I cannot begin to explain how poorly I was treated at this store by Mr. Cunningham the manager.
I'm a decade long Verizon customer with over $24,000 spent on plans and devices in the last 10 years. But that doesn't matter to them. They will get more customers to replace anyone who changes carriers.
What was a great transaction one day, turned south the next as soon as the store manager had to deal with the problem they created for me.
1) My IPhone 7S suddenly would not charge. I brought it into the Westminster store to have it checked out. I was there for four hours on Wednesday. The IPhone was pronounced defective by the representative Curt French and I was told 100% covered under Verizon warranty. Curt is excellent regardless of the following events. So is Josh.
2) I again tried to have a name inaccuracy on my bill corrected. I was told it was after providing my social security card to prove it to Verizon. They had to fax it. It took an hour.
3) I was told I would get my replacement phone the next day via FEDEX since it was covered by warranty. I specified sending it to my Carlisle PA address, and said I would stay another day before returning to Washington DC. I need the phone for my business.
I was pleased enough to give them some more business and buy a $1000 Galaxy. I have three phones with this store.
The next day, I waited all day at home only to find out that Verizon would not deliver my replacement until Saturday. This was at 5 pm.
I drove to the store and asked to see the manger Mr. Cunningham. I was angry that none of the things, except giving $1000 for my new Galaxy, had been accomplished. He did not want talk alone, he wanted to talk in front of other customers. I told him that they didn't need to hear my complaint.
After a few minutes, he said "Please show me respect." because I was angry. At no time was I abusive, swearing, or belittling. However he decided that this was too uncomfortable, so tried to make the difficulty about me. Not the complete failure of his store to do what they said they would do, and fix my problem and get me a phone. This was all based on information they had given me. Not mine.
Until I addressed the issue directly with Mr. Cunningham, at no time did he seem to grasp the gravity of the work-days re-arrangement to get a phone I had already paid for. In fact, He sat behind the counter with his fist propping up his bearded chin, as if he was bored. This is a manager. I told him exactly that. He shrugged.
Then the Verizon rep who I had on the phone came back on to tell me of the mistake and that she was indeed very sorry. Her demeanor was one of customer service. His demeanor changed too, Interesting.
Mr. Cunningham's solution for my wasted day and the wasted hours yesterday, was to ask me for the phone that wouldn't work and try to piggy-back a charger pack onto it for remote charging. I told him that his techs had examined the phone and said it wasn't charging. He said "Maybe its an outside shot. I'm trying to get you going here. I wouldn't charge you for using it until your new phone gets in."
REALLY? He totally screw up my day and my order and weren't going to charge me for a problem they created? How nice!
Now comes the punchline. I took the supposed "broken" IPhone 7S to an Apple Store in Washington DC today. They opened the phone up. No moisture. Good. They checked the battery. Good. They checked the port, good. They plugged it in and charged it for 30 minutes. Good.
Now tell me who is ripping off who?
There is nothing wrong with my phone. Apple indicated it may be a charger cord....yet the Verizon tech showed it "wasn't working " and even said some moisture may have gotten into it. Not according to Apple it didn't. Someone is trying to jack a sale and both the customer and Apple here.
Finally, I told the manager that the frustrating part was that I knew nothing would be done about this, that they had my money and that would be that. He said "Oh no, let me get your email. I'll write you tomorrow to follow up. I didn't even get a pen, nothing. Not a handshake.
Well Mr. Cunningham, Verizon Wireless Store manager, Westminster Crossing, Carlisle PA, you didn't write back. I knew you wouldn't.
So I am going to write to your corporate HQ about how you treat the customer, don't fix the problem, make the customer pay for your mistakes, and give lousy customer service.
Whats my compensation for a day's lost work and being without a phone for 3?
NOTHING. Thanks to Mr. Cunningham at Verizon Westminster Crossing Carlisle, PA. read more