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Vijialuxmi C

1 reviews | Active since Jun 2013

03 Oct 2019, 10:21

Inky shop product unreliable and service unprofessional

Hi, I wouldnt have even selected the 1 star, only did it because I wasnt allowed to write a review without it. I purchased inky shop toner cartridge in october 2018, had to return it november that year, the exchanged toner received was again exchanged in december 2018, because of ineffectiveness of the product. Upon taking this home, my print copies were still shaded and not clear. I was so dissappointed and tired of the process that I merely used my printer for copying persoal documents, for other print copies I paid for printed copies at another print outlet. This week my printer wouldnt come on properly saying ink is low. I knew it wasnt as I hardly used it because of the ineffectiveness of the cartridge. I went to the inky shop on Monday the 30th of September 2019. A very professional young man, Steven, attended to me. He called his manager Two Boy Khumalo, who said to tell me I should buy another cartridge and see if the problem persists, I was astounded at this and then he said I should bring my printer to the shop. I did, yesterday, the 3rd of October. Steven very quickly found the solution to incorrect error message on my printer , then proceeded to check if its working by printing a copy of a page. The page was shaded, I said to him thats how its always been. He then tried an old cartridge from the bin of cartridges and this copy was clear. He went to his manger who was at the back of the store, Two Boy, and came back to say, the cartridge is old, therefore the quality of print. I repeated that this was always how the prints were from the cartridges from their store, and I aksed to speak to the manager. He came through, while on a conference call, with his computer, with the owner on line. He repeated that it was old and I hadnt contacted them the whole year. I repeated that I was tired from my last 3 visits exchanging faulty cartridges. He then proceeded to, in an unprofessional manner, speak to the owner on line, referring to me as she is standing in front of me, it was so disrespectful, and the owner supported him , without even considering all the inconvenience caused by the entire process, saying they have helped me before. Their socalled help was exchangimg faulty toner cartridge that I had purchsed from them. They have sign on their walls saying cartridges will be exchanged if it comes back with packaging, no mention of time period. I normally purchase the toner from specialist print shops, and have never had a problem. Two Boy and the owner, Porrit, were unprofessional and their behaviour was not condusive to reliability and integrity and professionalism. I even suggested that he refund my money so that I could purchase the toner from elsewhere where I'd be satisfied with the product, he refused.

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Vijialuxmi C's update03 Oct 2019, 17:52
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I received a call today from someone who said her name was Rene. Her number was blocked . She asked and I explained about what happened. She subsequently called back after viewing the footage in the store saying that she would like to offer a cartridge for me to purchase at half the price& that she could see from the manner in which Teo boy spoke, with the laptop in his hand that he wasn’t into the conversation. St the end of the call, when she said she hadn’t looked st the footage in detail and that she would as well as speak to the employees at the store, I politely asked if she would review the offer and give me a cartridge free of charge as it was for volunteer work. The main reason hit the request was that it was faulty and the second to compensate for the managers rudeness. She immediately changed her manner of speaking, saying that I spoke over her, that I did the same to Two boy and that she needed to complete the report and was it true that the main reason for wanting it free of charge was because of rudeness. I was very upset saying that this seemed like a set up and didn’t wish to continue with the call. Disappointingly She was yet another unprofessional employee
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Vijialuxmi C's update03 Oct 2019, 18:26
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I am happy to say I just received a call from the owner, of the Inky Shop, Mr Brad Porrit. To my great relief, he was kind and empathetic and wanted sincerely to resolve the matter. It was so good to hear. He apologised and listened intently. After a very long call, I feel a sense of human dignity and faith in our business world being restored. I can now say that I will be able to walk in the area of the Inky shop at Liberty Mall Pietermaritzburg without a bad taste in the mouth. I humbly say there couldve been a terrible misunderstanding alongside miscommunication between all parties concerned.
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The Inky Shop's reply03 Mar 2020, 22:38
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We are happy that we could assist our customer and resolve the misunderstanding that occurred.
The Inky Shop does care about its customers, and we stand by our 100% money-back guarantee. We do our utmost to train our staff well and to treat our customers with respect.
Thank you for the...
The Inky Shop
The Inky Shop's reply03 Mar 2020, 22:39
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...opportunity to work on our customer service and improve on what we do.