Zepto making crores just by rounding up bills…

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      Yatinknight114
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        March 28, 2025 at 3:47 am
        Hii, I had just ordered a few things from zepto and my bill was 364.08 but they charged me 365 at the end.
        I went through the detailed as well, after adding everything
        The handling charges, GST and all it came to 364.08

        They added .92 to round it upto 365
        Like I know 1 rupee doens’t make a difference to me but overall they’re earning crores and crores just by rounding up

        If it’s over .5 then it maybe still makes sense but mine wasn’t even .1
        And tbh in this day and age when everything is paid using online transactions then rounding up doesn’t even make sense
        It’s not like we’re asking for change or something.

        So it’s totally wrong and something should be done about it

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          March 28, 2025 at 8:04 am
          Talk about Zomato they have this mandatory 1 rupee donation and you can’t make it zero, I don’t know how that is legal.

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              March 28, 2025 at 9:48 pm
              is it a donation? asking for my knowledge, do you know where it goes?

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                  April 28, 2025 at 5:20 pm
                  It says it’s a donation but you can’t remove it ,when you try to make the amount zero the app says we urge you donate and doesn’t let you proceed

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                March 28, 2025 at 8:14 am
                Have you ever filled petrol? They round up every single transaction

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                    April 1, 2025 at 6:22 pm
                    No they don’t. I pay the exact amount even if it’s 399.99 if it’s with the credit card or UPI

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                    March 28, 2025 at 8:15 am
                    There should be a law that says:

                    Below 0.5 – round it to Zero (0)

                    Exactly 0.5 = 0.5

                    Above 0.5 – round it to One (1)

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                        March 28, 2025 at 4:31 pm
                        It exists.

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                            March 28, 2025 at 4:48 pm
                            Where is it?

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                                March 28, 2025 at 4:52 pm
                                I work in software. Most software is based on Indian and international laws which require this rounding. But as usual, it’s not enforced in India.

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                            March 28, 2025 at 8:43 am
                            I was thinking about this yesterday. The fact that most people would be pre-paying them using UPI, so doing roundup was not even required. They probably will bring up the excuse that rounding was required since they have an option for COD.

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                              March 28, 2025 at 9:06 am
                              Why did you end up placing the order?
                              You could have ordered via Swiggy Instamart or Blinkit? 🙄

                              • #26093 Reply
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                                  March 28, 2025 at 9:30 am
                                  They’re all the same bro and that’s the main issue

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                                    March 28, 2025 at 6:38 pm
                                    It’s the same in Instamart as well buddy. I raised complaints a couple of times regarding this. They are least worried about it.
                                    [Photo proof](https://imgur.com/a/ERQu4af)

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                                    March 28, 2025 at 9:27 am
                                    It is the same with MMT, every time you cancel your booking they refund 1 rupee less and I noticed that recently when I was going through my credit card statement.
                                    So much for the Full Refund. I’m sure even they are making crores using this sly method.
                                    No one remembers the exact amount so that 1 rupee less is usually unnoticed.

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                                      March 28, 2025 at 9:29 am
                                      I don’t know why people still use Zepto even they have alternatives. Blinkit and Swiggy both are way better.

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                                        March 28, 2025 at 9:36 am
                                        I have uninstalled zepto.
                                        The amount of hidden bad things this company does is incomprehensible.
                                        They don’t even show you the total bill amount before you click pay.
                                        It’s 2 additional clicks just to check how much you need to pay. Made my blood boil.

                                        Compare that to swiggy. Atleast they are transparent about it. The bill amount is shown with proper details.

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                                          March 28, 2025 at 9:38 am
                                          Zepto has always been trying to steal money. I have a pass and yet my deliveries are not free. Apparently they added a “apply for free delivery” button when the order qualifies.
                                          They put a manual step on purpose coz they knew lot of us would assume the delivery is free. I fell for the same thing i mustve paid extra 30 rs on every order for a whole month till i realised what was up. This is extremely shady was of doing business. Using dark patterns to milk more money from an already onboarded customer.

