This is my experience with an on-line order from Brooklyn Bedding. Below is the email I sent them.
To Whom It May Concern,
I am contacting you because i've had a terrible experience after placing an order.
I was mattress shopping and originally decided to purchase a Purple mattress. I applied for financing with Affirm and got approved. Before I placed my order, I decided to look at Brooklyn Bedding and saw that there were more options in regard to firmness to choose from so I decided to purchase one of your beds. At check out I selected to use Affirm because I thought my approval was based on my account with Affirm and it would apply at Brooklyn bedding and not by specific vendor. I got a message from Affirm that I was NOT approved for the Brooklyn Bedding purchase and after seeing what the interest rates are I decided to pay the whole amount of my order, which was $992.96, using my debit card and not contact Affirm to pursue credit approval for this purchase. I entered my debit card information in your system, my order went through, got an email confirmation order #XXXXXX stating my order is on hold until you confirm payment has been received.
On May 5th I received an email from Kalen at Brooklyn Bedding thanking me for placing my order and my order will now be put into the queue for production...etc. also on May 5th $992.96 was charged on my card by Brooklyn Bedding LLC Phoenix AZ and debited from my checking account. I assumed my mattress was being produced per Kalen's email and I would soon be getting an email letting me know it's been shipped.
This morning May 12th, I happened to be checking my bank account transactions and noticed a transaction "checkcard reversal 5/12 brooklyn bedding LLC Phoenix AZ" in the amount of the $992.96 so as you can imagine, I was surprised and I emailed this Kalen person asking for a status on my order. She replied back that it looks like the order did not go through in your system and Affirm will need to be contacted to help further with my loan and provided the number to affirm. I was SHOCKED again because I did NOT USE AFFIRM TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE! I called your customer service line and the woman I spoke with said the same thing, my order in your system is showing it was placed with Affirm. I asked her how that's possible if I entered my card information AND the purchase amount was DEBITED from MY CHECKING ACCOUNT the day I placed the order and then CREDITED back to MY CHECKING ACCOUNT on May 12th. She said "I don't know what to tell you but in our system it's showing it was place through Affirm and you will have to place a new order" I asked why I wasn't informed about this sooner because i've now waisted a whole week, no fault of my own, waiting on a mattress that I thought was in production and I HAD TO CONTACT YOU GUYS for an update only to be told that there is nothing she can do, I'd have to place another order, and she also added, "well you didn't get a shipping confirmation from us so..." correct on that, I didn't get a SHIPPING confirmation from you because according to your order confirmation email, production time is approximately 2-5 business days and May 5th(the day i received my order conf) - May 12th (today when my money was reversed back into my account) I was still within the approximate production time so I didn't think anything was out of the ordinary by not receiving a shipping confirmation! I told her that YOUR SYSTEM is flawed and needs to be addressed because this is ridiculous and stated yet again, i've waisted a whole week of waiting on a mattress that I urgently need. she said she would let her developer know. No apology. Her nonchalant and dismissive attitude was unacceptable! I work in the hospitality industry and her customer service skills were insulting and rude! You might want to rethink how you train your employees. If she showed an ounce of empathy, urgency, effort or sincerity, my reaction to this mess up on YOUR end would have been totally different. I'm not an unreasonable person, l am not looking for monetary compensation. As I stated previously I work in the hospitality industry, I completely understand that things can go wrong, technology isn't perfect, people make mistakes, things can go wrong we have no control over, but handling these issues takes excellent customer service and that makes all the difference to your customers and that is what you are lacking! That being said, I will not be placing a new order with you. You have lost my business. I've placed my order with my original mattress pick which is Purple.
Sincerely,
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