ComplaintsforSplash Wines, Inc.

• Initial Complaint

  04/15/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Fissata Wine and Splash ************ are unauthorizedly charging credit cards, which reflects poorly on their business ethics.An original subscription was with Traveling Vineyard. That company no longer exists; therefore, my information was likely given to this company to continue another subscription.

  Business response

  04/16/2024

  Hello ***,
  
  
  Thank you for getting in touch. I'm sorry for any inconvenience or misunderstanding. We've recently assumed responsibility for Traveling Vineyard subscriptions. While they did send out an email regarding this transition, I understand if it may have been overlooked.
  
  
  I've successfully processed your order cancellation and refund, and your subscription has been discontinued going forward.
  
  
  Should you require any further assistance, feel free to reach out anytime.
  
  
  Wishing you a wonderful day ahead!
  
  
  Warm regards,

• Initial Complaint

  03/18/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Delivery Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  I sent 4 emails asking to stop and cancel my order. No response each time. I did update the website to cancel my order too. At the time of my emails, and canceling it in the website, the order had not shipped and I was not billed. They went ahead and shared my credit card and sent the wine. After the wine was delivered, they finally responded to my emails saying it was too late. I was panning to decline the delivery, however, ***** left the wine on my front porch. No adult signed for it.Splash WInes is now saying I need to pay $22 to ship it back. Their untimely responses should not cost me $22.

  Business response

  03/19/2024

  Hi *****,
  
  
  I checked the system, and I see the order went through on Monday, and your first email to us was on Thursday, at that point the order had already been shipped, so even at that rate, there was not much that we could do to stop the shipment.
  
  
  Even if the shipment was refused, the restocking fee would still remain the same. Again, this is listed in our terms and conditions. I can see that you submitted a BBB review about this, and we will go ahead and pick up the package and return it, and waive the restocking fees, but if this is to occur again, we will be charging the fee.
  
  
  I have requested a call tag on the order, and they usually begin making pick *** the next day. You can leave the shipment outside, and ***** will come by and retrieve it, as soon as it is making its way back to us, we will issue a refund.
  
  
  

  Customer response

  03/21/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  

  However. I did send an email on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with no responses. You did have time.

  Additionally, it is a shame that a company would rather have an issue resolved like this by the BBB than work with the customer directly. I tried working with you. 
  

  I am accepting this offer because I have my money back and never want to hear from Splash Wines ever again.

  Sincerely,
  
  ***********************

• Initial Complaint

  02/22/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I purchased (15) bottles of red wine from SPLASH WINES on 2/17/24. The problem was that I spoke to a SPLASH WINES representative over the phone on TUESDAY 2/20/24 at 9:53 a.m. and he told me the shipment of red wine was being shipped on WEDNESDAY 2/21/24. I emailed SPLASH WINES this morning 2/22/24 and requested a delivery date for the shipment and was told by **** (SPLASH REPRESENTATIVE) that the shipment had not been shipped yet. I emailed LEXI to cancel the order for the shipment of red wines and credit the monies back to me credit card account. **** indicated that she couldn't since the shipment was too far along in the process of shipping. Lexi did not provide me with any ***** tracking information for the shipment!I'm requesting a full refund for the shipment.

  Business response

  02/23/2024

  Hi *******, 

  We certainly understand the frustration surrounding the delay, and we do apologize. We can only provide the best information that we have at the time that you reach out to us, and we did take action to ensure your shipment was shipped out as soon as possible. I can confirm that your order has been shipped, and at the time you inquired for cancelation, it was already being packaged, therefore unable to be canceled without having the order shipped and returned to us. 

  The good news is, is that your order has shipped out, and it is just waiting for a scan with ***** to the first hub, and this tracking number (************) should update later today, if not by tomorrow morning with a delivery date. This is coming from our warehouse in NY, so the turn around time should be pretty quick. I imagine that the shipment should be arriving by tomorrow or Sunday, but that will update as soon as they have an estimated delivery date. 

  Customer response

  02/23/2024

   
  Complaint: 21331545
  
  I am rejecting this response because: Splash Wines was unable to ship out the 15 bottles of red wine on a timely basis. It should not take 4 days to actually ship the product from your warehouse in ******** plus the actual shipping time of (2) business days by ***** which would make it (6) days. I didn't include the actual order date which was late SATURDAY, then the total number of days would have been (7) days. Again, please provide me with a full refund.

  
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *******************************

  Business response

  02/28/2024

  We apologize for the **************************. I see your order has already been delivered and pick up from the ***** location, so we cannot issue a refund at this time. 

  Customer response

  03/05/2024

  *******,

  I have a little more information. Splash Wines may be having a serious problem delivering to customers since they acquired - Wine Awesomeness.

  BOTH COMPANIES HAVE THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS BUT SPLASH WINES HAS NOT INDICATED THAT FACT TO CURRENT CUSTOMERS OVER THE INTERNET.

  I did a little fact check and found out that Wine Awesomeness has a mailing address of - *********************************************************. ***** and ******************** has a mailing address of -

  ********************************************************************. *****.

  This is not an ethical business practice if I had only known before I placed my order on the Splash Wines internet website - THE ***** WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PLACED.

  Again, I'm requesting a full request from Splash Wines.

  I'm mailing the hard copies of both of the wine companies addresses to you at your office to file with my complaint # ********.

