My experience with a Hutch touchscreen kiosk

Sam Kapasi · 28th June 2006, 19:14

Hi Guys,

For the first time in my life, I went to recharge a hutch prepaid phone.
I was walking to the shop, when i noticed a pretty girl in the Barista near my house. Then i suddenly saw a hutch machine (looked like an ATM) inside and someone wearing a Hutch teeshirt.

Needless to say i walked in.

I told him i wanted to recharge my phone, he said ok wait. He tried some stuff. (The machine said self-service, but he was employed to operate this machine, typical)
After he tried for a while, it wasn't working he asked me to wait, take a seat. So I sat, but i didn't feel like having a coffe, i wanted to see what he was upto.
He restarted the machine (8 mins) then tried. It seemed to work this time. Then he took my number, entered it in the machine and said "you must have recd an sms with a password, give it to me"
Well, i didn't recieve any sms so i waited. (2 mins more) then he tried again, all over again. Then said check. Nothing.

Like this i wasted 20 minutes of my time. Finally I got mad and walked out and just next to the barista, was a little mobile shop, with recharges, mobile accessories etc etc.
I went and said the same thing. He took my number, fiddled with his own phone (I guess he sent a message to hutch) and within 10 seconds i recd an sms that said your phone has been charged by X amount, please pay the retailer. I did and walked out in less than a minute.

Just thought I'd save you guys some trouble if you are thinking of trying the infernal "self-service" machine.

Cheers

furioussphinx · 28th June 2006, 20:12

Never seen that self-service thingy anywhr in my vicinity, will give it a shot wen i see it though

iraghava · 28th June 2006, 20:46

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Originally Posted by Sam Kapasi

I was walking to the shop, when i noticed a pretty girl in the Barista near my house. Then i suddenly saw a hutch machine (looked like an ATM) inside and someone wearing a Hutch teeshirt.

What exactly was your point here Sam!!

And yeah I have tried to use those new-fangled machines twice to deposit cash in my account and they are absolute excreta. They don't accept 1,000rs. notes, they return the notes that you insert half the time since they can't be read properly and at times (this happened to the chap infront of me in the queue) they take more notes and display less in the display (the guy inserted 6 but the machine said 4). It was horrible and there was a security guard there to operate the machine who wasn't really any help. So I walked out without depositing any money.

I mean what was wrong with the poor old Cash counter that forced these buggers to introduce these POS's. They probably are made for notes used in Foreign countries where people unlike India don't write on them or make post-it notes out of them. The experience second time around prompted a very rude and a nasty call to Hutch Care and I told them in no uncertain terms that these machines are a pain in the you know where!

Hope they learn a lesson and go back to good old method of girls taking cash!! Behind counters that is!!

DRC · 28th June 2006, 22:50

"touch screen kiosk" is redundant...
in general Hutch is like that..Atleast in Bangalore

ajmat · 29th June 2006, 08:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Kapasi

For the first time in my life, I went to recharge a hutch prepaid phone.
I was walking to the shop, when i noticed a pretty girl in the Barista near my house. Then i suddenly saw a hutch machine (looked like an ATM) inside and someone wearing a Hutch teeshirt.

Sam, The buttons were on the machine!

2L8uLoose · 29th June 2006, 09:37

Sam, a bit of advice.. God helps those who help themselves.. so next time.. DO NOT go to these places.
Same thing with Airtel at Flora Fountain.. there's a 'self service' kiosk with a security officer cum machine operator... takes you about 10 minutes to deposit your cash to pay the bill.. all done by the security guy naturally.. ALL A WASTE OF TIME!
I wonder what these company guy's are thinking when they set up these places... do they think we are so stupid that we can't follow on screen instructions?
What next.. ATM ASSISTANTS.. thats all we need.. someone else entering our ATM passwords for us!

naveendhyani · 29th June 2006, 09:45

on the contratry i find these helpful. i hve been using the hutch kiosk for sometime now and it works impeccable.

killjoy · 29th June 2006, 10:06

i still dont understand how the girl fits into this story here!

Mad Monkey · 29th June 2006, 12:54

three words !! ->>>> "Direct Debit "

2L8uLoose · 29th June 2006, 13:23

Um... monkey.. thats TWO WORDS!!

Revvhead · 29th June 2006, 18:20

dude, the girl is the reason that our Sammy saw the kiosk in the first place!!!

28th June 2006, 19:14	#1
Sam Kapasi Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (but wat Posts: 6,997 Thanked: 2,378 Times View My Garage	My experience with a Hutch touchscreen kiosk Hi Guys, For the first time in my life, I went to recharge a hutch prepaid phone. I was walking to the shop, when i noticed a pretty girl in the Barista near my house. Then i suddenly saw a hutch machine (looked like an ATM) inside and someone wearing a Hutch teeshirt. Needless to say i walked in. I told him i wanted to recharge my phone, he said ok wait. He tried some stuff. (The machine said self-service, but he was employed to operate this machine, typical) After he tried for a while, it wasn't working he asked me to wait, take a seat. So I sat, but i didn't feel like having a coffe, i wanted to see what he was upto. He restarted the machine (8 mins) then tried. It seemed to work this time. Then he took my number, entered it in the machine and said "you must have recd an sms with a password, give it to me" Well, i didn't recieve any sms so i waited. (2 mins more) then he tried again, all over again. Then said check. Nothing. Like this i wasted 20 minutes of my time. Finally I got mad and walked out and just next to the barista, was a little mobile shop, with recharges, mobile accessories etc etc. I went and said the same thing. He took my number, fiddled with his own phone (I guess he sent a message to hutch) and within 10 seconds i recd an sms that said your phone has been charged by X amount, please pay the retailer. I did and walked out in less than a minute. Just thought I'd save you guys some trouble if you are thinking of trying the infernal "self-service" machine. Cheers
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28th June 2006, 20:12	#2
furioussphinx BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 536 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Never seen that self-service thingy anywhr in my vicinity, will give it a shot wen i see it though
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28th June 2006, 22:50	#4
DRC BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cockpit Posts: 911 Thanked: 64 Times View My Garage	"touch screen kiosk" is redundant... in general Hutch is like that..Atleast in Bangalore
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29th June 2006, 09:37	#6
2L8uLoose BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 628 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Sam, a bit of advice.. God helps those who help themselves.. so next time.. DO NOT go to these places. Same thing with Airtel at Flora Fountain.. there's a 'self service' kiosk with a security officer cum machine operator... takes you about 10 minutes to deposit your cash to pay the bill.. all done by the security guy naturally.. ALL A WASTE OF TIME! I wonder what these company guy's are thinking when they set up these places... do they think we are so stupid that we can't follow on screen instructions? What next.. ATM ASSISTANTS.. thats all we need.. someone else entering our ATM passwords for us! Last edited by Rehaan : 29th June 2006 at 13:35.
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29th June 2006, 09:45	#7
naveendhyani BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 542 Thanked: 9 Times	on the contratry i find these helpful. i hve been using the hutch kiosk for sometime now and it works impeccable.
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29th June 2006, 10:06	#8
killjoy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 753 Thanked: 317 Times View My Garage	i still dont understand how the girl fits into this story here!
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29th June 2006, 12:54	#9
Mad Monkey BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 274 Thanked: 456 Times	three words !! ->>>> "Direct Debit "
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29th June 2006, 13:23	#10
2L8uLoose BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 628 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Um... monkey.. thats TWO WORDS!!
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29th June 2006, 18:20	#11
Revvhead BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 450 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	dude, the girl is the reason that our Sammy saw the kiosk in the first place!!!
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