Winthrop W.
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Buy only if you enjoy giving away money
We bought 6 Haylen OUTDOOR mod lights based on their 100% satisfaction guarantee and claim of waterproof rating. Once received, two different electricians refused to install them due to the lack of UL certification in addition to a non functional design for an outdoor application. The fun part is trying to get your money back. Mod lighting dissuaded us from returning. How? They just kept sending the same response back saying the lights work and here are all the different certifications that aren’t UL certified. After we got frustrated and said that we would reverse credit card charges, we received info on how to return them. To ship them back to Canada, it cost $180 to ship 3 boxes that weighed 12lbs. They tacked on a 10% restocking fee so the whole experience cost $265. Our neighbor also bought these lights and had exactly the same experience. To be fair, they did return the purchase minus the restocking fee. But beware of how much it costs to ship items back to Canada (from the US) and the ensuing run around from customer service. We rarely write reviews and tried to leave a review on Mod’s site but they apparently deleted it … which is how we got suckered into buying them in the first place. 11-25-22 update: After seeing Mod Lighting’s response below, we waited for this email about the restocking fee. Nothing. So we emailed them and cut/pasted their reply. Mod Lighting confirmed that they would refund the restocking fee and asked if we would update (or remove) our negative rating. We are still waiting for this refund of the restocking fee. Once this refund goes thru we would be happy to update our opinion of how customer returns are handled. 12-1-22 update: Mod Lighting refunded the restocking fee as promised. Ideally, they would've also paid the $180 return as most ecommerce sites handle shipping returns especially under a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Hence, still the lower 2 star rating.
Response from MOD LIGHTING· Nov 23, 2022
Hello Winthrop, we are sorry to hear that you were not satisfied with the service we offered! We do sincerely apologize for having you return the parcels to Canada, we only had a return depot in Canada previously when you requested the return, however, we are excited to announcement our new US return depot which will be effective starting Dec 1, 2022 and customers who are not satisfied with their purchases can return their parcels to our US return depot. That said, we were unaware that the return cost of your shipment would cost that much, as the parcels are really small. That said, we are also happy to waive the restocking fee, and have sent you an email with regards to that! Your refund was already processed by the team as well on Nov 16th, 2022. Thanks again for your business!



