I ordered a watch on April 16. Was sent a confirmation email and two emails saying it had shipped ( on April 21 and 23). My credit card was charged on April 17. No watch arrived. Customer service said it was on backorder which was false as they said it had been shipped. I was told they would credit my account and now, May 9, there has been no credit issued. Update - The credit was issued on May 9.
Response from Paul RichOct 1, 2020
Your order was refunded on May 4 at 9:43 PM. It may take more than 4 days to be credited in your bank account.
You also received the refund the morning after you e-mailed us requesting a refund.
After that your last e-mail to customer service was on FRIDAY EVENING.
You wrote this review on Saturday. Our customer service works Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM and Sundays 9 AM - 5 PM.
So they didn't reply immediately because they have 1 day off in the week.
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ChR
Billigware! FINGER WEG!
Billigware! FINGER WEG!! Ich habe mir zwei Uhren gekauft, wollte die Uhrzeit einstellen und habe die komplette Krone inkl. Stift (!!!) in der Hand. Die Rücksendung und Rückerstattung war eine Qual! Er wollte zuerst ein Video von der defekten Uhr. nach unzähligen Mails und nachdem der Rechtsanwalt sich das angesehen hat war dann das Geld nach 4 Wochen der Rücksendung da! Unglaublich ist zudem das sie ein Video wollten und eine Begründung zur Rücksendung! Schon mal was von Widerrufsrecht gehört?
Response from Paul RichApr 20, 2020
Dear Christian,
thank you for your feedback. In this case, we believe further clarification is needed.
You have contacted us on the 25th of December via e-mail and received complex assistance regarding your return request in a timely manner.
Given the fact our representative informed you regarding the time it takes for a return/refund to be processed (quote: 'Please note that in some cases it may take 2-3 weeks for the return to be processed by our logistics department and the refund to be granted.') we do not believe your case was not handled properly.
Your one star rating does not reflect that and is therefore untrue.
It is a part of the order management framework to request a video/photo of a malfunction, so our quality assurance team may proceed accordingly with a case such as yours. We understand it may not be completely convenient, however this method has proven to be the most effective and least time-consuming in the long run.
Please reconsider the overall tone of your review, as we would be grateful to receive factually correct feedback only.
Kind regards,
Paul Rich team
AG
Alma G.
Worst costumer service.
Worst costumer service.
Order was really late, I never got the product at the end of the day and still there was no refund or understanding from their side.
Also, I needed to keep on insisting for them to look into this issue.
Worst experience ive ever had with a company. I would never order from them again.
EDIT: This "company" has reported my review because apparently they believe I've never had a genuine buying experience.
What a joke !!
Now looking at the HUGE number of reported reviews on this page it seems like this company would do anything to hide poor reviews.
Maybe putting some energy into solving your terrible customer experience would be a better use of all your pointless effort ! Terrible !!!
Response from Paul RichApr 16, 2020
Dear Alma,
thank you for your feedback. In this case, we believe further clarification is needed.
You have contacted us on the 11th of March via Facebook Messenger and received complex assistance regarding the location of your order on a regular basis up until now.
Your one star rating does not reflect that and is therefore untrue.
Both international (DHL) and local (Emirates Post) carriers confirmed your order was delivered on the 4th of March.
As per your request, we conducted an additional investigation involving our logistics and warehouse team. The local processing office (EmPost Office - Abu Dhabi) and Abu Dhabi Sorting Center both returned the information provided initially - parcel delivered on 4th of March 2020.
As informed by one of our representatives - your claim was not eligible for processing by our management, logistics department and both carrier companies involved.
Kind regards,
Paul Rich team
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Michele
Very disappointed
I am very disappointed in this company. My son is only 15 and he worked very hard all year bussing tables at a local restaurant to save up for this watch. When he received it the watch was covered in green wrap. He couldn’t see what the watch looked like. He removed the wrap and tried the watch on, it was huge on him. He had it on for maybe 10 seconds. He never took the tags off, just put it right back in the box. They are saying we can’t return it because the wrap was removed. How else was he supposed to see the watch and try it on? Extremely disappointed.
