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Converse won't do exchanges just refunds...

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Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 13:20

Hello wonderful ladies! You're always so helpful and I hope you can help this time :)

I ordered some shoes directly from Converse and they sent me the wrong ones.

They're special edition and some colours/sizes are already sold out. I've got in touch with them, and the best they can do is to give me a label and return them. So it's a refund not an exchange and they don't do exchanges.

The problem is.. the way I see it by the time they process the refund etc... I might miss out on the shoes I originally ordered.

I've raised it with AMEX too just in case. I've told them I genuinely don't want free shoes, just for them to send me the correct ones and then I post back the ones they sent me by mistake.

I work in customer experience so I know that anything can be done as long as there's a will on their end.

Anything else I can try?

OP posts:
Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 10:20

Look they aren’t going to do it. I’d get over it really.

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 09:59

MartinCrieffsLemon · 03/10/2024 09:49

Which they are correcting by offering a refund IF the shoes are returned.

They are not going to do ANYTHING whilst OP still owns the original pair as she would in effect end up with 2 pairs and then could claim they were posted and then lost (with a fake postage lable) or something and keep both pairs

But they would offer a refund regardless of whichever reason I decided to return them. They're not doing anything special in that sense.

OP posts:
MartinCrieffsLemon · 03/10/2024 09:49

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 08:14

Because it was their mistake?

Edited

Which they are correcting by offering a refund IF the shoes are returned.

They are not going to do ANYTHING whilst OP still owns the original pair as she would in effect end up with 2 pairs and then could claim they were posted and then lost (with a fake postage lable) or something and keep both pairs

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 08:57

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 08:14

Because it was their mistake?

Edited

Exactly! Somebody gets my point :)

OP posts:
Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 08:45

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 08:04

Exactly that! So the refund will be reflected in the statement I have to pay the 1st of December.

I can afford it, but if I couldn't then I would definitely miss out on the shoes which wouldn't be fair at all.

Then just buy them if you can afford it.

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 08:14

Completelyjo · 03/10/2024 07:37

Well they don’t have the incorrect pair back yet so why would they?
In fact OP is now claiming she sold the original pair!

Because it was their mistake?

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 08:04

Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 07:58

What do you mean by credit cycle, simply as you pay Amex monthly you will need to pay for both pairs this month as Amex will collect the payment for both pairs before the first is refunded?

if you can’t afford it this month then you need to wait.

Exactly that! So the refund will be reflected in the statement I have to pay the 1st of December.

I can afford it, but if I couldn't then I would definitely miss out on the shoes which wouldn't be fair at all.

OP posts:
Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 07:58

What do you mean by credit cycle, simply as you pay Amex monthly you will need to pay for both pairs this month as Amex will collect the payment for both pairs before the first is refunded?

if you can’t afford it this month then you need to wait.

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 07:52

ADogChewingAnAntler · 03/10/2024 07:50

@Chattenoire - to be fair, no-one is missing your point.

They just think I'm a drama llama, I get it.

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ADogChewingAnAntler · 03/10/2024 07:50

@Chattenoire - to be fair, no-one is missing your point.

Meerkat9 · 03/10/2024 07:40

I've reported this to be moved to the legal forum, as its clearly not an aibu post because there's no way that the op would consider themselves to be unreasonable here.

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 07:40

Completelyjo · 03/10/2024 07:37

Well they don’t have the incorrect pair back yet so why would they?
In fact OP is now claiming she sold the original pair!

Nobody bought them in the end so I'm returning them today.

But everybody is missing the point that they've inconvenienced me (credit card cycle, going out of my way to post them back) and all they have to say is "it sucks to be you". When the mistake is theirs, not mine.

OP posts:
Completelyjo · 03/10/2024 07:37

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 07:23

I must admit it is a bit odd that Converse aren’t bothering to send the item OP actually ordered.

Well they don’t have the incorrect pair back yet so why would they?
In fact OP is now claiming she sold the original pair!

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 07:31

Hope Converse were planning on paying postage for the return.

southpawsofthenorth · 03/10/2024 07:23

I must admit it is a bit odd that Converse aren’t bothering to send the item OP actually ordered.

Hoplolly · 03/10/2024 07:14

This can't be real Grin

ADogChewingAnAntler · 03/10/2024 07:09

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 06:49

In simple terms I'm annoyed I have to pay for both pairs the 1st if Nov as the refund won't show in this statement, but the one that is due to be paid the 1st of December.

Pay for it on a debit card then? Why are you so obsessed with credit cards? If it doesn't suit the credit cycle, just pay using another method?!

Chattenoire · 03/10/2024 06:49

In simple terms I'm annoyed I have to pay for both pairs the 1st if Nov as the refund won't show in this statement, but the one that is due to be paid the 1st of December.

OP posts:
ItsTheGAGGGGGG · 02/10/2024 18:42

Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 15:33

In my ideal world they would have sent me the correct pair and put the amount on hold on my credit card. That way they can still guarantee I'll pay if they don't receive it, but it won't show in the closing statement.

Yeah they’re not doing all of that sorry! Hope you get your shoes though, annoying they sent the incorrect size

Fluufer · 02/10/2024 18:41

Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 17:55

No idea, but that's a valid point.

Why wasn't that your start point?

Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 17:57

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Ok armchair analyst. I'm actually quite happy thank you very much. I just have "systems" that I have meticulously built, and get annoyed if broken. I blame my DV for that.

OP posts:
Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 17:55

MarmaladeJars · 02/10/2024 17:37

Do their T&Cs state they offer and exchange if they send the wrong item?

No idea, but that's a valid point.

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TheDeepLemonHelper · 02/10/2024 17:53

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MarmaladeJars · 02/10/2024 17:37

Do their T&Cs state they offer and exchange if they send the wrong item?

HÆLTHEPAIN · 02/10/2024 17:34

Chattenoire · 02/10/2024 17:30

Right now I'm living the dream!

But I'm not a customer support agent, never have.

Customer Experience is this BTW: www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-cx

So the service that I get out from the agents (and the corporate policies in this case) are part of the CX journey.

E-commerce is not my speciality, but the principles are the same (or should be) across all sectors.

What a load of corporate claptrap.

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