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my god moblile fun the worst compnay ever
I sent a postal order to buy a PDA case on the third of jan>
Date 23 January 2006
Re: Cancellation of contract/complaint
On 03/01/2006, I ordered a
1 x O2 XDA Mini & MDA Compact Krusell Premium Leather Flip Case Product reference: 5248
From you, at a cost of 16.95 Inc postage
Shipping Method: Royal Mail Special Delivery
Guaranteed next working day by 1PM for orders received before 4pm
Shipping Cost: 5.00 GBP
Order total is 16.95 GBP
So I sent two postal orders via a value of 17:00gbp
The payment was made via mail order and sent recorded delivery,
Arriving and signed for on the 5th of January 2006,
Postal order 0738 354158 & 2398 836249 sent via recoded delivery
no DK 4124 4527 7GB
With the payment I enclosed a letter giving full product description with your product reference code and delivery/mailing address
As per your site’s guide I expected delivery within 2-3 working days,
3/01/2006 Ordered sent
5/01/2006 payment arrived and signed for at Mobile fun
8/01/2006 email
I emailed upon the 8th asking for an expected delivery date, I got no reply
11/01/2006 telephone call
I called upon the 11th and spoke to Tim or tom,
Who told me that definitely the postal order had never arrived to your place of business?
I then paid 2pounds for the royal mail to inform me, that it had indeed arrived on the 5th and was signed for by Victoria carling or curlan (they cud not make out the full lettering),
I called back to mobile fun speaking to ibby and asked if that was indeed a member of staff,
Which they assured me it was, suddenly the signature for delivery was found
But they had lost the postal orders,
I asked to speak to someone in authority and was put thru to Scott,
He then said he will sort the issue, and if the postal orders were not found he would send the goods as I had proof of delivery.
16/01/2006 telephone call
I spoke to ibby, who was unable to find me on the system at all,
I recalled and spoke to dean finally a polite and helpful person
He said sorry for all the treatment and assured me it would arrive on the 19th at the latest,
after a long call it was agreed that they would use someone else’s postal orders they had found to sort my order(seems they just have lost or misplaced stuff laying around eh) setting up a new order for the same goods with this refence number MF748648 and a follow up email to confirm
23/01/2006 telephone call
I had received no goods yet again; I called and spoke to Alan
Who then told me,
That you don’t have the goods in at all nor can you give me a date of stock arrival and that it was practice for staff to, inform customers that it will arrive shortly to avoid loosing the business by keeping a client in hope of a delivery.
Each time I have called mobile fun it’s been a 15-20 wait on the phone for an answer
Further more the staff doesn’t seem to have a clue how to process a postal order delivery,
At all times I was calm and very polite and offered any information that they needed,ypur company has given me the impression of total incompetence
And although the amount was a small fee, (thank god I wasn’t ordering my new .jasjar via your company, which iwas going to but not anymore),It was more the attitude and treatment I found bad,
I’ve never had to write before due to a customer service problem as im very laid back and realise things can happen
But after all this time and no goods & with such bad staff communication I feel ,if I was a manager and this is how things were run under my shift id be outraged, I would have offered an upgrade product in place for the time and hassle to keep customers happy and future business
However all I wish from your awful company is a full refund within
Next 7/14 days along with confirmation that the contract has been terminated.
My future pda and ipod needs will be meet with a capable company.
I will be shocked if I even get a reply.
If I don’t receive a refund within that time, I will be arriving in person it’s a small fee but that’s not the point, Also if I don’t receive a refund I will take legal action.
Bottom line is mobile fun cashed the postal orders and then left it as they were unable to supply the goods
A simple call or email on the 5th to say no stock available and offer a replacement product or refund that would have been fine.
I look forward to hearing from you on this matter
UPDATE:
STILL no sign of goods or refund or communication from yourself
12:55 2006-02-10, I called and spoke to Scott who put me on to manager, Alan Docherty.
