I feel compelled to share my recent experience with Remarkables official website and their main customer support team, which was both frustrating and disheartening.
Initially, I was simply trying to verify if my promo codes were valid on their site. However, due to a technical limitation, I was unable to enter an Irish postal code, leading me to use PayPal. This resulted in an accidental purchase, as there was no option to review the order on their website after confirming it through PayPal.
Seeking a resolution, I contacted their main support team straing away. Their response was disappointing, to say the least. Despite controlling the PayPal account, they refused to cancel the order and issue a refund. They informed me that my only options were to reject the order on the delivery which is highly inconvenient due to my work schedule, or to return the item myself, adding to my frustrations.
This entire ordeal has been particularly stressful as I am dealing with personal health matters, including upcoming surgery. What was meant to be a straightforward task of checking promo codes and possibly preparing a gift has turned into an unnecessary and time-consuming hassle, involving either rejecting a delivery or arranging a return on my own.
This experience with remarkable particularly on their official website and through their main support channel, highlights a significant disregard for customer convenience and transparency in sales. I urge potential customers to be cautious when considering purchases from this company!!!
For what it's worth, I think this is down to two different ways that storefront developers can integrate PayPal--either as a payment method in the storefront's checkout flow (what you'd normally expect: connecting to your PayPal account, then returning to your cart to review your order, and confirming) and as a quick checkout option (where you do the entire checkout flow in a PayPal window, then PayPal returns the completed transaction back to the storefront).
It's not super clear which is which on most online storefronts, and I think that's actually on PayPal, not on any particular vendor.