Online Shopper
Post-Delivery FeedbackOct 9, 2025
I ordered a sweatshirt from Roots online for my daughter’s birthday. I ordered it AFTER the Canada Post strike had started. I chose to have it delivered to my home because the “ship to store” option was just as costly, would have taken 10x as long and arrived after her birthday. Even though I placed the order AFTER the strike had started, and paid extra for Express Shipping, Roots still “shipped” it using Canada Post - a shipping method they knew or ought to have known would not be able to satisfy their delivery obligations. And because Roots created a shipping label for it, it was considered in transit so customer service couldn’t cancel the order - even though the order wasn’t actually going anywhere and was just sitting in the warehouse waiting for the strike to be over. It is mind boggling that Roots would choose to continue to fulfill orders using a courtier they know cannot ship parcels. While customer service refunded my shipping charges, that’s not good enough. I expected better from a well-established company like Roots. Given that they’ve been in this situation before they should have been able to pivot and ship with a different courier. I’m trying to support Canadian brands, but Roots you’re making it hard! At the very least you need to stop accepting online orders until you know they can be shipped. It would have been helpful if you could show on your website where stock is available in stores - both regular stores and ideally in factory outlet stores too - wherever product is sold. That’s the industry standard and I don’t know why Roots isn’t doing that. At least then you can direct customers to your product. The way it set up now, you’re practically asking customers to shop at a competitor. So overall I was very disappointed with my Roots experience.