Buyer Beware of Shipping Promises Not Honored
Ordered the car online and clicked on door to door delivery option for an extra $80.00 charge. My order and shipping selection was accepted with my home address (Rural northland), and I received an order confirmation number. 1 day later I get a call from the company stating they don't do door to door delivery to the address I entered. That I would have to pick the car up at the closest depot in Whangerai which was a 3 hour roundtrip drive for me. I said I would only be willing to do that on the condition they refund the full $80.00 back to me for the door to door shipping, since that's what I was charged for and I would not be receiving, they agreed and said yes you will be refunded the $80.00. What they didn't bother to tell me was the shipping depot isn't open on weekends and requires you to pick up your order wihtin 3 days of receiving your goods. I had to take a day off from work to drive 3 hours round trip to pick up the car. Weeks go by and no refund. I send multiple emails asking for the $80.00 refund I was promised and only 1 email was responded to saying "we'll look into". Finally 2 months go by, and I send another email asking them to credit back the refund as promised or I would be writing a transparent review online to let other potential customers know about their shipping inaccuracies and getting charged for services not rendered. I get a call that afternoon, explaining to me that they are now only willing to offer me a $7.00 credit because it cost them $73.00 to ship it to the depot were I had to pick it up from- 3 hours away from my home, And because they were out that shipping cost, they would only refund me the $7.00 difference from the $80.00 shipping fee I paid. I told them politely not to bother, we have very different expectations of how a customer should be treated and how a buisness should conduct themselves. I have seen another review with similar issues about an order and a bait and switch depot pick up. I can only draw the conclusion that they are doing this willingly to complete sales- they know they cant offer door to door shipping to some locations, but once they have your order placed and your money they make you have to do a depot run and they don't think they owe you a refund for charging for door to door shipping when you actually don't get it.
20 de enero de 2026
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