badbirdws
They do not understand Customer Service
Long read, but worth your time. I have been a long time Summit Racing customer. I had a need for some new tires. I went to Summit but for some reason decided to check Jegs too. Jegs offered a $50 discount, so I figured the same product, basically the same prices but a $50 coupon, what could go wrong? Well, my tires showed up. 2 M/T 235/60R15 and what was supposed to be 2 M/T 275/60R15. But one of those was not like the other. They shipped one M&H 390/40R17, not even close. Now I get it, mistakes happen. Summit has even made some in the past, but here is where Jegs and Summit differ, customer service! I called Jegs because there is no clear way to process this kind of mistake online. I am number 60 in the queue!! One hour and 15 minutes waiting for an agent, and what makes it worse I called in on another phone while waiting and went to the option to place a new order, they picked right up, tells you where their priorities are. So I am on the phone for 10 minutes with this rep, nice enough person, doing her job. Told her I needed a return label from FedEx to pickup their mistake and my tire that I actually ordered shipped. She then puts me on hold for another 10 minutes and comes back. They cannot ship my tire, the tire I ordered and paid for but they did not ship properly. They need the tire they mistakenly sent me, process the RMA once received then they would ship my tire. We would be talking easily a week. At this point no way am I giving them even more money to cover their mistake to ship now. Again, I get it, mistakes happen, but when you do not own up to it and fix it that is on you. And that is what separates the good companies from the bad. I mean lets face it, Summit and Jegs sell the same stuff at basically the same prices, it is customer service and separates the good from the bad, and Jegs is the bad. Not saying Summit has never made a mistake with me, they have, but they also made it right and not made me run through hoops. Oh, and how did I resolve? I told Jegs to RMA the tire so I would get a refund and ordered the one tire from Summit. Oh, and they told me I had to take even more of my time and my gas to drive 15 miles to the FedEx drop off location to return their mistake. And the topping on the cake, when they finally refunded me they refunded for the cheaper smaller M/T and not the missing bigger M/T. So I had to call back in (this time number 90 in the queue) to get the rest of my money. Never again Jegs, never again. Should have kept the $600 M&H and sold it, the M/T was only $280, but unlike Jegs I do things right.


