This incident I am writing a review about occurred in November 2024, the start of the cold season. Being a mom of three children, I appreciate my time. Writing a review is not something that is a priority in my life, but when I am continuously triggered by the work/product and the amount of times I go into that shopping center (UPS, CVS, etc)....it continues to be on my todo list.
I have been a Livingston resident for 10 years. I love my town and all the people that are part of the community. This is the first time I can remember feeling robbed by a local vendor. To me, it was insane to have such a bizarre experience so close to home.
I wrote a Top line summary about this issue below. I also included all the details of this issue so that you understand the whole experience (especially the customer service) which was honestly the bigger issue. It was too long to include on the actual review but it is attached as three pages in photos.
TOPLINE SUMMARY
See pics of my jacket before I took it to Dry Clean Spot in Livingston.
First two pictures are of me wearing it: Large silver zippers on pockets and in the middle which was a big part of the jacket style.
Next four pictures are how Dry Clean spot gave it back to me...with tiny Flimsy zipper (smaller than a sweater zipper) that opened up on me within days, and continues to do so. The flap that was in the back of the zipper to prevent clothes from snagging.... is now in the front. Not only is my jacket zipper getting caught on my clothes, It's lost its entire style. How was I supposed to know that I had to make sure Dry Clean Spot would use a JACKET ZIPPER to replace a JACKET ZIPPER and would know to stitch it how it came.
First off, it took two weeks to get it back to me, instead of one as Andrew told me the first day. They then give me the product in the second picture. I let the extra week go, I let the flap being stitched in the front go, but when then zipper opens up on me within 2 days....there is an issue with the work and product you gave me back.
After all the calls and texts and having me come back in 5 times (two of which Andrew wasn't even there), he tells me if I want him to fix it he will charge me an extra $20. This is on top of the $40 I already paid him and the additional $13 zipper I bought, as a friendly neighbor, for them to use to fix errors that were 100% on Dry Clean Spot's behalf.
I never asked for dry cleaning so why would I pay an additional $18 for it. I never said it was ok to use this flimsy zipper on my jacket. (I only agreed to use a black colored one since silver was not available). I never said it was ok to move the clothes snagging flap from the back to the front, which also cheapens the look. I even bought a new zipper out of my pocket, out of neighborly kindness, so they can fix errors on their behalf.
Obviously asking me to pay $73 for a quoted $40 zipper replacement is absurd especially when the error was 100% completely on Dry Clean Spot.
What truly made this a whole big issue for me was the bazaar customer service. I felt like I was in the twilight zone.
Too much stress or actually just weird to have so many calls come in and being asked come in so many times (just for jacket zipper), denying the flap was originally in the back of the zipper even though I am showing you pictures of how it looked before you changed it, lying that the zipper you used is a jacket zipper when anyone can see with their own eyes it is clearly not (your own staff including the seamstress), lying that you showed me this was the exact flimsy zipper you were going to use ahead of time, and lying about me in front of customers saying that I didn't pay for dry cleaning... when I never asked for it.
I wrote my entire experience in detail on the attached doc so you understand everything above further. I wrote it for my neighbors to be aware of the shadiness in this business, and for the owners to be aware of how Andrew is running their business.
Again, see attached as it was too long to include in the review box. read more