After renting a buddy's blast cabinet for a few weeks, I decided to purchase a B60 blast cabinet from Eastwood on 11/37/20, Black Friday. The description implied that it was on sale, so I thought I was getting a good deal. In 11/30, I learned that it ships as two separate boxes (A&B) that are supposed to be automatically ordered together. Unfortunately, their site had a issue and only ordered me box B. I thought a quick phone call to them would rectify the problem, but instead, it ruined my day. The female customer service agent I spoke to repeatedly told me "If I had ordered it correctly". She also informed me to complete my order and get both boxes, it would cost me an additional $196 and because I used PayPal to to pay for it, she would not be able to refund my purchase. After informing her of my disgust for her level of rudeness, ignorance and lack of empathy, I reached out to PayPal to no avail. I really wanted this particular blast cabinet, so I went back to Eastwood's site and ordered box A. Box box A & B were scheduled to ship on 12/3/20. But last night, 12/02, I received an email from PayPal that said Eastwood had cancelled my order (box B only) and refunded a portion of my purchase price, without my knowledge or consent. Another call to Eastwood and I was able to cancel the other box and was told that I would get a refund. After some coaxing, the customer service agent reluctantly sent me a one time use 15% off coupon for future purchases. The coupon is valid, as long as the items aren't on sale or in the item's description say "Due to the already low price of this item, no other discounts will be granted". You won't see that phrase until after you order the item and every other blast cabinet on Eastwood's site falls into that category. I wanted to use the coupon to help defer the cost of a $650 item (which now isn't shipping until 1/08/21) but the cust serv agent suggests that I use it on a $20 can of spray paint. Ugh!
Eastwood's customers service is horrible. They're website is misleading and if you don't pay very close attention, you may end up with an experience similar to mine.
When you read these reviews, some alleged company rep named Candy W or something similar will say "We reached out to the customer, but they never responded". Well, that's a lie, as they have no way to know who posts these reviews, when the poster doesn't upload copies of their invoice. This company needs to spend more of its advertising money on classes for it's customer service team. So for now, I'll buy my metal shop supplies from another company.
I purchased a welder - total ( JUNK), a welding helmet ( JUNK)... Would NOT recommend to a person I did not like...
We've tried to contact you and find you in our system so we can resolve the issue. As stated in private message, we've been in business for nearly 40 years and we've done that by providing high-quality products and DIY prices and standing behind it all with a best-in-class warranty and an unmatched lifetime satisfaction policy. We're prepared to help you when you call or email us.
Never again will I buy anything from Eastwood. I bought a welder on sale in January. After multiple emails of saying they expect it to be in stock, they cancel my order. This is almost 3 months of constant back and forth. What a horrible company.
Answer: Hi Charles. We do look at reviews on many sites and we answer most of them privately.
Answer: Hello Kathrine, Thank you for contacting Eastwood, and I apologize for the confusion. Out Website Dashboard will continue to say processing for some time. We are going through website updates and unfortunately, that is one of the tasks on the list. However, I would be more than happy to provide you with a breakdown of our shipping methods. Provided everything you ordered is currently in stock: FedEx Ground/Home can take 4-8 business days, SmartPost can take 8-10 business days, and freight shipments can take 2-4 weeks. Please do not include weekend days when calculating your ship/delivery date. Our Warehouse is not open on the weekend and we can not guaranty that FedEx will deliver to your location on Saturday. You will be directly emailed with a tracking number once your order ships and a tracking number has been assigned. If you would like to private message us here or at Help@eastwood.com with your sales order number one of our specialists will be happy to provide order updates for you. Thank you and have a nice day.
Answer: Hello Troy, I apologize for any miscommunication and for any convenience this has caused you and we do want to make this right. The normal procedure would be for the customer to be responsible for the return shipping in order to receive the refund. What we can do it go ahead and issue a refund for the amount of the product and you can go ahead and keep the product as you were not 100% satisfied. Troy if there is anything else that we can help you with please feel free to reach out to us.
Answer: Hello Don, after the 3-year warranty has expired we recommend that if any malfunctions happen with your welder; the welder be taken to a local repair shop. At that point, a call can be placed to our customer solutions department to purchase parts to have the welder repaired.
Answer: Gary--I will pass this question on to our Tech Team but we won't have an answer until Tuesday. Is the machine operating? If not, we'll need contact information to get you taken care of! Thanks! Tim
Answer: Hi Ray--I answered this in your review yesterday. Just to make sure you got it, your refund was issued over a week ago and certainly should have shown up in your bank by now. If it hasn't, you will need to discuss with them as we've taken care of our end. Thanks!
Answer: I'm assuming you meant Rockwood. If so, then the answer above is correct. If you meant Rockwell, you'd need to check with them. Thanks!
Answer: Charles, Admittedly, we've had a tough time with a total system overhaul that occurred at the end of August 2016. We've come a long way since then but have run into other issues as Laura points out, where the black powders got mislabeled leading to glossy black being packaged as satin black. Laura, as far as the other issues you describe, I certainly hope we have resolved the issues to your satisfaction--if not, please email orderhelp@eastwood.com and address your issue to one of our Team Leaders or the Director of Customer Solutions. Tim-Customer Solutions
Eastwood has a rating of 1.6 stars from 163 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Eastwood most frequently mention customer service, next day and credit card. Eastwood ranks 523rd among Auto Accessories sites.
Hello Jeffery,
I apologize for the delay in response, we have been a little busy due to the holiday season. I have chosen to reach out to you in a public comment on Sitejabber first as you have mentioned in your review that you are not familiar with the private messaging option that Sitejabber provides. I can assure you when I comment that we have reached out to the customer previously it is not a lie; it is simply done using the private messaging option. I apologize for any and all issues you have experienced on our site. The blast cabinet in question does require both boxes and it does detail that on the items product page. There is also a notice about the item being Box A or Box B when added to the cart. The cost of the item is broken down by box to assist with shipping costs. If boxed together the item would have to ship freight and not FedEx. This would require a quote and a hirer shipping price. When an order is placed via PayPal the transaction is instantaneous and can not be changed/canceled. We do notify customers regarding the inability to cancel or change an order once placed prior to completing an order on the Eastwood website. The only option to move forward with at that time would have been for you to place another order over the phone (paid for via credit card) or online (paid for via credit card, PayPal, or affirm) for Box A to complete your cabinet. You did mention that the order was able to be canceled for you with some help and bending of policies for the original cabinet and you attempted to place an order online for a new cabinet. The customer service discount code you were provided for the issue will not work for any non-discountable items (a notice on lowest price and not applicable for any further discount is found in the cart on the Eastwood website next to the item description) but it will work on any other item in the order that is discountable. I believe that is what the Customer Solution Specialist was trying to explain in regards to the $20.00 can of spray paint. I apologize if this was not clear at the time. If you would like to provide me with your order number I would be more than happy to review your order and provide you with any and all updates regarding your shipping.
Thank you.