Sears - Sear employee incompetence destroyed my engagement
Hello,
My name is Richard Johnney and Syieta Leonard Phn:000-000-0000
I have never complained about anything until now. I have never experience very poor customer
service like this from any other company. I put an engagement ring in Layaway April 24, 2015. I made
my payments faithfully because I had plans to ask my girlfriend to marry me Oct 11th 2015, which
I've been planning a year for. I went to the Coasta Mesa South Coast Mall Sears to pick up the
engagement ring Oct 10th 2015 and they told me it was canceled. I was shocked due to the ring was
paid off, I immediately asked where the ring was. Luckily it was still there so I put it back in Layaway.
That was the start of the issue. I asked where's my fund so I could pay for the ring again :-( and the
manager proceeded to tell me she couldn't give me a refund in the store and I will get it back within 2
weeks at my address. I advised to please not send a check to my old address due to I'm in the middle
of moving and not sure of the address yet, also the credit cards I used to make payments here and
there on is no longer active and if she could contact someone to stop payment etc... She stated she
couldnโt help me. I called the solution center , they said they couldnโt help me and to contact the
store. I went back and forth for 2 weeks before I got anywhere. finally part of my refund was received
which I just received Oct 17th and it wasnโt my full refund. I asked the manager where is the rest and
she stated it will be refunded to the card. Mind you I told them in the beginning not to do that and
they still did it. I was advised this on Oct 17th, so I waited again to see if she would call me back with
a solution in 24-48 hrs, nothing happened and no call back for the 15th time. I called the solution
dept. Oct 19th to find out where the rest of my refund is and they stated it was refunded, so I asked
what card was the refund sent to and what day was it issued. After review they stated it was never
refunded or issued so he put in a report to find out what happen. Oct 20th I called back and they told
me it just got processed to 2 different cards. very upset at this point due I asked to receive in the
store due to the credit cards wasnโt mine and not active. Customer solution advised me to go to the
store and pick up the refund. I tried calling the store since Oct 19th and couldnโt get one manager on
the phone. It got to the point the retail customer center reps knew may name without me stating who
I was. Once the reps Abbey and crew knew it was me they would just hang up in my face which
happened 5 times in a row on Oct 20th between 6pm-8pm pacific time at 714-850-**** retail center.
Understand my position please. I'm no longer getting engaged as planned due to this mess. I have
been disrespected by everyone at the south coast mall from the retail customer center reps to the
management in the fine jewelry dept. Please look into the poor customer service from Abbey at the
retail support center and the others who answers the line from 6pm-9pm pacific time. The managers
Tatiana, Marie and one other I cant remember her name. Also the manager up under Tatiana.
Completely no help or real research on the issue. Every last one of them went off of what protocol
says to do which is fine, but if you don't research the issue it doesn't make since. After research was
finally done by higher management, thatโs when the manager Marie sent an email to corp. and I was
able to get part of my refund. Fast forwarding to today, i finally got a hold of Tatiana and advised her
I still havenโt received the other part of my refund, which she stated I received on 10/17. Tatiana
wasn't listening to what I was explaining to her due to the system. I told her to call the solution dept.
she called and found out I was right so then she decided to send corporate an email which was today
Oct 21st.
All I wanted was the issue resolved and my funds that I worked hard for. I know my small refunds of
1409.39 doesnโt mean anything to the employees, but for me thatโs all I have to get my marriage
started. Which now I'm not sure is going to happen. I'm still waiting for corporate to respond to
Tatiana in order to make a decision on the rest of my refund. This situation hurts my heart only
because my engagement plans are ruined. Took me a year to plan! I'm so over the management and
incompetence. The biggest problem is no one could help me. I know Sears is better than that. It's the
incompetence and careless attitude of certain employees thatโs bringing Sears down. I felt helpless
with no one to turn to. This is the type of thing that causes violence in the store. Not saying I would
cause harm to anyone, but I would go to media and let the world know not to shop at Costa Mesa
Sears due to the employees. I can't speak for the rest of the locations or managers. I have never
been a complainer, but this right here is ridiculous. #stillwaitingformyrefund #noengagementnow
#damnshame. So that you know where the problem started, somehow I was making payments to 2
different accounts, but same product. I guess the system took it as I missed a payment and canceled
my order even though on my end it was paid in full. Who really knows what happened!
Reason of review: Poor customer service.
Monetary Loss: $5000.
Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution.
Sears Pros: Product.
Sears Cons: Incompetence, Very poor customer service from management and retail support, No one could help, Poor refund policy, Careless attitude from staff.
Location: Costa Mesa, California
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