The second debacle I had with Helzburgs started with my purchase of a $500 Citizen PCAT watch in November 2019. Very, very long story, it stopped working THREE TIMES. Three times I took it in to the Helzberg store at Oakview Mall. (This watch has a 5 year warranty!)
Unfortunately, being a satellite type of watch (PCAT) it needs light nonstop, not just several hours of daylight) At one point, a store salesman took in the watch to keep for 2days. He called me back a week later, saying he'd had it in sunlight and it "is working fine". Guess my home light isn't good enough, in that once I picked it up, a day later, stopped working again. See a theme here? I know, $500 isn't a ton of money. My card limit is only $3000 and I'm not a huge money-maker for Helzberg. But I did expect to some day, somehow, have a nice working watch. The Oakview Mall store manager, Kristen, said I was threatening to start trouble and she had done all she could do. If trouble means getting fair treatment, yep, I'm trouble.
Finally with it not working again, I've proceded up the chain of command to their phone based "customer care". NO HELP. After over 29 emails and phone calls, the phone rep said that the Omaha district manager declined to allow an in-person exchange for even a less expensive Citizen. I'm a pretty good guy, hold my temper, and try to be aware of what common sense tells me. BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I haven't given up yet, but I won't buy another item from Helzberg as long as I take air.
S. Whitehill
Omaha, Nebraska read more