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unauthorized charges
I am an investigative reporter looking into consumer complants about TLG LIVEWELL and 1800-flowers regarding unauthorized credit card charges. I am looking for people from Colorado who have had this happen to them and would be willing to help with this story. Contact me at heidi.[protected]@kdvr.com
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ripped me off
How I loathe it when big companies think they can afford to lose even one customer! I ordered and paid for same day shipping. The next day my order was send to the complete wrong address. 1-800-flowers has a terrible customer service department that likes to make excuses. They would not honor their satisfaction guarantee and I got the run around for days when I asked for a refund. Their goes my $60.00. Since I got no where, I am filling a fraudulent claim with Visa and they will get my money back.
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livewell charge
In July, my boyfriend bought me flowers through 1800Flowers.
Today, (9/15/09), We found a charge on his statement of $38.99 by LiveWell. We called the number immediately but their office isnt open until 9am. So we did our research and apparently this seems to be a reoccuring practice by 1800flowers!
The 1800flower representative said LiveWell is their partner company and she said she's never heard of this happening before and that we should handle it with LiveWell.
We are pissed off that a company like 800Flower is still doin business.
We were signed up for something was not mentioned at all by 1800Flowers Representative. This a fraudulent unauthorized charge and I will be making a call to LiveWell first thing in the morning!
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Anyone in this situation should call Freed & Weiss to join a building class action against the company behind this scam. (It's pretty easy, just call them and tell them your story).
Trilegiant is the company behind this abuse. They use bogus marketing tactics to get people to unknowingly sign up for memberships and then people are charged every month, again and again.
Call Freed & Weiss! Toll free: 866.799.9610. They need to hear from you so that they can move the class action forward and put a stop to this terrible customer abuse.
Email: info@freedweiss.com
Anyone in this situation should call Freed & Weiss to join a building class action against the company behind this scam. (It's pretty easy, just call them and tell them your story).
Trilegiant is the company behind this abuse. They use bogus marketing tactics to get people to unknowingly sign up for memberships and then people are charged every month, again and again.
(Tactics include pop-up windows during checkout at another site, text messages with fake gift certificates, bogus checks in the mail, and automated recordings when you pay a bill via phone).
Call Freed & Weiss! Toll free: 866.799.9610. They need to hear from you so that they can move the class action forward and put a stop to this terrible customer abuse.
Email: info@freedweiss.com
a non-delivery for a funeral
I am listing this complaint due to correspondence from 1-800-flowers. I am truly perplexed by how many times a ball can be dropped. My advice, use a local florist that will not continally pass the buck.
Refer to the bottom correspondence:
Ms. Davila,
I want it to be understood that when I spoke with Derrick on 9/13/2009, my instructions were not to cancel the order, but according to Derrick's instruction to... make the order right.
That is why he actually took my husband's cell#, (as I am a teacher) to make arrangements to have flowers sent to our neighbors at 1-800 - flowers expense, since it was your company's mistake.
Again, another miscommunication when I feel as if I have communicated in a clear and concise manner. I am definitely not someone who wants a free handout, (especially when your flowers would not benefit me), but I am someone who had enough faith to believe that when a company "screws up" as much as 1-800-flowers, they would have the decency to be true to their word. That did not happen.
I am perplexed as to how all of this could have become so convoluted. Again, I chose not to cancel but to rectify. I wanted nothing more than what was the 'right' thing to do. It is well beyond that now. Time has passed and this was a lost opportunity. I am sad to say it was because I put my faith in your company to undo the wrong. Instead, just more passing the buck.
N.M.
Salem, VA
> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:09:16 -0400
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> Subject: 1800Flowers.Com Order #W00542402942079 (KMM17836893V60242L0KM)
> From: [protected]@1800flowers.com
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> Dear Nancy,
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> Thank you for contacting us.
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> Nancy, we are so sorry that you had such a problem with this order. We are sure we would feel frustrated too if it had happened to us. Please rest assured this is not the standard of our service.
> We apologize that this happened to you. We know you wanted to show your neighbors how special your friend was. Unfortunately, since your order has been canceled after your phone instructions of 09/13/09, we are not longer able to make a redelivery to the family's home.
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> We totally understand and this should never have happened to you, it is not the way we do business. We are so sorry; we would feel the same way.
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> If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address listed below.
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> Sincerely,
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> Aida Davila
> Sales and Service Specialist
> [protected]@1800flowers.com
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> Original Message Follows:
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> Customer Service Inquiry:
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> Request Date:09/14/2009 16:03:13
> Order Number:W00542402942079
> Order Date:09/12/2009 00:00:00
> Recipient Name:Marie Wade
> Category:Feedback
> Comments:To Whom It May Concern:
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> Late Friday evening, our neighbors became aware of the passing of a parent of one of our dear neighbors.
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> I was asked to take up funds and place an order with 1-800-flowers, to show our respect and sympathy for this dear friend.
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> I placed the order before the 11:30 time limit Sat. AM for a same day delivery. After myself and my neighbors went to the funeral home on Sunday, the 13th, there were no flowers represented from our order. I went to the funeral director to see if perhaps there was some mistake, and he said that no flowers were received from our party.
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> I immediately called 1-800 flowers and spoke with Derrick. He apologized and initially offered me 20% off for the order that never arrived. I told him that was totally unacceptable, and he told me that he agreed, and since it was Sunday, he would have someone from 1-800 flowers call me on Monday, and right this embarrassing wrong.
