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Based on 50 reviews from Shari's Berries customers, company has accumulated an average rating of 1 stars, indicating that majority of customers are not satisfied with its service.
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I sent the order of Shari's Berries to my wife's place of work. After she got off work I asked her how her day went expecting her to tell me about the wonderful thing she ever seen from Shari's Berries I was surprised when she said she had received nothing! I ended up ruining the surprise because her birthday and come and gone and I told her what I ordered for her and Shari's Berries had not arrived.
The order actually arrived the following Monday 3 days after they were supposed to arrive on her birthday and mind you I had ordered far enough in advance in entire week in fact in advance of her birthday so that they would arrive on time.
My wife received a soggy box of half rotten strawberries with toppings on them that would have given her food poisoning have she been dumb enough to try to eat them.
Obviously upset I called Shari's Berries and told them that they had failed to deliver my order on time and that the berries they sent and rotted in the process and that I wanted a refund of my money
Shari's Berries only give me an email address they did not even have customer service representatives and when I asked for a refund they refused because they said they had delivered the product never mind the fact that what they delivered was rotten upon arrival!
Shari's Berries ripped me off for nearly $100 and then refused to give me a refund and every time Mother's Day rolls around I have to listen to these stupid commercials and have to listen to radio host brag about them when in reality they screwed me and ripped me off for nearly $100 I would advise anybody to not order from Shari's Berries because of how I was treated
I have had some problems with other websites, I was credited back immediately or by the 3rd day... I have since looked on the internet and have seen the 1,000's of complaints from billing over charges, to delivery to the wrong place... products not meeting standards...
I have emailed them, they didnt even reply to me with my correct name... today is the 3rd day... my money has not been returned...
Shari's Berries deleted my comments from 2 Facebook accounts, and block me from commenting...
Nothing I wrote was profane, just the truth Shari's Berries is a scam company, there was no discount given. And they double billed me got delivery
I posted people opening their Products on YouTube to their Facebook page
People videos are truthful
Shari's Berries has proved they are a scammer organization... Now I will get PayPal involved
Update: This order continued to go bad with the first order finally arriving a week and 1/2 later - covered in water (melted ice). It went directly to the trash can. However, the company did refund my money and they went ahead and sent 2 more orders, which both arrived in great condition.
Called Shari's Berries, and spoke to their outsourced representative who couldn't understand my needs because I couldn't understand him. Eventually he apologized that my delivery would be a day late and refunded my guaranteed delivery fee. He couldn't tell me where my order would be delivered to, because he confirmed the address and everything to me.
Granted, this next part might be UPS's fault, but after a 10 minute call to them, they refused to tell me where my order was being delivered. They confirmed that they changed the street name and building number, but my order was being delivered to the right city. CHANGED THE ENTIRE STREET NUMBER AND NAME, but refused to tell me where my package was headed. Said Shari's Berries authorized the address change and I would have to speak with them again.
Called my new friend overseas again. 25 minutes on the phone this time. First, told me my order had delivered already, and I asked them to double check. Oops, it wont be delivered until the next day. So sorry sir. "Can you tell me where it will be delivered?" They provided the correct address, but when I said UPS changed the delivery address and said they spoke with someone at their company, they said I was the one who called and changed the delivery.
Long story short, I got a full refund. My order still wont be delivered until tomorrow, but UPS nor Shari's Berries know where its going to be delivered. UPS points the finger at Shari, and Shari points the finger at me. So who ever receives my order, I hope you enjoy them, but reading other reviews from today, I don't think you will.
