First time walking here, I was helped by a gal and she was nice,I needed a simple dress, I picked out 1 dress to try on, needed a fitting room and bought the dress I specifically tried on. Easy right? Paid at the cashier, they gave me a date to pick it up. After a week, I called if I can actually exchange for a smaller size over the phone.
Now time for pick up! I am excited, picked up my dress and went home. After a few days I tried it on and the zipper is not zipping smoothly where the corset/top connects to the skirt. This will be hard wedding time.
So I called and ask for return policy and they said I can bring the receipt as long as its within 30 days with tags. Which I do have.
It's raining, i drove all the way to Arden and the store is empty on a Thursday night. No one is in the front, 3 people are all in the cash register so I approached them.
I told the lady sitting in the register that I need to make a return due to the zipper, handed my receipt and hoping for an easy transaction.
No, this is a nightmare from hell just as expected from a franchise bridal store. I should have followed my gut and spent more somewhere else because the nightmare starts here.
She looked at me with disgust like i interrupted their "break time" thats really what it felt like. She was showing me my receipt and said "i cant do anything with this receipt, wheres the one with the new size?" Like she's showing off to her girls who's boss.
I did tell her that I did a transaction over the phone and then she told me "well. I can't do anything about this receipt." Staring at me. "Like I said, theres NOTHING I can do"
continue to talk to me in a very condescending tone. I told her transaction was over the phone (again) She then proceeded to tell me that unless I can give her the exact date and time then she can't do anything. She stood there in front of me, looking at me while holding the receipt with her eyebrow, raised in disgust and wanted to kick me out of the store.
I grabbed my phone and found the date and she told me well. It's gonna take me all day to find it and I told her that's fine because at this point she's really annoyed that I'm still there. I am not leaving. She told me that if it's already exchanged. I cannot make a return.
Where is this in the receipt? That was not discussed earlier and all of a sudden now that I found a date there's a new policy that you are saying.
At this point, another person came from the back so there's four of them in the register watching me while SHANNA continues to talk to me like I'm less than.
I found the time on my phone. She told me she found it but at this point the tone got worst and she said she cannot do the return. She said she can ask alterations to change the zipper.
NO, I do not want that, this is a new dress and I want to return it. My plan was to get a different dress and bring my bridesmaids here to get their dresses but at this point with this customer service that's not gonna happen.
I had to ask her where it states that after there is an exchange, a customer cannot return when there is a defect in the merchandise? It is not on the receipt? She said it the policy. Another horrible tone from SHANNA. At this point I started recording because of her rudeness.
I asked her why is she giving me such a negative tone when I am just asking. It stated when I walked in and interrupted their "break"? Or is it me?
Then she said she is actually giving me a courtesy by letting me exchange it: How is it a courtesy when the zipper is broken? Davids Bridal, how? A courtesy for a defective wedding dress?
I asked her again where is it in the policy, she read the receipt in front of my like a child, nothing, it is not there, she said "here" grabbed the disclosure in front of the register and read it to me loudly and policy is nowhere to be found.
Again I asked Shanna, where the rudeness is coming from? i am still recording at this point to protect myself because there is 4 of them in the register. I do not deserve this tone.
She said she is sick, not feeling well and not supposed to be there. Well that is not my fault. If you are not feeling, why are you projecting to me? there is so much energy to be negative and to be rude to customers. Looks like you DO have energy and it is not an excuse for absolutely disgusting behavior. She repeated that she IS giving me a courtesy by letting me exchange it.
Ladies, if you are getting married, there are so many places in Sacramento that has excellent customer service, professional, and even if you're getting an elopement dress, you will be better going somewhere else than this place.
Davids Bridal, this is not ok. Imagine how clients are being treated when there is no one watching, when they do not have Yelp accounts, when they just can be intimidated by people who do not feel well and choose to project energy. read more