If I could I would give this place 0 stars. I purchased a laptop less than 2 years ago from this Office Depot store. I bought everything they tried to sell me because I wanted it to last, or at least if it broke, I would be covered. When I purchased this laptop they told me a bold face lie that now is a huge problem. I purchased a 2 year warranty. I specifically said to the salesman- if this computer breaks, I can bring it here and you will fix it. (At least until my warranty ended.
I am on vacation - far away from Portland, and my laptop stopped working. Totally stopped working! So I took it to the local Office Depot, assuming they would be able to bring up my account. Nope. They ran a diagnostic on it ($56 I paid). I was told "I can't fix this because I would have to open it up. It would be cheaper to buy a new laptop- I hope you have a warranty." This laptop has a warranty good until October 29, 2018- so it was covered under the warranty.
I called the store in Portland and explained my situation. The person I spoke to was rude and unhelpful. She said they only hold receipts for 30 days. Also, my warranty was not through Office Depot (even though I was not told this when I purchased the laptop). My warranty is through a company called SQUARE TRADE. I was given their number and they would process my claim. Another bold faced lie. I was informed by SQUARE TRADE that if I didn't have the receipt- no one mentioned to hold on to the receipt in order for the warranty to fix my laptop.
After hours on the phone- constantly being disconnected- then speaking with at least 3 different SQUARE TRADE operators and getting a ton of different stories about how to get my laptop fixed since it was still under warranty- they refused to honor my warranty. All because I did not keep my receipt from almost 2 years ago. I contacted my credit card company that I purchased the laptop with. They verified the amount, date and store that the charge was made on. Still, neither Office Depot or SQUARE TRADE would honor my warranty.
After talking to so many people at both OFFICE DEPOT and SQUARE TRADE, I realized that I had been scammed. I was never informed that I had to keep my receipt upon purchase to be able to make a claim and SQUARE TRADE was determined to not honor my warranty- even though SQUARE TRADE was able to pull up the warranty and tell me that my laptop was still under warranty.
Do not buy any tech/electronics from this dishonest company. If I had been told to keep the original receipt- I would have kept it in my safe. That's what all of this boils down to. I did not have my receipt so my warranty would not be honored. I was also totally lied to about who I was purchasing the warranty from.
I have already contacted the BBB and filed a formal complaint against Office Depot at 323 se Martin Luther King BLVD, Portland, OR. I informed the store and they did not care at all.
One last thing, SQUARE TRADE is located in Pakistan so there is no way to file a formal complaint against them. However, I am going to the local BBB office (while I'm on vacation!) and continue to try and report this scam.
Do not go to this store!!! If you do, save your receipt for the rest of your life.
I now have lost EVERYTHING that was on my computer, including the MS Office Suite that I paid for and paid Office Depot to install. Office Depot informed me that I had no proof that they installed it and I had to purchase it again.
Be warned, this Office Depot will never inform their customers the truth and deny any wrong doing. read more