• GreaterGood

GreaterGood

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GreaterGood has a rating of 2.2 stars from 100 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about GreaterGood most frequently mention customer service problems. GreaterGood ranks 19th among Charity sites.

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Top Positive Review

“I love the Animal Rescue Site store!”

Jill F.
8/16/21

I've shopped this site several times over 4 or 5 years. Have worn my favorite black long sleeve tee to work once a week over 3 years (RN, multi color paws match with different colored scrub pants & clogs!) ALWAYS get a compliment, usually end up seeing & sharing cell phone pictures of pets with my patients. Recently ordered/received 3 more work shirts because it's such a wonderful way to start a rapport. (Panda is a sleep shirt.) I have no complaints about quality or delivery time.

Top Critical Review

“Unauthorised transaction”

rj a.
8/18/22

My bank notified me that a greatergood.com attempted an online transaction from one of my accounts. I realised it was a US charity organisation, and I had no prior experience with them. I've frozen the account and contacted the bank to inquire further. I've brought this to your attention because the bank suggested I contact the merchant about this attempted fraudulent transaction. It would be great if the organisation tightened their online security as I can see there was a previous complaint in August with similar experience. I am not even from America and I feel that this is targeted. Please ensure that this doesn't happen with others

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1 review
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September 1st, 2018

No instructions, it's Saturday at 6pm and no one is in during the "holiday" weekend I have tried placing an item on the scale and pressing the power button but to no avail..

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June 18th, 2019

I ordered a Paw Print pair of rain boots for my wife. Immediately realized the size was wrong. Couldn't find a way to cancel online. Sent a message within minutes requesting to cancel (Sunday). Ordered the correct size minutes later on separate sale.

Monday morning I get an email stating that they are so efficient that the order could not be stopped. I would be permitted to return them after receiving but I would have to pay for return shipping after paying to rush them to my home. I got shipping notices about 2 hours later, but the shipper hadn't received yet.

This seems unusual. If true, then they have built in a problem into their over efficient machine. I gave plenty of notice to stop the waste of my money. I will spend more on shipping both ways than the cost of the boots I wanted to buy. Maybe they don't care that I will never do business with them again. Maybe they can make it up on volume. In my business I do what is right for the customer, even if I leave a few dollars on the table for next time. Seems like the name is misleading.

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Thank you for your feedback regarding your recent shopping experience on our site. Customer Service is not supported on a Sunday so we were unable to respond to your request until our regular business hours on Monday. We understand that mistakes can happen but as our fulfillment process is highly automated we are unable to cancel an order once it has been submitted. There is a very narrow window of time available to catch an order before it moves onto the next stage in the fulfillment process and due to it being outside our business hours we were not able to catch it in time. This order is eligible for a return for refund per our Returns Policy, if you have further questions please contact Customer Service at 1.888.355.4321. M-F 7:00am-5:00pm CT.

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December 26th, 2019

Rude, rude, rude service representatives. All about the money and could care less if they ruined a present or sent incorrect items. Wondering if they even use the proceeds as stated?

Tip for consumers:
Avoid at all costs. There is another retailer somewhere who deserves your business.

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Ladybug necklace.
The chain is not correct and when I told customer representative about it she was very rude. She stated that the mistake was mine and I would have to pay to send it back. Then I could reorder. The items was already past delivery day by 6 days and was a day late for a Christmas present for my granddaughter. I love the charm, but the service will keep me from ever opening the website again.
Oh yeah...surprise, surprise, no one responded to my email sent 4 days ago about Christmas present delayed because of shipping. Too bad, I really liked the idea behind this company and the products are good quality..

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Angela, your order for the necklace comes in different versions and the item that was placed in your shopping cart at the time of order was what was shipped. I apologize if this did not meet your expectations. We do have a generous exchange policy that would allow you to exchange the necklace for the one that you were anticipating. If this is something that you would like to take advantage of we would be more than willing to assist you to get you the item you were wanting. GreaterGood does its best to keep our ordering process as simple as possible on our various websites and we apologize if this was not the case in your situation.

