This review is primarily for Stetson. He was absolutely amazing and so kind and helpful. Provided amazing customer service, and this is coming from someone who has worked in customer service and retail her entire working career.
Story time: my boyfriend and I have just moved to the boise area from an area that had a moderate climate where legitimate winter wear does not exist and isn't needed. The best and warmest we have are $25 jackets from Costco that act more as windbreakers. I went on a hunt for good quality coats for us about a month ago, did a ton of online research and browsing. Eddie Bauer was a recommendation from local family members but the price points were a little bit of a sticker shock for me.
Thankfully, just in time for the upcoming snow and bitter cold, EB had a killer sale. We bit the bullet and placed our order online for two coats we really wanted because the Boise store didn't have the exact color, style or the sizing we wanted. Waited patiently for our shipment to arrive, only to have the arrival date pushed back twice. Delivery date came and next thing I know our address was determined to be "unshippable" and the package was being sent back to Ohio with no way of stopping it. I made many frantic calls to EB Customer service and to fedex. I was told my only option was to wait for the items to return back to Ohio (14 day wait), then EB would issue a refund and our order would go back into their inventory without any notification. The exact items we wanted would then be available to all and as of now the items are listed as sold out. So our coats could potentially be sold to someone else. If we were lucky and diligent in calling everyday, we could possibly get them sent back to us with express shipping (so now we are looking at getting them towards the end of December). All of it was a big MAYBE and I didn't want to waste mine or EB's time and frustration of calling customer service everyday between now and then.
I was pretty upset and frustrated at this point and still without coats, without the refunded money, and snow and bitter cold closing in. Seriously I was on the verge of tears. We decided to go into the Boise store and explain our situation to the manager.
This is where Stetson came in! I showed him our order and tracking proof, told him of our troubles and asked if he would be able to honor the sales pricing we got if we could find comparable coats in the boise store today. He said he would and then he went above and beyond by becoming our personal shopper without us even having to ask. He helped us find comparable coats and searched for the right sizing and helped us settle on colors. I didn't feel rushed and he was friendly and informative through the entire thing.
Although the coat I got wasn't the exact one I originally wanted and my boyfriends is a different color than the one we ordered we are both extremely happy. Stetson completely turned our entire EB experience around. It will still be a few weeks until we get our refund from EB online customer service but at least we won't have to freeze or wonder if we will ever receive coats at all this winter in the meantime. Thank you Stetson! You have turned us into two loyal EB customers. read more