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Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
I ordered some Christmas inflatables online because they were 75% off and a good deal. After getting some of my orders I checked my orders that still were not here on my orders page and noticed that they said they delivered 7 of the inflatables that I had not received at a cost of over 500.00. So I called and told them about the situation and they gave me the same copy and paste response they always do that they will check with UPS and all that. I have had this happen before and after they send it to UPS and they do their check. If UPS does not find the item they do not refund you your money. All they do when you call is start the process over again until you give up and they keep your money like they did the last time.
After I went through the process 3 times, but this time I said I wanted my refund now and that I don't want to wait for UPS. But true to Kmart form they said it would take 8 to 10 business days for me to wait to see if UPS can find my items. In the meantime they have over 500.00 of my money and refuse to give me a refund. This company has to be stopped. I tried the BBB the last time and they were no help. This company needs to be investigated for their business practices and the way they steal money from their customers.
We have no way of making them be held accountable for their actions. I am not a rich person and 500.00 is a lot of money for me. I was just looking to make a few bucks reselling the items, but now am stuck between a rock and a hard place because of this. Kmart absolutely does not care about you and could care less about resolving a problem they caused. I know they are going to do the same thing they did last time and try to steal my money again. It was 230.00 last time. So now they will have 750.00 of my money now without receiving anything for it. I don't know what to do. I am a construction worker and have another 45 to 60 days before work kicks back in. I was trying to make a few bucks to get through the winter and now am wondering if I am going to make it.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2014
I ordered a PlayStation 3 bundle for $214.69 on 1/1/2014. They emailed me 5 minutes later saying order cancelled $0.00 charged to my credit card. My credit card was charged $214.69 and 15 days later no refund. I talked with Kmart today and they told me my credit card was never charged and to get in touch with my credit card company. The funny thing is this is the third time I have contacted them about this charge and the two previous times they told me a refund was being issued, wait 3-5 days. Now they have no record of this charge. It magically disappeared from there records. So now I have to file a credit dispute just to get my money back. Avoid Kmart-Sears, I will never set foot in one of these rip-off places again in my life.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2014
I went to Kmart online and made a purchase for a rug. A few minutes later, I received an email stating they were cancelling the order. I called and after a very long time on the phone, the man assured me that I would not be charged (the billing address was wrong) and would I like to reorder the rug. I spent more time on the phone reordering the same rug. I get an email 5 minutes later saying it was cancelled again. I called back, speak to a supervisor who explains that it is not in stock, that is why it was cancelled. They couldn't tell me that from the start? Most companies know when they have items in stock. He again assured me I would not be charged for the item. I went to Sears.com and guess what, they have the rug. I place the order and it processed. My husband happened to look at our bank account and I was charged 3 times for the rug!!! I called Kmart. My money would be given back to me in 24-48 hours for items I never received and that they cancelled. Does this sound right???
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2013
I returned a set of pans because 1 pan from the box was missing, to the Christiansburg, Virginia store. I pointed out which pan was missing from the picture on the box... She then started to explain to me how to count the pieces in the box. I said I understood how to count them and again pointed out which pan was missing from the picture on the box. She again started explaining how to count pans. Again I said I understood how and pointed out which one was missing. After a pause she said go back and get another set and I laid the receipt on the counter right in front of her and said I am leaving it there (I was the only customer there at the time). I got another pan set and was back in 5 minutes or less (still the only customer there). She asked for my receipt. I said I laid it right here 5 minutes ago and said I was leaving it there so what happened to it? She tried to say she saw me take the receipt with me. I again told her I left it right here in front of you. Realizing her con was not going to work she pretended to look around for a couple of minutes, then went direct to the trash can and, without looking, pulled out a wadded up ball of paper and flattened it out - my receipt. The exchange was then processed. I do not appreciate the FRAUD attempt!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2013
I ordered a PS3 bundle on 12/24/13 and had the $212.49 taken out of my checking. Then they cancelled my order, but kept my money. After talking to a CSR, they said there is one of these bundles left and it will be shipped today. As soon as I hung up, the ordered was cancelled, yet my checking was charged another $212.49. Today is 12/30/13 and I just spoke with them it will be 5-7 days before I get my money back they stole from me. I would go to jail if I stole their money, but apparently it's ok for them to steal mine. I am pissed!!!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
Joe Boxer Commercial - What marketing genius put together the idea of men's cojones ringing at Christmas? My biggest statement will be to completely advocate NOT TO BUY AT Kmart anymore. If you do not respect family values across the board and in a very "sensitive" season why should I spend my hard earned money at your store. I will not enter a Kmart for the rest of my life and will pass this fwd.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
I went in to Kmart after a long day of work, to EXCHANGE a 50" flat screen TV that I purchased. The TV had no picture, you could only hear sound. I didn't even have the TV a whole three weeks. I was basically told they didn't have another in stock but if I went home (20 minute drive), brought back the rest of the merchandise that I purchased, I could get a different TV everything just had to be re-scanned through the system. Fine!!!
I drive home and back to the store (and mind you I had my 6-year-old daughter with me) with the merchandise. Cashier re-scanned the items and said you will get a check in the mail. I say excuse me, I didn't ask for a refund, I just wanted another TV. "Well, sir, you will have to wait into the 6th when we get another shipment." I say that's fine, can I have the other items I purchased and I'll return for the TV on the 6th of January.
Cashier tells me, "No, it belongs to the store now." Again excuse me, I didn't ask to return anything, all I want is a TV that works and my other items. If you can't do that I'll take my stuff and leave. She stated she wasn't giving it back, I ask to speak to her manager. She came and that got me nowhere. Long story short, I got law enforcement called on me for no reason and I left with none of my merchandise or no money back for my items. I didn't curse or get loud or anything, I just wanted my items back. I have never been so humiliated in my life.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2013
I find the Kmart Joe Boxer ad totally disgusting and immoral. What marketing genius put together the idea of men's balls ringing at Christmas? If anyone in Kmart senior team ever hears about the complaints, I hope they take action and NEVER put childish, perverted ad on the TV again. This would be suitable for the homosexual channel perhaps but please keep if off the national stations. I guess the ACLU along with the liberals have made the FCC obsolete when it comes to monitoring inappropriate TV content...
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2013
I am very disappointed in Kmart with the Joe Boxer commercial. I will not support your store anymore. Very disgusted with men shaking their testicles to a Xmas chime. What were you thinking. If I was in Charge of marketing, I would be ashamed!! Children are watching these televisions programs. You are a disgrace to our human race!!
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
I have a complaint on ordering online on Kmart.com. First I placed my layaway order online 9/2013 for Christmas toys for my kids. Second, We completed all of our payments on 11/24/2013. I waited patiently for my order... never received them. So I called Sears/Kmart customer service center four times total... No one had a clue of why I completed ALL of my payments and shipping dept cancelled my order anyway. I didn't receive one email from any department or even a telephone call regarding canceling my order. It is so close to Christmas and I have NO toys for my kids now...
I will never order from Sears.com or Kmart.com again. I have talked to several customer service representatives and customer solutions representatives on different days regarding why my Kmart layaway was canceled without me knowing and when will I get my refund back from this company. Several representatives gave me three different days. One customer service solutions representative was yelling at me and hung up in my face. These representatives are very unaware about how to handle a account and very unprofessional toward customers. There is NO excellent customer service given in this company.
I have yet to receive my money back and this layaway was completed in Nov 2013. If my order was not in stock, this company could have let me know in time and refunded my money back soon. The very sad part about it is this layaway was for my kids for Christmas and I still do not have my refund and my kids are not going to have a Christmas. I have ordered items several times from Walmart.com and have NEVER experienced any problems with any of my orders or returning my money. If you all are not careful, Walmart will get all of the business. If this is the way Sears.com or Kmart.com runs their company, I will never order from them again.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
Your Joe Boxer television commercial is disgusting and totally in bad taste. I will think twice before shopping at your store again. I saw this commercial during a family Christmas movie with my young daughter. She was shocked to say the least. You need to fire the person who approved this garbage! Very disappointed with your company!
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
Sitting and watching TV when the Kmart commercial came on. It was the JOE Boxer underwear. You Have eight grown MEN with tux shirt and coat and then the bottom is eight different styles of underwear. Then each of the MEN, one at a time start shaking their hips to make bells ring to a popular Christmas Song. We were offended! The commercial seamed very sleazy and degrading to the Men preforming as well as us the consumers TO BE SUBJECTED TO WATCH! Kmarts in our area have been CLOSING due to lack of business and I would say poor marketing skills. The ad comes on many different times in the day and I do not want my family seeing this. Keep it up and more people will want to take their business elsewhere. Kmart used to be in every city but with this who knows.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
I put a television in layaway then cancelled 2 weeks later. I was told no layaway fee upon cancellation I received $10.00 back out of $40.00 and was told the money was for cancellation fees. This is not fair advertisement, I feel like they used false advertisement.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
While I appreciate the humor in the latest TV commercial on boxers as an adult, I don't appreciate that my sons, ages 8 and 11, are viewing this also while watching, "It's A Wonderful Life" every commercial break (or at all). It is hard enough to raise boys with good morals while teaching them what is appropriate behavior in this day and age. Please do not help make it harder on us moms and dads. I am alarmed (and aggravated that now I have more work on having to shut down another potential behavior concern with my boys) that something that is PG is on television for all ages to see.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
I went online and saw an electric scooter for $139.99, so I selected Pick up at store prior to ordering. The only store available for pick up among the zip codes I put in were in Louisiana, and I live in Alabama. This was no problem, because my family lives in Louisiana and would be visiting for Christmas; therefore I called the 866-KMART-4U number and had the associate place the order so my sister can pick it up in Louisiana. She selected pay at store for the payment method. The online site showed available for pick up and so did the KMART online agent system.
