TV Shop review: Worst accountability and service 10

These guys at the Tv Shop are liers and predators.A really sick friend ordered a walking machine from them and within a few hours decided against it so called and said she didnt want it.She stopped the credit card and told them not to send it.The lier told her to ring at 8.30 on the Monday which she did and they told her to call back in an hour. They hadnt sent it at all until during that hour they told her to wait.It arrived and and now these thieves want money from her to send it back which doesnt add up to me.I see they have a lot of complaints with the NZ Commerce Commision.Which I will be doing as well.LETS ALL DO THIS AND PUT THE LIERS AND THIEVES OUT OF BUSSINESS.

My husband and I are returning customers after purchasing a few items which we had no problems with until we purchased the Instachill in 2018 before Christmas. We were so wrapped with the purchase as we didn't have an air cooling system in our open lounge and kitchen area which can be very hot in the summer months. After seeing the ad on tv for this product we were extremely excited as it had great reviews and seemed to do what what we were looking for which was instantly cool an area completely( as an AC unit would normally do but more cost effective). Upon receiving the unit we opened it the very next day. We followed the instructions on the booklet before use and we were not only disappointed but we were annoyed because the unit not only felt like it was blowing out normal cool air as a fan would do, it just didn't chill down. We thought we would try it in a smaller room to see what the difference was after a 3hour period and the outcome was still no different, the room and hallway were the same temperature, no chilly air, as it said on the advert from many people so we rang the customer care team to arrange a return. The man apologized and said to try placing iced water in the unit to see if that worked instead and if it did, they would take $100 off the existing price for the troubles. Not only did that sound suspicious i thought it was a sad way to influence me into keeping the item, nowhere in the advert did it say to fill the unit with ice cold water at any time, it even went on to say in the booklet provided that some units can be faulty which seemed like the most logical explanation because it didn't perform the way it said it did on the advert. After i spoke to the man about possibly trying the ice water in the unit, i changed my mind and rang back to sort out details of how to return the item, i was told from the lady that she was not able to give me the details at that time and was told that another Service person would make contact with me within 24-48 hours which did not happen, now it was during the Christmas period so i would have understood if i had to wait until working hours but the lady said i would be contacted because it was urgent i spoke to someone as i only had 30 days to return this item. I had made contact with the office today, 1 week after i was told 24-48 hours i would be called and still got an unsatisfactory reply and apology, now i have to send the item back at my own cost and i am not a wealthy person, i am a beneficiary with a young child, i am annoyed i have to pay for an item that did not do what it said it was supposed to. Not only did i get the muck around after i explained i was not happy, the man tried to make me keep the item and change the conditions of use for it and bribe me with a discount, the item didn't go so why would i want to pay nearly $500 for an item that did exactly what a cheap fan would do? After speaking with a man today, and expressing my frustration about the excuses and muck around i received, he red me the terms and conditions of returned items and it was at that moment i realized it was at my own cost to send the item back, and even though he extended my money back guarantee time, i felt the least they could do was pay for the item to be shipped back because i did not receive what i ordered. Now i am angry, he sent me an email with the return details and terms and also sent me another email asking if i change my mind and choose to keep it, or pass it onto a friend they will take $150 off the price? Why would i want to give this unit to someone else or keep it if it doesn't perform as it says on tv? NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER!

Similar thing happened to me... I have purchased many things in the past but I CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE DEALING WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE

They are just So Terrible Lairs very bad customer behavior and just dont deal with them the commerce commission should ban their business.The trouble is they call from all countries around the world the same as the phone scammers. Related Who knows Maybe!

I was interested in an IWalk and to set up monthly payments - when they gave the figure said no was too high, they kept adding extra products and could not understand that it was not about the extra products but about the $$'s - was a terrible conversation and very very persistent and had to hang up on the guy as he would not let things go.
Two days later had a phone call and they had more than halved the cost - thought about it and went ahead with the 30 day trial.
Iwalk was delivered and they took the full amount out of my credit card - sorted that.
Within the 30 days trial job became redundant, decided to send the Iwalk back - what a hassle - was advised to try and sell it (did not actually belong to me), offered a further $100 off - it was now down to $400.
Arranged a courier, boxed up the Iwalk good and secure, found difficulty with two pieces of foam fitting them in and around the Iwalk - have just had a phone call that they are going to charge me $20 for the 2 pieces of foam - have never heard anything so ridiculous - who is this company, who are these people - the word bullies comes to mind

David B - 19 June 2021
I have just purchased two instant heaters from the TV shop. The promotion of these products would make a person believe they cannot live without them.
They are committing the criminal offense of deception with this promotion and it is my intention to report them to the police and Consumer Affairs. The products arrived in good packaging but that is the only good thing I can say about them. For the price, they charged for this packaging they should have been wrapped in gold
I cannot even give them a review because neither of them work.
I have come to the conclusion that these products are rubbish and their value is in the scrap metal value.
I read an earlier review about the instant chill, I purchased two of these products and they have also turned out to be worthless other than the scrap metal value and that is where they will go as I do not have the room to house rubbish
I cannot understand why the Australian Consumer Affairs and ACCC allow this company to operate in Australia.

buy one get a USED non working one for free, that is what i got, not to mention the call back syndrome, now how on earth can i send back the faulty unit if i do not get a reply nor a address to send back to ?
being a pensioner, how ? how to send back ? where to ? no contact ? ACCC need to step in, as this is and is intentional, and goes below the standard IQ of a scammer, and leaves a non standard ethic from the country that runs the business. and the product of the so called TIVA, is not a standard product .
$800 and a so called two year warranty which i did not ask for . and now i pay %3.00 a week for where i was told $50.00 a week, and only supplied with half which IS BEING ADVERTISED.

Instachill, is instacrap, blows out hot air, my $15 fan works better than instachill, it heats up the room just a oversized fan and noisy and loud, don't go near this item or this TV company, false advertising at its best, you see the commercial it's nothing like the add absolutely piece of crap, even the supervisor said it was a bad product when I spoke with him on the phone, I will be taking this further if anyone wants to join me in exposing this false advertising company and this crap product