One of the worst customer service experiences I've ever dealt with.
I walked into this store after jumping through several unnecessary hoops to take advantage of the T-Mobile trade in offer to upgrade my iPhone 12 to a 14.
Long story short, T-Mobile somehow blocked me from doing my upgrade trade in via Apple (I never got an answer why), forced me into a T-Mobile store to trade, didn't have the phone I wanted in store (of course), mailed the new phone to me (took over a week), and then the associate removed the screen protector on my current phone in order to inspect iy for trade in and told me to hold onto it (protector-less) until I got my new phone.
So, while I waited for my upgraded phone to come in the mail, I of course cracked the screen of my iPhone 12 because the associate had removed the screen protector and never offered me a new one while I waited for my other phone.
I went into this T-Mobile store on PCH to explain the situation and to see what could be done, especially since I had jumped through a ton of different unnecessary hoops in the first place.
The first employee I explained everything to basically shrugged and spoke to me like a toddler, basically telling me that my 12 is worthless for trade in now.
Then Katherine the Assistant Manager stepped in and had absolutely no sympathy for my myriad of issues T-Mobile had put me through. She refused to even try to help the situation and seemed to relish telling me "no".
She told me that T-Mobile wasn't the one that "broke the phone" and that there was nothing that could be done and as a result, my trade in was no longer going to be honored. I explained everything and she didn't care. As I became more upset and distressed she smirked at me and told me her hands were tied. She even implied that she was "uncomfortable helping me" because I was obviously exasperated by the entire situation. She gaslit me and made me feel
like I was being crazy instead of being compassionate towards me and attempting to help me. She did not offer to help me explore some options that were available and acted like I was an annoyance to get rid of instead of a loyal customer who had been having a very rough time with the company she represents. She basically refused to help me by pawning me off to customer service and told me nothing could be done.
This of course, was not true. I called customer service and they issued me a 30 dollar credit to fix my screen so I could fully trade it in. They told me to go get it fixed at Apple and then go trade it in and everything would be fine.
Katherine didn't mention this, didn't seem concerned for me, didn't care at all about my predicament, didn't even instruct me to try and call customer service because there might be options available. I had to do this all myself...someone with absolutely no insight or training into T-Mobile policies or procedures. Crazy that I could do a better job than someone they are paying to help manage one of their stores.
Look, I have worked in customer service for 20 years, and I worked all through the pandemic. I understand that customers can be unreasonable...but truly, customer service in general has become so dire, it seems like you can't expect any sort of help from anyone anymore.
I literally don't know what Katherine is paid for if it isn't to try and solve a customer issue. She acted as if me being upset was totally unwarranted and irrational, when in actuality it is normal under the circumstances.
I didn't yell, I didn't cuss, but I did insist on some sort of help since literally that is her job.
If I wasn't issued the help I needed over the phone I would've ended my 17 year relationship with T-Mobile. Absolutely insane level of disregard for their customers.
1. I wouldn't recommend going into this store or any store. The employees are so unhappy with their jobs they basically get a kick out of seeing their customers be upset. If you do go to this store with an issue, don't expect anything from Katherine besides condescension and gaslighting.
2. Try and do all your trade ins through Apple. Although, you might find that T Mobile blocks your account for no reason which forces you into a T Mobile store (this is what happened to me.)
All in all a truly bad experience. Thanks for nothing. read more