Hello everyone,
I guess I should have just looked through some of these topics before getting the great idea of placing an order directly on the Dyson website.
I placed an order for an AirWrap as a Christmas gift for my wife a week ago. During the time of the order the page said it would arrive on the 23rd. I thought great, in time for Christmas. And figured even if it's delayed a few days it'll just be a late gift, oh well.
I finished checking out and submitted the order successfully, the page reloaded and showed an order confirmation page with all the details and the order confirmation number. It said I should also get an email. Well the email never arrived. I figured maybe a glitch in the matrix and thought not much of it as I did get to the order confirmation page on the Dyson website afterall. Also I received an email from PayPal confirming that I authorized a payment to Dyson.. so I figured I'll just wait for the tracking number email. The tracking emails never came. In fact no update emails at all.
A day or two went by. I decided to submit an order confirmation request form and also an order status request form. Filled out and submitted both. Another day went by, still no emails. I contacted the support chat agents. I was told they'd get back to me in 24 hours. 24 hours went by and no one got back to me, no emails, no calls. I contacted them again this time I was told they needed more time, 24-48 hours to get back to me with more information. I supplied them with all imaginable peices of information. My name, email, address, phone number, payment method, order confirmation number, a PDF of the order reconfirmation page, a PDF of the PayPal payment authorization email. Even a link to the order confirmation page I Dysons website (which I saved and it still works somehow)
I literally gave them everything I could think of and contacted them multiple times. I was constantly reassured by the chat agents that the order would come on time and that my Christmas wouldn't be ruined. I can't help but think these chat support agents were saying things to just calm me down and get me off their backs... Nothing they said was true. I still don't have any confirmation emails or any information from Dyson.
At this point I don't even know if the order exists in their system. I don't know if it processed or not. And I'm assuming it fell through the cracks somehow... What's worse if with this kind of uncertainty I can't even say that her gift is delayed... Because from when I'm sitting I don't think the order exists... I don't think it'll ever be shipped. I'm assuming Dyson will cancel it sometime mid January and I won't even have a delayed gift for my wife.
I really regret purchasing on the Dyson website. Literally the worst experience I've had online shopping in a long long time.
Be careful everyone, you're probably better off ordering elsewhere.. Dyson still has a lot to learn about customer experience, customer support and service.