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A fun gift for a friend has turned into a nightmare.
Learned my lesson – never ordering from this company again.
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I ordered a quilt on May 3rd. Shipping was expected to take 10-18 days. It is now June 11th, and the shipping company's last update was that it cleared customs in LA on May 17th. Grove provided me with a USPS tracking number, and the USPS site says "Picked Up by Shipping Partner, USPS Awaiting Item" – last day of May 20th.
I have contacted Grove repeatedly and just been giving the same tracking numbers. No one can tell me where this is, and it was a gift for my niece for her 16th birthday. She has been waiting for it. Ridiculous customer service.
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I will be contacting my credit card company and seeing what they will do for me and reporting them as fraudulent to my credit card company so they are aware and can flag them as a company.
I will also be copying and pasting BBB reviews and buyer beware warning to every friend I have on social media so they will know not to use them in the future.
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Update: finally received my blanket June 4,2020. And I love it… it鈥檚 so comfortable
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Can鈥檛 wait to wash it and snuggle up in it.
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All I can tell ya is it was here sooner than a package I ordered from Georgia…..
Blanket was acceptable……
Hope it works for the rest of ya
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The quilts finally arrived, however, they smelled so horrible that I had to open them outside then sealed them in a bag and take them to a laundromat to wash. Sorry to say it took two washes to get that fish smell out of them, on a good note they held up well. As for the actual quilts. They are a little thin, the actual photo parts are just a large piece of white material with the graphics on it, but the quilt sewing, the backing and the edges are very nice. So all in all this could have been much better but it ended fair.
FINDINGS
– The address shows the company is located in Texas and Florida – it is located in China and that is deceiving.
– Customer service is hit or miss, email was much better than calling. Just an FYI, the folks seem to respond quicker if you are kind at first, although it can be difficult.
– If you purchase, utilize PayPal or if your credit card company has a great reputation at getting your money back. Don鈥檛 expect to do this alone when trying to get the refund.
– Processing in reality took 7 days.
– Shipping is by a horrible company, YUN Express, and it took over a month to arrive in the states.
– Your order will be required to pass US customs.
– Once in the US the package does get moved around a great deal and unfortunately YUN EXPRESS is horrible at tracking packages. The final leg of the shipping is via the US Postal system.
– NOW THE QUILT
– It seems from the reviews the quality is hit or miss so I consider myself lucky.
– The quality of the ones I purchased were not bad and the stitching was nice, only wish there was a tag or note to give directions on washing it, perm press cold water did well
– You may not get the quilt you ordered, my quilts were the wrong ones, but the bands were correct so I decided it was good enough and not worth trying to get the right ones.
– Be prepared as the quilt may smell horrible, fish on mine, but as I stated two washes later and it was fine.
– Screenshot all order details and emails, another reason they are better. PayPal is good at going after folks but evidence is your best friend.
FINAL VERDICT
Somewhere between a C and D or two stars and that is being kind and because the quilts I received are pretty nice and I have two very happy fans.
– With all of this information the final decision is yours and the order may become frustrating. Best wishes.
UPDATE, still very disappointed. It has now been almost 6 weeks and still no quilts. The address shows one Texas and one in Florida, 10 minutes from here and can assured you that is no business. The false address is deceiving. STRIKE 1. Although they are made in China, unfortunately pretty much everything is these days, I cannot comment on the actual quilts as they have not arrived. Foul ball. Contacting the companies customer service is hit or miss and that is only by email, the phone contact process is not useful. STRIKE 2. I am in no way defending this company, what they are doing in advertisement is wrong from the start. So far my biggest complaint is the process timeframe and that they use the worst shipping company out there (2 stars and horrible). I still agree with my review below because all of it is true regarding advertising and processing, although their choices for shipping is terrible, once it leaves their factory it is out of their control. The final inning will be determined by the quality, if they ever arrive. More to follow.
DECEIVING ADVERTISEMENT the quilt is coming from SHANGHAI!! Nothing on their website shows it comes via China/Shanghai. I ordered the quilts on 23 April and it took until 05 May just to get to shipping and now to see it is being shipped by a company that has a horrible reputation for delivery. The site showed a 10 to 18 day shipping, but no mention this is after the time just to get the quilts to the shipping stage, TWO WEEKS!!! So in other terms it will take another 2-3 weeks. I will never order nor will I recommend this deceiving company to anyone. I only hope the actual product is not represented by the process just to get the item, if there is a problem I will hate to see that process. DECEIVING ADVERTISEMENT!!!
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Very disappointed in the purchase and so was the recipient.
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