We buy water here to support a local small business instead of buying from Walmart. But this Water n Ice is just bad business.
I tried a demo water dispenser pump in the store using one of their 5 gallon bottles. Since I use the 3 gallon bottles at home, he advised me to cut the stem to fit the shorter bottle. This made the pump not work well at all. I came in to see if he would switch out the original length straw/stem so I could then use a 5 gallon bottle that the pump was obviously made for. I wasn't going to ask for my money back. After explaining to him over and over what the problem was, and an ordeal with trying to communicate between him and whom I think is his son, they determined that I just didn't like the pump.
He hemmed and hawed over the situation, shifting from foot to foot. Then loudly explained to me how he would be generous enough to give me half of my money back. Making it sound like he is the victim. He hadn't told me that once I followed his advice to cut the stem, I wouldn't be able to return it. There is no return policy notice that I could see. I have never purchased anything from a small business and even wondered if I couldn't come back in with my receipt and get a refund. Especially since he is the one who told me to cut the stem/straw on the pump. I've never encountered such an unscrupulous small retail business practice like this in the city of Mesa. read more