In the perhaps 15 years I've looked to Yelp for recommendations, I've only written a poor review a couple times ... well, here is #3.
Unacceptable, terrible experience with this store. In late December, I took my iphone to this Verizon outpost in Boerne and traded it in for a new iphone model. I physically handed over my old device in exchange for the $800 Verizon trade-in offer (without that, I'd pay the entire $1100 new phone cost over 3 years). A few weeks later, I discovered by my Verizon bill that no trade-in was acknowledged, so I called Verizon corporate and they confirmed: no trade in had been submitted.
I immediately contacted the Boerne store, which acknowledged they had put my device into a drawer and forgotten about it. No apology, nothing. I went back to the store to speak with the manager who didn't apologize (he seemed to think I should understand that the employee tasked with mailing the device to Verizon is also a 25 year old student and so it was just one of those things) and he refused to refund the $35 service charge his shop charged me for the service.
Fast forward to 2 months later...I've spend a total of 16 hours on the phone with 6 different Verizon corporate support agents, none of which can solve for the problem. They acknowledge that the device was eventually shipped by the Boerne store to Verizon, but the trade-in cannot be acknowledged because the delay by the Boerne shop (coupled with Verizon's HORRIBLE systems/infrastructure that is either intentionally or negligence deficient for solving the simplest issues such as pairing up their own documentation of receipt of trade-in with getting that information into my account -- they blame the Boerne store for it's 2-3 week delay, which sent it all into the black hole...both Verizon corporate AND the Boerne store are equally to blame for sure).
The Boerne shop was dismissive of my frustration, refused to credit me their fee despite causing me all this hassle and wasted time and energy. I'm still not sure whether the billing issue -- we're talking $800 is at stake here, as I continue to be billed monthly for the phone without that rebate kicking in -- has been resolved despite 2 hours today that I wasted with yet another Verizon agent on this matter.
DO NOT USE THIS VERIZON STORE. Incompetent and unwilling to apologize for their failures, let alone try to assist in helping to resolve them or to offer a refund of their windfall of fees charged for their horrible service. read more