Horrible customer service by the owner!
I went in about 2 weeks ago to have trophies made for my child's football team. I have trophies made every year but I always go to the award shop and Kent. When I went this year I found out it was closed so I hopped on Google to find somewhere else close and Image Masters popped up. I went into their location and quickly chose what I wanted wrote everything down on paper and told them I needed them in a week. The girl I spoke to was polite and courteous and said she would get it done. It was super easy.
Last Friday I went and picked up the trophies. I was in a hurry in the middle of my workday, so I quickly ran over there to grab them and put them in the back of my car.
Saturday was the trophy party. I was at work so my daughter texted me after the party and let me know that the trophies had the wrong year on them. They said 2018 instead of 2019. At that point I couldn't do anything, we had to give them to the kids so I told her we will deal with it later.
I called Image Masters back this morning to let them know that the year was wrong and ask them if I could have my child's plate remade with the correct year. The girl I spoke to said absolutely, not a problem, bring it in and she'll get it done. She was super friendly and helpful.
At that point I thought everything was handled! I couldn't do anything about the other kids trophies but I could get my daughter's fixed and they were willing to take care of it right away.
Nope... It wasn't that easy... I just got a call from the owner of Image Masters. She called to make sure that I knew that the reason they wrote 2018 on the trophies is because I wrote 2018 on the paperwork. OK, so I made the mistake. I get it & that's totally my fault... but why wouldn't they call and verify if they knew they the trophies were for this year?!? She became very argumentative when I asked her that question. In the end she offered to remake my daughters plate at no charge, then got snippy and hung up.
What I don't understand... is why she would bother calling me at all if she was going to offer me the same service that the previous woman I spoke to had already offered? Clearly she wanted to make sure that I knew that the was mistake was on my end and not theirs. She wanted to make sure that I got the blame.
As someone who's been in customer service for many, many years I know that even if the mistake was my customer's mistake, if I can fix it and it won't make a huge financial issue with my company and I'll make their day better... then I'll do it!! I'm not gonna turn around and make the customer feel like crap just so that I can get my point across.
I'm truly disappointed in the customer service I received by the owner of this company. I will not be returning. I'll have my daughter's plate remade somewhere else and find a new place to get the trophies for next year. read more