My wife went to Lily's recently for an organic spa pedicure which she was told the price of $55.00. The employee asked her what color for her toe nails, and was shown a color wheel that was for gels. She picked one out, and she says she got the best pedicure of her life. She was very satisfied until it came the time to pay for the service.
She was to pay $55.00, but was told it would be $75.00 instead. She had also tipped them $10.00 for a total bill of $85.00. When she asked why there was such a increase, she was told that she had chosen a gel, instead of regular nail polish, hence the $20 increase. She was never told of the price difference, and there was no sign displayed by the gel that said it would be an additional cost. Management did not listen or address the confusion. To say the least, my wife became very upset with the two employees who argued with her. She later wrote a review on YELP that was understandably not very complimentary, and addressed how this spa was a rip-off.
After a couple of more contacts, they did agree to refund her $20, which we went back to the store to collect. Upon arrival, the employee immediately gave her the cash back. At that point, a person who seemed to be the manager or owner came from the back, and said she was primarily upset that my wife gave them such a poor rating on YELP. Then another lady came out from the back, and tried to convince my wife that was HER fault because she selected gel. When told that there was no price list with the gels, and no one explained it to her up front, she said that all her customers knew beforehand.
In the argument, the manager said that the $20 refund was coming out the employee's check. When my wife protested that it was not his fault, and expressed that it was not fair that he gets punished for management's mistake, she was informed that this was their policy. The manager suggested that my wife tip the employee instead. Totally unacceptable!
The insuring argument went on for about ten minutes, before my wife said that enough was enough, and we left the store.
It is very poor customer service that they did not tell my wife of the increase of price for gel instead of normal nail polish, nor were there any signs that warned of this increase. It is also very poor service when the employees never said they were sorry for the confusion in pricing. Again they said they were upset about the poor rating and written complaint.
In summary, extremely poor customer service despite the excellent pedicure. You don't argue with customers, especially in this time of Covid where small businesses are lucky to have any business at all. read more