Worst online shopping experience of my life. Terrible customer service!!!!!!!
Ordered a Maxi Cosi infant car seat on July 8th, got a shipping notice July 9th with tracking information that read 'picked up by Fed Ex' (that was fast!) and remained that way for a week with no updates (odd). Totally not the fault of the Baby's Den but, after not receiving a reply to my email to customer service for a few days, I give them a call to find out when the heck this seat might arrive. Hmmm, the rep says, we have been having a lot of trouble with Fed Ex, let me open an investigation. 3 days later I call them again. They haven't heard anything from Fed Ex, but she suggests we give them a few more days and then I should call back. Not that they would call me with an update, I should call back.
So, I call back. July 24th. The rep says they are just going to go ahead and call it lost freight, and since they don't have any more of that model, would I be interested in paying more for a different but similar model? Fine, $&%# happens, I get it. She did offer me a few dollars off, so I agreed to have that new seat shipped to me (I believe she said 'expedited'). And now it is Tuesday, July 29th and having not even gotten an email about the new seat that is supposed to be shipped, I call back. Hmmm, the rep says, let me check with the warehouse. Well, they were not answering the phone, so she said to wait until 4pm and then call her back to see what is going on (do they not have outgoing call capabilities?).
I call at 4 pm and get put on hold while the rep looks into the problem, which clearly has not been looked at since the time we spoke 4 hours ago. She finally gets back on the line to tell me that they didn't actually have the replacement seat they upgraded me to in stock and hadn't sent anything to me last Friday, but we could take a peek at their inventory and see what colors they have in stock and she could ship me a seat. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
She seemed shocked when I asked for a refund (for both my initial purchase and the extra money I stupidly agreed to pay for the upgraded model last Friday). Apparently now they have to send my request for a refund over to another department, so who knows when that will be processed. I am disgusted. Not even so much with the inventory situation, but the total inability of anyone I spoke with to take ownership of the situation.
So, Baby's Den: Please. Have mercy on parents and get your act together. Thanks to your horrid customer service, I am now only 4 weeks away from delivering and don't have a seat for the baby in my car. I went back to Albee Baby, where I bought my stroller, to buy the very same seat that you sold me last Friday as an upgraded replacement for the first purchase. The best part? It is the same price I was offered as your apologetic 'discount' price last Friday. read more