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Legacybox has a rating of 2.5 stars from 827 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Legacybox most frequently mention customer service, thumb drive and poor quality. Legacybox ranks 4th among Video Converter sites.
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Not a customer centric company. I ordered a 40 item box. My elderly siblings and I ( all in our senior + years) discussed getting the old movies out of our closets/attics. I told them to get it to me over thanksgiving and I was going to surprise them with the box. I bought the box a few weeks ago. It is a prepaid order of 40 items. You get an empty box. No one found their films, they both assumed they had them but they were not there. So, I want to return "empty box" and get a refund. Spoke with customer service person ( that's a misnomer) and said it will cost me $200 restocking fee to return the "empty" box. Understand they want me to give them $200 for putting an empty box back on the shelf. I complained but told me "sorry our policy is 20% plus additional fees which brings it to almost 30% of my original order. The order is only a few weeks old! His advice was to scrounge around friends and relatives to come up to the 40 items. I then asked to at least be credited back to the current holiday sales pricing we all have seen bombarding our inbox. No. Per "policy" I cannot do that. I complained as I paid twice the current sale price just a few weeks ago and I have a problem. "Nope sorry". Then typical technique he used to get me off the phone was to say he will send my complaint up to the billing department and maybe they can do something for you. He assured me I would hear from them. Really! So billing department is now customer not service as well, never heard from them! Legacy Box is NOT customer centric. Their "policy" is so pre current business environment service levels. I have to report less than 1 star. Since they probably have an elderly customer base, maybe they are able to take advantage of us. Adam Boeselager and Nick Macco I am very disappointed. By the way did either of you ever buy from Amazon and got something you needed to return?...
I'm going to stick to facts. They say 10-12 weeks for delivery. They have NO customer service number anywhere on their site. I had to contact them on a form, and then they gave me their number. I am apparently beyond 10 weeks but less than 12 weeks according to their receipt of my package. But here's the kicker, they are running behind. They might be 14-16 weeks now, and if I'd like to pay a "rush" fee they can get it to me in 10-12 business days for $146. So to get it to me in the time I was GIVEN I have to pay a ransom fee to get it before Christmas. The service rep I finally talked to said they can't "rush" it for free, and I said "I'm not asking you to rush it, I'm asking you to get it to me IN THE PROMISED TIME FRAME". She said she doesn't have the power to do that. So now I have to 'wait' for a manager to call me in the next 24 hours, and hope I don't miss their #800 spam looking call. Worst customer service experience ever. But man, their marketing is incredible. Let's slash prices so that we have TOO MANY orders for our staff, and make less money per transaction, so our service will suck in the end. #1 I had about 200 more items to send but was testing out this process with only 60 for now. So they just lost $1000's on me by giving me a horrible experience in the appetizer. And judging from the 3.6 on here, I'd say I'm not the only disappointed person. I personally have 107 reviews on google all 5.0, and take great pride in my service. This company will eventually lose every single person they do business with by NOT giving service and automated messages that lie profusely.
Legacybox reached out to me by e-mail to let me know that the quality of the videos wasn't the greatest, but they tried their best. I honestly didn't know what to expect because the videos were over twenty years old. I was able to watch the videos in the end, which I'm absolutely grateful for. I'll definitely come back with more videos to be converted.
The reproductions were just okay (nothing fancy) but good luck cancelling the subscription. I notified LB that I was purchasing one year of subscription, then low and behold, another charge appeared on my bank card. I then had to go thru a string of emails to get it cancelled.
I received someone else's video and mine is missing. The company has done NOTHING to fix this. No return emails or phone calls. I'm hoping to find the rightful owner of the video I did receive which is footage of a Houston livestock rodeo. I'm also hoping to find my video which is footage from high school days of family and friends around 1995. Do not trust this company with your personal belongings.
I ordered a box and then changed my mind before I used it. Their site says this type of return would cost me the shipping and a restocking fee, which didn't sound too bad. Unfortunately I later found out that they said it would actually cost me 20% of the msrp of the box. Imagine my surprise when I found out that they charged me $140 for the shipping and restocking. They told me I could just throw away the box they sent. This is crazy and would not recommend using these thieves!
I signed up for promotional emails thinking they'd let me know when they had a sale going on. I'm a past customer with more old films to convert someday. Whoa! Bad idea. Beware! Every day I get several promotional emails flooding my inbox. And Unsubscribe doesn't work. Good grief! How many sales do they have going on that they have to email me every single day? Give me a break already. I'm about to block them if they don't respond to my latest request to Unsubscribe.
Excellent experience with Legacy taking care of my cassette tapes of my mother reading books to my kids so many years ago. The updates are priceless, received your box, checked in, you are up next, we are working on the poor quality of the audio, and here is your download!
The constant updates are so meaningful with caring concern for my personal memories.
I would never recommend this company. I have been waiting over three months for my tapes and I keep getting emails telling me they're waiting for a spot to open as they're having help issues? If you're having help issues and can't keep up with the orders you already have, why do you keep advertising on all the local media stations about you current deals? I am presently trying to get my tapes and my money back. They have no problem collecting your payment in full before they do one thing for you. I still have not have one email response, just "We're waiting for a lot to open". BEWARE AND STAY AWAY!
