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So let’s start off with that I have had no issues with bulk reef supply in the past because nothing ever really came broken. I have spent thousands of dollars and have always received my items in damaged.
For the first time in 5 years of being a customer to @Bulk Reef Supply I’m truly disappointed in there company and how they conduct there customer service. I will not names but this goes from the start of speaking to a reef expert all the way to the customer service manager.
I’ll start with the fact that for the Black Friday deals, I decided to buy a mr aqua 22 gallon tank. I bought it because it was within my budget due to the sale. I ordered it November 23rd and paid for the 3 day shipping. Received the package and the packaging was in great shape however the tank was damaged. Was I disappointed, sure but I called BRS and they told me to send an email with photos and we will get you a new one sent out. The second one comes in and keep in mind now it is already December 3rd and placed the tank carefully into the home and saw the exterior of the packaging was great with no damage. So I waited till Saturday in hopes with time off of work, I could get the tank set up. Well guess what I carefully get the aquarium out of the package and there is giant scratch with two high points in it....
At this point yes I’m disappointed because this is going on for too long. I sent them one email with the photos and one replied on Monday with “Hey there. What is the damage, it is hard to see from the picture. Thank you” not even a so sorry to hear this happened, nothing..... So I sent more photos but at that point I wanted to directly talk to someone at BRS. I called them and there was a long wait time, 20 minutes on the phone and it randomly hangs up on. So I call again a little later and finally speak to one of the reefing experts. I explained the situation to the person and they said ok we will send you out a 3rd tank but after the 3rd attempt if it comes damaged, we will no longer ship anymore out and just send you a refund. I thought that was very odd because why should I suffer to not have a tank but I said ok and I asked can I get some sort of refund or something due to the fact that all this time has been spent to trying to get this tank to begin with. He said I’m not sure but I can talk to a manager. This is where it really takes me over the edge.
The employee comes back after being away for a couple minutes and says, I’m sorry we actually won’t send you a 3rd tank and we will just send you a refund..... how do you go from worse to worser. At that point I immediately wanted to talk to a manager. I explained how I annoyed I was to begin with and said we don’t want to send out more tanks due to ups hub in my area. How can you blame the UPS hub? I said the exterior of the packages weren’t damaged and I said the second tank was scratched maybe it came like that from the manufacture and they went on saying they highly doubt that as it’s bad business for them and the manufacture. Hmmm.... as if companies never make mistakes so let’s just blame it on ups. I then went on explaining that I bought it on Black Friday, will they match me the prices for another tank that may be packaged differently. She said no and instead they would give me the difference of my savings for the originally tank I bought in reward points.... so no tank and no deal to buy another one? So I’m thinking wow. I really missed out on Black Friday? At that point I explained how annoyed I was that the originally employee told me they would send out a third tank, so the manager ended up saying ok... if that’s what you want, we will send you a third tank but keep in mind this is our last attempt and afterwards we will just send you a refund and you can maybe go buy this tank locally....
I was so disappointed that is how they conduct business. I’m in customer service and I would never treat someone like that. I get that the first employee told me that he would have to talk to a manager. But for a manager to tell me you’ll have to buy the tank locally? The reason I’m buying it from them is because I’m a loyal customer and they are one of the only ones that carry this tank.
They make videos talking about doing giveaways and returning people money for their orders as their promotions or whatever it’s called but they wouldn’t try to make it right with people who are receiving damaged goods??? I understand I’m now getting my third tank but I shouldn’t have to ask for it. I paid for one to come in brand new condition and shouldn’t have to potentially go elsewhere if the third tank happened to be damaged.
maybe this will get to someone above the manager so they can see what I went through. I hope no one is treated the way I was as I shouldn’t have even had to spend the amount of time that I did for this issue.
second tank!
For the first time in 5 years of being a customer to @Bulk Reef Supply I’m truly disappointed in there company and how they conduct there customer service. I will not names but this goes from the start of speaking to a reef expert all the way to the customer service manager.
I’ll start with the fact that for the Black Friday deals, I decided to buy a mr aqua 22 gallon tank. I bought it because it was within my budget due to the sale. I ordered it November 23rd and paid for the 3 day shipping. Received the package and the packaging was in great shape however the tank was damaged. Was I disappointed, sure but I called BRS and they told me to send an email with photos and we will get you a new one sent out. The second one comes in and keep in mind now it is already December 3rd and placed the tank carefully into the home and saw the exterior of the packaging was great with no damage. So I waited till Saturday in hopes with time off of work, I could get the tank set up. Well guess what I carefully get the aquarium out of the package and there is giant scratch with two high points in it....
At this point yes I’m disappointed because this is going on for too long. I sent them one email with the photos and one replied on Monday with “Hey there. What is the damage, it is hard to see from the picture. Thank you” not even a so sorry to hear this happened, nothing..... So I sent more photos but at that point I wanted to directly talk to someone at BRS. I called them and there was a long wait time, 20 minutes on the phone and it randomly hangs up on. So I call again a little later and finally speak to one of the reefing experts. I explained the situation to the person and they said ok we will send you out a 3rd tank but after the 3rd attempt if it comes damaged, we will no longer ship anymore out and just send you a refund. I thought that was very odd because why should I suffer to not have a tank but I said ok and I asked can I get some sort of refund or something due to the fact that all this time has been spent to trying to get this tank to begin with. He said I’m not sure but I can talk to a manager. This is where it really takes me over the edge.
The employee comes back after being away for a couple minutes and says, I’m sorry we actually won’t send you a 3rd tank and we will just send you a refund..... how do you go from worse to worser. At that point I immediately wanted to talk to a manager. I explained how I annoyed I was to begin with and said we don’t want to send out more tanks due to ups hub in my area. How can you blame the UPS hub? I said the exterior of the packages weren’t damaged and I said the second tank was scratched maybe it came like that from the manufacture and they went on saying they highly doubt that as it’s bad business for them and the manufacture. Hmmm.... as if companies never make mistakes so let’s just blame it on ups. I then went on explaining that I bought it on Black Friday, will they match me the prices for another tank that may be packaged differently. She said no and instead they would give me the difference of my savings for the originally tank I bought in reward points.... so no tank and no deal to buy another one? So I’m thinking wow. I really missed out on Black Friday? At that point I explained how annoyed I was that the originally employee told me they would send out a third tank, so the manager ended up saying ok... if that’s what you want, we will send you a third tank but keep in mind this is our last attempt and afterwards we will just send you a refund and you can maybe go buy this tank locally....
I was so disappointed that is how they conduct business. I’m in customer service and I would never treat someone like that. I get that the first employee told me that he would have to talk to a manager. But for a manager to tell me you’ll have to buy the tank locally? The reason I’m buying it from them is because I’m a loyal customer and they are one of the only ones that carry this tank.
They make videos talking about doing giveaways and returning people money for their orders as their promotions or whatever it’s called but they wouldn’t try to make it right with people who are receiving damaged goods??? I understand I’m now getting my third tank but I shouldn’t have to ask for it. I paid for one to come in brand new condition and shouldn’t have to potentially go elsewhere if the third tank happened to be damaged.
maybe this will get to someone above the manager so they can see what I went through. I hope no one is treated the way I was as I shouldn’t have even had to spend the amount of time that I did for this issue.
second tank!
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