swilbal

Q: Complaints to apple about my visit

I am wishing to write a complaint regarding the service I have received in Apple Store (131 West County Center

St. Louis, MO 63131) , does anybody know to whom I should be addressing this to and the relevant email address? Thank you so much for your assistance.

 

 

I have had the terrible experience visiting the apple store in west county for repairing cracked screen . I was given misleading information since the time i signed in( 7.20 pm ). around 7.30 pm while i was waiting in the store  , I got a message on my phone “We are almost ready for you at the Genius Bar . Please let a specialist know when you are here. Talking to the specialist he told me, a technician will come and meet you soon . As I didn’t see any technician after 10 minutes I approached staff again , they said there are 3 people ahead of you . Again after 10 min i checked there two more people ahead of you .. I wasn’t sure if i would be seen today and be able to repair so i checked with the staff again asking specific question like ‘ are they going to still take a look at the phone ?and is the phone  going to be repaired today ? They kept saying ‘Yes’ and ‘Yes’. Finally at 8.40 pm , instead of the technician Person(Josh is his name) who was helping people to sign in with his iPad (Same person who was answering me for all the question I had since 7.30) came to me told and me ‘Hey i am going to take care you today and I need the serial number of your phone . We will not be able to repair your phone today as we are closing the store in 15 minutes . Phone repair would take 1 hr. You need to schedule an appointment for some other day . Is this the customer service that you should expect ????

If service would take more than an hour they should have let me know by 8 pm to leave the store and come some other day . Seeing my frustration , Josh asked me “Have you backed up your  phone” ? I said ‘No’.  Josh answer is “ well , as we made you wait so long i can give you one option , swap the phone with another one , but you will loose all the data.Again i tried to back up my phone using iCloud  buying extra storage from apple . Spend around another 30 min.I left my 1 yr old and 4 yr old home to take care of my emergency phone repair situation . I lost my 2 hrs in apple store + they wanted me to come by 10 am in the morning when the store opens . And then wait for one more hour to repair. That would mean i need to take half day off till noon and loosing my hourly pay. It's an absolute disgrace and I wonder why apple don't have a complaint department!Spoke to the store manager (Tim). I explained my situation , but no helpful answer . I only have swap option today , but will loose data. I asked him if i can back up my data today and come back tomorrow to store to pick up new phone . that would save repair time. I don’t understand if they can give me swap option today why not tomorrow? again expecting me to loose my half day . Do they have any respect for customer time ? I'm frustrated . Does anyone know a channel to pass along dissatisfaction with our experiences with customer support with the situation?

Posted on Aug 4, 2016 8:47 PM

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  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Aug 4, 2016 8:51 PM in response to swilbal
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    Aug 4, 2016 8:51 PM in response to swilbal

    You can contact the store and speak to the manager, or you can take what you have written here and provide it to Apple in feedback here, http://www.apple.com/feedback. They do not generally individually respond to those, but they do read them all. Otherwise, you can check the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page.

  • by ChitlinsCC,Helpful

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Aug 4, 2016 9:05 PM in response to swilbal
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    Aug 4, 2016 9:05 PM in response to swilbal

    Chris is right about everything - except the FEEDBACK link - that one is for Product Feedback

    You want > Feedback - Apple Store - Apple

    You should not expect a response from it either

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Aug 4, 2016 9:02 PM in response to ChitlinsCC
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    Aug 4, 2016 9:02 PM in response to ChitlinsCC

    Did not realize there was a separate one. I've always been told to use the same one for everything. Thanks for that information. I will add this to my "toolbox".

  • by swilbal,

    swilbal swilbal Aug 4, 2016 9:05 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Aug 4, 2016 9:05 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    Thank you so much!

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Aug 4, 2016 9:36 PM in response to ChrisJ4203
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    Aug 4, 2016 9:36 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

    'Twas nuttin, amigo

    if ya take a look at your linked page, its chock full o' products and services - big icon style, as is Apple's wont...

    You gotta "toolbox"... I gotta "Bag O' Tricks!"

    {extra credit if ya know where that originates}

    felix_the_cat__s_bag_of_tricks_by_amygirlgermanpants.jpg

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Aug 4, 2016 9:45 PM in response to swilbal
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    Aug 4, 2016 9:45 PM in response to swilbal

    You are very welcome.

    Best of luck when you see the manager *

    if it were me, I would go in person, ask the 1st floor specialist for the manager, politely insist that your business with the manager is your own - they likely will try to 'help you themselves' - telling them nothing about why you are there until you are face-to-face with the manager. This has nothing to do with Apple specifically, it is just my experience with 'complaining to the right person' - the one  that can DO something about it.

    * I have seen anecdotes where folks have been given free stuff!