SHAME ON THIS STORE !
On 11/1/2020 I came into the store to see what my upgrade options were with regards to getting a new phone. At the time I had an iPhone X, and wanted to see its trade in value, and what the payment difference would be between the iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro.
After an hour and a half of waiting in line, I was finally helped by a sales person named Clarence. As annoying as it was, i knew that the store had been understaffed due to COVID-19, so I ultimately admired this team for working as hard as they did because I'm also an essential worker and could totally relate.
Anyway, you'd think after waiting in line for so long, I'd have the mans undivided attention. Unfortunately, that was not the case, as he started jumping around from helping his co-worker (who clearly didn't know what she was doing), to helping other customers (to move the line along faster), and coming back to me. As i noticed that his attention was not geared towards me, the customer, I began to document everything he was telling me (writing on a piece of paper) because I began to get confused about the different promotions he was telling me I qualified for.
To make a long story short, I was told that I qualified for a $550 credit if I traded in my iPhone X today and upgraded to the iPhone 11 Pro, and that sounded like a deal to me so I went for it.
Clarence began to process the transaction, and I was charged (taxes +$50 for a setup fee). Little did I know that I'd be at the store for the next 3 HOURS as neither Clarence or Caileen knew how to set up the phone !!! As annoying as it was to have to be there, I stayed at the store and just chatted with the team (which i thought was really nice and that we got along). Not to mention, someone on the team purchased iCloud storage on my iPhone which is a recurring charge of $5 per month. After a long day, the team had been closing the store, and couldn't figure out how to transfer my data from my old phone to the new one, so they told me that I can do it from home via iTunes and return the phone by following a few simple steps on the myVerizon web. Keep in mind i paid a $50 set up fee which they were unable to perform. Ok cool, no worries.
Anyway as i went home and spent another 1-2 hours transferring the data to my new phone, i went onto myVerizon web account to process the trade in online, and on the website it said My phone was only worth $220. I immediately called the store on 11/2/2020, and the store manager (who was not there on 11/1/2020) picked up the phone. He listened to my issue, and told me he couldn't help me over the phone and that I'd have to come into the store again.
Anyway, on 11/6 I came into the store to specifically resolve this issue with the salesman who helped me, Clarence. I waited patiently in line because I knew he'd be of best service to me because he'd be most familiar with what went down (since I had been dealing with him) and he also deep down inside knew he made a mistake when telling me which promotions i qualified for etc. Anyway after patiently waiting, he was too busy assisting other customers and Caileen stepped in to help me.
Keep in mind, she was the only other sales person at the store at the time of my first visit. So she was very well familiar with the situation. Anyway, she told me I'd only be eligible for the $550 trade in credit if I were to upgrade my family plan to the "Do More Unlimited" plan. Essentially all that was required was that I allow for the company to automatically withdraw my payments. Anyway, this wouldn't be a problem if our nation wasn't in a state of pandemic and uncertainty. So i asked her why wasn't I told this before I got the phone, and immediately the manager stepped in and started speaking to be in a condescending tone, and he tried putting words in my mouth. I asked him to not get into my conversation because he clearly didn't know the situation, and whatever he had to say was irrelevant because he knew that his team messed up. Anyway, after i asked him to stay out of it, Caileen started to threaten to call the cops on me if I continued to "complain" about the situation. Whatever happened to the customer always being right, Or Holding yourself, team and business accountable.
Anyway, I'd rather pay the $550 then to ever do business with this store again. Not only will I will never return here again, moreover, i would never recommend this store to anybody in the future. It's unfortunate that the most platinum carrier would had this garbage of a store and customer service.
Avoid Caileen, Clarence, and Melvin, this is the most toxic group of individuals who should be embarrassed to call themselves "professionals." Because of them I'll never return to the store again. read more