The item discounted price is CHF 1'200. Ordered it at the end of November, on Black Friday, sure it'd be shipped in time for a Christmas gift. Never received anything.
Tried to write an email to the contact address provided on their site, i.e. service-clientele@fnac.ch: mail delivery failed, (mail.fnac.ch. 217.146.49.41: timed out).
Contacted the customer services (022 306 45 00) several times. IVR messages in French and German: no Italian (yes, in Switzerland we do speak also Italian), no English voice-responders available.
Waiting for 45+ minutes each call, listening to the same melody (btw, do you know at FNAC that phone systems can vary songs/melodies to not annoy the listener?) than the music gets muted or the call drops.
This afternoon I finally reached out a French-speaking agent: asked him whether we could interact in English or Italian. «Non!», he replied, and I unambiguously understood there would be no way to get any support from him.
I asked a colleague of mine who speaks French to ask the French-speaking agent whether there is the possibility - another FNAC agent or an international phone-line - to have due support in English or Italian.
«Non!» e replied again, laconically. There is nothing at all then. Unbelievable. Year 2023, quasi 2024. Client-centered services? Pfui! E-com maturity? Something to disdain.
I humbly suggest FNAC to either cease selling items in any part of the world but Swiss-French regions and Swiss-German regions or to lift up their services to encompass at least the domestic clients, including the ones residing outside said French and German Swiss cantons.
(let me say that serving also the international occasional clients might be a valid revenue stream)
All these negative events and the fact that (i) the item was never delivered and (ii) the merchant is non responsive and provided no valid contact info as required by Visa Intl. make the purchase eligible to chargeback, the merchant being liable.
I am contacting my bank to cancel the transaction via regular chargeback to get credited back the 1'200 CHF. I'd prefer to have the item and donate it as intended initially, rather than let the money enjoy a journey back and forth through accounts and complaining on this site.
Have an happy Christmas you too, FNAC.
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