FYI.... this is originally written on 9/19/2016, but I am delaying posting it because I honestly fear retaliation.
I purchased a new Note 7 ONLINE with my 2-year Upgrade, and scheduled a pick up at this store. The whole process took over an hour just to get the phone. One hour just to pick up the phone that I already paid for and get one case, I activated it myself at home. They helped me almost right away, but the Sales "Professional" kept disappearing for 10-15 minutes the back, doing god knows what.
About a week later Verizon credited my account, and an email I received told me that I never picked up the device. I immediately contacted Verizon to let them know that I did have the phone, and was in fact currently using it. Whomever I talked to at corporate was very pleasant and appreciative that I called and let them know, and assured me the error would be fixed.
A few days later the Christoper form the store starts calling me (always during work, so I can't pick up). At first I figure that Verizon will figure out their mistake (especially since I already contacted them about it), and just recharge me. After a few calls, I figure I better just call them back. I call Al Rodriguez (a Solutions Manager), he explains that they (the Verizon Store) messed up, and assured me that they will fix it on their end, and just recharge me the 2- Year upgrade fee. I say cool, and I don't hear from them for about 2 weeks.
Now I get a call from the store telling me that I need to come in "as quickly as humanly possible" because my Note is a danger, and to come exchange my Note for a new one. I drop everything and go there as quickly as humanly possible. I let them know I would like to exchange my Note for the new Note, as per the urgent voicemail. They look up my account, and tell me that new Note is not available, and no one knows when it will be, but I can exchange my phone for a non-Apple product. Fine, whatever, I don't want my phone exploding, so please give me a replacement; they say I need the charger (the voicemail did not say I needed the charger), and that I would have to make payments on the new phone even though I purchased my Note7 with an upgrade. Then they tell me it might not even work because I did the upgrade, and if I exchange now, I might get stuck with the different phone. In the end, they tell me the chances of the Note exploding are very low, so I decide to hold on to my Note until their new stock arrives, and just use my old Galazy S5. Thanks for wasting another hour.
And the plot thickens: A few days later Christopher calls me again (also during work) and threatens that if I do not return the Note 7 right away they will charge me the full amount for the Note7 (over $700). At this point I am super confused, as both Mr. Rodriguez and Corporate already explained to me that I am all set, and they will just fix their error on their end. Christopher tells me that I do not own the phone, and bring"legal" into the conversation. Christopher does not know when the new Note will be available for an exchange, and tells me that if the phone isn't there today that they will change me the full price of the phone AND that he doesn't think that they will be able to reverse the charges. As I am still at work, there is nothing I can do. I panic and ask my wife to stop what she is doing and get to the store ASAP to return my phone; Christopher was going to screw me. I delayed posting this until I was sure that the phone had been shipped out and accounted for by Samsung, I honestly think if I didn't, the store would have lied about my wife returning the phone (they wouldn't give her any kind of documentation) and charged me the full amount for the phone that I no longer possessed.
This whole experience has been nothing short of a Nightmare. I probably will be sticking with Verizon (I like their online and Corporate Service as well as their coverage), but I can tell you with certainty, I will never go back to this store again.
12/2/2016 Update- They did charge my account! After I returned teh phone, a week later they charged me for the phone (something Christopher told me was impossible, and if they just charged me for the phone in the first place we could have avoided this whole mess and saved me HOURS of my life)!!!! I had to spend an hour on the phone with a Very nice lady from Verizon Corporate to get the charge of the phone removed. Nightmare. NEVER GO TO THIS STORE. read more