My family and I traveled from Sacramento, CA to shop at the Livermore outlets because we were referred by friends on 11/25/16 midnight! We were determined to have a great shopping experience! My husband and myself were standing in line to get inside 7 for all mankind for about 30 min. Once it was our turn to step inside Danielle and James were both very attentive and helpful to us even the girl that was folding jeans with Danielle. Danielle rang us up and informed us that we had until 1/15/2017 to return or exchange our purchases should we need to and answered other question my husband was asking. We then went to true religion to catch up with our party when I decided to try on more clothes and I decided to give the Jeans I had just purchased at 7 for all mankind another try to compare, I realized that they were a little too tight, so I then went back to the store to return one pair of jeans and exchange the other. Luckily there was no waiting outside, it was now past 6AM, I stood in line patiently with the new pair of jeans one size up and my return. While in line Danielle recognized me she greeted and welcomed me back to the store.
I was then called to the front counter by Kelly J. I proceeded to ask for an exchange for a bigger size on one of my Jeans when she very firmly stated, "We do NOT do returns or exchanges during Black Friday... ever." I then told her I was not aware of such a rule, she then stated very firmly again, "well if you shop during the holiday season you should know that." I informed her that I was from out of town and had never been told that I couldn't make returns or exchanges on black Friday. She then said, "I will go ahead and exchange these Jeans this one time for you but don't expect me or anyone to do this again. This is a onetime transaction." I was very taken back by her tone of voice and lack of customer service skills. I had never shopped here in my entire life and she treated me as if this were a constant habit of mine. I then put the pair of Jeans I was going to return which was a cash transaction on the counter to refund and she then firmly stated, "we NEVER refund cash transactions! I don't know who rang you up earlier but they should have told you this information and if you would have read your receipt, it tells you NO REFUNDS only store credit or exchange!" I did not dispute that with her because she was correct however, the receipt did go straight in to my bag and I did not review it at the time of my initial purchase so I then told Kelly J. that I would go ahead and take my store credit although at that point I was contemplating on NEVER returning to this store. As she began the store credit transaction, I said to her that the person who initially rang me up did tell me about the return and exchange policy but did not mention the holiday rule or no cash refund maybe it had slipped her mind since it was close to the end of her shift because I did not want Danielle to get in trouble since Kelly J. was clearly in a bad mood. I then said to Kelly J that I was a little disappointed at her attitude and lack of customer service towards me. Kelly J. then angrily replied, "I don't have an attitude!" I informed her that she sure did and I did not appreciate her tone and she continued to be defensive and added, "I have been working 12 hours the night before and it's been really hectic!" so I informed her that I work long hours at my job as well then she cut me off and said, "then you should understand!" I told her that I understand that you don't give customers attitudes and do not talk to be people the way she was talking to me no matter how many hours I've worked or how stressful it may have been. I did mention to her that perhaps she should have had an extra cup of coffee and wipe the running mascara off of her face to look more presentable at a high end clothing store. I came back to speak with Cameron who then gave me Jeffrey Serpas' business card to communicate about my experience. My husband was also upset and saw Kelly and another associate inside the store while we were outside speaking with Cameron giggling and looking at us which made him feel like she was antagonizing us and he voiced his frustration with some choice words and although it was not the best way, we were by this point very upset that someone like Kelly J is even a manager who thinks it is ok to talk to paying customers in such a disrespectful way. I love the brand 7 for all mankind but I don't see myself going back to this location and would not recommend it to anyone I know as long as Kelly J. continues to think she can excuse her actions with, "I've had a long and stressful day because of the hectic holiday." I believe Kelly J. needs to use this experience on how to approach customers in a more respectful manner especially since she is a manager in a high end store, she should be able to demonstrate exceptional customer service not become unnecessarily defensive nor confrontational with clients. read more