Bottom line for anyone thinking about buying cookies from Cheryl's Cookies - RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!!
First off, Cheryl's Cookies is one of a slew of companies run or owned by 1-800-Flowers. I fully intend to avoid all of them.
They are: 1-800-Flowers
Personalization Mall
Harry & David
Simply Chocolate
Popcorn Factory
Cheryl's Cookies
1-800-Baskets
Sheri's Berries
Wolferman's Bakery
Bloom Net
Fruit Bouque
DesignPac
Moose Munch
Stockyards
Napco
Basically, each of them offers some "high-end" (aka way over-priced) products of a wide variety of edible products. In hindsight, I
decided to check up on them and there are plenty of red flags that make it clear these are companies to avoid. Just with Cheryl's
Cookies, there have been 92 complaints filed with the BBB in the past three years.
Our experience with Cheryl's Cookies? - on 12/5, my wife ordered a dozen Christmas cookies for my father (at almost $4 apiece!).
FedEx got the order on 12/9 and turned it over to USPS for delivery on 12/18. USPS finally delivered the cookies on 1/3. So 9 days
for FedEx and 16 days for USPS to deliver the product ordered on 12/5. Yes, I called to confirm they were finally received and to warn
to be careful before eating any, After a month, either they are chocked full of chemical preservatives or too stale to eat. Okay, I do
realize we're in the middle of a pandemic and all of the shipping companies got slammed with packages this year. It doesn't require
a PHD in rocket science to expect delivery delays and Cheryl's should have not been surprised at all. It was all over the news the
entire holiday season. Why have USPS deliver it from the recipient's local post office? Have FedEx deliver it. Each time you add a
shipper to the chain, you increase the risk of problems exponentially. Two delays are going to be longer than one!
Okay, it does seem a bit harsh skewering Cheryl's over shipping problems. That wasn't all. We did get a email confirming the order
that contained a link to track you order status. That webpage tells you if your order is confirmed, in transit or delivered along with a
shipper's tracking number and a scheduled delivery date. Guess what, despite a 12/15 scheduled delivery date (10 days after being
ordered), that webpage showed no tracking number and the order still having a "Confirmed" status on 12/17 when I finally called them.
Remember that the order had actually shipped on 12/9. Also, we never received a shipping confirmation but emails can get lost in transit.
I was given a tracking number when I called. By the way, the order tracking page still shows our order as "Confirmed" and not yet
delivered much less in transit.
They can't even get the basics right! No I don't want a refund from Cheryl's. I'm no masochist. I just want to do what I can to warn folks to avoid these companies at all
costs. If you did business with one and didn't have any problems, I strongly recommend you consider yourself fortunate and that you
go start buying lottery tickets!