I have been at this AT&T Store location twice in the past few weeks.
Long story short.. we have been AT&T customers for over a decade, and very rarely did we need to visit a store for anything, until this year. Usually, we'll go to another location closer to us, but one location was randomly closed on a weekday, due to not enough employees, and the other location was just a bit out of the way for me on my normal route. I was trying to plan ahead and set-up an appointment online so I would not have to wait, but this store does not have that option. This AT&T store is a corporate location, so they will always be open, per their store hours.
Each time I walked in, there were always enough employees to help answer any questions one may have. Some of the questions I had, they could not help fully answer them as I would need to call in to Customer Care. The reason why I wanted to avoid calling in to Customer Care is because it had taken me an average of 40+ minutes each time I have had to call the past few weeks, though yesterday was a miracle when I was able to speak to a live agent within 15 minutes on hold.
The short end of it, we had always known that AT&T had great cell service, and was second to best, with Verizon being #1 in cell service. We were loyal with AT&T "until the end," until they constantly kept raising our prices for a crap grandfathered plan. This past month's bill is what drove us to switch to another provider. Loyalty does not matter from AT&T. They do not seem to care to keep their customers happy. I remember some time last year, I walked into another AT&T store to ask about their promotions and they literally had none to provide a 15+ year customer. A few months ago, when I called into that same store, to ask a real simple question, they immediately transferred me to Customer Care, without a care, and I waited 40+ minutes for an agent that did not answer my question, and had to make an appointment at another store... where the store rep solved my problem within 5 minutes of arriving.
We still need physical brick and mortar stores because via the phone is just not the same. Each interaction with the employees here were okay and I got the answers that I needed to my questions, without having be "on hold" on the phone for 40+ minutes. With this location being nestle in-between a Chick-Fil-A, a Panera, and a Lucille's, parking can be quite difficult to find, at least in front of the store. I have had to park a bit a ways each time I have visited. At least this store is open when they say they are, and there are enough employees at this corporate store to help, even without the ability to set-up an appointment via online first. I cannot attest to their hands-on my cell phone experience but at least you can find a real live person, which is becoming a bit more difficult these days, in the age of customer service. read more