Had only two employees which were busy with each customer, so I waited about 10 minutes before one could help me. I couldn't transfer the phone service from my old phone to the new S24, but right away she said since I started the transfer, she couldn't help me because it would be too much trouble to reset the new phone and transfer it all again. I then called protech at the store just in case I needed her and protech was more professional and helpful, but still could not transfer my number to the new phone because somehow the new sim card that came with my phone was corrupted.
While I was trying to rectify transferring my phone number to the new phone, service for both phones got disconnected and she told me I had to call them at home, but I insisted to stay at the store in case I needed help, and wasn't going home yet and didn't want no phone service on both phones while shopping around. She then let me use her cell phone to talk to protech, and left me to help another customer instead. While I was on the phone, protech told me to get a new sim card from the store, but I had to wait since she was helping another customer transfer their old number to their new phone.
At the end, I spent 2 hours wasting my time learning that I couldn't transfer my phone number until I got home with better wifi and help from protech. I hate going to any of the AT&T stores now because all they do is sell or give you a hard time accepting the trade in (which she was having a hard time since the Ala Moana Store told me to factory reset all the phones before trading it in, and I didn't know the specs off hand). After she grudgingly accessed my old phone for the information she then told me I had to factory reset it again since it was my phone even if she was there to do it, and when I asked how do I do it, she said "I don't know", but I then I rememebered where to search for it to reset. She then tried turning off the old phone and looked at me in disgust saying it won't turn off. It was an old phone that I was trading in, and I just pressed it a little harder for a little longer and it turned off.
I truly thought the reps in the AT&T store should be at least knowledgable with the new phone features since I was asking simple questions like how to restart the S24 since I just got it, and had no manual but she didn't. She just said she just sells them. How could a seller not know the features of the product they are selling? Protech looked it up and told me how to turn it off, and apologized for how I was being treated at the store since they were listening to her while trying to help me.
Now, I learned it's hard to go to an AT&T store for help anymore, and need to call protech or order online, but it's really hard to order without actually looking at what I'm buying. I used to have excellent service before, but their service at their stores really went down. I really cringe if I have to go there, even to trade in my phone, and it's a gamble if I'll get a good/knowledgable or lazy/oblivious rep to help me. Now I really have to think and sing to myself, "eeny meeny miny moe, which AT&T store should I go" to decide which store would be best to help me as well as is knowledgable since I've already been to the Pearlcity, Ala Moana, Waipahu and Kalihi ones within last month to order a new phone and trade in my old phone and resolve my phone issues, receiving different answers from each store. All I know is if I see the two women in there again, I will not enter and turn around to drive to a different store to get help.
Lots of Parking since it is in the Kam Shopping center, but too bad I can't go there if I need help when I'm there to shop at other stores. read more