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April 9th, 2020

Not happy that my order come to 116 Which was fine but I check my bank statement aznd you guys took out $190 not happy that you guys took out more then you were supposed to yes I'm from Australia but there should be a button to set to Aus $$$ unhappy hope my order is correct when it shows up

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Dear Katrina

GreaterGood is a U.S. based company so all funds on our websites are in U.S. Dollars. I apologize if the dollar exchange for Australia was higher than you were expecting. Our website also does not calculate any duties and taxes that may be charged to you as a result of products coming into your country. The feature that you are indicating we should have, "A button to set to Aus" is usually only a feature that would be available if we had a physical location in Australia and then we would have an Australian website.

You do always have the option to return your order for a refund if you wish to not keep your order.

Thank you
Jodi
Director, Customer Service
GreaterGood

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June 3rd, 2017

The clothing I ordered from The Veteran's Site Store came on time and was as described and pictured. The quality was excellent. I will order from them again... highly recommend.

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February 9th, 2016

FANTASTIC PLACE TO SHOP FOR QUALITY ITEMS. AND YOU ARE HELPING OTHERS. I GO THERE DAILY TO CLICK DAILY FOR THE MANY DIFFERENT HELPING FOR OTHERS. THE CLOTHING IS OFF OF THE MAP BEAUTIFUL I LOVE THE HOODIES TOO AND GET MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM MY PURCHASES. HELP DON'T COMPLAIN AS YOU TOO MAY NEED THE HELP. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP JUST DROP YOUR ACCOUNT. HELP OTHERS AND PURCHASE BEAUTIFUL ITEMS. GOOD DAY

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August 10th, 2021

Tim this is your LAST WARNING before a Criminal Complaint is filed with the WA - MN Attorney General Consumer Fraud Division by our Firm.

Laws Violated
HR3858
SB607

A 30 day hold mandatory under laws protecting pets after Disasters

STOP - do not try to feed us the HSUS rigmarole that these are not peoples pets because they are.

Nonprofits Operating Corruptly taking Hurricane Survivors Family Members
(Their Pets) You're looking at Serious Trouble & whether you realize it or not you were committing very serious Criminal and Offenses concerning Disaster Fraud.

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December 30th, 2016

I bought a couple of items from them about a year and a half ago. They were fine buys. No real complaints about the merchandise.

But immediately the emails started coming - 5, 6, 7 a day. You know there's enough email flooding at us. That's ridiculous. I changed my subscription settings several times. Nothing changed. I unsubscribed several times. Nothing changed. I finally just set them as SPAM. Now when I go to SPAM to see if anything legitimate got caught up I still see just as many messages a day more than a year after unsubscribing.

I think it is shameful, SHAMEFUL, that a company that claims to be all We Are the World, working for the betterment of the down-trodden walk all over their customers brow-beating them in to buying more and more and more.

Yes, they may be donating lots of dollars. But I don't believe for a moment, with tactics like this, that someone's pockets aren't getting lined as well.

I'm not saying don't buy their stuff. But if you do set up a throw away email account you'll never look at again. Otherwise you'll be harassed into oblivion.

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1 review
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July 13th, 2016

I PURCHASED A PAIR OF SANDALS FROM THE BREAST CANCER SITE. I WORE THEM AROUND THE HOUSE BUT THEY WERE TOO BIG. I RETURNED THEM AND I GOT AN E-MAIL SAYING THEY WERE NOT IN RESALEABLE CONDITION AND THEY WERE THROWN AWAY. I QUESTIONED WHY THEY WERE NOT RETURNED TO ME BUT HAVE NOT GOT A REPLY. I AM OUT 29.99 AS THEY WILL MAKE A ONE TIME EXCEPTION AND GIVE ME A CREDIT. I WOULD NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM AGAIN.

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DO NOT BUY

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May 12th, 2021

Ordered paw print shoes for my mom for mother's day. Paid almost 3x the price of the item to get here on time. Needless to say, it did not arrive. I emailed 5 times prior to Mothers day to get an update and find out why, only to be ignored. Did online chat with them the following Monday, only to be disconnected repeatedly, told that Fridays don't count as a day of the week even though they do in fact work on Friday. Finally got supervisor David. He was incredibly rude, refused to connect me to someone above him. He asked me to forward the email proving I should have received this on Friday, which I did. Then David said that he didn't care what I sent him, he wouldnt refund me my shipping costs and it was not his problem. David told me, as far as I am concerned, he is the ultimate word and even though he does have bosses above him, flat out refused to connect me to one. (i do have screenshots of our conversation). He said its up to him only about resolving my issue, and he wasn't issuing a refund. Tried to disconnected myself and get someone else, and he told the 3 people working below him to refuse to put me to anyone else. Then he told me that i need to stop contacting them, as he has already explained that he is the ultimate word there, and wouldn't assist me any further.
Absolutely horrible customer service. I would NEVER buy from them again, and will tell everyone I know not to either.

