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 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 5:37 AM   
 By:   Chris Rimmer   (Member)

Last week I received my copy of La La Lands "The Egyptian", and what a fabulous presentation it is. Everything looked perfect until I tried to access disc two, then I had a problem because I couldn't get the disc holder to lift up for me to access disc two, because the tray liner was badly torn and jammed in the hinge mechanism.

After carefully removing the tray liner, I found to my dismay that the tray liner itself was badly torn, I managed a repair job using clear tape, but it wasn't very satisfactory.

So I emailed La La Land and requested a replacement.

No problem they said, it's on it's way.

There was none of, "We'll send it with your next order" or anything similar, no, they would just send me a replacement liner.

It arrived this morning, the Egyptian "insert" was packed in a sealed cardboard envelope and that was inside a "Jiffy" bag, needless to say the insert was perfect and has now replaced the damaged one, so that my copy of The Egyptian can be shown off in all it's glory.

The point of this "ramble" is to say thank you to la La Land for providing such a wonderful, hassle free after sales service, it really is appreciated. smile

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 8:34 AM   
 By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member)

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 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 8:57 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Isn't it customary for all serious vendors to replace faulty items -- even if the fault is caused by the postal service? Or is this something extraordinary? Just curious. I've been out of the CD purchasing loop for a while.

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 9:14 AM   
 By:   The Mutant   (Member)

They had me at "mixing bowls"

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 10:10 AM   
 By:   Chris Avis   (Member)

They had me at "mixing bowls"

Yeah, their response to The Challenge's mixing bowl issue really set them apart from the pack. That must have been a costly fix. I also recall ST:TMP coming with a replacement back insert to fix an extremely minor typo.

Chris.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 10:17 AM   
 By:   Spymaster   (Member)

I agree 100%. LLL's after-sales service is extraordinary. They go above and beyond what they need to.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 10:22 AM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

Isn't it customary for all serious vendors to replace faulty items -- even if the fault is caused by the postal service? Or is this something extraordinary? Just curious. I've been out of the CD purchasing loop for a while.

nowadays it's customary to be ignored (serious vendor or not), but even if it werent, it's also customary for consumers to give testimonials.

I agree 100%. LLL's after-sales service is extraordinary.

just dont let them talk you into the rust proof undercoating. It's a scam. wink

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 10:25 AM   
 By:   OneBuckFilms   (Member)

Isn't it customary for all serious vendors to replace faulty items -- even if the fault is caused by the postal service? Or is this something extraordinary? Just curious. I've been out of the CD purchasing loop for a while.

nowadays it's customary to be ignored, but even if it werent, it's also customary for consumers to give testimonials.

I agree 100%. LLL's after-sales service is extraordinary.

just dont let them talk you into the rust proof undercoating. It's a scam. wink


The CDs come with it already applied. There's nothing they can do. wink

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 10:53 AM   
 By:   bagby   (Member)

Isn't it customary for all serious vendors to replace faulty items -- even if the fault is caused by the postal service? Or is this something extraordinary? Just curious. I've been out of the CD purchasing loop for a while.

You clearly don't live in the United States. I don't mean that as an insult. Our customer service difficulties are legendary, from airlines to insurance companies to...I mean, cripes, a building supply company I've worked with for several years and have spent several thousand dollars with--and to be fair, up to this point has been more than satisfactory--couldn't deliver some molding and wood pieces I had to special order. I had to pay for them in advance. It took four phone calls to get the stuff finally in hand. And then it was short by three pieces.

Two more phone calls and I'm still waiting. Ridiculous.

I think that's why we get all giddy on here about exemplary customer service, which frankly SHOULD be the norm. It's just part of doing the job.

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 11:38 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Isn't it customary for all serious vendors to replace faulty items -- even if the fault is caused by the postal service? Or is this something extraordinary? Just curious. I've been out of the CD purchasing loop for a while.

You clearly don't live in the United States.


No, he lives in Asgard.

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 11:49 AM   
 By:   BornOfAJackal   (Member)

Screen Archives Entertainment provides the same level of issue resolution services, in my experience.

 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 2:20 PM   
 By:   Traveling Matt   (Member)

Yes, but SAE requires you to place a new order so they have something to ship you other than a replacement item. That's very inconvenient and doesn't pertain to righting the wrong.

You can forget to request the replacement if you go a long time between orders too.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 13, 2015 - 3:06 PM   
 By:   Joe 1956   (Member)

I bought the TOS box. One of the discs, (season 2 disc 3, with "Chekov's" face, for what it's worth) was so tight on the spindle that after three or four minutes of kid glove treatment and begging, the disc simply split from center to edge.

I wrote an e-mail asking if they had any replacements, and they said sure, they'd send one right away. They didn't want me to send them the bad one for verification.

I thought that was good of them, but wondered how long it would take, if it would be forgotten, etc, but there were 14 other discs to keep me going for a good while.

The replacement arrived in two business days.

Sometimes I think others deserve a pat on the back. Good service shouldn't be taken for granted in an era where businesses hide behind layers and layers of phone automation or it takes 50 clicks to find a contact on their web site.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 14, 2015 - 4:18 AM   
 By:   Gorbadoc   (Member)

I was also very impressed when LLL sent me a replacement disc for the wrongly pressed Disc 4 of their Danny Elfman Batman Collection Box TWICE, after I couldn't play the first replacement disc on any computer or CD player.

No questions, verifications or return shipments were asked, each disc was shipped promptly and free of charge. That's top-notch costumer service.

 
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