I attending this shop today (14/04/13) hoping to find a walima lengha for my sis in law following a slight hitch with the one from Pakistan. I walked in at midday ( bare in mind opening hours are from11am and I was met by two ladies, one hoovering and the other one welcomed me to the shop!
I told them I was in urgent need of a lengha and only had 4 weeks for it to be altered, I explained I was willing to leave a deposit today an return for sizing with my sis in law. Straight away I was asked to make an appointment an that nothing was available now !
I explained that i had come from far (2hrs away) an seem some amazing designs online, the deal apparently is you can ONLY see lengha designs WITH AN APT. Well I was not aware of this an what about walk in customers?? OR BASIC CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS.?.??.?
I was then told that at this time of day they CLEAN the shop!! I politely responded and told them they should maybe keep the shop doors closed then, I also asked whether the lengha pieces were on site or in a warehouse ( then I would understand why an appointment was necessary ) but I was told they were At the back of the shop,,,,!
May I remind you all that the shop was COMPLETLY EMPTY except for my mother and I!!. Thankfully mr Gul himself then walked in and I explained the same thing to Him in the hope he would realise I was a serious customer.
After some persuasion he offered to show me two peices, but may I please add he DID not remove the outer coating and showed me3/4 of the lengha for a 45 second clip before asking his minions to "TAKE IT AWAY"
He then rudely waked away and said ""it's £3000 and I would want 50% CASH today and the rest upon collection.
I have to say the lengha was amazing and mr "GUL" himself was very proud of his work and showed. NO BASIC CUSTOMER SERVICE skills, based on the designer himself I did not find it suitable to make a decision of an outfit he was not willing to show me for more than ONE MINUTE!,,!,!,,,,!,
As a "designer" you would expect a little bit more respect for his own work and even try selling the piece but HE WAS NOT INTERESTED ONE bit !!
I would not recommend this shop to anyone, I did read on a previous blog how the skills of staff in there is very bad including mr guls attitude himself but I did not expect this.
Based on my experience I would not step foot back into his shop EVEN IF SOMEONE PAID me. I am a good customer who was willing to pay the price for good service. But this is not what I class as PROFESSIONAL, read more