Your experience has brought you to resellerratings. Now you know never to buy from Focalprice.
They ignore your order and send you what ever items they feel like. After that they stall you so it's too late to do anything about it with PayPal. Most of my order was complete, but correcting it has been an extreme hassle which doesn't even seem like it will result in my favor. Because of the lack of respectable customer support I rank this store poorly and tell everyone they should avoid it.
If you don't open a PayPal dispute, they will beat around the bush to frustrate you to the point of giving up. They use the fact that their English grammar is poor to pretend there's a language barrier causing struggle with the transaction. One does not need to speak proper English to understand the concept bartering. Because I'm a customer who is making noise about an incorrect order, they're giving me grief about it by pretending not to understand what I'm asking for.
All of their positive reviews are obviously forged by them. It's not a coincidence every 5 point review on has terrible English. Should there be any issue with your order, and there WILL be, you get to 'communicate' with that ;-)
This store personally affected me with a bait and switch. Their RMA department has been trying to stall me for a month, but I opened a Paypal dispute before the 45-day window expired. I tried telling them they got the order wrong and what I was supposed to get. Their method of resolving it was offering coupons for the next purchase and asking I pay additional shipping for the missing items.
As of this point I'm being told things are being mended, but they still don't understand what I was asking. One thing was that I ordered 72mm lens cap, which they then changed the website's SKU description to read 67mm and sent me 67. I've reiterated to them several times about what I need, but they're sending me another 67mm simply because all they want to look at is their SKU.
Another issue is that I ordered a laser pointer powered by AA batteries and they sent one that is not. It takes a rare type of Lion instead. I had to argue with the RMA department to tell them it's not acceptable to tell me I should live with this because the models are similar priced. Then one item didn't make it in the package altogether. Only until I said something about it they told me it was back ordered. Every store I've used would tell me something is back ordered within a day of paying for it.
They deserve this negative review for making their mistakes into an argument over who should be paying for it. Because to them if you gave them money and they sent you random things, you shouldn't be complaining. Sorry, but I don't use "random grab bag" stores.
Summary
1. Shifty language barrier tactics
2. Writes own store reviews
3. Takes your money and stops caring
4. Will get order wrong either to move other stock or inept shipping department
5. Stalls you for time to get the paypal deadlines over with
6. Will paste a huge general apology letter for everyone to claim they'll be there for you and that they care so much and feel sad you're unhappy.
7. Edit: They don't know how to email a notice and just sent a global email to many customers while revealing all addresses to every recipient.
This review was modified by its author, Auzner, on
10/13/09 3:59 PM.