I've always trusted and enjoyed shopping with gardens4you. Plant quality is good with a speedy delivery. Recently though I received a delivery where the plants just shouldn't have been sent out, after my initial disappointment, decided to wait to see if they would make a comeback which they didn't, that was when I decided to contact customer service. They responded very quickly, just asked me to send a photo as evidence and they would then replace the order if they still had them in stock or refund me, I was more than happy with that response so all good. Easy to deal with this company even if you experience a problem. 👍
In a nutshell: two out of four plants I received were diseased (the other two are in quarantine waiting to see if they are also diseased) and customer service was rude and argumentive when I tried to ask for my money back (which I did after I had to threaten legal action and lateral flow tests to prove the diseased status of the plants, why is it always a battle?). The customer service in question replied from the UK, the plants came from the Netherlands, I ordered from gardens4you (dot) ie.
To get a response from The UK was bizarre as it's through an IE website and I will certainly be reporting gardens4you for using an IE website to "weare" (dot) ie and the relevant authorities for abusing Irish internet infrastructure and cyberspace.
I am also calling out the nursery (ies?) in the Netherlands for their obvious poor care of plants and the many holes in gardens4you in general's Standard Operating Procedures and Policies I can immediately digress from my experience.
I tried to bring this to their attention and resolve the dispute quietly but after the experience with the UK customer service and no response from Melvin Jansen who I tried to contact I am now bringing this to the public's attention.
Save your money DO NOT buy with Gardens4you, buy local or nationally (most local/national stores are happy to order more exotic plants for you), and support the Irish economy. We as an Irish customer base deserve better than the poor service from the Netherlands and rude customer service from The UK.
I have placed to separate orders with you and both have had missing items.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 16, 2023
We are sorry about what happened and we mentioned it to you. We know that on the 2 orders sent packages that were bundles (several boxes attached together) were separated and lost by dpd.
We have after investigation with the carrier as soon as possible replaced and refunded what could not be shipped anymore. It's a pity that your commentary doesn't mention this at all.
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May 4, 2023
Received my plants as per order and in good condition (well watered) and well packaged as they were in transit for 5 days because of the bank holiday weekend!
Shipping took longer than expected as I was expecting it from Ireland and couldn't
find my tracking information using the DPD IE website. A small improvement would be to include the NL DPD website along with tracking number in the order summary confirmation. Good communication when I had a query about my order.
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May 3, 2023
Ordered few plants from gardens4you.ie The quality of the plants quite poor,one plant just dead. They were delivered from Holland. The description is one, but the reality is the other one. Dont think I'll order again from there.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 16, 2023
Thank you for your feedback. If you have any note on the quality of the products which are guaranteed until 10/06/2023 take photos and contact our customer service we will be happy to help you.
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May 3, 2023
have not received my order, can you tell me where it is
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 16, 2023
As we are based in the Netherlands, our site recommends that you keep an eye on your mailbox as automatic messages often arrive as spam if you have an antivirus. Again our confirmation email arrived probably in your spams or deleted items and the only thing you think makes sense is to leave a star?The order was shipped the 28/04/2023 delivered the 04/05/2023.
04.05.2023 13:11 WEXFORD, County ...
Delivered.
Evidence
04.05.2023 07:28 WEXFORD, County ...
Out for delivery.
28.04.2023 21:20 Vijfhuizen (NL)
In transit.
28.04.2023 14:28 DPD data centre
Order information has been transmitted to DPD.
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May 2, 2023
plant arrived well packed and protected - quick delivery
understood it to be a red acer, it arrived green, presume it turns red, but no explanation
dpd 9delivery company gave no advance warning of delivery.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 2, 2023
Our confirmation email with tracking arrived probably in your spams or deleted items. The acer that you ordered is a young specimen which will take its red tint as the text of the site indicates.
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May 1, 2023
I haven’t received my order yet
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 2, 2023
After shiping delivery to Ireland is about 4-5 working days weekend and bank holidays not included. We were closed on April 27/04/2023, a holiday celebrating the King of Holland's birthday as indicated on our website. Your order with Achillea arrived today 02/05/2023.
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Apr 30, 2023
Plants mostly good quality, one batch had small amount of root growth, but have just planted them and they may be fine. Tracking system does not really work, plants arrived quite quickly but no information about timing at all on tracking system. Timing of delivery Netherlands to Ireland often better than from Irish suppliers.
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Apr 27, 2023
I ordered circa 90 Stipa pony tails...they arrived promptly and I planted them within 48 hours. A couple weeks on and 25 have died. I've sent 2 emails to customer service asking if they can be replaced as explained on the website, but have not even received a reply.
Beware to buyers that you may have to buy 30% + extra to account for plants that die...and don't expect their customer service to actually support or even engage with you.
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 2, 2023
Our last email conversation was a month ago and concerned lavenders. You have never contacted us for anything else except the first order which we sent back at our expense because you gave us an incomplete order as well as the wrong city.
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Apr 27, 2023
Delivery partner DPD delivered the box upside down. 30 plants were uprooted from their pots.
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Apr 26, 2023
Great delivery service, thank you. Product was slightly smaller than expected but will hopefully grow
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Apr 24, 2023
The plants were lovely
Thank you
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Apr 24, 2023
Dispatch notification should be sent and delivery times need to be better.
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Apr 23, 2023
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 2, 2023
We have checked in our system no mail and no feedback.
Leaving 1 star for a single order of €134.85 will not solve your problem.
Please contact our customer service for warranty and we will be glad to help you.
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Apr 22, 2023
Paid for items no feedback as to when they will arrive. Frustrating
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Answer by gardens4you.ie
May 2, 2023
Our confirmation email with tracking arrived probably in your spams or deleted items.
We had sent you a second time the tracking of your order following your request. As we checked the status of your order it has been delivered. We hope everything is fine with your order.
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Apr 22, 2023
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Apr 20, 2023
Supply plants etc that are older and bigger
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Apr 20, 2023
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Apr 20, 2023
Easy to purchase good range of plants at a reasonable price
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