Do NOT, under any circumstances, use Bison Disc for your work! I had the WORST experience I have ever had working with a company and would NEVER use them or recommend them again. Their customer service is non-existent. They outsource their work to China (no American made here!) and they don't even come close to meeting deadlines (how about 3 weeks late? Oh, and if you ask why or what happened with your order or where it is, you won't get a response. They just won't answer your phone calls anymore (try from a different number and they'll stop answering that too). Forget email. No response. Take the time to read the negative reviews that are out there- I don't doubt they are all true. Then run far, far away and pick another company. Want details from my experience- keep reading.
I placed an order for 100 flash drives - they were gifts to the 5th graders at our school from the PTO and contained a video of photos of all the students over the years. John told me that the order would take 7 days once in was received. I mailed the original to him and once he confirmed that he had received it, he sent me a link to make a payment. I paid $477 on my credit card. John also sent me the proof that day and I approved the one that I thought looked better. This was May 3rd. Then I have no idea what happened. I heard NOTHING from the company for the next 2 weeks. Then on May 15th, Katie, who I'd never dealt with, sent me an email asking me to approve a proof. It was the EXACT same one that John had sent me May 3rd. I once again confirmed which one I wanted. Katie informed me that I approved a "draft proof" and that the "REAL proof" takes more time. When I asked her about the 7 days that John had quoted me, she stated that USB's take 12-14 days from proof approval. I wanted the drives by May 22nd, but she told me that would never happen. Had they actually done the work starting May 3rd, I would have had them in time. But they didn't. When I mentioned using someone else, Katie and John both "guaranteed" me that I would have the order IN MY HANDS by May 30th. I was willing to believe them. What a mistake. May 21st I got another email from Katie asking what color I wanted the writing on the drives to be. I'd already approved (TWICE!) the writing in black. May 30th rolls around and of course, I haven't heard a peep from them. That was my mistake not to call them a few days in advance. When I get in touch with them on the 30th, Katie emails me that my order was shipped that morning and I would get a tracking number later in the day. This is where it gets ugly. I call to complain that they failed to meet their "Guarantee" and I want to know where my shipment is and when it will arrive. Katie has no tracking number and says she'll find out and get back to me. If they had overnighted the shipment, I would still be ok and could pass the drives out the last day of school. But I don't hear back from Katie until I get an email May 31st that has an invalid tracking number on it. Now when I try to call, Katie won't answer the phone. So I have an administrative assistant at the school call. Katie repeats the invalid number and after that won't take any calls from our school either. We try calling the main number to the company and are told that the internet is down and they'll get back to us when they can. Needless to say, no one gets back to us. I went back home and tried the "chat with us" button on their website and low and behold, they answer! But when I give my name, Bonnie tells me in a harshly worded response that "John has already informed you that our internet is down and he will contact you when it's back up." So now I'm out $477 with nothing to show for it. And not a single person at the company can explain to me what's been going on with my order since May 3rd. No one knows where it is or what happened to it. The company has essentially blocked my phone, my school's phone and doesn't answer any emails. They refuse to give me any answers, explanations, apologies or won't even acknowledge that they messed up somewhere. I know things happen. People make mistakes. But to not respond to a customer is ridiculous. I have never had such horrible customer service in my life. June 1st I still haven't heard from Bison despite repeated promises. They still won't answer my phone when I call again. The admin calls again. They still won't answer her either. We try the tracking number again and it finally shows up- our package is in CHINA!!!!!! I'm pretty sure that the quickest way from Florida to Illinois is NOT through China. So either they really screwed up, or they outsourced the job to China. The UPS info said the order shipped on 6/1 from Shenzhen, China. Now I'm furious. I can't have photos of kids somewhere in China where who knows what might happen to them. Still no response from Bison. Worst customer service ever. read more