Erik
Second time wasn't a charm.
Second time wasn't a charm. First order I did went fine. The second order I made with them unfortunately did not. I ordered with them on 10/28 and after a few weeks I reached out for an update and was told me that one of my contacts were on backorder and would be coming into their store the week of 11/11 and would be shipped. I reached out to them today (11/15) and now they are saying it will be shipped the week of 12/11. At no point did they ever reach out to me to let me know they were backordered and when I asked if they could shipped the one they have in stock now and the other one later they said I would have to pay separate shipping charges because it was not their fault that they are backordered even though they never reached out to inform me of this. Response to CLK Response: At no point did you attempt to reach out to me about this being delayed. The only reason I found out it was on backorder is because I reached out to you. On Friday 11/8 I received this response from you: Thank you for your order. I do apologize for the delay. Please be advised that everything is all set with this order. We are just waiting on one of your lenses to arrive from the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the CLAMF986+0075LOW power is on backorder with them and has an estimated release date of the week of 11/11 to ship to us. Once your order has shipped you will receive an email with your tracking details. That day I called and talked to one of your service reps and asked why I wasn't contacted about them being on backorder and they told me that your company doesn't do that. They went on a whole story that they don't know what orders are on backorder until they get the physical shipment that your company receives from the contact lens manufacturer and in the shipment it lists which orders are included in the shipment and which ones are backordered. They said since they don't know until a physical shipment arrives if my contacts are a part of it or if they are on backorder then they are unable to let me know a head of time that they are on backorder (keep in mind this was a reorder that was placed on 10/28 and this response was on 11/8). Today I contacted you guys again to check on the status and this is what I received: Thank you for your order. I do apologize for the delay. Please be advised that everything is all set with this order. We are just waiting on one of your lenses to arrive from the manufacturer. Unfortunately, the +00.75Low is still on backorder with them and now has an estimated release date of the week of 12/12 to ship to us. Once your order has shipped you will receive an email with your tracking details. So once again the "possible" shipping time changed (by a whole month) and no notification was sent from your company to me. The only reason I know it changed because I reached out to you. So please don't say "We do work them on a daily basis and try our best to reach out to each customer as we receive any delays" when that is obviously not the case. Also nice job pushing all the blame on to the manufacturer with the first sentence of your response and then use "specialty lens" to make it seem like its one that is very rare when that is not true. Just take responsibility for not sending an email and apologize. Its not that hard
Response from Contact Lens King Inc.Nov 15, 2024
HI. I do sincerely apologize for the delay with the manufacturer. We do work them on a daily basis and try our best to reach out to each customer as we receive any delays. We will ship out your order as soon as we receive your specialty lens. Updated: Again, I do sincerely apologize for the delay. It does state on our website these lenses are not in stock. Multifocals are considered a specialty lens per the manufacturer and do typically take longer to receive then spherical lenses. Sadly, we are not aware of any backorder delays until the allotted time that is indicated on our website has past. We do know how frustrating backorders can be and do our best to provide updates as we receive them. However, it is out of our control when the manufacturer encounters production delays. If the dates do change, it is because the manufacturers have encountered additional delays on there end and give us a tentative date. Again, we know how frustrating this can be and apologize for any inconveniences caused. I will speak with our team and collaborate on how we can better serve our customers when in regards to backorders.