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> Derrick said that your company would send an order of flowers directly to the home of the family, with an apology note, stating the intent of the neighbors. He also said that there would be no charge for the flowers that were never delivered.
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> Today, being Monday, at 3:50, I never received a call from your organization, and what Derrick promised was not honored. I just spoke with Donna, and she told me a full credit would be given. There was no other offer. I do understand that, but how many times can a ball be dropped by a company?
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> Thankfully, we do not have to rally for such an occasion often, but I am truly embarrassed to have to give neighbors their money back, (begging their fogiveness), and replacing sympathy with apologies to the family who lost a loved one.
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> The berieved family is prominant in our community. I plan to advise each of my neigbors and all who will listen, to think twice before using 1-800-flowers. This was a time when it really mattered to 'get it right'. Sadly, there was no follow through on any level, when I played by the rules and trusted what 1-800-flowers said, in regard to same day delivery.
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> N.M. Salem, VA
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unauthorized charges
I ordered flowers through i800flowers. 1. They sent the flowers but didn't include a card. 2. After I complained they said they would give me a 20% discount on my credit card; I received 10 % 3. They authorized tlg live well to charge 38.99 to my credit card account. I did not authorize this charge. I do not want to belong to tlg live.
I will never again order from 1800flowers!
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We make many orders with 1-800-flowers On 1 order my wife clicked to do a survey. She did the survey and we were hit with $11.99 charge from TGLivwell. She never gave her credit card info. They got it from 1-800-flowers. It asked if she wanted a discount on next order. Of course you would say Yes. Apparently, this enrolls a person in Livwell. They then charge $11.99 a month ongoing.
This is the sneaky, low integrity crap that businesses do to try and stay below the threshold where people stop the charges. Integrity applies at any dollar amount. The strategy here is to make this a low enough amount that people will not notice it. It is time people noticed. Integrity matters in business. Full disclosure matters no matter the amount.
missed delivery, again
My complaint is the same as many others... Not delivered on a special day. Flowers ordered well in advance so that they would arrive on the birthday of a newly deceased spouse so that hopefully, the day wouldn't be so painful. Flowers weren't delivered and when I called the next day, 1-800 offered to send them the following day at 50% off? What good would that do? Give me a break. It seems that the only part of their service they can do in a timely way is to make sure that the billing is done. The billing is done the day of the order... Not the day of the delivery? Never, never, never order from 1-800-flowers. Thank goodness I used my american express as they suspended payment immediately.
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I had recently ordered flowers for mother’s day, I ordered a few different orders one to may mother in NY with flowers and candy, and one to my wife in FL.
The order to NY made it there fine and was left at the door, the order in FL: I was called the day before mother’s day at 7:30 PM and told that the driver was trying to reach me all day. This is not true as I was home all day, the driver then said he would deliver it the next day which was mother’s day and I said fine.
At 1:00 PM on mothers day I got a call from India it was 800 Flowers and they said the driver made a few attempts to deliver and that they would have to reschedule the delivery for another day, WHAT ?
I explained to the young lady that barely spoke English that this was mother’s day and delivering the flowers and candy on another day was unacceptable not to mention the driver never made a delivery attempt.
I was promised a call right back, never happened and as of today I still have not got a refund.
I have used 800 Flowers many times before and consider myself a good customer I guess they don't view me that way and really don't care.
I ordered a simple arrangement for my mother for Easter. As she loves bold colors, I ordered a hot pink roses and alstromeria combination that looked fantastic online. When it arrived, it contained not hot pink roses but red roses (2 of which died within 2 days of arriving). The difference is not minor, especially when you pair red roses with hot pink alstromeria. When I complained I was informed that the fine print says they "sometimes" have to make substitutions. I would hope that such substitutions were actually THOUGHT about before doing something so ill-considered. Flowers are a visual gift and are generally selected visually. No one asked if this substitution was acceptable to me. If they had, I would have said no and made another selection. So the lesson here is simple. If you care about what the flowers look like, don't use 1-800-FLOWERS (aka ProFlowers). I certainly won't use them again.
This is the absolute worst company ever, they took my order to be delivered on Mother's for the rep to enter the wrong damn date and then told me there was nothing they can do about it. they then offer to deliver them for free the next day. i call the next day and now the flowers were no longer in stock, then they claimed to have found a florist that has the flowers and can deliver them. they finally deliver the bouquet and they sent the wrong damn bouquet and a smaller one at that. i have been calling and getting in there a** every hr and i will continue to do so until they deliver the right damn bouquet.
I ordered flowers for same day delivery on 12/17/13. I never received any status updates for my order. When I finally called customer service on 12/18/12 at 5 p.m. they said the order would go out in the morning. This is unacceptable. I ordered these flowers for my best friend who is terminally ill and could pass away any minute. They said they could not find a local florist in her area that would take the area. I got on the internet and found five florists in that area on my first try. I called the first one on the list and they are going to have an order out for her first thing in the morning. The flowers were cheaper and so was the delivery fee. I will never do business again with 1-800-flowers. I highly recommend before you order from 1-800-flowers to call the florist directly yourself first.