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                                            March 28, 2025 at 10:01 am
                                            Yes that is broad day light looting. No sense for rounding up the amount when in online mode you can account for every paise. This is just cunning decoits this are not honest business.

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                                              March 28, 2025 at 11:50 am
                                              Haven’t used Zepto in a long time.. I’m trying overall not to use the apps but Zepto I will never use again. These guys are scumbags and are doing every nasty, dodgy and shady thing under the sun.

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                                                March 28, 2025 at 1:55 pm
                                                I saw similar post on LinkedIn few days ago

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                                                  March 28, 2025 at 2:46 pm
                                                  Zepto has been doing these bad practices for some time now.
                                                  Remember the differential pricing for different devices like iOS has higher prices than android. Yeah that was started by Zepto only.
                                                  Then they introduced packing charges handling charges on top of delivery charges surge charges and night charges. They are trying to loot in every single way possible. Better to use Flipkart Minutes. You are guaranteed to save atleast 10% on mrp. Or even Blinkit Instamart BB is good enough right now in place of the thieves that are Zepto.

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                                                    March 28, 2025 at 3:11 pm
                                                    I see the rounding off practice started for me from 14th of March 2025 prior to that they used to charge the actual amount.
                                                    Rounding off doesn’t make any sense since the payment mode is electronic.

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                                                      March 28, 2025 at 3:25 pm
                                                      They have started selling rotten, expired chicken at cheaper rates. Better to go to the local kirana store, open a book on your name and buy from there. Saves unnecessary spending too. I have uninstalled Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto, Blinkit, Flipkart, Amazon, everything. My credit card bills this month is ₹3450. Last month it was ₹49k out of which ₹20k+ was through Zepto and other apps. All these are money draining app.

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                                                        March 28, 2025 at 5:02 pm
                                                        STOP USING ZEPTO… ZEPTO CHOR HAI… SABSE BADA CHOR…

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                                                          March 28, 2025 at 6:34 pm
                                                          It’s the same in Instamart as well buddy. I raised complaints a couple of times regarding this. They are least worried about it.
                                                          [Photo proof](https://imgur.com/a/ERQu4af)

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                                                            March 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
                                                            Blink it use kar le bhai. 92 paise bacha bacha ke millionaire ban ja.

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                                                              March 28, 2025 at 7:52 pm
                                                              It is the same with Swiggy, I posted a similar post in the same sub and got no response so I thought it was a known thing😅

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                                                                March 28, 2025 at 9:08 pm
                                                                Zepto and its customer help care really sucks….i ordered Vietnamese coffee from Zepto cafe and there was coffee packet wrapper floating inside the coffee. I have full video and photos which I submitted in the portal in section (issue with order) I received a call and they were like next we will make sure you get fresh order and I was like it’s not about fresh but plastic wrapper inside the coffee which is floating idk how are their safety and hygiene standard and the audacity of the customer executive was like we will refund ₹80 order value and ₹50 compensation

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                                                                    March 28, 2025 at 9:09 pm
                                                                    Can I take this ahead in any manner so pls guide me 🙂

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                                                                    March 28, 2025 at 9:49 pm
                                                                    For me they rounded 441.04 to 442

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                                                                      March 29, 2025 at 2:21 am
                                                                      Zepto is ruuning a SCAMING business. I am not mad about this rounding up thing as almost all businesses do and we have accepted that and do not care enough about it.

                                                                      What my makes my blood boil is.. They constantly sell/delivers item that customer would like a refund… Eg, expire products or near expiry products. Now there is nothing wrong woth selling near expiry products but some products are not possible to consume within those timeframe. They also sell products higher that MRP.

                                                                      Refund/replacment is quite easy and this is how there scam works. They have a quick easy option to request refund/replacement where the you can choose between 4 options like.. Your are charged higher than MRP, product expired, near expiring. You choose that product get picked up/replaced and you can refund and here is the scam. They DO NOT refund money to original payment method or ask you to choose which method and automatically refund to your zepto cash/wallet excluding any handling, delivery, gst, low cart and platform charge.