Tip for consumers:
Don't buy from them. Incredibly rude, unprofessional and waste of time and money

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

TR,

I apologize if you had a poor experience with our organization. I do see that a full refund of $62.00 was issued. I have reviewed the transcript of your live Chat's and I will be providing the necessary feedback to the individuals that you communicated with during your interaction. Again, I apologize for not only missing a delivery expectation for your order but also for any poor experience that you encountered.

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April 30th, 2021

Received order today. Shoes run full size smaller, wear an 8.5 ordered a 9 and they are too small by 1/2 inch. A waste of money!

Tip for consumers:
Walk away.

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Flip flops and clogs. 6 pair.

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Mary

I am sorry to hear that your shoes did not fit. With most of our shoes, since we do not offer 1/2 sizes it is usually the best to recommend going up to the next size. It appears that in this case this was not the solution for you. I would love to refund your money for this purchase. If you contact our customer service team with your order number and reference this review response we can ensure that your order is refunded in full.

Thank you

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November 2nd, 2020

So far these are great! I ordered on Oct 5, and they were delivered Oct 13th. After 2 weeks of daily usage, they still work the same.

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June 2nd, 2015

Visual Artists Guild condemns this for-profit business site http://thehungersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/ths/petition/TiananmenSquare in victimizing the victims and relatives of the victims of Tiananmen once again by using the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre for their marketing purpose.
Is nothing sacred anymore? Is it not enough that the Chinese government whitewash the history of Tiananmen, murdered hundreds if not thousands of Chinese citizens, continuously vilifying the students of Tiananmen, prevent the victims' family from even having a private grave site memorial each year, that a for-profit business entity GreaterGood.com would use this occasion of sorrow to take advantage of the good will of good people and entice them to submit their names and email addresses?
Do not submit your name to them.
Please warn others about this site GreaterGood.com and expose them as who they really are - an unscrupulous business using others' misery to make a buck. How sad!

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December 7th, 2016

It would appear that 'Debra M' probably works for this company and is trying to re-build some of their reputation!
Hands down the worst customer service I have ever experienced in my entire life! I tried to purchase something off the website and the order was declined. I tried several times and each time the purchase order failed. When I went to check my bank statement the money had gone from my available balance (I would like to stress that the company has not officially taken any money from me, but that money is no longer available for me to use).
When I contacted customer service it took two emails to get a response. I have, unfortunately, been dealing with "Bashie English" who is the most incompetent, useless individual I have ever had to deal with. When I asked for his help he told me that there was "nothing he could do" and that was it. I have not heard anything since and all following emails have been ignored.
Completely at a loss as to how to resolve my problem and try to get my £100+ back. I will never be dealing with this company again, especially now seeing all of the terrible reviews and suggestions that they are a scam.
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! DONATE TO LOCAL CHARITIES THAT YOU KNOW ARE GENUINE!

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November 9th, 2018

I actually love the items I've received from this website, and it's wonderful that proceeds go to the care of animals. BUT, don't expect much help from Customer Service. As soon as I hit the send button to approve my order (or whatever button it is to send the order), I noticed that the ship to and bill to addresses were reversed. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND EMAILED over and over again. By the time I actually spoke to someone (within 15 minutes) I was told that it was too late to correct the error. It was only after threatening to call my bank and stop payment on the order that the rep called their warehouse to see if new labels could be made. Again, this was all within 15 minutes of approving the order. Very negative help -- it took forever to explain that the addresses were reversed. When she finally got it in the computer, I was told that they would let me know if the correct labels had been made. Never got a call or email. After all this, the order came to me instead of the ship to address. Now I have to reship. I don't think the reverse addresses was my fault - i checked the correct boxes, so BE VERY CAREFUL TO REVIEW YOUR ORDER BEFORE SENDING IT!

