NO REFUNDS ON PRODUCTS
Weeks ago, I visited the Mokara spa upstairs after treating a friend to brunch that Sunday at Texas Spice. I'd heard that the spa carried the Eminence skin care brand, which has an organic face moisturizer with spf and is hard to find. I needed it because I was flying to Mexico the next week and was out of facial sunscreen. I bought the sunscreen in a rush, because I had 3 friends that took this detour with me this day. I quickly glanced at the ingredients to make sure that they were organic, bought my product and went on my merry way. I wasn't verbally told that there were no refunds at the time of checkout neither was there any signage, or details of no refunds on my receipt. If this was communicated at the time of purchase, I would have taken more time to make this 80 dollar purchase, but unfortunately it wasn't.
When I got home, I read the box in detail and found that there were ingredients that my sensitive skin may have a reaction to, so I decided to take it back during my lunch that same week. My friend and I walked back to Mokara that same week, because I work downtown, so I'm close to the Omni. When I went to return the product I was told that there were no returns by the manager, Irena. I didn't understand, because there is literally no place that I've frequented that does not allow one to return a product that does not have it blatantly displayed, stated on the receipt, or at least told verbally before the purchase is made, especially unopened. After many minutes of back and forth with Irena and no clarity brought about the no refund policy being displayed or communicated, I was told that the no refund policy was listed in a brochure on a table by the window behind a display that was never shown to me. I went downstairs to talk to the manager of the hotel. She only brought down Irena from the spa, who then stated to me that the reason for no return was because they could not tell if the product had been used. I responded over and over that I hadn't even taken the product out of the box to view it, and I had only looked at the ingredients on the outside box. The product was never opened. She offered no help, or aid for solution, no resolve.
I went home that day disappointed, frustrated with the feeling of being hoodwinked by a company that I came to trust in. My sister requested to actually see the product that I was so upset about because she had heard of the company recently from a sales rep. I opened the package and IT WAS SEALED!!! SEALED!!!! So there WAS a way to tell if the package had been opened or tampered with and the manager would've known this information because I didn't contest her statement. There was no way that I would've known that it was actually sealed. Either she knew that it was sealed and fed me a lie, or she didn't and doesn't know the products that she is selling and is communicating false information.
I am extremely disappointed in my experience. I don't like the way it was handled at all. Even the Forever 21 sales rep states as they checkout your purchase "that this purchase is non-refundable". Being an upscale spa at an upscale hotel, I expect better communication to be provided than a fast fashion chain. This is an opportunity to put clear communication protocols into place. I am certain the person communicating was doing her best and it just wasn't good enough. I definitely need a refund for my purchase, but none was offered, in fact it was refused. read more