Bad Northerner Experience

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  • Dunno
    Member
    • Feb 2009
    • 94

    Bad Northerner Experience

    These guys are either the hardest working people on the planet or they're full of s***.

    So last night I decided to try out some lös, and having had a good experience with Northerner in the past I placed an order with them.

    About 5 minutes later I notice they have a warehouse that ships from the US. Being the impatient bastard I am, I decided to cancel my order and order that way (I later found that their US selection is terrible and I read a couple of horror stories on here about the shipping still being slow).

    I look everywhere and do not see a "cancel" option anywhere, so thinking it either does not exist or I'm just an idiot I fill out a contact form letting them know that I would like to cancel the order I had just placed (and paid for) so that I could order from their US warehouse. At the time I hit "send" on that form about 7-8 minutes have elapsed and it's about 12:40 am in Molndal, Sweden - where the orders are shipped from.

    So now that I've realized their US selection blows I go over to GetSnus.com and pick up 3 tins of lös, as well as a couple bags of the new 'Discreet' stuff because they're only a dollar. Not to mention I get a free mystery can (which looks like it might be General Wintergreen from the looks of other posts).

    I check my email this morning and I have a Re: from Northerner. I've been informed that it's too late, my order has already shipped. :shock:

    How is it that in less than ten minutes, at 1 am, on a Sunday night they were somehow able to pack my order and stick it in the mailbox? My guess is they fill all the orders and check their email later in the day. That's fine, but then there should be a "Cancel My F***ing Order" option.

    On the bright side, the only cans that would have been duplicates between my Northerner order and my GetSnus order was B/O by Norhterner. So I've got like 7 can of lös coming. Better hope I like it.

    Sorry for the long vent.
  • sagedil
    Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 7077

    #2
    Sorry Bud, Northerner can ship VERY fast. I have literally gotten an e-mail saying the order was shipped 5 minutes after I placed my order.

    Now we have to talk my friend. What is up with these wimpy a** orders.. If what happened to you ever happened to me, I would be looking at a minimum of 60 cans coming in. I haven't made an order of less than 30 cans in over 2 years. Get with the program!! A freezer isn't a freezer until it has at least 50 cans of snus. And even then, I would think it was starting to get kinda low.

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    • lxskllr
      Member
      • Sep 2007
      • 13435

      #3
      If it was 1am here, it would be 7am in Sweden. I don't know how the process works otherwise though. It may be automated making cancellations difficult. I know Newegg over here has very quick turnaround of orders, and it's hard to cancel unless something's back ordered.

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      • Dunno
        Member
        • Feb 2009
        • 94

        #4
        No, it was 12:40 am there (as I stated above).

        And about the orders - I got a bunch of terrible portions several months ago (around the time I joined) and eventually went back to smoking. I'm trying to quit again and didn't try lös last time.

        There's no way I'm buying an ass ton of lös if I don't like it.

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        • lxskllr
          Member
          • Sep 2007
          • 13435

          #5
          Originally posted by Dunno
          No, it was 12:40 am there (as I stated above).
          Whoops, I missed that detail :^/

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          • Dunno
            Member
            • Feb 2009
            • 94

            #6
            Not to mention that my order still says "Pending".

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            • ddandb
              Member
              • Mar 2009
              • 570

              #7
              Of any of the places I order from online, snus and otherwise, I don't remember ever seeing a cancel button once the order is placed.

              Usually it's three or four step process that you can stop at any time and then a final confirmation screen.

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              • Maahk
                Member
                • Jul 2009
                • 75

                #8
                Bummer. Northener customer service is a bit on the crappy side...compared to *ahem*, another site...anyway...

                If you dont like the los you got from them you can always send it to me Or throw it up on the snus exchange.

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                • sagedil
                  Member
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 7077

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Dunno
                  Not to mention that my order still says "Pending".
                  Northerner's order ALWAYS say pending for about 24 hours after the order is shipped. For whatever reasons, they are slow to flip that flag.

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                  • wadetheblade
                    Member
                    • Jul 2009
                    • 572

                    #10
                    I have always gotten my order from Northerener within 5-8 days. Right now I'm looking at two weeks, and still no box in the mail. Luckily I have snus in the freezer, but was looking forward to my lucky strike, which I ran out of. Oh, and if anyone reads this and has tried it, will Northerner still ship it here?

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                    • sagedil
                      Member
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 7077

                      #11
                      Does not appear that they will now. You can put it in the cart but it won't go pasta certain screen someone reported yesterday.

                      My last Northerner order was 13 days.

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                      • wadetheblade
                        Member
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 572

                        #12
                        Does anyone know who will ship it. Who will ship Montecristo, maybe they will?

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                        • sagedil
                          Member
                          • Nov 2007
                          • 7077

                          #13
                          Haven't heard of anyone yet.

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                          • justintempler
                            Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 3090

                            #14
                            Originally posted by wadetheblade
                            Does anyone know who will ship it. Who will ship Montecristo, maybe they will?
                            If you did find someone who will, the WORST thing you can do is mention it online.

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                            • eyephantom
                              Member
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 333

                              #15
                              I've always encountered nothing but excellent customer service with northerner. I've had a lost order resent, In fact I just received an order missing a can that was out of stock, so they gave me two additional cans with that shipment and will send out the out of stock can when it comes in.

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