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Or is all fair on April Fools Day?
Updated : Apr 05, 2017, 12:45 PM IST
What if you had to pay Rs 149 crore for a cancelled ride?
Mumbai resident Sushil Narsian was fooled for real on April Fool's Day when he was asked to pay Rs 1,49,10,51,648.
According to an Indian Express report, Narsian had booked an Ola cab from his residence in Mulund West to Vakola Market on Saturday. But the driver cancelled the ride when he couldn't locate Narsian's house.
However, that was just the beginning of once in a lifetime day for Narsian as he was in for a huge shock after that. When he used his app again to book another ride, the cab hailing app wouldn't let him make a reservation because Rs 149 crores was the amount due on him. Also, Rs 127 were deducted from his e-Wallet.
However, when Narsian took to social media, his problem was resolved:
@SushilNarsian This is definitely not the experience we’d like you to have. Please DM the booking ID and we’ll look into this immediately.
— Olacabs Support (@ola_supports) April 1, 2017
Ola also offered him a special offer after that:
@Olacabs Thank you @Olacabs . Glad that the bug is fixed. And thank you for the special offer that you have extended. :-)
— Sushil Narsian (@SushilNarsian) April 4, 2017
Social media was however abuzz with jokes on the incident:
For a ride that didn't come to location specified, driver did not takeppen the door, I'm charged and how! Jai ho @Olacabs. Riding Uber now pic.twitter.com/SIOAFzs77g
— Sushil Narsian (@SushilNarsian) April 1, 2017
Well maybe, all is fair on April Fools Day?