My iPhone 11 Pro needed a new battery, and so I made an appointment with the Geek Squad at 3:20pm on my only day off which was Friday, November 18, 2022. I waited about 20 minutes before the staff was available to help me. I started the process of getting my new battery, and it turned out that there was literally only one battery left in stock. That was the only good part to this story. Had I been told at the beginning that I would need to leave for phone for 2+ hours, I would have perhaps done this one a different day, but I did have some errands and I knew I could manage without my phone for that long, so I paid up front for the service and left.
I got back at 5:50pm thinking that they would have had plenty of time to swap out my battery. When I arrived, I was told that they hadn't even started due to blah, blah, blah, excuse this and excuse that. They assured me that it would only take "about" another hour. I had a trunk full of groceries and was already tired and ready to get home. I stormed off, but then came back 10 minutes later and told them I wanted to cancel the order and I wanted my money back. I was told that would not be possible because suddenly they were already halfway done (lie, lie, lie). If it only takes 10 minutes to be halfway done, why was it taking over 3 hours???
I went to Ulta for some retail therapy, came back at 7pm and they still had several things to do and I was told it would be another 30 minutes. I had nowhere else to go, no book to read, no phone to listen to an audio book, so I went to the tv area, sat in one of their comfy chairs and put my feet up on the table. I took a little nap, and I checked back two more times. By the time I finally got my phone back, it was after 8pm.
I spoke to the manager named Weston and he said they were just really short-staffed and apologized. In fact, everyone I spoke to apologized, but an apology, though polite, doesn't change the situation.
The final thing is that the next day (Saturday,Nov. 19) , I got an email from my bank saying that I had requested my bank logon information at 4:23pm and that if I hadn't requested that, I should call them. Since the Geek Squad had my phone at that exact time, I know for certain that I had not requested my bank to send me my logon information. I'm not saying that someone on staff there tried to get into my banking app, but someone did and it wasn't me and since they had my phone at that time, it is a fairly logical conclusion that someone did attempt it. Needless to say, I changed my banking information immediately.
Prior to this experience, I have had good service at this location; however, the chances of me ever going back though are slim to none. Do better Best Buy and Geek Squad. read more