Update 7/16/15: one of the owners Joseph got back to me after seeing my review. Apparently he wasn't aware of my situation, even though I was told by two of his employees they talked to the owner, maybe there is some kind of communication breakdown. In any case, he thought I was asking for my money $200 back because I was trying to get free service. He initially gave me two options, 1) he'll buy my broken phone for $200 or 2) he can take the screen off the phone and give back my $200 back. He noted his employees worked really hard to fix my phone. I have no doubt they were, but promise was broken. After explaining that I was never offered a loaner phone and had to leave on my trip without my phone, he seemed to understand that I wanted my money back for the pain, stress, and inconvenience they caused.
He has refunded my money. I think if you have any issue with mobile kangaroo, deal with the owner directly, not with any of the employees. I feel like the situation could have been resolved much sooner with less hassle, stress and pain if my dissatisfaction was dealt with honesty.
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I had high hopes for mobile kangaroo. I dropped my phone and the screen shattered. I was able to still make phone calls with out any problem. I called mobile kangaroo and Mike assured me that it can be fixed in a few hours once he had the part. I dropped off the phone on Thursday morning, I told him I'll pick it up at the end of the day. I came back at the end of the day. The phone was not fixed. He said the screen wasn't sticking, the glue isn't sticking. Okay, he offered to come in early the next day to get it fixed. I was leaving for a trip the next day and told him, I really need my phone back. I told him I'll be back Friday morning when they opened.
Came back at 10 on Friday, the phone was still not fixed. This is a few hours before I had to leave for my trip. He said he needs another 3 hours. I would have given him more time except I ran out of time. At this point, I couldn't even take the broken phone because the screen wasn't gluing. He insisted he'll get it fixed by noon, I asked for a plan B and he finally said he'll get me a new phone by noon. He offered to wave the service fee.
I came back at noon, when I walked up to the store, the store OPEN sign was on, but the door was LOCKED, no one was there. I waited until 12:30 until I had to leave for my trip.
I had to go on my trip with out my phone. A phone is part of everyone's life, and I didn't have my phone with the good camera to take good pictures.
I finally got my phone after my trip two weeks later. Ali, the manager could not give me refund for $200 deposit I paid. Despite the pain and stress they caused me, they thought waving rest of the service fee was just good enough.
Without coming to an agreement, I left, even more stressed and disappointed that a company gets away with a fraud.
I brought the phone home and noticed the back was coming off and when I made a phone call people couldn't hear me. They offered to "fix" it, but I wasn't going to fall for their lie again.
Even with the defects they would not refund me my money.
We sent email to the owner to the address Ali gave us and we still have not hear back anything from them. This all happened first 2weeks of June. I was hoping to avoid any more headaches and was hoping to get it all resolved by now.
We ended up buying a new phone.
Called Palo Alto store to talk to Ali or their owner a few days ago, never got to talk to them. Asked to have the owner at least reply to our email, but I have feeling I probably won't hear back from anyone.
This will either force me to take them to small claims court or dispute the charge with the cc company as a fraud.
They over promise and under deliver. They take advantage of kindness and trust of their customers. I don't think they should continue their business like this. read more