I wired the money to my sister, which ran me about $12 only for her to get to the store and the item was not available at the store; after she received the email, YOUR ITEM IS READY FOR PICK UP. Now my money was in Louisiana and I was out of wire fees. How could the site show available for store pick up and showing the store, we receive the email that it's ready - AND IT'S NOT AVAILABLE AT THE STORE? The manager said it was a clearance item and no longer available. It was not a clearance item, because it was a scooter that TOYS R US HAD FOR $279 in store and $199 online. UGH.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
Kmart has extremely suggestive television commercials which they intentionally air during the dinner meal, either immediately prior to, during or subsequent to. These commercials depict men in boxer shorts and jock cups shaking their extremities in a vulgar and demeaning fashion neither Christmas oriented or family friendly for young school age children to view. This lack of consideration for family welfare surely doesn't represent the goal of Kmart to excel as a family store. Our children see this distasteful display on television, go with their family to shop at the neighborhood Kmart, and assume the actions they've viewed are acceptable. If the children replicate these actions at school, it could very easily result in disciplinary action. Surly Kmart understands these consequences after the nationally publicized news of a 6 year old kissing a schoolmate on her hand and receiving a sex-related reprimand, which was fortunately later reduced to a lesser rule infraction.
Our children are subjected to far too much sexually oriented material these days to have, until now, a seemingly well respected retailer pour salt in the wound. Please rethink your actions before similar children are placed in an even worse predicament than the kiss on the hand case noted herein. You could wind up a co-defendant in a child sexual assault proceeding. A concerned grandfather and past Kmart shopper.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
I bought plastic shower curtain hooks from Kmart. (How hard is it to make a functional shower curtain hook???) They do not snap together, they do not hold up shower curtains.Three boxes of them. Threw them out. Utter crap. I purchased a rotating fan from Kmart. It didn't rotate. It tipped over. Kmart sells made in China trash. Try to leave reviews on their website... It's nearly impossible, their website is dysfunctional. Booooo! Kmart, you suck. AVOID!
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2013
I tried to purchase a Mach X-treme tablet, which was a Thanksgiving Day Sale at Kmart for $39.99, online on Thanksgiving Day. I made my purchase with pick-up at my local Kmart store. Within several hours of this purchase I received an email stating that I had cancelled my order. I contacted the Kmart Chat whom told me that this item was no longer available at that location and Kmart had indeed cancelled the order. With the help of Kmart Chat I made a second transaction to purchase this item. I was going to have to travel quite a bit further to pick-up this item but went ahead with it anyways because it was a gift for my daughter.
Several hours later I received another email stating that I had cancelled my order. I then sent an email to Customer Service via the Kmart website and received a response on November 29th stating that I would be able to purchase this item within the week for the sale price and they were very sorry for the earlier problems. I have contacted the customer service via email three times, Kmart chat twice, and called twice to obtain this product to no avail. This is disgusting and uncalled for. You have guaranteed a product to a loyal Kmart customer of almost 20 years and failed to maintain what you have indicated you would.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2013
One star is too much. I used the online layaway at Kmart. I think using their layaway is a mistake but doing it online is that mistake times 100. I was unable to change my address during the time I had my layaway contract. I was not able to pick up my microwave from the store. Customer Service suggested I could cancel my layaway, pay the fee then I could sign up again and use my new address for that contract. What! I used layaway online because I do most of my shopping online. This is my very first layaway experience. GUESS WHAT! It is my last with KMART....
I was preparing to set up my apartment. I needed a microwave. I didn't have the cash. LAYAWAY the answer. So I entered into a contract online. I didn't have my new address at the time. No problem, I will change it when I get it. Now for the rules. I could only pay for my layaway online not on the phone, not in the store. Okay, I know how to do that. Oh, they never set me up online so I had to spend time on the phone while customer service for Kmart layaway set up my account. Now there are specific dates payments have to be made or your account will be cancelled. I paid my final payment online; my contract said to pick up merchandise in the store. Perfect... No that isn't the case at all, it has to be delivered to my wrong address because they don't allow you to change your address. After the last payment you have to wait for confirmation and they send an email with the shipment date. I have waited over two weeks for any type of email. All customer service can tell me is they can't do anything until I get my email. WHAT!!!!
So I sit here without a confirmation email and without my microwave. Right now I just need to vent, I am so angry. I hope it doesn't have to go any further. I will now continue to call everyday until I get my microwave. Just a positive about Walmart: A friend used layaway at Walmart no specific payment dates just had to be paid by a certain date. He paid it ahead of the date, went to pick it up at Walmart, although there was a line the process was quick. Their system was implemented to perfection. In and out. Thank you '"Walmart."
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2013
Why does Kmart insult our intelligence by making those ignorant commercials with gimping? I hate them so much I want to boycott Kmart. It repeats such an ignorant scene worse than fingernails on a chalkboard. Take it off!!! Off!!! OFF!!! IS THAT GIMPING?
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2013
I bought a NEW K-Cup Reusable coffee filter online and picked it up in store. When I came home and opened the bag, containing the box, the K-Cup Reusable coffee filter had a tape over it. Not surprisingly when I opened it, it had coffee residue all over the filter and the box. I don't know how anyone would even receive a return like this. Disgusting. Talking to the online reps was no help at all. I hope Kmart closes down permanently soon.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
We bought a gold bracelet for my mother-in-law as a gift for Mother's Day - she wear it that time and put it back on the box. On Thanksgiving Day, she wanted to wear it for the occasion but now the bracelet changed colors; the part that suppose to be gold is turning black. We tried to talk to the manager at the store and he says it is too late to complain, we needed to purchase a replacement plan from the beginning... Why do we need to buy a replacement plan for a piece that suppose to be high quality from a recognize store? They gave us a number to call but they are ignorant! A gold jewelry doesn't suppose to change colors! They just don't want to help but we are going to keep writing letters. To us it’s like Kmart stole the $325 we paid for a piece of... Junk!
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
The ad for Joe Boxer undershorts is not acceptable... It is inappropriate to show men doing jingle bells with their male parts swinging... Kids should not see this trash! This is not a Christmas theme we need to be exposed to! Disgusting!
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2013
I placed 3 high ticket items on layaway in October for my grands and made each and every payment and when I made my final payment, I called and the rep informed me to give it a couple of days before they send it out. So as I checked my email I see that Kmart sent me a cancel order stating that one of my items are not available and they are sorry. So of course I am wondering why? I used the online layaway for the reason of receiving the items not to wait until after the total payments were made to hear it is not available. They stated they would refund my money but I want the product, which I understand is not available at the manufacturer level. Hummmm.
I just feel treated unjust and completely wronged...
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2013
I had the sale paper on Nov 25th for the sale on Nov 29th. I went to Kmart to look and ask them to see if they had this fulton in the back for the sale which was in their sale paper. When they came back, they told me no, but a truck should be coming in. I said, “Ok, I’ll be back on Friday.” So on Friday morning, I went back to get the fulton on sale which was 249.99. They had none and none came on the truck, so they call round. I couldn't find one store in the tri-state that had them. I don't know how they can run a sale not knowing what is in their store. I even drove to Delaware with no luck. I very disappointed in the way they run their sales.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
I have been apart of your Kmart/Sears loyalty program since August 21, 2013. That date is also a date that I set forth and preordered a PlayStation 4 from your online site, Kmart.com. Once inputting all of my personal information as well as my credit card info, I was advised that my order was complete and that I would be charged on the release of the PlayStation 4, which was 11/15/13. The order number I was provided with is **.
I thought all was fine and well, and even a month later or so, I had a chat with one of your company's representatives via the online chat, who advised me the same. Fast forward to 11/13/13, I wake up around 5:50 am, Monday through Friday, and I often check my bank account. You know to see what cleared, and what's pending on my account. On the card that I provided Kmart.com with, I noticed a $421.99 charge pending, from whom you ask. Yes, Kmart.com. At first I was a little startled, because I thought I wouldn't be charged until 11/15/13, in which I was advised when I first made the purchase, as well as by the online representative I spoke with via online chat. Nevertheless, I didn't think anything of it, I was actually a little excited, because I knew the release was approaching, and the purchase was becoming surreal for me.
Next thing I usually do daily, is check my various email accounts, and on this very email account that I am messaging you from now, I got an email from Kmart.com. Inside of this email, I was advised that my order was cancelled. Not only was I saddened by this, but also I was extremely confused because, as I just mentioned I had a pending charge from Kmart.com on my bank account. I then immediate called Kmart.com at 1.877.235.9959 early, around 6:15 am, and I was advised that this was some sort of error. The gentleman I spoke with advised me that there was an issue that Kmart.com was aware of, and that Kmart.com technical team was working on, and trying to fix this error. He then advised me that he would put a ticket into the system for me, and have someone from the tech team contact me via email, within 2 hours. I said fine, thanks, and patiently awaited this email.
After not hearing anything for several hours, I then called back to the number I dialed initially, 1.877.235.9959 (which by this time it was 12 noon) and got another young man to assist me. He however, didn't advise me that there was any type of error that he knew of, and that it appeared to him that my order was indeed cancelled. He stated, "That it was messed up, and that I did everything right, and that he has no idea why my order was cancelled". His only resolution (besides, that's messed up, and I'm sorry sir) for this issue was to call another number and voice a complaint, because this whole transaction and my order being cancelled wasn't fair to me, the customer.
