Worst robot-driven customer service experience ever.
After purchasing two photo book vouchers from a local groupon site, I invested several hours composing two separate albums online and submitted them to Myphotobook for production before the expiry date of 31/7/2013. Album 1 was processed smoothly, and triggered a series of standard "thank-you-for-your-order" emails. Album 2, however, was rejected due to an error in the voucher code, i.e.
the company's e-commerce system did not accept voucher number 2. The problem remained unchanged after four days waiting for a reply: why could I not use the voucher that Myphotobook sold me? Their message incorrectly said: "Sie haben diesen Gutschein-Code bereits eingelöst." (You've already used your voucher code). No, I did not. What , I asked, could they do to help me get my child's photo album printed and delivered to my address? The deadline was approaching and I needed help to fix whatever glitch was causing this problem. Multiple emails from me ensued, each requesting urgent support from Myphotobook's Berlin-based CS team. Each generated more auto-reply messages that did not address the problem. Despite repeated requests for intervention and advice, Myphotobook was unresponsive except for the same machine-generated mail responses replete with "we-care-about-your-business" platitudes. Which made me wonder, does Myphotobook have a robotic workforce? Are they humanoid creatures without any rational ability to solve elementary customer issues? Apparently, Myphotobook does not employ human beings at all - it is just one big DDR factory where automaton clones perform the printing and distribution work commissioned by guileless customers like me. Who pay upfront for something that Myphotobook has trouble delivering. It took two more weeks to solve the problem. Time spent on chasing a €40 euro photo album was disproportionally high with limited upside. this company embodies glibness and faux friendliness we see from so many pure-play internet consumer shops. Average product, teutonic rigidity, slow, inefficient customer service masked by false sincerity and a corporate-centric attitude that is among the worst in their class. I would not use nor recommend Myphotobook to anyone.
August 24, 2013
Unprompted review