Joshua B.
Office Depot is my new official WORST…
Office Depot is my new official WORST place to shop online. Amidst the COVID, I decided it would be safer to order an item online than to go to the store. I buy all kinds of things online and have never once had an issue with Amazon, EBay etc... But wow... On APRIL 26th 2020, I placed an order for a desk and hutch. Desk was on backorder, but for the price I was willing to wait. The hutch was delivered to my door with no issue, but my order rang up completed for the next several weeks. I monitored it often and was disappointed to find out I would not have my desk by the end of the school year (I'm a teacher). FINALLY, I get an order confirmation... this week, in fact. Estimated Delivery Date? Wednesday! Sweet. Wednesday morning, I get a Shipping Confirmation. But I got a Shipment Exception notification at 10:00 AM while I was at work... and received another a few hours later. No big, I could wait till tomorrow (which is what the email said would happen). Another Shipment Exception email for me on Thursday, so I called the 800 number... figured I might get some help. She clicked a couple keys, kept me on hold for a while, and then said it'd be expected June 8th. WAIT WHAT? After a half hour on the phone with the 800, nothing is amounted because I didn't get the desk on Thursday either. On Friday, today, I checked again... sure enough, about 1:30 they sent me the same damn thing. Called the store, was left on hold for 20 minutes before it disconnected on their end... probably forgot about me if I had to guess. Called them back an hour later, spoke to who I believe was the manager and said that the best thing I could do was cancel my order and reorder it. Seriously? After over a month, THAT'S the best you got. How about you call the goddamn driver and have him bring it to my door while I'm NOT at work? How about the driver drop it off on my porch (LIKE I REQUESTED) and call me when it's there (that's what they did with the hutch)? If I cancel this order, I'm not going to reorder ANYTHING. I'm not planning on buying anything from here any time in the foreseeable future. Nor do I recommend anyone else to do it. I'm a patient guy (I waited over a month for an item), but enough is enough.



