Hagen and their customer service.

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Firstly it was ordered online. Secondly it came in perfect condition. It cracked by the over hang and leaked water. It has done nothing more than sit on the back of my tank with me removing filter media so no way it cracked other than from a defect in the plastic.

I'm complaining because it sat in there shop for 2 weeks almost and they lost it. Only reason they shipped it back to me is because I sat through 1.5 hours of hold while at work. You sit on hold for more than 30 minutes and let me know how it makes you feel about customer service. I couldn't email them because they had taken their online customer service website and what not down for a couple weeks of maintinence without so much as a email to me to notify my of what was happening. The goofy thing was when I inquired about getting it replaced they told me that it wasn't covered and the part would be 50 dollars, I could but whole other filter for that price ya know. I bought the filter for 80 so that price makes no sense. The whole process was a complete mess and if it wasn't for my persistence I feel I never would have gotten the case back. I'm just stressed out that I had to pretty much coax them along in this process when there was no reason for it. They should have gotten my part, opened the box replaced with a new part and mailed it back same day. Its that simple, having previous done time in this exact field a few years ago I can say that is how it goes.
 
kamikaziechameleon;5083080; said:
Firstly it was ordered online. Secondly it came in perfect condition. It cracked by the over hang and leaked water. It has done nothing more than sit on the back of my tank with me removing filter media so no way it cracked other than from a defect in the plastic.

I'm complaining because it sat in there shop for 2 weeks almost and they lost it. Only reason they shipped it back to me is because I sat through 1.5 hours of hold while at work. You sit on hold for more than 30 minutes and let me know how it makes you feel about customer service. I couldn't email them because they had taken their online customer service website and what not down for a couple weeks of maintinence without so much as a email to me to notify my of what was happening. The goofy thing was when I inquired about getting it replaced they told me that it wasn't covered and the part would be 50 dollars, I could but whole other filter for that price ya know. I bought the filter for 80 so that price makes no sense. The whole process was a complete mess and if it wasn't for my persistence I feel I never would have gotten the case back. I'm just stressed out that I had to pretty much coax them along in this process when there was no reason for it. They should have gotten my part, opened the box replaced with a new part and mailed it back same day. Its that simple, having previous done time in this exact field a few years ago I can say that is how it goes.

No need to throw a hissy fit buddy. This kind of thing happens all the time wether it be with Hagen or even phone companies at times. Just move on and put it all behind you :chillpill:
 
Sometimes people just want to vent or let others know how it went. I dont see why anyone has to give him crap about it. Telling him hes desperate and should have extra filters, sorry King, not everyone has everything. I would be pissed too..and he sees it differently, once you work in customer service you may have a different appreciation for it. There such a monster company you are probly right...had piles of customers in front of him.
 
irishfan;5083854; said:
Sometimes people just want to vent or let others know how it went. I dont see why anyone has to give him crap about it. Telling him hes desperate and should have extra filters, sorry King, not everyone has everything. I would be pissed too..and he sees it differently, once you work in customer service you may have a different appreciation for it. There such a monster company you are probly right...had piles of customers in front of him.


Thanks for understanding. I came on here after sitting on hold for 50 minutes the second time I called and was so exasperated I probably came across a little unreasonable. I'm not so upset I wouldn't call aqua clear the best product out there for the money, they make amazing stuff and are miles ahead of everyone else. That being said they could have gone a long way towards improving there customer service. It was more difficult than it need be. I shouldn't have had to worry about ever getting my part back(I mean the broken one, forget about the replacement) ya know but that was a honest to god worry when their online component went down without warning and they stopped responding to my emails, I thought they were going out of business or something it was that goofy trying to get through to them. I could have dealt without that filter for 2 weeks easy but its been down for almost 3 weeks and will be out for almost 4 when all is said and done. Its a long enough period in time to make you wonder if its worth 50 dollars or so for a supplimental filter. I'm kinda pinching pennies because of a impending move here and I'm just not up for the expense so I was really hinging on this going smoother than it went.

Hagens people wheren't mean or anything just neglectful.
 
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