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FCKNG BHLDN!

I'm so annoyed right now. My aunt-- the one who wanted to have a custom "Elven" headdress made for me, haha-- called me yesterday and wanted me to pick out a few things from BHLDN and she wanted to buy them for me as my birthday/wedding gift. Yay! So we picked some things out, she had me put in her credit card and billing info, and then I was going to have it all shipped to my house. She lives way on the other side of the country from me. 

Today I realize that the shipping address is HER address instead of mine, by mistake. So I contact bhldn right away and ask them to change it because the package has not even shipped yet. They tell me that they cannot change the address after the order is placed, it's my fault that it's wrong (well duh, assholes), and "Maybe USPS will realize this is your old address and they'll forward it for you to your new address. Either way, it is the customers responsibility to retrieve the package from where it gets delivered to." Are you fucking kidding me? And no, it's not my old address, and it's not an invalid address, so it IS going to get delivered to the other side of the country. You want me to get on a fucking plane and go retrieve it? None of their stuff is cheap. We spent a shit-ton of money, and this is the level of customer service we get? Cool. 

Obviously my aunt will just have to wait for it to get to her, and then send it on to me, but I feel bad cuz this is actually a huge inconvenience to her. She has a lot of health problems and usually isn't even able to leave her house, so she'd most likely have to ask a neighbor or someone to take the package and have it shipped, and obviously she'll have to pay for the shipping. I feel so bad to inconvenience her like that. 

Plus now I'm going to have to wait EXTRA long to get my stuff and I'm so impatient! 

But wait, just to put a cherry on top, we had ordered a clutch. It was my aunt's favorite on the whole site and also my favorite and it was so beautiful and amazing, she decided I had to have it. I was so excited to get to have this special clutch that I could then use for special occasions forever and know it was a special gift from her. Well right after the shipping fiasco, I get an e-mail from bhldn saying the clutch had been cancelled from my order cuz it's no longer available. Um it was fucking available when I JUST ordered it LAST NIGHT! Where the fuck did it go?! 

Ugh. I know in the grand scheme of things this really isn't a big deal, but I'm so irritated with them right now. Has anyone else ever ordered from them and had this many problems right off the bat? 
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  • Maybe you can go to the USPS website and manage the package. I don't know if it will be an option, but I do know that they have a lot of different options for managing your items. 
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  • Wait wtf? I just got ANOTHER e-mail from bhldn, thanking me for my order, and now it's being billed and shipped to my PARENT'S address. So they put in the same order twice and somehow input two totally different and totally incorrect addresses? Seriously, wtf is going on? I guess I'll be using my lunch break to call them. 
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  • Rawr on so many levels. So rude. They could definitely change the label with the address on it. I'm angry for you!

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  • Wow. That sucks. 

    Blargh. Shipping.
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  • can you cancel the order and then replace it with the proper address? Or has it already shipped?
  • Wait wtf? I just got ANOTHER e-mail from bhldn, thanking me for my order, and now it's being billed and shipped to my PARENT'S address. So they put in the same order twice and somehow input two totally different and totally incorrect addresses? Seriously, wtf is going on? I guess I'll be using my lunch break to call them. 
    Yeah, I'd call and ask for a higher-up if you get the runaround again. Obviously THIS address mistake is not "your fault" (um, what kind of customer service refers to "faults" anyway?). 

    On the plus side, at least your parents don't live across the country? But I'm not sure how the payment will go through if they use your parents' billing address for your aunt's credit card...

    In the event the stuff DOES get shipped to your aunt, take a little comfort in knowing that usually you can schedule a pick-up from UPS, USPS or DHL online. You can even print labels from home, so your aunt won't have to hazard her health by leaving the house to run around to the UPS store.
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  • So it hasn't shipped but they won't make the correction?  Yeah, I would cancelling that order now before that shit gets shipped and then I would be taking my business elsewhere.

  • Wow, that's annoying. You think you would get better service from a place like that.  Damnit, all places should have customer service like Nordstrom's.  

    I would definitely call and talk to higher-ups.  They just don't want to change the shipping address because UPS charges them a "change of address" fee.  

    What total bullshit.  


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  • Ugh that is bullshit. I would definitely ask to speak to a higher-up and tell them that you are not afraid to discuss the customer service issue on social media. That always seems to perk attention, more so than just complaining.
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  • So I called and I feel kind of bad cuz I was really annoyed, and let them know I was really annoyed, and said "For the amount of money people pay for your stuff, you should have way better customer service than this." 

    I try to always keep my cool when I deal with customer service people because I used to be one, and I know what it's like to get screamed at by irate customers when their problem isn't something you did personally and yet they seem to need to attack someone just to let out their aggression, and it always made me feel like crap. I never want to needlessly make some innocent customer service person feel like crap. But man. That was annoying, and way too many issues to deal with for just one order. 

    Anyway. They canceled one, and kept the other, so now it's being sent to my parents house, so fine. That's only an hour and a half drive for me, and I was planning on being there for Thanksgiving anyway so hopefully the package is there by then so I don't have to make an extra trip. So stupid. 
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  • I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol


  • I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol


    It's all so amazing and beautiful and over-priced! 
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  • Lol my thoughts exactly.
  • arrippaarrippa member
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    I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol


    It's all so amazing and beautiful and over-priced! 
    It is owned by Anthropologie. So not a big surprise there.
  • arrippa said:
    I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol


    It's all so amazing and beautiful and over-priced! 
    It is owned by Anthropologie. So not a big surprise there.
    Yeah I just realized that for the first time when, at check-out, it said I could input a gift card for Anthropologie. Psh. I WISH I had a gift card for Anthropologie. Those over-priced glorious bastards. 
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  • arrrghmateyarrrghmatey member
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    ……….I'm so confused!!! What a kerfuffle! 

    Yes, I said kerfuffle.

    So sorry about this! hope everything arrives to you soon.

    And your aunt sounds like a lovely lady.
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  • I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol

    I also had to google. I thought it was an acronym.
  • MagicInk said:
    I had to google wth  BHLDN was... I thought you just forgot the vowels in building (I know, I'm special) but now I want all of the stuff and I'm mad I can't have it all lol

    I also had to google. I thought it was an acronym.
    I did too. I had no idea that it even existed and so many drool-worthy things.
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