Yesterday I was in this store, located at International Mall in Miami, FL, the idea was to purchase a Simply Calphalon 2-pc non stick Omelet Pan Set, sku # 94378862 that I saw online and was available in this store. I was in the second floor looking for the item without success, after that Iwas waiting for about 20 min looking for a sales person until a young gentleman appear, with a shopping car full of stuff to be merchandise. He was polite and willing to help me, he tried to find out if they have the product in Stock but he couldn't find it. I was ready to go when he told me "I know what you are looking for, but what is you need it" I told him I need a REALLY non stick pan, then he offered me a Calphalon pan featuring ceramic, but I had bad experience with one of them, so he recommended me a Círculon skillet, the price was $54.99, I said thanks but I'm not willing to pay that amount for a an 8" pan and he answered: "wait, this one have 50 % OFF, I think the whole line have 50% OFF"
This was not the one I want it, but I can give it a try. Down stair in the register, during checkout (by the the way, this sales associate was very professional and polite, always empathic, capable to put himself in my shoes, asking for help and did apologizing for the inconvenience, kiddos to him)
The price popped up as regular so I explained to him what happened and he called for assistance, because of the delay, he politely ask me to suspend my transaction to ring another customer while we were waiting for assistance, after 2 customers, a young lady came to me asking me how she could help me, I repeated the story, then she went up stair to verify what I said, after about 20 min she came down to say she didn't find it, so the cashier apologized one more time and call for a high authority. If I'm not mentioning any name is because I'm not in a witch hunt. The cashier continue ringing other customers and I ask to my 16 years old son to go upstairs and make a picture of the spot showing an approximate 6x6 sign, red background and a white 50% OFF. When the supervisor came to me and I explained again what happened, she explained to me, sometime the store availability online is outdated and, then she saidbshe want to go upstairs, again I said, listen here you have the picture and you have my story, I've been today in a surgical procedure on my knee, I'm tired and I'm in pain what I need is you decide to honor or not the price and she told me what she need is to go upstairs and to coach the associate, because as area manager he suppose to go far and beyond and this line of product is not 50% OFF.
I never get mad at anybody, specially with people working in services, because what it goes around, it comes around, so I didn't say nothing, even when I found ridiculous you have a customer waiting for more than 30 minute, for a decision you should take in seconds. How can you, as high authority are going to coach somebody and let the customer waiting for and answer that is your responsibility? I think this is the moment to take care of the customer and later, you can clean the house. After more than 15 min waiting (counted on my watch) I decided to pay for the other items and I left the store very disappointed.
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