Why most online businesses fail
 

A while ago, I ordered some cologne and a pack of condoms at an online drugstore, thinking it would arrive 2 or 3 days later. I normally avoid online shops like the plague, but this one had a cologne I wanted so I had no choice.

Now, 6 weeks later, I have a $70 credit at the online drugstore, a pack of condoms and 10 lbs of sugarfree liquorice.

Sugarfree liquorice? That sucks..

I agree though.. its a pain to get your stuff generally when you order on line, moreso if the place is out of the country.

lol that's ridiculous...after such a long time it's not even the stuff you ordered. :eek2

:1orglaugh
Yup they seem to be heading for failure to me.

Post their url here so we can avoid them :321GFY

:1orglaugh good bizz there.

Not all shops are like that though some are actualy quite good :)

I have friends who run online stores of such nature. They have to switch merchant accounts every now and then due to bad feedback ratings from poor administration. You have to find quality merchants with years of experience that you can trust.

clothing companies are the worst

you order and you think everything is alright, then you call after a week because you didnt get the fedex and they say well its backordered for another 5 months but once we get it I assure you we will shit it fedex overnight lol

fucked up many times happened

sugarfree licorice...rofl!!:helpme :1orglaugh

Stick to specialty stores. Get yer cologne at scentiments.com and you won't be disappointed.

Good point.:warning

Buy stuff on e-bay from people with really good feedback, or amazon stores with really good feedback. Its worked for me, so far.

check out pricegrabbers info on a store before you buy.

theres one online wholesaler i deal with frequently - have to double check all the invoices everytime because they frequently try to bill twice for items
unfortunately noone else has these products :(

Everyone takes risk when buyin stuff on the net :glugglug

its all about whos behind that business and the lengths they will go to to make the customer happy. A happy customer is a return customer.

That is just too long to wait for the wrong shit.

I'm at 6 weeks and counting from herroom.com (present for the wife)...

'backordered'

As if there are never problems buying from bricks-and-mortar businesses...

I have been buying online for several years, everything from coffee to carpets. It's a terrific way to save money and - if you live in a rural area like I do - often the only way to buy some things at all.

I have received a couple of cigarette deliveries in which one or two packs were slightly damaged: the company replaced the full order free of charge each time. There was a delay once with some VHS tapes that had to be converted from PAL to NTSC: they let me know and because I chose not to cancel the order, they sent me a free tape.

The only time I (almost) had a bad experience was with furniture.com, but I got that resolved courtesy of the FBI complaints website (and shortly after I got my money back, the company went bust).