His words were
“ive spoke to the accounts dept and they will 100% send out a refund on Monday (that being the 13th)and ill give you a ring then, if I don’t its cos im battered from the weekend,so just give me a call”
I suppose this kind of work ethic and attitude explains, why im getting such poor service.
In fact I think if I really pushed myself to give up and not bother in work, I may indeed be suitable for a position in your company. not sure about your working hours but very little seems to get done and the attitude is very laid back, but then again I actually like to take pride in my work and give a days work for a days wage.
Update: 2006-02-15
I had again left a reasonable time after the stated delivery, upon ringing yet again I was put thru to Mike,
Who was unable to tell me why I hadn’t received the refund but will look into the matter?
Yours sincerely,
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if the money aint here by friday sod the amount by going down,i can describe how lax and off hand they are when i call,they almost laugh,they dont give a damn,
ok minor amount but youd think they would have some customer relations
imagine if that had been a 500 quid pda id ordered,man ill not trust these jokers again
seems im not alone
Not a good comapany I'm afraid mate
I ordered an unlock code for a tricky mobile once (I had been assured by everyone that it was not unlockable - but mobilefun offered a soloution )
The sent me a code - which was absolute rubbish - it was simply the shortcode for checking if there was an SP lock present
At the time the payment hadn't even been taken - so I sent them a mail telling them that the code was not even an unlock code so they had better not bill me
The following day , they took the money ! I mailed them about 6 times and then gave up (it was only £2.99 so I couldn't be bothered )
I have heard nothing but bad stuff about them
Hello
Well, i suspected that the releasedate would slip then the phone was launched so I waited until it was actually IN stock before I ordered the phone, that was 27 decembre. Unfortunatly it ran out of stock until they had handled my order. Since then the release has - as all know - sliped a few days many times. Now I really need the phone (because of the GPS) and mailed expansys twice about delivery date and they havent replied to any of the mails
The phone is in stock in several other shops here in Sweden now and expansys says 6 days on their site, witch i really dont believe any more....... I gave my credit card number to expansys. Anyone know hove expansys handles if you want to cancel the order? Im very affraid they will bill my card and send the phone anyways since they dont care to respond to mail and I have newer had any success on calling theire phone number. Some advice?
Right now Im really pissed of - I payd extra and choose a english phone just to get it quicker and today I could have had a swedish version - instead Im sitting with nothing.
Best regards
They're really simple to cancel - I've done it twice now! I first order on the UK site in November, then reordered on the Spanish site when they were cheaper (and apparently) quicker, and then finally bought it in a shop in Barcelona...
Both times I just clicked the " Si desea ver sus datos adicionales, o reportar un retraso de entrega por favor envíenos un correo electrónico indicando su número de pedido" on the tracking.aspx page (that's in Spanish - it's the "Click here if you want more information"... link, and sent them an email saying:
"I'd like to cancel this order, as I've bought the phone elsewhere". The order ID is automatically in the Subject line of the email. Both times I got a mail back within 10 minutes confirming the order was cancelled and updating the tracking page showed that too.
i am sorry, guy above me, but i have to disagree about how "easy" it is to cancel with Expansys....
I had to call them numerous times at the Swedish number,,, it connects to their French warehouse...
Expansys sucks they push the date without any forewarning..... they were happy to take my bank transfer and keep it for over a month before i went ballistic and called them like a thousand times to get the order cancelled and the money transferred back to my account.
I ended up buying one from Devicewire a few weeks back and have been happy with it in my hands since 3 days after I ordered it.
I called Expansys in CA last week and canceled my order. It was easy and fast. I don't want to spend 800$ CAD for an unfinished product
Thanks for the replies!
I have now canceled my order on expansys and ordered it from another shop, hopefully i can get it on monday or tuesday. In my case they havent billed my credit card yet. If they dont confirm the canceling on monday I think I will have spam them with mail - at least someone will hopefully reply - so they cant say I didnt cancel the order.
