I came in to get my Droid DNA repaired; I had cracked the screen and the LCD was shot. The main positive here is that everyone was very friendly, making sure I knew exactly what I was getting, both when I spoke to representatives on the phone and in person in the store. Every single employee I encountered was nothing but courteous, so that's a big plus.
The Droid DNA is a little rare these days, so it took a few days to initially order my replacement screen. That's fine, that's just how it goes with technology. However, when I was notified that my phone was repaired and I went in to pick it up, the earpiece was no longer working, as well as the replacement screen having a dead strip right in the middle that was unresponsive to touch. The odd part was that the touchscreen worked the very first time I swiped my password in, and the refused to work from then on out.
We both assumed it was a problem with the replacement screen they got, so when they offered to order a new screen and put it on, I was completely fine with that. Fast forward to the second time I pick my phone up... The employee tells me that the person who repaired my phone tested the screen and made sure that it was working fully. I get my phone back and run into the same issue as last time: dead strip in the middle of the screen. The employe at the counter takes my phone back and successfully swipes in my passcode. Once. And then the screen becomes completely unresponsive again. They did give me a free tempered glass iPhone screen protector, so that was nice.
So they go ahead and order me a replacement phone at no charge to me. This is the second plus. They could have easily just refunded me and sent me on my way, but they didn't. Although due to all the frustrations I experienced with the replacement process, I would almost be okay with them having done that.
The employee told me that they would order a phone from corporate and that it would get overnighted to the store. Awesome. Except that was not the case. I called a few days later asking about the status of my phone and they told me that it would arrive anywhere from the following Monday to Wednesday. I call on Wednesday and the phone still has not arrived; when I looked up the tracking number, it was scheduled to arrive on Thursday. Apparently, corporate did not offer one-day shipping. Thanks to USPS, the phone finally arrived in the store. On Friday. I went ot go pick up my phone and the first thing I noticed was that the screen worked. Yay. But there were huge dings in the body of the phone. I understand that they probably ordered me a refurbished phone, but I wasn't expecting one in such bad condition. However, they told me that there was really nothing they could do to compensate me for my time or the condition of the phone since they didn't have any cases in the store.
All in all, from the time I first dropped my phone off in the store to the time I finally picked it up, 34 days. To fix a broken LCD. I left feeling pretty bummed. read more