This review will touch on several aspects of my experience there:
When I entered the store, there was one woman at her desk behind the counter. She got up and I explained to her what I needed:
All I needed was a small pane of glass, 4 x 13 inches. I had brought a sample glass, which I asked them to replicate, but!!! to just make the new one 1/8 " slimmer than the original, along the 13 inch side. After I had told her all of that, she said that she was not the one who needed to know, but that she needed to call a technician from the back. However, before she could do that, I needed to pay: $ 9.72 for the little pane of glass...OK, no problem... I need it! I tended her my credit card. She refused it, saying they only take cash under 20 $. Well, my car was parked a little stretch away, since they don't have a parking lot. I said to her that while I was getting the cash from my car, she could maybe have them cut the glass, to save time?? NO, not possible. First pay, then service... was her answer. I walked out to get my purse, returned and paid in cash. Then she called a technician from the back.
The elderly employee took notes on a pad, of what I wanted, then proceeded to the back of the place, where they manufacture the orders. The female employee pointed me to the exit door and told me to go to the side of the building where there is another door, and this is where they would hand me the new glass pane. So I am standing outside, in the sweltering heat (100 F that day!)... with the brick wall and the sidewalk reflecting the heat at me, no shade tree... and sweating, waiting... after about 15 minutes, I got my glass pane. I checked it and it was exactly the size of the original, not 1/8" narrower!
Return inside, explain what's wrong... repeat of the first part... waiting... another technician comes back and hands me the new pane: it is 1/8" shorter now, not 1/8" narrower! Reclamation on my part. They go back and do it again....now the new version is 1/8" shorter AND 1/8" narrower.... somebody help me!!! Next round and finally, I get the correct size pane.
At that point, I could not refrain from making a comment to the front employee about how this experience was anything but customer friendly to me. She took offense at that! No "sorry" no nothing!
I will make sure to never even accidentally step into that store again.
There is another glass cutting store about 2 blocks further down. I'll go there next time. read more