So I thought it was going to be a simple purchase. Stood in line, swiped my card and then hell freezes over. Their computer crashes after the transaction goes through (prints receipt) and they want me to swipe my card again. First, when things like this happen --- apologize to the customer. I swipe my card, but I tell the cashier please have a manager put down in writing that if I am charged twice, that I will be refunded. So the cashier calls the floor supervisor (who is completely useless and spends all her time flirting with the overweight security guard on the numerous occasions that I have been to this location) and she says it's "impossible" that I will be charged twice. All I asked was can I get it in writing because I don't want to have to explain this to someone if I am charged twice. She calls the head manager GINA, who instead of putting it in writing, tells me the exact same thing -- umm, hello? I don't need to hear the same thing three times, I just want it in writing. After much ado, she finally writes on the back of the receipt that the transaction crashed midway. Great, that does not explain my problem whatsoever. She said if I was charged twice, to bring in my credit card statement, but its "impossible."
While I was leaving, GINA turned around and glared at me and started shaking her head. Now, I am pissed. I log-on to my credit card website through my phone and low and behold the "impossible" happens, I have two "pending" charges for the same exact amount at 4 minutes apart. I walk back into the store and now GINA won't even come out to talk to me --- what kind of manager avoids customers? The useless one at BCF. Where was the floor supervisor? Again, avoiding me. I show my phone to the cashier who clearly sees that I have been charged twice for the same item and she communicates to GINA through her walkie talkie. GINA instructs her to not issue me a refund for the first charge. Then I said, refund the item, GINA instructed the cashier to not issue me a refund on the item I just purchased. What? I just bought this 5 minutes ago and now I can't get a refund on it and I have to wait for 3-4 days and come back to refund it. What a joke! I was like look "if you went to a store and bought something, stepped outside and then wanted to refund it would some store force you to wait 72 hours before you could?" It took 3 of minutes of explaining simple logic to the cashier when she herself finally refunded the item (no way they are going to make a dime off me now).
But that's not all folks. In order to get refunded on my first transaction where I was double charged, I still have to wait 72 hours and bring in a copy of my credit card statement. Lastly, I ask for BCF's corporate number. The cashier tells me that she cannot give it to me and only the Manager can give it to me. She asks GINA permission to give it to me. Not surprisingly, I am turned down. Of course, she wants to cover her own job -- don't worry GINA it's not too hard to find.
There were so many things that went wrong with the transaction that I will never be buying anything from here. A few recommendations to BCF corporate: (1) fire GINA and hire a more competent manager; (2) watch video of your floor supervisor not helping customers, but flirting with the security guard; (3) give customers the benefit of the doubt, especially when the STORE is at fault; (4) be apologetic, especially when the STORE is at fault; and (5) instruct your employees to grant simple customer requests -- all I asked for was a manager to put what happened in writing in case I was charged twice.
Funny, how GINA told me it was "impossible" for me to be charged twice, but when I showed store employees two "pending" charges, GINA refused to come out and make it right. Bravo to GINA the most useless manager ever. read more