Didn't ship mushroom

dustin323

New member
Me & my brother had went in on an order from liveaquaria exactly 2 weeks ago today. He ordered a good bit of corals & I ordered a velvet multicolor wrasse from the diver's den & also a blue ricordea mushroom.

The wrasse was beautiful, except he did have a bit on his tail. Though that wasn't no biggie & I've got him taken care of. Doing fantastic. My bro's corals were awesome his green flourescent mushrooms came with tons of them on a rock. Probally over 2 dozens.

We soon noticed my blue/green ricordea mushroom wasn't there. So my bro was the one who placed the order so he called them. They said they were sorry & that they didn't have one healthy looking to ship out. BUT, withing the next 12 days they are getting a new shipment in & will have one out to me, no extra shipping. Well I'm think awesome, that is great. I would rather get it late & healthy then on time & unhealthy. So that was kudos for LiveAquaria. Then today he gets this email;

Your LiveAquaria.com order number A2521385 has been cancelled for one of the following reasons:

1. You asked us to cancel your order
2. The items on your order were unavailable within the alloted two week time frame

As you know, availability of aquatic life is dependent upon a number of factors, including weather, seasonal fluctuations in populations, etc.
While we do not have any control over availability of species, we do apologize we could not completely fill your order at this time.

Because it is likely the species you ordered will be available in the near future, we encourage you to place a new order in a week or so for the species you desire.

Thank you for choosing LiveAquaria.com as your source for quality aquatic life, and again, we're sorry that the aquaria you hoped to add to your tank is not currently available.

If you have any questions about our 2-week cancellation policy, please visit the link below or feel free to call us any day of the week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m CST at 1-800-334-3699. Thank you.

Here is my take on the situation;

1: Tell someone before shipping the order if an item(s) aren't in stock or can't be shipped. I would have gladly chosen something else.

2: If you are going to tell someone your going to get them a healthy one out withing 12 days. Then do so, don't keep someone waiting then tell them it has been cancelled.

I understand that sometimes stock runs out or you don't have one good enough to ship. Which is great not shipping out quality stuff. But come on you can't tell someone your gonna get it out then back out of it. My brother called them just now, but they basically didn't care & said sorry.
 
dustin323,

Thank you for your post. We apologize for your frustration. We would appreciate if you would send us a PM so that we may address this issue with you and your brother.

Cassie Z
Technical Support
 
dustin323,

We sincerely apologize for your experience. First, we are glad to hear you are satisfied with the majority of your order. Regarding our back order policies, if your order is not sent 100% complete then you will first receive an email or phone call informing you. We keep back orders open for two weeks. Then they are automatically cancelled if the item was not available to ship. As you understand live stock availability changes constantly beyond our control. We want to be able to ship your item to you in a timely fashion, however, even if we know a shipment of that species is to be received we cannot guarantee that those items will be available to ship within that timeframe. You are welcome to substitute items within that two week time period and we will gladly do that for you now if you would like.

We strive to provide the best customer service and information available to us. However, dealing with live items it can become quite difficult with inventory changing on an hourly basis. If you could please contact our LiveAquaria department at 1-800-334-3699 or via email at customerservice@liveaquaria.com to let us know how you would like to proceed.


Jessica H.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster & Smith
 
Well thanks a lot I do appreciate. I will have to see what I want & will call ya'll. I was unaware of the two week backorder policy. We never recieved an email or phone call saying we weren't going to recieve something. It wasn't untill we called ya'll.

Thanks for being courteous & good service.
 
dustin323

Thank you for your compliments. We apologize that you did not receive your shipment confirmation e-mail. These e-mails are generated on the day Live Specimens ship to inform customers their order has been sent. Our confirmation e-mail will state your order has shipped “complete” or “partial”. A partial shipment indicates a specimen(s) on back order. Our future plans for order confirmations include being able to list which items are on back order. However, at this time, should you receive a partial shipment e-mail, you may contact us at 1-800-334-3699 for further information regarding your order. (Also, in some instances spam blockers may block our e-mails. You may want to check your computer.) If you would prefer, you may call us to request a phone call instead of an e-mail.



Pat S.
Live Aquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
 
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