Housefull International Sends Legal Notice To MebelKart; Accuses It Of Default Payments & Selling Imitations

Mumbai-based online furniture store Housefull International has sent a legal notice to AskMe Group backed online furniture marketplace MebelKart for allegedly selling defaulting on payments and selling imitations, reported ET.MebelKart works with more than 1,500 sellers from across the country and has clear terms and conditions for sellers and buyers on its website. As a marketplace, we enable sellers by providing them with the opportunity to showcase and sell their products to buyers across the country. As a brand, we do not retail products. Sellers at any point of time can delist themselves or remove their products from the website. We regularly review complaints that we receive both from buyers and sellers and take action against erring parties.

Housefull International has demanded INR 150 Cr  from MebelKart. The company said that it had stopped selling its furniture on MebelKart since February, after the digital marketplace failed to clear dues of up to INR 28 lakh. However, MebelKart has been illegally selling products bearing Housefull brand names.Housefull International was a seller on MebelKart, but was delisted from the website due to non-compliance with our terms and conditions. We received a legal notice this afternoon (April 24) and our legal team will respond to this at the earliest.