I recently ordered 3 items from Seadon, after liking 2 shirts I’d received in the past. Hidden somewhere in the fine print must be this - “cannot return sale items”. The underwear does not fit; the pants might look good on a clown, and the shirt is far too heavy for warm weather wear. Apparently I’m stuck with these items. Oh, I can send them back for a lot of money “in exchange”. Why would I do business with this terrible company again?? Told them they lost a customer for life. Grrr
Response from Seadon LLCJan 15, 2024
Hello Sue, it seems like all of our 1-star reviews are based on customers who are not happy with our return policy for sales items, which I can share below again:
4. Please note: any shipping fees or charges are non-refundable. Items that are labeled 'Sale' cannot be returned. All Sales items are final.
6. All underwear and socks sales are final and cannot be exchanged or returned.
Upon further checking, we emailed you with a free return label anyways, which you did not use.
In the future, we highly recommend you check the return policy of any company you wish to purchase from, especially during their sales season. You will find that most will share the same policy of sales items being always final and cannot be returned. Customers receive a great discount in exchange for accepting that the sales are final.
The result of an unsatisfied customer wanting a full refund and returning the sales items will cause great harm to any company, hence there are policies in place to protect the businesses.
1. Once sales items are returned to us, we can no longer sell them so we have to cover the cost of the products.
2. Return fees are $10 one way.
3. We get 1-star reviews because of this.
We are not Amazon. We are a very small team. We cannot afford to offer free returns for sales items to every customer who requests them, unfortunately.
We do not think this review is fair at all given this circumstance, but we wish you all the best.
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Rich
Seadon Customer Service Issue
I recently purchased three M's Trailblazer Tee’s from Seadon, a company whose business ethos I highly respect. I had no issue with quality, but I prefer my t-shirts to be tight around the neck. These are too loose and expose my traps and upper back. No complaints. This is just personal preference. I couldn’t see this from the product photos. I bought three of these shirts on sale, not realizing you CAN'T return sale items. Um, what? "Final sale" or "Close-out" items? Sure. I never thought to double-check. Had I known, I would've bought a single shirt at full price. I took a chance, believing I could return them. I can't afford to eat over $70. And yet...
Not only can I not return them, if I want to exchange them, it will cost me $20 to do so. Um, what? I am super disappointed by this. You can argue it is my fault for not reading the fine print, but not being able to return sale items never occurred to me.
To make matters worse, my correspondence with customer service has been lackluster at best. Their response time is over twenty-four hours (at least) and I still can’t get a resolution. As of this writing, it’s been seven days. This is a real bummer, as I like what this company is about. They make quality products. I’ve ordered before and love the M's Traveler Merino LS Tee, which is why I felt safe taking a chance.
I tried leaving a review on Seadon’s website, but it has yet to show up. This is very disappointing indeed.
UPDATE (12/27/23): After repeated e-mails filled with borderline desperation, I did finally receive a return label. I returned the shirts, but have yet to receive word of a refund. Given the holiday season and high mail volume, this is not unexpected. Will update when I hear from Seadon. My review never showed up on their website.
UPDATE (1/11/24): I returned the shirts over two weeks ago and have yet to receive a refund. I was informed in an e-mail on Jan 4 that my refund would be processed that day. I really don't have the words to describe my frustration. I noticed that Carson, the founder, has reached out in the past to disgruntled customers. I haven't heard a peep. Either this company is in disarray or this "neglect" is intentional. It appears I might have to go through the arduous process of disputing the charge on my credit card.
I don't enjoy promoting this negative vibe, especially with a company I respected. I reiterate: Seadon's clothing is high quality, and if you know what you want and have no cause to request exchanges or refunds, you'll likely be very happy. Otherwise...
Also, they have a tight control on product reviews. My review was never posted to their site.
Truly disappointing.
UPDATE (1/11/24): After yet another e-mail, I finally received a notification of refund. And just for one last punch in the balls, they charged me $9 for return shipping. No sincere apology from management. No attempt to make things right. Just a nine-dollar kick in the ass on the way out. Thank you, sir, may I have another? Wow.
