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marrt

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I thought you guys might get a kick out of this. A couple of years ago, I bought a 35-gallon fuel caddy from Vevor. It arrived with the fill spout broken off. Upon inspection, I discovered the spout had been glued in place—literally glued! I contacted Vevor, and they sent a replacement.

Recently, the fill spout on the replacement unit also broke off, even though I was careful with it as I knew it was very fragile. It too had been glued on. So, I sent Vevor a simple question: do they make a fuel caddy with the parts welded instead of glued?

That started a long back-and-forth with customer service asking for the order number, pictures, and all sorts of pointless information. I assume their agents are monitored based on how quickly they respond, not how effectively. Each time, I provided everything they requested—proof of purchase, six photos, detailed explanations, and so on. After six rounds of this, they still never answered my one simple question: do they make a welded version?

Their final response was to inform me the product was out of warranty and would need to be repaired locally. LOL. It’s made of 1.5 mm stainless steel, which they brag about—a local repair would cost more than five new caddies from them.

In general, I’ve had pretty good luck with Vevor products. I’m not bashing the company. But I clearly stated several times that I wanted to buy a new caddy (they offer several models). I guess they’re so used to complaints they didn’t bother reading any of my six messages asking the same question. At this point, I might just order a few and return the ones that aren’t welded. It would’ve been cheaper for them—and far less hassle for me—just to answer my question.
 
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Two Speed

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LOL. Was it always the same person on the other end? If it was, I'd follow up with a, "You still have not answered my original question; do you have a model with a welded neck? Does make me wonder also if you dealt with AI the entire time and it just funnels the invoice/photos to a human to say yes or no to a "is it a warranty item".
 

Steve_P

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I'm going to guess they don't have US based customer support, so there is a bit of a language barrier.
 

Nobody-named-Olli

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They are not supposed to engage with the customer beyond warranty yes/no. Also very possible you interacted with “AI” on the other end.

Also not exclusive to “brands”/vendors like Vevor.

Wait how it’s gonna be a couple of years from now.

Kind regards,
Olli
 

Beerhippie

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Try dealing with US Customs sometime. I've been trying to get my deceased-overseas father's personal belonging out of Customs dock for over two months now. Every time I fill out and send in some ridiculous form, they just send me another one.

I think they speak English as a first language....
 
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marrt

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LOL. Was it always the same person on the other end? If it was, I'd follow up with a, "You still have not answered my original question; do you have a model with a welded neck? Does make me wonder also if you dealt with AI the entire time and it just funnels the invoice/photos to a human to say yes or no to a "is it a warranty item".
It seemed like I was speaking to different people. In my last response, I mentioned they never answered my question, which I repeated in all six of my responses, and told them I planned to include the entire conversation in my university marketing course as an example of how not to handle customer support. Their reply was simply, “Our machine is welded.” lol.

The only reason I asked in the first place was because the original unit was so poorly constructed that I assumed they must have improved the design; otherwise, they’d be replacing many of them. I had previously purchased a plastic caddy, but mice chewed through the side and drained all the fuel. I looked into a better-made American caddy, but it costs over $1,700 and also has poor reviews. This seems to be the trend with a lot of products these days. They're ether super cheap or super expensive...with few options in the middle.
 

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I would bet a large sum that you were never actually communicating with a person, only a cheap badly trained AI model designed to simply waste your time until you give up. Then again, it was probably not even a cheap AI, just a fairly simple set of generic responses. "Language barrier" is a great way to hide all sorts of errors. Decent AIs can at least generate grammatically correct, plausible-sounding ********.

This is the kind of perverted ******** the world is wasting untold trillions of dollars and resources on.
 

dcg9381

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I'm going to guess they don't have US based customer support, so there is a bit of a language barrier.
All customer support is about to be done with "language barriers" when we remove the humans. And that's coming very soon...

I didn't say it's going to be better.

