Monday, November 12, 2007

Narendra yaan Yogendra

Early last year I had bought a flat in Faridabad from a property dealer Narendra. I had booked a flat in Triveni-Ferrous (a combination of two groups who were building a society in Faridabad). I was personally keen on getting a booking in Triveni as it was more famous then (infamous now :)). When Mr. Narendra landed up in my house, he came with booking forms for TFI (Triveni-Ferrous Infrastructure). I wanted him to confirm that the flat would finally be booked in Triveni. He said "Worry not!" Some months later, I came to know that I have been allocated a flat in Ferrous (instead of Triveni). Mr. Narendra told me that Ferrous is equally good. Mr. Narendra had promised me that he would be giving me 4% discount on the booking amount. I was foolish enough to believe him. Some months back, I asked him for the discount. He stopped picking up phones and then one day he asked me to talk to Yogendra. Now this Mr. Yogendra (whom I have never met) and Mr. Narendra (whom I will never forget) have come up with this lovely business philosophy of "Here and There Everywhere but Indirectly Nowhere" which states that "Narendra and Yogendra are two good hidden friends who are enemies in front of the world. If you go here, he will refer you there and vice versa and in the end you will land up nowhere". This is a good business model if you are in it for a short term. It works somewhat like this:
  1. Two good friends work up a deal beforehand on how to split the benefits
  2. They form a team and come up with a business
  3. They get lots of customers and sell them something
  4. They suddenly fight one day (over anything doesn't really matter)
  5. They create lot of confusion. More confusion the better it is for them in this model.
  6. Customers run Here and There Everywhere
  7. However they reach Nowhere because narendra yaan yogendra, sab ek hi thali ke chathey bathey hain

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi there. i have a suggestion which worked for many people & may work for you too. Go to ferrous's office in gurgaon. Meet Amit Seth as he is in direct touch with the brokers company deals with. Explain him your situation with lots of Mirch Masala (like India tv news channel does)& ask him to get the discount adjusted from broker's account to your payment dues.
And do post a reply if something works out.

Vaibhav said...

yeh kaun anonymous dost hai?

Anonymous said...

Its for my own good to be Anonymous.. otherwise my relation with the company will spoil.
P.s: Do post advances on your settelment.

Vaibhav said...

Thanks a lot for the information :) But I have a much more serious question for you (if you have this information :)) Is Ferrous a good project to be in?

If you do not want to reply to this as part of Blog, then please reply to vaibhav.madan@gmail.com

Vaibhav said...

and also just for curiosity, how did you get to this post :)

Anonymous said...

I googled ferrous & the results led me to your blog.

As far as ferrous is concerned, it as an average project, but considering the developments,it can takeoff anyday.
Present drawback in the company is that they are very very slow in responding back to their customers & other associates, (i personally rate their customer satisfaction 2 out of 10) which will definately improve with the experience of maa ki & bhen ki they get by all of us.

Considering the location, tentative floor plans & their hard work behind this project, i think the investments will appreciate in mid & long term propects.