I'm not very happy with Ideal World or Moira C at the moment. I've never ordered from IW before and am probably not likely to again.
I was flicking through the TV channels when I saw the Scarflalce being advertised. I had one given me many years ago and wore it a lot. I'd never seen it advertised anywhere or in shops so was really surprised and pleased to see it and, thinking about Christmas presents for some of my older lady friends I ordered a pack on 2nd Dec. I also sent a message to Moira C via the Customer Service section at IW. I eventually got a reply from Customer Services which bore no resemblance to my original message.
I recalled the order said it would take about 10 working days but after abbout 7 days I rang CS to check on the status - when ever I've ordered things on line I've always had a tracking ref but not with IW. The auto message informed me it had been despatchend and was with courier and should have been with me on xx which already meant it was overdue. Because the stupid automated system asked me a further question but could not understand my simple answer I finally got through to a 'real' (debatable) person. He was not the most pleasant of people to talk to and I was quite clearly wasting his valuable time! He told me that the oder had been placed with Moira C direct and it quite clearly stated 10 working days - yes, I told him this already and reminded him I was just asking for status update. It was up to Moira C. The order was with her/them and they would dispatch direct.
Me "Ah, yes but your automated reply said...."
He "But your order is not with us it is with MoiraC"
Me "Maybe so, but if I had put the phone down at the end of the automated part of the message I would still believe that the courier was holding up my order"
Needless to say the conversation went on until I decided that it had already cost me too much money to talk to this moron.:headbang:
Anyway, the 10 working days are well and truely up now, and I appreciate that the present situation with delayed deliveries because of the adverse weather conditions is a real issue. I just think an email with some sort of update would save both IW and MoiraC alot of negative feeling and publicity. It's not as though they haven't got the email address - and my money!:angry:
Sorry folks for the rant - but I feel better for it.