Mistaken Orders and Unanswered Complaints

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Discussion Overview

This thread discusses issues related to mistaken orders and the challenges faced when dealing with customer service at the Home Office (HO). Participants share personal experiences regarding order cancellations, communication with customers, and suggestions for improving the online ordering process.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes a situation where multiple orders were mistakenly placed as individual orders, leading to complications with cancellations and customer communication.
  • Another participant expresses empathy for the original poster's frustration and shares a personal experience of feeling unprepared in similar situations.
  • Several users mention the need for a more user-friendly website to prevent such issues from occurring.
  • One participant notes that supervisors at HO have been responsive in their experience, suggesting that the situation may be resolved positively.
  • Another participant shares a hopeful perspective that recent changes to the Personal Website System (PWS) may reduce the frequency of these issues in the future.
  • One participant suggests that the order confirmation process could be improved by asking users if they were invited to a show at multiple points during checkout.
  • Another participant agrees that repeated prompts during the checkout process could help avoid similar mistakes.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the effectiveness of the current system and the responsiveness of HO, with some participants expressing optimism about improvements while others highlight ongoing frustrations.

Contextual Notes

Participants share their experiences as Pampered Chef consultants navigating order management and customer service interactions, reflecting a range of personal encounters with the system.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants who encounter similar issues with order management and customer service may find the shared experiences and suggestions relevant.

mandydollie
mandydollie
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Ok, so I'm doing this fundraiser and I had a gal, actually three who mistakingly put their orders in as individual orders on my website. No big deal, called HO and got them cancelled. Got e-mail confirmation that all three had been cancelled.... Today, I check my website and see that the third order(which I have e-mail confirmation that the Solution Center rep had cancelled) is out for delivery!!!!

WOW!!! Called HO to vent and was told by the very nice lady on the phone that she was very sorry, that she doesn't understand why it wasn't taken care of and suggested that I file a complaint with the supervisor. So, she transferred me and I had to leave a message. Then had to call the customer and tell her that when the box comes to not open it, as HO had not cancelled it as I had originally told her that they had. She understood and said that when they come and pick up the box, that she would call me and have me handle the order so that it gets entered correctly.

Now tell me, how stupid do I look... Call her first and explain that we will need to cancel her order and have her re-order from the website in the correct spot, she understands and feels bad for doing it wrong. Now, I have to call her again and tell her that HO failed to follow through and now the prodcuts will arrive on her door today and she will again have to re-order from me.

GRRRRRRRR

I'll be anxious to see if the solution center supervisor calls me back and what will actually be done. At least I have the 2 e-mails telling me that HO was going to cancel the orders. :mad:
 
I'm sorry Amanda! I hate it when I look like I don't know what I'm talking about! Keep us updated please.

By the way, when are you getting married?
 
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Wedding is February 10th
 
I wish our websites were more user friendly so this crap didn't happen.

In my experiences, the supervisors are very responsive--I've left voicemails for them and they called me back--so hopefully this will get straightened out for you!
 
I had this to me also. I don't understand why HO can't fix these orders on their computers - i.e. just move the orders into the party/fundraiser instead of having to go through hassle of getting orders returned and re-ordered.
 
Hopefully this will not happen as much in the future as the PWS now have a question that comes up when someone clicks on individual order that asks them if they were invited to a show.

Hopefully everything will get straightened out. Just tell your customer "computer error". :p
 
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All is fine... HO called and apologized for the error and I actually had a solution center rep call tonight to make sure that my customer wasn't completely upset and to apologize again for the error. The customer is very understanding and UPS will just pick the order back up, HO will credit her card and she said that she will re-order with me directly. :)
 
mandydollie said:
Wedding is February 10th
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How cool! My wedding anniversary (will be 16yrs) is on Feb 9th. Excellent month for a wedding! It snowed and looked so pretty (at least while we were inside...LOL). :)
 
tlennhoff said:
Hopefully this will not happen as much in the future as the PWS now have a question that comes up when someone clicks on individual order that asks them if they were invited to a show.
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What they need to do is switch that question to the end and put it on the page where the credit card/payment information is requested. That way they will be SURE to enter their friend's name and can avoid things like this from happening again in the future. :D
 
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That's a good idea... If they would ask the question several times throughout the checkout process, maybe they would avoid issues like this! Maybe now with the new pop-up it will help!
 

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