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| This is a picture that depicts how angry I am. That's the ASOS customer service team in the background. |
T+ 48 days
After waiting the 17 working days requested at the end of the last blog post, the cheque had till not arrived. So I sent another email asking again what was going on, Sarah K replied to let me know she was forwarding on my query to the finance manager and would get back to me that day with an answer
T+ 49 days
I haven't heard from Sarah again, so I send another email asking what is going on. Later that day I get an automated email telling me that "We are pleased to confirm that your cheque cancellation has been requested". Guess what, this did not please me as it pleased them, so I again sent an email asking what was going on this time.
T+ 52 days
Email sent to customer services asking for an update. No reply.
T+ 53 days
Email sent to customer services asking for an update. No reply.
It's now 5 days since I've heard anything via email, so I go to the ASOS facebook page and leave a message on their wall, it's a public forum, it's in their best interests to sort that asap so that other potential customers visiting them aren't put off by my negative comments. I get a private message from ASOS marketing department apologising, and saying they will ask customer services to investigate. Karen tells me that someone in customer services will call me, and if I have not heard anything by tomorrow afternoon, I should send them a a message back.
T+ 54 days
No call was forthcoming, so I sent another message to the facebook team, expressing my lack of surprise at being forced to contact them again. It's Kelly this time, so she has to find out what’s going on from the other person before we can continue.
T+ 55 days
Karen calls me late afternoon and says rather than me waiting for a cheque to arrive, she would take my updated card details and pass them onto customer services, who would send the money directly to my account. Although I don't normally give my card details over the phone, for the sake of putting this to bed and my own sanity, I agree. She tells me it will be actioned tomorrow and will show up in my bank account within a few days.
T+ 59 days
Having left a few days over the weekend, I check my account to see if the refund has been issued. Sure enough, the £115 has moved, but not in to my account. No, they have not refunded me. Oh no, that would be far too easy. Nope, they've taken another £115. So now, they owe me £230. The original £115 refund, and the £115 they have just stolen from my account. Message sent to facebook team again.
In Karen and Kelly's defence (the marketing girls on facebook) they were very helpful, but there has been a monumental cock up in communication between them and customer services which leads to me now being £230 out of pocket. Let's see where this one goes...
