Awful - Just Awful
Just wrote this email to The Range which pretty much sums everything up - just wish I could attach the photos - here is the email:
Hello
I appreciate this email will get ignored as most of the staff in your LIncoln Branch are rude, ignorant and arrogant, and most definitely should not be in Customer Service roles.
I've spent literally thousands in your store, along with my daughter, and friends, but over the last couple of years, we have stopped shopping in your store, purely because of the staff you employ, as they are the most unhelpful and arrogant we've come across.
If it wasn't for Dunelm being out of stock, I would never have entered your store again, but the last visit reminded me why we would never go back.
I picked up the below pack of Curtains, which had previously been opened and rammed back on the shelf (the photo's below do not do the state of them justice, as they were dusty as hell, as is most of the stock in The Range, but putting the dust aside, as they could be washed ) they were the size and colour I wanted, but also the only one of that type on the shelf.
I was dreading my next move as I knew what was coming, but thought I'd give it a shot anyway.
I approached the Customer Service Desk, and got a 'ffs, I can't be arsed with this' look, which made me feel like s*it to be honest, but I went ahead and popped the Curtains on the desk and asked if she could check if there were any more in stock, as the packaging was open and they were dirty.
She rolled her eyes, and just said 'No'. I asked again if she could at least just check, and she just said 'There isn't any more'..
Wow, you have a great Customer Service team on that desk, don't you? But wait, it gets better. I then asked, 'Well, as you are adamant there are no more in stock, could you please open these fully to check for damages as I don't want to take them home to have to return them?'
To which she replied ' They've been checked already' So I said, ' oh right, would you be kind enough to offer a discount, considering the state of them then?', I then got the ridiculous smirk off her as she said her one favourite syllable...'No'
Giving up, I asked if I could pay for the Curtains, along with the other items I had in my hand...guess what she said.......'No'.
Feeling like a total idiot and extremely embarrassed with the queues behind me and to the side, I went off to join the queue at another checkout, and when I looked at the Customer Service Desk, I could see her talking about me as she was telling her male colleague, he looked directly at me as she continued to laugh and mock me. The couple who were to the side of me noticed, and asked if I were ok as they'd seen and heard it all, they also commented that she was bloody rude and should not be in that role.
Once I paid for my goods, the male colleague who was with her, was collecting baskets, so I approached him and just said that was totally unprofessional of her, especially mocking me, he agreed and apologised, but I told him he had nothing to be sorry for, as he didn't give any reaction when she was in her element of finding other syllables to use.
And to add insult to injury, after I put my items in the car, I returned to use the loo, and on display, next to the ornaments, were the Curtains I'd enquired about, in the exact size....I so wanted to slam them down on the desk and demand an exchange, but I honestly didn't have the battle in me with that awful woman.
Moral of the story, look at the photographs below, look at what I unpacked. How bad are those Curtains that apparently had been checked!!!!
Could I face taking them back - no, why? I plucked up the courage the following Saturday, but the resting bi*ch face was on that desk again, and I knew, just knew, she would refuse to refund me, so I never went into the store.
After speaking to several people, they have all experienced the same poor poor Customer Service from most of the staff at Lincoln, Not one of them smiles, they all look bored with attitude, and if you ask them any questions, you get short, sharp replies that means, ask someone else.
Your Staff need training, and no doubt this email will be ignored, as along with the staff, Trust Pilot and Google Reviews are shocking.
This will be interesting to see your reply
**UPDATE**
Well the above was written at end of July and I still haven't had a reply to my email, despite their previous comment on here:
''I can assure you that any emails sent to our customer care team are not ignored. We do have a back log of emails so our SLA for answering emails is longer then we would have preferred however we are working through answering a many emails as we can to assist customers as efficiently as possible.''
Damn poor Customer Service, even from the Customer Service team themselves....
Really wish Trust Pilot would let us upload photo's as mine show the actual reality of just how bad this service is.
July 31, 2021
Unprompted review