I then called the number he provided me, which was 1.800.549.4505, option 5 at approximately, 5:05 pm. I got a young woman by the name of Jenny on the line, and I explained what was going on, and asked her again why was my order cancelled. She stated that she didn't know, apologized again, and said she would call over to the online team, and get some answers for me. I patiently waited for her to comeback on the line, which took about 5-7 minutes, and she stated that the online side was down, and that she couldn't provide me with any information, she apologized again, gave me a case number and asked that I call back in a hour.
I didn't however wait a hour, I called back about 40 minutes later and got a young woman again, by the name of Angel. Now she was very professional, apologized to me for all of my issues, used her active listening skills and seemed 100 percent genuine. She stated that it wasn't right for me to be pre-authorized for the amount, just for my order to be cancelled, and stated that she would get me escalated up, and try and figure something out. She placed me on hold, and then contacted the online side of operations, and I got on the line a young man, by the name of Joseph or Jonathan, honestly I can't recall. He stated, and read directly from an email that he said he just received, that "256 customers got the email in error, and that it would be fixed within 24 hours," and that I would get another email. He advised me not to worry, and that I would be taken care of. So I hung up, feeling relaxed and patiently awaited my email. This is all what happened on 11/13/13.
After 24 hours came and went, I then called back to Kmart.com, and got another woman, who wasn't the best person to speak with, due to her unconcerned voice tone, and lack of comprehension. She then got me escalated to another woman named Cynthia who was extremely unsure of herself, and you could tell. She was flustered throughout the call, not by anything I said or did however, and placed me on hold several times. Once off hold, I explained to her that I did everything right and that none of this was my fault. I explained to her that I pre-ordered this console, so I wouldn't have to stand in line for hours to receive this item come 11/15/13. I also explained to her how I was screwed now by Kmart.com because not only am I not getting my pre-order console anymore, but now I can't even go stand in line, with the rest of the crazies because my money was tied up in a pre-authorization from Kmart.com.
I then asked her did she see that as being fair, she said no, and said, "Let me place you on a brief hold while I try and figure something out." What this something was, I don't know, but I said okay. Now by this time it's 7:30 pm on 11/14/13, and she placed me on hold, I kid you not, for a solid 25 minutes. I had time to go inside to Hy-Vee make some purchases, walk back to my car and drive home. Once inside my house, I set the phone down, and put it on speakerphone, and I was shortly disconnected. The hold I was placed on exceeded 30 minutes easy, please check her hold times that day, I'm sure you'll see them rather high.
I then called back about 30 minutes later, and by this time I am upset, frustrated, and I only want to speak to a manager. I then was escalated up to a Marie or Maria, I can't recall her name, but she was everything but delightful to speak to. She started the conversation with a tone of, "This is what happens when you pre-order things, and unfortunately sir, there's nothing we can do about it." Mind you, I haven't really even said anything; she just leads in the conversation with those statements. I asked her about the pre-auth, and why I was charged, in which she said she didn't know, but it was just a pre-auth and it would fall off within 24-48 hours, or 3-5 days.
First, what kind of time frame is that "24-48 hours or 3-5 days"? How about we just lead with 5 days at the longest? I asked her how did she find this fair to treat customers this way, and to tie their money up like this. She stated, "This happens every year sir." I said, "This happens every year. Moreover, your company hasn't figured out a better way to conduct business," she said, "No". She then stated that I could call my bank with her on the line, and we/she would advise them to release the charges. I then asked her "Whose bank is open at 8:00 pm," and she responded with, "Mines is, it's open 24 hours a day, I can just call them up." Which is a great way to calm down an angry customer, I'm sure her learning facilitator would be extremely proud of her training, with that response.
After that statement, I became upset, and demanded her manager. She advised me that she was the highest I could go up on the phones, and that there are no other managers. After going round and round with her, I finally was placed on hold, which by the way wasn't hold, because there was no hold music. Which at this point, I was extremely familiar with, since I had been placed on hold so many times before. But instead I was placed on mute while she did whatever she did, which I know placing customers on mute cannot be a part of procedures. She then came back off mute, and I asked her why she'd put me on mute. She stated that she needed to place me on hold, and that the mute was the best thing for her to do. Which I know is not the truth, but at this point, whatever. She then stated that she would get me to her manager, who she stated 10 minutes prior in the phone call didn't exist.
I was then transferred up to her manager, named Cassandra. Cassandra pretended to listen to me, by placing me on mute once again, as I explained the situation. How do I know I was on mute, you ask? Because the whole time I was talking, I was taking small pauses in my story to try to articulate to her, everything from the beginning to that point accurately. While I was taking these pauses normally, if someone is actively listening to you, you will hear verbal nods, like "Okay, umm-hmm, yes, continue", or everyone's favorite "I definitely understand". However, not with Cassie, she let me vent, and once I was finished an awkward 4-5 second silence was present. I mean it was so long, that I had to say "Hello," because I thought I might have been disconnected. She then jumped into the conversation, bring all of her background noise with her, that wasn't present the whole time I was speaking, which confirmed another mute being used which is not procedural.
After realizing this, and her half hearted effort of listening wasn't even done correctly, I asked for her manager, and she then again stated that she was the highest up I could go, and that I would have to contact corporate for further information. Again, I informed her, "That's what the last person said, and then I got you. Now please let me speak to your manager," and she stated "No", and that "I would never get any type of compensation for this," and that all she had to offer was a apology.
Now she could have been telling the truth, but how can you expect a customer, who's been getting lied to, and or misled (whichever one makes you feel better) habitually to believe her. I was lied to about when I would be charged, I was lied to about my order being cancelled, I was lied to about it being a mistake, and that I would still receive my PlayStation 4. I was lied to about Marie or Maria being the most senior representative at the company, that I could speak to. I mean every time I turned around, I was lied to, and guess what, as of 11/19/13 my bank account still has a pending charge of $421.99, with no PlayStation 4 and no way of going to try and purchase one from another vendor.
Instead, I was misled, lied to, and crippled by your company and now all I can do is sit here, and wait for my money to be replaced into my account. 3-5 days has come and went, ladies and gentleman, and I still don't have my money back, and my bank advised me that there was nothing they could do, to contact Kmart.com. Which Kmart.com made it clear that there's nothing that they can do, and to call my bank. What a never-ending story minus the giant white flying dog. To say I am disappointed would be a tremendous understatement, and to say that I would ever shop and/or recommend Sears/Kmart to anyone I know would be even more of a lie than Kmart has put me through these last 5 days. Thanks Kmart.com/Sears, leaders in poor customer service, and horrible procedural skills.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
On October 14, 2013 I placed an online order for a winter jacket via Kmart Layaway. I had planned to pay it off before it got too cold outside. On October 25, 2013 I paid my second payment. Later that day I figured I had the money at that point and I might as well pay it off (as winter seemed like it planned on coming early this year). I went ahead and paid off the 39.10 I owed. However, the last payment showed up in my Kmart account and is still (even today) "processing"... but it never applied to my layaway. Both payments made on that day were taken out of my bank account (Kmart was quick to do that, but slow about everything else).
After about a week I contacted customer service via online chat. The rep kept trying to tell me I owed another payment, so I basically had to lay out all the math for him. After that he checked again and saw I was right. He said that it was due to a web error and gave me a reference number, and that I should call back in 48 to 72 hours. I called back and the reference number did not exist! I had to re-explain the situation. Again I was told it would be another 3 days. I waited again.
When I called I was so fed up (because by this point it had been 2 weeks since I paid it off!). I told the rep I had given them more than enough time, and I just want my money back. So then I was told that's fine, but I have to kick this up to our research department and that'll take 5 to 7 business days. Today makes 7 business days since that last call, and I've heard nothing back from Kmart. I will be calling again today. After this terrible fiasco, myself and my entire family will no longer be Kmart customers.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2013
I purchased a new TV in November 2012 from Kmart online for pick up in the store. First problem was being able to pick up my TV and Blu-ray. Online said "available for pick up in store", yet it took 2 days to be able to actually get it done.
Now on to my current issue... Smart Plan. On the above listed purchase, I went with the Smart Plan on both items, figured better to be safe than sorry... Well, I am now very sorry! The television stopped working. It will turn on for a few seconds, no picture and then shut itself off. I call to report this, knowing I have the "smart plan" and get transferred 4 times within the call, which took almost an hour and a half. Only to get told "here is your case number, please email a copy of your original receipt and you will be contacted in 5-7 business days and I will have to take it to a drop off place (which is 2 hrs away from my home)". I finally get a call from them and when I call back on the weekend, I only get a closed message. So I wait and call back in the evening the following week. I find out your product is currently under mfg warranty and your "smart plan" will kick in in about 11 days. If I take it in now, the mfg will only "try" to fix it, but if I wait 11 days, call back in and arrange to take it back to a store, I will then be given a "gift card" in the amount of the original purchase.
So, do "Smart Plans" actually exist within this company? Here I am without a TV for close to a month and still no real resolve. In my opinion, these "smart plans" don't exist. If they did actually exist, I should be sitting here watching a television that was fixed or replaced.
We go out on a limb and purchase these protection plans to be safe. In the past, I've always believed I didn't need these, so I've always passed. This purchase, however, my first HD flat screen, I figured... it's not that much more, I'll purchase it. WOW, I'm so glad I did only to find out it pretty much means NOTHING to have purchased what we think would be protection for my type of instance.
