Harry & David "Harry's Gift Box" Unboxing

Harry & David "Harry's Gift Box" Unboxing - Major Fail!

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5 жыл бұрын

Back in the day (before I came home from a six-month military trip to find my house sold, my stuff thrown away - becoming a single mom with over $800,000 of divorce debt to deal with) I used to love ordering Harry & David as gifts for clients and myself.
It's been a long time since I've been willing to spend that kind of money on gift, but now I'm in a better place, so I decided to order "Harry's Gift Box" as my mom's birthday gift. I got one for myself as well.
I'm not sure about Mom's, but my pears arrived bruised and overripe. One of them had a big hole in it. I complained to the company, who offered me 20% discount as an apology. I told them since their holiday sales were much higher discounts, 20% didn't sound like they really cared to keep me as a customer. So then they offered to replace the Box and I was so excited! It arrived yesterday and here I am opening it immediately.
Unfortunately, this box wasn't much better than the first one. For the premium we're paying, I expect the fruit to be a much better quality upon arrival. Back in the day, Harry & David fruit used to arrive nearly perfect. It was such a delectable treat! Not anymore :-(

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@kleinster99 4 жыл бұрын

You can send me those and I’ll eat them up! The best tasting pears 🍐 regardless of little color spots. Hard to have a perfect fruit every time. They hand pick over 50,000 pears. But they still melt in your mouth and are very tasty.

@god563616 2 жыл бұрын

those pears are TOP NOTCH. You cant get that taste from anywhere! The season produced the look but the taste is still the same. You cannot get those type of pears from any grocery store for sure. Be grateful that you've feasted on this.

@JJKnowsTheWay Жыл бұрын

I'm glad they work for you. in my local area the pears from the grocery were just as yummy

@lindacassell5915 3 жыл бұрын

Something must have happen in shopping. They have the best fruit usually

@sharkdeepwater8 3 жыл бұрын

True. I wonder if temperatures may have something to do with it.

@JJKnowsTheWay Жыл бұрын

Another comment said it was the weather but what I really think the problem is that they were bought out by 1-800-Flowers and that conglomeration doesn't give the same attention to quality that the individual company does. Check out my Shari's Berries vs Shari's Berries podcast for more on this. Their quality suffered as well after being bought out by 1-800-Flowers

@JesusIsLord_Psalm52 2 жыл бұрын

How were the ones they sent you after you coomplained?

@JJKnowsTheWay Жыл бұрын

Those ARE the ones they sent after complaining

@JJKnowsTheWay Жыл бұрын

I was ordering some Shari's Berries and discovered they'd been bought out by 1-800-Flowers. Made me wonder about Harry & David, so I looked t up and sure enough Harry & David was bought by 1-800-Flowers back in 2014 for $146 Million: www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140930006709/en/1-800-FLOWERS.COM%C2%AE-Completes-Its-Acquisition-of-Harry-David-Holdings-Inc.-Creating-a-Leading-Floral-and-Gourmet-Gift-Retailer-with-More-than-1.1-Billion-in-Annual-Sales So it appears that product quality goes down once purchased by a congloverate

@BriLoveMusic 7 ай бұрын

Good to know. Thank you for sharing that information

@lindaguida4074 4 жыл бұрын

Entirely different from what I ordered!!! 😩

@ivanmischyuk9813 4 жыл бұрын

I had the same thing happen with me 11 years ago: ordered a dozen pears at 50% off and most of them were bruised and with spots. Taste-wise they tasted like an average pear from the store and I didn't find them to be special in any way.