I think Yelp should start allowing negative stars...that's how horrible our experience was.
1. The store is an absolute disgusting mess. There is stuff thrown everywhere and a lot of merchandise is damaged. I picked up a Bobby Brown make-up palette to look at it only to get some sort of weird goo all over my hand, that was disgusting. Very expensive designer items half on/off hangers and getting stretched out, it's an absolute disgrace. Clothing on the floor, shoes missing out of boxes, opened items falling out of boxes, broken merchandise...the list goes on and on.
2. The staff is trashy, rude and useless with the exception of two employees: Eric and a lovely woman from India, aside from them everyone else should be fired. The managers are incompetent, rude, disrespectful and offer worse than horrendous service, their names are Victor and Robert. The two things ringing behind the desk were also incredibly rude and unhelpful and decided it was appropriate to speak about US to each other in front of us and had the audacity to call us OLD, which is also inappropriate. The woman in jewelry was polite but then got annoyed that she had to walk to a register so I'm not okay with that.
3. Staff was all dressed inappropriately and NOT according to company standards (not the only rule they were breaking). Victor was wearing a logo T-Shirt and jeans and looked like he was about to go bowling or to a baseball game. The others behind the register looked like they were cleaning the toilets in their apartments when they suddenly realized they needed to leave for work. One girl was chubby with a face diaper and a t-shirt that looked like she got it free for winning a beer pong competition...her hair was dirty and messily tied on the top of her head. The other girl was wearing a green top with her belly hanging out and she looked like she was performing tricks to supplement her income before coming into work that day. Robert was wearing a sweatshirt, the least offensive but still highly inappropriate. The only person dressed properly was the lovely Indian woman working the fitting room, a pregnant lady (who was also lovely but I didn't catch her name) and a woman in jewelry.
4. This store DOES NOT FOLLOW COMPANY POLICY and refuses to ship items or locate them for people. Let me be clear, I know FOR A FACT this IS NOT COMPANY POLICY but merely their laziness and incompetence. I'm not even kidding, we were told to defraud the government by pretending to be a corporation at the airport and ask them for tax money back. I've heard of international travelers getting tax money back but pretending to be a business to get the outrageous 10% LA tax back when our home state doesn't have tax is illegal and outrageous. Every store ships, typically for free but if I would have had to pay $15 or something I would have done it to ensure the sale was executed the proper way. They didn't want to call to get approval on the sale becasue I had spent 3 hours gathering THOUSANDS of dollars worth of items and that's what would have had to be done. As a result they lost around $3k from just me, who knows how many others have also walked out whether vocal about it or not.
5. Just to pile on...it's terrible that they closed their bathroom to guests and force them to locate one within the center. They use to allow clients shopping in store to use the restroom...just another reason not to go here.
6. They also make announcements over their loudspeaker like they're about to announce the blue light special but instead they announce that they're closing and everyone had to leave which is also AGAINST COMPANY POLICY. It's rude, Saks off Fifth is NOT an airport, no one wants to be barked at by them.
In closing, I'm thrilled that Saks off Fifth is doing so well and sales are so amazing in this economy that they don't need my $3k. That's awesome! Judging by all of the reviews they are super duper and everyone loves them, especially "Robbie" who is likely Robert the manager giving himself a review in a failed attempt to boost the rating. In my opinion (I run companies but what do I know) Victor, Robert and the two trashy cashiers should be fired immediately at the bare minimum, but in all honesty, the store general manager and district/regional should also get the boot becasue they're not only allowing this nonsense but facilitating it and this is not something I'm willing to support today, tomorrow or ever. Next stop...Saks off Fifth CEO, I will not stop until this is resolved and I get an apology and a promise that this will NEVER happen again and if not...okay...enjoy bankruptcy becasue that's where it's headed! Also, Mark, the CEO of Saks mainline stores should be horrified since Saks off Fifth uses their good name and then trashes it at every turn...sorry folks but you DO NOT get Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills quality at Beverly Connection Saks off Fifth, you get worse than Walmart on all fronts. Best of luck and blessings...you guys need it. read more