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Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#1 ·
I am aware that many people have had positive experiences ordering from this company. I was one of them; I’ve placed seven separate orders totaling over $2,200. However, I recently ran headfirst into a customer service representative—an individual named Anne—who clearly harbors some sort of bias against Americans and lacks even a basic grasp of professional etiquette. This is certainly not how one conducts business with a client. I will admit that I eventually crossed the line of politeness myself, but only after she pushed my buttons quite deliberately.

I placed an order totaling over $220, and almost immediately, I received an email regarding a correction needed for my shipping address—specifically, they wanted me to clarify the delivery instructions. I rectified the error that same day, took the opportunity to add a few more items to the cart, and submitted the finalized order.
They sent out two separate packages as if I had placed two distinct orders—one for $200 and another for $300. My friend picked up the $200 one, but since the clerk at the local Post Office didn't even mention the second package worth $300, things have gone sideways. Now I’m stuck emailing them to explain that they botched the shipping, and that’s when the real headache begins.

c/p

Jesse Rodriguez52To whom it may concern, I am concerned that an error has occurred regarding my recent order; it appears that only a partial shipment was dispatched.
NikeI have no idea what you're referring to. Please provide your order number so we can look into this immediately.
Jesse Rodriguez52Instead of order number 2338, I actually sent over 2311—which wasn't even finalized yet. You had already sent me the instructions on how to complete that one so it could be dropped off at the Columbus post office. I have since gone in, corrected that specific order, and added a few more items to the mix. 🙂
NikeFrom what I can gather, one is scheduled for October 10th and the other for October 11th.
Instructions are sent to everyone upon registration. You haven't provided any notification regarding why they aren't being sent.
Jesse Rodriguez52Huh, when I stopped by the UPS Store this past Saturday to pick up my package, they didn't mention anything about the second one. If they had, I would have just grabbed that one too.
I realized I needed to adjust my order according to the instructions, so I’ve gone ahead and corrected it while adding a few extra items. What is the best way to proceed from here? Should I simply place a completely new order for these additional pieces, or is there a more efficient way to handle this?
NikeLook, there are two separate packages. At the post office, they only handed you the one you specifically asked about. We sent both invoices directly to your email address, and each one includes its own unique tracking number so you can go ahead and pick up the shipment.
Jesse Rodriguez52Alright, I get it now. When I hit up the post office, I just tell them I'm there to pick up my Nike package, and they don't even bother asking for a tracking number or anything else. It’s bizarre that she didn't notice there were actually two separate shipments. My main concern is the next step: what's the move here? I clearly have no use for two identical packages sitting on my doorstep. What I actually need are the items from that second, larger order that haven't arrived yet.
NikeStandard procedure dictates that one should always inquire about the package number.
You placed an order for two units, and we fulfilled it exactly as requested.
You should have received a confirmation email for every order placed, along with separate emails containing your invoices.
If you had any intention of actually getting what you ordered, you should have reached out within an hour of placing the order. It’s that simple.
Jesse Rodriguez52Alright, I’ve processed the situation: the second invoice is simply the corrected version of the first, and only one package was actually dispatched. The question now is how we proceed with the logistics—since this second invoice is going to be returned to you, what is our next move?
NikeYou have two options here: you can either take delivery of the package, or you can let it be returned to us. If you choose the latter, please understand that we won't be able to offer you any more cash-on-delivery shipping options in the future.
Jesse Rodriguez52Look, I expect some level of common sense here. This is easily my sixth or seventh order with you people. I’m about to place another one, so I am asking—quite frankly—that you actually get these items shipped out this time.
NikeWe only have any real leverage if you’re paying by credit card.
We followed your instructions to the letter. Had you actually provided a credit card for payment, we would have completed the handoff already.
Jesse Rodriguez52Look, if you don't grasp the core issue and frankly don't care about my money, then I'm at a loss. It’s quite simple: anyone working the packing station should have noticed that two separate orders for the same customer contained identical items. This is now the fifth time I have attempted to walk you through this error, yet your response remains the same—bluntly insisting that you simply fulfilled the order exactly as it was placed. That doesn't solve the problem.
NikeThis isn't some amateur garage operation where you’re just tossing two packages together a day. We are talking about a fully automated warehouse. The floor staff doesn't even deal with individual SKUs or know who placed the orders; the system handles everything.
