Seattle Coffee Gear
Sells open box and possibly used products as new

I purchased an espresso machine from Seattle Coffee Gear in Seattle Washington. There was only one model of the particular machine I wanted. Prior to purchasing I asked the sales associate if they had any other boxes in back as the one I was sold appeared to have been opened. The sales person assured me that it was a brand new machine and had not been opened. I took the sales rep at their word and purchased the machine.

When I got home I started to get everything ready to set up the product – unfortunately, I found several packing slips and invoices to another customer (from June) that indicated the machine had shipped to another Seattle Coffee Gear's customer in Utah six months earlier.

I contacted Seattle Coffee Gear and was told by Gail that the machine was not supposed to have been sold and should not have been “out front” as it WAS sent to, and quite possibly used, by another customer. I was also told that no additional money could be taken off sales price as it was already priced so low. I will be returning the product ASAP — but be warned, Gail's statement tells me that they will fix up the box and remove the evidence of prior shipment from the box and once again try to sell the product as new.

Be very wary of purchasing new products from Seattle Coffee Gear as they appear to have an informal company policy of reselling returned, opened, and possibly used products as "New". Doing some basic searches on the Internet will I turned up another review on this board that revealed another user in a similar situation: http://usashameboard.com/complaints/seattle-coffee-gear-c141192.html

Company: Seattle Coffee Gear
Country: USA
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Site: seattlecoffeegear.com

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