Ok long story short here because well this is a long story... I was in the market for some wheels and after doing my research online, they had the lowest price for what I wanted. While I normally try to give businesses a chance, especially if they give back to the military/veteran community sometimes it just doesn't work out. So, after finding the item that I wanted on their website, I added it to the cart and proceeded to checkout. This is when I messaged customer service and asked if there was a discount code to apply at checkout for the military discount. I had mentioned the item I was ready to purchase and the current price. Customer service replied with the same item but said that it was a different price, actually higher. I go back to my cart and well look at that, after refreshing the cart the price jumped! Mind you, I was still giving them a chance to correct the issue/error that they had made. Anyways... you can read the conversation. I asked about the red wheels and not the silver ones, yet they keep mentioning the silver wheels.
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Customer: Do you guys have a military discount I can input at checkout? I previously emailed proof to email address
Alligator Performance: Thank you Name for contacting Alligator Performance! If this message is received between 7am-4pm PST Mon-Fri, you should have a response shortly! http://www.alligatorperformance.com
Alligator Performance: You would have to call in for anything military discount related as not all products are eligible
Customer: Oh ok. Well I was looking at the black rhino primm in red 17x9 et-18 5x127 for $251 online.
Alligator Performance: Those are not in stock, did you by chance call on those earlier?
Customer: No I didn't. Am I able to purchase them still and just wait for them to come in? Thanks
Alligator Performance: You for sure can, however at this time we do not have any current ETA. We have been hearing alot of 60-90 day ETAs from most these wheel manufactures
Alligator Performance: Were you by chance checking discount tire for those wheels?
Customer: Ok so they are $251 on your site. That's correct ya
Customer: Oh ya I was checking with them and they were trying to price match you guys
Alligator Performance: OK yea they called, and those are 353 same i quoted them on the wheels
https://www.alligatorperformance.com/black-rhino-primm-17x9-5x5-0-18-offset-candy-red-w-black-bolts/?showHidden=true&_ga=2.86621336.1077808009.1633960860-949084245.1623682775
is that the correct one your looking for?
Customer: Yeah that's the correct one but you guys must've just change the price because about 30 minutes ago I checked again online and it said $251 and I had four of them in my cart for the price of $251 each it's cool though I'm good
Customer: ? (waiting on response)
Alligator Performance: yea its possible that is what they may have been in the past, i know Black Rhino recently did a huge pricing update so a ton of wheels have been getting updated
Alligator Performance: Looks like the only ones we have available i the primm are the silver ones
Customer: Its ok. I have screenshots to show that you guys just changed the pricing from $251 to $353. I wasn't trying to screw anyone over but that's what it said on your website. Now I'm searching your website and those are the only red wheels that say $353 while all the rest still say $251.
Customer: Its ok.. you just lost my business. That's some shady service.
Alligator Performance: Unfortunately we cannot control when a vendor changes pricing on products, with the rise in cost of material and shipping we have tons of vendors that are jumping prices up alot more than normal
Alligator Performance: The silver is 369 per wheel
https://www.alligatorperformance.com/black-rhino-primm-17x9-5x5-0-18-offset-silver-w-mirror-face-machined-ring/?showHidden=true&_ga=2.58390570.1077808009.1633960860-949084245.1623682775
Alligator Performance: I know these price changes have been very recent, and many are probably still updating as some of these brands have 1000+ wheels to go through
Customer: Please stop messaging me now. These prices have been $251 for over a month now. I literally had them in my cart for $251 ready to purchase and was just messaging about a military discount code to apply at checkout. Then I reload my cart after talking to you guys and they magically changed to $353. No thanks. You lost this Veteran's service.
Alligator Performance: If you decide to wait it out, we can still do a military discount for you which would make them 338 per wheel vs 353
Customer: Poor and shady service. Have a good day.
Alligator Performance: Sorry you feel that way, you have a nice day aswell read more