Colonial Candle Classic Tapers 8 Inch Reviews Summary

Quality

Pros:

• "These are high-quality candles, beautifully made and long-lasting."
• "They are high-quality, beautifully made, and look great on the table."
• "These candles are well made, sturdy and good value for the money."
• "They are obviously very high-quality candles."
• "These candles are beautiful and substantial."
• "Colonial brand tapers are high quality candles that burn evenly."
• "These are very high quality candles and look good and do not drip down your candlesticks."

Cons:

• "There is a marked shift in quality. Just not what it used to be."
• "These candles make a HUGE mess with excessive dripping on the candlestick and table top."
• "These were not dripless tapers as advertised. There was definitely wax all over the candlesticks."
• "These didn't have the quality look I was hoping for."
• "Looks like the color of a grape popsicle. And they look cheap."
• "These candles were very disappointing. I expected far better quality from this brand."
• "These candles drip wax worse than any other brands I have purchased and made a mess on my table."

Customer Service

Pros:

• "Very pleased with the service and support provided by the candle store. They were quick to respond to a problem with my original order."
• "Emailed them right away-they responded within hours-apologizing for error and immediately sent correct size."
• "Amazon immediately responded by replacing the order with the correct color, and told me to keep the White ones."
• "They really stand behind their product, too - the first box I receved had been damaged in shipping and they sent me out a new box right away."
• "I filed a 'return request' on Amazon and got an immediate reply that a replacement would be sent and that I didn't have to return the candles I received."

Cons:

• "I will not purchase from this seller again."
• "Amazon delivered 1 candle and now I have to go through the hassle of processing the return in order to get credit, dumb."
• "Cost me $11.00 to ship back to the company, then they deducted another $6.66 and failed to tell me why even after many inquires."
• "Returning them was more trouble than it was worth given the time of year and my travel plans."
• "I am so disappointed. I will no longer buy Colonial Candles."

Color & Appearance

Pros:

• "There are undertones of blue in this deep green color--beautiful."
• "They are a nice deep color, burn without dripping and look lovely."
• "These are the perfect color of blue."
• "The color is the rich, deep blue I wanted."
• "I love this Colonial Green because it’s perfect throughout the year."
• "Perfect yellow for what I needed for my wedding- not too harsh of a yellow, not too soft/pale."
• "I was thrilled to find these Coastal Blue candles and hoped that they would look right with my jasperware. They look wonderful."

Cons:

• "they sent white instead of navy. boo :("
• "I ordered Mulberry and received cranberry."
• "The pumpkin color is much lighter than what is shown."
• "Definitely not indigo. Since other reviews mentioned this, I thought it would have been corrected."
• "The color varied between both boxes. Not a true cranberry color more on the red side."
• "Not what I expected! Color nor shape matches the product image provided."
• "The color of the candles was supposed to be a rich mulberry color. But the shade is very washed out, very muted."

Packaging & Shipping

Pros:

• "I appreciate how carefully the candles are packaged."
• "They were well-packaged and arrived safe and sound."
• "The candles came well packed so that not one was broken."
• "My order arrived fast...thank you! Perfect packaging to protect the candles...no damage whatsoever!"
• "These arrived boxed as expected and none were broken."
• "My candles arrived in good condition, the color are even more beautiful than I expect it."