I ordered flowers for same day delivery to my friend who is terminally ill and on Hospice with Stage IV Breast Cancer that has spread to her brain. I placed the order on 12/17/2013 to be delivered. As of 5 p.m. 12/18/2013, still no updates on the status of my order. I finally called them to find out that the flowers had not even been sent and they were scheduled to have them sent out on 12/19/2013. When I called and spoke with customer service, all they could tell me is that none of the local florists would fill the order and they were rejecting the order. I went on the internet and searched for local florists in the area and placed a phone call and within 5 minutes I have an order going out first thing in the morning and it was cheaper and the delivery fee was much less. I will never do business with 1-800-flowers again. I will call the local florist and place the order myself. If you want something done right the first time and on time, I recommend you do it yourself.
I was in the floral business for over 35 years and I heard all the complaints posted over and over again. You take a big risk ordering anything over the internet expecially something as personal as flowers
for a special occasion or person. In the future i suggest to anyone ordering flowers to always have on hand a local florist and deal with only them. If you maintain a close personal relationship with them they will always strive to keep your business, because as we all know that trust and loyalty is earned. When orders were processed on busy holidays the on-line or wire service orders were usually second in line to our more personal or home accounts, because we knew that they were our bread and butter so to speak, I'm not saying that we didn't take the utmost care with the others, we always strived to give the customer what they wanted . hope this helps all dissatisfied onlineflower buyers.
mother's day complaint
1) I spent 90CAD on the bouquet (Fields of Europe) including all the special surcharges for morning delivery, etc. The delivery was late and my mom decided to go shopping after waiting for four hours at home. The flowers and vase were left at the door in a box while she was away, not arranged.
2) On the web picture, I saw bright yellow lilies, red roses and daisies... but the box at the door contained white carnation, chrysanthemum and some small purple flowers. Chinese only send white flowers on funerals... Imagine how my mom would feel on Mother's Day when she opened the box!
Being an ocean apart from my mother, I naturally would have to put a lot of trust in the internet service providers for gift delivery because occassionaly I want to show her how much I love her and miss her... I feel betrayed by 1800flowers not because of the $$ I spent on some grocery shop quality flowers but when I imagine how my mom must have felt opening up the box of white carnation and mum... the disappointment on her face...
I am usually quite easy-going but this time I have to let everyone to know my experience... I would not want to see another disappointed face because of 1800flowers.ca...
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I had the exact experience on Mother's Day. I ordered the same arrangement you did. One for my mother and a second for my Mother N Law. My mother received her flowers, but they were nothing like the pictured arrangement. My mother n law never received her arrangement even though I paid extra for each delivery to be on Saturday. I called customer service and they canceled my mother n law's order and stated that they would issue a full refund. Two days later my mother n law's order arrived at her house. I still haven't received the refund. I emailed 1800flowers and the customer serv rep Ashley Gerhardt replied stating they had processed a full refund on 5/10. I never received the refund. I called customer service today 6/1 and spoke with Marc who said there was some kind of problem that they were working on and someone was going to call me regarding this order. So apparently Ashley lied when she said it had been taken care of. I won't hold my breath regarding the phone call and I will file a complaint with my credit card company. Don't use this service it is a rip off.
I agree completely, I ordered an expensive set of flower for mothers day to be delivered on Saturday. But these thugs, cheaters fake the delivery and posted delivery date on thier website, but the floweres were never delivered even after contacting thier automated online reply system.
I finally requested full refund after two weeks, still waiting for it.
These guys should be shut down. I will do my best to ask CA atterny General to invetigate this company for misrepresentation and misleading and taking advantage of people.
This is really disappointing to hear. I have always wondered what the flowers you have sent look like when they get to their destination. No one is going to call you and say "Hey, thanks for the flowers, but they look like you picked them and mailed them yourself!"
delivery and condition of product
I placed an order on 5/5/09 for delivery of a flower basket by 5/8/09 (In time for Mothers Day).
I received a confirmation that my order would be delivered by 5/8/09.
On 5/9/09 I received an e-mail confirmation that my order was just shipping and would be delivered by 5/8/09. Excuse me? It just shipped, obviously it was not going to make it there as promised.
I contacted the company by e-mail and advised them I would never order through them again as this was the 2nd time this happened with this same company. They sent me a "credit of $20.00" for future use :(
My Mom received the gift basket today 5/11. The box was damaged, the basked overturned and dirt all over the place. It was supposed to be the daffodil garden. The tips are broken on the plants that have started sprouting. Not only was her Mother's day gift late, it is totally defective. But hey, I have my $20.00 credit for future purchase!
So much for their 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Followup from my earlier post -
As a result of 4 phone calls and 12 e-mails which included sending photos of the damaged product, 1800flowers finally sent my Mom a new flower basket. Of course they didn't have what I originally ordered but claimed to have sent a higher priced item. It appears based on their site, it does cost approx. $10.00 more. Also it was delivered by a local florist, not shipped UPS. It took one week of both me and my mom contacting them to get this straightened out. I was told, in my final conversation with a customer service supervisor, that my order had been deleted and they could not validate my complaint however by sending my e-mail confirmation and my order number multiple times, they were able to correct it. Grrrr...
