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Is customer service normally ok with CW?

My wife bought a CW watch for me online yesterday morning, and I am fairly sure the website said all orders before 1pm would be delivered by Christmas. Obviously they have taken it down since so I can't check.

Anyway one frustrating phone call later, turns out they meant to say "delivery by the first week in Jan" and this was "obvious from the website."

As my wife said, "At least you still do free returns."

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It may be that the watch was not currently in stock, in which case it would have been marked for January delivery.

This would probably be what they meant by it being obvious from the website.
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The web site (and it being maintained up to date) is a weakness of CW.
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Well there was no ambiguity in the email I received on 23 December.
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^^ Unless you happened to order one of these...


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Or any other out of stock item. I guess it depends on what the OP actually ordered...
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Agreed. I would have thought it’s difficult to order an out of stock item for next day delivery! :lol:

So if the item was in stock and ordered (without engraving), by 1:00pm on 23 December, it would presumably have been delivered yesterday.

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Even if the item was marked "Out Of Stock" on the website, telling the customer that it was "obvious from the website" is very poor customer service. There are nicer ways to say it. "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, but the watch you ordered is out of stock and will ship the first week of January".
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^^^As we do not have a transcript of the phone conversation or the employee’s version of what was actually said, it may be better not to speculate.
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Ah I see. Of course. Let's not speculate.

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FWIW it is the C3 Morgan Chronograph, black strap.

There was never any indication that stock was an issue.

The watch was bought with finance but that was approved by 11:30am.

Obviously the Christmas delivery is not the main issue any more.
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OK, thanks for the clarification. Sorry if my earlier post sounded a bit off, I just felt we needed to know a bit more detail, e.g. which watch, so as not to form any hasty conclusions.

Sounds as though it ought not to have been an issue. Your best bet would be to contact CEO Mike France personally.
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No. My apologies. For some reason, when I first saw your post I took you for a member of CW staff. Your post was perfectly reasonable!
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Mark Richmond wrote:No. My apologies. For some reason, when I first saw your post I took you for a member of CW staff. Your post was perfectly reasonable!
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Thank you for explaining.

Anyway, rather unexpectedly, the watch arrived this afternoon.

It is amazing! :)
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Just relieved to hear that you have received the watch and that you like it, Mark. Just a shame you couldn’t get it before Christmas.

Welcome to the forum. Now...pictures?
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