I placed on order online (Order # 2559227) on 27 May 2020, battled for half an hour to pay them, only to discover the next day that 2 items were out of stock and that they took it upon themselves to mark it as "cancelled" MAK2552997 (by the sound of things this is the norm, or are the CRM managers maybe wondering why so many customers are cancelling parts of their orders?). What peeved me was the fact that they took the full amount from my credit card and only notified me the next day that there was no stock! They promised to refund me within 7 days, but from what I'm hearing, I am going to have to kiss my refund goodbye... All good and well if they refund me, but in the mean time I'm paying extra interest FOR 7 DAYS on an amount on my credit card which could have been avoided by having items marked as out of stock WHILE YOU BROWSE (like all other online shops do) or notifying me at checkout BEFORE taking payment for it (like all other online shops do)!
Then this morning I receive an e-mail from them saying that my goods have been transferred to the courier service and that they "will send me an e-mail on the day that they will deliver it to my home" - clearly implying that it will not be today. Without receiving any sms, the couriers arrived unannounced at my home while I was in the shops for my 2-weekly provision run. I have an autoimmune disease which makes me more prone to catch virusses so I'm actually still under lockdown but have no one else to go in my place - hence only 2 weekly outings of no more than an hour. I had to RACE back home, only to have the courier person insist I COMPLETE AN ENTIRE FORM USING A PEN, NOTING MY ADDRESS, FULL NAMES, ID NUMBER AND DATE AND SIGNATURE.
YOU MUST BE JOKING?! I reluctantly signed my signature with my own pen whilst the driver was holding the clipboard for me as best he could at 1.5metres... I then receive the package and Makro's idea of "safe wrapping for transport purposes" involves wrapping a heater haphazardly along with 2 safety goggles with CELLOPHANE (that's right: "Glad Wrap"!!) into a 30L black tote! No bubble wrap, no air-cushions, no polystyrene, NOTHING! I'm disgusted!
Seriously, MAKRO: You were supposed to have this online thing down by now, don't you think?
It's strange that items not marked as essential items under level 5 mysteriously ran out on the online website... Where did the stock go if you weren't allowed to sell it in-store or online, MAKRO? I suppose you just sent it back to your warehouse, huh?