Zero Stars...
Hello to all who reads this review,
I first off would like to state that I could not accurately rate this tv and its features due to the fact that my tv was inoperable at the time of unpackaging, but I feel my issue should be addressed in the totality of my experience throughout a 2 month, and soon to be longer, ordeal.
NOTICE: This review is a little long but well worth the read, I promise.
Samsung and all its billion dollar glory is by far the worst company I have ever personally dealt with. Need I remind you all my appliances at home and even older TVs came from SAMSUNG.
Now to the meat and potatoes. Firstly, I placed my order for this tv in December and it took them 2 months, let me say this again, 2 MONTHS to even send me a tracking number. They also never stated to me that the tv would be on back order even after originally placing the order. Furthermore, when originally dealing with "SAMSUNG ECOMM" in December of 2015 it took hours to get to the right department and when getting to the right ECOMM department, not anyone there had any helpful knowledge. Speaking to the supervisor "D" or "Dee" or however you state her "name", provided no information that helped me, the customer, out in expediting my order.
Now, let's fastfoward two agonizing, long awaited months of when receiving my tracking number. Oh boy I was so exited! With all these great reviews and ratings I've read on the TV (I have done my research on this), I knew I would be in for a great viewing experience, once I hook up my tv.
About one to two weeks later, I receive the big bad JU7500... I start unpacking the box and I take out all of the sturdy, yet architecturally sound styrofoam. Then YOWSERS! I see the craziest thing! A large circular crack on the bottom of the screen, about the size of an average fist or tip of a boot. *Disclaimer* "The box was in perfect condition." So I feel like the tv was damaged before it was even placed inside the box or someone maliciously hit it and then placed it inside, in which, the reason why baffles me. I did nothing wrong.
If all this doesn't shout, HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, then maybe the events after my sad tv-opening experience would prove to you all (and I hope a high Samsung executive reads this) that you should think twice about purchasing directly from Samsung.com.
The day of the TV reveal, I contact Samsung, and again get transferred multiple times after giving each person all the information on the order. I speak to a customer service rep, located in the seemingly small office of "ECOMM" and to no avail this person is unhelpful. He did not once even apologize for the incident (even though it wasn't directly his fault). He told me first that in order to get a refund, by the way I want an immediate exchange, that I have to first wait 4-5 business days to receive the MAILING INVOICE to even start sending them the tv. So, I have to pack the tv up myself and drive it in my little vehicle to drop it off at the FedEx facility. As well they said after sending them the tv, they stated it will take 15 business days to refund my money, AFTER they receive the tv. Now I am pissed beyond anything else. I keep telling myself that this poor customer service rep, who is reading off a script, is not the antagonist to my story...
Therefore, I ask to speak to an all powerful "Manager", and in all the weirdest ways things can turn out, I get "D". Yes, the same "Dee" that I had atrocious dealings with two months prior. She again states the same thing to me that the the rep said and never once apologizes for the betrayal of her company, the one that pays her to say nice things to a distraught customer.
In addition, she steps up her tone and brings in her final card of "amazing"(sarcasm) customer service. DEE says she will help me out after everything gets returned, by honoring the price of the TV, "which we rarely do". She also said, that I have to repurchase the tv because SAMSUNG, a billon dollar company, cannot do exchanges. SAY WHAT!?? Among everything else, there is no guarantee that I will receive my repurchase in a timely manner, because it "might" be on back order. Now if not ever before, I'm thinking my experience so far doesn't mean anything.
This is still an ongoing problem and I just sent the tv back. Let's pray to the customer service gods that someone will reach out to me and help me, as well as anyone else that has this issue.
Thank you all for hearing me out and be weary of Samsung.com and/or its other departments. read more