Copy of an e-mail to them, shortened to fit.
I am writing to inform you that my experience with your Frederick, MD location was not well. My boyfriend is attending a career fair at his college on September 13th, and wished to purchase 2 suits for the fair, but also for his pending internship. We walked into the store, and there was a woman folding shirts who completely ignored our presence, and did not even say hello (this continued for the other customers who entered). Our initial sales associate was relatively friendly, and assisted him in finding a suit that would roughly fit him. When time came for a dress shirt, the associate fitted him for one with French cuffs that fit him well. He marked the alterations, and we were told that they would be ready by September 10th, and that he would be called.
The second time I accompanied him into the store was to return two dress shirts that he had used his rewards money on. At the time of purchase, he was told that they would fit him, so he took them home and tried them on - it turned out that they were far too short for my boyfriend (he is 6' 6" tall, and needs a longer shirt length). Upon coming back into the store, the sales associates were talking about him within earshot saying such things as "Why is he back in again?"
While we were being assisted, we let the associate know that he needed an 18.5" neck on his shirt, but needed something longer than what he purchased. We were met with a horrible attitude by the Department Manager, Unberto Saunders, who rudely informed my boyfriend that the only way he's going to get a longer shirt is if he also gets a longer sleeve. He insisted that the shirts my boyfriend initially purchased would fit him, despite my boyfriend having tried the shirt on in front of them so they could visually see that the shirt would not have stayed tucked into the waistband of his suit pant.
After Unberto mentioned that the sleeves would be too long, I mentioned that they could be tailored, and it wasn't a big deal, he just needed more length in the shirt tail. He then met me with an extremely rude rebuttal and told me that a dress shirt sleeve could not be shortened. I asked him "Why not?" and he proceeded to flip down a cuff of a folded dress shirt on a table to point to it and ask "How are you going to shorten that? Look at it! There's no way that can be shortened." Now, I am a hobby seamstress and have made all manner of clothing in my spare time, and I know very well that a shirt sleeve can be shortened. I mentioned to him that it would be a simple alteration to take the cuff off, shorten it, and re-attach it to the sleeve. He walked toward the back in a huff to ask the seamstress if it was possible, and another sales associate proceeded to talk to me and let me know that a shirt sleeve could in fact be shortened, and that it wouldn't be a very pricey alteration. Unberto returns from the back to tell me the same information, and that the shirt sleeve could be shortened 2". No apology for his rudeness or the fact that he was blatantly incorrect, whatsoever. We finally find shirts that would be long enough to fit my boyfriend, and we go to the register to make the exchange. Unberto was unsure of whether or not the items could be exchanged because they had used his rewards on the two dress shirts. He takes about 10 minutes to do the return, but finally figures out how to do the even exchange, and we leave, I was furious that he didn't even bother to apologize for his rudeness.
Forward a week to September 10th when my boyfriend's suits would supposedly be ready for pickup. He did not receive a phone call noting that the suits had been finished, and I ended up calling the store from work that evening to see if they were ready. I was told that they were and that I could come in any time to pick them up. I recommended that my boyfriend go in today (September 11), to pick them up so that he would be able to try them on before we take them home. They fit well, but I noticed that the waistband inside the pants of both of his suits had only been tacked closed, and not completely sewn shut. I was able to see the fusible on the inside of the waistband and almost completely flip it inside out in a few places. I made note of it and made sure to bring it up at the register. We told Unberto and the other associate that they fit, but I mentioned that the seam wasn't finished on the waistband. The associate looked surprised when I showed him that it was only tacked closed, and Unberto asked "Isn't it supposed to be that way?" I told him no, and that I had made sure to compare it with another suit that had been hanging on the rack. I mentioned that the waistband should be sewn shut completely and you should not be able to almost flip it completely inside out to see the inner workings of the waistband. I was told they would be ready by Tuesday morning, so we will see. read more