• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I ordered some well rated concert ear protection from the maker’s website. The order waited weeks to ship after a label was printed and likely forgotten. I went to find a place to call or contact a human there, all they had was a self-described AI chat robot that just talked down to me condescendingly. It simply would not believe my experience.

    I eventually got the ear protection but I won’t be buying from them again. Can’t even staff some folks to check email. I eventually found their PR email address but even that was outsourced to a PR firm that never got back to me. Utter shit, AI.

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      16 hours ago

      I’m glad you mentioned the company directly as I also want to steer clear of companies like this.

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      16 hours ago

      That would’ve been such an easy disputed charge and get the plugs somewhere else. I’m not wasting a second on something like that, just telling my credit card company they didn’t uphold their end of the deal, and that’s that. I will lose hearing out of spite if this happened to me, because I’m an idiot.

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      10 hours ago

      Oh man, sad that’s the customer service cause I deeply love my loops. I was already carrying them with me everywhere I went so I grabbed a pill keychain thing and attached them to my keys so I’d never forget to grab them.

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        9 hours ago

        Yeah this happened back earlier this year. I had lost a pair from a purchase years ago and replaced them. Guessing they are laying off people/support contracts like so many stupid business owners. I was sure that my order would be stuck in limbo forever after the experience, but they eventually showed up. Never again.

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      17 hours ago

      That’s really good to know about these things. They’ve been on sale through Woot. I guess there’s a good reason for that.

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      17 hours ago

      Wow, that’s extremely disappointing. I had a really positive experience with them a few years ago when I wanted to exchange what I got (it was too quiet for me), and they just sent me a free pair after I talked to an actual person on their chat thing. It’s good to know that’s not how they are anymore if I ever need to replace them.