Sit back, relax and let me tell you a story. A story of a newly married couple and a disabled student. 2 friends who are struggling to make ends meet.
One day the two friends had a nice evening together spent with their respective partners. Both couples are money savers and like a good deal. Both couples were after a television, the newly married couple wanted to buy one from their wedding money and use it to show their wedding video to family and friends. During the evening they went online, and saw an amazing deal. A 50" 3D TV by LG with built in free view! WOW, they bought bought before snapping one up. An fantastic end to a great night.
Now as you may have guessed one of the people in this story is me, the other my best friend. The story sounds fantastic, a great ending for two people. However, this is when the story goes sour.
The orderes were placed with tesco direct (a company with a good reputation within the UK, much like walmart for all my international readers) The order was accepted and the money removed from my partners account as well as my friends.
Now, we have come to realise over the past few day set that this was a price glitch, a fact we had not previously realised.
When we arrived to collect our items there was a 22" TV waiting for each of us. Not what we had ordered and not what is on the emails we received from Tesco.
Now, on Wednesday I went and had some surgery done, by Thursday I was sore but without my promised TV I had to spend a huge amount of time worrying and stressing over a TV.
On Thursday evening my friend was told that she couldn't have the TV but could have one of equivalent specification. She went to another, larger tesco store to collect the item, before being made to wait again, she was then told she had to drive to another store, further away to collect the TV. And guess what. Once she got to her 3rd tesco store, she was told she wasn't getting anything and to go home.
We were both told we would get the 50" TV with 3D but that we would need to wait due to stock issues. We were reassured to be told that we would get regular updates on progress. Now, since this, I have not heard from anyone. My friend has been told she will get hers on Wednesday but it will NOT be a 3D TV.
My friend has spent 4 hours on the phone, 2 hours in store and today over an hour on twitter asking for a reply.
I have spent 3 hours online chat (which the operator disconnected 4 times for no reason) sent 4 emails and spent over an hour on twitter.
Tesco have got our money, yet are choosing to ignore us.
They have ruined my best friends wedding video night, and destroyed both of our trust in them.
We have been offered no goodwill from tesco for the hours we have spent chasing them, in fact we have been offered a TV with substantially less features than advertised for the same amount of money.
Now tesco may have glitched on the price, but we bought the TV in good faith. They have lied and ignored the little man for too long. We are making a stand, come on tesco! Sort this mess out!
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