I researching for a few days on several options, I committed the mistake of placing an order with this company. They sent an initial warning that they were flooded with orders and that mine would take between 8-12 week for delivery.
Time started flying by and no signs of my order ever arriving so I sent a message asking if I should file a claim with my card company and here is the answer I get:
"
Subject: Re: Order Confirmation Notice (Invoice 0000001211)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:24:01 -0400
From:
[email protected]We got really behind and we apolojize for that......what we are doing now is trying to finish all orders at one time because we got a ton of orders all of a sudden and got overwhelmed.....we are currently not taking any new orders as of right now because of all the orders we have to catch up on......we are making an effort to get everyones order out at one time including yours......we sincerely apolojize for the delay as this has never happened before to us, but I guess since we handcraft each order it is taking longer with the amount of orders we have......we are looking to have every order out in the next 4 or so weeks. Again we apolojize for any inconvenience.
Thank you
Joy Pittman
"
After such reply I got alarmed and quickly file the claim with my card company and sent another message notifying that and this is what I got:
"If your order is not ready or can not be shipped by the end of July we will happily send you a refund with no arguments. This is why we apologized. The amount of orders is our problem and Iunderstand this.......we will happily send a refund if not complete by end of July.
Thank you
"
(mind the many typos, the messages were received that way)
End of July came and went and still no signs of my order, so I formally requested for a refund and to this date no answer has been given. Do yourself a favor and find another place were to get your wooden weapons for martial arts, don't waste time and money with this company, that from the mere messages they send, show the lack of professionalism and responsibility with their customers.
Otomo
Medellin
Colombia