Greg N.
Discount Coupon, April Fool!
Order from them from time to time. Got a coupon in the mail offering $20 off on a purchase of $49 or more. Loaded up $60 worth of items in the cart and tried to apply the coupon. Get a message that the coupon is invalid with possible reasons as expired or entered incorrectly. Neither of which applied here. The coupon does mention excluded items but there were no messages to that effect in the error detail and no link to explicitly state what the exclusions were. Called customer service and it quickly went from information to negotiation. Couldn't tell me why the coupon didn't work. But offered to take $10 off instead of $20 and forward it to some nebulous customer service team who *might* apply an additional discount. Don't think so. It either costs a particular amount or not. What am I going to do if they don't give the additional discount? Pay shipping to send it back? He said I could email customer service. They quickly replied that I should call the customer service phone line. Okay, so how many times am I going to go one place and have them tell me to go back to the original place that sent me. Answer: once, that's it. If you're going to offer discounts then it ought to be upfront on what is included and what is not. And provide the representatives with the ability to either match the discount or tell you immediately that they can't. Not try to negotiate a lesser discount. Oh and when I emailed customer service I told them that I had been on the phone and been directed to them. So in addition to that, they need to actually read the entire message you sent them. Don't say I won't order from Chewy again, but from now on the discounts are going in the trash and I'm only going to order if it's something I can't find locally.

