Please Read This Before You Commit to Buy
I placed an order with VillageCandleAddicts on 23 March and had a shipment notification the following day. So far, so good.
However, when the parcel hadn't arrived by the following Friday (31 March), I used the tracking number provided, and the tracking site said it had been delivered on Monday 27 March. There were no details provided, no photograph or anything. I immediately checked with neighbours (we often take in parcels for each other and are quick to get them to each other); of course they hadn't received anything. I checked with my building's reception, nothing had been delivered there for me.
I had done all I could. So I quickly sent a friendly and polite email to Village Candle Addicts explaining all of the above and asking if they had received any proof of delivery so I could try to work out where the parcel went.
No response.
Sent another email on 4 April.
No response.
Followed up a third time on 7 April.
No response.
Sent a final email on 13 April expressing my disappointment and advising that I would have to dispute the charge. This one got a response. Their initial message (which arrived the same day) was apologetic and gregarious, promising to look into the matter.
However, their follow-up email on 14 April seemed to have been written by another person entirely. They told me first that they only check email 2-3 days a week (I wonder if they meant "2-3 weeks a month"), and that the parcel had in fact been delivered to me and left outside my door, offering to provide proof. I said it wasn't delivered and that I'd asked for proof two weeks ago, and that my first email clearly hadn't been read. Their response: "It has been read thank you here’s your proof". The proof (a photo) was of the parcel outside some other door, not mine. So I said "That's not my door". Their response:
"Hey
Maybe it’s not might be your neighbours but it’s your Proof of Delivery and your case is now closed.
May I suggest you pop out and check with your neighbours u can see from the Photo where it is. Also please check any other doorways.
Have a good weekend."
"Maybe it's not" my door?! Wow. Suggesting measures that I already told them I'd taken in my first (still clearly unread) email? Cool. Deciding that as long as a parcel has been delivered to someone somewhere that's a case closed? Slow clap.
So, long story short, you can take a gamble on these guys. But God help you if your parcel is delivered elsewhere, or you need any kind of customer service. You'll be treated with suspicion and hostility, and you won't be getting your items or your money back.
April 14, 2023
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