I purchased Christmas light decorations…
I purchased Christmas light decorations in early 2018, priced £44 being the 750 white and warm LED Multi functional lights with built in timer. I used these for the 2018 Christmas period, they worked fine . . . so 2-3 weeks of use, put them away as normal and then used them again for following christmas just passed being the 2019 christmas period. This time though, they worked for one day only . . . .
I contacted the company and was asked to contact quality control, after lenghty discussions and several Emails, they basically washed their hands of saying the lights were over 12 months old and therefore out of warranty. yet I explained that being seasonal lighting, they had only been used a max of 3 weeks only, and my expectation would be for something of this price and quality, that they last a lot longer than they had. There quality control refused to even consider replacing them and even suggested I cut wires and connect then without the multi function controller, to see if they worked, though why would I want lights that were supposed to be on a timer and multi functional, and then cut this out . . . . needless to say they didnt work even by trying this, and the company just said well tough . . . over a year old, move on . . . . . . So my advice would be to go elsewhere.
This is copied from their Email to me . . . "As the lights are out of warranty I am sorry but there is little else we can do to assist". That's it . . . Just that.
I feel it is quite reasonable to expect lights even seasonal to last longer than a period of 3 weeks. I bought a £12 set from Tesco's and they still keep going after 8 years . . . . Moral of the story, you dont always get what you pay for . . . . .
The companies Customer service has a lot to learn regards the customers expectations. . . . . .
December 30, 2019
Unprompted review