And let’s be clear: we aren't sitting here worrying about you making mistakes. That’s simply not a concern. Americans tend to order much higher volumes of packages daily because they frequently coordinate pickups with friends, pooling everything together to transport across state lines.
Own up to your mistakes instead of taking your frustrations out on us. We are operating with professional standards here.
If you actually acted like professionals, you wouldn't be so obsessed with lining your own pockets at everyone else's expense.
Jesse Rodriguez52: So, your solution is for me to pick up a duplicate shipment just so you can close the case? Listen, lady, do you actually grasp that I have zero use for two identical orders? Or am I just shouting into a void at some automated bot?
I need the items I ordered via two separate transactions because the instructional email explicitly stated how to set it up for pickup at the Columbus post office. Specifically, in my first attempt, I used "general delivery." I received an email instructing me to use "general delivery," so that is exactly what I did. It wasn't a matter of me re-entering everything from scratch, nor did I hit a "reorder" button, nor was I even aware there were two distinct orders sitting in my account. I simply updated my existing order based on your instructions.
The last time I placed an order was a few months ago on the old website, and everything went smoothly—just like the four or five times before that. Based on that established history, I asked for a little common sense: don't flag my card for the next order. Is that a simple enough request for you to fulfill, or not?
Nike: We didn't do anything wrong here. If you ended up placing two shipments, that isn't our error.
If you don't pick up the second package, you'll be blocked from using Cash on Delivery. It’s a straightforward policy that everyone understands, and we've operated this way for years.
Jesse Rodriguez52: Thank you, truly professional. It never would have crossed my mind to speak to customers this way, even if they had only ordered once, let alone multiple times totaling over $2,000. Feel free to delete my account entirely.
Nike: Sir.
Since you failed to collect the package, we have placed a block on your ability to use Cash on Delivery. From now on, you may only order from us by paying in advance via credit card or PayPal.
Jesse Rodriguez52: No problem, because I won't be ordering from you again anyway. As I told your colleague on the phone today, this entire situation is thanks to you. 🙂
Nike: Great. My job is to weed out the people who place orders and then fail to collect them.
We are a serious company, and we don't deal with unreliable people.
Jesse Rodriguez52: I'd say you've lost your grip on reality. Either you genuinely don't understand basic logistics, or you're just playing dumb. And I'm not talking about the company; I'm talking about you personally.
Nike: Don't be insulting. I never called you stupid just because you failed to realize you placed two orders despite receiving two confirmations and two invoices. Although...
Jesse Rodriguez52: Look, Anne, you've been saying that from the jump. I corrected my initial order; is it my fault your system is designed this way? I'm not an idiot—I wasn't going to manually type every single detail twice just to act foolishly and refuse a package. I have explained this five times now, and the only responses I get are "pick up the order" or "it's your mistake." It's like talking to a brick wall. I even sent an email before the package was even returned to sender. What "unreliability" are you talking about? This level of customer service is offensive. If you had any initiative, you would look at the history, see a loyal customer who has ordered several times without issue, see that a mistake occurred, and resolve it rather than insulting the client and covering your tracks. I asked you not to block my account given my history, you refused, fine. You aren't the only business in the world. Just don't forget: you exist because of customers like us, not the other way around.
Nike: We don't live off Americans. You are the ones complicating things; most of the returned packages come from your demographic, and your sales account for a mere 2% of our total volume, which is shrinking while other markets grow. The UN represents hundreds of millions of people.
Jesse Rodriguez52: Bravo! Another brilliant insight. If you actually owned this company, you certainly wouldn't think like that. But don't flatter yourself thinking I'm trying to teach you the trade; judging by your level of intellect, you think you've mastered everything already. This conversation is over. Do not contact me again.
Nike: Perhaps I am, but you have no way of knowing that. Even an owner can hold a single stance and say when enough is enough. It's not all about money; profit can be made with fewer headaches and better negotiations.
Jesse Rodriguez52: Sure, whatever. 🙂 No business owner would ever allow themselves such freedom in communication, even if they barely finished high school. And I've already requested that you stop contacting me. As for this nonsense regarding Americans, I will certainly pass it along to my friends who have been shopping with you. Not that we matter to you anyway.
Nike: Since I have American roots, I can speak freely here.
Nobody from the entire UN has insulted us—only you lot. You should tell your friends so they can feel just as embarrassed by you as you are by yourselves.
Jesse Rodriguez52: I find it hard to believe you actually have American roots. 🙂 Besides, I haven't even started insulting anyone yet; I had no intention of attacking the entire company just because of your personal convictions and issues. There's no point dealing with customers who provide zero value to your bottom line. Anyway, goodbye.