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no delivery/poor service
I placed an order for one of the Mother's Day specials that were so heavy advertised both on television and interent. The delivery was set for Saturday by my choice to account for the Sunday rush. No delivery! Calls to their tracking dept phone number would be disconnected each time I would either speak, or manually enter my order number. Today no luck either by website tracking or telephone. After multiple attempts and waiting on hold for twenty minutes I spoke with "William", operator or something another #48269. He spent another forty-two minutes between my being on hold, and stating that he was unble to find my order, he can't access it, and then as I watched on the websit tracking my order SUDDENLY appears a second time and is entered as 5/10 instead of 5/8. Note: the order from 5/8 was still displayed. He says after all this that the order cannot be filled due to the heavy volume of Mother's Day, yet had no answer as to why no delivery could be made the day prior. After all of this I then see an entry on the website tracking utility showing that I had cancelled the order. These people are as "fly by the seat of your pants" as I've ever dealt with. On top of all this my demand for a confirmation email as to my card being credited back has yet to come, and they "should" have the card credited back within three to five business days. I am furious! Not to mention that my girlfriend in Texas and her mother, to whom I was sending the flowers (from Ohio) are without any flowers for Mother's day! I have utilized their customer survey and filed a complaint with their in house customer service. I cannot help but think that it too will be met with the same high level of service, interest and satisfaction (sic) in which the initial order was dealt with.
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I want to add my comments to the list of complaints about this company.
When I called to report my dissatisfaction in the quality of the flowers, the 'customer service' person was rude. My Mother's Day flowers never opened, instead I was left with a bunch of dried up and shriveled buds.
Please save yourself the aggravation and order from a more customer friendly and reliable organization.
did not deliver flowers
I ordered flowers for my mother on Friday before Mother's Day. They were to be delivered on Friday. On sunday, Mother's Day, they still had not been delivered. I had not been notified that they were not delivered and when I called for status, I was told they didn't know why and all they could do was reschedule for Tuesday. Told them I wanted my money back and they told me 5 - 7 business days to credit my credit card. I work in service. To credit a card, you chose the credit option and run the transaction. When you post that days receipts, the credit goes through just like a charge. They can take my money but not deliver as promised? NOT good business practice. I will NEVER use them again and will tell EVERYONE I KNOW about their incompetance and poor customer service.
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failed to deliver
Place an order on May 1, 2017 for delivery on May 8, 2017. This was to be a Mothers Day arrangement for my boyfriends mother. Needless to say, it was not delivered on May 8 and when I called I spoke to a Marco. I was told by him that they would issue 50%credit and have my flowers delivered on May 9. I called today (May 9) only to find out my flowers ARE NOT being delivered and a 100% credit was given. No one called to inform me and my cell is listed. As I am typing this, i have still YET to recvd notification of my flowers. I expressed my dissatisfaction and poor customer service to the rep and told them i would never order flowers from them again. INSTEAD I ORDERED FROM THRIFTYFLORIST.NET.
Damage Resulting
Their lack of customer service and professionlism caused me a great deal of stress as tomorrow is MOTHERS DAY. Plus I had my boyfriends mom stay home yesterday to get the flowers that NEVER showed. Im so embarrassed!
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Cancelled order by phone, have phone number in cellphone as record. Told order was cancelled, but they delivered anyway and told me they had no record of my call. My bad for not getting email confirmation, but never imagined a major company would commit theft this way. I have been forced to pay for an item I cancelled.
This is my second bad incident with this company out of 2 transactions. Last time I was entitled to free shipping and was charged. Had to spend 30 minutes of my life on various holds to try to resolve. Gave them another chance, shame on me. Screwed again.
I also watched that show and I was very impressed how much he cared about the employees and his product. That is why I am so surprised at what has happened to me in the past week. I simply ordered flowers for my Daughter who was having a very special Birthday, her 23rd brithday. I ordered them the day before her birthday to assure they would get there in time I added a beautiful card to be presented with the flowers. I put a lot of time and thought into the perfect flower arrangment. I found the perfect one. With order placed I felt assured my daughter would be smiling on her special day when she recieved this beautiful arrangment of flowers. It did not work out that way, anything but. The flowers never arrived to her even after confirmation that were delivered...I called to see why they had not arrived and was told there was a bit of confusion. After a very lenghty phone call I was told I would get back a full credit for my trouble and no delivery of the flowers. I was offered to have the flowers sent again the following day at no charge to me, I accepted and once again gave all the details need to insure proper delivery and was assured they would arrive again they did not arrive nor was I informed they did not arrive until late that night when I called to check status of the order. After a long 3 days of dealing with 1800flowers and many hours on the phone with them and emials exchanged after the 3rd time of them assuring me they would m ake sure my daughter finally got her birthday flowers I recieved a phone call telling me We are sorry but we cannot locate any flowers so we are canceling your order. I have never been so upset. I tried to do a special thing for my daughter on her special day and went thru what I thought were the professionals of the industry. They failed beyond words and when all was said and done they wrote me off wanting me to go away. What this company doesnt seem to realize is it's people like me that keep them going. To add insult to injury after never recieving any flowers they charged my credit card 3 times I am not sure this nightmare will ever be resolved.
The arrangment that was delivered did not look like what they had advertised. I contacted them and they said they would send out the correct arrangement. The wrong arrangement was delivered July 5th. The correct one has not been delivered. I have contacted them several times, and they say they are going to redeliver, but it never happens.
My fiance ordered flowers from 1800flowers for valentines day. This was our first valentines day since we got engaged. He paid $80 plus extra for vday delivery and such and the flowers were awfullllllll. They used mostly filler flowers and they were the ugliest bunch of flowers I have ever seen in my life! He would have been better off going to the food store flower section for $6.99. I used the chat program to let them know how bad the flowers were. They guaranteed a redelivery by 3:00 the next day (I leave work at 3). At 2:50 I contacted them again. They hadn't even left to deliver them yet. I finally just asked for a refund. They did say yes but what an awful disappointment! I will never ever ever order from them again.
