I just started my membership with Sam's Club. To start with I paid the $100 membership fee instead of the basic $40 fee and I don't even know what I got for it. The prices at Sam's Club on most items is not that much better than anywhere else. But I thought that maybe the service would be better and they do offer a wide variety of services. Today at Sam's Club in Middletown, NY I experienced the WORST customer service experience of my life.
I placed an order for 4 tires on samsclub.com. For some reason the tires could not be shipped to a store in my town. They could only be shipped to a store 20 miles away. I was supposed to be notified by email when my tires came in. When I did not receive an email, I checked my order status online and it said that the status was now complete with the total amount of the order being charged in-club. I called the club and the man who answered the phone did not want my order number or my name, only my tire size. He asked me to hold for a minute a came back and said the tires where there.
So today I drove 20 miles to pick up the tires and have them installed. I stood in line in the tire department for 45 minutes. There where only 2 people ahead of me. The woman working behind the counter kept answering the phones and paging people instead of helping the customers. Do they not have a switch board operator or someone in customer service to answer incoming calls? Then when I was finally at the counter, the customer service rep decided it was time to take her break. She walked out on me and 3 other people in line! I assume the tires were not even in the store though because all the tires sit right on the floor and mine were not there.
After spending 45 minutes waiting to speak to a representative in the store and not getting anywhere I decided that I would leave and purchase tires else. When I tried calling the club from the parking lot no one even answered the phone. I guess that is because the woman working in the tire department really was the only one answering the phones. I know that I can receive better customer service from somewhere that I do not have to pay membership fee's. I found the same tires somewhere for the same price that Sam's Club offers them for anyway. I just thought that I would receive better service from Sam's Club because of it being a store that required membership. Tonight I will be going to the my local Sam's Club and canceling my membership and asking to have my $100 refunded to me. This is the worst customer service experience I have ever paid for in my life!!!
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