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Filtering Materials

Berkey Water Filters and Purifiers

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Complaints

Customer Complaints Summary

  • 7 total complaints in the last 3 years.
  • 1 complaint closed in the last 12 months.

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  • Initial Complaint

    Date:12/17/2024

    Type:Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    Ordered filter on 10/27/2024 under order #TB56999-302 for $408. Want a redund of money as equipment did not arrive when i was advised and i no longer need the filter. I have contacted multiple times via email at *********************************** and phone at ************ about refund and no one has returned my emails or call regarding the refund. The websites i purchased was via ************************************

    Business Response

    Date: 12/29/2024

    Hello.

    This has been refunded. Please update the complaint status.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:06/05/2024

    Type:Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    I purchased a Berkey Water Filter, but it did not function properly from the start. Despite following all troubleshooting steps, the filter continued to have issues. When I reached out for a replacement, the process was ****** complicated and frustrating. Berkey made it extremely difficult to get a new product, leaving me dissatisfied with both their product and customer service.After weeks of getting the run around and trying 5 different things Berkey told me to try, the filter still does not work. Plain and simply, its a defective filter from the start. It never worked. It never even threaded into the water machine correctly. Berkey continues to give me the run around and make this process extremely difficult. They sent me a broken/defective product from the start. I wasnt even able to install the filter, as the threads arent even threaded properly. Im still stuck with no water, no replacement, no refund, and no resolution. At this point Im considering seeking legal action and disputing it with my bank if Berkey cannot get this handled.

    Business Response

    Date: 06/26/2024

    This customer is not from our website. Based on the provided data here, we've looked into our database, and his information has yet to be pulled out. Upon checking his uploaded image, we realized that this website issued his invoice: ********************************************************************;

    His claim is simply a mistake to us. Please delete this claim immediately.


     

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:10/30/2023

    Type:Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    The filter does not work as they say. It no longer filters and Ive had it for two months. I have tried several times to contact them. No call back only an email they dont respond to.

    Business Response

    Date: 11/10/2023

    We've looked our database with your name ,address, phone number and your email address.

    None of them came up in our database.

    Please provide your order ID so that we can identify which order you are trying to resolve.

     

    Thank youy

     

    The Berkey

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:04/19/2023

    Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
    Status:
    Resolved
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    The product I bought was never delivered. They can see it was not delivered by *** by tracking it. They will mot refund me the money until they complete their investigation. This has been going on a month. I can provide an email showing all correspondence.

    Customer Answer

    Date: 04/19/2023

    Hi, here is several of the correspondences including one top the **** I have yet to receive a refund or the product after almost 6 weeks. Is this legal? 

    Business Response

    Date: 04/25/2023

    Hello,

     

    Customer *************************** did not purchase from our website www.theberkey.com. His name, email address and address do not pull up anything from our database.

    Meaning, we do not have a transaction. Kindly remove this complaint and advise him to identify where he bought it from. 

    Our website is www.theberkey.com. He may have bought it from a different website.

     

    Thank you

    Customer Answer

    Date: 05/23/2023

     
    Better Business Bureau:

    I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.

    Sincerely,

    ***************************

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:03/10/2023

    Type:Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    I ordered a Berkey Water Filter and it was lost by ***** I called *** after seeing it was sitting in a distribution center for a very long time and they had marked it as lost and apparently didn't care to let me know but that's another issue. I can not for the life of me get in touch with anyone at Berkey Water Filter. I've emailed multiple times, called and left messages and have tried their live chat that "replies immediately" with of course, no response. It is within Berkey Water ************** to file a claim with *** and regain the money lost to send us a new filter. This clearly isn't going to happen as I can't even get a single response out of them. STAY AWAY from this distributor. And if they try to respond that I didn't use them as a distributor, they are full of it.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/05/2023

    Type:Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    We ordered a royal berkey and a spigot and it was stated that we should get a primer kit for free. it even says that on the invoice. well it did not come with the primer kit so there is no way to prime the filters effectively so it just sits here and we cannot use it. Customer service keeps saying we didnt order it from them even though we got the email and phone number from the invoice they emailed. their website says they will get back to you right away but that is a joke. Its been a week now and not even close to a resolution.

    Business Response

    Date: 01/18/2023

    We've checked this customer with their name, address, phone number, and email, however, we could not locate this customer in our database. We never state that " a primer kit for free" with any order. This customer has purchased the ********************** system from a different dealer and website. This customer needs to identify the seller and make a request with the shop he bought from.

    Regards.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:11/29/2022

    Type:Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    My spigot is leaking, and I'm not getting any help from the Distributor that I got it from.

    Business Response

    Date: 01/03/2023

    Business Response /* (1000, 14, 2023/01/03) */
    Upon checking for communication logs with this customer, there was no mention of her spigot leaking. She initially mentioned that she wanted to return the products due to her financial issues, which we have declined based on our return policy. We did give her a big discount refund as a courtesy. We mentioned that we only accept returns for defective items, and that's when she opened this complaint on BBB, noting that the spigot is now leaking.

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