Downhill business practices after years of purchases
After years of purchases with 5KToys (and thousands of $), 5KToy's services are going downhill. Had two manufacturer defects over the course of 5 years (prior to this last/third one) and 5KT would resolve the issue in a reasonable amount of time.
Recently (early Feb.) parts for an order received which were defective due to the manufacturer (parts cracked and chipped right out of the box... documented with an unboxing vid), 5KT requested one month up to two months for replacement parts from the manufacturer. My response to them was that two months was an awfully long time, but I would patiently wait a month and check back in with them. One month past, 5kT's response "the manufacturer did not provide them an answer" and 5kT would contact the manufacturer again, time passed and "the manufacturer responded but couldn't give a definite answer". After 11+ weeks of waiting, and no responses from 5KT to subsequent inquiries, 5KT's response was meager credit $14 (on 2 of 3 sets valued over $100 that were defective). My response to them was that they had to do better.
At the same time while waiting for the replacement parts for the above order, two large shipments (one order that had to be split into two) both arrived damaged due to the carrier. Claims were filed with the carrier and the carrier approved of the claims in the first week. 5KToys already started dragging their feet on responses to email inquiries. 5KT and Shopify/Shipinsurance were provided up front all the proper documentation (videos, photos, claim approvals, etc.). At that point, both 5KT and Shopify/Shipinsurance played the pointing/awaiting response game from each other for 3+ weeks and after the 3+ weeks 5KT sends a response stating they still need the pictures, documentation, etc. for approval. My response to them "I sent all that 3+ weeks ago!".
5KT's eventual response was a $10 offer for an order that was nearly $800 in damaged products. This is unacceptable!
I believe 5KT up/overcharged shipping and didn't apply for additional shipping insurance over the basic/base $100 coverage for each shipment.
5KToys never offered a return/exchange on any of the orders. PP's team asked why not just return the items back to the merchant?
Who would ship items back to a seller/merchant who was uncooperative/non-responsive?
I filed for claims through PP and before the claims were investigated, in retaliation 5Kt cancelled my remaining five Pre-Orders which were over six months old (so deposits are lost).
I filed disputes with my CC/Bank for the issues with the recent orders.
This is a solid warning, not to trust 5KToys.
Issues: poor service, poor response, poor insurance coverage, poor remediation/poor resolution, will retaliate against returning customer with years of purchases (over thousands of $), NO HONOR/A THIEF, will take your money and run.
OH yea... and (in the past) if you're wondering why you don't/didn't receive emails from 5KT regarding 2nd payment orders/notifications is because 5KT is too cheap to obtain a business account to send out mass email notifications. Instead they are limited by a free email account.
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