Terantula said: Hi there,
Well, this is a "flame mail" that is aimed at "Spore Works". One of the many shroomery sponsors. I write this here, in hopes that it can warn other users of the despicable methodology under which this company is run. I'll explain my "order request" and the chronological events that transpired...
---------------------------------------- Apr 10 - Ordered three items, requested they use USPS Priority shipping Apr 10 - Visa Payment Accepted Apr 13 - Email received from spore works, Order is being mailed. Apr 14 - Email sent to spore works, Requesting tracking info. No reply. Apr 15 - Filed a support tag using the spore works website. Apr 15 - Got a Reply with tracking information. Apr 15 - No Tracking Information In Database according to USPS Apr 16 - No Tracking Information In Database according to USPS Apr 17 - No Tracking Information In Database according to USPS Apr 18 - Email Spore works for information on the package. Apr 18 - Receive notification from USPS, parcel has been dropped off. Apr 19 - Email Spore works for info on delay. Apr 21 - Told by Spore works that its not them, its the post office. Apr 23 - Parcel arrives in Canadian Customs Apr 24 - Parcel out of Canadian Customs Apr 27 - My post office receives parcel Apr 28 - I have parcel in hand Apr 30 - Performing inoculations to Rye, Agar plate and slant. May 07 - No signs of life. Report a Ticket on website. May 11 - Replied with "We send u a new one". I agreed. May 15 - Told material was in stock, and ready for 10-14 day shipping. May 15 - Emailed and told to cancel the order, refund syringe & ship. May 16-21 Ticket closed without notifying me, or refund. May 22 - Visa payment canceled.
Thank you for wasting my time.
I'm very sorry for the trouble you've experienced, and I've tried to solicit more information from you via PM to conclude how and what may have gone wrong with this order.
Something to keep in mind regarding your complaint on shipping times.
Your order was accepted in our system on April 10th, which is a Friday. Your order was then packaged and ready for dispatch on the 13th, the following Monday (the very next day available for shipping). The post office typically does daily pickups at our shipping office, but they tend to come very early in the day. As a result your order was packaged on the 13th, but probably was not picked up by the postman until the 14th.
The US Postal system is notorious for NOT updating tracking data on packages. This is especially true for packages that are picked up at a shipper's location. Therefore the claim that your package "sat on our desk" for a week is simply not true. What is more accurate is that your package was in the US Postal Mail stream and wasn't updated or scanned for whatever reason until the 18th.
As far as I can tell we packaged and shipped your order as quickly as possible, via the shipping method you selected. I'm not sure what else we could have done differently for you in regards to expedient delivery of your order. Once a package leaves our shipping office, it is no longer under our control. Sadly we have seen packages to Canada take longer and longer, and it seems as though this has been more true over the last 6 months (for whatever reason).
It is also not uncommon for living tissue to experience damage or become non-viable in transit. We see this happen from time to time, it is the nature of the material, as it is sensitive biological tissue (the Agarics in particular are more sensitive than others). This is why we offer a replacement guarantee, protecting our customers in case they receive material that has been damaged in transit. Obviously we do not send out non-viable material to our customers, that would be a scam, an our ten year plus history in this business should prove otherwise.
According to your time line, you wrote us on the 7th of May regarding your potentially faulty culture syringe. The 7th, being a Thursday we were unable to get back to you before the weekend (as we were probably experiencing a high volume of calls or tickets during this period). However we were able to get back to you by Monday the 11th, and as per our replacement guarantee we offered to send you a new culture. It appears as though at this point you requested for us to refund your order. I'm assuming at this time the order was refunded (even though we had already mailed and incurred costs for the product and shipping, and offered to send your replacement). Your ticket was probably closed because the issue had been resolved (once there is a refund, is there really anything else we can do?) I really don't think there was a prolonged delay in returning your inquiry, you must understand that like any other small business we work Monday-Friday.
I prefer to handle these customer service issues privately via email or PM, and I'm sure there are hundreds, if not thousands of customers that can attest to our professionalism, speedy service, and quality product. Unfortunately it appears as though you were unwilling to do so, and felt compelled to voice your concerns and experience in public on these forums. I hope that anyone reading this thread can interpret for themselves if they feel like our company has done this customer wrong. I have to honestly say that it appears as though we have done everything in our power to 1) send your material as quickly as possible and 2) address your concerns regarding your order as quickly as posssible, and 3) offered you a completely reasonable solution and resolution to your order concerns and issue.
Just like any successful business, we will experience periods of growth, or higher volume where order shipment and customer service replies may take a few extra days. We greatly appreciate our customers patience and understanding during these times.
Ultimately we wish for all our customers to be 100% satisfied with their experience with Sporeworks, unfortunately it doesn't appears as though this customer will be satisfied with this experience and for this we are sincerely regretful.
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