He offered to cancel my order several times. I told him I don't want the order canceled I want it delivered. I asked if it could still be delivered on Valentine's Day. He assured me that it would be. He told me he would credit me back all of the shipping charges standard shipping plus the morning delivery fee and he would send me an email showing the credit was issued. No email ever arrived. Well after waiting until 11 PM and delivery, I spoke to a representative through their chat option. I explained situation At which time my "connection was Interrupted and The chat session ended. I open another chat session and spoke to someone named Jessica. After telling her the story all over again her response was sorry, we had bad weather today end it interrupted our phone service for a short time. I said well what does that have to do with my delivery? I asked her if it showed a credit being processed for the delivery fee Plus the shipping fees. She said nothing has shown as being processed and she would try to apply that. I asked her if she could have a manager contact me in the morning. After a couple of minutes, that chat session ended due to a connection interruption. I opened a third chat session. I once again explained my story. Patricia apologize for my frustration. She said she would issue the credit refund for the shipping charges. The package is now scheduled to be delivered on Friday morning the day after Valentine's Day. I asked if she could have a manager called me on Friday morning. Her response was "why do you want to talk to a manager"? I said because I want to. I asked her if I have the right to speak to a manager and she said yes. I said so what's the problem? She said well we're kind of busy here now so it would be better off if you called because they're too busy to call you. That's good to know. I have made I would say more than 10 purchases from this company. This will be my last. There are many companies that do what Shari's Berries do. Their lack of professionalism and their inability to provide The product they sell, on time without even a reason as to why it's late is ridiculous.
Shortly after receiving the gift from my wife I was prompted to look at my account as the morning was getting old and she hadn't sent me a message. When looking at my order online (no email for delivery or shipment processing) it showed as a February 15th delivery.
I called support and the agent stress multiple times that this was a carrier issue and not theirs. I'm sorry but if you charge people for a guarantee, a GUARANTEE, any issue that would break that guarantee whether internal or external is your issue. From the looks of it on this site the company just wasn't ready for the massive amount of orders.
I had initially thought the prices for shipping, time, and guarantee were steep (amounting to half the bill) but let it slide as it was one day and it would make my wife happy. For the amount Shari's Berries charge for shipping and a "guarantee" alone there shouldn't be any issues.
I understand this is probably their busiest time/day of the year, but someone at the top has to have the foresight to realise this an maybe not "Guarantee" so many orders. The sliver lining is Shari's Berries did refund my shipping costs, delivery time costs, and "guarantee" costs.
I will not be using their services in the future and it's a shame as the food is good. Great food doesn't out weight service however as I can always get just as great food from somewhere else with better service.
The order department is out-sourced to the Philippines. The sales/customer service reps barely speak English, which accounts for the very lengthy phone conversations of which you get nowhere. They also do not seem to understand very simple conversation and questions. I order a lot and deal with plenty of people on the phone, and have never had such a frustrating conversation. And, I feel they are very sneaky about their shipping charges, since the numbers do not show up online on the page you
Are viewing.
On a good note, I have had their strawberries, and my gift was very well done. However, that is not consistent from order to order. Buyer beware!
First, there was the shipping error. I specifically ordered them to arrive on the day before Valentines Day. Instead, they arrived 3 days before, so now I have a perishable gift that is going to be in terrible condition on the day I want to give it. So, I told my wife the issue and that her gift was here 3 days early. On Valentine's Day I wound up giving her roses in addition to the $30 + shipping for the berries that arrived on the wrong date.
Then, there was the quality issue. The berries arrived in a special box with a cooling pack inside to keep the berries fresh. VERY clever packaging, I'll at least give them that. So my wife opened the box and the second box inside that contained the berries. Now all I've ever heard of these things in their ads were that the berries were abnormally huge and special... like the top 1% of strawberries. What WE got, were strawberries that looked like any old strawberries you would get at your grocery store. There was nothing special or unique about them at all. They were dipped and looked nice, but I can assure you, the grocery store around the corner from me has dipped strawberries like these at less than 1/2 the price! My wife ate 3 and told me she didn't like them. She said they tasted like they were rotten or something... that they had a strong metallic taste to them. She offered me one and I would have to agree... these things really didn't taste good at all. Sadly, the remaining 8 of them are now in the trash.