I ordered a special birthday wish flower bouquet to be delivered for my grandmother's 100th birthday party at her residence on saturday. I noticed that they were not there, and called around noon to inquire. The system stated that they were scheduled for delivery that day. Still at 4pm the flowers were not there, so i called again, and they said that they were on the way. By 7pm, (party now over) the flowers were still not there, and after calling multiple times and being hung up on, I was told that the "florist" was now closed and that they could not get the flowers there anymore, and could also "in no way" get the flowers delivered the next day because it was a Sunday. I was very upset, and they promised to note to have a manager call me and have the flowers delivered first thing Monday morning. I called my grandmother this evening, and she STILL has not received the flowers! I called 1800flowers for the 8th time, and they continue to provide awful customer service, again apologizing, saying the order some how got canceled Sunday night, saying they will be delivered tomorrow, and offering a wowing $7 for all the trouble. Please, don't break the bank! I can not believe the awful service and it seems they do not care at all about retaining a loyal client. I will never depend on their service again. Way to mess up a 100th birthday celebration!
My dear Mother has passed away. The flower delivery was in her memory.
Delivery was UPS that is a another whole issue.
I called 1800Flowers for some help because UPS was failing to get these flowers to me. In the beginning the address was incorrect. I corrected that with UPS but to no avail. 1800Flowers was contacted to try and find out who the sender was. Evern though I did not receive the flowers I wanted to be sure the Thank the sender. I gave them the entire story beginning to end and they could not help me. I cannot imagine a business not being able to do a reverse lookup. Time and time the e-mails went back and forth with the same answer they cannot help me. Interesting enough UPS left the flowers on another familys steps and said they had delivered to me so the person called but when I got to her she had thrown away the card. She called 1800Flowers and they said for her to keep the flowers and they would resend. I called about that and once again they did not know what I was talking about and could not help me.
To date I have not received any help from 1800Flowers so whoever sent the bouquet will be charged and I cannot Thank them for there kindness.
Elaine Fales
This isn't the first time they've screwed up but we thought lets give them another try (unfortunately they're like the only online flower business that I know of) ..We ordered 3 separate orders of Sympathy standing flowers (spent over $800) to be sent over to a beloved family member's wake taking place states away from us, it was a ONE day viewing a Tues. We called 6 days in advance. We gave them specific instructions on making sure they were delivered either the Monday night or that Tuesday morning. We got a call from a really upset family member saying their were no flowers at the wake, this was Tuesday afternoon. I called 1800flowers right away & told them how upset were about the failed delivery, they told us that the funeral director told them to deliver it by 3pm & that they were working on the last order. I called the funeral director & he said he never spoke to anyone from 1800flowers & that they've had complaints about them. He also advised me never to call them because they always screw up deliveries & make up excuses! I called & complained to 1800flowers, got really upset! Another time before this I had ordered sympathy flowers for a neighbor they took a long time in delivering them AND we happened to see the flowers being delivered they looked NOTHING like the Picture! This is our LAST time dealing with such disgusting people! To think this business who'd advertisements are everywhere would not put thought or any love for their customers especially when people are mourning & placing sympathy orders! SHAME ON YOU 1800Flowers!
This is not the first time i've had a problem with your establishment. This however was the worst experience ever. I placed this order two days before valentines day. My wife was working 9 hours at her job. 9 hours! I am embarrassed, disappointed and sadly will never ever do business with your company again. The lack of planning and distribution of your deliveries today was very careless and extremely unprofessional. Not only were the flowers not delivered but my entire day was ruined. I made several attempts to contact 1-800-flowers and the answering service message announced "due to the heavy call volume our agents will not be able to answer your call but you can place an order online goodbye". This is supposed to be a multimillion dollar company therefore I expected the utmost professionalism. After four hours I was finally able to speak to a customer service representative, which lead to another let down because she was unable to provide me with any information purchase or delivery. She was absolutely, no help to me at all. I couldn't believe that after paying the additional expense for the cost of flowers, there was an extra delivery charge from your usual fee and yet you did not come through with your commitment. Your company should be ashamed. Do you offer your workers an extra salary because they work on valentine's day? Do you raise your employee's hourly wage because its valentine's day? With the extra delivery fee why weren't more workers hired to handle the deliveries? I'm disgusted and I will never do business or refer to this disgrace you call a company.
I must express the disappointment I have with this order. I know that you used a local florist, but they sure did not do you any favors.
I started placing calls to your customer service around 5:00 my time after I came home and the flowers were not delivered.
I had placed several calls and was told that the flowers were to be delivered that night. They were delivered alright...
After 10:00pm. What kind of service is this?. Most people are ready to go to bed at this time.
The arrangement of the flowers were very nice, however they were not fresh. My wife had to throw them out last night.
I have used your service in the past, and I got to say this was the worst experience that I have had with your company.
10:00 delivery time is inexcusable... No mater how busy the florist was, they should not have accepted the task if they couldn't deliver by the 7:00 pm time that you guarantee.
This Christmas I ordered 3 separate flower arrangements for friends totaling almost $200. 2 of the 3 orders had issues.
