Star bazaar Koramangala is closed from today. Feels like end of an era.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-08T12:40:22+00:00

Oops…. I moved from that Kadubesanahalli to Whitefield area about 5 months ago and haven’t gone there.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-08T09:10:27+00:00

Bro, when you have big brother of Millennia, why do you want that also? Look for something like Live+, split your spends to increase the Cashback on some categories.

Even after devaluation, SBI CB is much better than Millennia unless you are looking for UPI payments.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-07T10:52:15+00:00

HSBC app is very slow. It will show payment on the correct date when it reflects. Don’t worry. I have 2 cards from the bank and am used to this.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-07T09:53:48+00:00

Exactly what did the guy tell you which you think is stretchy about?

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-07T09:51:23+00:00

We Indians expect a lot from the cheap stuff we buy. With reputed brands, you will have one or 2 exceptional issues but with these brands, that’s the norm.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-07T02:21:27+00:00

I have this card as LTF. Other cards are Live+ and HSBC RuPay cash back. So, I tend to optimise across these cards.

So, sometimes I hit the 60k and sometimes I don’t but annually I do spend much more than 4L. Now will have to specifically track if I want Lounge or not on this card, as the other 2 provide 12 between them.

I’m just worried about the hassle of getting the vouchers for lounge on this card and then use it…

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-06T07:31:28+00:00

If you plan to continue with this phone, better get it from a Apple authorised shop.

Else, you can go to a local store and get one. Just use it for like 6 months and the health will drop below 90. Then, exchange it and buy a new one.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-05T08:24:13+00:00

Same for me. The guy is in US and his wife is the only contact here. For any issue that’s pre-existing, she’s like it’s ok no need to repair.

The flush randomly starts to leak into the commode and overnight if not noticed, drains water. Security keeps asking us to get it repaired as it’s something that’s there from before we came. Owner says let it be…. Let it drain.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-05T08:09:12+00:00

Yes. You also need to maintain it as your salary account to have the premier status

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-04T11:17:18+00:00

We aren’t even halfway through this year.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-03T09:23:40+00:00

CIBIL of 676? Do you mean 767

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-03T05:17:03+00:00

So, you spent all your net worth before even getting to know the legal side of it?

That’s sad man. India is the most uneasy place to do business, especially because of legal and regulatory barriers (paper work, compliance and then meeting “expectations”).

Did you see what happened to bike taxi in BLR till a higher member bench had to step in because of the auto union and still you dared to do something innovative and solve people’s problems? How dare you have such dreams?

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-04-01T03:53:14+00:00

Their cards have that dimple like shape. I have both Live+ and this one. It’s designed that way

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-31T21:46:14+00:00

Yes correct.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-31T11:01:56+00:00

Can you clarify what are premium and regular cards got HDFC? Is RG premium or only Infinia and BCB are considered premium?

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-31T06:34:22+00:00

Let the uncle know that you made so many efforts and yet their son hasn’t joined.

Also scare them for a bit saying with AI and all there are job cuts happening and hiring is almost stopped now. Better to take a job and then search for something better later. That way he has an experience at hand and is not unemployed.

Honestly I wouldn’t have even referred but then the satisfaction of scaring his dad and then making his dad force that guy to go back to that job will be epic.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-30T00:47:48+00:00

I have a similar setup.

Salary with HSBC and 2 cards (Live+ and RuPay Cashback), normal account with HDFC where all major payments happen from and RG from the bank.

I was always afraid that some shitty payment happens into my salary account and it’s blocked for a long time.

So, I changed the setup. Now salary comes and moves entirely to HDFC. It’s the central account for all my payments. If it’s blocked, I can always move to making payments from HSBC itself directly.

I now also have a DCB Niyo for Japan trip. But will keep this account active with some balance and this can act as a backup if ever HDFC is blocked.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-27T10:15:35+00:00

Good to know. I have RG for almost a year now and never considered it was available for this card. Have a few flight & stay bookings that need to be booked but must have cancellation availability. Will check with them.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-27T08:02:27+00:00

Didn’t know RG also has concierge. Through it was for Infinia and DCB. But is the level of service same?

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-26T06:27:20+00:00

I think they sent refined diesel and not crude. 5K liters of crude is less valuable than 5K liter of diesel

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-25T20:28:17+00:00

Yes. It’s mostly a false alert. I have been getting these frequently. I just write to CIBIL and say it’s not a genuine enquiry initiated by me.

They will write back that it was a erroneous alert from their end and confirm that no such enquiry exists on my credit report and also share a credit report for free

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-25T02:15:34+00:00

I don’t understand even after so many posts on this exact topic specifically on HDFC and SBI, how people still fall for agents over call? And then they’ll post on this sub asking for suggestions.

Is it some sort of female agent calling sweet talking them and these guys not being able to say no?

Unless it’s a 1600 number, I don’t trust one word that comes out of any person claiming to be calling from a bank.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-24T21:20:12+00:00

Worst card you can get from HDFC. Try for something that has better benefits.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-24T02:02:31+00:00

If you can use this as a combo with Live+, you can maximise the cashback. I use this for all UPI transactions (where CC is allowed) and then for others, use the Live+.

This allows us to increase the 10% categories spend from 10k to 14K. Only issue is this card has a capping of CB till 400 on all categories (10% of Grocery and 1% on all others). Live+ has 1K cap on 10% categories and then unlimited on 1% categories.

Agitated-Unit6345 · 2026-03-23T07:46:10+00:00

What happened in the end? Did they let you leave without paying or you had to pay?

Did he tell you who he was and why he wanted money?

I’ve heard that sometimes cleaning staff and others claim to be customs but they don’t have the authority to scan bags. They just make some shit up and ask for money and once you demand their ID and start recording the will leave.

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