What a total ripoff. I never thought to look for reviews of these things online but in retrospect, I wish I did earlier. I could have saved 40 bucks and applied it to a nice dinner somewhere. If I could get a refund for these, I most certainly would!
UPDATE: I have since contacted Sheri's Berries and expressed my displeasure in their product. Within a few minutes I was told I would be given a full refund and they apologized for my frustrations. This company needs to seriously re-evaluate their product and quality control or it's going to cost them dearly.
I received two emails at about 8pm. The first stated that Shari's Berries had refunded the shipping ($39.95) and gave me a code for $25 off of a future purchase, which is useless to me, because I will never order from them again. Also, its impossible to get anything on their site for that price and I will never send them a dime. The second email stated that my order had shipped and provided a tracking number for me to follow my package. When I tracked it, it stated that the package left Greensboro, NC at 7:28pm on February 14th.
I called customer service again and asked why did my email not accurately reflect a total refund and how would my package have gotten to me by the 8pm time I had been quoted when it left NC at 7:30, with a delivery location in Maryland. She completely ignored my question about delivery and stated that she saw a note in my file stating that I called and a full refund was being process. When I asked if I would receive an email confirming a full refund to replace their shipping refund email, she said yes.
I received another email within five minutes stating that I know a good thing when I see it and that my package was scheduled for delivery for Thursday February 15th.
Unless you dont care when you get what you ordered and have no desire to be appreciated by a company for giving them your hard-earned money. DONT USE SHARIS BERRIES.
So, imagine my surprise (this may be partially why I am so frustrated with the company) to find out A) shipping is $13.99 (not the cheapest, but hey Shari's Berries have to walk the stuff into the building on an every changing route) B) To deliver on Valentines Day is ANOTHER $9.99 (not thrilled, but likely the busiest day of the year, so I get it) C) ANOTHER $14.99 for GUARANTEED delivery by noon. So now we are looking at $38.97 FOR ONLY SHIPPING. My SO left me a nice Valentines Day set up to wake up to (NOTE: this is our FIRST Valentines Day together) and I was excited for her to receive my gift; so all morning I awaited a call or text, nothing. I attempt to check the delivery status; website won't process request regardless of ISP.
I call their service line (it seems they use walkie talkies to communicate because of the large amounts of static and inability of operators to hear or be heard) to sit on hold for 30 minutes only to be told "We are currently updating our system, please call back in an hour *click*". So now I have no way of confirming shipment without ruining the surprise. Low and behold 3pm and no delivery; so I call back (takes 4 attempts, seemed to be an issue with their phone system) sit on hold for another 30 minutes and finally get to speak to someone. I will say they provided me a full refund with no hassle, so that is the single good experience with them. Getting my money back.
So instead of continuing to fight for any kind of Saturday delivery, I need a refund for what will most definitely be an inedible gift delivered 3 days too late. And calling is no help either. I sat on hold for over an hour before I had to disconnect. I went ahead and put my phone number in their callback queue, but based on the lack of response I've gotten by email, I don't expect their phone etiquette to be any better For what came up to almost $70, I expected so much more than this kind of treatment.
I have tried calling, I have reached out by email, I have been asked to send my order details through Facebook messenger, and after all of this, there is still no resolution and no concern about the missed delivery date or the fact that perishable food items will be sitting around for 5 full days at least before delivery is even attempted. Not OK at all!
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:51:38 AM): Thank you for contacting Shari's Berries! My name is Kathryn, I can help.
Me (5/11/2018, 7:52:27 AM): Hello Kathryn. I went to place my order the first time and my shipping cost was $14.99. I came back not even 24 hours later and the cost is now $16.99. How can this happen?
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:53:33 AM): Did you add to your order? Were you using a discount?
Me (5/11/2018, 7:53:51 AM): No I did not add to the order and I am using the same discount code which is a groupon
Me (5/11/2018, 7:53:54 AM): so nothing changed
Me (5/11/2018, 7:54:02 AM): except when coming back the shipping increased
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:55:00 AM): Groupon you must go through the link provided by Groupon in order to redeem it.
