Unfortunately, I ended up back at this store again. Since making my purchase here, no other location has been able to help me. Originally, I wasn't planning on leaving a personal review, but after this last experience, I feel I need to share what happened.
Every time I've visited, I was "helped" by the same person, Hector. He gave me his direct number and told me to call if I ever needed help after my purchase. At the time of my original purchase, he was friendly, and the interaction went well.
After waiting two weeks for my new phone to arrive, I brought it to the store to get it activated, as Hector had instructed. While there, I pointed out to him that he might have made a mistake on the trade-in. It seemed he used the wrong phone on my account. Unfortunately, that turned out to be true. After spending two hours in the store, Hector handed me off to another employee, Jordan, who genuinely tried to help but couldn't resolve the issue.
This turned into a four-day ordeal, during which I was sent to four different stores, only to be told that no one could do anything. During this time, I called Hector's "direct line" three separate times and never once received an answer or a call back. Since discovering his error, he has shown zero effort or accountability in trying to fix it. I eventually went back to the original store to continue working with Hector. I was clearly frustrated, though I remained polite. At that point, I was nearly in tears from the stress of the situation. Hector, on the other hand, became increasingly frustrated, loud, and rude, to the point that other customers began looking over. His manager came over, apologized for his behavior, and offered to step in.
Even while she was trying to help, Hector continued raising his voice and talking over her, until she asked me to follow her to another desk and told him to take a break. She acknowledged that his behavior was inappropriate and apologized again.
After explaining everything, she did her best to help, but unfortunately, I was told I'd have to pay for Hector's mistake. The only way to fix the problem was to return and repurchase the phone, which meant I had to spend additional money and wait even longer for everything to be resolved.
I understand that I'm not the only customer, but working in customer service means doing your job right and when you make a mistake, owning it and making it right. Instead, Hector seemed more focused on convincing me to upgrade another phone on my account.
To make things worse, the manager initially told me she would give me a free Apple Watch for the inconvenience. I thanked her, knowing it didn't fix the issue but appreciating the gesture. About 30 minutes later, she came back to retract the offer and said she could instead give me $150 off the cheapest watch and that I'd still need to pay $6 a month for 24 months for the rest.
How disappointing. For a company of this size and reputation, I'm truly disgusted with the way issues like this are handled. The customer service is completely nonexistent. read more