I was introduced to gourmet secret "Sampler Club" through Groupon, and thought, "Meh! What the heck, I'll try them out." So bi-monthly I was able to order off their web, any "Sampler" package which also included shipping and handling anywhere in Canada..
Soooo Jan/Feb was beef...arrived in a timely fashion and was good, not great, but definitely good. tasty fillet mignon, and a nice piece of bacon wrapped scallop. the ground beef was a bit grey, but I used it in a chili and had no repercussions!
Mar/Apr was a "catch of the day" package which contained a piece of halibut, salmon, talipia and a sample of something else, I forget...blech! The ONLY thing that was not bad was the little piece of salmon. I don't know what they did to the halibut, but it was VERY wet, the same goes for the talipia, so I thought well, I won't order the fish products again.
May/June and July/Aug are currently outstanding as they were having issues with their freezers, and they said they would honour those 2 in the new year. I was fine with that...Hey, Sh** Happens.
So Sept./Oct was their "Free Range Poultry" pkg. which was okay...contained a piece of turkey as well, but nothing that screams to me that I should run out and get their chicken products. So back to the beef pkg. for Nov/Dec.
I ordered it Nov 20th and called them Dec. 23rd as I haven't received the pkg yet, and with Christmas a couple days away, I was concerned the food would arrive between Xmas and New Years. I spoke with Mike, he asked for my client # and also asked how the products were so far. I told him the beef was the only we liked. He was insistent the reason I was not having a great experience was because the portion sizes in the samplers are just that...samples. He was also annoyed that the shipping costs were costing him too much money and wanted to "up-sell" me on his other products. I let him know I was not interested on his other products right now, and was happy being a sampler club client.
I asked when I could expect the order from Nov 20th and he said I could expect it the week of Jan 26-30. I asked why so long, when I already waited over a month, that I should need to wait another month!
At this point things went nasty.
He was extremely annoyed about the s/h charges and said he was losing money, not to mention the price of beef had gone up, and I was costing him money with only being a Sampler Club Client. Then he tried telling me that he would ship the Nov. order, but I had to pay s/h. Ummmm NO...the Groupon Coupon I paid for,... in full,.... a year ago,....included s/h. I told him; his customer service was really sucking. He said if I was a full client, I would get better customer service. I said, "Does that make sense to you?"
Okay, so here it is Jan. 29th.... no tracking info. and still no order....HMMMMMMMMM.. I Called again, got ahold of Amanda, she said she had my ordered marked to be shipped Feb 9-13. When asked about the two outstanding orders from Mar/Apr & May/June. She said she'll issue a refund. and will not honour the those two afterall ....Wow...What a company...I wish them well. read more