This is the most un-professional experience I have encountered at a retailer.
The store manager was hostile, rude, dismissive and condescending. From the minute he approached me, he stated "passcode issue" we can't return your phones if you're having an issue with the passcode.
Dismiss the fact, I received three phones by mail this morning, and was unable to complete a successful set up while on the phone with a Verizon representative, because one phone continued to display a message "login disabled", offering the option for me to try and log in again in 15 minutes.
Dismiss the fact, the Verizon representative, who was assisting me on the phone, connected with my frustrations after several attempts to "fix" a new phone, and highlighted my option of returning the phone, an offer I accepted, and with the Fishkill, NY branch being my closest, "Corporate Store Location" option, (a reference used by the Verizon phone representative, as a company owned store for resolution) I was directed to go there.
Dismiss the fact, It's not an issue with my passcode, but instead a device malfunction, and lets illuminate the fact that as of today, for whatever reason, I was not accepted in Verizon, and after over a decade long relationship, the store manager was making it clear, I was not wanted in his store.
Dismiss the fact, the manager didn't ask what my issue is, or offer any resolution, such as "Sir, I'm going to look into this and see how we can get this resolved for you today. We haven't encountered many issues with your model device, so this was not expected to happen. I see you've been a customer for sometime, and have been using the iPhone for many years, I'm sure we can get past this and make you and your family happy." May sound corny, but I would have been sold on it!
I informed the manager it was not a passcode issue, and described the message I was receiving, as another representative who was first assisting me handled the devices. The manager informed me that before anything can be done he would need to resolve my passcode issue. And I asked, "what passcode issue, why do I have to wait any longer? The phone arrived responding this way." His response was, because that's the way it is. I then raised my voice in frustration and asked, you are holding me accountable for a purchase I made of a device I believe may be defected, and his response was, "yes, they're your phones." I told him I needed to go and that he was completely wasting my time holding me up this way. I want to return my purchase and would like to leave, but again he insisted on holding me up to frustrate me more with being the blame for the issue I was having.
I then told him you have the product, you've checked it, it's in the condition it was received and the charging batteries have not been opened, credit my account or I will be forced to put in a claim for a chargeback, as I walked toward the door. The manager responded, its your property if you leave it here I'll just mail them back to your home address.
I stopped in my track and turned to him, only to notice he was following me as to intimidate me and said, I came to return, you took the product from my hands, it's your product now.
So I have a question, is Verizon allowed to use my address at will to force me to keep unwanted product? If this man believes it's ok to do this, what else may he believe he can access my personal information for? Aren't there any confidentiality laws to protect me? Horrible, creepy and disturbing. read more