Ive been coming to this location as I've been with Verizon. On February 13th I came in for a new phone. The man who helped me was named Jacob. He was extremely kind, professional, and helpful. I paid around 200 dollars. With that, I upgraded 4 months early, got a case, InvisibleShield tempered glass screen protector, car charger, and fit bit watch. I was thrilled and super pleased with the service from Jacob.
On February 22nd, after I got my phone, having not even dropped it, the ZAGG InvisibleShield screen protector cracked a little, and within hours the crack went from tiny to across the entire screen.
I took it into Verizon that day, where I was assisted by a woman named Melissa. She walked up to me, disinterested and apathetic with a mouth full of what she said were "mints". Regardless of what was in her mouth, I felt it was unprofessional and rude to have a mouth full while greeting a customer.
I explained my situation, told her that I did not drop the phone but that the screen protector randomly cracked. And was asking what my options were to replace it. Melissa told me that she couldn't find my proof of purchase anywhere in their system. I told her I spent 200 and assumed I must've got the protector for free because I figured 200 dollars was how much I usually pay just for the phone when I upgrade. I explained I got a few things with my purchase as some kind of bundle. I explained that Jacob (the man who helped me the first time) was standing right by their registers at the end. She walked away with out saying anything like "Please excuse me while I look into this", or "I'll be right back I'm going to check this out and see what's going on" just simply walked away.
She walked up to a man who wasn't the person I pointed out, so I politely said, "Excuse me, but I just wanted to point out that the man who helped me is right there (pointed towards Jacob who was standing literally two feet away and I explained exactly what he looked like). Melissa replied "um I'm talking to my manager right now."
So I went back to where I was standing, waited, and she came back and said there is no proof of purchase for my screen protector, even though they insisted that it was not free, and that I had to pay full price for the replacement or register it on their website for a warranty. I couldn't believe she basically told me "sorry. Can't help you. We can't find your 200 dollar transaction on our cool little tablets we walk around with."
Now earlier that day I spent ten bucks buying a screen protector and asked her if she could put it on. She said no because of liability reasons. Whatever who cares but I asked to speak with the manager because I was so disappointed in how I was treated while I was there.
The manager came up, His name is Nick, and I explained that I thought the woman who helped me was extremely rude and unprofessional. I explained my whole situation. After I told the manager Melissa had a mouthful of food while assisting, melissa corrected me saying "Um it's actually a mint so..." Then I told the manager that I was trying to point out Jacob so he could help us find proof of purchase. The manager responded "Yeah there's several people where you are pointing." (With attitude) I explained EXACTLY what Jacob looked like for clarification. The manager was just as unprofessional and rude as his employee.
On February 25th I came back in to purchase a screen protector at full price (Which I should not have had to do.) I was greeted by Nick, he said someone would be with me shortly and then walked up to a woman who worked there are started talking to her for a while (I'm assuming he told her I was a crazy or annoying customer.) She walked up to me and greeted me. Her name was Michelle. She seemed preoccupied and disinterested as well. I explained my situation and asked her if she could look up my transaction, she said "If they looked and said they didn't find it, then it's not there. There's nothing we can do about it." When the time came to give me the screen protector I just bought, she said "do you want to put it on yourself or do you want me to do it?" I said I wanted her to put it on and she seemed very agitated as she responded "Okay well just so you know we are not professionals with this so don't hold us liable if it isn't perfectly straight." I said I trusted her. I was of course once again shocked to be treated with such disrespect in their tone and presentation.
Jacob was a ridiculously awesome rep from this store! Unfortunately, I'm not sure I will want to come back to this location again. Melissa, Nick, and Michelle should not be working in customer service because they are extremely rude, unprofessional and careless. I hood someone can see this post and benefit from my experience. read more