This place is an absurd joke! I've honestly not been this disappointed with a store in a long time...or a company as a whole, for that matter.
I visited on 12-20-15 and spent the better half of an hour in there. The entire time, employees passed me up, not asking if I needed help. At first, I appreciated being left alone, and figured they were just busy, but then I visited again on 12-21-15 and realized it's because the employees just don't give a damn.
I went in with a $50 gift card, and once again spent about an hour trying to get through the narrow aisles with a cart and an infant in his car seat. In the framed artwork department, there was a HUGE ladder parked right in the middle of the aisle. I tried to move it, but the stoppers were set down, making it impossible to move. It was very obvious that I was rather stuck there, but the young girl working RIGHT THERE didn't even bother to move the ladder, or even apologize. She just glanced at me, and turned away quickly to dig through a box of merchandise. Thanks...not.
I went to the curtain department and searched through the mess that is, once again, being stopped in the aisle by another huge ladder and a big bin on wheels. Another employee came over, didn't apologize, didn't acknowledge me...nothing. Just put some stuff on a shelf and walked away.
Finally, I found something I wanted and went to check out. The girl at the register was nice. The item I was purchasing was $39.99, and I also opted to buy two sets of hats/gloves at $5 apiece to donate to the Salvation Army. So the total altogether was $49.99. She swiped my card, and...nothing. She swiped it again, and her manager was nearby, whom she called over. Her manager was a heavier, tall woman with short, brown curly hair...and the attitude of a badger. The cashier said, "It's saying Authorisation Required..."
The manager took the card over to another register and entered in its information, then came back and flippantly handed me my card, and said, "Yeah, there's nothing on there." She had an attitude of, "Who cares. Just leave".
I did leave, and went out to my truck and dialed the 1-800 number on the back of the card and got ahold of Stephanie. She said the card had been swiped three times in the store, which had temporarily deactivated the card. What?? That is so stupid! But she did confirm the balance on the card. She put me on hold to contact her supervisor, and when she got back with me, said, "Okay, it's fixed now. We reactivated it. Go ahead and go buy the item you wanted".
To confirm, I said, " So I can go back in right now, and the card will work?" and she said yes.
So I went back in and tried to re-purchase the item from before, with the cashier who had overheard the previous issues with the card. She swiped the card, and very callously said, "Hmm, nope, it still doesn't like it." and handed me the card back. I said, "But I just literally got off the phone with customer service, and they said the card was reactivated, and that it should work." She just shrugged, shook her head, and said, "Hm, yeah, sorry about that..."
I left, obviously, feeling really frustrated and PO'd, to be honest. They had no interest in helping me figure this out. They just were there to make a measly paycheck, since I'm sure BB&B pays them like crap.
So I called customer service again, and had to exain the entire thing again. I got Jason, who seemed more interested in writing a bad report about the Stephanie girl I'd spoken with earlier than actually trying to solve the problem. He put me on hold for a LONG time while he talked to his team lead. Finally, he got back with me and said, "It looks like they swiped it too many times in the store earlier, so it's temporarily deactivated your card." No kidding. I already told you that.
I asked, "How long is it gonna take before it's usable again?"
He said, "Well, it depends on the credentials of the person who reactivated the card. Could be three hours, could be a day, a few days, a week maybe. It's hard to say."
Give me a break. I hung up. No one at all was interested in actually fixing the problem or even being friendly about it (besides the Stephanie girl, who was actually friendly). The manager couldn't have cared less, and neither did her employees. No one offers a solution, courtesy, or alternative ways to solve the problem. A day later, and I've checked the balance, and it's still not there.
Assuming this card ever works again, I'll use it, and then NEVER shop at BB&B again. That manager needs a write-up. She is so, so rude, and is losing the store valuable business. read more