Union Supply Direct review: they have no respect to their customers 29

I prefer to use this company. When I called the staff was helpful in placing my order.

this company stinks. my order was sitting in a warehouse for 10 days. i called and threatened to cancel the order if it was not sent within a day and magically it was sent out the following day. every time i called i was told that the order was in the final stage of processing and it would be sent "shortly". it wasnt until i demanded to speak to a supervisor that the lazy ### sent my order. by the time it reached the prison, my friend was tranferred. then i had to wait for the package to be returned to union supply before they could do anything. i told them to forward the package to the new facility . i was told they would use the same funds from my credit card and send the package to the new facility in a couple of days. i waited a few days and called them to follow up. i was told that the order was cancelled. as i was talking to the idiot on the phone, i got an email stating the order was cancelled. i checked my credit card statement online and i was credited 5 dollars less than the invoice. seems like this company is staffed with low lifes that just want to piss people off for no reason.

I also had a problem with this company. Inmate has not received his package and was told they will check into it and call me with a status. I also sent an email to confirm my conversation. The company sent me a boilerplate response. As a concerned consumer, I felt that I have lost money sending a package through this company, my credit card gets charged, this company takes no responsibility for follow up, and this company gains a profit. Since this is an approved vendor, it appears that they are receiving kickbacks from facilities and taking advantage of families who purchase quarterly packages. Correct me if I am wrong.

I find the staff to be incredibly rude, and it takes forever on hold to even get to talk to a person who could care less about customer service - "friendly agent" indeed - NOT! I recently placed an order, the confirmation of shipment contained the wrong information, and the items I ordered were not all shipped. I received no notice of anything being not available for shipment, and it wasn't until I heard from the intended receiver of the merchandise that it had not been shipped - 8 days later. I had called regarding the status of the order on three previous occasions, and no one had informed me that the ordered items were "out of stock".

I will NEVER use this company again!

Union Supply Direct is, simply put, ripping off inmates without a care in the world. They cashed a check in June 2014 and have not shipped anything and actually claim they do not have the order. They cashed the check...

It is now September 2014 and still no refund and no product.

Do not send Union Supply Direct money for any reason, they will cash the check, keep the money, and you will never see your order.

Hopefully Union Supply Direct will have to pay, but for now, inmates and inmate families are paying and getting nothing.

We have gotten our first taste of this wonderful company who has no clue! Our son is incarcerated but that doesn't make him less of a human being. We order a item he requested and needed. They gladly took the online order 10/12/2014 gladly billed and cleared my credit card 10/13/2014 for the item now November 11/3/2014 a month later no order has been shipped. Now they claim all orders for the Fall program are held until the last order 11/06/2014 and now were given a delivery date 12/08/2014-12/20/2014 so they get to charge your credit card and get to keep the money with absolutely no fulfillment of the order while NO where on the order confirmation does it state Hey were holding this order indefinitely? Not just sent the Attorney General in Florida a nice email explaining that this lovely company were forced to use is committing credit card theft on top of making money off the shipping fees. Its said were forced to deal with incompetent companies like this and have to wait because our loved ones need the items. I'm convinced just send them money so they get it at the prison otherwise you look like the butthead who didn't order what they needed.

Horrible company. Status says on hold since November 19 now not only did my husband miss his thanksgiving package but now they arent sending the Christmas package either. Horrible company. Says boldly they dont charge your credit card until shipment has mailed but they charged me for 2 packages and he hasnt recieved anything!

DONT DO IT!