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UK C.
!WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! PLEASE DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! YOU MAY WELL REGRET DEALING WITH THEM!
THINK TWICE BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER, SO MANY VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS
SO MANY BAD REVIEWS BLOCKED
THEY ARE ALSO MANAGING TO REMOVE MANY BAD REVIEWS COMPLETELY BY CONSTANTLY REPORTING, THUS ‘IMPROVING’ THEIR RATINGS.
DISGUSTING SERVICE. Purchased the KINGS JADE WATCH for £160 in the sale. When it arrived the strap had a blue film coating which my son had to remove to see the true colour of the gold. It is a CHEAP, SHODDY looking watch in a GARISH gold and with a bright green face, It looks like something out of a jamboree bag, worth a few pounds.
We CONTACTED them IMMEDIATELY by email and tried repeatedly by phone BUT THEY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH. They have REFUSED to allow us to RETURN it even though we contacted the day it arrived. Apparently on the website it says you cannot remove packaging. This was a present for my son and there were no instructions on the packaging to state this. There was no possible way to see the colour of the gold and how it looked on the wrist without removing the film and we had no idea you were not allowed to. It was only out of the box for a matter of minutes. It obviously suits them to HIDE BEHIND the so called POLICY so they DON'T have to ALLOW ANY RETURNS. They could quite easily put instructions on the box or indeed put a clear film on the strap instead of a dark blue one.
My son and I both emailed them and I was told just to refer to my son's reply to his email. They cannot be bothered, they are raking in money for VERY POOR QUALITY GOODS AND AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE.
BE WARNED!!!!!!!!! The rating is a lot worse than one star but don't seem to be able to rate any less.
JUST SEE HOW MANY POOR REVIEWS THEY ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKING!
I have just received AN EMAIL FROM THEM THREATENING LEGAL ACTION because I dared to EXPOSE this DREADFUL COMPANY on TRUSTPILOT.
Please look at all the awful reviews that aren’t actually blocked before considering a purchase, POOR QUALITY, BROKEN WATCHES,
NO REFUND, NO CONTACT, NO GOODS EVEN RECEIVED, MONTHS WAITING, REFUSAL TO CANCEL ORDER, TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, the list goes on. SO MANY PEOPLE have had a VERY BAD EXPERIENCE.
Still heard nothing about why all negative reviews are being blocked
SO MANY BAD REVEWS STILL BEING BLOCKED PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TRUSTPILOT!!!!!!!
Trustpilot have just contacted me to say I need to remove any supposedly 'Defamatory words'. Just another way Paul Rich are attempting to block any poor reviews.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN ITEMS HAVE HAD TO PAY £30 RETURN POSTAGE.
AVOID PURCHASE AT ALL COSTS!!!!
Update
PAUL RICH have MANAGED to REMOVE many BAD REVIEWS by repeatedly reporting supposedly ‘defamatory’ language, people do not correct their reviews and repost so consequently they are removed. Recently there were 14 BAD reviews blocked in the FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES, many now gone. The 29% BAD RATING has now been reduced to 22% by adopting this practice. Still plenty of bad ones though, keep on scrolling!!!!
Another block from Paul Rich as with all the other negative reviews bar a few they obviously think aren't too bad.
Reply to Paul Rich
I stand by everything I have said, It is all the truth. You are just trying to find reasons to be able to block my review along with numerous others once again. It is in no way defamatory and if you remember you were the one who THREATENED ME with LEGAL ACTION because I posted a TRUTHFUL REVIEW.
You need to UPDATE your RETURN POLICY and just treat customers with DECENCY!!
Response from Paul RichJan 21, 2021
On 01/01/2020 you placed an order on https://eu.paul-rich.com for a King’s Jade watch.
On 09/01/2020 you decided to inform our customer service team you would like to return your order.
