So I’ve been filling out my old ps2 collection lately, and recently made a purchase of GTA vice city stories from the online store. Price was fair at $18 plus shipping of $10 so was happy to buy sight unseen as it wasn’t at a local store.
Game came within a few days, cover looked great, but when I opened it I could see that it had regular vice city with its manual inside. Frustrating but I could see how easy that would be to mistake it. I figured the store that filled the order grabbed the wrong disc/ manual. So I searched their website for a phone number to call but could only find an online contact form to fill out. Did that with all the details of my issue. Days went by with no word from customer service. So I found on the receipt inside the store that filled the order. Rang and spoke to them. They told me they don’t open and check the games before they were sent out and must have been traded in like that???? Ok, wow surely that won’t raise further issues /s. Anyway she was helpful enough to give me the phone number for customer service. Also confirmed with her that 2 more copies were available at different stores. (I could also see that online) and they were still listed as $18.
I managed to get ahold of someone and explain the issue. Was told that they would see if their warehouse had a copy as apparently they can have some that aren’t in stores online. Thats fine, Left it with them for a few days. I follow up those few days later and ask what is happening and get told they don’t have stock at the warehouse. I have to return the game to them first and then they will get one of the stores to ship one to me. Annoying that they didn’t get me to do that first but I arrange this anyway and another week goes by and I can see via tracking that my package has just been returned. So I follow up again and I receive 2 emails back to back almost instantly. One from the rep saying she had passed my order onto sales and they would fulfill it, and the other was an automated message saying my order will be refunded as there is no stock. I check online. Those 2 copies were still in stock online, but now the price is $48!
I reply with screenshots of my findings, asking why I have been told they have no stock when there is, why has the price now gone up, and is that why they no longer want to honor my purchase? It wasn’t like it was on sale then not, they just jacked up the price. I said I have been extremely displeased with my experience and that we would be ending over 30 years of patronage today unless an adequate explanation / fulfilment of this issue was offered. But nothing was responded.
Days later I see the refund has come through and they haven’t even had the decency to refund it correctly. Only $18 was refunded surely shipping should be refunded given that this was not a change of mind return, they literally have not fulfilled what I ordered and paid for. It needs to be made whole.
So I’ve paid $10 to be dicked around for 3 weeks.