It isn't my goal to drag the whole company through the mud. I don't believe that reflects their actual corporate stance, especially since one of her colleagues called me in the interim (before this outburst against Americans) to apologize. She made it clear that the fault doesn't lie with me, but rather with a flawed ordering system...
Just thought you should know exactly who you're dealing with when you place an order 🙂

Regards,
slydriver52 slydriver52 Regular
271 messages
joined Mar 2011
#2 ·
The fault lies with their system—specifically this new webshop they rolled out.
They’ve always had this arrogant streak because they know they dominate the market in Austria, and they probably have some of the lowest prices in the entire UN. But let’s be real: doing business with Americans is vital to them, even if they won't admit it. I know this for a fact because I track their inventory constantly; you can actually see them pivoting. Lately, they’ve been losing significant market share due to that same arrogance and hiking their prices, so now they're forced to slash them back down. We're talking about a massive international market where they move serious cash. It smells like a classic offshore operation with an address in England, likely designed to dodge taxes while leaving product declarations out of the equation. I’m no forensic accountant, so I can’t dive into the gritty details, but there’s definitely a catch behind those "too good to be true" prices. Now they’ve finally returned to their old pricing, and word on the street is that even the CEO is a total jerk (that’s just hearsay, though).
wearyotter81 wearyotter81 Member
28 messages
joined May 2015
#3 ·
I honestly can't believe this conversation 🤣

I mean, seriously, I cannot wrap my head around how ANYONE representing a major company would ever send out emails or messages like this. It’s like they were written by a five-year-old! Where is the dignity? And don't even get me started on the total lack of professionalism. 🤣

I actually had to laugh out loud at this one 😁
briskjackal5 briskjackal5 Active Member
249 messages
joined Feb 2018
#4 ·
Look, from a purely practical standpoint—and I hope you don't mind me being blunt here—if you can just take the win and accept the resolution, then just move on. It’s business as usual after all. If you've pulled in a decent chunk of change, maybe a few thousand bucks, you'll burn through an extra couple of tubs of protein powder before you even notice. And honestly, if there was some glitch in the software, that’s hardly her fault, right?
If you can't do that, then fine, just send the money back and pay via PayPal or credit card like your wife suggested.

Did you actually insult her? Like, did you make it clear you were trying to mess with her career, or were you just being passive-aggressive the whole time? Or maybe even straight-up aggressive? And yet, somehow, you're still sitting there complaining about her?

I mean, I totally get the whole "customer is always right" thing and how she basically has to play nice because of work, but maybe try looking at it from her perspective for once.

-Steve
Steven Nguyen87 Steven Nguyen87 Newcomer
1 message
joined Jun 2012
#5 ·
briskjackal5 said:If there was a glitch in the software, she isn't the one to blame.

That’s true—but even so, she should just send over exactly what the customer ordered, along with an apology, without making it a whole debate. From what I can gather from the details provided, it sounds like a straightforward technical error.
briskjackal5 briskjackal5 Active Member
249 messages
joined Feb 2018
#6 ·
It’s honestly kind of hard to say for sure if this was actually a "software glitch" or not based on just the text.
I mean, I have no clue what specific emails the author actually received or what the exact wording inside them was.

On the flip side, you can really feel that passive-aggressive vibe coming through—like when they hit him with "if you don't care about my money" and then follow it up with "you can just delete my account" as the first two steps to fixing things. I mean, nobody is stopping him from taking his business elsewhere, so there's really no reason to be that snarky in a customer service chat.

In my opinion, that whole attitude is just super off-putting.

