I really wanted to like this Michaels! It is a really nice store, in a good location, with a nicely stocked selection. Today I experienced what I would would call discrimination. As you all know Michaels is known for their grand sales and coupons; and I've recently been spending lots of time and money there as I have become somewhat of an artist. Today, was no different from any other day, I went in and racked up on stones and canvases. They had an AMAZING sale!!!!! I spent over $120. I had been holding this 25% off your entire purchase coupon because I do tend to spend a good penny when I go. Anyways, I asked the cashier, Michael, if there was anyway that I could make a return to use the 25% off discount without having to physically bring in the items that I had just purchased the previous Sunday. She gave some lame and lazy excuse about how it could be done... but that it was time consuming and that it was easier if I would just return the items. So I decided not be difficult and to take the easy route, so instead I bought duplicates of what I had planned to return so that I could use my 25% off coupon on those items instead. Sounds easy, right???? I should have been able to return my Sunday purchase and been done, right? Especially since all I wanted to do was to return items that I had spent my good earned money on. WRONG!!!! Keep in mind I had my receipt, and the items that were in my car would have totaled about a $27 return. So the cashier goes on the return the items and when she's done the items are showing about $20 due. So, I ask why there was a difference as I paid more for each of the items just that Sunday, and the sale had not changed. Her response is that the items were not showing up on my receipt. Implicating that I had swapped the products. WHY WOULD I DO THAT??? HOW WOULD IT HAVE BENEFITED ME? Especially since I had just spent $130. Keep in mind that she'd already completed the return and was about to give me the money when I questioned the cost. Then she calls the manager over the rectify the situation, he does find one of the products but not the other, which makes sense because one was defective so instead of holding the line the cashier rang two of the same items, and told me to grab another one.
So, given this the manager refunds me for the costs that I paid, the price that the receipt shows. No one apologized for the implications or anything. I was prompted to return the full $120+ in items that I had just purchased, just to prove a point to show that I had no reason to lie.
Their customer service SUCKS! I will not be visiting again. read more