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devilsknight
Feb 14th, 2012, 11:30 PM
Quick story about the issue. Ordered some flowers well in advance of Valentines Day (my kids wanted to buy some flowers for her and i was away till tonight in the USA so delivery best option for us)

I decided to order them via Costco, with some deal posted on here a few weeks back. They shipped them yesterday afternoon via UPS (crap !) and they were sent with a guaranteed delivery before noon today (Feb 14th). Come home today at 6pm, no flowers...check the tracking...have been sitting in their depot since yesterday afternoon. Call UPS to figure out wtf happened...basically tell me the driver must of missed it ? Then tell me even though it's guaranteed it's not guaranteed to be delivered on time. Whatever that means. They reach the driver to double check if it's on the truck. It's not. Call me back and tell assure me they'll be delivered tomorrow before noon, guaranteed (ha !). Basically means the flowers will probably be dead by then...two days in a box...

So it was too late to call Costco to see if anything could be done they closed at 6pm. UPS basically washed their hands of it, I'd rather deal with Costco and let them deal with UPS as they have the contracts and the guarantee with them.

Anyone deal with Costco.ca customer service ? Do i have a case here to get some $ back or the flowers re-sent ? The kids were so disappointed...i'm none too pleased about it either. But then again it's UPS they've never been a good company in my mind, ever.

Input ? Thanks !

deltone
Feb 15th, 2012, 12:56 AM
Costco is one of the best retailers to deal with so my guess is they will work with you. Sorry for the disappointment for the kids.

Akitakara
Feb 15th, 2012, 02:07 AM
Just a reminder.

Costco is the one that sent out the item. So UPS won't deal with any claims (ex: guarantees) with you. You would have to deal with Costco about this issue.

whazup911
Feb 15th, 2012, 06:16 AM
Just give Costco a shout! They have unbelievable customer service, their return policies are superb as well. I've seen people return half of watermelons for full refunds because they weren't "sweet" enough!

Jimboski
Feb 15th, 2012, 06:21 AM
Just give Costco a shout! They have unbelievable customer service, their return policies are superb as well. I've seen people return half of watermelons for full refunds because they weren't "sweet" enough!

Seriously? :facepalm:.. I know there was a story where someone returned 2 year old microwave and oven and said "They weren't satisfied".. Then proceeded to buy new ones with the refund they got, LOL.

I heard good things about Costco return policy and customer service but I've never needed to use It yet..

aalui
Feb 15th, 2012, 10:23 AM
Same thing happened to me as well. Ordered flowers for my girlfriend from costco, but they never came. Just called and they offered me a full refund.

devilsknight
Feb 15th, 2012, 11:41 AM
Thanks for the tips guys Costco was great and gave a full refund.

Checking the tracjing this morning the driver leaves this note

THE CUSTOMER WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 1ST ATTEMPT. A 2ND ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE

Wife was in the house all day, in the living room in full view of the driveway. Driver even confirmed with their dispatch last night when i originally called to complain that he never got that box...then he leaves that b.s. msg on the file to cover his ***** ...

That set me off pretty good today...called UPS to let them know turns out the driver did this to 3 people incl me yesterday.

Then driver pulls up. I ask him if hes the regular driver this route, he says yes...i reply with these were supposed to be delivered yesterday...he goes oh i never got them loaded on time. I tell him then why did you leave a note on the file saying you tried to deliver ?! He just looks at me and walks away...

Called him an ***** hole and shut the door. Nice...

doberman_baby
Feb 15th, 2012, 01:17 PM
I ordered a portable small washer and when it arrived, after opening the box, a corner was cracked.
UPS sucks period.
Costco awesome as I returned it without hassle.