I have been a loyal customer of this shoe & handbag leather repair shop, since I returned to my home state of Colorado when my dad died in 2021, because my mom raved about it, however the quality of their work has declined dramatically, and their staff lacks proper, polite, and professional customer service.
In 2021, I dropped off my Rebecca Minkoff handbag to repair the leather strap that had separated, splitting apart, and to repair a minor scratch on the handbag. When I received it back, it still had tacky, black substance on it, that came off on my clothes, which I wanted to avoid this year, in 2024, yet they did a good job with the repair then, otherwise.
Fast forward to 2024, when the issues began.
1) First there was the issue of over promising and under delivering - a big no, no, according to my Nordstrom customer service training at age 16. I understood & forgave the 2-week delay, as it was due to illness.
2) That said, the communication of said delay was also unprofessional, as Ryan Dardano texted me, without informing me who he was, the name of his business, or what the matter he was texting me about was in regards, which is a huge red flag in cybersecurity/fraud, forcing me to call Eric at the store to clarify the matter.
3) When I picked up the purse strap, 2-weeks late, last week, it wasn't edged evenly, and the customer service associate agreed, and apologized profusely. She was lovely!
4) I called the store today, when it was due to be ready a second time, and Crystal - who's allegedly a "manager" - failed to introduce herself with her name (basic phone etiquette), before putting me on hold for almost 5-10 minutes, such that a man named Wesley returned multiple times to check-in with me. When Crystal returned, she was very rude, abrupt, and abrasive, and evaded my question as to if the purse strap was improved on this re-do since last week. She flatly said, "it's the best they can do; it's final".
5) I drove over her tonight, and was greeted by Alex, who I thought was getting my strap from the back for me, only for Crystal to come out, with her ongoing grumpy, dismissive, bad attitude. When I found an obvious paint brush mark / dropping - evidently of the black edging material - she attempted to dismiss my concerns, and push me out of the store so quickly, I wasn't heard, and she didn't even do much as look at the strap, much less listen to my concern, to fix it. She tried pawning me off to "the owners," Ryan & Joe Dardano, then gave me Dillon Dardano's card, while interrupting me, and asking me to shockingly leave the store, instead of solve their issue. This is not proper customer service, and I told her as much. She's clearly untrained.
This store is far lower than any similar store in DC or San Francisco, who do this type of work. read more