
Daphne of San Jose, CA on June 8, 2007
On June 6, 2007, I placed an order via Nordstrom.com for the Marc Jacobs Saloni Satchel that was on sale for a wonderful price. After entering in my credit card information, I received a message notifying me that my order was being processed. Concerned that the status of my order had not changed on June 7, I contacted a Nordstrom designer sales representative.
The representative explained that this was a busy time? due to the Half Yearly Sale, and assured me that the order would be processed and that the item would ship in 58 business days.
Today, I checked on the status of my order again and noted that the order was still pending, so I contacted a Nordstrom.com representative again.
As with the first sales rep, Jeremy said that Nordstrom was very busy with the Half Yearly Sale. He went on to say that the item I had ordered was sold out and apologized for the inconvenience. Someone was supposed to call you,? he said.
To date, I have never received a phone call, voice message, e-mail message, or note on my Nordstrom.com account page notifying me that (1) the bag was not available and (2) that my order had been cancelled.
I am extremely dissatisfied with the level of service I received during this experience with Nordstrom. For one, it is unethical to advertise a product for sale, collect a customers credit card information and promise the product to them, and then not inform them that the item is, in fact, sold out. As Im sure you are aware, there are many other sales currently being held at other department stores such as Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdales. I could have taken advantage of these sales instead of bringing my business to Nordstrom. Instead, I chose Nordstrom because I am very familiar with the high level of customer service that Nordstrom claims to offer.
I find Nordstroms treatment of me to be unacceptable. If there were only limited quantities of the product available, Nordstrom.com should have stated this clearly on its Web site, or have a system in place so that the item is immediately removed from the Web site once the last item in stock has been sold. I would have appreciated a prompt phone call and some sort of compensation for my inconvenience.
As a result of thinking that my order was secured when it in fact, was not, I missed the opportunity to take advantage of buying the product on sale at another store.