ifilestuff
06-05-2008, 08:10 PM
I bought a Blue Ant Z9 from Best Buy on 2/18. I really liked this headset. It fit great, it was small, and the sound was good. But it only worked for 2 months, then the speaker wouldn't work. I couldn't hear anyone, but they could hear me.
I called the company support line and they told me to upgrade the firmware. They sent me the instructions on how to do this. Unfortunately this required the Blue Ant usb cable, which apparently came in the package with the headset. I stupidly must have thrown it away with the box - totally my fault. So I needed to use another usb cable, but it turns out that the Blue Ant usb cable is proprietary. No problem, I ordered one from someplace on the internet, it came quickly and only set me back about $15. However upgrading the firmware didn't fix the problem.
Tech support told me to send back the headset and they would send me a new one. I sent it back the last week of April. The second week of May, after not receiving anything, I called them back to find out what was happening. They asked me when they received the package. How would I know, I asked, since I am not there. They told me to track the package. I went to the post office and was told that Blue Ant received the package on May 2.
I called Tech support back and was told that they couldn't look that up right now, but she would call me back tomorrow. Tomorrow came and went, with no call. I called again. This time I was told "Don't worry, if I said I would call you back I will call you back." OK.
She said the reason she didn't call me back was because she hadn't received the shipment receipts from that day yet and mine might have been in that batch. OK. So can you check now? No, I don't have the receipts.
I asked what could be taking so long to get a response. She explained that the warehouse moved, so that delayed things for a couple of days. And tech support is in Canada, the warehouse is in California, the company is in Australia and the parts are made in China. So it could take awhile. Well, I like geography as much as the next person and I appreciate that those places are far away from each other. But that is not my problem right now.
I was as nice as possible to the tech support person, since I realize its not a great job and she probably has to deal with angry and/or stupid people all day and night. But I told her that I was quite disappointed with the product and the customer service at this point.
It is now June 5 and I have not heard anything by mail, email, or phone about a replacement for my Z9. I have since bought a Jawbone (the original since the price went down) and I like it, but I like the fit and size of the Z9 better.
I guess I'll just write off the $100. I feel badly because I'm sure that they are a great little company just having production problems. But they really should do something for their customers in the way of communication.
I called the company support line and they told me to upgrade the firmware. They sent me the instructions on how to do this. Unfortunately this required the Blue Ant usb cable, which apparently came in the package with the headset. I stupidly must have thrown it away with the box - totally my fault. So I needed to use another usb cable, but it turns out that the Blue Ant usb cable is proprietary. No problem, I ordered one from someplace on the internet, it came quickly and only set me back about $15. However upgrading the firmware didn't fix the problem.
Tech support told me to send back the headset and they would send me a new one. I sent it back the last week of April. The second week of May, after not receiving anything, I called them back to find out what was happening. They asked me when they received the package. How would I know, I asked, since I am not there. They told me to track the package. I went to the post office and was told that Blue Ant received the package on May 2.
I called Tech support back and was told that they couldn't look that up right now, but she would call me back tomorrow. Tomorrow came and went, with no call. I called again. This time I was told "Don't worry, if I said I would call you back I will call you back." OK.
She said the reason she didn't call me back was because she hadn't received the shipment receipts from that day yet and mine might have been in that batch. OK. So can you check now? No, I don't have the receipts.
I asked what could be taking so long to get a response. She explained that the warehouse moved, so that delayed things for a couple of days. And tech support is in Canada, the warehouse is in California, the company is in Australia and the parts are made in China. So it could take awhile. Well, I like geography as much as the next person and I appreciate that those places are far away from each other. But that is not my problem right now.
I was as nice as possible to the tech support person, since I realize its not a great job and she probably has to deal with angry and/or stupid people all day and night. But I told her that I was quite disappointed with the product and the customer service at this point.
It is now June 5 and I have not heard anything by mail, email, or phone about a replacement for my Z9. I have since bought a Jawbone (the original since the price went down) and I like it, but I like the fit and size of the Z9 better.
I guess I'll just write off the $100. I feel badly because I'm sure that they are a great little company just having production problems. But they really should do something for their customers in the way of communication.