
Howard of San Jose, CA on March 31, 2009
I placed an order for 2 Nokia 5800 NAM's from NokiaUsa. They were preordered 2/24 and i received them on 3/24 via FedEx. After ordering, the order confirmation screen showed the final price as $727.48; the email order confirmation also showed $727.48. I thought nothing of this, then when the phones shipped on 3/19 I received a shipment confirmation with a final price that was also $727.48. I thought, cool, I'm finally going to get these things.
Fast forward a week and the pending credit card transaction was gone, but moved to recent transactions. Here is what I see: Code: 03/22/2009 | Sale | NOKIA-BRIGHTPOINT(Services and Merchandise) | $734.25 So today is 3/31, and I finally had some spare time to call Nokia's Customer Service again. I originally called about this last Wednesday (3/25), but was told their FullFilment center was closed and they are the ones to take care of the issue. No big deal, I'll call back during normal business hours.
Called back today and was promptly transferred, I spoke to some random guy who didn't give his name, but after a few minutes of arguing told me to disregard whatever prices i was emailed, or whatever prices show up on NokiaUSA.com because the invoice price should have been $734.25. I asked to speak to his supervisor after 5 minutes of circular arguing, in which he told me he was not available. Huh? It's a Tuesday.
I was charged more than was quoted. I dont know their disclaimer on this, but that is definitely NOT right. How can you send someone 3 different screens for a single quoted price, yet later charge more? Yes i know the difference is a measly $7, but thats not the issue. It's the fact that it seemed to have happened to many others, and $7 * countless others = a little extra pocket change for Nokia. I will be forwarding this to the BBB, as well as Nokia corporate (if i can figure out how), and probably the consumerist.
SO, IF you have ordered anything from NokiaUSA.com, I advise you to please go and check your credit card statement and check your order confirmations, as they could be off by a few dollars. Somehow, I doubt this is legal, even with tons of possible disclaimers on their website. referenced thread: http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1513396
$7 and about 30 minutes of arguing. Potentially worth more as Nokia is doing this to many, many other customers.