Dear John,
We deeply apologise for the inconvenience and frustration caused by your recent experience with ThriftyFox. Your feedback highlights a significant shortcoming on our part, and we are truly sorry for letting you down during such an important occasion.
The cancellation of your order without notification or explanation is entirely unacceptable, and we take full responsibility for this failure. While it was indeed a system glitch within Shopify that prevented the notification from being sent, it is ultimately our responsibility to ensure seamless communication with our customers, regardless of the tools we use. We deeply regret that this oversight caused your son to miss out on his 21st birthday gift, a milestone that deserved to be celebrated without such stress.
We understand and accept your review and the 1-star rating. Your frustration is justified, and we sincerely appreciate you taking the time to detail your experience. It serves as an important lesson for us to improve not only our systems but also our processes to ensure customers are kept informed and valued at every step.
We are already reviewing our notification and order management processes to ensure that this does not happen to any other customer in the future. Your feedback will drive us to work harder to provide the excellent service we strive for and that our customers deserve.
Once again, we deeply apologise for this experience and the disappointment it caused. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention, and we truly appreciate your honesty and feedback.
Sincerely,
The ThriftyFox Team