This is the second time I've used Trophy Mart. My first experience was great, however this past experience was quite disappointing. Their quality is always good, but I was disappointed at the customer service.
I worked with someone over the phone for my plaques and she was very nice. She showed me things on the website and went over things step by step. I was satisfied with what she told me so I sent over my information and artwork. I got a proof, but still wasn't given the total or an invoice. Next day I get an email saying the order is ready. I was surprised because I never got a final price to say, yes let's move forward. When I got there, I was shocked to see the price was a lot more than I expected based off of the conversation with the woman over the phone. Apparently, I was charged more for our custom logo, which was never told to me over the phone AND it's not on their website. When you see the website it makes it seem like it's included. I asked for them to honor the fact that there was no communication and I never was told the price before they went ahead and printed my order. I told them if I had of known this was the price, I never would have ordered it. I even said to the guy at the store that I'm willing to pay some of it since I know they have to run a business, but I kindly asked for them to acknowledge the lack of communication by a few dollars off or even 10%. The woman I worked with over the phone even had the email and agreed that it was never communicated to me. I mentioned that I used them last year, and the guy went to the back to ask the owner if I could have a discount. The owner never came out and the guy came back to tell me "no". The owner said "no" because I only purchased something from them once (So I guess if I visited them more often they would have honored their mistake). Their resolution was to reprint all eight plaques without the custom logo. So, they rather print brand new plaques and waste time, energy, and materials than give me $10 off.
I have my own business and I never could imagine making a mistake on our end and not acknowledging it. I would make sure our customer was happy, especially if it was just a few bucks off.
Again, the quality of the product was great, but I felt like they just didn't care even though I never was told the price and even though they admitted it was not communicated to me. If you use them, just make sure to get the price FIRST before they go to print. read more