I received truly disgusting treatment by "management" of The Herb Center, today.
I made a purchase that came out to $65 total. I used my debit card, entered my pin, and the transaction completed- except a receipt didn't come out. The machine froze. So the person I worked with restarted the machine - and ran transactions. I checked my account before even leaving the counter, and I saw i was charged twice.
I asked for a refund on one of the charge s. Working for a bank, I KNOW that I was charged twice. The person said no. I politely said I'd rather not take any items and be on my way with the refund for the items I paid for. He told me he couldn't give me any sort of refund, and that I'd just have to leave empty handed, and having spent now $130 total (ON NOTHING).
I asked to speak to the manager. The guy left, I'm assuming talked bad about me to the manager, because then 2 more guys came out and asked me what was "wrong with my card" really rudely. I said it wasn't my card, and explained that their machine glitched at the receipt stage and that I was charge twice. One "manager" cut me off before I could finish speaking and demanded I show him the transactions. I showed him I was double charged. He continued getting more rude, lots of attitude, and insisted that I wasn't getting my money back for anything because "they just can't." Meanwhile, the red headed "manager" was walking the initial clerk I worked with through the process of how to give me my money back! I said this is all I wanted.
The other "manager" that was rude and told me I couldn't get anything back, stormed off, cussing me out and calling my homophobic slurs under his breath.
Even though I got SOME money back, I didn't even get one transactions worth of money back because of their "non-refundable machine fees."
I work for a bank, and am president of a local nonprofit that has worked with The Herb Center in the past on different promotional events. As a Queer, BIPOC person of this community for 7+ years- I DO NOT EVER recommend going anywhere near The Herb Center for literally ANYTHING.
Substance is literally less that 300-400 feet up the street, WAY MORE PROFESSIONAL AND CONSIDERATE customer service. I know the manager and the workers there by name, and they always make sure you're getting the best for your money. Luckily I was able to stop by Substance and still get what I needed so my night wasn't completely ruined and I didn't have to spend it in pain. read more