May only experience with this store was terrible. When they sent me an email requesting feedback, I typed the following comments, to which I've gotten no reply:
"Service and communication were terrible. Your website said my phone was eligible for a free battery replacement due to a faulty battery. It said to call the store to confirm the part was in and to make an appointment. From that point on, every step but one was a problem. Each number below represents a step, and shows 15 poor customer service steps. If you care, someone will contact me to follow up or apologize. If you don't, I won't hear from you.
1. When I called the store's phone number, my call was rerouted to a call center.
2. The call center advisor was hard to understand (muffled & quiet).
3. The advisor continued to press me for personal information that was not required for the service, even after I said I did not want to share.
4. After the advisor found an available appointment, I asked her if the part was in stock, and she did not know. (Keep in mind your website told me to call to make sure the part was in, but the advisor did not know.). I asked her to confirm with the store and to confirm the timeframe for the replacement. She said they had the part, and the replacement might take as much as 2 hours. My appointment was @ 6:45pm, so a max of 2 hours means same day.
5. After rearranging my evening schedule for the privilege of doing business @ the Apple Store, I checked in 15 minutes early, and was called on 5 minutes late.
6. The clerk told me the repair could not be completed until the following morning.
7. I started to explain that the phone advisor had indicated otherwise, and the store clerk became snarky, and interrupted me several times to reassert that I could not get the phone back that day.
8. I finally asked her to stop interrupting, and, after getting an eye-roll from her, asked if there was any way to make a future appointment and to be sure that the repair could be completed at that future time without waiting overnight. When I finished my question, she was silent for a moment, then said (with attitude), "Can I talk now?"
9. Her answer was no. There is no way to ever guarantee that a repair can be performed the day of the appointment.
10. I asked for her manager. The manager, Hannah, was very helpful. Although she failed to apologize for the misinformation that day, and failed to get the repair done that day, she set aside the battery for me and told me that I could come in at the beginning of the day any of the following few days and they would repair my phone immediately. She even called me later to follow up.
11. Next day, I showed up early in the day without an appointment (as discussed with Hannah), and dropped my phone for repair. The store clerk (different one this time) said it would take 60-90 minutes. I offerred to give him my alternate cell number so he could call me when it was ready and he said, "We don't call. We just give a safe amount of time so when you come back, it will be ready." He said to come back in 90 minutes. With all of Apple's tech, is it really not possible to notify a customer when their repair is done?
12. I came back 95 minutes later. Waited to talk to a clerk, and was told it would be 15 more minutes. I thought 90 minutes was the 'safe' timeframe?
13. I came back 15 minutes later and was told it would be 5-10 MORE minutes. I asked the clerk, "what if it isn't?" He assured me it would be. I told him the last 2 clerks also assured me. He was completely unsympathetic.
14. I came back 10 minutes later, and it was ready, but the clerk tried to charge me $79.
15. I explained the replacement was done under the 'warranty' offer. He wandered around the store for 5 minutes trying to find a manager to correct the charges. Why could he not have handed me the phone and let me go, then corrected the computer on his time?
16. He never could get a manager to help, and finally did something that allowed him to give me my phone, but I had to sign the $79 ticket. read more