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dillo -> RE: Don't order from wholesaletrains.com (12/14/2007 9:04:11 AM)
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I wish I had noticed this page before ordering from Wholesaletrains. I've ordered from lots of online stores and never had this kind of bad experience. I joined this forum just so I could post my agreement with the subject of this thread. My story: They have the lowest price on a Bruder truck I wanted to get for Christmas for my son. The truck is marked as "available" on the website. The only strange thing I found while ordering is that they don't tell you the shipping cost, even after you place the order. The site does state that shipping is at least $8.95. (Eventually I learned that shipping is $15.95.) A week after placing the order I sent an email asking about it and the response was that they would "send it the same day they receive it". They did not volunteer any information about when that might be. A few days after that I ordered the truck elsewhere (dianatoys). The price was a bit higher, but in the end the shipping was a lot lower than what Wholesaletrains charges. That dianatoys order was shipped the day after I placed it. I sent email to Wholesaletrains canceling the first order, but no response. Last night I got an email from FedEx that they had received shipping information for the package. This morning around 11AM EST I called to ask that if the package had not yet been picked up to please take it from the loading dock. They claimed to have never gotten my email canceling the order, and informed me that the package had already been picked up. To return it I would need to pay to ship it back and they would deduct 15% from the refund - not really worth it. This evening I checked on the FedEx site and it says the order was picked up 6:30 PM. Wholesaletrains just flat out lied to me about the package pickup. I'm sure they got the cancelation email too, but there is no proof. I know I should refuse delivery and dispute the charges with the credit card company, but I just hate fighting about stuff like that, so I'll probably just find some other lucky kid who will get a really nice truck. I do hate being deceived about the availability of items and I really hate being lied to on the phone, so at least I want to warn others.
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