Needless to say, I'm HIGHLY disappointed in Sears/Kmart. I've shopped in these stores for many years. I've always preferred them to Wal-Mart, but now I'm really having to think twice about that choice. Needless to say, in my opinion, NO ONE SHOULD EVER PURCHASE ANY TYPE OF ELECTRONICS, FURNITURE, HECK... ANYTHING FROM THESE STORES AND DEFINITELY NEVER PURCHASE A SMART PLAN (as they don't mean anything to these companies). So, I have to continue to wait for another week plus, but that gift card will not be used for a new television from these stores. I shall purchase that elsewhere.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2013
I purchased on K-Mart on line a full size loft bed for my grand daughter on 10/1/13. The funds were taken from my account and I was told delivery would be by 10/14/13. On 10/22/13 I contacted K-Mart because I did not receive the bed nor did I receive any information from them telling me of a delay. I received a very nice email on 10/22/13 apologizing for the inconvenience and that there was a delay with the vendor and that it was being researched and I would hear from them in the near future. I was ok with this as I know situations arise but felt that K-Mart was on it and I would have answers shortly. I could never have been more wrong! I had to make several follow up calls to find out that the shipment was "lost." But they couldn't reimburse me until they were able to locate the shipment. Every phone call ended with a promise that I would receive an update via email. These emails never came.
My last conversation was last week where K-Mart verified that the bed never shipped from the vendor (this took a month??) and that I would have to wait for a check to be mailed to me since I played by debit card. No one could tell me when this would happen. Since this was a gift I ended up finding the same bed on Wal-Mart.com for $100 cheaper and will have in less than a week. While I am happy with the service I received from Wal-Mart I have now spent over $500 for one bed because K-Mart won't rush my reimbursement. This is a major struggle with the holidays approaching.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2013
I placed my order on September 21 on online layaway. My items were paid in full October 1 and it's now November 4 and I still don't have my order. I have been in contact with KMART online and over the phone. All they keep telling me it being sent to a higher level and it will take 24-48 hours or 3-5 business days. Then they have a record that my item was shipped to my address which someone that I don't know signed for my item and its 1 pound shipping, Which I ordered 19 items of cloths. Now I'm trying to get my refund and they won't give me back my money and tell me to wait 3-5 business days. I have received 2 emails from KMART and 1 is that it was shipped with a tracking number for 1 pound of items and the other was that my items are at my local KMART but when I went to the store today, they told me they have no record of any items number or layaway number or sale check number or anything on me at the store for pickup. This experience has left me with a very bad taste of Kmart and their service
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2013
Placed an order online. My address is on the Submit Order page but another address comes up on the confirmation page. I immediately contacted customer service. I asked if they could help me get the order shipped to ME as it was going to the wrong address. I was told that they couldn't help me. I asked if I could cancel the order altogether and was told "sure" ( I have proof I was told this) but then I was notified that it couldn't be cancelled. Even though the order was still being processed, it couldn't be cancelled. Now I am out the money AND I have to hope that the person who gets the order will send it back. In the age of technology, I am still baffled as to why they can't change the address or cancel the order. They pulled it up on their computer screen but they can't help. Just a 'Sorry' nothing we can do.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2013
Placed an order on August 28 online. Got a tracking number the next day. My order still hasn't arrived 18 days later. Tried to track it using the tracking number provided, but it is invalid. Called customer service and was told they would submit a request to check on the status. Was told I would get an email response in 24 - 48 hours. Still waiting 96 hours later. Called again. Was told they would submit another request and that I should just wait and be patient or cancel my order and stop whining. Really?!? This is the type of customer service I get?!?
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2013
The Kmart system auto-populated the city name when my zip code was entered but the city was wrong and I did not catch it. Before the packaged shipped called the error out but Kmart told me, to fix it they wouldn't cancel the order and start over but I would have to pay them $20 for the cancellation. After explaining to them that it was an error in the system, they said, "Yes, we see this now and when you get your shipping notice, call us up then and we'll fix it." I get the shipping notes and call them back. They then proceed to tell me I should call UPS and have them fix it. I call UPS and they state Kmart locks the ship to address and that Kmart has to call them to approve the change.
Called Kmart back and they say, "Our systems are being updated. Can you call at another time?" So, in short, they took my money, shipped it to a wrong city (good zip code though). I asked for a refund since it didn't get it on the latest call and they said they need to find the package before they'll give a refund. Some lucky person gets my stuff for free and Kmart wants to find them first before fixing the mistake?? FOLKS, THIS IS WHY KMART AND SEARS WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS SOON. Do you agree?
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2013
On May 27, 2013, I made an Online layaway. I paid it off about two weeks early. The second week in July. I needed the merchandise for my son's graduation party! The merchandise was shipped through UPS. After a few days, the merchandise was sent to a UPS location 30 minutes from my house. UPS returned the merchandise back to Kmart because they claim they could not find my address! I don't understand how that could be because I shop online all the time.
When I called Kmart, they stated they could not send the merchandise back to me. They said they would have to refund my card! (The refund amount is $232.98.) That was back on the third week of July. They had also stated that it would take 5 to 7 day. August came and my refund was not refunded back on my card. I called Kmart back about the third of August and they apologized taking so long to refund me. I asked to speak to a manager, and after about 25 minutes of being on hold, she couldn't do anything for me, but offered me 10% off on an online purchase?? She told me I should see my refund back on my card in 7 days.
On August 30, 2013, I called Kmart back because I still haven't received my refund! Once again I got the runaround! Now I have to wait for an email. I really don't understand why it's going on two months and I have had my money refund back on my Master Card! This was a layaway I made online. My contract # is **. I'm so upset I just canceled a $436.00 layaway that I made in the store in East Brunswick NJ. I feel that 10% is nothing for the headache I'd be going through to get MY MONEY!!!! I'm a loyal customer and I even have their credit card. But after this, I will be taking my business somewhere else!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2013
My husband was wrongfully terminated due to a computer error. After he had finished his shift, he picked up a few items to bring home as he always did, and as usual, he gave his rewards card to get points on the purchases. At which point the cashier told him that he earned a free $20 gift card with his points but for some reason the computer would not let the cashier activate it. So she called the manager who overrode the computer with her card and then gave my husband the gift card and he went on his way. 2 days later he came in to work and was told by other employees that apparently the computers glitched that night and that it was spitting out $20 gift cards to anyone and that the cashier and some of the other employees took advantage of it and were collecting hundreds of dollars worth in gift cards.
A week later my husband was called into manager's office and was asked if he had received a gift card. He replied, "Yes, I got one." He was then asked what he did with it, and he said, "Nothing, it's still here in my wallet." The manager asked for it back, then proceed to tell my husband that he had to let him go because of this incident and that he didn't want to let him go but that it was corporate making him do it. He also asked my husband to sign a document saying he failed to protect store merchandise. Everyone who worked that night was fired but the manager that worked that night. My husband was refused unemployment and employment due to this error.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2013
Cashier yelled out that my checks are bad because her check reader wasn't working. When I told her to close the sale out and I would go to customer service, she yelled out that it would do no good because my checks are bad and it would make no difference at customer service. The Customer Service supervisor stepped over to her cash register and told her that it was her check reader that wasn't working and that it was not my check(s). Of course his voice was not as loud as hers was when she yelled out that I have bad checks.
Reviewed July 29, 2013
Worst supermarket in America. Everything is highly overpriced, poor customer service. The only good thing about it is there are no lines at registers as there are barely any people shopping. But the points system is designed to waste people's time at the register. I signed up for those points but the sales person who took my information and opened an account for me, didn't bother to explain how to use them. She just entered my information in the computer and never gave me an awards card, which they ask me for every time I shop at that store. But eventually I found out from another sales person how the points work so today I decided to use them while purchasing a bottle of water. A sales person largely ignored me at first while her station was open but she was engaged in another activity at a customer service desk.
When I finally got her attention she got back to her register station with a clear attitude about it. I asked her if I could use my points to buy a bottle of water because I want to see how it works. She asked for my phone number and open my account on her computer. Then she asked for my PIN number and I do not remember any PIN number, so she just charged me full price for the water and didn't bother to try help me recover that PIN number. So what was the point of wasting my time at the register with my previous purchases when they were asking for my phone number and so on when after all I can't even use those points? Even if there was a PIN number for my account I simply forgot it because I never used it since I set up that account. I can't hold in my memory all those PINs to all the accounts I have. And I am sure I am not the only one who doesn't remember things like that. This whole points system is made so complicated on purpose to give people empty promises and rip them off their money. I will never shop at that store again.
Reviewed July 29, 2013
My disabled 19-yr-old daughter was just fired by Kevin from the New Albany, IN location. His reason..."Just not a good fit."
Reviewed June 17, 2013
For years, I've supported Kmart as opposed to purchasing at W-Mart. But Kmart is always skimpy on inventory and they seem to be out of things. The other day, I bought pretty red catapult sneakers on sale for $19.99. Upon wearing them, they are a bit too small so I went to purchase the next size up. They had jacked the price up $15.00 to $34.99. I asked customer service if I could buy this other pair for the price I paid a few days ago and they said no (didn't want to return or exchange). They were running that stupid BO-GO deal and when you do the math, it amounts to the regular price anyway. Many shoe purchases I pass up because I don't want 2 pair of shoes and I don't like the marketing ploy of coercion. Thank you for the space to rant. Their marketing is off.
Reviewed June 15, 2013
My daughter and I went to purchase my grandson some clothes for his birthday and the sign above the clothes said half off in big letters. We did not notice in small letters sale on shirts. When I checked out, the young man charged me $25.99 for the blue jeans. I was under the impression that the pants were half price. They were not. The lady was rude to my daughter. When my daughter took the employee to where the pants were hanging, the employee said, "If you had read the sign, you would have seen what it said!" Very tacky. I think it is a scam to sell the clothes by the way it is set up. Because some people will not go back and get a refund, so they pay full price.