The one I ordered first went through without a hitch. The second order I was told they didn't have the exact product, would I find a 2nd choice. I did, but they ended up just swapping vases, I was fine with that as well, at least I was notified there was an issue. The 3rd however, I was never notified, I was monitoring it via their website however, finally I contacted then through their website via a chat box. It was then ( Christmas Eve Day ) that I found out the order couldn't be completed. I'm guessing they had no intentions of letting me know on this one? Online they asked me to do the 2nd choice thing again, but couldn't be delivered in time. Who wants Christmas flowers after Christmas? Their representative online then selected an alternative, again... couldn't be delivered by Christmas. I called corporate, I got lots of lip service and apologies. But was told there was nothing they could do. I was told it could be delivered 2 days after Christmas, at a discount..pointless to me. I hopefully am getting a refund. And a $20 discount, Which will never be used. I'll never use them again. And let everyone I know the same. I feel they should have done a few different things to uphold their smile guarantee. They should have contacted me once they knew the item was no longer available. They should remove the item from the site as No Longer Available. And they should have sent some corporate Goon on a jet to fulfill the order. They simply don't care. Never again.
terrible service
I have had not 1, but 3 consecutive bad experiences with ordering flowers via 1-800-Flowers. The first time was for a funeral of a close friends grandmother out of state. Of course I was assured that they would be delivered the day of the funeral. They never showed. When I called them to complain they said there was nothing they could do, but offered me a 20% discount on an order that didn't show up in time for the funeral. I asked them to escalate the issue to UPS. Again, they said there is nothing that they could do since the shipping records showed that the flowers were in UPS' possesion. Knowing that was a complete and total lie, I called UPS directly and after several hours on the phone with them demanded that a UPS supervisor personally take the flowers and drive them to the home of my friends parents who lost their mother. That was only done because I took charge after 1-800-Flowers washed their hands of the situation.
For Mothers Day, I gave them one more chance. (I don't know why) I placed 2 orders for 2 dozen roses be sent to my mother and my daughters mother. After not recieving an e-mail conformation of the order I called them and they said they'd resend one. I never got that either. I called back in the following morning and was told they see the order but they don't know where it is or where the flowers are. I asked to speak to a manager who gave me the same line. I then asked to speak to HIS manager and he told me that he is as high as it goes and he doesn't have a boss there. I told him that I was honored to be speaking to the CEO of 1-800-Flowers. He said that he was not the CEO of the company to which I replied, "Then you DO have a boss Sir!" He stated that somebody should call me back before the day is over to which I disagreed and spent 3 hours on the phone refusing to leave until I got answers. Nothing came of it...Flowers did not show up for Mothers Day and I'm left to pick up the pieces and do my own detective work.
Once upon a time they used to be reliable. That hasn't been the case over the past few years...their service and reliability is so far sub prime it's sad if not illegal for them to be charging people money to be abused. DO NOT USE THEM AS YOUR FLORIST...YOU'LL ONLY BE DISAPPOINTED AND ANGERED!
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DISAPPOINTMENT WITH 1-800-FLOWERS.COM
i had ordered a beautiful flower arrangement for my mom-in-law from 1-800-flowers and they just simply canceled the order the day before without ever notifying me. Apparently they could not find a local florist ?what? how is it possible?
Anyhow, need i say how disappointed everyone is.
I will never use them again and encourage everyone else not to.
Thanks
BAD BAD BAD SUPER BAD SERVICE!
- the gift was nevwr delivered and I've been charced for it!
- customer servise representatives are not wiling to help!
- never order from them!
I was in the process of placing an order, and found out the price was much higher than what was listed on the website. So I cancelled the order and put in a new order for less expensive flowers. I was told that the first order was cancelled and that the new order would be delivered at 2 pm- this was an order of flowers for my wife for Valentine's Day. I called UPS to confirm the tracking number, but UPS said their tracking order numbers have no resemblance to the number I was given. Additionally, UPS does not deliver at certain times; the order would have been dropped off between 9 am and 4 pm rather than at a specific time. I called Flowers.com right back to cancel, but was told it was too late. I explained that I was given wrong information, that I had just placed the order five minutes before, but they said they could not offer a refund. I then called my credit card company, and they said that there were two charges to the account- so Flowers had double-charged me. I told Mastercard that I had been given wrong information, that I had been told I would receive a confirmation e-mail which never came, and that I had been given a wrong shipping number. Lots going wrong here. Amazing how when I called their voice message said at this time they could not accept any changes or cancellations due to high call volume, and yet when I selected the option to place an order I got right through. So Flowers.com has time to take our money, but no time to back up their service and correct errors made.
My mother recently ordered flowers and experienced the same exact problem. Spent 3 hours on the phone. Flowers are 2 days late. They said they would send complimentary roses but didn't know if any florists would have them in stock? Come to find out they never even put in that order for the complimentary roses. UPS tracking # doesn't even exist. Account never refunded for flower order they couldn't deliver.
didnt order out of state flowers
I was ordering the next term book for my daughter literature class and wouldnt you know as the sametime that I used my credit card to pay for this hard to find locally, book, that she needed. Well, I decided to buy it out of state to get it "out-of- the way". Not only did I get the book in time, ...seems the added bonus of someone else sent someone else FLOWERS TO THE TUNE OF $19.99 on my credit card, and that happed 3 weeks in a row from the same location/strip-mall area I found out where I bought my daughter's book. ...BUT IT WAS IN NYC> I LIVE IN AZ ! What a rip off !Though I did get my money back after investigation. hahahaahahah!
