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ronaldo2
ronaldo2 Posts: 79 Forumite
edited 24 October 2011 at 4:03PM in Consumer rights
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  • PinkLipgloss
    PinkLipgloss Posts: 1,451 Forumite
    Sorry but this made me LOL!

    The excessive use of capitals made me picture a crazy person shouting at the top of their voice in the middle of the street to anyone who will listen!
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  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    Okaaay. They ran out of something you ordered (which is likely to be a) in short supply anyway and b) probably popular due to its reduced price). They then had the decency to phone you up and tell you that you couldn't, unfortunately, have what you'd ordered rather than merely cancel your order. Seems like good customer service to me.

    What happens when you really get bad service? Capitals and an increased font size? Colour?
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • SnowTiger
    SnowTiger Posts: 4,461 Forumite
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    ronaldo2 wrote: »
    WHAT A CON

    DO NOT BOTHER ORDERING ANYTHING IN THE SALE

    Nice try, but you didn't manage to include the word scam in your message.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,871 Forumite
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    Maybe you could explain (without using caps) why M&S Customer Service is
    ronaldo2 wrote: »
    IS TERRIBLE LIKE BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL


    Nothing I've read in your post indicates that their CS is 'terrible'.

    And exactly how is it a con?

    Did they take your money and refuse to give it back?
    Did they promise to supply goods of a certain standard but supplied inferior products?

    Thought not.
  • bcl999
    bcl999 Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    edited 24 October 2011 at 3:32PM
    OP should think themself lucky. I don't even get a telephone call! The order jus simply disappears from the "my orders" page as if it was never made in the first place.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Pollycat wrote: »

    And exactly how is it a con?

    The OP didnt get the all singing and all dancing item they wanted.

    Way too many capitals used there OP.
  • Maybe the OP ordered a new keyboard that didn't have a faulty caps lock key. I can see why they would be so annoyed!
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • ThumbRemote
    ThumbRemote Posts: 4,739 Forumite
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    Surely a retailer the size of M&S should have an automated system where items can't be ordered from their website if they are out of stock, and it stops taking orders when they've sold the last one.

    Hardly complex, but it does seem beyond them.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,871 Forumite
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    So why has the OP edited the text out of his post?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    edited 24 October 2011 at 6:02PM
    Surely a retailer the size of M&S should have an automated system where items can't be ordered from their website if they are out of stock, and it stops taking orders when they've sold the last one.

    Hardly complex, but it does seem beyond them.

    You would have thought so wouldnt you but its hardly worth getting in a strife over is it,

    Dam hes edited the first post, sould have quoted it.
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