I feel it is a scam to sell the items. I put 5 layaways a year at the Kmart in Lufkin, Texas but I will not ever again. I will spend my money at Walmart. So don't hang up clothes under a sign that says half price if they are not on sale. It is a gimmick to sell the clothes! Is Kmart that desperate to sell items that they are cheating customers!? And the employee that reflows the clothes in each department is so rude that I can't explain why every time I go by her to look at the clothes she is working on, she actually starts throwing clothes up on the top rack and doesn't hide the fact that she has lost her temper because are even looking at the clothes. I am very disgusted. I will not spend hundreds of dollars in the Lufkin, Texas stores again until these matters are fixed which I am sure they won't be.
Reviewed June 3, 2013
I can't fill out an application online to get a job online because it keeps asking me for the location and the zip, and I have put 6 zip codes and it won't take any of them. It's a mess.
Reviewed June 1, 2013
I ordered an RCA TV on May 1st. I made a down payment on my layaway. Within 1 hour, I received an email from Kmart stating that the item was not in stock. I called the Kmart corporation and the customer service representative told me that I would receive my refund within 48-72 hours. I have been calling every week for 4 weeks now. I am getting the runaround. It is now June 1, 2013. I have not received a refund or phone call. I will not be doing an online layaway with Kmart ever again.
Reviewed May 29, 2013
I went shopping with my son who is 11 and he wanted to go back to the sporting goods section. As we walked back there, we saw a large sized poster of this year's SI model, Kate Upton, in all her glory. Even my son was taken aback. I understand these magazines are available to the public and I understand posters are available to purchase; however, like it or not showing that much skin is nothing more than soft porn especially when done in a seductive way. Kmart should be a safe place to shop with my kids without them having to be exposed to that. If people want to buy it, it can be behind a counter or somewhere other than large sized in the middle of the walkway.
I complained to the female supervisor who was in agreement and she went to talk with the male manager who rudely blew my concerns off saying 'It's Sports Illustrated in the Sports section!" I don't care what the name of the magazine is. It's inappropriate for children to be exposed to and also it's frankly insulting to respectable women who are back there trying to buy things for themselves for various sports. Not all women appreciate being knocked down to nothing more than a sex object and many of us take our sports very seriously. I know many other parents who agree and I do plan to do whatever I have to do to see to it that this giant poster of this girl is placed somewhere a little less out in the open.
Reviewed May 23, 2013
I received the shoes I ordered online but the shoes I received were two right shoes. I needed to return it and had to go out. I was really looking forward to wearing those shoes but it was a big Inconvenience for me. I was very disappointed when I opened the box and looked at the shoes. The shoes were really nice but they are mismatched. I would like to know if I have to pay to ship them back. When I spoke to a customer service agent earlier, she told me to take it to the store. The reason I shop online is so that I don't have to go to the store. It's kind of far from my home.
Reviewed May 19, 2013
I bought 2 throw blankets with a picture of a wolf one week apart in January 2013. One was for myself and one is going to be a gift for Father's Day 2013 (maybe). I opened my blanket and just washed it for the very first time 2 days ago. The piping along the edge of the blanket unraveled and is hanging off the blanket. I arrived at the store at 2:10pm today, 5/19/13. I brought the blanket back to the Bohemia store willing to take an exchange but they were all sold out of the blankets. I asked for a refund but I was informed by the cashier that she had to get the manager because it was over the 90 days.
The manager ** informed me that there was nothing they could do even though I had the receipt, and no exchange was possible since they did not have the blanket anymore. I was not even offered a store credit. I asked her for someone above her that I can speak to and she stated that there was no other person in the store that I could talk to. I can call the Kmart Corp at 1-866-KMart 4U. I dialed the number as I was walking out of the store at approximately 2:25pm. My call was answered by a woman who took some information. I was on hold for 10 minutes, then a man got on the phone. He proceeded to ask me questions such as what was the problem, my name address, phone number, credit card number, date of purchase, how much I paid, receipt number, item number to just name a few.
I was on the phone for approximately 25 minutes only to be told that there was nothing he can do. He could not find the item number or the credit card transaction, and he cannot see the item so he cannot make a determination. He offered to call the store manager to have her take a look at it. I said I was just there. She saw it and did nothing. I asked for a person higher than him to send an email with photos of the blanket that is still in the original wrapping and the one that is ruined and he said there is no one else to talk to above him. I thanked him for his time and informed him that I was not letting this go and Kmart will be hearing from me again.
Reviewed May 12, 2013
I went to the store to get a patio set. It was online order only. I placed an order in-store and after the credit card was charged, I got an email. It said the order was canceled and would receive a credit back to the account. I have no patio set and not been credited the money back yet. It seems no one can give a straight answer. Do not buy anything from Kmart.
Reviewed May 9, 2013
After seeing an advertised sale in a local Kmart Sunday flier, my husband and I went to our local store (Kmart, Bohemia, Long Island, NY) on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in order to purchase a gazebo which was on sale. Once there, we found the floor model which was clearly marked with the sale price. After finally finding a sale associate, we were informed that they had no more in stock (Amazingly, there were plenty of the more expensive gazebos in stock). When asked when they were expecting to get more in stock, we were told that they had no plans on restocking, which meant that we couldn't even get a rain check. It was at this point now speaking to the seasonal manager that we asked if we could purchase the floor model. We were told no for two reasons.
The main reason he gave us was because they had at least a dozen in stock in the back being held for layaway. When asked what layaway had to do with the floor model, this is what we were told. "I don't think you understand. If someone doesn't pick up their layaway, how am I supposed to sell that gazebo?" To which I responded, "Gee I don't know, maybe you could open the box and display it on the floor just like the one we wish to buy?" I was told "That's not going to happen."
The other reason we were given is that we could always order it online. The problem with the online choice is that the web site would not deliver to our local store. The closest store that we could pick it up at was at least a three-hour round trip into Manhattan where there is no parking or we could have it delivered to our home paying at least $175 in shipping and handling which negates the sale price.
Beyond being treated rudely, we just don't understand how they can advertise an item for sale and not have that item in stock or even plan on restocking. We realize it's seasonal, but it's still only May, and they could at least say limited quantities available in their advertising and store displays.
Reviewed May 9, 2013
Placed order for a Mother’s Day gift that after seven days of processing never processed. I was told it was not processed properly (7 days later) even though I received a confirmation and a sales check number and a delivery date of May 10th. As of May 8th, the item was still processing and showing as a pending charge on my credit card. Customer service agent #1 told me to order the item again. Okay, that gave me a ship date of May 20th for an item needed for May 12th.
Phone customer service agent #2 forwarded me to phone customer agent #3 who proceeded to tell me to wait 10 days for the first item to be deleted from processing and never addressed the need that this item needed to arrive for a Mother’s Day gift, which I properly ordered within a time limit for proper delivery by the time I needed it. She proceeded to tell me there was no one else to escalate this situation to, she was the final word unless I wanted to contact corporate. BUT corporate contact information could not be given to me.
I want to contact corporate for the extremely POOR customer service that is provided. I am purchasing a fairly expensive item and I am appalled at the lack of service from this company. Where is corporate’s contact information? I want to add that these American companies (Kmart and Sears) have customer service agents that are extremely difficult to understand! I will not proceed with this purchase nor will I ever step into either of these stores ever again. A direct contact with corporate is non-existent. The "processing" error on behalf of the company allowed for a gift to not be delivered "on-time" and there was no resolution or "sorry" provided except “hey, place the order again”. By the time the "cancellation" occurs, the new order for the ring will be off sale and the coupon for a percentage off will have expired. What does Kmart have to offer for this inconvenience and extremely poor customer service? Nothing.
Reviewed May 7, 2013
Consumer Affairs had reported about this data mining technique in a previous article recently. I wanted to send along information I've learned while shopping at Kmart. They are requesting customers' phone numbers by stating, "Do you have a rewards card?" So I say, "No." They say, "Can I check your phone number to make certain you don't have one." I told the clerk, "I don't have one and no, you may not have nor need my phone number to process this transaction." I used a gift and debit card for these transactions. I also noticed on the receipt the information Issued Offer followed by a series of numbers three times. I suspect the clerk has to indicate that he asked repeatedly for the customer's phone number.
I told a previous clerk in a transaction the week before using the same gift card that they are told to ask for the phone numbers so that Sears can obtain further information about the person, and that of course, their supervisors don't tell them the real purpose. I make it very clear I will not give my phone number, zip code or any other information while checking out. And if they give me a hassle, I leave the items on the counter and just walk out the door. I recommend you inform your readers of this trend at Kmart too and why these clerks are asking repeatedly for a phone number, particularly when they make some comment, "Can I have your phone number to make certain?" as if the customer is too stupid to know whether or not he has a reward card.
Regarding Target, they do the same thing now touting their very own debit card. I'm asked by every damn clerk checking out if I want a Target debit card. I tell them I have a debit card. They say, "Oh, you get to save 5% on every transaction without debit card. It is tied to your checking account." I told the clerk I don't need a second debit card tied to my checking account and would never do that. She said, "Oh, is it too much information to remember?" I wanted to scream at the $9/hour clerk and tell her that it is time that these clerks learn how to talk to customers and not be condescending. Instead, I told her, "Remembering information for me is not a problem at all. I would never hand over my private bank information to Target or any other corporation so they can tie their debit card to my bank account. You can keep your 5% and I'll keep my privacy." I remember when Target stopped asking for an ID to verify when someone handed over a credit or debit card for a purchase. They aren't very concerned about someone's financial privacy at all.
