Joe B
Post-Delivery FeedbackSep 9, 2025
I ordered 10 Yankee Candles and they apparently were sent if 4-seperate packages. I received only three from FedEx and contacted customer service advising I was missing part of my order. The following day FedEx delivered the missing package and the story would have ended there, I received what I ordered, until I received two e-mails from Monika (Yankee Candle Customer Care Team). The first basically indicated my "claim" would not be honored because ALL packages were delivered and I totally understand that because of the delivery on two separate days of my single order. That clearly wasn't the case on the first day of delivery from FedEx and is what prompted me to contact Yankee Candle advising of the missing products.
It was the second e-mail from Monika that bothered me. In that e-mail she wrote "we regret to inform you that your claim does not meet our terms of sale criteria" and I honestly don't know what that means. I ordered product from Yankee Candle and Yankee Candle decided to ship it FedEx, not my choice but that of Yankee candle! Now FedEx delivers 3 of 4 packages and it becomes my problem that one package is missing. FedEx's package tracking did not state that the fourth package was still out for delivery, and if that were the case I would not have contacted customer service, so my assumption was ultimately that a package was missing. I guess Monika could have simply said thanks for your order and payment, we shipped everything and the fact that you didn't receive all the items ordered is your problem, not ours. It made me feel like she was implying that I was lying, trying to scam Yankee Candle out of product, when I sent in the claim for a missing package.
Now the good news here, as stated above, is that the missing package, containing the three items in my original inquiry, was delivered yesterday and I was going to write to inform Yankee Candle of receiving the missing items and to disregard the claim and that is when I saw Monika's two e-mail replies.
With all the above said, I regret to inform Yankee Candle, that I will never buy another item from Yankee Candle, nor recommend Yankee Candle to anyone. In Monika's e-mail I am referenced as a "valued Yankee Candle customer" and being treated with respect, even in an e-mail, goes a long way toward customer satisfaction and maintaining brand loyalty. Honestly, treatment such as this makes me feel that I am far from a "valued Yankee Candle customer".