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Ephesians 2:8
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So I ordered three digits worth of pipe tobacco from Boswell's since I liked their aros I was gifted and wanted to try a whole bunch more. They have no on-line, so I sent a check on the 23rd. I included five bucks for shipping, to make the total an even $100.
Today comes the box with a note saying that shipping was $11, so they simply did not send one of the tobaccos I selected. Pretty sad when a fairly big order is placed, and the vendor is so cheap. I am tempted to say something, and to NEVER order from them again! Perhaps I am being unfair, but I sure think this is a poor way to treat a potential good customer! (But maybe they get a lot of big orders and my $100 was a wee drop in the bucket for them!)
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Did they keep the difference between what they shipped and what you paid??? Or did it end up even?
Also curious if they said upfront what the shipping costs would be and then it ended up being something different. Last edited by bscottskangum; 12-01-2010 at 06:44 PM. |
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Why not simply call you and ask for the difference before shorting you on the order? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to decide which part of your order was the $6 difference.
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What kind of company does that?
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Opa!!
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![]() That was the first thing I thought of.. Or didn't they give you a final price? Or why wouldn't they call you to tell you the order is more expensive?
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Technically I guess they "gave" me $1. I ordered two ounces of stuff, coming up to $5 per flavor. So, they removed one flavor worth five bucks, and wrote off one buck in shipping.
Needless to say, many places give you free shipping on all or larger orders. There is nothing mentioned about how much shipping is charged- I reckon with your cc number they tell you a shipping charge will be added. I also guess that they figured calling me would also reduce their profit margin. ![]() Anyway, displeased with their business practices!
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I've never had an occasion to order from Boswell's, but it does sound like a poor way to do business.
On the other hand, I'd like to commend Jack at Sterling Tobacco for great customer service! I ordered some Klomplen Kloggen from them last week. I received the package today and Jack just included an invoice for the products and shipping. It's the old way to do business, but since Jack doesn't accept credit cards, he deals by check or money order. Sterling Tobacco Charlie
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Exactly.
Plus with social networking being huge they could potentially lose a lot of business because of this or a future problem.
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Wow, I am surprised to hear this. I've dealt with the Boswells many times and never would have thought they would do business this way. I agree, this is a pretty crappy way to handle things. A phone call would have been nice...
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Hugh, I think you should call them and express your dissatisfaction with them. Then I would be a snot about it and tell them that you have tons of friends in the smoking world and one thread on your favorite site would cause this business to lose a lot of money. See what kind of reaction you get out of them then. Maybe I am just too harsh though.
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A vendor should always call the customer if something different than what's ordered is shipped, cannot ship, not enough money or whatever.
For all they could've known, he may've doubled the order with other stuff... Every time you talk to a customer is an opportunity to sell.
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I basically ordered 2 oz of most of their aros. They shorted me the raspberry cream, which I guess is as good as any to short. I am surprised as well, they seem to have been around for many years, and I doubt a note saying that I owe them six bucks on my next order would put them out of business. Right now I don't know IF the WILL get a new order!
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BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT! Sorry, just getting ahead of myself here.
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Hugh, have you called to talk to them about your dissatisfaction?
I am all for informing others about poor service, poor customer relations, price gouging, etc..., all in the name of protecting friends. But if a company had a good reason, or if there was a miscommunication, or something else that happened, especially when a company normally has a stellar reputation, I am all about going the extra distance before dropping that hammer. Matthew 18 seems to come to mind. I'd especially like to hear what they have to say as to what happened. It might just be a new person packaging stuff who just didn't know policy or think things through. Peace of the Lord be with you.
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I have always thought that just never returning to do business is the best revenge.
Oftentimes we over-use this "power of online forums" phenomenon to the point where we make ourselves out to be titans of fairness and justice. They know they did some- thing their way instead of the cutomers way. They don't realize that they lost a cus- tomer yet, and it's likely they never will. There are so many other places to deal with that too much fuss over this is a waste of time, IMO. Hugh and I know of something that happened to me recently, totally unrelated, where I thought I was unfairly treated. Instead of me just cutting the person off, I tried to find 'justice' and it left a lot of bad tastes all around. They may never feel the pinch of being cut off by me, but I WILL KNOW. And that's the best justice. From what it sounds like, there was no measurable harm done, and you were not ripped off in the classic sense. Just move to the next vendor on the list, lol. |
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I'm sorry to rain on the hate parade here, but Boswell's spell out their shipping costs right on their website:
http://www.boswellpipes.com/shipping.html Having said that, yes, they should have called you.
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