Sean,
This 1 star rating is for the poor, actually incompetent cust. service, specifically service from cust. rep/sales person Maria (highly incompetent) and the store manager Julia (mildly incompetent).
The issue is, a pair of shoes which I brought in to be repaired was returned to me as repaired by Maria. Before leaving the store I checked the shoes and noticed no work was done which I highlighted to Maria. Her response was 'oh, it probably couldn't be repaired.' I said to her 'fine, but you returned it to me stating the repair work was done.' She repeated the same line. We ended with her agreeing to look into and get back to me.
The next day Maria got back to me with the SAME line 'that the show could not be repaired' WITHOUT ACKNLOWLEDGING THE MISTAKE SHE INITIALLY MADE. I tried highlighting to her that she made a mistake initially by stating the show was repaired but she kept with the same line. The second issue is that the shoe was returned with damages that were not present when I brought it in which Maria didn't pay any attention to. She (highly incompetent Maria) actually became irritated with me. I then decided to speak with the manager, Julia.
Julia did get back to me in a timely fashion but repeated the same line about the shoes not being able to be repaired which I told her I understand. What I don't get is why was I told the shoes were repaired when it wasn't. What process do they have to check items before returning to customers? I highlighted the issue of Maria not acknowledging her mistake. Julia did apologize and agreed it was a mistake of the store and that Maria needs to be better trained.
Regarding the second issue of the shoe having damages which were not there when I brought it in, Maria doubted my assertion despite her not being there when I brought the shoe in. She claimed she looked at the shoe after I left and did see the problem. This now became a classic issue of he say/she say. I asked Maria whether they have a process of documenting their intakes, all the issues on a pair of shoes before accepting and all parties agreeing to the issues before proceeding with any work. To this Maria kept stating she saw the damage to the shoes when it was brought in despite Maria not dealing with me, i.e. NOT INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL TRANSACTION. I suggested to Maria that she ask the cst rep I dealt with because this was NOT AN ISSUE neither him nor I saw. She disagreed to do so and was adamant about what she saw.
I eventually contacted the corporate office who agreed that the store should have an intake process that documents the condition an item is in when brought in for repairs and the issues agreed to (i.e. signed) by store as well as customer. I was promised that I would get a gift voucher for the value of the shoes.
To conclude, STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS LOCATION, specifically Julia and Maria, both incompetent, in different degrees. read more