Reviewed May 3, 2013
I ordered from the online Kmart store and joined the Max membership so that when I order stuff for my seniors, we don't get charged shipping. Yet, they still charged me shipping. Give us our money back!
Reviewed April 27, 2013
Kmart Rock Island, IL 6201 - I had a layaway there. When I went to pick it up, I noticed I didn't have the last receipt. The clerk said she could look it up if I had photo ID. I showed her the ID and she told me I owed $50.15, which I thought was wrong, but I paid her. Then they couldn't find the layaway because the floor had flooded. They proceeded to give me one off the floor to compensate. When I got home, I found the receipt and sure enough she had charged me $5 too much. I called the store but since I picked it up, there was no record of it so I'm out $5.00. Also, the restroom there was very dirty and disgusting. My experience was not a very good one.
Reviewed April 23, 2013
I attend high school, and my high school is a college preparatory school. So students tend to carry a lot of heavy books and school supplies at all time. My first bag of the school year had torn at the zipper, so there was no fixing it. That's when I decided to get a new backpack. On October 31, 2012, I went to Kmart with my father and brother to buy myself a new bag. After looking at the backpacks for about 10 minutes, I finally decided on picking the red Outdoor Vortex 8.0 Extra Large Backpack. We walked to the register to checkout.
While checking out, the cashier asked if we would like to buy the replacement plan for my backpack. My father said, "Why not?" So we ended up buying the backpack and my insurance plan. For the past week, my bag has been ripping on the side, and on my zippers. So I went back to the same Kmart to get my bag replaced. I arrived at Customer Service and waited in line. There was a couple in line behind me and somehow they were attended to first. After the couple was done returning their items, I was finally attended to.
The employee at the register had no clue what to do. However, there was a customer also in line, and she told the employee at the register what to do, so I assumed that she had been or is an employee at Kmart. The employee requested for an override. However, the override didn't work, and another employee said that I had to call the number on the insurance plan. I called the number and waited for someone to pick up. I was put on hold for about 3 minutes. Then someone picked up the phone. I said, "Hello" and they hung up on me. I called back and there was an answering machine saying that the office is closed. Overall, this was horrible customer service.
Reviewed April 20, 2013
I went to Kmart in Janesville, WI to use Western Union inside their facility along with picking up a few other items from the store. I approached the "service" counter to send money using Western Union but was told that I would have to wait 10 minutes for this service. The only employee in the store who knows how to run the system was giving break to another employee. I then asked for a manager to be called to the desk because I'm sure they would know how to run the machine. The manager, Jerry, was called and he did confirm that she was the only employee that could operate the Western Union inside their facility and yes, I would have to wait 10 minutes for her to return. I actually waited nearly 20 minutes for the only employee who knows how to operate the Western Union facility as they have multiple employees standing around doing absolutely nothing. Why have the service there if you can't properly operate it?
Reviewed April 11, 2013
The first complaint I sent, I thought they would at least offer to replace the cushions. It's just the bottom cushions. But they just thanked me for my complaint. I'm very disappointed in the product for the money we paid for the product.
Reviewed April 1, 2013
I placed an order online for a 9-inch Android tablet in early March of 2013. Once the order was placed, I was told I would receive it in 7 to 12 business days. What a lie. It was meant to be a birthday gift for my mother. Once the deadline passed, I waited another week… still no tablet. So I order one from another site (Amazon) and receive it on the day they say I will. So I call Kmart to cancel the order. They tell me it has been canceled and I will get a refund in 8-10 days even though they got their money from me the same day I ordered. 5 days later, I get an email saying that the tablet is on its way. So I call them back to ask them why are they still going to send it even though I said cancel the order. They could not give me a straight answer, so I tell them to cancel it again. This time they tell me it will be 3-7 days before I get a refund.
Fast forward another week (7 days of course), still no refund or tablet. So of course I call them back to ask what is going on and guess what? They still can’t give me a straight answer as to why they are going to still send me the tablet, even though I told them not to for the second time. So this time they assure me that it will be canceled and I will get a refund in 3-5 days. Fast forward another week and guess what? Still no refund or tablet. So by this time, the tablet will be a month late. Needless to say, I couldn’t give my mother her birthday gift.
So I call Kmart again. This time they tell me the tablet has been shipped and I should get it in 4 days. I ask them why have they shipped it still and I have called them 3 times and asked for my money back. Still no straight answer. The best they told me to do was once the tablet arrives by UPS, was to send it back and then wait another 7 days for my refund. I told whomever I was talking to on the phone that this was outrageous and that I will contact my attorney. You know what they told me? "Go ahead." I will never spend a coin with Kmart again in my life!
Reviewed March 22, 2013
I visited the Kmart in Monroe, NC 28105 with my handicapped mother who is wheelchair bound. As I came to the entrance, the handicap automatic entrance was not working. After I managed to get my mother who is on her wheelchair in the vestibule, the second entrance was not working either. Manager came running after I had my mother halfway in the store. I was horrified with the management of this site. I was disgusted that the entrance wasn't working. What is so funny was after my mother purchased what she needed and exiting the store, the automatic doors were working. It’s like they don't want you coming in but they're happy you’re leaving. I hope they get this corrected for all disabled customers.
Reviewed March 19, 2013
I purchased a Hamilton beach blender a couple of weeks ago. It is defective and I want to return it. I can’t find the receipt so therefore the store refuses to exchange an item that they sell or even give a store credit. I will never ever shop at Kmart again.
Reviewed March 19, 2013
I bought a 42-inch LCD TV with service plan. Now, they are saying that the TV is only worth 1 cent and I can't get another one. The TV is less than 2 years old. They said over the phone, "Okay, we will exchange it. Bring it back." When I got into the store for an exchange, they told me they could not give me anything. I have my receipt and still no exchange or any help at all.
Reviewed March 16, 2013
I really love this store on Figueroa Street at the Carson Town Center. The associates are helpful when you have a question and they return phone calls. There is a 75% room where everything is on sale, which could be for a defect or a broken item. I bought a cute Jaclyn Smith rug here for $4, and a cute ballerina jewelry box that just needed a wind-up handle. When I showed the cashier what was wrong with it, she made sure that I went to Customer Service to show them, in case I couldn't fix it. The great thing also about shopping - not only are the prices great, so are the merchandise. You also get cash back on your purchases and great coupons which, in my opinion, is a way better deal than Walmart.
I love Sears as well. The one in the Del Amo mall is great. Their workers are very smart about their products and also return phone calls. Macy's here is another good one too, but a bit pricier than K-mart. I refuse to go to Walmart anymore and wrote an article as to the reason for it. If they monopolize the market, you and I will get stuck with it.
Reviewed March 1, 2013
I had a good deal on a blender with 2 other items that I placed on layaway online. I finished paying balance within 2 months. As soon as I made my last payment online, I received emails that my order was refunded. I called customer service and they told me that the blender and other items were no longer available! I told the rep that I know it's not her fault but the company should reserve the items that are placed on layaway! All this time, I was paying for air! And a waste of my time! She said for the inconvenience, they would give me 10% discount. That does not work because the blender was on sale and the other items also. The 10% does not compare to the deal I got! Then we were disconnected. She has my number and didn't have the decency to call me back! I looked up the blender on Kmart online and they still have the blender available at regular price! So she lied! Very poor company and customer service in my opinion!
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2013
I placed an order for a TV online. After receiving a confirmation, the order was canceled by Kmart because the product was out of stock. Money should have been released and it has been 4 days and the money is still pending. I called and spoke with 6 different people and no one was able to help me. They sent me an email that I had to go to a store for my money to be refunded. Finally, after 30 minutes waiting for a supervisor over the phone, she sent a request for the bank to release. It was so much of a runaround for no reason. I will never ever order from Kmart again. I'm so disgusted with the service and won't recommend them to anyone. I went shopping a few times before to a Kmart store and in the store, service is the same. It's poor and they never attended to customers. Lines are extremely long and the store is messy. The experience with Kmart was not a good one. Never will I buy online or at a store again.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2013
I went online to order a purple Furby from Kmart. To my understanding, they did not have this color. So, someone took it upon themselves to order an orange one on my account. I was also charged for this without me knowing it. I was waiting and no answer. I looked at their website and found out what had happened and decided I did not want either one. By the way, this was charged through my PayPal account. To this day, I have not received any refund - the runaround, yes. The dateline for all of this is December 16, 2012 until present - no refund. I have emailed for almost three months. All I am owed is $119.26 without tax or shipping charge. They were so willing to go into my PayPal account and charge the second one without my permission - why not put the money back with my permission? I have posted this on Facebook, Twitter, and few other places. The things they are saying are not nice. Kmart - Sears, you used to have an impeccable rating, but now it is in the toilet. Your salesperson sells the first one, but customer service keeps them coming back. You blow it.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2013
This is in regard to the KMart store in Valenica, CA store #3018. The automatic doors have been broken since January. I have watched people struggled to get in and out of the other doors whether it be in a wheelchair, with a stroller, etc. I cannot believe that it has been over a month and they have not been fixed. It was difficult to even get in and out with a cart just walking. I believed this is against ADA requirements. Those with disabilities cannot get in and out of the store. I also would believe that the limited entry and exit through the front doors would inhibit exiting the store in the event of an emergency. This is a safety hazard that I am hoping will be addressed immediately. I have tried to complete the KMart accessibility form, but it will not allow me to enter the store number.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2013
On 12/23/2012, I placed a layaway order for a comforter set that was on sale for $49.99. I paid the order off on 1/7/13 and was told the order would ship within 7 days. I have been calling for 2 weeks now, asking about my order and was told they are working on it. Last night, I got an email stating that due to a technical error, they cancelled my layaway and to call customer service to reorder. I called and explained what happened and since it was not my error, I asked for the sale price. I was told that the only thing they could do was place my order for the full amount of $79.99 and they would put in a request for a refund of the difference and maybe I would get the refund. This is the worst customer service I have experienced. Stay away from Kmart and/or Sears since they have the same policies.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2013
I ordered two pieces of furniture online. The TV stand came and was fine. The UPS man refused delivery of the armoire right before Christmas as the box was torn to shreds and he knew that if he left it, it was heavy and I would have to ship it back. Well, Kmart returned the item to their warehouse which they confirm in multiple emails that they have it. They refused to ship me another one and have yet to credit me a lousy $130 two months later.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2013
On December 8th, 2012, I purchased two tablets online for Christmas presents for my children. Delivery was promised on December 17th, 2012, but I did not receive the tablets until December 24th, 2012. When I received the products, one of them would not power on. Because of technical issues on Kmart’s part, I was not able to contact them until December 30, 2012. A refund to my CC that I used for purchase was promised to me with receipt of drop off to UPS with the defective tablet. Kmart sent me a confirmation of my refund request on Saturday, January 5th, 2013. I did not receive this refund within five business days, although I called on January 9th requesting the refund once again.
