Well, up until today, I would have given this place 5 stars. But my experience today was eye opening in the fact that Hospitality, Customer Service or even any Business Savvy does NOT have a home here. Tanning places are a dime a dozen and every single one of them would love to have your business in this precarious economy we have going on, what with gas, groceries, what have you skyrocketing.... who has that much extra money to buy a $70 Groupon for Solar Escape?? Well I did, and I brought it to the salon where the counter staff accepted it, scanned it and directed me to Room #5 to begin my session. Sounds like a great experience so far, right?? Cut to a knock on the door after I've started to be informed that they will not honor their coupon, and that I will have to pay again for this service! Talk about "convenient" timing on their part.......... wait until your guest is undressed and ready to go before you tell them! Apparently a phone call was made to a "not on premise manager" who supposedly decided not to honor my groupon becuz it was the 2nd one I'd bought...... wow imagine the nerve of me!! Trying to patronize your business when their was NOTHING on the groupon ad saying one time only and the girl behind the counter starts double talking me that you can only do it once a year?? So show me where it says that cuz the email i showed her DID NOT have that delineation on it. Ok, i get it & for future services I'd understand and agree..... but to flat out deny it and CHARGE ME AGAIN when me....YOUR GUEST has already paid for it AND you've ALREADY SCANNED AND ACCEPTED IT..... well that is just BAD GUEST SERVICE, that's ZERO HOSPITALITY, that's NOT ONE OUNCE OF BUSINESS SAVVY coming from a nameless manager that's not even there in the store to deal with this! I was flabbergasted to say the least! I guess there is no one at Solar Escape concerned with guest retention, building clientele, developing long term relationships that keep your business prospering while others flounder, making exceptions for an honest mistake that by the way is VERY unclear when your purchasing.... but no one at Solar Escape was inclined to give me (their paying guest) the benefit of the doubt and say "ok, sorry about the confusion, we can do today's tan but then we'll have to figure out the rest of them (which by the way is what ANY DECENT RESPECTABLE COMMUNITY MINDED BUSINESS would do....No.... at Solar Escape it was their counter staff BLAMING me and charging me FORTY BUCKS for a service I ALREADY PAID THEM $70 FOR and that's fine too. It shows me who they really are as a company and that's enough for me to never go back. Like I said, there are dozens of tanning salons with the same equipment and the same packages who are all looking for you as a guest to walk through their door.
Dear Frank, the Owner of Solar Escape..... if you've never actually defined what Customer Service, Hospitality and Guest Retention mean to your counter staff and your "supposed manager" who makes these calls despite not even being involved in the store at the time.... it might be a good time to revisit those parameters when in this market, can you really afford customers walking out of your business and into any other place that will treat them kindly and with fairness? Maybe I'm wrong but I think not. You helped me more than once and you were very, very accommodating, so
If you'd like to talk to me about what happened Saturday April 8 in the Buhre Ave Solar Escape, by all means, please give me a call.
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