Damaged Shipments and Poor Customer Service: My Frustrating Experience

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences with damaged shipments and customer service issues related to their Pampered Chef orders. Several users express frustration over the handling and delivery of their products, highlighting specific incidents of damage and poor communication from the company.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares their experience of receiving a supply order with damaged items, including broken stones and missing products, and expresses concern over the lack of response from the Solution Center.
  • Another participant notes that the shipping issue appears to be worse than their own experience, indicating a shared sense of frustration.
  • One participant suggests contacting a supervisor directly, sharing their personal approach to handling such issues.
  • Another participant proposes sending complaints directly to a specific VP in charge of shipping, indicating a desire for escalation.
  • One participant humorously comments on the poor condition of the boxes, suggesting they may have been mishandled during shipping.
  • Another participant recounts a conversation about the USPS sorting process, explaining how improper packing can lead to damage during transit.
  • One participant expresses concern over the use of oversized boxes for smaller orders, suggesting that better packing practices could prevent damage.
  • Another participant describes a situation where a customer received the wrong item along with their replacement, highlighting ongoing issues with order fulfillment.
  • One participant mentions their relief at not being stationed overseas, implying that such shipping issues could be more problematic in that context.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express frustration over shipping and customer service issues, with no clear consensus on the best course of action to address these problems. Views differ on the effectiveness of contacting higher-ups versus the Solution Center.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects personal experiences of participants who are consultants, focusing on their individual challenges with order fulfillment and customer service interactions.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants experiencing similar shipping and customer service challenges may find the shared experiences and suggestions relevant to their own situations.

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That's MY supply order. Huge boxes with heavy catalogs & a lot of air are NOT a good mix.

Neither are stones & air. Today I did three separate online adjustments for three different customers on the SAME show. 2 had broken stones, one had missing items. :rolleyes:

I e-mailed a complaint to the Solution Center with photos. But with the lack of response to e-mails lately, I'm not sure that it will do any good. :(
 
Your shipping issue looks 10x worse than mine. That is so horrible!
 
That is terrible! I think I would call and insist on talking to a supervisor. I don't do that often, but in this case I think I would. JMO
 
You should send these directly to Rich Hlava, the VP in charge of shipping.
 
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What is his e-mail? I tried to find a direct e-mail for someone in shipping & couldn't on CC. So I just sent it to the solution center.
 
Looks like they ran over them with the truck!
Are you sure they weren't delivered air-mail and just dropped from the C130 straight to your door?? :D
 
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LOL

The guy at the military post office told my husband that the USPS has a conveyor belt system that sorts & then dumps boxes into a huge dumpster. They are not hand sorted. Then the dumpster is dumped again for the military guys to separate & transport to the appropriate base. He said when the items rattle around inside the box, you get this. When things are packed nice & tight, the boxes hold up to all the impact in the USPS sorting process. He said it's common for them to accept boxes already in this condition. The military then hand sorts the boxes onto pallets by destination (which base), saran wraps them & transports by forklift onto the plane or boat. They are not unwrapped until they arrive at the appropriate base post office. So damage like this occurs prior to the military taking possession. Our post office unwrapped the pallet to find the boxes already in this condition. I can't believe all the items were actually still in the box! The edge was ripped enough for stuff to fall out of the box. I'm surprised stuff was not lost into the dumpster or on the dock in California. Oh, and I didn't post the photo of the packing slip (since it has all my personal info on it) - it was pretty much destroyed!
 
Maybe you should let HO know? Too often, I think they use boxes that are way too big for the items. They just toss a little brown paper in there- like that will keep things in place?? They need more appropriately sized boxes for smaller orders or something.
 
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I still have no response from the solution center on this. One of the customers with a broken stone called me to say that she received the replacement stone with one problem ... someone else's bar pan and packing slip was in her box too! :confused: What they heck are they doing?

I took a guess that Rich's e-mail is [email protected] and just forwarded the previous e-mail to him with the new info.

Now there's some woman on a military base in Europe waiting on an adjustment but her stone & packing slip are sitting here in Japan. :rolleyes:

I can only assume that they are training a bunch of rookies or something. I've never seen so many errors clustered together much less all related to the same show!
 
This makes me kinda glad we can't get stationed overseas(I'm part of the EFM program)
 

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