08-26-2019 10:27 - last edited on 08-26-2019 19:19 by LiliyaFitbit
08-26-2019 10:27 - last edited on 08-26-2019 19:19 by LiliyaFitbit
My sons actual Ace fell out of strap while wearing it. I see this is an issue more and more with customers. Hopefully Fitbit will do something to help us out. He is extremely upset. This was the only thing that he asked for as a birthday gift which we purchased for him on August 2nd. He hasnt even had it a full month! I spent a decent amount of time on the phone with customer service and other than suggesting we download a bluetooth app to help find it they offered no other assistance. Advised that the warranty (45 day warranty) was not for situations like this. They did offer to send me a coupon if we couldn't find it but after attempting to send it my way they advised that the Ace was too new of a product and they couldn't actually offer the coupon.
The customer service rep agreed that the Ace is built for kids to be able to handle movement without coming out of the band. Even after explaining that my son was wearing it properly and had been for days there is still nothing Fitbit can or will do. I was also asked if I've reported issues like this in the past with our Ace? I'm not sure what difference that would have made but had to explain again that my son has only had this for a little over 20 days and this was the first time we had any issues. I was told that the issues like mine werent actually being reported but more along the lines of the Ace falling out due to a broken band. Now it's gone forever.
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06-13-2021 20:13
06-13-2021 20:13
Same thing happened to my son. He’s been so careful with his Fitbit for the past year. He’s 7 and we made such a big deal over how he needed to be careful with it. I’m shocked by how responsible he was with it. He loves tracking his steps and comparing with his friends at school. We did four thorough walks through the park looking for it. Even used a Bluetooth finder app. No luck. There is no sign of any weakness in the strap. It just disappeared. Seems like a terrible design for a child’s watch if it can just fall out like that with no warning. Very disappointed. Particularly given the price.