Harvey Norman complaint written for work collegue
To Whom It May Concern:
Go Harvey Norman Go! The light is green! Hello?? Harvey? Norman? Anyone? If anyone is listening or has the most basic of literary skills, this is the second time I have attempted to contact you in the faint glimmer of hope of a response. So, let me return to start of the situation and then move on to the comedy of errors and deplorable customer service thereafter.
My experience began on the 23rd of May at your Melbourne City outlet. Being armed with what I thought was the knowledge of you being a reputable organisation or franchise, whichever suits; I entered and ordered a couch/sofa/lounge, whatever suits, once again. Upon embarking on this epic, which it has now manifested itself into; I was assured by one of your representatives that the delivery timeframe would be 4-6 weeks. Understandable. Unfortunately, my item had not been delivered at the beginning of July so I decided to contact the store to get an update on the situation and a possible ETA. I was then advised that I would have to be contacted back. Understandable once again. This is the point where the real fun began.
Two days went by and we had not received a call. Great work. As you will have already guessed I was forced to call a second time. This particular instance I managed to speak to a person by the name of Paul who was my original sales person. After enquiring about the ETA of my item, Paul advised that there was a delay from the suppliers end and the delivery time would be another two weeks. Needless to say with the lack of communication and basic customer service at this point I was not a happy camper to say the least but I am a fair person and do understand that problems similar to this do occur from time to time.
However, after spending another four weeks sitting on a mattress in my lounge room where my non existent couch is supposed to reside and no correspondence between myself and your relevant department, my patience and understanding had fallen to a most inauspicious level. Therefore I again, AS THE CUSTOMER, was obliged to contact you find out what is or is not happening with the delivery. And here I was, thinking it was your job to do that. Silly me. This occurrence was on the 30th of July where I was lucky enough, or so I believed at the time, to speak with the sales manager by the name of Lee. May I just stop at this point and enquire what Lee is required to do as a sales manager? If he could have been more unhelpful and there was an event for this at the Beijing Olympics, he would be going home with the gold. If the sales manager is this incompetent and has such woeful customer service skills, it is not startling to discover that this is passed down through his department like an old footy jumper.
The next stage, when you could not even imagine it getting any worse, Paul managed to learn how to use the phone; 1 bonus point for him, and advised me that there was an “error”. The error I refer to was that somehow my couch had been sent to the Sydney warehouse and wouldn’t arrive here for yet another week. Bonus point deducted. And just when you thought I had finished, Paul advised he would contact me on the 5th of August to confirm the delivery date. Here’s a shock, HE DIDN”T!
If this entire debacle is not enough, the only compensation I have been offered is a $50 voucher. This is grossly inadequate and insults my intelligence. To add insult to injury, pardon the cliché, I decided to write a letter of complaint which no one has replied to of course, hence this displeasing jumble of words.
In conclusion, with all the “errors” and blatant lack of necessary customer service you require operating a business such as yours, the $50 voucher and non reply to my complaint is nothing short of a slap in the face. In direct accordance with this fiasco, I will not be doing business with your organisation ever again unless something is done by YOU, not me, as I have done everything else, to rectify this situation with the amount of compensation and customer service it truly deserves. Once again, if you did not get it the first time, which has become a pattern, a $50 voucher and no reply to a complaint, on top of everything else, is cringe worthy. It is quite distasteful, but in any sense, if this is not responded to, I WILL take this matter further.
Yours begrudgingly,
Kelly Simpson.
4 comments:
Mate that was fantastic. You deserve a gold medal for this one. I may write to the IOC to get complaining added to the Olympic games schedule!
No I agree. Very well done.
I too, am having a lot of problems with Harvey Norman - Bennetts Green, N.S.W.
I purchased a 3 seater swing, as a GIFT, for my son's new patio. On seeing the patio, I realized the swing would be too big for the area. We did NOT open the box and I have the receipt. The manager at Harvey Norman, was quite rude to me, when I tried to get a refund.
He told me "they do not sell goods to give refunds". I phoned H.N. head office and a lady there listened to my story and said she would ring the store for me and get them to phone me back. After several days, I still hadn't heard from store, so I phoned this lady back. Once again, she said she would ring the store and get them to phone me back. It was quite a few days later, I did get a phone call, to say they would take the swing back BUT there would be a 20%cancellation fee. That amounts to $99.00. I think this is "highway robbery" and I told them so. He said I could think what I like. I am so annoyed, I feel consumers should have rights too. They did not order the swing in especially for me, it was in stock. The box is unopened and I have a receipt.
How can I get a FULL refund?.
I will never shop at this store again and will tell anyone and everyone, about my terrible experience with Harvey Norman.
Anon,
There is no reason why you should not get a full refund. Write a complaint to head office. That is what I did and it works.
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