Really, 0 stars. Where do I even begin? We rented an inflatable from them last year, and more or less had a good experience. They were very late and barely made it in time for a party but the inflatable was great. Then they didn't pick it up for two or three days. That was fine with us but I can see how that could be a problem for others. They said it had something to do with an employee being out sick or something. All fine.
This year, I emailed them twice and called three times before I finally got someone. Honestly. That was going to be my last call, because I figured they must have gone out of business or something. My guess is they're headed there.
They booked our inflatable, but said they'd only arrive at 1, an hour before our party. That made me uncomfortable, but I figured as long as they came..
They didn't. At 11, they called and left a message saying they'd be late, like 2 or 2:15. That wasn't ok - our party was at 2. I called back, and the woman who answers the phone- Daliah Sutcliffe, I believe- gave me this whole story about some other customer who wouldn't give back their inflatable. Ok...that's a problem, but not mine. I explained that kids were arriving at 2, and driving a truck through a party of preschoolers would be less than optimal. They couldn't come any sooner, she said. They were at the other end of the state.
By 2:25, still no inflatable. I called and left a message. No return call. 2:45, still nothing, so I called again. Daliah was SO RUDE and WILDLY UNPROFESSIONAL. I wanted an ETA, (at least another 20 minutes!) and she acted like I was being unreasonable for being upset that they had not arrived. She actually called me "entitled" and said that this wasn't their fault- it was because of their other "entitled" customers. Ooooookaaay. Actually, if you pay a company for a service, you are entitled to receive it, so sure, I guess I'm "entitled" like the rest of the customers she so resents. I paid a $100 deposit with the expectation that they would provide the inflatable for our party. I don't even have a right to ask where they are 45 minutes after the start of the party- 1 hour and 45 minutes after they said they would provide it?! At that point I hung up.
She called back and told me she was canceling my order. I said that was not what I wanted - I have a party full of kids here in their bathing suits waiting for their water slide. She got rude again and hung up on me. For real. Because I asked that they please deliver the service they promised. To little kids.
I called back and asked her to please not cancel, I simply want the slide. I'm disappointed that they've already missed half our party and completely appalled at their horrendous and rude customer service, but I still need the waterslide. First she said fine then she went on about rude customers again, and I said "Well, actually, you've been very rude. You just hung up on me." And she denied it! Then she went on again about how she was going to cancel me. Again I said please don't. She hung up on me again.
I called back one more time, and said the same thing- the kids were promised the water slide. You promised to bring it. Please come. She would not let the conversation resolve in any sort of satisfactory way. Seriously , I don't care if she wanted to hang up on me again after wishing a pox on me and all my progeny, I just need the conversation to end with something to the effect of "yeah, we'll be there. Bye." I said "are we good? You'll come?" And she would say something like "I don't know! You're over here complaining about us and we should just cancel." It was just the stupidest, rudest conversation I've ever had with any customer service or business person in my life. I left that phone call with no idea whether they were coming or not.
They did not. I have to say our kids handled it really well, but that's incredibly disappointing. Their whole party was based around the water slide.
When our guests left, my 7 year old daughter wanted to tell them how disappointed she was. I figured by this time, they must be closed, but sure, she could leave a message. Daliah picked up (maybe the number is her home?) so my daughter said her piece. Afterward I got on the phone and said I was incredibly disappointed and expect that they will, at minimum, refund our deposit, and OBVIOUSLY we and the parents of every kid at this party will not be doing business with them again. She said, "I already did, and that's fine, because I put you on our do-not-rent list." Ha! I guess she really got the last laugh there, huh? So I guess I'll never be able to have two dozen little kids immensely disappointed by Jumpin Jupiter again.
I couldn't possibly say enough about how epically terrible Jumpin Jupiter is. I gave them the benefit of the doubt when they were late and flaky last year, but apparently that is just how they run their business. You are warned. Take your business somewhere else. read more