03-18-2010 01:37 PM
After 13 days, 17 phone calls, 5 hours on the phone with hold time, multiple case numbers, and more idiots that I can count I have still not resolved my customer service issue.
case #70736015
On 3/5 I ordered a new store, fridge, dishwasher and range hood for delivery on 3/13.
On 3/12 I was called by the local store and told my microwave wasn't available and was on back order (note no microwave was ordered). I called the store and after 45 minutes of time on hold we determined that the microwave was actually the range hood. I asked about the fridge and was told it was on back order til sometime in April (something good to know if your moving into a new house). I called customer service at bestbuy.com to see if we could replace it with a different model. After 45 minutes on the phone the very "helpful" lady found me another model...on back order til middle of April. I decided to cancel the entire order.
On 3/13 the local store called the next morning and had the stove and dishwasher on the truck for delivery. In a moment of weakness I called bestbuy.com back and told them I would take delivery of those two appliances. The agent I talked to said she would call me back...but never did. The drivers delivered those two.
On 3/14 I rec'd an email from bestbuy.com saying my order was complete and ALL appliances had been delivered. I called bestbuy.com and explained that I didn't get the fridge and range hood. They called the local store and confirmed this was true but was unable to give me a credit back on to my card due to the policies. He couldn't cancel the order since the system showed it delivered. The agent said that he would be off for 2 days but had talked to the store and would follow up on 3/17. We spoke multiple times with over an hour of time spent on the phone.
On 3/17 I get an email from bestbuy.com saying that my fridge was due to be picked up and returned to the store. I get a second email from the agent offering me a $50 coupon for my trouble and saying everything was taken care of. I again call back to bestbuy.com, spend 30 minutes on the phone explaining the situation and being told I would have to wait for the agent who handled my case to be back on duty.
On 3/18 I get a call from the store to schedule DELIVERY of my fridge and range hood. I called the store to explain yet again the situation.
I am an executive and at this point I have more than spent the amount of time in $$$ any possible savings I got from shopping with bestbuy.com. I plan on filing formal complaints with the BBB both locally and in best buys corporate headquarters city location.
Mistakes happen. However this is ridiculous. I am not being some crazy customer. I am simply frustrated with the inability of ANYONE to simply fix the problem.
03-18-2010 02:53 PM
Hello wadeleejones -
Sarah, from our Community Connector team, will be reaching out to your regarding your concern. Thank you for reaching out to us and sharing your experience.
03-22-2010 11:01 AM
Hi wadeleejones,
Thank you for choosing us for your new kitchen appliance needs and I am very sorry to hear of all the confusion that came into the picture. Please allow me to assure you that what you have described is not indicative of the experience we hope to provide, and I have taken the steps to make sure that the situation has been forwarded to the appropriate management teams to be reviewed for future quality purposes.
Also, while researching the matter to see how I could help, I found that you have since spoken with James, one of our BestBuy.com specialists – also in our corporate office, and that he was able to help you resolve the situation accordingly. Therefore, if there is anything else that I can do at this time, please feel welcome to send me a private message by clicking on the “private message” envelope in the upper right-hand corner of the page and then composing a new message to my username “SARAH-BBY” (when signed in).
Thanks again and best wishes with your new home! ![]()
04-15-2010 03:56 PM
I feel your pain. I ordered fridge, micro, and range on 3/13 and all I have is the micro. Tomorrow will be our 3rd day out of work for deliveries (2nd day this week) and we may need to have a 4th delivery because the range still isn't there. I have called, emailed, and visited our local store and still have gotten no where. I haven't even been offered a coupon. In fact, I had to repurchase the fridge yesterday so they could deliver because it arrived at local store buy BBY online canceled my fridge order and never reordered anything. They couldn't even discount the fridge. I had to pay full price so that I can receive something that I ordered and paid for on 3/13.
I was hung up on by the 888-BestBuy folks after 3 hours on the phone 2 days ago. I still haven't received a call back from them. I emailed customer service 2 days ago and still haven't received any response. I also posted on here and received a message that someone would call. Needless to say, no one has called. The store tells me they can't do anything, BBY online tells me they don't know anything and they each point the finger at each other.
The people that I have spoken with have been complete idiots - I spent two hours on the phone selecting new appliances only to then have the rep tell me all about the new appliances (which were better than what I bought) and then say sorry, he can only re-order the exact same items that I bought a month ago but that they will arrive Monday. I then asked how reordering the exact same items would make them come faster (my delivery date for my existing order showed as 4/24) and he had no explanation. He said he would talk to his mgr to see if they could replace with better (and available) appliances and left me sitting in my office until 7:30 PM awaiting response. I never did get a response - our office shuts down at 7:30. Instead I discovered he canceled the fridge order and never reordered anything but left the range order as is.
I am sorry that you also had to experience best buy appliances. My advice is to spread the word so that others don't have to waste weeks of their life trying to get what they paid for!
