Buying for an event...be very careful with what/how much you buy! Better yet, buy somewhere else!!
Planning a wedding is intense. Trying to assist my daughter, who was planning her wedding here while living on the east coast, we had several tasks to complete ourselves. One was purchasing the alcohol To make things more difficult is the fact that I don't drink! I know nothing about what we needed, nor how much. We had used their "drink calculator" that's on the website for an idea.
When we arrived at the store it was fairly empty. We came in the beginning of Oct (it was a HalloWedding). After picking out some beer, we started looking at wine. Having 0 usable knowledge, other than we should have a red and a white, we asked an associate for help. We found out later that the gentleman who helped us was also the manager...Renee (sp?) He was amazingly helpful, very knowledgeable, and showed us popular options that didn't cost our first born. He also helped us calculate what we should buy; a case of each. We choose to go with his recommendation on white, red, and champagne.
Our problem wasn't the purchase, but rather the fallout. Our daughter's Hallowedding was in the mountains, obviously on Halloween, in the evening. I'm guessing since it was a Monday, and many attendees had to drive home then work the next day, there was not as much drinking happening as BevMo's drink calculator thought there would be. We a had ALOT left over. So we stopped back at the store the day we returned from the mountains (Tue the 1st). We wanted to return the unopened alcohol and recoup some of the money we poured out. We were told they only did returns with a receipt. I pulled out the receipt. Then we were told they do not accept returns after 7 days (a fact we were not told when we purchased it, and we were very clear when the wedding was to be held). I failed to read the full receipt, but I'm guessing it's on there (too lazy to go get it from my wallet). We asked to speak to a manager, only to find out there were none in store, but would be in the next day. They took my name and number and stated Renee would give me a call. That was 6 days ago, and yep...no call. I did go to their website, but they only list one number with the hours of 8-5:30, which is when I'm at work and cannot use my phone. I choose not to send an email since I didn't want to risk them calling while I was at work. I do not know in advance what day of the week I will have off, other than Sun, until Sat each week. So I kept hoping the manager would call.
It's Mon the 7th, I'm off today. So I try to use the chat feature on the website. Unfortunately my phone kept trying to go to sleep, and there is no sound, so instead of being able to work on other things around my home while waiting for an agent to join, I had to keep staring at my phone screen to keep it awake. I gave up within 10-15 mins...too many other chores to get done. I finally jump on my computer and search for a number to reach an actual person. I call the number and reach a gal who states she will forward my request to customer service for an agent to call me; this was at 9:50am. I call again at 12:50pm to check status as I wanted to take a nap (don't judge, I'd been up since 4a, and it's rainy). Got the gals voicemail, so left a message that I just wanted to check status. She did call me back to say that the customer service department was working hard to assist everyone and would be calling me as soon as they could. Guess you can figure out by this novel of a review that said call never came.
I had a living room full of alcohol, and other wedding supplies, for weeks...I thought I would have my space back. Instead I still have a living room full of more than half of the $448 we spent on alcohol, that I won't $@&(ing drink!!! And a company that can't even give me the courtesy of a call even if only to say sorry not sorry you're stuck with so much excess.
Just to add their company website says "We are not able to accept returns in the case of overpurchase (bought more than needed for an event, etc) in CA. We invite you to use our Drink Calculator or contact your local store for assistance in estimating needed quantities prior to purchase." ---We did BOTH, and purchased what we were told we would need!!! read more