Me (5/11/2018, 7:55:11 AM): Yes. I am aware... I did so
Me (5/11/2018, 7:55:31 AM): And doing so I did it twice and the second time the shipping increased when nothing was changed
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:55:50 AM): If you left it in your cart you will need to go back to the link and enter the site again.
Me (5/11/2018, 7:56:35 AM): Ok. Again... I did that... Why did the price change?
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:57:18 AM): I don't know why it would change. Our average delivery is $16.99.
Me (5/11/2018, 7:57:30 AM): So why did it show $14.99 the first time?
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:58:02 AM): Unfortunately I do not know. The computer automatically computes the delivery fees.
Me (5/11/2018, 7:58:20 AM): Is there anything you can do to make the shipping $14.99 again?
Kathryn L (5/11/2018, 7:58:43 AM): Unfortunately I cannot do anything with the shipping.
This brings me to the second part of my story and that has to do with there 1-800 help line that (you guessed it) goes to a call center in Asia! ASIA! Good luck getting someone that speaks good enough English and can comprehend what you are calling about to help you at all. I placed two calls... one regarding the lack of disclosure on the 'standard shipping' and a second regarding the E-Card issue... neither time was I able to get any satisfactory answer or any help whatsoever!
The third and final part to this horror story is that it turns out, there is NO LOCAL storefront and your Berries are being shipped from San Diego! That's right that San Diego! Now I live just across the river (in Canada) from Detroit, Michigan... the apporoximate destination for said berries and at this point it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Shari's Berries show up looking like crap. Word to the wise... use Edible Arrangements... at least I can deal with a local business with someone who can understand me. NEVER AGAIN!
Shari's Berries lied to me. They deceived me and cheated My Mother out of her special gift that I was promised she would receive 05/14. Although I requested a delivery date again by replying to a letter sent by one of their reps. 05/15, I never received confirmation, then surprisingly the package arrived midday 05/15. The Flowers were wilted and far from revival. The chocolate covered strawberries and cheese cake are completely unrecognizable! What type of business would do this? I am completely insulted that Shari's Berries would consider this to be anywhere near acceptable. Nothing resembles what I paid for. Nothing resembles anything that anyone in their right mind would eat let alone enjoy.
I received several scripted emails from several different customer sales representatives with weird names that dont even seem real offering to resend the order or provide a credit coupon for the same value to redeem at another time. I chose the credit coupon each of the reps. I then received an email each time stating that the coupons were no longer available. This happened enough that I was just simply fed up. I finally asked that they re-send the package. I then received another email stating that the package I ordered was no longer available. This is an extremely unacceptable business practice. We are left with nothing!
This experience has destroyed any enjoyable surprise I had expected to be given to My Mother for her Special day. I am completely embarrassed and ashamed by this situation that Shari's Berries put me and my Mother in. I cant imagine the feeling My Mother had when she opened the package!
I have been cheated, deceived, manipulated, lied to, insulted and made embarrassed as well as ashamed!
This type of business practice lacks integrity, honesty, trust and dependability. The service that I have received from Shari's Berries is unacceptable and is a disgrace to the service industry.
I have NEVER been treated like this!
I called customer "service" and had a very difficult time communicating with the agent. I asked to speak with a supervisor and first was told she was busy with several other customers. I was told to call back. I had already been on the phone for a while and said I wasn't going to call back to only go through this all over again. Then I was told that the supervisor wasn't there. I told her she was giving me conflicting information and finally got a supervisor.
The supervisor told me only one discount can apply. When I told her about the EXTRA 25% she told me she was unable to do it with her system, but another department would be able to do it. They would be in contact with me 24-48 hours later to apply the additional discount.