UPDATE (1/15/24): They've refunded my $9 dollar shipping fee. Credit where credit is due. As for Seadon's reply to my review... are you sh***ing me? My major gripe was with your customer service etiquette. I wasn't even expecting a refund. I was only hoping to exchange three shirts for something I would wear. The refund was a nice surprise. I'd planned on reordering to partially compensate Seadon for the lost shipping costs, but was waiting to see how you resolved my situation. Your response to my review seals the deal. I'm finished. I gave you so many chances to keep me as a customer.
Also, still don't see my review on your website. Weird.
Response from Seadon LLCJan 15, 2024
Hello Rich, it seems like all of our 1-star reviews are based on customers who are not happy with our return policy for sales items, which I can share below again:
4. Please note: any shipping fees or charges are non-refundable. Items that are labeled 'Sale' cannot be returned. All Sales items are final.
6. All underwear and socks sales are final and cannot be exchanged or returned.
Upon further checking, we have already refunded you the order anyways.
In the future, we highly recommend you check the return policy of any company you wish to purchase from, especially during their sales season. You will find that most will share the same policy of sales items being always final and cannot be returned. Customers receive a great discount in exchange for accepting that the sales are final.
The result of an unsatisfied customer wanting a full refund and returning the sales items will cause great harm to any company, hence there are policies in place to protect the businesses.
1. Once sales items are returned to us, we can no longer sell them so we have to cover the cost of the products.
2. Return fees are $10 one way.
3. We get 1-star reviews because of this.
We are not Amazon. We are a very small team. We cannot afford to offer free returns for sales items to every customer who requests them, unfortunately.
We do not think this review is fair at all given this circumstance, but we wish you all the best.
TH
Tom H.
still waiting a month later..
ordered a month ago. order still hasn't arrived. customer service terrible as all they do (when they bother to respond at all) is resend the tracking information im already looking at telling me my order hasnt moved for a month. Having contacted the courier and provided them the tracking information myself ive been told they have no record of the order at all.. so seadon have my money, my order doesnt seem to exist and nobody at seadon will now respond to me.
Edit: was finally refunded a month later after posting on here after numerous attempts to resolve through an unresponsive customer service. Still not sure what happened to my order, or if it’s ever actually dispatched as courier was adamant they never received it. Won’t be using this company again.
Response from Seadon LLCDec 27, 2023
Hi Thomas, I believe we have resolved our mistake and have refunded the order to you. I hope you can adjust your review based on this update. Thank you and Happy Holidays. -Carson
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jason G.
Nebulous sales that results in…
Nebulous sales that results in cancellations and non deliveries. Company has decent products. However, they cannot get their act together at all. Previous sales, I purchased the pants. Got cancelled. Ordered again and got cancelled again, although the item shows avail in website. Last sale on 4th July. Ordered 2 items. The pants , which is preorder, got canceled again. The t shirt, which was over a month ago, hasn’t been shipped yet. Support staff wasn’t the most helpful ones at all. Cancelling both items now. Buy at your own peril
- a follow up, after this was posted. The CEO wrote to me apologizing, the poor response & delivery was supposed to b due to some logistic issue. Finally refunded the full order and sent a free gift.
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Dmitriy
I am deceived by seadon
I made a purchase over a year ago. their trousers didn't fit me (the size chart doesn't match usual US sizing). I returned them at my own expense in the hope of getting a replacement for the size I needed. however, these guys just cheated. I didn't expect this to be possible at all.
they referred to covid, but I make dozens of purchases online every month, including from Hong Kong, where their warehouse is located.
they're just liars.
as for the rest of the products of this company, these are just normal things, way overpriced.
there is nothing special in them that you will not find from other manufacturers. at the same time, there is also a problematic size chart.
please note, if the item does not suit you, you can simply be deceived and nothing will be sent in return and the money will not be returned.