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service
I ordered the Christmas centerpiece that was so heavily advertised on television. It was to have been delivered to my daughter in another city. I paid $58 by credit card. What they delivered was a little pot of mums I could have gotten at Publix for $10. I called and complained. The service rep. apologized, said they had run out of supplies but that they would re-deliver the next day. Nobody ever showed up. When I called again, the service rep. told me they don't issue refunds but that they'd give me 20% off the next order. I said "You've got to be kidding! I wouldn't order from you again if it were free!" I disputed it on my credit card. The company is now lying and saying that they tried to re-deliver the flowers but that my daughter refused to accept them. DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS COMPANY! IT IS A RIP OFF!
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My first time ordering with this company -- and never again.
My mother's cousin's 92nd birthday. On May 9 I ordered arrangement be sent to her on her Birthday - May 11. Yes, I know that's also Mother's Day - creating large volume of orders. ...But not til May 10 did an 800-Flowers.com rep phone to say that arrangement was out of stock. The rep hunted around and came up with another arrangement that could/would be delivered either on the 10th or the 11th. As of now, 1p.m. on the 11th, I've had no confirmation regarding order and have phoned the recipient twice...she has not received any flowers.
I've phoned 800Flowers twice - spoken also to a Supervisor - who cannot guarantee anything...they say they've spoken to the local florist, who doesn't have time to check whether or not they indeed have the order, because they have so many orders - being Mother's Day. Florist says that they stop deliveries at 4 p.m. today (it is, of course, Sunday). 800Flowers say that they continue delivering until 7p.m. Who to believe? I still have no confirmation via e-mail from 800Flowers -- the phone reps are unable to give me any definitive word/confirmation on my order as to whether or not it will happen today. And, sadly I have now lost the opportunity/time to call one of the recipient's neighbors in Manhattan, to ask if they would buy/deliver an arrangement for which I would reimburse them.
800Flowers -- if you can't handle such a Holiday volume of orders, then post a cut-off. You are disappointing your customers - I will never EVER order again from 800Flowers!
The 1-800-flowers.com website says 100% satisfaction guaranteed. They decide whether or not you are satisfied. They will not give your money back. Please don't order from them.
I ordered for a funeral; it was time sensitive. They called and left a message that they could not fill my order and wanted to (completely) substitute. When I called them back, they told me that (1) they could not confirm if my order had been delivered or what had been delivered and (2) I could not cancel my order. They told me that 100% satisfaction guaranteed does not mean that I can get my money back even if my order has not been delivered.
Failure to deliver
Pop ups all over the place on line for Valentine's day delivery of flowers.
Ordered approx. $70 worth flowers and candy to be delivered Valentines day to my mother in law from her husband.
Flowers never showed up.
Spoke to "Call Center" employee- with the 100% Satisfaction Guarantee posted all over- the only thing they would do is deliver by Tuesday and give 50% refund or cancel order all together.
This is not 100% satisfaction for me. Would not allow me to talk to supervisor and have yet to hear back from them!
Terrible Service!
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charged credit card but no delivery.
I placed an order with 1800Flowers on 2/5/09 with a delivery date of 2/12/09, 1 full week in advance. After speaking with the person whom I scheduled to send flowers to for Valentine's Day, I am informed they NEVER arrived. So much for the surprise huh?
I called 1800Flowers customer service line twice. 1st time, the rep asked to call me back and did so within 30 minutes, stating he had spoke to the florist they routed my order to and the flowers were on their delivery truck and would arrive in 60 minutes or less.
3 Hours later, still NO FLOWER DELIVERY ... I call customer service for the 2nd time, I am placed on hold for 10 minutes, when I do get a rep on the line, I am given nothing but excuses. I am furious by now, ask to speak to a supervisor. I am placed on hold for 30 minutes, no one ever picked up.
I would strongly suggest to anyone who wants to have flowers sent delivery online DO NOT USE 1800FLOWERS.
I will be calling my bank to dispute the charges they made to my credit card and have spoke to my attorney who tells me I can file suit for fraud since they charged my credit card account and did not follow through under the terms of their service!
Mr. Huff
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fraud & lies
I ordered and paid for flowers. Received confirmation of delivery. Flowers never arrived. Called company. They confirmed flowers were delivered yet no flowers arrived. The order was submitted to be delivered 2.11.09. Received another confirmation. Call company again. Again, they confirmed flowers were delivered and left at residence. Again, no flowers. While on hold with customer service, they call recipient of flowers and she was told that no flowers were shipped. I had 2 employees of this company both put me on hold, call the florist and both tell me that flowers were delivered. One lie after another. I canceled the order. While on the phone, I received another confirmation of an order that I never placed and my credit card was bill. This company advertises 100% satisfaction guaranteed. This is the biggest lie of all.
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I ordered flowers for a colleague to be delivered to our office 3 days in advance of her BIrthday. 800 flowers never delivered the order and never sent me any kind of status change. I called the 800 number and was told the weather was bad in D.C. and that the flowers could not be delivered...I thought this odd because we have a large corporate HQ in D.C. and none of our folks had trouble getting to work. Day two, same thing - no delivery. I called 800 flowers and was told "delivery would definitely be made today"! Of course that never happened. Day three, I received a confirmatin email from 800 FLowers that the delivery had been made. I called my colleague and was informed that she NEVER received the flowers. So, again I called 800 flowers and they admitted the delivery was not made, apologized for the "mixup" and promised to deliver today! Day four, still no delivery to my colleage...I called 800 flowers AGAIN and asked to speak with the Julie L.Kaufman, Director of Customer Service that is listed at the bottom of the delivery confirmation page. I was told she was "unavaialble". So I asked to speak with any supervisor...after having to explain my situation to 3 additional customer service reps, demanding again to speak with a manager or supervisor, and being placed on hold for nearly a half hour, a man by the name of Charles Stine picked up. It was like pulling teeth to get him to give me his name and title. After explaining the situation again - he offered me no apology and told me they could either try to deliver or refund my money. When I asked to speak with his supervisor, Charles said "my supervisor does not answer the phone, I am the only person you can spealk with". What a joke -- no attemp to make this right what-so-ever! Well 800 Flowers you can be sure I will tell all my corproate connections, friends and relatives that they hould NEVER use you! Your delivery and customer service is a joke!
