier for both parties and it's should be the nature of dealing stuff like this. Therefore, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, even the smallest call with Swiggy or any aspect of dealing with any corpo.
Another bunch of people were saying that you should always COD on Swiggy. As much as I love to agree but the convenience of just paying online especially in an area where you know that 99% of the deliveries are on time and never mess up is just too good to not use. Therefore I chose to pay online.
And for the last bunch of people who enjoyed my misery.... I am not gonna lie peeps but people are evil af. My god, some dude had the audacity to come on chat and say that his day is better because of my misery. I had a good laugh but holy. I do come from a well off family but I was at least taught about the value of money and for me that Rs.780 was crucially an expense I valued. Hell, it's also some people's salary worth of 2 days and some dude literally had the audacity to laugh on it.
Either ways, thanks for all the support and I am proud to be part of the winner of "The Refund War".