So, I just moved to Tucson (Rita Ranch), and I needed to get some cleaning supplies and a plumbing piece that my husband needed. When I walked in the store was clean and nice, with all the employees it seemed standing in the front of the store ready to greet you. Well, that was about the only thing this Ace Hardware has going for it.
I was asked by (Tim) an employee there if I needed any help. I told him what I needed and he then told me to wait right here and he would get an employee from the cleaning department to help me. I was confused since he seemed to be a manager and he didn't know where things where in his store. So I waited for about 2mins and no one came to help. So I just went off to look for the items myself. I found the cleaning supplies I needed but still could not find the plumbing item that my husband needed. I wrote the name of the item down, in hopes an employee would help me find it, since I have no idea what it looks like. So after searching the store, I come across Tim again and he was standing with another manager talking. I told him no one ever came to help me, but I found some of the items I needed except this one item. He looked at my paper and said, "oh that is going to be in our plumbing area two isles down." I asked him if he could help me locate it and he seemed to get upset that I was interrupting his conversation. The other manager walked off and Tim began to take me to the plumbing department. After about 10mins of looking he says, "well I'm not a plumbing expert, and it looks like we don't have this in stock. " I asked him if there was another store I could get this at, or even if they carried this item at another Ace Hardware. Without any hesitation he said "No!, and I should know since I'm part owner in 3 Ace Hardware's in Tucson." Really! I thought to myself, you just told me you had no idea about plumbing and now your the owner and know where everything is in 3 of your stores. I was completely fed up, this guy was just trying to pull a power trip on me because he didn't want to help me. I ended up leaving my stuff I had already in my cart and left because of how rude this man was! I can tell you I will not be returning to any Ace Hardware, I found a Home Depot some miles away, I a more than happy to drive the extra distance to avoid every having to see this man AGAIN!!!!!
Oh, by the way, I called to speak to a manger and file a complaint on Tim and guess who answered the call.... TIM! So I will be filing a complaint with their Corporate Department. This man is rude and has no business being in Retail, let alone a manager! I highly doubt he is an owner of this Ace Hardware or any for that matter, a business owner would have more sense then to act like a total jerk to his customers! read more