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Reply to a late subscription box delivery

Late boxes feel worse for subscribers. Tracking facts and an honest date calm most of them.

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Apologise and look up the order

Find the dispatch date and carrier.

Check the tracking

Note the last scan.

Give an honest date

Do not promise what the carrier cannot.

Offer a make good

Credit or a free extra item if it is very late.

Start a carrier claim

Raise it if the parcel is lost.

Follow up on arrival

Check the box arrived safely.

Questions

When is a box officially late?

When it passes the stated delivery window.

Should we reship?

If tracking shows it is lost, yes.

Can the AI answer these?

It shares tracking. A person approves credits.

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