Best regards and thanks again for the moral support!
I have no problem with expansys. I have placed order in 11/07 and still waiting. the reason they change dates is 1 HTC have not officially released phone. 2 the date you see on the website is for second shipment they have sold out their first shipment with have not com. But i know that the first shipment have 6xx phones in it and they back odder over 700 phones. If you have placed order like me in 07 you are on the first shipment. And if you will only pay $654.xx instead of 740.00. And if I head any questions for them naiver head any problems with them.
Not exactly accurate
What your suggesting is not exactly accurate. Expansys US brought in a tiny shipment early on -- well under 100 phones. Since then, they have pushed their delivery date back many times -- now it's at the end of march.
HTC has officially released the phone -- just not to Expansys. Some US e-tailers are already on their 4th shipment of the product.
Expansys is the worst website I have used so far. See my email to them below, which by they have ignored, and simply asked me if I want to cancel my order!! I was waiting for over a month and in the past few weeks their website was showing expected delivery in 1-2 days while in fact the expected delivery was on the 18th of february!!
The worst thing about such cases is that there is no EU Wide consumer protection organisation and if you have a complain you need to file it at the country of the retailer. In this case they have multiple websites but in fact they are based in the UK. Anyway I have filed a complain to the Greek consumer protection organization about this. Hopefully they will do something about this. If I was another retailer competing with expansys I would sue them since they are doing false advertising, and gaining unfair advantage by not using correct delivery dates.
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Dear Sirs,
Please note that I will file an official complain to the EU consumer commissioner for false advertising on your part.
You have been
a)changing the expected delivery date since the day the product was launched
b)charging your customers for the product when you did not even have it stock.
c) you have been aware of the change of the delivery date for some time now and you have not changed it on your website to reflect the actual date. In the process luring customers to keep ordering from your website
based on the prospect of getting the product in 1 or 2 days while in fact stock is expected on the 18th of feb.
Please refer to the following EU Press Release related to the above complains.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1915&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN
And a QA related to the press release
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/572&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN
Regards,
There's a lot of different resellers about and equally many roumers of who's good and who's dodgy at the moment . So that we all know who's who out there, heres a little Thread with Vendor reviews.
If you have something positive or something negitive to say about a seller please say it here.
Also please rate your vendor XX out of 10, I might add a field to the vendor wiki.
Vendors and prices here >http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Raphael_Vendors
I've always used Expansys / MobilePlanet. I'm USA so MobilePlanet.
There is some atrocious whining in their forums from - for want of a better term - EXTRAnoobs.
But in my dealings they are professional, rock solid and I've never had any problems.
Onthegosolutions
I have used Maobile Planet in the past and had no specific problems.
For some years not I have been using OntheGoSolutions and I have been pleased because I always know who I am speaking with. Seems to have very little turnover and they are small enough that I can communicate with one person. They are definitley not the cheapest but have at least twice in the past lowered a price for me when I pointed out an advertised lower price elsewhere.
I bought my Raphael online from Expansys Canada... All I can say is the transaction was very easy, and shipping was SUPER FAST!!!
Ordered it Friday afternoon (approx 3pm), after a small billing problem (I gave them a different phone number from the one on my Credit Card account), confirmed the order on Monday morning at 10am (they aren't opened on weekends), I had the device in my hands Tuesday just before noon...
All in all, besides the phone # problem, I'm very happy with the transaction. It was easy, smooth and fast...
Inkino UK
To all in London and southeast
Eugene at Inkino (I never knew I needed one), 48 Tottenham Court Road www.inkino.co.uk is a mine of information on all things HTC. They are one of the few, if only, HTC Ultimate Partners and it shows.
I have bought my Trinity and now Touch Pro from there.
