Serious warning - AVOID shipping with TNT!
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The Chinese shipping agents prefer the carriers with the lowest rates. For most destinations that is Fedex, followed by DHL Express. As far as I can tell, TNT is normally only used if the bigger carriers are booked out, e.g. around Chinese New Year.stick-o-me wrote:[…] a lot of third party pressure to use only TNT in China.
Doll Sweet is the only manufacturer that favours TNT. It's totally beyond me why - TNT costs about twice as much as shipping with DHL Express, and DHL Express is 2-3 times faster than TNT. It just makes absolutely no sense.
Since Sam pm'd me about the body - this shipment probably does not qualify as 'real' shipping damage by TNT standards, at least that's what they decided after hours on the phone:
Shipment delivered with minor damage.
Let's take a closer look at a minor damage by TNT standards:
That's how the boxes are transported on the last mile:
That's authentic TNT equipment.
Well, a few 'scratches' at the edge… no biggie…
Oops, there is a 'crinkle' in the middle of the carton. How did they manage to accomplish this?
Now it starts to get scary… after removing the remaining plastic foil there is nothing to keep the carton together…
…except that "TNT tape". They applied that after I rejected the first delivery attempt. They promised to enclose the damaged carton into another carton. They did not even keep this promise and just applied some tape on the edges.
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Again, this is considered a minor damage by TNT standards.
I definitely do not want to see a major damage by TNT standards…
Questions raised:
1. What the heck are these people doing to our shipments?
2. …and why insists Doll Sweet to ship with TNT?
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"Once a upon a time, there was this glorious doll company that ships their doll in a very unique awesome box. Everything in the kingdom is fine until they decided to shove in toilet paper off their shipment and decided to go cheap."
Did I get the story right Loneranger? When does the big bad wolf enter?
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PS: TNT reminds me of Ace Ventura
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Ok, thanks for the info. I can only say that everytime I get a package delivered by tnt, it is usually beaten up pretty badly.Dollstudio wrote:The Chinese shipping agents prefer the carriers with the lowest rates.
As a customer I would be devastated to receive a 3k-4k € doll like that. Several years of savings and all that exitement and anticipation destroyed by some degenerated idiots. Not even talking about the losses the vendor has to endure. It is messed up. I completely understand and support your desicion to halt any DS sales. I just hope you will be able to get some compensation from tnt.
@RJAce1014: Ace ventura is on point. Sadly there is a lot of truth in that scene.
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Hello Sandro.Dollstudio wrote: In November 2016 is issued a public warning from using TNT and instructed all my business partners to avoid TNT at any cost. Most of them did honor this request, but not all.
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This incident is the tip of an iceberg which forces me to suspend all Doll Sweet sales until the ongoing shipping issues are resolved.
Shipping for pending orders will be fulfilled through a trusted third party, but not through the manufacturer itself anymore.
I will post details in my vendor forum.
Sandro
I saw this post and it got my blood boiling again... I thought I was alone when TNT severely damaged my package as well. The package was split open on the sides just like the pictures you posted. The only thing holding it together was some loose plastic. You could see the pink foam about to fall out. The contents were all jumbled and there was skeletal damage to my 167. My 167's feet were damaged and the spine does not move all the way.
Just as bad if not worse, was the terribly rude and incompetent "customer service". I spent hours on the phone pleading with rep after rep for almost a month and getting nowhere. Only one guy helped me.
This is really the worst company I have ever dealt with and the worst experience I've had in years!!
I will never buy anything that ships with TNT again and I always insist to use anyone else. It's not worth the trouble.
***I have to backup your warning to avoid them at all costs.
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seriously though. my doll i got last week(not tnt) still looks like someone tried to cave her eye socket in. its got a flat spot and the eye is part closed. i know how gutted i was when seen that. couldn't fathom the feeling of unpacking those boxes and finding that carnage inside. disgusting practice
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It's your $$$$ why would you send it to someone that does not care enough to see to it that their product is safely delivered?
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This is only applied to buyers not vendors. Vendors has their own shipment plan unless your vendor is only proxy. There's vendors that goes through their warehouse first for check.
Cheese,
RJ
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I can't help but feel sorry seeing the pictures.
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I will leave that to Sandro and Doug to discuss if they so choose to allow that story and those images to be posted in this thread but here is a spoiler...
please advise me if you want it eased....I am pretty certain Doug paid out arefund or replaced the doll, to help that bloke out and is still chasing TNT for the damages.
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