Regina T.
Be Cautious About Ordering Online
Hi Travis. I appreciate your reply, and I understand your concern. My issue is that I received nothing at the time of order to verify which model I ordered. The documentarion your employees shared with me were never received by me at the time of order. The fact that there were 2 options shown available is unfortunate. It didn't occur to me at the time to take a screenshot as proof. The point of my review is cautionary, that people ordering online are better off talking to a person (as was suggested by the person who emailed me) rather than simply clicking a link and assuming everything will be fine. Your company gets lots of good reviews, which is one reason I felt ok about placing my order. I'm sure this won't make too much of a dent. I do wish you well. ***************""""******************************* The price looked really good compared to others I saw online, & free shipping, great. And the shed did come pretty quickly, about 5 days after I ordered. It arrived while I was at work (on a rainy day, to boot). When I looked at it the next day, I saw it was the wrong color. When I contacted customer service (thru a chat window), I was told they'd sent the one I'd ordered. I looked at my email confirmation, & could not see any reference to the exact model number, which is the only way I would have been able to tell whether I'd made a mistake or not. In going back & duplicating how I'd ordered on my phone, I saw exactly what I remembered, the 2 models side-by-side, the darker one on the left & the lighter one on the right. And I'd simply clicked on the picture of the lighter one - which matched the one I already have. Except NOW the lighter one was listed as "out of stock". The person I chatted with said I couldn't have ordered that one if it was out of stock (clearly). I can only saw it was NOT listed as out of stock as of 2 weeks ago. Either that or someone neglected to update the web page. At any rate, he said they'd look into what it would take to return the wrong shed. A couple days later I got an email saying I'd be charged a restocking fee of $67.49. They would waive the outbound shipping charge (gee thanks) but I'd be responsible for the shipping to return it. Which means I'd wind up over $100 out-of-pocket with nothing to show for it. When I responded that I was not happy with their response, the service rep claimed that their inventory manager, who is apparently the person I'd chatted with, told me they'd been out of stock of the lighter-colored model "for a long time". No, that's NOT what he told me, & I have the transcript of the chat. At any rate, there's not much point in my pursuing this any further, since, of course, I have no proof that was provided to me at the time of sale as to the fact that I ordered the lighter model. My advice to other potential customers is to call your order in & make sure you have confirmation of exactly what you order, because you will have very little recourse in the event of "misunderstandings". I wrestled a bit with whether or not to leave a review, considering the possibility that I may have "clicked on the wrong button", as I was being told. But after running thru the steps I took to order it, I still disagree. All I can say is, this is what happened & they did not confirm to me which model had been ordered, just a "Suncast 4x3 Horizontal Storage Shed Kit w/ Floor".
Response from Sheds For Less DirectApr 20, 2021
Hi Regina, we apologize for any confusion on the product you purchased from us. We've looked into this and see on your order you purchased the Suncast 4x3 shed model BMS2500SB for just $269.95 delivered to your home. That is unfortunately the sku for the darker colored model and I see you meant to order the lighter color. We shipped the correct item that came on your order you placed. We do our best to ship whatever our customers order quickly and we do not contact customers to inquire if the color is correct unless the customer leaves a question on the order for us. I apologize, there wasn't a question for us and we shipped the unit you ordered out. I'll have our support staff email you a copy of your receipt so you can see the sku and a link back to the product page so you can see it is the one on your order. I'm sorry you didn't get the color you wanted, I know how frustrating that can be. The only option we have is to have you return it and reship you the color you want which of course has some cost to do that service. This review here will be seen by many 1000's of customers that shop with us and will have a negative effect on our small family business. We would very much appreciate it if you would please consider updating it or deleting it. Thanks for your consideration. I'm happy to help you if you need my help. Respectfully, -Travis (owner)



