I would give this store 0 starts if I could. I had a horrific and frustrating customer experience with Claire's Westfield Topanga Mall with the employee who was closing the store last night (which unfortunately I did not get their name as I was frustrated) and the manager Alejandra. I had purchased my order online to pick up in store yesterday, Monday, the 20th. I then received another email saying that my order was ready for pick up. I was planning to pick up the purchased items today, Tuesday, the 21st.
BUT I then later received a message shortly after that my product was already picked up. Someone obviously picked up my purchased product because it was still Monday and that most certainly was not me. I am assuming some employee there didn't even ask for the order number or name like they are supposed to. This was strike one.
Once I received the email that the purchased item was received (which was not picked up by me), I called the store two hours before closing and the employee on the phone stated that they were closing and could not help me. The store wasn't even closed yet it was two hours prior to closing. I am familiar with that mall as I used to work in multiple stores there and the store/malls closing times. I was then told to call tomorrow morning in which her tone on the phone was very rude and I really only explained my situation and no frustration was shown yet on my side.
I called the next morning, Tuesday, March 21st, and explained my situation to the manager Alejandra. I stated that I received an email that my product was picked up but I had not come in yet and I was planning to today. I asked her if it was indeed picked up and she stated yes. I asked her what was the solution and she stated that right now she could only ask the team working yesterday what happened. I asked her what she expected from this but she did not answer. I then asked when I would hear back from her on that. She then said that she does not know because the team working is off today and she had no definite answer. I then asked her what to do because I was planning to pick up the product today and am limited on time as I am going on a trip in a couple days. She said she could not do anything else and that if I come in she cannot give me any merchandise because that will be counted as free merchandise because someone took the purchased merchandise. So really, I am travelling in a couple of days and basically will not receive the purchased items that I paid for. Overall, there really was no solution offered as a manager. Her tone was extremely rude and unhelpful. She was not empathetic to my situation and not understanding of her store's own mistakes. It really felt like it was my fault that someone else picked up my item which really was not the case. This was really strike three.
I have chosen to call customer support to request a refund because I really don't even care for or want the product anymore because of this horrific and frustrating experience. I really did not even have the time to write this long message and I still chose to write it because I really am writing it out of frustration from my experience. I really should have purchased on Amazon and I will never be purchasing here again after this experience. Please don't purchase here so you don't have to deal with this horrific experience just buy on Amazon. read more