I have to share my recent experience with aquacave. I purchased an ati fixture from them that came by ups damaged. It looked like the power plug for the fan was packaged directly down into the aluminum body of the fixture and someone stepped on it. Well, it had a huge dent in it as well as bent prongs for the fan power. They offered to supplement me with free ati bulbs or some cash back. I declined because I wanted kz bulbs. They paid for a return shipping label. A week and a half later, I received another fixture. Keep in mind I am only about a 4 hour drive from an ati distributer. The new fixture came packed the same way with a dent and the power prongs bent. Aqucave said all they can do is a 25% discount from ati. At this point I am beyond mad. They send me a new return label and I explain in very basic terms that they need to inspect the way it was packaged before usp kicks it to my door. I'm now awaiting a third fixture. I can say that I will NEVER buy from aquacave again.
Aquacave customer service... or lack thereof
- Thread starter cflow
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AquaCave
.Registered Member
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Unfortunately in cases when product arrives damaged all we can do is to arrange for the replacement product to be shipped to you.
If you are not satisfied with this solution please call or email us and we will be glad to refund you in full.
Albert
Unfortunately in cases when product arrives damaged all we can do is to arrange for the replacement product to be shipped to you.
If you are not satisfied with this solution please call or email us and we will be glad to refund you in full.
Albert
ReeferSutherlnd
New member
I've had nothing but bad experiences with aquacave so I took my business elsewhere as well. Hopefully this will warn other reefers, and maybe aquacave will wake up and actually care about customer service.
i dont see how that's aquacave's issue. ATI always pack the fixture the same way. trust me i know. i am ati or nothing guy. never have any issue with the ati packing. maybe try to be nice to your ups driver. i know all my ups/fedex/usps drivers. they know most my packages are fish tank related, they handled it with a little more care.
d2mini
Premium Member
This is an ATI issue.
Why would AquaCave open every package they ship out? I guess you could request they open this third one just to make sure.
But if this was normal practice, people would complain they got a used one. Or there would be no way to tell if it was damaged in shipment or before it was shipped to you.
AquaCave isn't responsible for damages beyond their control, so their policy of shipping out a new one seems spot on to me.
Sorry you've had to go through this frustration and I can tell you that dents were definitely first on my mind when I opened up my power module box because ATI has pretty regular scratch and dent sales!
But it's not AquaCaves fault here.
Why would AquaCave open every package they ship out? I guess you could request they open this third one just to make sure.
But if this was normal practice, people would complain they got a used one. Or there would be no way to tell if it was damaged in shipment or before it was shipped to you.
AquaCave isn't responsible for damages beyond their control, so their policy of shipping out a new one seems spot on to me.
Sorry you've had to go through this frustration and I can tell you that dents were definitely first on my mind when I opened up my power module box because ATI has pretty regular scratch and dent sales!
But it's not AquaCaves fault here.
foxrazr
Member
I have had similar good experiences with aquacave and have had damaged products arrived. I think its everyones worst nightmare specially when the items are expensive. My 1st was an MP60 that arrived damaged. Very responsive over the phone. They shipped out a new one before I sent the old one out. 2nd was a defective milwaukee digital refractometer. They also took care of it. When the manufacturer wouldn't hear me and wanted to blame me for the error. This time my money was refunded and aquacave apologized to me when they were not the ones to blame.
I also run an ATI Sunpower 60" 8 bulb that I purchased from a different vendor who are no longer in business. That thing arrived to my house like it had been through a blender. The fixture is bent but didn't notice how bad it was and decided to keep it. Now I kick myself every time I see it. Although still functional and the only one who notices the imperfection is me. I wish I would have sent it back. You live you learn I guess.
I also run an ATI Sunpower 60" 8 bulb that I purchased from a different vendor who are no longer in business. That thing arrived to my house like it had been through a blender. The fixture is bent but didn't notice how bad it was and decided to keep it. Now I kick myself every time I see it. Although still functional and the only one who notices the imperfection is me. I wish I would have sent it back. You live you learn I guess.
