WeP Peripherals and Arvind Modi of Bits & Bytes, Jaipur are at loggerheads, with Modi alleging cheating and breach of trust by the vendor.

According to Modi, Bits & Bytes was appointed as an exclusive regional distributor for WeP Peripherals for Jaipur region. “However, they gradually started breaching the agreement by billing to other parties as well. As WeP business was going down, we decided to part ways with them and put our pending orders on hold. By then an advance of Rs 1.2 lakh was already with WeP and when we asked for a refund, they refused, giving us some lame excuses. However, later they agreed to bill us material for the requisite amount instead of returning cash.”

He further informed that in order to resolve the issue, Bits & Bytes agreed to get the material billed. “Here again they tried to play dirty by increasing the rate at which the material would be billed, to which we refused,” he accused.

This was in early January 2008 and the matter has been hanging since the last eight months. Despite repeated mails, WeP is yet to refund the money. According to Modi, the vendor has stopped responding completely. On being asked about what further action he is going to take, miffed Modi said that his company is not going to deal with WeP anymore and also take some legal action.

Ashok Dash, Sales Manager, WeP Peripherals said that it is not the matter of money but more about principles, emotions and trust. Dash further added that Modi had put an order of Rs 1.2 lakh with them but after two months, he decided not to go ahead with it. “We had already procured the matter from our vendor companies and now the products are lying with us. But instead of returning the money we asked him to buy the products, to which he refused,” he added.

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