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My Complaint To Asda (apologies in advance to any that might be hpoing this is funny, it isn't}

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Anne58 Tue 18-Dec-12 18:35:03

This is what I said:

I attempted my first on-line shop with delivery, and received confirmation that it would be delivered today between 3pm & 5pm. The order reference was ******

When I had still not received the delivery by 5.30pm, I telephoned customer services, and was told that the order had been cancelled as you were unable to take payment.

I have been transferring money between my business account and private account and it would seem that at the time that I placed the order there were insufficient funds in the account I was using. I feel very strongly that as you had both my telephone number and email address, you should have contacted me to inform me that the order would not be processed, rather than actually sending an email that was worded "we're happy to confirm your order below". As a result I waited in all afternoon, and was only informed that it would not be arriving when I phoned Asda.
The person I spoke to offered to re-book it for me, but I said that I would do it myself as there are now extra items that I want to order, due to the limited time available to me to finish my shopping, which has not been helped by wasting an afternoon waiting for a delivery that would never arrive. I have now found that there are no slots available.

If you had had the courtesy to contact me when there was a problem with taking payment, I would have been able to resolve the situation. The fact that I only knew of this problem when I phoned you, (after the delivery period had elapsed) does not seem to demonstrate the level of customer service that I would expect.

I was planning on using this service weekly in the future, rather than shopping in store at Morrisons, but this experience has made me have second thoughts.

What do you think?

Nanado Wed 19-Dec-12 13:19:35

If you order from Tesco and the special offer expires before your delivery date you get a little red notice that tells you this. It sounds as if Asda's website is outdated and 'not fit for purpose'.

I don't like their adverts either...all that bottom smacking wink

Barrow Wed 19-Dec-12 13:45:27

A couple of years ago I ordered something from Amazon and used an out of date debit card - this was immediately flagged by the site before the order was processed.

The debit card I use for on line shopping is with Santander (yes - I know!) and before the transaction is confirmed a box comes up with Santanders logo asking for my password, makes me feel comfortable ordering things on line