Just before Christmas I found myself up against the clock to finish my shopping by my self-imposed deadline of one week before Christmas. I found World’s Best Deals on Google. I was looking for the best prices for Wii remotes. After checking out their website, I decided to check prices on Amazon and Ebay as well. I found that World’s Best Deals was selling Wii remotes for $10 less than any other supplier on Ebay. I was nervous. I didn’t want to throw my money down the toilet, or disappoint the kids on Christmas morning. Somehow World’s Best Deals didn’t sound like a trustworthy name. It sounded like a company that was going to trick me into buying a timeshare or spending a lot of money for a cubic zirconia ring- or maybe they would try to use a cubic zirconia ring to trick me into buying a timeshare. I didn’t like the sound of it, but I went ahead and took a chance.
I bought two remotes from them. As I clicked the button that finished the purchase, I was overtaken with a sudden anxiety attack. Buyer’s remorse permeated my being. With sweaty palms, and shaky fingers I shut down the computer and left the home office, worried that I had made a horrible mistake with one of the most important items on our list.
Later that night I knew I had to tell my husband what I had done. Laying in the darkness I searched for a way to break the silence. I couldn’t have been more nervous if I had told him I was having an affair. He’s always been suspicious of online purchases. “I bought those remotes online today.” I said, blurting it out as quickly as possible.
Silence. He didn’t say anything. I hate it when he does that, especially in the dark.
“I got a good price,” I followed up, hoping to draw him into the conversation.
Still silence. ‘They were just $29,” I said.
“Twenty nine dollars?” He asked. “It’s gotta be some kind of a scam. Hopefully they won’t send you a box filled with newspaper and rocks.”
What could I say? I had already been thinking the same thing.
I mean, that’s ten dollars cheaper than Wal Mart,” he said.
I didn’t say anything at all. All I could think about was NOT being able to play the multi player games we were getting our kids for Christmas. I thought about how stupid I would feel writing up little paper IOU’s to put in their stockings.
“And even if it DOES come,” he said, “It probably won’t get here on time for Christmas.”
Somehow that night I became convinced that I had been scammed. All I had to do was to wait for Christmas morning to admit it.
Then, about a week later, it arrived. I had already forgotten to look for it, because I was assuming it wouldn’t arrive at all.
On Christmas morning the kids were very pleased. The remotes looked wonderful. Then we discovered that one of them didn’t work.
“Shoot! I knew I was right! It’s a scam!” I thought. “How could I do this?”
Knowing that we’re in a recession, and my employer can’t pay me and my husband is getting laid off added to my misery.
Still, I decided to write to their customer service department and complain. I figured they would give me the run around and I wouldn’t hear from them again. Wrong!
They promptly replied to my email and two days later a replacement remote was delivered to my door. To my surprise they included free brand new batteries and a gel case for the remote to make up for the inconvenience. I hadn’t even returned the broken one yet! They just took my word for it and shipped out another one right away. With the replacement they included a preprinted label to cover UPS fees to return the broken remote. They could not have made it more convenient. The replacement works just fine, and we are so happy to have the free accessories that they included.
I consider this to have been an extremely easy company to work with. They truly DO HAVE the WORLD’S BEST DEALS. I highly recommend WorldsBestDeals.com.