Yes I could probably get a few pounds off here or there but the service and honest opinions I have had from Eugene and his collegues at the sister branch 9 Great Russell Street mean that I will simply not buy from elsewhere. If I have a problem I know I can call up or drop in and I will speak to someone who knows his products inside out and is a straightforward trader.
Pleasure to do business with.
I ordered mine from Expansys UK. I live in Cyprus and Expansys is propably the best choice. Although I should have used Expansys Cyprus, the UK site was 40 Euro cheaper so I went with them. The service is excellent! Prices are among the best in the market. (630 EURO inc. DHL shipping fees).
They support Paypal, which is a big plus in safety matters, and by using DHL you get your phone in record time.
All in all, i am a happy customer=p
I'm in the US and I bought mine from Clove. A tad more expensive, but I was having problems with Google Checkout (which Handtec uses for overseas orders). Clove was a little slow to receiving my order, but once they did they shipped it out within hours. DHL got it to me in 2 days, all the way from UK to California, and by 10am no less.
One thing about Clove (that I appreciated) is that they require you to confirm the order by calling your CC company and requesting the 6-digit charge authorization number for the charge. Maybe it's an extra hassle, but it's nice to know they're serious about your security.
I would order from Clove again, but of course now I have no money.
I'm in the US and purchased from Smart Mobile Gadgets. All was as they said, including Saturday delivery.
I ordered my TP from On the Go Solutions in July. They said they would call and make sure I still wanted it before they would ship. They also shipped the day the said they would, a month in advance. I am very satisfied with the way they do business.
This is a statement of one set of circumstances and does NOT impute or call into question the credibility or otherwise of this particular organization. There may be an explanation - but so far - my client has not received one.
A client of mine bought direct in a Buy It Now eBay auction from a company with a high level of positive feedback with thousands of positive transactions on eBay. Their public site is - Popular Electronics http://www.popularelect.com.
Approx 24 hours after buying eBay declared the auction NULL AND VOID and advised my client that they do not have to pay. eBay stated:
"As eBay removed the item, you are no longer obliged to send payment for it. Please don't send money or respond to any emails from the seller.
If you've sent payment but haven't received the item, please wait a reasonable period of time for delivery. If you don't receive the item, please contact us again by clicking "Contact Us" on any eBay Help page and selecting the following contact options:
Buying and Finding>Fraud and Payment Concerns for Buyers>Item Not Received or Item Not as Described (you paid)"
My client has called and emailed the company direct and not received any replies.
I've carefully reviewed the eBay email and header codes and believe the email is genuine and not a phish. All the auctions that for TouchPRo's that WERE on ebay from this company have disappeared at 9/3/2008 14:00 EDT.
I leave you to draw your own conclusions.
BEWARE OF THE TIGADUACELLULAR!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2617797#post2617797
Has anyone actually baught anything from tigerCellular out there? If so let us know are they real or fake? thanks... im betting the latter but you never know
2call.nl 5/10
Got my TP from 2call.nl
Price without contract (as I use company sim) was good and delivery was very fast.
However, as my TP came with the know problems (GPS instable and hot, black paint falls off,...), I asked 2call within two weeks after pruchase to take my device back and replace it by a new one.
They refused.
As price and delivery is not the only thing I expect from a retailer of a some hundred euro device, I personally will not buy at 2call.nl again.
So here's my experience with the Motorola warranty procedure. I was very impressed at how quick the experience went so I thought I'd share, in hopes of making it a little easier for anyone who needs to do this.
I bricked my Xoom doing stupid things with USB mass storage. For real for real brick. Just a word of warning, if your PC asks if you want to format something when you plug your Xoom in, you should just say no.
So, I tried to use the automated Motorola support page for the Xoom which turned out to be a nightmare. It kind of kept looping around and never gave me any clear instructions or end. So, I went to the support chat page (motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/chat/chat_launch/), and said "Hi, my xoom is broken, will not turn on at all, and I want to send it to you to fix it, please. How do I do that?"
