So yeah. I know. It's weird to be writing a 5 star review about Wal-Mart of all places, but I was unable to fill out the store survey, so I wanted to show my appreciation of the customer service department at store #2568 specifically Dianne the manager & Rebecca in Store Support.
So here's the backstory: I am currently working for a tech incubator. As in no one is getting a salary, we are working in one room of donated office space, & our budget consists of one $10,000 grant start-up.
With our little grant we bought two really expensive computers via Walmart.com for $7200. If this seems head-scratchy, we too were like: "What? Wal-Mart carries these super high end computers that are sold out literally everywhere else?"But hey, they had them in stock in July so we bought the two that were available.
Within a month, we started having problems with both machines. Alas, even though every other company that sells this machine gives a one year return policy, Wal-Mart's return policy is FIFTEEN DAYS. Our first machine died completely SEVENTEEN days after our purchase. We sent this computer to Wichita (to the Cybertron factory) for replacement. Sadly, the replacement computer has the same major issue: it shuts down without warning & corrupts data. Boo.
Corrupted data is a double screw you because not only do you lose time with a broken machine, you also lose work that you had previously completed.
This week, the second (not replaced) machine completely took a powder. When I called Cybertron for a REFUND because clearly they are using a bad component if three different computers are all breaking the same way, they told me that I would have to get that refund from Wal-Mart because we bought the machine from them.
I called Wal-Mart.com & spent a good 2 hours on the phone. Finally Edibe at their call center was able to make headway. She said that I could take the broken computer to my local Wal-Mart store & they would NOT give me a refund, but they would give me store credit so we could use that money to buy a new, high end machine from another brand. (In the time that we'd been dealing with the broken computers, Wal-Mart has started carrying Alienware, a very respected brand). This seemed like a fair compromise. Wal-Mart will still get our money & we would get a working computer.
So, you already know where this is headed. Today I went to my local store & low & behold they couldn't issue me store credit. Agnes & Gilberto patiently showed me their computer screens to prove that they were locked out of the ability to do any kind of refund.
Well, luckily, Dianne the manager came on shift. She listened to my super-long story & took it upon herself to call Store Support & solve my problem. With help from Rebecca in Store Support she was able to give me A FULL REFUND to my boss's PayPal account (he was the one who had purchased the computers originally).
Needless to say, I am so impressed that I drove back to my office & immediately had to type up this review as a thank you for Dianne's extra-special customer service.
This situation was in no way Dianne's fault. Yet she made it her problem to solve. Dianne is my hero for the month.
Me, my boss & everyone else at the company is completely thrilled by this resolution & very impressed with Dianne's professionalism & hard work.
Please know that we will bring up this story & Dianne's ingenuity & work ethic any time Wal-Mart comes up in conversation. Dianne is a great ambassador for your store.
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