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Complaint Review: Max Wigs And Hairpieces, Maxwigs.com, MaxLingerie.com, MaxCostumes.com, Ray Lindholm - Shoreview Minnesota

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  • Max Wigs And Hairpieces, Maxwigs.com, MaxLingerie.com, MaxCostumes.com, Ray Lindholm 3150 Lexington Ave Unit 120 Shoreview, Minnesota U.S.A.

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This is long, so here's a summary first:

-I have been RIPPED OFF by MAXWIGS.COM

-I ordered a ceramic mannequin display from Maxwigs.com. They were ordering from a company called - competitor's name deleted - see below) I wish I would've just ordered directly from (deleted). (deleted)offers MUCH better customer service.

-The mannequin looked a bit different from the display picture on their website. When I learned that the mannequin that I really wanted wasn't available, I told the company that I would just like a refund and that I would send back the mannequin right away.

-They have a record that their merchandise was received from me on JANUARY 26, '06. That was THREE days after I had originally received it.

-2 months later I was told that my refund was credited back to my account but when I ask for a date, no one can tell me when it was supposedly refunded

-Max Wigs currently owes me $166

-Dannie, the saleswoman/receptionist only talks about what she can't do to help

-I spoke with one of the owners, Ray Lindholm (cell #651-324-9298) and he ignores my voice messages. I have never left a rude message on his machine either. The first, and only time I spoke with him, he stated that I would receive a check from them within one weekI'm still waiting.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK

**Why in the world am I still waiting for my refund???**



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FULL STORY:
HERE'S HOW IT STARTED:
January '06: I ordered a ceramic mannequin display (for wigs) back in January '06 from Maxwigs.com. I received my order rather quickly, however, it was not the same as pictured on the website. The picture on the website looked a bit more ethnic.

I immediately called them with this issue and I was told that they would look into what was available. I also told them that I was going to go ahead and send the mannequin back to them right away. I shipped the mannequin back to them the very next day. They received it within two days. They have documentation of having received their product back on January 26, 2006. I also have post office documentation.

I received a call back from Ray at the beginning of February and it turned out that an ethnic ceramic mannequin was not available. At that point, I let him know that I would just prefer a refund. That's when everything went down hill.

Since the beginning of February, I have been given the run-around BIG TIME. I have called this company numerous times in reference to my refund. They have documented that they received the mannequin that I had returned... So I am baffled as to why this is being held up. I am currently out of my $166 plus the mannequin!

The receptionist, Annie (or Danni) has not been helpful. She has told me that she is the only person there and that I need to email the sales department. I emailed the "sales department" as well as the "refund department" many times to no avail.


DANNI SAYS I HAD BEEN REFUNDED... BUT COULD NOT GIVE A DATE.

May 31, 2006: I called back on another date in May and spoke with the Danni again and she mentioned that the notes in the computer stated that a refund was processed. But she could NOT give me ANY DATES as to when the refund would've gone through. She mentioned that she "heard that it went through" and advised that I check my bank statements. I didn't need to check my bank statements because I knew for a fact that I had not received a refund. However, I double-checked anyway, and there was no refund from this company.


SPOKE WITH RAY, ONE OF THE OWNERS
June 7, 2006: I spoke with one of the partners of the company. His name is Ray Lindholm. I explained the issue to him. Ray told me that he would have Chelsea, at their California location, look into this. I told Ray that Danni told me that my money was supposedly refunded back into my account.

He then told me that Max Wigs had changed accounts recently and that I would have to receive a check instead of a charge back. He somewhat promised that he would have an answer for me within one week.

It is now June 26th and I have yet to hear from him. I have called him several times and left messages on his voicemail. He has not returned my call. He even stated himself that it should not have taken this long to receive a refund but he is not resolving this matter either.

LATEST CALL TO MAX WIGS
June 26, 2006: I called Max Wigs and Danni picked up as usual. I asked to check the status of my refund. She stated All I can tell you is that you were refunded a while ago. I spoke with her back on May 22nd I asked her who is she that you spoke with. She stated that she is referring to the refund department. I once again told her that I had not received a refund to my bank account. She says Well, Brandi, all I can say is that the refund department handles that I can message them and see what they say or whatever.

I asked her if she can transfer me to the refund department. She said that she couldn't transfer me, she can only send them a message. At this point I said, I will hold while you message the refund department She said Oh nooooI can't do that.I just have to message them. That makes absolutely no sense! It is totally clear that I am being given the run-around by this company. Why am I still waiting on a refund??