I would bet a large sum that you were never actually communicating with a person, only a cheap badly trained AI model designed to simply waste your time until you give up. Then again, it was probably not even a cheap AI, just a fairly simple set of generic responses. "Language barrier" is a great way to hide all sorts of errors. Decent AIs can at least generate grammatically correct, plausible-sounding ********.
I'm working on this right now.. Well, I'm supporting it. We're not using the "cheap" models, but the models are changing really fast. When the model changes, it hoses all the "smart" voice prompting and we essentially have to start over with the new model. Its totally possible to empower the AI to do consumer friendly things like product replacement or refund, but I promise that's not the go-to out of the gate..
 
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Try dealing with US Customs sometime. I've been trying to get my deceased-overseas father's personal belonging out of Customs dock for over two months now. Every time I fill out and send in some ridiculous form, they just send me another one.

I think they speak English as a first language....
I believe their native tongue is actually "bureacratese."
 

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No current experience with them.

Been having some issues with another color truck where material is randomly flagged when yesterday and tomorrows box sail through.

Seems the US side of the operations are struggling with the ever changing requirements.


Also condolences. Dealing with this **** as your working through a loss must be extra taxing
 
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Beerhippie

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No current experience with them.

Been having some issues with another color truck where material is randomly flagged when yesterday and tomorrows box sales through.

Seems the US side of the operations are struggling with the ever changing requirements.


Also condolences. Dealing with this **** as your working through a loss must be extra taxing
It's been most of two years now, but thanks. My father was 91 when he passed.
 

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My customer support from Vevor was mixed. I ordered a plate compactor from them, ~ $400 for a new unit delivered; heck it beat horrible freight by ~$250 at the time. The compactor smoke heavily from the second I started the machine, even after break in oil and letting it form for 30 min to an hour and changing the oil a few times. I complained, sent pictures and videos (all within a 30 day period from order) following their customer service instructions to the T, no more no less. NOTE I was not gonig to do a diagnostic without their direction to avoid any warranty issue. I finally asked for a replacement or a refund of the unit. If I did not get a response my plan was to order a charge back on my cc' due to the damaged/inoperable equipment. I don't think they wanted to ship me a new 200lb machine from Cali to Pa again so they offered a partial credit of ~$135. I accepted the partial credit since I could get a new Chonda clone from HF for about the same price; only would have the hassle of a swap.

After the credit was completed started my own diag on the new machine and found although the engine shipped with no oil/oil was drained. The paper air filter was soaked in oil, choaking out engine causing the white smoke when running. A quick swap of filter from my GX Honda powered pressure washer and the compactor ran great. Not a clue as to why they didn't remove the air filter for shipping, have it in their customer service script.

So I will give their customer service a minimally passing grade but not great or poor.
 

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Anyone who thinks companies like Vevor customer support is going to be able to direct customers to a specific product are living in a dream world. They are there for warranty and returns period. There is no chance they know enough or probably anything about the products to recommend specific products to customers. They are probably not even allowed to.
 
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zendriver

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It's like hiring a $30 ******, then get disappointed she won't give you a GFE.

Vevor stuff is cheap, some barely even have a product description, so it's not surprising they don't appear to spend millions for top-notch customer support. :headscrat

Maybe we get what we pay for. I have their fancy high tech "smart" 12v battery charger. I'm afraid to use it again, since I think it cooked my tractor battery, running on "auto". :dunno:
 

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My Vevor customer service experience was pretty damn good I must say. I bought one of their ATV dump trailers last year for hauling stuff with the Grizzly. I was at work when it arrived and when my son and his friend were unpacking it they managed to slice a tire open. I emailed them asking to purchase a new tire because they were an oddball size. They said they couldn't give or sell me a tire because of logistics but were willing to refund me $40 to help cover a replacement.

I found an identical tire on Amazon for $30 and mounted it myself. The trailer is pretty damn solid too by the way especially seeing it was only $275. The smaller Bosski trailers start at $1100 now days, they are very high quality but the price reflects it.
 
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