I am absolutely LIVID with my experience with The Black Tux. One of the main reasons I went with this company for our wedding suit rentals was their partnership with Nordstrom. As you may know, Nordstrom has one of the best return policies and customer services I have ever experienced. The Black Tux puts a significant negative mark against Nordstrom's name.
With 37 days left until our wedding, one of our groomsmen received an error message trying to order his size, which prompted us to call customer service. Come to find out, they do not only have the inventory to fulfill the order for the remaining groomsmen orders, but they are also unable to fulfill the orders that we reserved and paid for 4 months ago. We were not notified of this in advance, we found out retroactively on our own. The customer service representative, Danica, mentioned that they were waiting to notify us until mid-August when their fulfillment centers were operating at full capacity again, which is COMPLETELY unacceptable! It's putting us in a pinch to find an alternative now... 36 days until our wedding. Let alone mid-August which would be about two weeks out. Not to mention, Danica falsely informed me that all sizes were to be ordered 60 days prior to the event date. However, the website clearly states 30 days. How are customers required to provide notice on sizing 30-60 days prior, and yet it is acceptable in their eyes to inform us of an inability to fulfill our order 14 days prior to the event? Can you say double standard?!
Oh, and it gets worse! Their idea of "resolving" the situation is refunding the orders and offering 20% off your next rental. However, I will NEVER give my business to this company again, so that really resolves nothing. In fact, I plan to do everything in my power to ensure none of my countless friends getting married in the upcoming years gives The Black Tux their business. If anything is speaks to The Black Tux's lack of value for their customers and their complete misunderstanding of the damage they have caused.
PLUS, I had to call back several times to get ahold of Danica in the first place. Their reps told me the first time she would call back within 24 hours. She didn't. When I called back again, they mentioned she would call back in an hour, but she was late. When she finally returned my call, she was clearly unable to resolve the situation to my satisfaction, I requested to escalate the situation and she declined to provide anyone. She also informed me that the avenue for documenting a formal complaint was to email her own support inbox.
I wouldn't be surprised if this company gets sued for false advertising... Their website's guarantee, copy and pasted:
"If you're the organizer of a wedding, build your party's looks and place your order as soon as you know the wedding date. Once you place your order, their outfits will be reserved and each participant will receive an email invite prompting them to create an account. From there, we recommend that everyone in the party enter their sizes, choose to rent or buy their look, and pay for their order 30 days prior to the wedding date."
I placed my order MONTHS ago, which should have "reserved" the outfits for our participants. Not to mention we are still outside 30 days prior to our wedding for our participants to enter their sizes and checkout. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! Do NOT go through this company and make sure to tell your friends not to either. read more