  Thank you,

  **********************************
  

• Initial Complaint

  12/05/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  This company sends me spam about 25 times a day. I never signed up for email from them. I do not want email from them. There is no way to stop the emails from coming. The links in the emails do not work and the return addresses are different for every email.

  Business response

  12/06/2023

  Good afternoon,
  
  
  Thank you for your email and I apologize for any offense. I took a look in my system and I was unable to locate your email address. So I believe you may have been receiving promotions from a third party firm that we work with. From my understanding, the unsubscribe process can take up to 10 days until they are discontinued. I went ahead and reached out to them directly to expedite your unsubscribe request.
  
  
  Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions and have a great day.

  Customer response

  12/06/2023

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.

  Maybe they should consider using an email marketing firm that does not spam people to get their message across.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *************************

• Initial Complaint

  01/05/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Delivery Issues

  Status:

  Unresolved

  More info

  We ordered two boxes of wine, 15 bottles per box. One box is mixed and one box was specifically ordered "All Red". When our order arrived there was a larger box and a smaller box. When I called the business I asked if they had a 15 count box, they said yes, They said it was "Easier for them" to ship an 18 count box and a 12 count box with both mixed wines. We believe we received a 15 count box and a 12 count box and both mixed wines. These were two different Christmas gifts, so going off the info labels we assumed the smaller box was all red, but after we drove the package to PA from ****, when that box was opened, it wasn't 15 bottles of red but 12 bottles of mixed wine. So, our daughter was disappointed because "Splash Wines" had a convenience with packaging and shipping their order. Our online order was specific as two boxes of 15 bottles of wine, one box mixed and one box "All Red". We called Splash Wines on 1-5-22 with our ******. We offered to correct the problem they could send our daughter the four bottles of red wine, and she could then return the white bottles back to them,but the company refused. My wife has been a long-time customer of ******************** and that doesn't seem to matter in this situation.

  Business response

  01/06/2023

  the cases purchased were delivered and received, all items are accounted for. We apologize that the boxes were not reviewed before they were gifted, but all bottles purchased were received. 

  Customer response

  01/16/2023

  In my complaint #******** I asked for a simple resolution. The order that we put in online "WAS NOT WHAT WE RECEIVED". Our only agreement is for Splash Wines to correct their online order with the simple solution in the complaint.
   Send out the four bottles of "RED WINE" that we ordered and paid for to our daughter's address listed in the complaint.
   We have been a long time customer with this company and expect them to make our order "ALREADY PAID FOR" correct, Thanks for your help, ******** Clock 
  

  
  

• Initial Complaint

  07/09/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I canceled my account and someone on your team took the liberty of resigning me up without my permission I canceled my subscription was very unhappy with the wine and got the canceled confirmation! I received the same case twice the issue was never corrected and I guess whoever was handling never followed though and also resigned me up without my permission making my bank account go under and me get fined ! I am beyond upset !

  Business response

  07/11/2022

  Thank you for reaching out! We apologize for the trouble and we appreciate you contacting us, this was just a confusing situation so our reps made a mistake in changing the subscription. Our apologies, but I see you called this morning and we got it all squared away. We are available via email and phone anytime you need us. 

• Initial Complaint

  04/14/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  This company is based on a fraudulent scheme and has been spamming me for months at a rate of about 20 emails a day. I spoke to a woman called ******** ******** and "******." After I spoke to "Hunter," the spam stopped for about 24 hours, then it started full power again this morning. ******** did disclose to me that they signed up with https://www.w-4.ch/de/ -- that is an outfit that helps people set up drop shipment companies and then spams the whole world for them to find people who are stupid enough to buy. As I am writing this, another spam email just came in: "Blowout Sale 71% OFF: 15 Bottles of Wine If you do not wish to receive future messages click here to hault Splash Wine | ******************************************************************* *****."I am at a loss how to stop their spam.

  Business response

  04/25/2022

  Hi ****, can you please forward me an email that you are receiving? I will send it over to the team and see if they are the source of it. I can be reached at *********************************

• Initial Complaint

  04/12/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Dear BBB: I am being spammed by this company, I receive about 10 emails a day in my business email. I tried to get them to stop. I called them and spoke to ******* who said her supervisor is ************************* who would get me removed from their mailing lists. Regards, *******************

  Business response

  04/13/2022

  Good afternoon,
  
  
  Thank you for your review and I apologize for any offense. I took a look in my system and I was unable to locate your email address. So I believe you may have been receiving promotions from a third-party firm that we work with. From my understanding, the unsubscribe process can take up to 10 days until they are discontinued. I went ahead and reached out to them directly to expedite your unsubscribe request.

  Customer response

  04/13/2022

  Complaint: 17020254
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  Good morning! I did read that message from Splash Wines. First of all, I forwarded one of those spam messages to ******* and reviewed it with her. Thus, they are well aware what this is about. Further, I did a little more research into this matter. They seem to be affiliated with a "company" that teaches people how to set up "drop shipment" companies and search for customers by spamming the whole world. At this point, I receive about 100 emails a day from that spam company that feeds Splash Wines and others because I was so stupid to hit "unsubscribe" >> Thus they knew my email must be real and started spamming me like crazy. I believe they are all coming from the same company because they use all the same template (and use images in the message body instead of text, which makes it harder to for any spam filter to catch it). I want to know from Splash Company the contact information for that company (they maintain no business address) and the key person (his name seems to be "*****").

  
  Sincerely,
  
  **** M

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