I absolutely love the DSW shoe store and will continue to shop at the Santa Rosa location, among others, but I will never shop online and have something shipped to the store again.
I always rate stores, including both my onsite and web experience. Their online store was fine, until I made a purchase. I used Apple Pay, which I use for most of my online purchases. Starting June 3rd, my bank account started receiving duplicate authorizations for the cost of the shoes, which appeared as charges processing from my allowable checking account balance. Between June 3rd and June 10th, there was a new authorization charge deducted, sometimes 2-3 authorizations processing and deducting from my allowable bank account balance per day! I wrote to DSW various times that this was unacceptable, and they continued to explain again and again that the authorizations were not charges and that it was because I used Apple Pay.
I tried telling them that I use Apple Pay for just about everything I purchase online, and I never have 1-3 authorizations deducting from my allowable account balance every single day until I receive the product. Even though they weren't duplicate charges (which I thought they were at first), I found this process to be ridiculous and unnerving, and absolutely unacceptable. I will not be using their online store again. read more