On January 11th, I called once again frustrated because I did not receive my refund and requested that another tablet be sent to me as the CCR indicated she did not see a refund request, and I would have to wait another five days for the refund to be put back through. If that didn't work, I would have to wait another seven days for a check to be issued and another seven days for that check to come to my home address. So in the long run, I would be waiting a total of two months from the time I ordered the tablet to receive my money back.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2013
I ordered a heavy piece of furniture that was delivered and left outside my door. It was the wrong piece. I called this morning to either receive a credit so I can go out and buy the piece I need right away or immediately have them send the correct piece. The box weighs 70lbs and I cannot lift it. I was told I would need to somehow work it out and that UPS would pick up the box (when I work full-time), wait for it to make it back to the warehouse and be restocked then I will receive my refund. In essence, Kmart is keeping $140 of mine. It is mine, and there is nothing I can do about it. Kmart corporate is dishonest and has the worst customer service I've ever experienced. I will never shop at Kmart again and will tell everyone and anyone to do the same. Stay away.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2013
I did a layaway online of baby clothes (18 items) back in November. I did my payments like they scheduled and today, 1/10/13, I did my last payment. A minute after I did that payment, I received 2 emails. The first one was about my payment receipt. The second one was letting me know that my layaway was cancelled and that I needed to call 1800 number so they can reorder my items and ship them to me. I called and the representative of Kmart told me that several items were not available and that was the reason they cancelled my layaway. They offered an apology and a refund. So, they couldn't let me know ahead of time about the items; they took my money. I'm pregnant and about to give birth, so I was really looking forward to receiving my package and they just offer money back! Is this fair?
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2013
I ordered a dining set on Nov. 26th, 2012. I was charged immediately but I haven't received the product till date. I have inquired about the order everyday but they said, "You will receive it." I purchased it during Thanksgiving Day deals. They say the product is not available but the product is still available to book online with a different price, much higher than what I purchased. Now they have sent me an email saying that your order is cancelled and money is refunded back.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2013
I am handicapped and depend on using the electric carts. No matter which Kmart I go to, they are never charged or are out of order. I know this is a convenience you provide (badly). I feel I must send a letter to AARP to print in their newspaper so others can be saved before going to shop. You have lost another customer.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2013
On 25 Dec 12, I ordered a gift card online for my mother so I would have a present for her. It was to arrive in an hour according to their website. One hour came and went. With it being Christmas, I called customer service (1-866 number) immediately and was given numerous apologies for not being given my gift card. I was told a claim was going to be submitted and I would have to wait 3-5 business days for a response. I was completely disturbed by this as they already deducted the money from my account.
Well, 6 business days has come and I called again. This time, my claim was already escalated. I was told that since it was escalated, I would have to wait 5-7 more business days. Seriously? They have my money and this is one of the easiest transactions to account for, track, and correct. Yet I am given every reason to delay any action. I am very grateful that I used PayPal to pay for this, and I have entered a dispute for claim. Hopefully, PayPal will help in solving this situation long before Kmart.com finds another reason to delay giving me my money or my gift card.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2013
I ordered on November 31st four items online with layaway and quickly (within 2 payments) paid it off. Once I received my shipment, I realized only 3 of the 4 items were in the box. I called to let Kmart know, and they said the only way I can get this Winx doll that I ordered and didn't receive was to repay for the item and have it shipped out again and that they would refund me for the one I didn't receive within 48 hours. 4 days went by with no sign of a refund to my debit card and called them again, only to be told that there were no notes on my account that I called the first time. They would immediately send it to their refunds department and to wait another 48 hours.
Another 48 hours went by. Actually a week. I thought I would give them more time since it's a busy season. Still no refund. Here it is January 5th with many phone calls to their customer service and the same runaround and no refund. I am beyond pissed off! Kmart.com is a complete joke and will never get my business again! I am so sick of the countless hours spent waiting on hold and on the phone with people who blatantly lie the same lies over and over. I even have their stupid script memorized and can say what they're going to say right along with them. Ridiculous!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2012
I attempted to order 3 presents for Christmas. The first attempt, they told me my card was declined. Second attempt, again the card was declined. Third time, I used my husband's card. The card was accepted. A few days later, Kmart not only debited my husband's account, but also debited my account two times. Therefore, I did not have the money in my account that I thought I did. I have contacted Kmart numerous times to get my account credited. I had to get a statement from my bank and fax it to customer service. I still have not received a credit to my account. This mess all started on December 15, 2012. Each time I talk to these people, they tell me it will be 3 to 5 business days. Well those days have come and gone with no refund. I will never shop at Kmart online or at the store. I think their mishandling of this situation is very unprofessional!
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2012
I placed my order on November 13th, 2012. I made the regular scheduled payments, and today, I went to pay off the layaway order (which was by no means, cheap). After paying nearly $800, I felt the relief that I was finally done. I received the payment receipt via email, but not too long did another email follow stating that the layaway order had been cancelled. At this time I was furious. I called the number on the email just to get a person that did not speak English very well. She said, "Oh, your order appears to be delivered by January 9th." I told her then why did I receive an email stating it had been cancelled.
I read her the email word for word. Then she gets back on the phone and said, "Yes, I do show it has been cancelled and I cannot reinstate it." After a few choice words with her, I said, "Why the ** would I pay the last payment just to cancel the ** order?" I said that makes no sense. She said, "There is nothing I can do." I told her that I want to speak to her manager right away. He gets on the phone and has no idea what has transpired, so I have to explain the whole process to him again.
He said, "That he is going to transfer the order over to the case manager to look at it and determine why it has been cancelled." If it’s truly is cancelled, then they will refund my money. If it is an error, then they will honor the order. I said, "So am I going to get the whole amount back that I paid or is it going to be partial?" He said, "It is going to be less the $10.00 fee they charge." I said I do not think so. I paid money for this whole order and paid it off, and yet somehow it gets cancelled and I get charged $10.00. I said, "I will fight that $10.00 because that is outright ridiculous to charge someone $10.00 when that person never cancelled the order." Then he said, "It will take 24-48 hours for the case manager to get back with you." I am so outraged. Anyone else have these same issues?
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2012
The last two times I shopped in the Conneaut, OH Kmart, I left all of my items at the register and walked away. Why? Because of the price tricking. I am tired of it. I bought what I thought was BOGO, then found out it was BOGO 1/2 off (didn't see the fine print). Some of it I took off the circular racks, only later to find out that only one side contains the sale items. I left the cart full of clothing with the clerk and walked away. The next trip (same location), I was buying shoes for the family. Again, BOGO sale, knowing better this time (haha on me). I got to the register only to find out that some of the shoes were not BOGO, although the in-store signs were displayed with the shoes and the in-store signs were not marked that the sale was for specific shoes. I left that cart of merchandise with the clerk at the register also.
On Saturday, December 21, at the Ashtabula, OH Kmart, I was jewelry shopping. The gemstone case had three sale signs. The sign on the left stated that the gemstone jewelry was on sale for $39.99. When the register rang it up for $99.99, the clerk said she didn't know why the jewelry wasn't ringing up at the advertised price. So she moved the sign over to the middle of the case, right beside the other sign and told me that I would have to just get a price check on anything I wanted to get the real price. I couldn't believe it. I tried it a second time. I found another bracelet in another case advertised for $99.99 with a list price of $149.99. I asked her for a price check and it came back either $167+ or $169+! I thought it must be a string of bad experiences that I alone had, until I found the customer at the register complaining as loudly as I should have complained. I won't be at all sad or surprised if Kmart disappears.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2012
Long story short, I placed my order via regular mail on Dec 14th. Plenty of time for Christmas, right? Wrong! Still, I didn't have my order by Dec 20th. I've never even received an e-mail confirmation. (My fault there. I entered it wrong. They however, had my address and phone number.) I ordered two presents, both in-stock and my account was immediately debited. I went to their site, scrolled down to customer service and clicked on Contact Us. I called the 1-800 number that was posted. It was a wrong number. I double-checked and it's still wrong number. Huh? I sent an e-mail to them. Well, it said Click Here to E-mail. It was returned, no such address? What? I continued trying to contact Customer Service via the phone number posted and e-mail. Same story, wrong number, no such e-mail? Crazy, right?
