First let me start off by saying that I don't ever leave reviews on-line. I am a busy grandma and I just don't take the time. However after I just got off the phone with a lady named Cindy, I felt I needed to make others aware of what I didn't know and that is in the "fine print" if you will.
Tidee Didee service itself is great. I very much enjoy the convenience and ease of having to just dispose into a diaper pail and then put out every Monday and get a delivery of fresh new ones without having to do them myself.
I gave this as a present to my daughter when she had my grandson. I was given a similar gift from my mother-in-law and I was so very surprised how much I enjoyed it and I felt great not adding to landfills, even 25 years ago before it was PC to be conscience of our plant and the need to take care off it.
I did my due diligence and looked on-line for reviews, something that I don't do that often but when I was researching services in my area I felt it prudent. I saw many reviews here in Portland and in the rest of the nation about the diaper count issues. I was concerned so I called and spoke with a lady named Rosalee (sorry if I spelled wrong) and she assured me that it would not be a problem. I jotted down what we talked about and called the next day to sign up for the service. It was great. Came exactly when they said. It was wonderful.
After the 6 months that I had said I would pay for it my daughter decided that after looking into cost and convenience that they would go to disposable. I was a little sad but absolutely understood. It is her baby and she needs to do what she believes is best for her and her baby. The last day that we received diapers was Dec. 9th, a count of 32. We left out diapers on the 16th but didn't add the ones that were still clean and figured we would just use them up and turn them in the following week. If you going to be billed for the till the second week of December use all that you have, was our thought. Sadly we forgot to put out the diapers on the 23rd in time so we turned them in the following week. Here's the key. READ THE FINE PRINT!!! Apparently your service doesn't stop until you turn in the diapers. That is ridiculous to me. I might be the only one out there but when the last time I received clean diapers was the 9th why do I have to pay for the 3 weeks that I didn't even receive diapers.
The bill came and said we owed 2 months of service instead of a month and 2 weeks, and surprise surprise, we were "missing" 12 diapers. Well like that guy that was "missing" 23, you would notice if you were missing 5 diapers, much less 12 or 23. So I called to talk with someone about the bill. A lady named Cindy was who I spoke with and it was not pleasant to say the least. I needed her to explain how you charge someone for a service they are NOT even using. She told me that it's a RENTAL service and that you are charged until they receive the last diaper. Now I would understand that they charge you at first in case they don't get their diapers back but when you call you discuss like rational people and they could see that you didn't receive diapers after the 9th, you would think they would make the adjustment. Apparently that isn't something she wanted to do. The conversation was getting heated, I was upset, she was just repeating that in the paperwork you receive the first time you get you diapers tells you that it's a rental service and that they will charge you until the diapers are received even if you are not using the service and had CANCELED it weeks before. I was hot, which is so not in my nature, and after 10 minutes I just hung up.
Now lets just say that I will make sure that the bill is paid but I will also make sure that everyone is aware of their HORRIBLE business practices. If I operated my business like that I wouldn't last a month, much less get business in the first place. She said that when I originally called that Rosalee told me that this is how they do business, believe you me if that were the case I would NEVER use a business that feels they can charge someone for something they DIDN'T get.
On a POSITIVE note, she did remove the extra 24 dollars that I was charged for the diapers and for that I am extremely grateful. I was very happy I didn't have to make her see that I don't have a single diaper in my home that doesn't belong to me. Also my driver, I got his name but sadly forgot it, deserves AMAZING PRAISE. He was great. About 3 months in we forgot to put out the diapers and he knocked on the door quietly to get them, that was VERY thoughtful. He also gave US a Christmas card. How very kind of him.
So long story short, READ THE FINE PRINT!!! Know their horrible business practices up front, realize that their customer "service" is awful and make your own decision. I have may people in my community that I am in touch with and I will NEVER recommend Tidee Didee to them. That is strong I realize but deserved in my opinion. BE WARNED!! read more