My initial rating of this business would be 5 stars but I have to knock it down to 3 after my interaction today. I initially did all of my testing with Ramoune Zukowski, who I found to be incredibly thorough and careful. She helped me pick out hearing aids that would fit my hearing loss, explained thoroughly how to use, clean, and care for them.
She mention I would need to come in every few months for additional cleaning and to have the tips changed. About a week ago, my left hearing aid started buzzing. At first it was subtle but it got worse over the next few days. I tried calling the Hearing Aid Center to set up an appointment to go in and have the tips replaced (I assumed that was the problem), but no one ever answered the phone or responded to the messages I left.
So on Sunday I checked their hours on their voice mail, after calling again. It said they were open until 6pm. So I headed over there. I should say that this is not a short drive. I live about 25-45 minutes away, depending on traffic. I got there at 5:30, rushed over to the Hearing Aid Center to be greeted by a woman who greeted my by immediately barking out, "WE'RE CLOSED. I JUST CLOCKED OUT." I replied, "Your phone message says 6pm" (it's 5:30 at this point, so staying open another 30 minutes so she could abide by their advertised hours, rather than knocking off 30 minutes early seemed kind of petty to me.)
I spoke to the supervisor on duty, who was no help. I get it. Evidently she was the only one working. He co-worker was sick. However, 30 minutes??? C'mon. You can't hang in there for 30 minutes so you can stick to the hours that are clearly advertised? That's ridiculous.
So, 5 stars for Ramoune Zukowski, and if I could give 0 stars for my interaction today I would. That would be 2.5, but I'm rounding up. 3 stars.
UPDATE: I went to the "Hayward North" Costco location to hopefully get my hearing aid fixed because I was close to that location the other day. The woman working there was very generous with her time and willing to take a look. She discovered that the last time I had maintenance done on my hearing aids (at Costco Danville) they had made a mistake. They had swapped the tubes that go from the aids into my ears. So, all this time I had been wearing the wrong aid in each ear. My hearing is different in my ears, so having the correct aid in is really important. She fixed the problem quickly and most importantly with grace and compassion. 5 stars for Costco Hayward North but I'm knocking my rating off Costco Danville down to 2 stars because I've been wearing the wrong hearing aids since March. read more