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October 10th, 2011

This is a great website for helping out without it costing you anything. I first found out about them through our local humane society. If you go onto their homepage you will see a variety of charities to click on. Let's start with The Hunger Site. The next page displayed you will see a line of tabs at the top of the page that you can go to each site with. There is also a box to "click for free to give". Sponsers count the clicks and donate money. The Hunger Site feeds people, The Breast Cancer Site provides free mammograms, The Animal Rescue Site helps homeless animals and also a few times a year they have a Shelter Challenge contest where you can vote for your favorite shelter and they have all kinds of cash prizes to be won, The Veterans Site helps with meals for veterans, The Autism Site provides therapy for autistic kids, The Child Health Site provides medical care for children, The Literacy Site provides books for children and The Rainforest Site helps preserve rainforest land. CLICK across the board and give. It's the first thing I do every morning when I go online. There's also a store to buy things that gives a percentage of what you spend to the charity you link to the store from. Please take a few moments, or longer, to check it out.

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September 30th, 2020

Ordered. Few times, have had no issues and have had good communication. Sometimes it can be hit or miss with any website.

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Patricia

Thank you for your order! It is due to customers such as yourself that make what we do possible. We work hard to ensure that each of our customers has a good experience and appreciate you sharing that your experiences have been good!

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June 1st, 2017

I am on this site every day. I love it. I have ordered tops and many other items and I've never had a problem with anything.

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June 2nd, 2017

I have purchased from this site & when I received it was very different from what was described on the site and also quality is not so good.

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February 13th, 2019

I purchased 2 pair of the black with paw print, shoes. One for me, one for my friend for her bday.
I received mine yesterday. They were black with purple seams and VERY large (I can wear anywhere froma 7 to an 8. I ordered an 8).
Clearly not what I ordered. Then I became concerned that my friend will be getting the same pair, I emailed GreaterGood, they said that it had came to there attention and corrected the issue and then said they'd refund or send the correct item. All I wanted was what I ordered and the correct size.
I email again, tell them thank you for rectifying the situation and sent off my order number.
I mention I ordered a pair for my friend, they send me an email back asking for her order number, as "it's most likely shell receive the wrong ones too"
I then receive and email from them today telling me that the item I wanted is "out of stock" so they are refunding me.
I feel this was all a PURPOSEFUL "mistake" or "problem" or "issue"!
My take is... we will send them the wrong item, if the $#*! well refund them their money, if they dont, it's a win.
The fact that they have made NO EFFORT to get me what I ordered. The fact that they were very flippant about the whole situation, is what makes me believe they just wanted to make a sale at any cost. I also, mentioned that I was going to write a review, the response was "we're sorry you're not happy with our company".
All I'm suggesting is. DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS COMPANY, THEY SCREW UP, AND THEY DONT TRY TO FIX IT, AND THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE... AT ALL!

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December 29th, 2016

GodfoundshooedI am a supporter of Animal rescue and saw this as an opportunity to support this effort as well as purchase a few Christmas gifts. I received one of the four items I ordered and the bill of lading had paper stickers attached for each of the missing items stating that the other items were OUT OF STOCK. Another sticker stated; We've issued a refund for each sold out item (and shipping where applicable).

Three guess as to what happened next (and the first 2 don't count). NO REFUND. After several emails going back and forth from a CSR named Bashie English - who told me there was a misunderstanding and that all items had been shipped so no refund would be issued! Today I sent another email to 'BASHIE' threatening legal action if I did not see a refund in my account by the end of the day. But then I found a phone number at the end of her email and made a call to hopefully get someone who would handle this immediately. I spoke to Sherick, who may have saved me from taking further steps, by apologizing for the out of stock situation and then for his co-worker who apparently had not bothered to do any checking on this order. My refund will be processed today. Sherick is the only positive thing I can say about this experience. I WILL NEVER support any charity through the Greater Good Network again and I warn others to avoid this as well.

By the way - no refund on TAX OR SHIPPING!

Tip for consumers:
AVOID GREATER GOOD NET!WORK AT ALL COSTS

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February 11th, 2022

02/11/22
I placed my order, they took my payment & canceled my order! They need to make it right!...

