I bought a bike helmet for my son - which I and my son are delighted with! Great quality product. I contacted Koo Bikes before I purchased to enquire about sizing and received a helpful reply. I got the helmet at sale price so was happy with that. I got free delivery also. Dispatch was slow, I had to contact Koo to ask where my item was. Again, I received a helpful reply and my item was shipped on an upgraded service as an apology. There was also confusion over a promotional discount but after I enquired I was refunded with no issues. Not the smoothest sale but a good customer service experience which I appreciate. Would use again
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Fintan K.
Poor customer service protocol.
Ordered an item. Order confirmation stated it would be tracked and delivered in 3 days.
A week later it had not arrived (which is fine, no biggy)
So I emailed in query. No response.
A few days later I emailed again. I got a response which was to wait until the new week and if it still had not arrived to contact. (fair enough, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes postage can go array)
The next week it still hadn't arrived so emailed again and was given a full refund and told "I will look into this issue and find out what has happened."
Very good, I got a refund. And I think anyone would deduct from the 2nd part that once the issue had been resolved they would tell me what it was and I would receive the item.
A few days later no response so contacted them again and was told the item was NOT tracked (but I was told it WAS tracked????) but they have opened a claim with the royal mail.
I said I wasn't satisfied and was THEN told the reason I hadn't received my order was because it wasn't in stock and that is why I got a refund.
SO, "A" it had gone over 3 weeks with no item received with which I was told it hadn't been traked but they had told the royal mail it was lost?
And "B" it then turned into it was never posted because it wasn't in stock but it took 3 weeks of my badgering you for you to tell me this and we aren't going to offer you a replacement but we will respond in clipped emails that only give the impression of "we are not going to offer you anything so go away".
Will not be handing over money to this company again.
Must add, as stated by other reviewers that one customer service assistant was very pleasant to deal with (if still not informing me about what had happened) but the other person, the one I had the most contact with had no interest in resolving my query except to make me go away.
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Phil
Poor poor service avoid like the plague!
Ordered a pair of tyres at a bargain price....one week later nothing so I message them to recieve an excuse that they don't have stock even though the website says otherwise.
After talking to other people it turns out that if they mess up this is the standard response to fob off customers with an inferior product.
Shame really as I like to help out local independants but I would not recommmend these to anyone, such a shame!
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Ersin O.
Unacceptable
I bought an Helmet which was on sale almost 3 weeks ago, after I didnt receive anything I did sent an email and also gave them a call this week. First person I spoke on the phone ( (name)) was really helpful and said he will send a replacement as soon as possible but later I received an email from [name] who I believe a customer service assistant ( even I asked she didnt gave her title), she said she refunded my money and [name] was wrong about the stock levels ( which it was a complete LIE, I could still see their listings for the same product on their website, Ebay and Amazon. The truth is I bought the item for a really good price, most probably they made a mistake with pricing and they didnt want to sell me the item for that price, [name] might think she saved couple of pounds for her company but they lost a customer who spends hundreds of pounds a year for cycling equipment, shame... And I believe I am not the only one here experience the same issue... I dont recommend...
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Mark
Amazing customer service and free returns!
As per above, I had a great experience with these guys and will continue to use again and again and again. Good work Koo Bikes!
Response from Koo BikesJul 30, 2014
Great to hear Mark! Thanks very much for your feedback.
If there's anything you need in future:
http://www.koo-bikes.com/contact-us
Kind regards,
Jemma
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Victor B.
Bad after sales service.
I'm now forced to leave this seller after being a loyal customer for many years.The ordered items were processed and not dispatched for longer than a month. I asked Koo-Bikes for a reason for the abnormal behavior and got some indistinct response about problems with web-site and assurances that the items were in fact definitely dispatched. Finally, I have never got the ordered items and have got a refund form PayPal. I strongly believe that Koo-Bikes have never dispatched my items. My many years’ experience with Koo-Bikes says that all orders always show up in a week or a bit longer. Mistakes could happen, here I feel it was a fraud. Disappointment, not recommended.
Response from Koo BikesJul 30, 2014
Hi Dr Bernstein,
I can only sincerely apologise for the trouble you experienced with this order. Unfortunately there seemed to be a couple of things out of our control which came together to cause this poor experience for you.
Firstly there was a period of around a fortnight at the end of May where our orders were not being marked as 'complete' after dispatch due to a technical problem which I tried to explain in our email conversation.
Secondly, it seems you were unfortunately affected by the problems we have experience with getting post safely into Israel. At the time of your order, Royal Mail's estimate was 16-25 working days, when we heard from you that your order hadn't arrived within that window I offered to get a replacement sent out to you or refund your order in full. Forgive me if I mis-understood, but I believed that you told me you'd like to wait a little longer to give your tyre and derailleur chance to arrive first. As you has paid through Paypal, you then chose to open a Paypal dispute which we responded to and refunded you immediately before any need for escalation.
I hope you can understand that these kind of issues are very rare and we will always do our best to help when something has gone wrong, even when it is out of our control.
At the end of April, we amended the postage options available to Israel and offer very reasonably priced tracked shipping instead of the standard airmail service to avoid any confusion about the whereabouts of products in the future, as we heard too many disappointing tales of late and lost parcels from our Israeli customers.
I've been in touch via email to offer a token of compensation for the problems you experienced, and to try to re-assure you that you would be well looked after should you choose become one of our valued customers again in future.
Kind regards,
Jemma - Customer care manager @ Koo
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Paul
Great after sales service.
Having recently ordered a cycle helmet (much better value than anywhere else on the web), after a week it hadn't turned up. Having spoken direct to Koo Bikes I was informed that the item had been sent some 5 days earlier. After a few more days, a couple more phone calls and still no sign of the helmet, koo-bikes reordered the item and due to being in Plymouth, I was able to collect. Probably fault of the Post office and although whole process took 10 days, I would have no hesitation in recommending.
Response from Koo BikesJul 30, 2014
So sorry to hear that Paul! But I'm very glad that you were ultimately so pleased with your experience with us.
The odd parcel does go missing or get returned to us due to damage or problems with the address, but these are very rare events. We're currently looking into options for a tracked service with text notifications which will allow us to keep our low prices and free shipping. A big ask but watch this space!
Until your next purchase,
Jemma @ Koo
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Intown C.
Great Deals and Very Responsive
Just ordered a couple of parts and everything went very well.
In fact on a sprocket, I did not catch that it was a spline drive and would not be the best fit for my cranks. I was able to cancel the order without any problems before it shipped.
They have been very responsive and helpful via email.
I would buy from them again.