Lance
Site Experience FeedbackDec 6, 2025
This is my second attempt at placing an order with your company, and unfortunately, it has turned into an endurance test.
Two days ago, I tried placing an order on your website, which behaved like it was being powered by scented candles instead of servers. Pages randomly loaded, froze, crashed, reloaded, and generally did everything except let me place a clean order. Somewhere in that chaos, my order got completely messed up — yet somehow still managed to go through.
Yesterday, I called customer service to fix the problem, and that experience deserves its own warning label. The call quality and communication were so bad that getting help felt like playing “guess the sentence.” While the representative technically spoke English, understanding him over the phone was nearly impossible. There was no real communication, no concern, and no solution beyond canceling the order and wishing me luck. It was very clear that customer satisfaction was not part of the script.
Only because I made a promise, I decided to try ordering again. This is only my second time ever ordering from Yankee Candle. The first time was a complete disaster, so the bar was already extremely low. This second attempt hasn’t been horrible and seems to be going okay so far — but only because expectations were already on the floor. I understand there may be increased traffic due to a sale, but glitches, crashes, and a customer service nightmare should not be part of the shopping experience. Overall, this has been a frustrating and disappointing process, and it absolutely should not be this difficult to give a company money.
Please consider this honest feedback from someone who really wanted to place an order — and somehow had to fight a website and a phone call to do it. Lance J. Rich