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Dear Crystal,

I believe I found your order that you placed on Friday February 11th. This order is showing that it was automatically canceled by our system as it detected some characteristics of possible fraud. This is a build in security measure that analyzes orders and cancels them automatically. In review of your order, it doesn't look like there was anything in particular that may have driven this cancellation and I apologize for the inconvenience. We can either refund your money or we can reship your order to you. We would be happy to make this right for you! Please contact our customer service department with your order number or email address and we can honor which ever option you choose. Customer service can be reached at 1-888-355-4321 Monday - Friday from 8:00am-4:00pm Central Standard Time. Or, you can email us at customerservice@greatergood.com.

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December 17th, 2020

I LOVE my new mask for only $5! It is very durable and even has pocket for a filter for added protection! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Lisa,
We are very happy to hear you are enjoying your mask purchase. GreaterGood has worked hard at provided the items our customers need, especially during these unprecedented times. With the help of purchases of these types of products by customers like you, this is allowing us to continue to donate PPE to front line workers each and every day. So far, we have donated over 2 million masks around the world to areas and industries that need it the most. Thank you for shopping with us and supporting GreaterGood causes.

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June 11th, 2020

I have ordered from Greater Goods many times before and have been satisfied with the service & products.
I unfortunately, can not say that now. Recently, I ordered flip flops and a shirt to match. After I ordered this and it was in stock, got a letter that the flip flops were no longer in stock. I had looked at the site a few days after I ordered this and it was still in stock, so don't understand how this happened. I have not received the shirt yet, and was told that I have to wait until next week, Tuesday to cancel order if not received by then. It is very frustrating since I got them to match and have to wait 2 weeks (business days) after the shipping date to know what is happening with shirt. This was frustrating but my recent experience was extremely upsetting!

I ordered a box of masks, a welcome sign, and a poop bag set for my dog. Today, I received a box at my door.
The box was obviously tampered with, as the tape looked like it was re taped. When I opened the cardboard box, I took out the packing slip. The left hand corner of the slip was completely torn off, where information was supposed to be. Inside the cardboard box was a torn box that the masks were supposed to be in and the masks were loose. I looked at the torn box and to my dismay, there was an expiration date on, what should have been the bottom of the box, The expiration date was April 10,2020. Today's date is June 11,2020 so the box of masks that were sent were expired!
The other 2 items were not there. Only the ripped box with the expired date and the loose masks. I called and spoke to the manager and told him the situation. He agreed to give me a refund, I received a refund letter and hopefully will get a refund on my credit. I understand that it is not the companies fault that the box was tampered with and items were missing, but it is the responsibility of the company that sent the masks to have seen that they were expired! Most people, would never think to look at an expiration date so I hope this has not happened to anyone else.
As I said at the beginning, I did have positive experiences with ordering from this company, but this experience has me so upset and unsure of continuing to place orders any more. I was upset about the flip flops and shirt, but sending something that is obviously EXPIRED and having a packing slip ripped and items missing needs to be corrected!

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Jodi H. – GreaterGood Rep

Thank you very much for your honest comments regarding your recent experience with GreaterGood. I would first like to address the first issue you experienced with the out of stock Flip Flops. I apologize for any inconvenience that this out of stock product may have caused. As with most companies, we will have products that run out stock periodically and since we only purchase seasonal shoes once per year, once they are gone for the season, they don't get restocked. The reason availability may vary from time to time is if a pair of shoes get returned for some reason. I am assuming that this is what occurred when you checked back and found there was availability of the shoe again. GreaterGood does not have a backorder system, so we would not have any visibility to send the shoes to you when some were received back into inventory. Again, I apologize for any inconvenience this caused.

The second issue noted regarding the package arriving that appeared to have been tampered with, I again, apologize that this was your experience. We have found a few other instances where customers experienced the masks to have issues with the ear loops breaking. Since we obtain our product from multiple manufacturers we are identifying which manufacturer had the issues with mask quality and addressing that issue on our end. We take great pride in offering products of value to our customers and when we receive feedback from customers related to a trend we do take measures to correct that issue.

I think you for sharing your thoughts with us and we will work tirelessly to correct the quality issues that you and some others have raised. I trust that you will see your credit that the customer service Manager provided to you for the last order soon. It can take 2-4 business days for your financial institution to apply that credit.

Thank you
Jodi
Director, Customer Service

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