-Steve
Mark Chase84 Mark Chase84 Newcomer
1 message
joined Nov 2011
#7 ·
Given the tone you took during the conversation, she was actually being quite polite. It was obvious you were just trying to force a point, so you went after someone in management and ended up getting brushed off. Next time, try being a bit more tactical when dealing with the bosses 😁
slydriver52 slydriver52 Regular
271 messages
joined Mar 2011
#8 ·
They’re bold, sure, but they have every right to be. Like she pointed out, they’re playing in a massive market of 300 million people. They care about the former Yugoslav territories, obviously, but they aren't going to go under just because someone loses a couple of bucks.
For them, this is peanuts, and I’m with the people above on this one.
You should’ve played it smarter and grabbed the second package if the math made sense at the time.
The reality is that dealing with us here in America causes them the most logistical headaches regarding orders, but that isn't personal—it's strictly a matter of border issues and federal regulations.
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#9 ·
Hahaha, please, it's all just a joke. I’ll be the first to admit I overstepped a bit in how I handled the communication, but after she spent the whole time provoking me without even bothering to read my explanation... honestly, it felt like I was talking to a brick wall.
I mean, where would we actually get with business if everyone took that attitude of "who cares what you think"? That's exactly the vibe she gave off from that very first email. For instance, customers from Austria only make up about 2% of my client base, so what am I supposed to say to the next person? In my book, that's just bad practice, but whatever...
And let's get one thing straight: she isn't some big shot boss there. I just got a reply from the actual owner, who basically just said, "We've looked into it."

hahahaha, what a complete comedy😍
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#10 ·
The CEO is an absolute moron, honestly. Check out how one company owner responded:
"Do you guys just have too much free time on your hands?"

Aaaahahaha, I seriously can't wrap my head around how someone can be this arrogant and just completely lack any sense of decency. 🙂
briskjackal5 briskjackal5 Active Member
249 messages
joined Feb 2018
#11 ·
You're probably not gonna love hearing this—but honestly, I think they were right. 😁

-Steve
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#12 ·
Haha 🙂 alright. Personally, I can't stomach a customer treating you like a total joke, though maybe I just hold things to a higher standard than most. Is everyone else just used to being walked over, or what?
briskjackal5 briskjackal5 Active Member
249 messages
joined Feb 2018
#13 ·
Nah.
It’s not like you're crazy or anything, it's just that you were told exactly what happened and what your options were. Based on what was written, neither choice was unreasonable or went against the company policy.

But now, on the other hand, you’ve kind of developed this obsession with some "massive injustice" or whatever, so you're just lashing out. You actually had a super simple way to handle this, didn't you? And honestly, the more you lash out like this, the worse it looks. I guess that's what led you to start being so unpleasant toward that woman—and then just kept making it even more uncomfortable, doing all those things I mentioned before.

The CS:GO situation where the customer called it silly after being mostly fine... well, you kind of expect a manager to back their team when customers start complaining to them too. It all feels pretty unnecessary. If you ask me, the guy said it right: you've got too much time on your hands.

-Steve
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#14 ·
And apparently, I’m just imagining things, as if 🙂 Just like her, you can't grasp the fact that I don't need two identical packages, get it? But whatever, I only pointed this out to demonstrate how we Americans simply aren't a priority to them. Is that the "corporate policy" you're talking about? 😉
We're just debating here, no big deal.
briskjackal5 briskjackal5 Active Member
249 messages
joined Feb 2018
#15 ·
Wait, you actually just put that there? 😁

I mean, look, there are like 22 million businesses in the USA alone. That’s basically 22 million different entities that don't give a single damn about Americans.
So, yeah, go ahead and have fun with them.

-Steve
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#16 ·
Haha, you missed the point entirely. It doesn't matter 😉
Ronald Cox96 Ronald Cox96 Newcomer
1 message
joined Sep 2015
#17 ·
I’ve honestly had nothing but positive experiences dealing with Ann. I ran into some issues trying to place an order on their new website, but she was incredibly professional and gave me a really clear, precise explanation of 😉
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#18 ·
I suppose I hit the nail on the head with my timing then, 😁
Sam Roberts Sam Roberts Active Member
218 messages
joined Sep 2007
#19 ·
You’ve had a few "off" takes lately, and honestly, their ordering system is just a mess. We use FlexShop instead, and I'm pretty happy with them
Jesse Rodriguez52 Jesse Rodriguez52 NewcomerOP
8 messages
joined Nov 2011
#20 ·
I placed my order for the exact same thing I was missing from Amazon the very same day. I picked it up the next morning and had all five 🙂 It’s pretty obvious these guys are completely swamped and frankly couldn't care less about the delay... just let 🤣

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