S. B.
Yelp
I am in another state. I ordered something for delivery for my daughter-in-law's 1st Mother's day earlier this morning, for same-day delivery. They live in an apartment complex, but my family doesn't like to give out their gate code for security reasons. When ordering, your website asks for the recipient's name and contact information, which I provided. I received an email today stating the driver attempted delivery, but was unsuccessful. My daughter-in-law stated no one ever called her. I reached out to the local store and was told that the drivers are not required to contact the recipient and can opt to do so as a courtesy, so my only option was to have them come to the store to pick the product up. I pointed out to both the young lady who answered my call, as well as the on-shift manager that the requirement for a gate code is not specified anywhere on the website. Secondly, the email confirming non-delivery states that Edible Arrangements will be in contact with the recipient to reschedule the delivery. Why your organization can make contact AFTER a delivery attempt and not before, sounds counter-productive, when they could have simply called her at the gate and she would have buzzed them in. on top of that, if the contact with the recipient is a courtesy, then it sounds as though there may not be any contact with the recipient even AFTER a failed-delivery attempt. I pointed this out to both the young lady who answered the phone, as well as to the store manager, to no avail. They simply repeated the script about the delivery driver only has to call as a courtesy, and not as a requirement, they could not offer any solutions that made sense, and simply claimed that this was spelled out on the website. Well, I just went back to the website and re-walked through mimicking my order for today, and it does NOT specify that if the recipient lives in a gated apartment complex/community that providing a gate code is mandatory or that calling the recipient is optional, which is what I was told by the store 683 employee and her manager. I also checked your company's delivery policies, and it does not state that there either.
So either one of two things are occurring:
1) Your company is falsely advertising around delivery capabilities for Mother's Day.
2) Or your store employees are falsely representing the delivery policies to cover up for the fact the drivers are "busy and don't have time to contact every customer" as stated by the store 683 manager.
I am highly displeased with the handling of the order as well as the phone call and will not be doing business with Edible Arrangements again.