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    Default Imagine my disappointment...

    After a two week wait the postman knocked with a package from Japan to be signed for. With mounting excitement I opened the well-packed box, extracted the delivery advice, the Origami stork and finally the boxed pen.
    Instead of the eagerly anticipated Pilot Custom 74 what emerged was a cheapo Pilot Cavalier while the delivery note clearly states what I should have got! This was a purchase from 'Japan Subculture' through Amazon. I sent off an email advising of the problem so what should I be expecting? Any thoughts of/experience with this company?

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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    How come to send you a Cavalier instead of a Custom74

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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    Did you complain to the shipper by email? Then you can forward that to the credit card company.

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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    Quote Originally Posted by john View Post
    How come to send you a Cavalier instead of a Custom74
    They made a mistake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
    Did you complain to the shipper by email? Then you can forward that to the credit card company.
    Yes I did (as I mentioned in my post).

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewG View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Neo View Post
    Did you complain to the shipper by email? Then you can forward that to the credit card company.
    Yes I did (as I mentioned in my post).
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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    Mistakes happen; what will be interesting to see is how they handle it. A good business treats a complaint as an opportunity to improve their customer relations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bart Willems View Post
    Mistakes happen; what will be interesting to see is how they handle it. A good business treats a complaint as an opportunity to improve their customer relations.
    Indeed; and as the Japanese are usually very conscientious with customer service I'm confident of a positive resolution.

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    Yes but Goulet, Anderson and Edison rule customer service and support in our sphere.

    As an odd Triva that's three Brians.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverbreeze View Post
    Yes but Goulet, Anderson and Edison rule customer service and support in our sphere.

    As an odd Triva that's three Brians.
    That does seem like an odd coincidence doesn't it? I have had a similar coincidence that I have been close to several people named Jim and they were all above average human beings, I think every Jim I have known falls into this category.
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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    You should write them to find the solution. If not, you should make a complain to Amazon. No seller would be happy to have complains or bad reviews.

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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    As I explained in my OP I wrote to Japan Subcultures via Amazon yesterday. Today I received an email from Japan apologising and requesting a photograph of the incorrect item, upon receipt of which a "return procedure" would be emailed back and the pen replaced with what I actually ordered. That was quick!

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    Probably an honest mistake then
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverbreeze View Post
    Probably an honest mistake then
    Wow, but what a doozy....

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    Default Re: Imagine my disappointment...

    Once got a set of pens instead of the journal I bought by way of a package mislabeled for shipping accident

    I bet the two pens are the same box and the wrong one is shipoed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverbreeze View Post
    Once got a set of pens instead of the journal I bought by way of a package mislabeled for shipping accident

    I bet the two pens are the same box and the wrong one is shipoed
    No, the boxes are very different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex2014 View Post
    You should write them to find the solution. If not, you should make a complain to Amazon. No seller would be happy to have complains or bad reviews.
    Sound advice.

    I have a coworker whose brother runs an Amazon-storefront business with his wife (and he has a garderner whose grandchild goes to the same daycare as the granddaughter of the cousin of Pilot USA's CEO but I digress). In order to keep Amazon clean from the shenanigans that seem to be par for the course on Fleebay (with, I guess, Amazon absorbing a lot of losses their customers would otherwise), Amazon's penalties towards vendors regarding customer complaints seem to be harsh and few, because you don't get that many chances from Uncle Bezos.

    Thus, it seems in every ones favor to handle complaints outside Amazon first. The customer wins because the vendor doesn't want to escalate this to Amazon (in general). The vendor wins because they're better off not having a blemished reputation. And Amazon wins because they don't have to deal with providing service one of their market place vendors should have provided in the first place.

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