This may not be fair to this store, but since curbside pickup was not available on the item I wanted it is getting my review.
I made the decision to purchase an expensive piece of equipment using a 1 day 20% off coupon and the ability to finance my order and spread the payments over 12 months if I signed up for the ScoreRewards MasterCard. Both offers made spending the large amount of money attractive and possible for me to make such a large purchase.
Signed up for the MasterCard and attempted to make my purchase. I met with an error message. In a chat the agent they told me that it may be an issue with my browser and to try and refresh or use another browser. I tried and that did not work. In another chat they said that there was nothing that I could do, and I should reach out to the credit card provider. I contacted the provider and they told me there was nothing that they could do, and this could not be used for online purchases. In my 3rd chat of the night trying to make my purchase and I was told to call customer service in the morning and there was nothing they could do.
When calling customer service, we still came to the same result that I would not be able to use the credit card I just signed up for and would have to wait for the physical card to arrive to make my purchase. The agent made a counteroffer which was if I was to pay over the phone with an alternate method that he could issue double the points on my purchase. I didn't want to do that because I just signed up for a credit card that I wanted to use and not put the cash out of my pocket, so I declined the offer.
After thinking about it more, on the same day, I decided to move forward as I didn't want to have to wait who knows how long for the credit card to arrive (still have not gotten it after 1 week) and then shipping time, etc... I called back customer service, gave them my info and the order number and reference the previous discussion where I would get double points. The representative looked up the conversation and agreed to issue double points and processed the order. I was told the points would take approximately 24-48 hours to appear on my account.
After waiting for 3 days (over 72 hours) I still did not receive the points from my purchase as I was told. Another chat where I went through the whole explanation again and the agent told me they would email out the agreed upon number of points and it would take another 24-48 hours to appear on my account. I expressed my frustration with the process and delay and my need for follow up, but the agent didn't seem to care.
After 36 hours points were issued, however it was less than half of what they should have been. Another chat where I had to explain everything. Again, I was told that they would email someone, it would take 24-48 hours. I told them was totally unacceptable and that I wanted the points applied right now or I would cancel my order which was due to be delivered the following day. The agent told me that they could not apply them right then and there and as far as cancelling that I couldn't cancel the order even if I wanted to because they only allow cancellations 30 minutes after purchase. I explained my experience and time wasted and the agent did not care at all. I asked for a manager and went through everything all over again and even at the manager level got no additional assistance other than what was already promised.
My delivery is coming tomorrow and I hope that it is in good shape and I don't have the need to contact any customer service agent's at Dick's for help because they have been beyond useless and unhelpful up until this point. Also I don't know if I will ever see the points that I was promised which was the reason I spent the money out of my pocket instead of waiting for the credit card I applied for which I wasn't able to use right away. And I'm really hoping that someone at customer service sees this, reviews their processes and does the right thing. As of this point other than using the rewards points as dollars, if I ever get them. I will not be shopping at Dick's Sporting Goods ever again. read more