I am deceived by seadon. they took my money and the purchased item.
p.s. since I see that Seadon has responded to my complaint. I'll add some details.
the fact that I am not in the USA does not make it possible to deceive buyers, does it?
this story began before the blocking of Russian banks by the United States. as already mentioned, I asked to EXCHANGE the item for the right size, and not to make a refund. Seadon didn't do it.
when I got tired of waiting and they refused to send the goods for replacement, the PayPal refund DIDN'T WORK, for the same reason as international bank transfers - it was blocked and refund was not possible.
for this reason, I offered to transfer money to my business account in an American company (not in Russia, as Seadon says - this is another lie)
and, yes, you have not fulfilled your obligations to the buyer. and even if it's $100, you cheated me out of $100. I have the right to call you scammers.
it is impossible to be a good and honest company if you have deceived at least one client.
Response from Seadon LLCMay 2, 2023
This reviewer is not based in the US, as his profile shows. He is based in Russia and unwilling to accept our refund through a SAFE payment platform such as Paypal. Instead, he keeps on asking us to transfer money through a third party site from Russia that we are not familiar of.
We have always said that we will refund him as soon as our bank can transfer money into his Russian bank account, which has stopped since the war with Ukraine.
Now he is trying to defame our company and claims we are trying to deceive him for less than $100? Even calling us scammers? Why would we suddenly do something so illegal for less than $100?
Please compare this review with the other 100+ reviews on here and on our website before casting an opinion on whether we are indeed 'scammers' that he accuses us of being. -Carson, Founder
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Melissa H.
HORRIBLE customer service
Horrible customer service. Just awful. The products themselves are amazing, but unfortunately couldn’t keep what I wanted due to mail delivery issues. The customer service has tainted my experience and I no longer want any of their products. They refused to reply to me half the time and then offered no support when they did reply. I will likely be filing a dispute with my credit card as seadon has not issued a full refund for items that I never even received!! Tracking clearly shows the items were never delivered to me and were immediately sent back to sender. There is no way that I could have kept and received an item was never delivered to me, yet they are insisting on charging me. I have sent tracking information and credit card statements to show that an item I did not receive is in fact still being charged to me. And then I don’t receive a response. After I explained that I will file a dispute, I received a response a couple days later saying that they would look into it. They should have looked into it the first time I emailed, not the fifth. THEN for a package I did receive, the items unfortunately did not fit my boyfriend so I needed to return them. I emailed them asking for a label (per their return policy) and received no response. I had chosen these products to be my boyfriend’s bday gift, and instead have only come away with frustration and quite possibly the worst customer experience I have ever received. I reached out to another email address I found for the company, but did not receive a response, again. There is no number to call and cannot find anyone else to help me within the company. I will never recommend this company due to the horrible treatment.
Edited to respond: We both know that I sent you and your staff the tracking info that shows that the items were never received by me and we instead returned to sender. If you didn’t trust my screenshots, a simple search using the tracking number on the USPS website would have shown this. Yes, you did give a partial refund for the item, but did not refund me $9 for shipping even though my order was above the $60 mark. So the refund didn’t even comply with company policy as stated on your website. We both also know that there were multiple issues and repeatedly the customer service team did not respond to me. It wasn’t only that they needed to check the warehouse during those couple days. This spanned weeks. I tried to communicate with your team multiple times and I’ve sent you records of all of that. I did not want to file disputes because that would have cost you more money, but I don’t think that was appreciated and I was just seen as a problem customer. However, the whole ordeal was so stressful and so difficult I think a dispute would’ve been easier for me.
Response from Seadon LLCOct 3, 2022
Hi Melissa, I am sorry that you had a bad experience with us. I believe we have already offered you your ideal solution, which is for us to refund you the full amount, even though our US warehouse confirmed that not all items have been returned, hence it took us more time than usual to look into this as one item was missing. Please understand that under any normal circumstances, our team would have to take the time to investigate this issue before offering you a full refund. Thanks, Carson, Founder.