Natalie
The worst company ethics and customer service
Such an appaling experience and company ethics that I felt obliged to write a review I purchased a pair of R-1’s in the Black Friday sale. Loved the shoes but sadly the fit was a 1/2 size too large. As the 1/2 size smaller was still in stock on the website I went to their online returns portal to start an exchange. Strangely the smaller size was showing as out of stock on the returns portal so I reached out to customer services as was a bit confused. I dealt with Inaya who explained: Currently, if a model drops below a certain number in stock we remove it from the exchange portal to avoid multiple orders on the same individual item. She then advised that the only solution would be to return the shoe for a refund and then reorder in the smaller size. Fair enough. By this time it was 24hrs after the sale so when I went to order the smaller size as advised the shoe was back up to full price. I reached out again to Inaya to see what can be done as I only wanted to exchange the same shoe in smaller size which I was unable to do via their portal and most companies would honour the discount of the original purchase. Not RAD. Inaya simply replied that a discount cannot be applied after the sale. The shoe was IN STOCK on the website and still in the Black Friday sale at the time of wanting to exchange, I could not do the exchange via the returns portal in during the sale period due to how RAD operate their stock levels- not my fault, if I wanted an exchange I was advised I would have to send the unwanted shoe back and reorder a new size, BUT this will now be at full price as they refused to honour the discount therefore penalising the customer! Completely unjust and unethical. Out of principle I did not reorder. So ultimately the company have lost a sale. A company that operates like this does not deserve customer loyalty or money. There are many rival brands that have gained huge success from building a loyal customer base through looking after their customers and standing by their products and not just via trendy ads and collabs on social media to gain a sheep following. It’s those brands that don’t end up a one hit wonder so RAD should take note. Reading other reviews It seems customer service is not a priority for RAD. It’s such a shame as the product itself was great and one I wanted to keep.




