Bear with me. It's a long story, but necessary and honest…read more
When I chose Buddy's Home Furnishings in Nacogdoches, I did so on the recommendation of their recently new manager, Erica Bush/Permenter. She assured me their rates were not too bad, and the people were great.
Now, I do agree with the rates not being terrible, and with my financial situation the way it was, I was not able to purchase my needed item outright. I was surprised at the time of deposit by the man who was sitting there, rushing me to sign the papers and attempting to assure me not to bother with reading them. It's my money. It's a legally binding document. I'm gonna pick the dang thing apart. The deposit was a higher amount than had been represented to me. However, this man was incredibly impatient, and completely uninterested in my concerns. I paid it.
I was on time with my payments. There was no way I would spend a penny more than the price advertised on their "Same As Cash" scheme.
Yesterday, my father, my boyfriend, and I were repeatedly called by two men of that store. The reason? I was three days late on my final payment. Send in the hounds. A man claiming to be a manager told me my payment was pushed out. Great. So I asked for a breakdown of the numbers. After I was thoroughly insulted and hung up on by their "general manager," I set to call their corporate customer care hotline. Good luck to anyone wanting to file a complaint on a Buddy's store. Their corporate offices are near daunting to reach.
Today, we were all harassed again. I have never in my life been treated with disrespect the way the men at this store treated me. Not to mention threatened with legal charges, a claim that their phone call the day before didn't happen, cussing me up and down, and hung up on. They treated my boyfriend the exact same way.
What is incredibly unsettling about their brutal fear tactics is that when I called back immediately, the same man who had just been that way answered with a tacitly polite greeting. Such a drastic change in a mood swing and lack of emotional control is a major cause of concern when in a customer servicing business.
Finally, a woman named Sonya answered my call, and promptly treated me professionally. She verified what the "account manager" claimed my boyfriend and I lied about: that my account had indeed been updated the day before, visibly there on the computer screen. She and I agreed that I would be calling her in a few days to settle my account for good. I will not ever give that store another penny of my money after that date.
I am not saying that all Buddy's are this way. However, this one subscribes to terror tactics, dishonesty, and disrespect. Beware and be warned.