I ordered ten bars of Mega Milk 65% milk chocolate as a thank you gift for friend in Brighton back in October. I just visited the family and asked them what they thought of the chocolate, and they had never received it (despite me receiving an email from Chococo confirming delivery). I contacted Chococo customer services and the agent was polite and courteous however immediately rejected the possibility of fulfilling the contract and resending the bars because I was contacting several months late. I explained this was a 'thank you' gift, I would not normally expect another 'thank you' in return.. so I was totally unaware. Moreover Chococo sent an email confirming that delivery to the recipient had occurred, which was not true.Chococo can apparently evidence the package left the warehouse but are unable to provide proof of delivery.I note that there's similar feedback here on Trustpilot from another customer who also sent a gift and it went to a completely different address and they were totally unaware.I'm adding my narrative to Trustpilot really as a warning to other customers; I am afraid the default Chococo delivery is poorly suited to sending expensive chocolate gifts. £40+ packages should require 'signed for' delivery, and it is Chococo's responsibility to ensure delivery to the intended recipient happens. If this isn't provable then Chococo certainly shouldn't send out emails stating items have been delivered to the intended recipient.I think in situations like this, where the contract has not been fulfilled and clearly a genuine customer is left very disappointed, Chococo has got the balance wrong in doubling down showing no goodwill at the outset. I appreciate they're a small business and I also suspect they would still make profit from this single transaction, even if they had dispatched another box of this Mega Milk chocolate.. these are, after all, very expensive bars.Moreover, I would've ordered more myself had this been resolved, and perhaps my friend would've loved the chocolate and his family become regular customers.Disappointed and there's an opportunity to improve things for Chococo here, I am sure.
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