Just because, you had one bad experience does not mean, the entire company is horrible... I work for this Company, honestly I don't consider every representative is rude or careless I myself for one love this job and always try to go above and beyond for whomever I pick up the phone on, now I haven't been there for long but 7out 10 phone calls will already have attitude, on a daily basis I get ask if I am idiot, Only because I ask the customer to please repeat inmate number one more time they get upset ( well maybe if you spoke slower) you know I always get back when you want to right down that Sales order number (confirmation number) and after repeating myself 4 or 5x's I don't call you and idiot right? I always keep my cool on even when disrespected, Now if your package is on hold for so long you should first consider reading the catalogs before even placing an order.. It specifically says when delivery dates will start. OK, let's say you bought a pair of slippers of Ebay. They didn't fit so you call in let them know the issue they advice you to ship them back for a refund but you have to pay shipping and handling charges. it's really up to you when you get a chance to ship them back then when you finally do its approximately about 5-7 business days before they can receive right? Just because you call and let them know you ship back does not mean there gonna go of your word and refund you that's not how it works as a business we have to do things a safe and secure way... we need to inspect the slippers make sure they are not damage or abuse, then we issue a refund... same thing with are company Union supply once we Shipp out the package and it's sign for at whatever facility there is nothing we can do. Is up to the discrepancy to decide when they give the package or if they send it back to us.. That's why I always try to make sure it's there ordering period, but honestly some of you customers think you know more or make your own rules but that's just not how it works then you call upset that the facility kept the package well I told you, but you knew all right? Stop blaming the Reps and speak to us the way you want to be spoken... You need me to take and process your order and I need you to be my customers right? So why can't we all just have more respect we all need from each other weather you know it or like or not.

My friend bought me a U-TAB when I was in. Well, when they sent me a bad SD card with my new games and songs, it took away my E-readers, all my books, 2 of my games I already had and my dictionary. When he reported it they said, "I've never heard that before". What kind of customer service is that? Now I am paroled and I intend to pursue this but guess what? I figure I'll be placed on hold, lied to, avoided, and never be helped. They treated my family and friends that way for years. why would I be different? BUT. For all my brothers and sisters still behind the walls, especially those who were so excited we were getting technology...I will do what is in my power to bring Union to their senses of treating customers as though they didn't have to give Union their money. (Hint, hint - Walkenhorst's tablet is available now too!) Word of advice Union: you need real customer service.

THEIR WEBSITE SUCKS! It is not as easy to use as Walkenhorst's and when checking out they try to make you buy their leftover stuff from the previous quarter. AND THEN IT CRASHES without being able to pay! Two and half hours to place an order!
AVOID THIS COMPANY!
they ran out of key items, too...

I was in prison in Florida for 13 years. I know and understand the system. It is very poorly managed, to say the least. When inmate packages were first allowed we (inmates) were excited. New stuff! However, often times an inmate's order was shipped, only to be "lost" at the institution, or held up by the administration or property officer(s). I wouldn't place all of the blame on the supplier. They are very much at the mercy of the prisons and the majority of staff or are hateful and unprofessional. FLDOC can put up all of the posters and spout all of the rhetoric they want, but I was THERE and I know how vial and sorry a government institution it is.

Do not order from this company! I placed an order online which took me forever and once it was time to process the order it kept declining my card and proceeded it as a check. I have been calling for two days to cancel the order and pay with my card and no answer. I have been on hold for a HOUR and then get sent to a full mail box. I sent out two emails and have not received a single response! This is crazy! How many people work in the call center? Two? HORRIBLE ! Don't waste your time or money or minutes if you phone isn't unlimited

This company sucks, and the staff is very incompetent, and not on the same page. Not helpful at all. The many calls were a waste of time. They are very inconsiderate, and does not listen well at all. Would never recommend this company. Even the supervisors are incompetent.Please train your staff, or hire new ones, because you will lose alot of respect and business with the current ones

I've just spent oce an hour on the phone being passed from one person to the next. My brother has never recieved his orderit four months later and they say they can't refund or fulfill the order because they are shipping their fall order. WTF I'm out of 99.50 . They said it is up to me to find the package thru the prison. I have been speaking to them since March over this and they have lied. They just tell you what you want to hear seven month's and still nothing, now they say it's too late.

This company canceled my friend's order for Christmas. I never received any emails or phone calls to alert me to why. Now I am being told its due to billing address discrepancy. I checked and everything is up-to-date. They refuse to remedy the situation saying I am past the date. I was told I had to have received an email. Well this is not the first time this has happened and I was not notified. Unfortunately this is the only company the CDOC uses for these packages. I will not ever give them my business again.

