Onlinecomponents.com Reviews 168

I purchase a MIL relay in February 2016 and they supplied the wrong item. They will not refund me for their mistake. They don't know what customer service means and always fail to reply to my emails. They are evasive and should not be trusted. Do not buy from them.

I live in Alaska. I purchased a $12 relay. The web site indicated flat rate shipping ($6.95) but then they schwacked me for $28. After some back and forth complaining over a couple of days, someone in authority conceded that they couldn't calculate UPS Ground shipping to Alaska. Really? 15 years in business and they couldn't give a guess? Anyway, they made it right. The salesman said he would take my recommendation to their web team to clarify their shipping policy on their site. He also refunded the difference between what was flat rate shipping and what they charged me. The individual there really stayed on top of the situation until it was resolved, and I appreciate that. Would I do business with them again? It depends on the cost of the item and the cost of the shipping. I would have to place a substantial order for the shipping to be worth it. It has been a long time since I've been stung with high shipping (and handling) from a company. This will serve as a reminder to slow down and take a good look at an unknown vendor before I make the purchase. I Googled the part number and a half dozen prices pop up, with Onlinecomponents being the cheapest. Then the shipping drives it up to the most expensive, and I didn't know what the charge was until after I placed the order. Misleading? You bet! Intentional? I don't think so based on their willingness to work with me on the problem.

Restock fees and minimum order limits are awful. Go elsewhere for your stuff if possible.

I placed an order with onlinecomponents.com on 10/29 (and paid extra for three day shipping) and instantly received a confirmation email.

I checked on the order today - over a week later - and nothing shipped.

I contacted them via chat where they claimed my credit card was declined and that they had sent an email. I received no email (other than my order confirmation) and had nothing from them in my spam folder. I also verified my credit card is fine and verified with the bank no charge attempt was put through.

I was told to call Victoria to fix it. I called Victoria, she said it may be a problem on their end, and asked if she could call me back later. I asked her when she would call back - she said she did not know I said I can't wait on this anymore, I'll just give you a new card... but the order must go out today. She verified the order would go out today. I gave her the new card number.

I checked again via chat at ~6pm to verify the order would go out. They said yes. I then received this email from them at 6:17 PM.

Hello,

My warehouse cannot find p/n A8L-11-11N1. The factory lead time is 03/19/2013. Please let me know if you would like to cancel or leave on backorder.

I immediately emailed them and said to cancel my entire order, not just this part - the whole order.

The "missing part" is the ONE part in my order I actually needed. The rest of the parts were filler parts, as they have a *minimum order size*. So they had none of the parts I needed and all of the parts I didn't need.

My third chat with them then followed, where they flat out lied:

OLC Rep: Hello. How may I assist you?
Jonathan Taylor: i want to cancel my entire order 196383
Jonathan Taylor: immediately.
Jonathan Taylor: after ordering on the 29th, receiving no email from you, being told on chat my credit card was declined, verifying the order would go out today, checking again that the order would go out today, i received this email from you:
Jonathan Taylor: Hello, My warehouse cannot find p/n A8L-11-11N1. The factory lead time is 03/19/2013. Please let me know if you would like to cancel or leave on backorder. Thanks, Mark Sabella
Jonathan Taylor: Do not charge my card, do not ship me anything.
Jonathan Taylor: Your company is one of the absolute worst I have dealt with in years.
Jonathan Taylor: I will never be back.
Jonathan Taylor: please verify that 100% of my order is canceled and nothing will ship and that I will not be charged anything.
OLC Rep: Just a moment while I pull it up please.
OLC Rep: It looks like every other part has already been picked up by UPS. I understand your frustration, however we did confirm an email was sent to you in regards to your credit card.
OLC Rep: It definitely happens every now and then that our warehouse goes to pull a part and they can not locate it. I sincerely apologize about that.
OLC Rep: Per Victoria, you confirmed the email went to your spam box as well.
Jonathan Taylor: No, i absolutely did not. That is a lie.
Jonathan Taylor: I said I checked my spam box, and nothing was there.
Jonathan Taylor: I also checked with my bank, who said nothign went through.
Jonathan Taylor: I will contest the credit card charge. I will also be posting on every site online what an awful service you offer.

To review: Victoria indicated the credit card problem may be on their end. I specifically told her I checked my spam box and received no email. They verified they had the parts, then hours later, they did not. They claimed I said the email was in my spam box. I verified three times today the order would ship, and then the part I needed did not. I immediately canceled the order, but the shipped the parts I canceled and charged my credit card anyway. Repeated dishonesty at worst, incompetence at best.

I order electronic components online weekly and have had absolutely no trouble with other vendors. This is the first - and now last - time I tried onlinecomponents.com

onlinecomponents.com is banned and I'll never order from them again.

My experience with this company has been stellar.

I ordered four cables and they shipped right away. The shipping cost was determined by the carrier (UPS)and not a high price estimate usually charged by online company's.

The Rep was courteous and helpful.

After placing a $32 order for a relay and paying for it, I received a notification email from my CC company stating I was charged $64 for it. After calling them to see why I was being charged almost $30 to ship a relay from Southern CA to the bay area I was told it was only a pending charge and I would get the final total upon receipt. I've ordered many things online and never once have I had to wait til I was stuck with the part to find out how much they were bending me over for it. Unbelievable!

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS STORE!!!!! I ordered some lights which turned out to be the wrong ones so I wanted to exchange them. They didn't have the ones i wanted in stock so I decided to just return them. Their return policy is ridiculous! You have to pay either a 15% or $30 restocking fee, whichever is greater! I received $25 back on a purchase of $50, plus I had to pay for the shipping myself. The customer service representative said she was actually doing me a favor by charging me 25 instead of 30. WOW way to cheat people for their money!