RoadRunner was *very* quick to call me to get my shipping information and CC info for billing after my vet's office called in the Rx we needed to try to save the eyes on two foster kittens with severe feline herpes ulcerations who were at risk of losing one eye each. Because the meds needed to be shipped on ice, I opted for overnight shipping and paid RoadRunner an extra $16.95 on top of the $160 cost of the meds for the two little girls. The agent on the phone was very good about going over the difference between the billing and shipping addresses, as I was having the meds shipped to my work address (a spay/neuter clinic).
The next day by 3:00 p.m. when the meds hadn't arrived, and UPS is generally at our workplace by 10:00 a.m., I logged in to the UPS website to see an 'exception' for the package, and in calling UPS found out that RoadRunner had used my home zip code on the parcel instead of the work zip code. I was livid, because the only way to get the package, which I needed THAT day to help try to save their eyes was now to make my way to the regional UPS will call center in Northbrook, a suburb an hour north of Chicago where I live, and I don't have a car. So I hired a Zipcar for three hours, as it was a Friday evening in rush hour.
Upon calling RoadRunner seeking reimbursement for my trouble and costs, I was dismayed to find out from not one, but two supervisors that their hands were tied by some idiotic corporate refund policy such that they would only give me my overnight shipping fee back. They would recognize nothing of my time or cost needed to pick up a package that was undeliverable due to THEIR error. And here's why:
Their solution, which blows my mind because of how much more it costs them, would have been to re-compound this expensive medication ($160), and then pay UPS for a Saturday delivery at $45. They would follow a policy that costs them over $200 rather than simply refund me an extra $30, which was all I was asking for. Never mind my time sitting in traffic when I'd rather have been home, which is worth quite a bit. The agent was even a bit accusatory ("You already rented the car?") before sharing with me what would have been their solution. I told her that wouldn't have been acceptable because I needed the meds THAT DAY, which is why I paid for overnight shipping in the first place. DUH!!!
I sent a letter to RoadRunner's director of business development, but not holding my breath that he'll care one iota anyhow since they have this inane refund policy in place. Gimme a break - your supervisors don't have any leeway for refunds in a situation where RoadRunner's at fault?!? I work with the public in a vet clinic, and if we screw up, we make it right with the client/owner financially because it's the right thing to do from a business perspective. Already shared with the ophthalmologist who ordered the meds that I prefer to use a local compounding pharmacy here in Chicago in the future. No mas RoadRunner por favor! read more