The 2 ladies worked on the sales floor the day I visited the store both get 5-star from me. This review is reflecting the overall store management/IT problem and the "manager" that the ladies had to call for every little decision/problem they faced.
After having a superb customer service experience in their Honolulu, HI store while vacationing there, I received an email invite for a new product launch, so I brought a friend and drove 25 miles to their Arcadia store on a Friday afternoon.
Problem 1. the QR code or a high-tech drawing method didn't work, we had to try 5 times and still didn't work, at this point, if I work at the store, I would have been so embarrassed and gave a higher prized than the lowest out of the winning possibilities, nope, the ladies had to call the "manager", we had to try again, didn't work, clear our phone browser, didn't work, restart our phone, try again, didn't work. it's ridiculous
Problem 2. The email invite clearly stated "discover the new collection and receive a clutch", not so, you have to BUY one of the new collection in order to receive the aforementioned clutch. Lesson learned: DISCOVER=BUY!!
Problem 3. After the 2 ladies got the phone authorization from their "manager", we were told we could combine our discounts for our purchase. 15 minutes later, the "Manager" now saying we can't combine our discounts. I was extremely unhappy at that time, never have I experienced this level of unprofessionalism from a "manager" in a store like apm, only reason I didn't walk out at that time, was my friend really liked their products.
Problem 4. Came time to check out, their computer would not let the transaction through, called the "manager" again, didn't answer.
Any cashiers at Forever 21 would have more authority than these 2 poor ladies worked in the apm store.
Oh! we ended up walking out of the store without purchasing. read more