*I WANT MY MONEY BACK*

Information about the company:

Maxwigs.com

Max Wigs contact numbers: 1-866-820-3106 or 866-820-3106
Danni will always answer

Ray Lindholm (one of the owners): 651-324-9298
This is his personal cell #

Call Log:

Called the Max Wigs office numerous times:
1/31 10:48am
2/10 8:41pm
2/16 10:55am
2/28 12:47pm
3/30 8:21pm
4/3 3:16pm
4/10 1:42pm
5/22 5:30pm
5/31 ??:??pm
6/26 3:25pm

Called Ray Lindholm's personal cell and left messages no call back
6/7/06 6:00pm EST
6/13/06 7:48pm EST
6/14/06 8:14pm EST
6/19/06 12:55pm EST
6/26/06 3:15pm EST Did not leave a message this time

Brandi
Silver Spring, Maryland
U.S.A.

sorry, allowing you to give a competitors name would instigate others to just file against their competition, to only come back later to suggest their company your comments on this policy are welcome! CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.

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#9 Consumer Comment

Will never order from these idiots

AUTHOR: wldchild61 - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, February 11, 2011

Brandi thank you so much for posting this . It's obvious that the owner of this company is an absolute  jerk and I'm glad it caught my eye . You see I am a nurse who works with cancer patients

and the hospital I work at actually contracts wig companies to supply wigs for patients who have lost their hair due to chemo at our cost. Some one had actually mentioned using Max wigs. This will not even be a consideration any more as far as I'm concerned this will be the last person we purchase anything from. There are reputable companies out there that treat their customers with respect and this is not one of them not only that I will be telling everyone I know to stay away from this company. The owner is rude and anyone that would purchase anything from some one like this or this company has got to be crazy after reading what he has said to you. Once again Thank You for making this public knowledge.

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#8 Author of original report

Max Wigs - I Received the mannequin back as stated by owner, took about 3 days - HOWEVER, MANNEQUIN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE PHOTO ON SITE!!

AUTHOR: Brandi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, July 31, 2006

I have been traveling back and forth over the last month so I hadn't had a chance to update this report.

I received the mannequin back about 3 days after the owner stated that he was sending it. That is fine. However,

The mannequin does not look like the mannequin pictured on their website! I will post pictures now.

Still ripped off......

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#7 Author of original report

Why are you sending the mannequin back after nearly 6 months instead of issuing my overdue refund as promised??? That does not settle this

AUTHOR: Brandi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

I don't want the mannequin back, so why are you sending it after all of these months?

SENDING THE MANNEQUIN BACK DOES NOT SETTLE THIS, just so you know. You seem to think that you're doing something marvelous by sending the mannequin back after nearly 6 months.

You would have kept my money if I would've kept quiet! THAT'S what I'm baffled about!

Scandalous, just scandalous.

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#6 Author of original report

Oh you're not going to work with ANYMORE?? Max Wigs in MN never worked with me in the FIRST place! Rip off! Bad customer service! Ray tells stories. Ray doesn't care about customers!

AUTHOR: Brandi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Ray, you never worked with me in the first place. If you would have, then I would've never had to write this report. Do you realize how many months have passed since I've tried to get this settled?

I did not just find out about ripoffreport.com. I've known about this website for atleast a year or two now. So with that said, I could've put your company on blast long time ago.

I was trying my hardest to work with you all through private channels. You ignored my calls and voice messages. You never even bothered to call me back and let me know SOMETHING, ANYTHING. I noticed that you responded super fast to this report. It would've been easier for you to just deal with me outside of this whole ripoffreport thing.

I have been more than patient with you all. I don't think you even read my whole post before you posted your initial rebuttal. I mean, did you look at the call log? I have tried to contact you many many times. I even called several hours BEFORE I posted my story.

Okay, about Danni not working there at the time of my order, whether she worked there or not, she should've been schooled a bit more on customer service. Your WEBSITE lists a CUSTOMER SERVICE number for people to call. So of course, that's the number I have been calling. Either she never forwarded my messages along to the appropriate people OR she forwarded my messages and the appropriate people IGNORED my messages.

I always asked Danni/Annie for another number to call. She always instructed me to EMAIL the SALES or REFUND department. I DID that MANY TIMES - and no one responded! Annie, as the only receptionist for your company should've been able to differentiate between a normal sales call and a very IMPORTANT call that needed prompt attention. As you can see with the call log - I called MANY TIMES with the same issue. -And I spoke with her EVERY TIME!

