My first visit here was on 3/11/2019 to exchange a new Samsung Galaxy watch that I had purchased on 3/9/2019 at the corporate Verizon store on Jefferson Rd. After getting the watch home I set it up and tried testing it, well it didn't work. The watch would not ring, whether the phone was on or off. On the phone for over an hour getting tech support to get the phone to work. Nothing, she told me to go back to Jefferson Rd because they were saving one for me, well I didn't make it there and it was an hour drive, so against my better judgment I went to the one in Victor NY@ 60 Square Drive. I swore after buying my last phone I would never go back to that store again because the service and wait time were HORRIBLE. But I went back there @ 10 am first customer and I walked over to the register and spoke with Larry, started to explain my story and Larry stood there and just kept rolling his eyes at me like I was taking up his time .
Received the new watch, went home and set it up. This time the phone worked, but no notifications were coming through. The phone is suppose to chime when text or emails comes through, nothing. Now to spend 400.00 on a watch for it not to work is frustrating. I called customer service 4 times between 11-3:30 pm. I finally was able to get a supervisor on the phone, she figured out by reading the Samsung community page that people are having the same problem. So the Galaxy app was uninstalled, watch reset and still didn't work. Customer supervisor read that if you turn off bluetooth on the watch it will work. She put we on hold, tested the watch for 5 minutes and all the notifications started to work. Perfect, I was elated!!!! Hung up with her and literally 5 minutes later a software update needed to be installed, installed it and notifications and texts again stopped working. I reset the watch, put it in the box and decided to take it back until Samsung fixes the bugs on it. I took it back to Verizon corporate store in victor ny. I saw 5 employees in the store, 3 people were being waited on and we sat for a good 20 minutes. Allie called my name and called me over to the table. Explained it was my second watch and I want to return it, she then asked me " can I see your phone" with her hand out she wanted my phone, I asked her for what she said she wanted to see if my notifications were on, I said for what?? The phone has already been reset. I just want to see if you have your notifications and volume on. I laughed and said i am a college graduate, already own a smart watch and am well aware of how to set up the phone and watch, not to mention on with Verizon support 4 times on Monday twice yesterday and twice on Saturday, so 8 times trying to get this phone that i really wanted to work. Allie then asked who sold me the watch, I pointed to Larry and he came over, she explained to him what was going on and he said " your second phone and same pronlem" very snippy and questioning like i was making it up. I finally said listen there are notes in my account to return the watch with no restocking fee, Allie told me the note wasn't in there and Larry told me I dont care what they told you, it's your second watch and you have to pay the restocking fee and then Verizon will credit my account by deducting 50.00 off my phone bill , I said "NO" that is not what they said. I said you are a corporate store, you have to go by what corporate says, Larry said no and suggested I call customer service. I did call customer service, I started to explain to them how I was being treated , they are refusing to not return it without a restocking fee. I was speaking with Alley, Larry comes back over again and asks for my phone , I was talking to customer service so I did not hand him my phone, he became upset and walked away, but before leaving told Allie to return but charge me the restocking fee. Finally the manager karen comes over says absolutely nothing and shows allie something on her screen. Customer service assured me that no restocking fee is to be charged because there is a legit problem with the watch and you have called numerous times to fix it. She asked if I wanted her to speak to someone in the store, both allie and karen said NO we found the note about not charging me a restocking fee. Again I asked allie and karen if they wanted to talk to customer service before I hung up, again NO so I hung up. Karen walked away, Allie apologized to me for speaking to me like I was stupid and didn't know how to use the watch.
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