The same thing happened to me except I was in constant contact with them looking for this package. I received notification from the prison facility that the package never was received according to their paper work. Union Supply didn't care and refused to fix the problem either by returning my money or sending a new package. They also just kept passing me from one person to the nexk and would keep me on hold up to 45 minutes only to be hung up on. My advise is if your love one has not received their package within 30 day dispute the matter with your bank.

They have 140 dollars in a media account for my nephew, but they keep telling us that he is ineligible for media . Facility says no that isn't the case . will not answer phone will not release music . This place will just hijack your money without a bat of the eye. If you have to send packages go with Walk n horst. at least they send the stuff.We are up a creek with the media, no other way to get it. Just do not use this company.

Just from what I've found through reviews for this company and GTL for setting up phone accounts for inmates to call home, there is no way I'm going to attempt either one of them! My son was sentenced to 35 years, and that's a very long time to not be able to get packages, or phone calls to home. It would be beneficial to us all if we could come up with a way to stop these thieves, and figure out a way to get an honest, professional company to take it over. If anyone here truly wants to try to remedy this problem, let's put our heads together and figure something out. Maybe if some of us have lawyer friends that are willing to help us out for cheap, or free? Or anyone that can give us some sort of direction as to what we can do, or where we can go, would be a great start! I would even be willing to make any phone calls to whomever it is we need to talk to, in order to get the ball rolling. Anyone else up for this task? We can't just let them sit in there with nothing year after year! If anyone wants to help me do something about this, email me at darla_scott10@yahoo.com Who knows, maybe even just a partition of some sort would get this thing moving in the right direction. Someone has got to be held accountable for all the money these companies are stealing from inmates' families on a daily basis!

this is the WORST company ever

I have a couple of friends in a Wisconsin prison, and Union Supply is what they have to order certain things through. I've spent well over a grand between the two friends and have occasionally had to call them for the stupidest things...
Most recently, I purchased a set of headphones a couple of days ago... This morning I received an email saying that "they're having trouble verifying my payment information" when I'm using the exact same card I've been using for the last couple of years with absolutely no problems using it on any other site.
So I'm forced to call them, and I'm on hold right now... I've been on hold for over 2 hours so far.
Every single time I'm forced to call them it's at least an hour and a half sitting on hold.

The very few times that I've emailed them, I get a response back a month later asking me "if my problem has been resolved"... When I never received any other emails in between.

One friend is now in a minimum and able to receive most things through Amazon, JLMarcus or Access.
Once the other friend drops to minimum, I will NEVER again purchase anything through Union Supply Direct.

ordered a tv and watch for my son in April, it has not been received at this time, I have attempted to call and been on hold over 2 hours without speaking to anyone. I have sent emails with no response, thee worst customer service I have ever had dealings with. Tennessee get a reputable service we can order from. This is ridiculous and upsetting to us and our family in your facilities

I ordered a tv and watch for my son on 4/11/2021 he has not received it as of yet. I have tried to call and been on hold for over 2 hours without ever talking with anyone, I have also tried to email with no response, worst customer service I have ever has any dealings with. Tennessee get a reputable company for our inmates that we can depend on

This company is awful! I placed an order in January and another in February for my husband. It's the end of March and he still has not received it. Each time I contact them they tell me it will be another 2 weeks. CDOC needs to contract with another vendor. Since this is our only option to order packages I guess they can do whatever they want with our money and orders.

I will never order again from this place. They sent my family member expired items, 10 out of 10 do not recommend. I will also contact the better business bureau.

I'm writing for my friend that is in Chillicothe correctional . He placed a mail order way back around new years and cant find anything out about his package. His name is Robert Bleicher his number is A787192. If you could find in your heart to email.me back I owuld be forever greatful. My email is mluttrellvr6@gmail.com Thank you Michael Luttrell