Doug A.
Deceptive Business Practices
Ordered a charger for a Eureka battery vacuum on July 19. No reply within a week. Response to my email inquiry advised it was back ordered till Aug 1. Heard nothing more. Response to my email inquiry advised it was back ordered till Sept 13. I emailed on Sept 13, and was told it should be available today. In response to my email inquiry on Sept 21, they said back ordered till Dec 13. I told them to cancel order. Their first email reply said order was canceled but a few hours later they sent a second email stating, "...as I instructed my warehouse to cancel, they received this (part) in and shipping today." My email the following day went unanswered to confirm it was shipped. (I found the part locally but didn't purchase as they said the part was shipped). No response to my email by Sept 28 so I called them. The person confirmed it was shipped the prior week. Then, on Sept 30, I received a refund from Paypay. I sent an email asking why I was refunded when the product had been shipped as confirmed by their email and their customer service representative. No response to email (again). Called on October 4 and representative confirmed the order was canceled. I explained the above asking how a shipped item (confirmed by email and on the phone) could be canceled. She said, "must have been a miscommunication." She also said the part had been back ordered with no estimated date of arrival. (what happened to Dec 13 from a few days ago?) When I asked for a manager, I was told there was no manager available. Their contradicting statements are crossing each other. It was THEIR email, THEIR customer rep who told me it had been shipped. How is that miscommunication? Plus, why did they accept my order without informing me they didn't even have the part? And never update me when the back order was being extended by Eureka? And only provide information when I call them, not calling or emailing me? This is deceptive business practice in my opinion. And now I cannot find the part again. Refunding my money like they did me a favor? wow, how generous!! Buyer beware with this company. "


