Brought in an item to be packed and shipped off. They took the item and told me they were busy and would call me with options/checkout over the phone. I was a bit uneasy leaving it because they gave no receipt, no idea when it'll be sent/received, and I don't love giving out my credit card over the phone, but have used them before so left. After a few hours no call, I call and the same employee angrily told me that he's the only employee working and they'll pack it the next morning. The next day after no call I go in to try and figure out what's going on, and the owner tells me they don't know how to pack it (a basic square steel electronic device), and I should have expected it would take over 24hours for them to pack and send something (what??). So rather than shipping my device, or apologizing for their mistakes, he then begins to harass and berate me ultimately resorting to petty name calling, even though I had been civil and just wanted to send my package. I the. took the item back, went to UPS in Stowe, who were able to pack and ship it and hand me a receipt in about 2 minutes time without calling me names or acting like it was an insane request. This place used to be great, but the new owner clearly doesn't give a ****. Sad to see a neighbor and someone on the board of Revitalizing Waterbury actively making an effort to make our town worse.
Update: the owners statement below is completely untrue. And asking me to apologize for his failures as a business owner and a neighbor is beyond insulting. I left the item at 4pm a time I was the only person in the store, and two hours before they close, and was not told it would not ship out, let alone that it'd be more than 24hours... I asked the employee if I needed to fill out the needed by box as I wanted to discuss options and he said leave it blank we could do that when he called (he lied about this to Tyler when asked in person). This was not last minute nor during a rush, nor was Tyler present. I in fact saw UPS pull in as I left, so hard to claim it was after pickup. I called 2 hours later before they closed wondering why I hadn't received a call, 2 hours seems more than enough time to wrap something in bubble wrap and place in a box. I was given sass telling me they only had one employee and had "antique guns" waiting to be shipped, not sure what that has to do with my order, but seemed important to the guy as a rationale for why he didn't package my item. He said it'd go out in the morning though. I came in an hour after opening (I guess technically that's minutes, but usually when it's 60 or more we use hours?) The "scene" I caused was asking him to package and ship the item while we waited, since all I ever wanted was to ship my item. To which he refused telling me he was incapable. The item was a 100% discrete analog audio amplifier, not a computer chip, or even microprocessor on the board so again, pretty obvious lie. Further I asked to talk to the owner to discuss the poor business practices (not providing a receipt when accepting valuable items from clients, or letting customers know that an item won't ship for days) and insulting behavior presented by his employee, also because I know he's new to town, I wanted to say hello and introduce myself to a neighbor. Instead of having a discussion he berated me, and was in fact the one making a scene, I walked out of the store in silence/disbelief with him yelling "goodbye ROB", "Have a good day ROB" literally yelling over the sole other customer (whom somehow they had no problem packing her item as we waited). Needless to say the statements and tone were extremely loud/sarcastic/disingenuous, and hard to say I'm making a scene when he's the only one yelling. All in all, I'll revert back to the fact, the same item I was in and out of UPS within 10 minutes despite only one employee and others in line ahead of and behind me, and the item was en route within hours not days. Certainly worth the extra 5minutes drive for the better service. Luckily this is a small town and most locals reading this will know me and my reputation, and Tyler's lack thereof, the question of who's lying should be quite obvious. But no I will not be apologizing for what was likely the worst behavior I've ever experienced from a business owner. read more