I have been with AT&T for my cell phone needs for quite a while. I've even had them for my land line at times. Overall, I much preferred their service for land lines.
This isn't a review of AT&T as much as it is for this particular store. I reviewed the store at which I began my service with them in terms of a service/equipment upgrade. That store, Oregon City, started out with 4 stars and, because of the departure of the excellent employee who helped me at the time of the sale and even after that, I downgraded them to 3 stars for their subsequent caliber of service.
I then had an issue with my phone. Being that the Clackamas Town Center store is fairly close by, I stopped in to see what to do about it. A young lady helped me. What became apparent is that this store is focused on making a quick sale and isn't concerned with your needs. I explained the issue I was having, asked if they've seen it, and asked what others have done about it. Instead, I was cavalierly whisked over to an area with the latest phones, most of which exceeded my needs, with the key word here being "cavalier."
I looked up a few things and learned that resetting it to factory defaults could be done. It will probably work but one will lose some, yet not all, of the things that were on the phone beforehand. I went that route. I know I will have to replace this phone, even though I've gotten used to it.
What I've learned is that AT&T stores found in smaller malls, in strip malls, or as stand alones tend to have employees who are more patient, are more thorough, are better listeners, and are less pushy. The Clackamas Town Center store seems more like a mill to me and, because of the volume of people coming through there, that would make sense. Still, I don't like that.
So, then, 2 stars - one star for having people with a pulse inside a locale where the lights are on, and another star for having phones and related gadgetry to sell to you. read more