Terrible customer service!
My husband and I were looking for some ski/trek poles. He found one set that was still in the package (not missing any parts) marked $23.99. There were others there that were not packaged, and missing several parts marked $19.99. He grabbed the packaged one ($23.99), and one set with missing parts and we went to the counter. When the girl (blonde, who was very polite) rang us up, the price on both was $23.99. My husband politely questioned the missing parts price and went back to find a set for $19.99. (We weren't going to pay $23.99 for a set with several missing parts). He found a set ($19.99) and asked to be rung up for that one instead (we had already paid for two at $23.99 but hadn't left the store) the girl seemed confused on what to do (from looking at the complaints, probably because they don't do refunds and she didn't know what to do - however we hadn't left the register). She went to get help. In comes Stephanie. My husband politely explained the difference in price and parts missing. Stephanie didn't say anything, so he briefly went over it again. Stephanie then snapped "We don't need to go over this over and over again"- like she was speaking to a child! Up until this point, we had no complaints with the store, but this was over the top RUDE!) I told her that her customer service skills were horrible, and having spent 20 years working many levels of customer service, this was unacceptable behavior. Stephanie just got more indignant and I asked for a manager. We asked for our money back as we refuse to spend money in a store that treats it's customers (the bread and butter of retail) so poorly. I told her she should have kept her feelings towards our questions to herself. When leaving we asked another employee what Stephanie's name was, and Stephanie said loudly "Oh I'll be talking to the owner myself!" In other words, she'll be heading off my complaint.
Stephanie shouldn't be working with customers. This is the wrong position for her. In my opinion, she can't control her mouth. If she continues as is, I know she'll be upsetting customers in the future. Good luck with that.
As you can see from my Yelp history, I am not an unreasonable poster. Only when something is egregious, will I post a complaint. Stephanie was extremely offensive to my husband and I for simply having questions.
I will never shop at Steelz again. And I will make sure that everyone I know in the area doesn't shop there either. I'll be posting this review on my FB page and several other social media sites. read more