Let's start by saying that buying shoes from shoe palace IS a mistake.
Last week, I bought a pair of Air Max 720. I decided that they were not for me, so I was going to return them this weekend. The receipt clearly states that RETURNS need to be made before 15 days from purchase and exchanges 30 days. So, the cashier checks the shoes and then goes to talk to the "manager". When the manager gets there he states that the shoes have been worn and for that reason he will EXCHANGE, but not return. First of all, the shoes were not worn other than my bedroom. This is not my first pair of shoes. I know you can't return worn shoes. I told the manager that , yet he rudely is refused to give me my money because according to him the shoes had a little dirt on the top of the shoe. My husband and I were not sure what he was talking about because the shoes are black ,so how can you say there is dirt on them. My husband asked them to bring a new pair of shoes and literally looked the same. The manager still refused to give me the money back, but will take exchange.. all though according to him the shoes have been worn but exchanges are ok. This is the most contradicting statement I ever heard. I am extremely shocked by the lack of customer service from the so call manager.
My husband decided to go into the other shoe Palace in mall. He talked to the manager and she stated the shoes were new and that she has taken worse looking shoes before. However, she was could not return them because that shoe was not in her inventory.
On our way back to the car my husband decided he was going to talk to the manager again. My husband works for retail, so he knows very well how it all works. My husband talked to him and tried giving him some feedback, but the manager seemed egotistic, uneducated and uncaring in regards to customer service.
When my husband and I get to the car. He tells me that the manager told him the reason why he didn't return the shoes for me was because I was yelling at him. Yes, you did read that right- the reason why he didn't return the shoes for me was because I was yelling at him. My husband goes you weren't yelling though. You were firm and frustrated.
Are you kidding me? The "manager" who is just an employee who is supposed to be giving good customer service because you want life long customers especially in the type of retail environment we have today. Brick and mortar are slowly disappearing because of scenarios like this. This shopping experience is by far the worse I ever had.
On the way home, I decided I was going to reach out to the district manager , so I called the shoe palace in the north outlets. I spoke to the manager and told him I needed the district manager phone number and I explained to him what was going on. He did state that shoes can't be worn and I told him they were not worn and that the manager refused to return them,but would exchange them. As soon as I said that he was like uhm no it's company policy that you can return them within 15 days.. he goes don't worry I got you. Come in and I will take care of it. So we drove all over the city once again, so we could return the shoes that I didn't like and I tried to return at the original store, but the "manager" thinks he is the owner, so he makes his own return and exchange policies.
I am extremely disappointed because my husband and I are really big on sneakers. We buy sneakers A LOT and we were excited to start shopping at shoe palace because of the large selection of shoes. Too bad, the customer service is not as good as the selection of shoes. That being said, this was my first and last shopping experience at shoe palace. read more