Legacy Box was easy to work with. I called Customer Support to make sure I understood what to do. Package arrived sooner than I expected. They kept me informed on the progress like they said they would. Only one small problem when I received the dvd's. I sent in 35mm slides and some of the slides were copied backwards. Since this was not an heirloom, it wasn't that big of a problem. I think a little more attention should be paid when it comes to slides. That's why 4 stars.
I had 25 films from 1970's and 1980's and labeled the 1st several by subject (year in Morocco, Europe trip, and home to US) then rubber banded the as so. The rest were labeled by following years. Legacy copied what they could but mingled at random the years and subjects. My dvd was a mess! No apology, no refund, no remake!
What a great company! Beautiful work, excellent customer service, highly recommend them!
The media I submitted was over 60 years old and still they were able to convert a small portion of my wedding film so I will be able to share it with my children and grandchildren. Legacy Box was very diligent in keeping me updated on the process. I am very pleased with the results.
The transfers they did were of high quality. It just took several months to get everything back. Unless you pay an extra fee to get at the front of the line, expect to wait a long time.
I found it pretty smooth, but it took a lot longer than expected. And I recently found someone else's packaging in my returned box
I rediscovered four 8mm film canisters from the 40s to the 60s. Legacybox converted everything, understanding that I wanted every inch, even if the lighting wasn't good. They make me so happy and I can now share them with other family members.
I purchased a discounted e-deal, but it was not clear how to use the discount code. Email support helped with the details.
I am thrilled to have my parents' wedding reel-to-reel along with many videos of our family and my own musical experiences over the years transferred to a zip drive that is playable instead of deteriorating away on unplayable tape. One of them did not transfer correctly, and the folks at LegacyBox sent me a label to return it and have it processed at priority speed. It is now functioning just as well as the others.
Legacybox really came through for us! They rushed my order and did a really quality job!
Great convenient new media opened the door for our spread out family, to share our memories.
Answer: All Video and Film Transfers are done so at 480P. Additionally, we convert almost all consumer formats of videotapes, photos, film reels, and audio. Here's a full list of formats we can digitize: *Videotapes: VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, S-VHS-C, Betamax, Hi8, Digital8, Video8, MiniDV, HD MiniDV, and MicroMV A note on foreign tapes: We can convert most PAL and SECAM consumer format tapes. The only foreign format we cannot currently convert are PAL and SECAM Betamax tapes. Just put a note in your box if you have a PAL tape. *Film: 8mm, Super8,16mm, and Super16 A note on sound: Since sound on film is so rare, and to ensure we're providing the highest quality transfers, it is not our standard process to digitize film with sound. *Photos: 35mm Slides, Photo Prints (up to 8.5 x 11"), and 35mm Negatives A note on photo packaging: When sending in your photos, slides, or negatives, we ask that you remove them from any extraneous container, group them in bundles of 25 and place them in clear plastic ziplock bags or envelopes. *Audio: Standard Audio Cassette Tapes, Mini Cassettes, Micro Cassettes, and 1/4" Reel-to-Reel Audio If you have any more questions, let me know. I am happy to help!
Answer: Legacybox sends everything back to you along with any thumb drives, CD's you ordered.
Answer: No. Just went through this with them. It's a "tough luck" and they keep your money.
Answer: Nope. They took 3 months to tell me an item was "damaged" and then told me their refund policy was 20% or more of the media damaged to give any refund.
Answer: Hi Judy, Great question! We ask that slides be grouped into sets of 25 (one item) either in an envelope or ziplock bag. We will provide small barcode stickers to apply to each bag of 25. Slides will be processed in numerical order, according to those barcodes. The order within each set of 25 is not guaranteed as there are alternate factors such as shipping where they could move around. The digital files are free from any copyrights so you can very easily re-order them however you'd like once you receive them back! Please reach out to our customer service team for the fastest responses at [email protected] if there is anything else we can help you with!
Answer: Hello, thank you for reaching out to us! Yes, the digital files you receive back are free from any copyrights so you are more than welcome to edit them as you see fit. Please reach out to our customer service team directly at [email protected] if there is anything else we can help you with for a more prompt response time!
Answer: Hello Lowell, We are a 1:1 transfer company meaning what is on your original will also be on your digital output. We do not offer any editing or enhancements. The digital files you receive back are free from any copyrights so you are more than welcome to edit them as you see fit. You can also request multiple copies when placing your order as well. Please reach out to our customer service team directly at [email protected] if there is anything else we can help you with for a more prompt response time!
Legacybox is an all-in-one, mailed kit to preserve what matters most. It is the easiest, simplest, most beautiful way to preserve your outdated tapes, film, pictures, and audio recordings digitally. Just fill Legacybox with your tapes, film, pictures, and audio. Send it in and we'll send it back with your memories preserved on thumb drive, digital delivery through Legacybox Cloud™ or DVD.

