BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE, QUALITY PROBLEMS W/ PRODUCTS
CUSTOMER SERVICE is AWFUL, and QUALITY has gone WAY DOWN over the years. For context, I have ordered more than $4000 from this shop. Early, the quality was good and style was attractive. Then, I had my first issue a few months back, where they started producing jewelry that was low quality with metal designs over stone where the metal was not properly welded and would bend by simply putting a hand in your pocket. Clocks and Colours kept selling them and did not recall the products like they should have, but I did get the ring replaced with another design. I was unable to get the necklace replaced. After all this time and few problems, I figured it was a fluke and decided to order more stuff. While previous orders arrived with no problems, this order was held at DHL and assessed almost $100 in extra charges. I wrote to Jeremy Martins about it, who ignored me for over a week. Feeling he was never going to reply, I wrote to another email and reached Micole, who sent me an automated reply on shipping time and didn't even read that it was being held for extra charges. I then asked to be escalated to a supervisor, named Richard, who promised to do a one-time courtesy reimbursement on the charge if I paid it and submitted a receipt. He was kind and professional, and noted to keep orders below $1000 so this problem wouldn't arise. I paid and sent the receipt over. A new person named Kris replied and told me I would not be reimbursed the cost and that it was my fault and somewhere on their website in the fine print they disclaim liability for all such costs. Okay, so at this point I've dealt with 5 different people, all of whom were unprofessional except Richard. Secondly, you can't offer reimbursement, have me accept and rely on our agreement, and then try to withdraw it / bait and switch me into keeping the order (breach of contract, also a promissory estoppel claim). Once you promise to reimburse and I accept, what your TOS says is irrelevant. Now I have to waste more time disputing with my credit card co, which is bad for C+C too, all because Kris has a chip on his shoulder and wants to blame the customer (pro tip Kris, if you know items get held at over $1000 in a single package, ship in more than one package — this isn't rocket science). Do you want to deal with this amazingly wonderful customer support team? I think not. Stay away like the plague. If you do a little bit of digging, you will find similar style jewelry out there (NightRider, for example, has never tried to blame me on petty costs when there was an issue).