Dear Amber,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We sincerely regret to hear that you’re disappointed with your recent return experience. Customer satisfaction is incredibly important to us, and we always strive to ensure our return process is fair and transparent for all customers.
To clarify, when your return was received at our head office, our quality control team found that the belt was missing from one of the dresses. We immediately reached out to you via email on November 14, 2024, to bring this to your attention and awaited your response while keeping the items intact in their original packaging. After a month without a reply, we followed up again on December 13, 2024. Upon hearing back from you, you advised us that you were sure the belt had been included in your return but that you would check again at home.
To ensure accuracy, we rechecked the return package on the same day while it was still in its original condition at our headquarters, but unfortunately, the belt was not located. On December 17, 2024, after further correspondence, you requested that we check our warehouse, but as we advised, all returns are processed at our head office, and our warehouse team had also completed a stocktake without locating any unaccounted-for belts.
We understand that this was a frustrating experience for you. However, as a missing item affects the value of the return, we were unable to issue a full refund for that dress. We did refund the full amount for the second item and covered the cost to return the first dress to you as per your request. Additionally, the Office of Fair Trading confirmed that we handled the return within our rights and in accordance with standard policies.
We appreciate your suggestion about photographing returns and always encourage customers to keep a record of their returns to ensure smooth processing. If you’d like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our customer care team at hello@oncewas.com.au.
We truly value your support of OnceWas and hope to provide you with a more positive experience in the future.
Warm regards,
OnceWas Customer Care Team