At the start of the summer pool season, we realized that we needed to do some long-overdue maintenance/repair to our pool and pool maintenance items. I searched several pool-supply web sites as well as the elephant-in-the-room (Am_z_n). And it turned out that one place, Sunplay.com, seemed to have the best prices as well as the most complete selection of the stuff we needed for our pool. And having found this new (to me) pool supplier, I proceeded to order several items from them.
After a couple of days, I received an email stating that they had processed my order and would be sending them to me in 2 different shipments - the first was a single item (a skimmer weir), and the other would be the remaining items. I got another email when the shipment was sent out along with a tracking number for "POOLCORP". I had no idea who this "POOLCORP" was, but when I entered the provided tracking number in a Google search, I found that it was a USPS tracking number, and my item was on its way. A couple of days later, I received that item via USPS mail, and I also got another email from Sunplay stating the second order containing the remaining items had been shipped. But it had the same POOLCORP tracking number as did the first shipment.
Meanwhile, I opened the first package and checked what was sent - it appeared to be the correct item; however, it also appeared to be used (it was slightly scratched/discolored and had adhesive residue where some stickers had been removed), but more importantly, it was missing some components (the pivot pins/springs that hold it in place and allow it to work). So I logged into my Sunplay account and checked their contact info - they listed both a phone number and email address; however that said they were open only on weekdays, and now it was Saturday on a holiday (Memorial Day) weekend. Nonetheless, I proceeded to compose an email asking for the correct tracking number for the second shipment and told them about the issue with the skimmer weir I had just received.
Again, as it was a holiday weekend, I really didn't expect to receive a response until at least after Memorial Day on Tuesday. But I was pleasantly surprised to get a response less than an hour later in which they apologized for the issues I had encountered. They said they would send me a new weir and that the rest of my order would actually be shipped on Tuesday. They also said that they would provide tracking numbers for both of these as soon as they shipped.
Although I encountered some minor issues with my order, Sunplay's customer service responded quickly and courteously when I informed them of those issues, even though it was outside of their normal hours of operation. So I must heartily commend them for being so responsive, and overall I would give them the highest ratings. read more