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The Tasteful Garden

973 County Road 8, Heflin, Alabama, United States, 36264-3650

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something is very wrong here
The previous owners of this biz were A+. We ordered from them almost every year since 2010. Zero problems. Then we skipped last year, accidentally, but ordered in 2022, and the new owners apparently are really wacky. I ordered 18 plants in March, 2022, received confirmation email that they would ship out May 10th and I asked for them to delay a couple days because we were out of town till May 14th. Then, nothing -- no plants, so I called and I was told most of my original order was not available anymore, but a few tomato plants were, and she'd sub out a few, and refund the rest of my order. That was disappointing and so we went out and bought local plants. I was expecting around 10 tomato plants from them, but two weeks later, 5 arrived. None of them were from my original order, and no refund had occurred. I emailed, I don't know what these plants are, or how much youre charging me for them, and she emailed mw back --about a week later-- that they're $71.00 and that she refunded the cost of the rest of my order. Now, it's June 15th (a month after I was supposed to get my original order with none of it delivered), and I told her I'd never order 5 unknown tomato plants for $71 and she should have checked with me re the cost before sending them. My original order was 18 plants for $167, including shipping. She was upset with me, said her shipping costs had gone up since March, and said she'd refund all my money. We shall see...

Customer service person scary and horrible
I was so excited when I first found this place online, we sat down and looked through their website , they make it look so beautiful and like they actually care about people and plants. Oh how wrong I was! We placed our first order and when we didn’t receive it I called to ask if maybe I misunderstood the way shipping worked. I have to say I have NEVER encountered a rudest human being on the other side of the line. She told me if I wanted things to come when I ordered them I needed to pay more “sweetheart 🤮” and that I should’ve read the information better, and she was just the rudest woman! I said I don’t want your product anymore, please give me my money back ASAP, and she just told me off in such a nasty way, mimicking what I said like mocking me! What a bad terrible and unexpected experience from a place that seemed so nice and beautiful online. They must have a good web designer but don’t fall for it, customer service is absolutely AWFUL, sounds like whoever is in charge of customer service needs to do some soul searching, I actually felt a little bad for her. That outburst of meanness for no real reason doesn’t seem normal. I hope she seeks help.

Took my order and didn't inform me that they cancelled until I reach out 3 times for my deliver info. They are aware of my Revdex.com complaint.
April 20 placed order #XXXXX with confirmation that order will ship week of April 27
April 25 - Tasteful Garden posted on *** that they have sold out of tomatoes
April 27 first request for shipping information
May 4 inquiry through website for delivery info
May 4 Request - Where is my order? responded to order confirmation email
May 5 responded that my order had been cancelled.

They lack credibility and should be investigated.

Desired Outcome

I want my order delivered.

The Tasteful Garden Response • May 22, 2020

Contact Name and Title: *** Owner
Contact Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Contact Email: ***@tastefulgarden.com
This customer placed her order during which time we were taking down the website because we had sold out of our tomatoes for the season. We sold out on 4/17, but were not able to update our site until the following Monday, 4/20. Although we would love to fill her order and ship it as she has requested, we do not have the product available to make that happen. She was notified 5/13 as to why this happen and why her order was cancelled. She was never charged for the order.

Hi,
dealt with a *** in Sales on 8/22 regarding and supplied pictures of dead vegetables which they refused to guarantee. Not only did the vegetables arrived dead but I was put through sending multiple emails and pictures to be told that it was due to not unwrapping plastic. I also find out the *** in Sales was a nursery employee that was not an employee of customer services.
Product_Or_Service: 8/12/19
Order_Number: XXXXX

Desired Outcome

Exchange I wanted live plants sent since I paid for them which would be the spinach arugula beets and lettuce red romaine.

The Tasteful Garden Response • Sep 04, 2019

Contact Name and Title: ***
Contact Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Contact Email: ***@tastefulgarden.com
I have attached all correspondence with our customer who filed this claim, as well as a copy of the FedEx delivery confirmation.
We guarantee that our plants will ARRIVE to the customer healthy and safely. This customers plants were delivered on Thursday, but she did not open the package until Saturday. She also did not unwrap the plants as instructed by the flyer in each shipment we send. Therefore, her plants died because they were left in the box and wrapped too long without air (oxygen) and water. We did agree to reship her Spinach plant because all of our spinach were shipped to early. She was ask to provide pictures of everything because we need proof from the customer in order to refund or reship plants. All of these policies are listed on our website. I tried to contact the customer at the number she provided but got no answer. The customer was asked to contact me, *** THE OWNER, several times, but refused to do so. Therefore, without verbal communication, we feel we have done all we can to satisfy this customer.

Customer Response • Sep 04, 2019

(The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
I have had further plants die and the plants were not alive on arrival. The first shipment did not come till Saturday. Unfortunately, the plants I did receive weren't there or dead, died shortly after, packaging was strange, and I paid for this.
I want all reshipped or refunded.
The owner did not contact me and also had an employee respond to me with her name???
I will never order from this place again!

The Tasteful Garden Response • Sep 09, 2019

It's obvious that we will not be able to reach a mutual agreement with this customer, as we are not willing to reship or refund for the plants that the CUSTOMER let die, due to the fact that she did not open her box until Saturday. I have provided documentation to show when the package was actually delivered. In addition, I would like to say that this customer ordered from us back in February. She had two shipments. One in April and one in May. At no time during the Spring season did she complain about any of those plants or have a problem with either shipment. Therefore, it would appear that the customer doesn't want to take responsibility for her actions, or lack thereof in this case.
I have also provided documentation showing where I, *** THE OWNER, tried to reach the customer and also where we have emailed back and forth numerous times. I also explained in that documentation why I had an employee using my email.
I would like to request, at this time, that Revdex.com view all the documentation provided and make a judgement in the case.

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