Exorbitant return fees & uninformed customer service
Total scam and highway robbery.
I had a project on a deadline, before ordering I called to get a time window. Their "latest arrival date" was almost a week before my deadline, so I ordered.
A couple days after their latest date, I called to get a status and they simply told me "in progress" without anything else.
A day before my deadline, I had to rush to find another unit locally.
The next business day, I called to cancel the order and get a refund, their website still said "free returns". I was assured my return would be processed and I would get a refund.
Then shipment came, I rejected it because I requested a return.
The next day I called to tell them what happened, once again I was told that I would be refunded my money as soon as it got back to their warehouse.
Weeks pass, I get a call from them asking what happened, I told them the whole story and pointed out their communication had been really bad through the whole process... once again I was told my refund would be taken care of.
Another week, I call them to check on status, they tell me a supervisor would call me back, that call never happened.
Today I get this email:
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We were informed you would like to return order # 100026289 and that is has been refused. Your order was submitted on the end of day 7/13 and shipped out on 7/15. The carrier picked up the order on 7/16. This meets our 24-72 hour fulfillment timeframe we have on our site. We are not responsible for any delays or challenges the carrier may have in route with your shipment.
As per our policy, orders refused have a 15% restocking fee ($149.70) and $2.99 per lb (330 lbs) for shipping fee ($627.90).
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And a link to their new refund policy (they claim it went into effect in March 2020)
If they were going to charge me these massive fees, I would have just kept the unit. NOT ONCE during any of my phone calls did anybody mention any fees for returns... no restocking, no shipping fees... also, notice that they want to charge me for ALL of the shipping, even though they clearly state "free shipping" many times on their website.
This whole thing feels so incredible shady and I highly recommend that everybody avoid this company.
25 August 2020
Unprompted review