This store lies to its customers and engages in fraudulent, unethical, illegal business practices. In September 2020, I was visiting from out of town and needed to ship a large item home quickly. After having a discussion with an employee named Hazel in the store, I selected and paid more than $300 for 2-day shipping because I was told that 2-day shipping had guaranteed delivery, and 3-day shipping did not. Literally, this was our conversation: Me: How much is 2-day shipping? Her: $310. How much would 3-day shipping be? Her: [some price less than $313]. Me: So if I get the 2-day shipping, it's guaranteed, but if I get the 3-day shipping it's not? Her: Right. I paid the $313 with a credit card specifically because she told me it would be guaranteed whereas 3-day shipping would not be.
The package did not arrive on time because of a "sorting error" in the Atlanta facility. In other words, employee error--not a weather event any other unavoidable circumstance. So I called the store back the day after the package arrived late in order to claim my refund, and Hazel answered. She appeared to remember me and told me that the store would need to "open a ticket" with the main office in order to refund my money.
After a few days with no refund to my credit card, I called back, and Hazel answered the phone again. I explained I was calling to inquire about my claim because my credit card had not yet been refunded and she told me told me that they didn't issue refunds by credit card but rather by check and that I should be getting a check in the mail in "6 to 8 weeks." She then asked me to confirm my mailing address (which they already had from my shipping form), and told me a check would be sent from the main corporate office to that address.
When two months had gone by and I still hadn't received a check, I called the store again and for the first time got a DIFFERENT employee (not Hazel) who, when I explained the situation to her, expressed confusion and said that guaranteed delivery had been suspended by UPS company-wide since March 2020 becuase of the pandemic, that there was no such thing as guaranteed delivery, and no way to refund my money.
By this point, I attempted to initiate a dispute with my credit card because of Hazel's repeated lies, but the dispute was declined because I had waited more than 30 days to file the dispute--which I had only done because Hazel had knowingly lied to me repeatedly by telling me that a refund was on its way!!! Not only did she lie to me to make a sale, which was bad enough, but then she lied to me TWICE afterwards to prevent me from being able to dispute the charge on my credit card or from filing a claim in small claims court before I left the area.
I would file a claim against the store in small claims court except I live out of state and would have to spend more than the $300 in question just traveling to and from court. So instead I'm posting this review on Yelp. This store commits fraud against its customers and lies to them to avoid them from being able to pursue any remedies for the fraud. Of course, I'm still out $313, and all it cost them was one more bad review on Yelp, so they probably figure out they came out ahead. read more