I have now received three emails from ProvideCommerce Customer Care and not one of these emails addresses the on screen offer of an extra 25% discount, and just restates I already had a 25% discount. They invite me to speak with them, but give no phone number. I've asked for contact information but none has been given.
The additional discount is only $7.50. It is not the money that is the issue but rather the false advertising and their unwillingness to address the situation.
Below is their response stating that it would be a day late... but didn't arrive until 2/20/19.
Dear Timothy,
We are so incredibly sorry. We are unable to deliver the Full Dozen Gourmet Dipped Valentine's Strawberries you thoughtfully selected for Valentine's Day-it will instead be delivered 02/15/2019. We know this is a poor customer experience. Our goal is to help you make the people in your life feel special, so we felt it was necessary to notify you right away with our sincerest apologies.
We understand the impact this delay may have caused so we are processing an immediate $10.00 refund.
If you have spoken with a customer service representative about this, disregard this email and rest assured any arrangements you have already made will be honored.
Sincerely,
Shari's Berries Customer Care
Shari's Berries- We're so very sorry Melinda. This certainly doesn't meet our standards. We will make it up to you. Please email your order information to our Resolution Team at: *******@sm.berries.com and they will get back to you today with a resolution. Thank you. Sandy
No. It was my sister who ordered the berries for our mother. Personally, I would hope you would see the NUMEROUS complaints here... so many you must need to hire a full-time staff to deal with them. I would hope a company would think it better to resolve the problem FROM WITHIN and make things right to begin with, instead of having to go back and spend all this time and money with each customer to try to rectify things. I don't want our mom to have any more of your berries. I also hope she does not get sick from continuing to eat the ones she got as I know she probably will. I would have thrown them away. My sister has been sick so has not been told yet about this issue. I have NO idea why she ordered anything from to begin with unless she has received orders from you in the past without any issue. Just from doing a small amount of research this morning I found so many complaints all over the web that I would have NEVER ordered anything from you. Complaints ranging from bad alcohol smelly berries to fake sweaty, parrafin tasting chocolate coverings to overcharging for shipping and not even the full actual delivery of the berries or always being ONE short in the boxes. Does someone decide along the way to just POP one in their mouth and keep it for themselves thinking "ah no one will notice or think it was a fluke and they won't complain"? Of course someone would complain. I think the direction your business is heading is down. I have found complaints about the bad berries that go back even as far as THREE years ago.
I was also told the delivery would be sent to a different florist for delivery on Saturday. But Shari's Berries refused to tell me who the local florist was that would be delivering the berries. They told me it was company policy not to share that information. What a bunch of nonsense. I finally got an email confirmation on Saturday night stating the berries had been delivered.
When I didn't hear from the recipient of the berries by last night (Sunday), I called her. She said she was home all day on Saturday & had not received any deliveries of any kind. So, not only have the berries STILL not been delivered, there is no surprise left even if the berries were to show up now. But I don't expect that to happen.
The customer service agents I spoke to on the phone & corresponded with via email after a post I made on Twitter about the epic fail were all inept to say the least. The only thing they know how to do is read their script & reply with canned answers. There was not one empathetic agent or independent thinker among the many that I corresponded with. They stayed on script & that was it. What a joke!
At this point in time, I will never order form Shari's Berries again & urge everyone to stay away from them. Read all the negative reviews on here & everywhere else. Spend your money elsewhere - somewhere you can speak to the business owner & know that they care. You won't get that with Shari's Berries. Stay away from Shari's Berries. The only thing they deliver is disappointment. #sharisberriesfailsagain
P.S.- Since I needed to speak to my daughter regarding her birthday delivery not coming and to tell her what happened, she just confirmed that I was indeed upset a couple years ago for the same misleading practices with Shari's Berries and reminded me that her berries at that time were soggy and not very fresh also. I guess this time we dodged a soggy chocolate covered strawberry bullet but unfortunately, at the expense of my daughter not receiving anything for her birthday and me being out of the money to go to a respectable, accommodating company!