He gave me the option to go through the online stuff to submit a support ticket or to do it for me. I told them their website is broken and I would like him to do it for me. So, he gladly obliged and asked for some basic contact information and the serial number. (it's etched in the metal where the SD card slot is). I got an email saying the support ticket was submitted and a FedEx package the next day.
Inside was a prepaid overnight FedEx bag and a handy box/foam for shipping the xoom. Also, instructions on backing up everything before you ship it. I put my original receipt in the packaging and dropped it off at the nearest FedEx place. When I delivered it to the FedEx office, I asked for the tracking number because, you really never know- but they received it the next day and sent me a number to track the status of the repair online.
They didn't fix it; they sent me a refurbished one in return. It arrived literally two days later. This entire process took 4 days from chat to powering on a working Xoom. So, kudos to you Motorola, for having a warranty and support system that works so quickly!
Should you need to have your Xoom worked on (for anything that ISN'T liquid or software damage-- not covered), I would highly recommend you skip the online do-it-yourself Motorola support stuff, go directly to the chat and ask them to please submit a repair ticket for you. They're super-friendly and work from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. CDT M-F. They also repair/replace accessories as long as they don't show signs of physical abuse. Hope this helps & thumbs up for customer service!
I can confirm that Motorola is doing a great job replacing faulty units.
About the online chat, this didn't work for me, when I reached first in line status, it just disconnected. Maybe they saw that I'm not in US?
How do you know that you received a refurbished unit?
The service invoice that was shipped back to me had the following line:
Refurb: REP_IW
From that I just assumed that it was refurbished.. I also assume it means replace, in warranty.
It's good to know that they're good about replacing things in other countries, too! Strange about the chat, though.. dunno!
I too had to use their warranty replacement service. I was so impressed by it. Everything was shipped via FedEx overnight. They were very kind and nice over the phone too.
I'm sold on their services. Going to recommend more Moto products from now on.
??
I see many people talk about bricking their wi-fi xoom... how is it that Moto just replaces them when sent in? I thought unlocking voids warranty?
i want that we will have a reliable place to write what we think a bout AliExpress sellers and shops.
as sometime we face problem after the deal is done end there is no place to take out our frustration.
so. please if you are AliExpress buyers and have any knowledge about supplier - good or bad,
share it with us so we will know better how is good to do business with and how we need to be careful.
Robert Huang's store
for start be careful from this guy.
very very bed service, very long time to process order and most likely you will not receive your order.
be aware of this guy - Robert Huang -
AliExpress
In the last 4 yrs I bought several phones/satnavs off AliExpress. Never had any issues.
Best, there is NO risk:
• You order the unit at AliExpress
• AliExpress gets the money
• AliExpress sends order to manufaturer/wholesaler
• after approx. 7 days manufaturer/wholesaler sends you the item
• AliExpress asks you whether all OK (you have 3-5 days left to test functionality of device)
• If you confirm all OK then AliExpress sends your money to manufaturer/wholesaler
I ordered about ten items last year on ali express the I did no received only 1 item a gps device worth about $40 I made a complain and got a refund and ofter that the website stoped expecting my cradit card
Pls choose merimobiles,
i´ve bought 7 phones, this year, my friends also did the same.
they are serious, that reply to emails, they help with technical issues.
you should consider that
http://www.merimobiles.com/
jwoegerbauer said:
In the last 4 yrs I bought several phones/satnavs off AliExpress. Never had any issues.
Best, there is NO risk:
• You order the unit at AliExpress
• AliExpress gets the money
• AliExpress sends order to manufaturer/wholesaler
• after approx. 7 days manufaturer/wholesaler sends you the item
• AliExpress asks you whether all OK (you have 3-5 days left to test functionality of device)
• If you confirm all OK then AliExpress sends your money to manufaturer/wholesaler
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Did you use your credit card via the website to pay? Thanks
xda is really about mobile tech development. It is not the place to work out your issues with online retailers...there are other places for that!