I've been to three Verizon stores in the past week and every one has been really great until I went to the Bellevue store today. I just bought a cover at the Northgate store, they were awesome, helped me get my like-new replacement phone set up and I bought a new cover there. I was headed to Bellevue and realized I didn't really like the new cover for a variety of reasons, one big one being that my hair got stuck in it when I was on the phone. Because I had some time to kill, I thought I would see if they could replace my new cover for the old one, didn't mind paying for it if I had to, but they were able to do an exchange. Julian took the old screen protector off, processed the exchange, walked away and returned, placing the new screen protector in the box on the table. Traditionally, they at least offer to put the cover on for me, so I was surprised when he just put the box on the table, especially because it's the Samsung S7 Edge which is challenging to put on. I asked if he could put it on for me and he said yes, but if it isn't put on correctly, they can't replace it. This isn't a huge deal because they do have a lifetime guarantee so I could always order another one online if I need to and have a replacement within days, deal with a poorly administered cover in the meantime if need be. However, I didn't like that this information was not given to me beforehand, or that he just put the box on the table, knowing that I would want some help putting it on, and probably prepared for me to be upset when it wasn't put on. Customer service is about letting the customer know what is going on and letting the customer know when policies have changed either in advance or at least when handing me the product. Because I didn't like the way it was handled, or the fact that they seemed annoyed by my questions, and the fact that they didn't even offer to put it on (which the Northgate store had said if I got that one again they had a guy who would put it on for me), I just asked for a refund because, A. I no longer trusted him to put it on, and B. I'd rather give my money to the Northgate store where they treat their customers way better.
I understand that it is Bellevue, and I'm sure they deal with a lot of customers who are a little extreme in their expectations (which is why I will still give them 2 stars instead of one). But that is not me, and I'm not going to be upset with how poorly they put on a screen protector. My last one was only halfway decent, but it worked. I am, however, upset with employees who aren't upfront about policies changing and making me ask for something that two other stores offered to take care of for me because they understand that is the expectation with a kind of complicated product. Being upfront in those kinds of situations is always better than passive (see my review from Tony at the Redmond Verizon store for more info on upfront--that guy is awesome). read more