The request unfortunately has been denied given the fact protective foils and tags were removed – voiding the possibility of return authorization.
Removing protective foils and tags is not in any way necessary to learn about the features and characteristics of the product.
Furthermore, the color is clearly visible under the protective foil. In parts covered by the blue protective foil it may be logically deducted that the color is the same as it is on parts not covered by the foil.
The website offers additional guidance to how the product looks without any protective foils. The return policy, available at all times on our website (https://paul-rich.com/pages/returns-1) clearly states items can not be returned if worn/used.
As you may, or may not know, placing an order equals giving your consent to Terms & Conditions of purchase, including the company’s returns policy.
Following the internal order management protocol, the representative handling your case informed you that we do not authorize the return of worn/used items in polite and professional manner.
Immediately after receiving that email you started, what later became a routine, threatening my company with advising against our business.
Apparently, as a result of representative not willing to act to your advantage, you decided to write a defamatory review.
You claim in the review that the customer service team make it impossible to get through and that you received no contact. This is untrue.
Our customer service is available from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm CEST via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, LiveChat, Instagram Direct, e-mail and by phone.
It appears the only reason for you making this statement, despite knowing that it is untrue, was your wish to harm our reputation.
In your review you wrote: ‘It obviously suits them to HIDE BEHIND the socalled POLICY so they DON'T have to ALLOW ANY RETURNS.’
Our warehouse processes several returned orders on a daily basis. Every return label request is processed by the customer service team on a case by case basis, following the internal protocol and current terms & conditions (available at all times on our homepage: https://paul-rich.com/pages/returns-1’).
Despite what you said in your e-mail: ‘I wish to return the watch as I don’t think it is my style. There’s nothing wrong with the quality or anything like that’...
...You decided to include the following statements in your review: ‘[...] VERY POOR QUALITY GOODS AND AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE.’, ‘POOR QUALITY, BROKEN WATCHES[...]’, ‘It is a CHEAP, SHODDY looking watch in a GARISH gold and with a bright green face, It looks like something out of a jamboree bag, worth a few pounds.’
The above statements lead us to believe your review’s purpose is solely defamatory since you clearly wrote "There’s nothing wrong with the quality or anything like that."
For the reasons above we referred the review to Trustpilot, who instructed you (not us) to remove certain words considered defamatory.
It is clear to us from the above and from your correspondence with us that your highly defamatory and exaggerated review of your experience with us was due to us not agreeing to authorize the return of a used watch.
Your review is not in any way truthful.
SM
Stephanie M.
Paul Rich - terrible service review
I ordered a watch at the end of November and have also been told that it was out of stock and then would be shipped on the 16th December. Since then I have sent numerous follow up emails as I needed to change the shipping address. I haven’t had any substantive response. Will probably look to cancel my order but now am worried even that won’t work.
MA
Max
Paul Rich Conquest watch review
I ordered a Paul Rich Conquest watch and when it finally got delivered I had to set the time. So i gently pulled the crown on the right side of the watch as requested, instead of setting the time the whole crown came out of the watch and so i had to send it back for repair. I am waiting 2 weeks now for my new watch and instead of repairing my other watch they want to send a new one, but all the conquest black watches are out of stock so probably expecting my watch next year due to the Christmas...
I have had contact with their customer service who don't always reply on your e-mails.
Next time i will definitely buy another watch.
Response from Paul RichDec 18, 2019
Dear Max,
Thank you for your review.
We are sincerely sorry to hear about your issue.
It is very unfortunate that it occurred during the time of restocking the Conquest watch. We are sincerely sorry for this inconvenience.
Please be aware that all solutions offered by our customer service team are always in the customer's best interest.
Please be sure that we will ship you a replacement watch as soon as possible.
TO
Tom
DO NOT BUY
DO NOT BUY! Took ages to come, and they sent me an empty box with no watch inside, ITS A SCAM. Then they said they will chase it up and it’s been a 5 days with and yet still no email.