I don't want the doggon mannequin back. Oh, and I'm supposed to change the eyeshadow? What??

You're sitting up here changing your story about some return policy and you know it!

HERE'S MY VIEW ON THINGS NOW: If I would've kept quiet about this whole thing, Max Wigs would've pocketed my MONEY AND THE MANNEQUIN. That's a shame. It's been about 5 months and NOW you're trying to send a doggon mannequin back to me!

The other lady is right. You care NOTHING about customer satisfaction! All I wanted was some sort of solution and you decided to NOT work with me. You had MORE THAN ENOUGH opportunities to make this right. Too many opportunities.

You promised me my money back! So why in the world are you sending me a freaking mannequin from nearly 6 months ago?!

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#5 Consumer Comment

Whatever happened to "The customer is always right"?

AUTHOR: Kari - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Wow, Raymond, looks like you just shot yourself in the foot. Your customer service skills are horrific - "If the eyeshadow color is not right, paint the thing like everyone else." What kind of response is that?? How can you expect to continue doing business when you care nothing for customer satisfaction? Good grief! It's $166! Seems to me it would be worth it and if you can't afford it, your doomed to fail anyway.

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#4 REBUTTAL Owner of company

I am not working with you anymore.

AUTHOR: Raymond - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Brandi,
You went above and beyond by posting my private cell phone number and name on this website. You DO NOT qualify for a refund. Stop sending faxes, stop emailing, stop calling. You are calling our orders only number, Annie has no details about your order, she did not work here when you placed your order.

Our policy was to NOT allow refunds at the the time of your purchase, anything else you may have heard was confusion about what the hell you did with your order trying to locate it. If anything you would have been deducted 35% restocking fee + shipping fees for your return. You would not have gotten all of your purchase back. That is a mute point now. We are shipping this package back to you at our cost. Take your complaints about nothing and business elsewhere. If the eyeshadow color is not right, paint the thing like everyone else.

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#3 Author of original report

Another thing about the return: Max Wigs, POOR customer service, Ripped off to the MAX

AUTHOR: Brandi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

I also intended to add:

The phone call with Ray Lindholm:

After fully identifying myself to Ray and explaining the entire situation why would Ray state that I would have to receive a check from them instead of a chargeback onto my credit card? Why would the OWNER say this if I was not eligible for a refund?? He never once mentioned that my item was not eligible for a refund.

He fully remembered the situation even though it was from back in January. Why are you changing your story now Ray?

Bottom line is, I've been given the run-around by this company for months now. Now that I've made it public, they've tried to finagle some type of story. I have documentation of all phone calls

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#2 Author of original report

Max Wigs is lying!

AUTHOR: Brandi - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

I cannot believe you're saying this. Your company changed your return policy in MAY - Dannie told me this during my call to her on May 31st. I ORDERED my wig in January BEFORE your company had any sort of return policy. AND Chelsea gave me the address for returns! I called your company BEFORE I sent anything back in the mail and THAT'S how I got direction on what to do. Don't try to switch this up.

Ray, you have your story totally mixed up. Tell me this, why would Danni tell me that the refund had been processed IF I was never eligible for a refund in the first place! I have witnesses to the phone calls that I made to Danni. All calls were on speaker phone for everyone to hear.

You all just don't want to pay up. I just cannot believe how you are trying to flip the story around.

You all have ignored my calls time after time after time. NOW you want to step in since I have made it public. I don't want the mannequin back. I want my money back.

*YOU DID NOT TELL ME THAT THE ITEM WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE!

*YOU DID NOT HAVE SUCH A RETURN POLICY AT THE TIME OF THE RETURN!

*YOU DID NOT TELL ME ABOUT NEEDING TO HAVE AN RMA NUMBER AT THAT TIME - WHY? BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE SUCH A POLICY!

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Item Unacceptable For Return

AUTHOR: Raymond - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, June 26, 2006

Customer called requesting refund of this item which we do not allow refunds or returns on. We notified customer that they were not accepted and we could not provide an RMA number or authorize a return. Customer took it upon themselves to package and return item to us. We are not responsible for return of funds on this item as it was the item ordered and the item that was pictured. Customer was well aware of our return policy regarding accessories. This item has been retrieved from our stock and will be sent back to customer immediately.

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