Meeting Tomorrow's refund/cancellation policy needs attention
Since I wrote this review, Meeting Tomorrow decided to refund what I feel is a more correct amount. I do appreciate that they finally did the right thing, so I am going to change my rating to four stars to reflect the way they operate normally and to integrate their acquiescence to my request. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have used Meeting Tomorrow before; their service was great and It appears many agree. However, I wonder how many have had to cancel their order. That happened to me this week. I do contract support for a company that was recently bought by a multi-national. That company requested that I get equipment for a meeting they were to have on November 17th, so I did so on November 11th. Yesterday, November 14th, the company decided to cancel the meeting. I contacted Meeting Tomorrow Event Support on the evening of the 14th as soon as I knew they wanted to cancel. Their refund policy says they will refund 75% if they are contacted within three days and 50% if contacted within one to two days of delivery. Now Meeting Tomorrow says that while the meeting was for the 17th, the equipment was scheduled to be delivered on the 16th, making my cancellation within the two day window, not three as I see it, So they insist they are only going to refund 50%. OK, I don't agree but I guess it is what it is. However, they are still keeping their 50% of the $89 delivery charge (that they never incurred) and 50% of the taxes, which is, in my opinion, very creative accounting. In general I feel this entire policy is excessive and does not reflect, in any way, a fair accounting of the costs incurred by Meeting Tomorrow for a cancelled event. So, in summary, if you ever need to cancel a delivery, expect to pay for a percentage of FedEx delivery charges that Meeting Tomorrow never incurs and a percentage of the taxes that are never appropriate, Also, if possible, cancel more than three days in advance of the non-delivery date (not necessarily your meeting date, and certainly not if you are actually "meeting tomorrow"). I did mention all of this to their accounting department. Instead of taking it as a customer complaint, they said they "welcomed my feedback". What a slap in the face! That just isn't good customer service. No attempt to resolve the complaint. No attempt to offer any accommodation whatsoever. How much would it be worth to them to handle this fairly and get a good review instead of this. I will never, ever, use them again. I will never ever refer another person to them, as I have several times in the past.
By Tom C.