[Update] All resolved! This was escalated to the district manager who was extremely helpful and professional in handling the mistake that Holly made. I was fully entitled to my refund and also received my full refund in store, where I was assisted by the store manager, who was also extremely professional, kind and understanding of my situation. Thank you for making this right, pleasant hill See's team !
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This review is for the incredibly rude, passive aggressive, dismissive customer service I received from Holly N at the pleasant hill store right off of monument freeway.
My boyfriend and I purchased 7 items from this location on Saturday September 26, 6 of them were gifts for a upcoming family trip and 1 was for ourself. When we got home, we opened the can of Toffee-Ettes we got for ourselves, and found it tasting incredibly stale and even a bit of bitter. We have always loved our sees candies, they have been holiday gifts and family gifts ever since we remember, so we were sure that normal Toffeeettes does not taste like this.
We went back to the same store on Sunday, asking for a refund. Because the rests are gifts and there is no way to be sure about the quality of those, we felt uncomfortable giving them as gifts to our family.
Holly N was the only sales associate at the store. When we asked her for the refund and explained our reason, she cut me off while I was explaining to say " we don't do refunds". I told her that I read the sees candies "60 day's satisfactory guarantee" on the website and it does say I am able to return them to a store within 60 days of purchase, in which she just replied that they don't do refunds, and if I need to refund I'll have to send an email to corporate and start a whole process. I tried to ask her how long the process will take, which then she sarcastically replied something alone the lines of " well if you read our website then you should know that it's 90 days".... HOW RUDE ! I was only just trying to protect my rights as a customer.
At the end, my boyfriend and I just decided to switch out the bad box + the other box of "toffee ettes" we got as gifts, hoping that maybe the quality and we were just unlucky and got a bad batch. But this definitely left such a sour taste in our mouth for getting unexpected - sarcastic and rude service. I went back home and re-read the satisfaction guarantee on the website and was unable to find the 90 day requirement or any email I need to submit a refund request to in order to. The website says " If for any reason you are unsatisfied with a See's product you purchased from us or one of our authorized sellers, we will gladly provide you with a refund or replace the candy free of charge."
Holly N, you did not help us with our problem and you absolutely need to work on your customer service skills to not be so sarcastic and fake nice. You can speak in a calm tone but your attitude and how you say things needs work.
We will be trying to return our purchase at another store. This is just not ok. read more