                                                                      THEY PURPOSELY DELIVER A PRODUCTS YOU ARE LIKELY TO RETURN/REFUND, THEH HAVE A PRE DEFINED PROBLEM LIST OR EXPIRY PRODUCT AND HIGHER MRP CHARGE AND THEY ALWAYS KEEP THEIR CUT.

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                                                                        March 29, 2025 at 6:18 am
                                                                        Mat kharido zepto se , have a nice walk and go to a physical store for shopping.

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                                                                          March 29, 2025 at 8:55 am
                                                                          The zepto super saver is another scam, reduce prices, make you buy for 1000 and add 30 plus to total bill

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                                                                            March 29, 2025 at 9:48 am
                                                                            Rounding up bills is not the only thing..

                                                                            You forgot laziness..

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                                                                              March 29, 2025 at 9:57 am
                                                                              Look up ongrid.in
                                                                              These chaps are actively marketing customer address data from e-commerce apps, especially for skiptracing or debt collection.

                                                                              This for sure should be illegal but I bet we have signed away our rights for a stupid 1pc discount ages ago

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                                                                                March 29, 2025 at 10:23 am
                                                                                Zepto is the worst, I recorded my screen to make sure I have the proof.
                                                                                If you are eligible for a free delivery after their min threshold, they won’t automatically remove the delivery fee.
                                                                                You go to the payment details, click on Apply where it says you are eligible for free delivery.

                                                                                Imagine thousands of people not clicking on that apply button and paying 30 rs on every order

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                                                                                  March 29, 2025 at 2:15 pm
                                                                                  Where should one register a complaint for this?

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                                                                                    March 29, 2025 at 3:40 pm
                                                                                    Zepto is the new Baijus. Wait for some years.

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                                                                                      March 29, 2025 at 8:54 pm
                                                                                      They rounded up mine extra ₹5. One time they were showig extra 100 for god knows what.

                                                                                      The products arent even that good too- broken & half opened biscuits, maggot infested meat 🤮

                                                                                      Someone stop this. Stealing to become the youngest ceo & entrepreneur is NOT entrepreneurial

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                                                                                        March 30, 2025 at 5:31 am
                                                                                        No it’s not totally correct, it only rounds off if you do a COD.

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                                                                                          March 30, 2025 at 6:19 am
                                                                                          Bro they are not making crores it’s a loss making startup till now

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                                                                                            March 30, 2025 at 7:02 am
                                                                                            They are charging it illegally. Few years back Dominos was caught up doing the same and had to pay fines.

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                                                                                              March 30, 2025 at 9:08 am
                                                                                              Most people pay by upi and upi can pay without rounding off like in decimals too. They are doing fraud

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                                                                                                March 31, 2025 at 10:05 am
                                                                                                I agree, Zepto has been behaving oddly lately. Maybe it’s time we all switch back to Blinkit. But then again, I live just 200 meters from Blinkit’s dark store, and it still took them 60 minutes to deliver. After that experience, I decided I’m done giving these middlemen another chance. My dad was right all along—when you’re heading out or coming back home, just buy whatever you need for 200 or 300 bucks. For emergencies, sure, Zepto or Blinkit might do, but honestly, they’re all just out to rip us off. I really hope Reliance Jio steps into the instant delivery game someday.

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                                                                                                  April 1, 2025 at 1:59 am
                                                                                                  As far as I know, rounding up or down is allowed and practiced widely. But in this particular case, amount should have been rounded down since the total is less than 364.50.

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                                                                                                    Rounding off usually happens when we pay in cash but rounding off for online payments are absolutely ridiculous

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                                                                                                      April 1, 2025 at 10:19 am
                                                                                                      Same it was .15 in total and they rounded off to next integer

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                                                                                                        Why there is gst on mrp?

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                                                                                                          April 1, 2025 at 12:48 pm
                                                                                                          dont worry they will still be in loss at the end of year. quick commerce is running on investor’s money.

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                                                                                                            You guyss keep complaining about all this nonsense but can’t stop using this apps if you find it wrong .the same thing this big companies knw and they take advantage so keep posting. Have a nice day

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