Reply from Select SaunasSep 11, 2023
Hey Noelle,
First of all, thank you for your review. Although negative, as an owner I appreciate every bit of feedback.
I understand initially hearing you won't be able to return a heater that the home isn't wired for (and therefore can't use) is a bad situation. I also understand the limitations of custom home building and that waiting for contractors to finish up your client's home can be frustrating.
I had a long discussion with Mark and looked through your conversations through chat and email. FedEx tracking shows your Drop 9 was delivered on 6/8/23. You contacted us on 8/30/23, 84 days after your Drop 9 was delivered.
Understandably our distributor in Illinois refused the return. Returns are allowed up until 30 days after receipt. They pointed to their return policy and effectively said "Nope, it's way past 30 days". Please keep in mind that 30 days is also our policy because we ship direct. This is clearly stated in our return policy on our site. After they refused, Mark called me to see if there was any way we could get this return authorized by our distributor and we both got together to discuss it with our designated rep at the distributor.
We mentioned what you said to us to get them to understand your situation. Below is what I tried to make them understand, from your chat with us on Aug 31:
5:21 PM, you wrote: "[...] I can get project manager to send me some [photos] before then. I appreciate your help.
5:21 PM, Mark wrote: "That's fine. I'll do my best to have this exchanged."
5:26 PM, you wrote: "I really appreciate it. I have never been under this amount of stress in my entire life. PM is sending me photos here shortly."
After pushing them, especially using what you understandably were stressed about, we managed to get them to make an exception to both our and their policy. I have never experienced a return being authorized 54 days after the 30-day window, so trust me when I say that this was most definitely a rare situation.
What surprised me was that you left us such a poor review impacting my company pretty hard. We went above and beyond to exchange your 9 kW Drop to a 6 kW, making us and our partners look past written policies, with countless conversations with them back and forth. In debriefing this situation with Mark, and looking through all communication you had via chat and email, I could not find a single reply that justifies writing "unresponsive" and "ghosting". The one time we did not respond within 5 minutes to your live chat was outside of our business hours.
My team and I pride ourselves in helping as best we can and I want to provide the best help possible – that's what I built Select upon. So, please, let me know if there is anything else I can do to make things better for you.
FedEx shows a scheduled delivery date for your Drop 6 kW today, Friday 9/15/23, by end of day, estimated between 9:10 AM - 1:10 PM. I am sorry you are not happy with your experience, although it makes me happy that we managed to resolve this and your Drop 9 was exchanged for a 6 kW. I've reached out to discuss this further.
All the best,
Christoffer
Owner