After calling the company to verify stock of my items, and being promised by the salesman that the order would be shipped by the following Thursday, I placed an order on a Monday.
The order did not ship that Thursday, so the following Monday, I sent them an email inquiring about the status, and informing them that if they could not ship it that day then I would order elsewhere. They did not reply to that email until 12 hours later, well after business hours, and after I had already received notice that the order was "shipped". Further investigation of the tracking number revealed that they did not actually ship it, they just processed the tracking number, and my order was not actually shipped until the next afternoon (Tuesday). It was just a tactic to stall for a day, and prevent me from canceling my order.
I was never once given a reason, apology, or any compensation (for instance, upgraded shipping) for the five day delay. Not all of those days were business days, but the fact remains that I was inconvenienced by the delay, and had I known it wouldn't ship until eight days after I placed the order (and then wait 5-7 days for shipping), I would have paid a little more to buy elsewhere.
All in all, though the original salesman was very pleasant, and patient, I would not order from this company again. They did not deliver on their promises, and had very poor follow-up customer service.
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Update: After I posted this review, I received a voice message from Steve, my salesman, who apologized for the service I received, and credited me the costs of shipping. While I wish the experience had been better the first time through, they do seem to care about their customer's experience (or at least the ones who write tepid reviews).
I also wanted to mention that the order finally came accurately, complete and in reasonably good condition.
One corner of the box was indented ~2 inches (!) but I'm sure that was Fedex's fault. The contents, including a motherboard and processor, were packed sufficiently well that none of them were damaged by whatever blow caused the corner of the box such considerable damage.
This review was modified by its author, gilesrulz, on
1/16/10 9:13 AM.