I've been had by them too. I ordered a calla-lily arrangement in a basket that I thought looked nice. When the flowers were shipped, I didn't get calla-lilies. I don't know what kind of flowers they sent but they were ugly and in the basket the calla-lilies should have been in. I called to complain and they said they would reship for no charge and I could keep the ones I did get. They were for a birthday so it made for an awkward situation. They did reship, except they sent the same exact thing. When I called again to complain, they said sometimes the flower shops they deal with don't have an item so they'll replace it with something similiar. Cala-lillies are rather expensive and I'm sure that both of the wrong flowers I received wouldn't total up to what I spent. I wasn't offered any kind of refund. They did offer a 20% discount on my next order. Don't think I'll be using that anytime soon though.
paying too much for flowers
If you have ever paid for flowers through 1800flowers or any other online vendor that does not have an actual store, you are paying close to $15.00 over the cost of the flowers just for their fee. The worst part is, you rarely even get what you see in the picture, and they don't tell you that.
As a florist, I try to educate our customers all the time on how these online services work. The strange thing is that even though customers are "online" to place the order, they rarely look online for a local florist to fill the order personally, and these online companies like 1800flowers, FTD, Teleflora, WesleyBerry, Flowersallhours, ALL OF THEM, send the orders to the local florist anyway.
It is then up to the local florist to fill the order, and most always, if they don't have the same vase or flowers, they send something "similar", which based on costs of the flowers could be a lower value.
Now let's look at costs. Say you have a $40.00 arrangement you want to send someone. Add to that the $15 the online company charges you for delivery and handling, and you are paying out $55.00. The local florist will get $31.20 of the money you paid, as they also take 22% off the retail price as a commission. So, in effect, you are spending $55.00 but only getting an arrangement that is $31.20.
By using a local florist, you are insuring they get paid fairly for the work they do, saving yourself a minimum of $15.00 (more during holidays!) and taking out the middleman who has nothing whatsoever to do with the creation or delivery of your arrangement, other than forwarding it on to someone. Now, after all this, isn't it just more simple to go to the source?
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I totaly agree with the Florsit and not the beltering "idiot" above. You do pay $13 and up for 1800flowers services here's the kicker. They have out sourced employment. An American company that hires those they can pay $3 an hr to. Let's say an average is 12 order per hr. (i happen to know at holidays this is a extreame low average) if you know your math that is at the very least $120 pr hr pr employee (outside the us and there are hundreds if not thousands of them) There overhead is not that great when they have to pay Americans but it's a hell of a lot more then pocket change and you are less likely to get an someone who can't do the job unless they are new. Do they screw the florist? Well, they don't exactly tell them to bend over so I guess you can say no, they rape the florist! If you want happy flowers sent yes call a local florist your self your sitting in front of the computer look up the number and call. Most have a web site you can view samples of what they have. No you can not get a trademark 1800flowers arangment but a florist would be an "idiot" to tell you they can't make something close to it, and if you give the florist the extra 15 you can get exactly what you want plus more and know right then and there if they have the flowers. The only benifit to paying the extra is someone else has to do the dirty work if the florist is out of a flower you just cant live without. A hint about florist most know another shop in town and will recomend or will go to great effort to get the flowers you need and all the time are more then willing to let you know when the truck comes in and if the flowers are bad. Even if they are on there last flowers it's a birthday they will work with you to get a little something there for the birthday and what you want as soon as they have fresh flowers. I say hire AMERICANS pay americans to do what you want done and love the USA!
scam and cheating
Order from 1800Flowers was not shipped as promised. Someone from 1800flowers actually called me on the day of the order and advised that it was a difficult order to fill but assured me that is would be delivered prior to Christmas. I was sending this as a Christmas gift to family out of stat. As of 12/29 the order had not been delivered. I called...
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On the morning of Dec. 24, I visited 1800Flowers.com to order flowers for my mother. Their website advertised same day delivery. I placed an order. My card was charged. No flowers were delivered on 12/24. None were delivered on 12/25. None on 12/26. Still none on 12/27. No update was issued for my order. No one called me. No one emailed me. I called on Saturday 12/27 to cancel. I still don't have my refund on my credit card. They say I should wait 5 to 10 days for that. I think you should get your flowers from some other source.
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In addition to flowers, 1-800-Flowers.com provides an assortment of gift items like gourmet food baskets, chocolates, and plush toys, aiming to serve as a one-stop-shop for those looking to send a thoughtful present. The service also includes options for same-day delivery, which is subject to availability and location.
The company has a network of local florists and partners through which it fulfills orders, ensuring that arrangements are fresh and delivered in a timely manner. 1-800-Flowers.com also offers a membership program with benefits such as free shipping and discounts on future purchases.
For customers seeking assistance or personalized service, 1-800-Flowers.com provides customer support through various channels, including phone, email, and live chat. The website also features a selection guide and occasion reminders to help customers choose appropriate gifts and remember important dates.
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