I finally called my local store and explained the problem. They gave me their number. It was 1-866-KMART-4U. The number still posted on their site begins with 1-800. Is this really happening? I called the correct number yesterday, Christmas Eve. The lady who answered the phone gave her name and told me she was with customer solutions. I told her the situation and she then explained she could not help me because she only worked in customer solutions. Not even kidding! She told me if I would hold (forever), she would try to find someone who could help me. Obviously, she didn't have the solution. (I was connected with a nice lady who explained that I would receive my order on Dec. 27th, this defeating the whole purpose of ordering Christmas presents.) She explained my order was shipped on Dec. 21st. I explained my card was debited when I placed my order (Dec 14th) and the items were in-stock. She really had no explanation, only that my card was debited when the items were shipped. Nuh-uh!
The lady was very polite. I told her everything from my card being debited on the 14th and the product being shipped on the 21st: the wrong number posted on their site, the no solutions department, and the wrong customer service e-mail posted on their site. I explained I wouldn't have a present for my niece who flew over 3,000 miles for our traditional Christmas Eve family dinner. She apologized and told me she would pass the information along. I thanked her for her apology, even though it wasn't her fault. I told her the solutions department was a joke. They need to update their web info. I also suggested although she was great at what she did, she might consider seeking other employment as there was no way Kmart could continue to operate as a retailer with the whole circus act they have going. FYI, it’s been over 24 hours and the website still has the wrong contact. I recommend Kmart.com to no one. It's all a cruel joke.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2012
I ordered Just Dance 4 for the Wii on 11/26/2012. I never got it. Three weeks later, I got a call from someone down the street. They had my package. This house was 2 blocks down the road from my house. The lady gave me the package wrapped in a plastic bag stating it was soaked and the only reason why she found it (it was buried under some leaves) is because she was putting up Christmas lights. I took the bag that contained the envelope home. It was soaked because it had rained and was exposed to the elements. The envelope was ripped and the foam padding was out of the envelope. There was no item in the envelope. UPS claims they delivered but they didn't deliver this to my house. Kmart won’t give me my credit to my debit card. This was a Christmas present and now I don’t have my money back nor do I have my item.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2012
My daughter & I received gifts from Adopt-a-Family for this Christmas season. Tonight, we each opened a gift. My daughter received two pairs of boots, one pair (dress kind) from Kmart & one pair (snow) from Walmart. Neither pair of boots fits my daughter; they are too small (her feet grew since turning in info to Adopt-a-Family). Each pair of boots has a store tag on them; that's how I know where they came from. Since these gifts are from Adopt-a-Family, there weren't any receipts enclosed. I contacted Kmart online customer service & explained the situation. I asked if I could take the boots to the store & exchange them for a larger size. The answer I was given was, "I wish you could return the boots without the receipt but KMart does not accept returns without a receipt."
All I wanted to do was get the same boots, only in a larger size. I wasn't asking for money back. My daughter loves the boots but they don't fit. I guess some other child will be getting a brand new pair of boots because I will be taking them to a local coat, boot & glove drive. On the other side was Walmart. I contacted them & they have no problem with me bringing their boots in to exchange for a larger size. I have shopped at Kmart for over 31 years & because of this one experience, I will no longer be a customer.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2012
I ordered a Christmas gift from Kmart online and chose a site for store pick-up. The pick-up location that I chose was the Hamilton NJ store. Biggest mistake ever! When I arrived at the pick-up counter, there was nobody there to help me so I rang the bell that's located there. Well, the bell either didn't work or they just ignored me because nobody came to assist me. So after waiting for about 10 minutes, I was able to finally locate an employee who then called for assistance over the intercom. Okay, a very angry employee walks up to the area cursing about something that she is reading and continues to cuss and act unprofessionally even after seeing that I was waiting to be helped.
Another female employee then finally comes to assist me. I got the gift without any problems so my earlier experience was no longer a big deal. Well, since I'm already in the store and I needed to pick up a few toiletries, I figured I would do that. I had four items to check out and went to the line that I thought looked the shortest. Mistake #2: The one person in front of me at the register happens to be a Kmart employee who is doing her personal shopping. Okay, so I'm waiting and I noticed the two employees are socializing and taking a really long time. I moved to the line next to me thinking it's going to move better. Mistake #3: The customer in front of me has a big full of returns that he's being allowed to handle in the regular checkout line. Ridiculous. I thought that was the purpose of the customer service counter. Anyway, I then attempted to switch back to the original line that I was in.
Mistake #4: Not only is the employee who is shopping while at work still at the register chitchatting, she now sees that I have returned to the line and attempts to play silly games to further tie up the register and the cashier is going right along with her. They are both laughing as if people have nothing better to do than to stand in line at this tacky Kmart. I then toss all four items on the counter and I left. I was so agitated and upset that the best decision was to leave the scene. Both employees were rude and very unprofessional. I will probably never step foot in this Kmart ever again.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2012
They had a washer and dryer advertised for $499.99 on Black Friday for the first 3 customers. I was one of the first 3, and as of today, Dec. 18, 2012, they still have not come through. They keep saying it is on order but do not know when it's coming in. This is false advertisement.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2012
I am in urgent need of your assistance. The following chain of events involves an order that I placed on Kmart.com on November 23rd, 2012 (Black Friday). After reviewing the facts, I’m sure that you will understand my frustration and concern. On November 23, 2012, I attempted to order over 40 items which was reduced to 27 items due to out of stock sale items. My “shopping cart” spontaneously emptied throughout the day causing me to lose out on several “early bird” specials. I was unable to access checkout function due to widespread system problems. I was informed of the problems by a company agent and told to “keep trying”. At this point I was concerned about the ability to shop at the sales prices that were not valid the next day.
The agent spoke to her supervisor and said that there would not be a problem honoring the sale prices because they were very aware of the system issues preventing customers from ordering. I succeeded in placing the order about 3 hours later, after another 16 attempts. Several hours later, I received an email stating that my credit card had been rejected, which made no sense to me because of my familiarity of the available credit. I followed the directions and used another card to pay, which was approved. On Saturday, November 24, 2012, I received an order confirmation. However, the price of the order had gone up by $70. Upon further investigation, I found the increase was because my 10% off coupon and my free shipping had not been applied. I called the customer service line and spoke to an agent. I was placed on hold for over 10 minutes because the agent said that he had to adjust each item individually.
The agent then informed me that he was not able to process the adjustment because the order was already at a different stage in the process. He told me that it would take between 36 and 72 hours to adjust because the department that handled it was backlogged. He confirmed that I would receive an email confirmation along with the adjusted order total. A couple of hours later, I received an email stating that the order was cancelled. I placed another call to an agent who told me that several of the items that I ordered were out of stock, including several “Black Friday only” specials. While searching for replacement items, I found the items that I originally ordered were still visible online along with the Black Friday prices. When I inquired about this, I was told that the company allocates a certain quantity of items to be sold at the lower price. She also said that I could purchase the items at full price, but if I tried to order them at the discounted price they would be cancelled from the order.
When I questioned this policy, I was told that the computer is slow and has not caught up yet with the pricing. The agent then confirmed that she saw a note about the price adjustments and she recorded my order for the 5 replacement items. When processing my credit card, it was rejected. We then tried 5 other cards that were rejected. On our last attempt, my debit card was rejected. Knowing that this was impossible, I asked the agent to hold while I connected with my online banking service. My online banking record showed eleven separate charges made by Sears/Kmart. Each of these charges was for a different amount, triggering a fraud alert. Simultaneously, my husband was embarrassed as our card was rejected at the supermarket, and then again in front of my son’s friend’s parents at a Karate studio. At this point, the agent was aghast at what went on, and I explained that I wanted to end the call and contact my bank. The bank lifted the fraud alert, which took several hours to clear, restricting my use to make planned purchases and pay bills online for the rest of the day.
I called Kmart back and requested that they cancel my entire order. The order had been placed about 16 hours prior. The agent said that they noted the order and once again, the department were backed up and I would not hear from them for 24 to 36 hours. On Sunday, November 25, 2012, I was skeptical because of the agent’s tone when I requested the cancellation. I called Saturday night and twice on Sunday, as well as “chatting” online with an agent. Each time, I was assured that the note was in the system. I emailed the Senior Vice President of Customer Service and to the CEO. The CEO never responded. Three days later, the SVP responded and told me that there was nothing she could do. I could return all 17 boxes separately to Sears and Kmart stores (even though the purchase was made with Kmart.com). This would involve a tremendous amount of time on my part as their dotcom returns take a while to process. It would also involve travel in opposite directions from my home.
She also gave me the option of returning the items via UPS. However, I would be responsible to pay for shipping, which would run about $70. Neither option was acceptable to me. On Monday, November 26, 2012, I began receiving email notifications that parts of my order had shipped! I called UPS and asked for options. They said that Kmart could “void” the shipment and when the packages were scanned at pickup they would be rejected. I called Kmart and explained the entire situation to the agent and she said that there was nothing she could do. She was not authorized to void the shipment and that no one at customer service had the authority to do so. I asked her for options and she said a supervisor would have to call me back. The call never came. Once again, I contacted UPS and inquired about my options. They said that I could place a note on my door to refuse shipments, but that because of their seasonal help, it would probably result in other packages being refused as well and could likely leave me without any packages from other merchants.
They also said that it wasn't a good option as mass merchants generally take a long time to rectify and credit the buyer on refusals. I contacted my bank and requested that they dispute the charges for me. They explained that a Visa dispute takes 30 days to rectify and that they would begin the process. I attempted to call the CEO’s office and was not allowed through. I was transferred to their executive customer service team and was assigned a case number. Agent Gabby ** told me that she would call me back. She left a message on Tuesday stating that the Kmart team didn't respond and she would send them another message. Over the next 9 days, I called and left messages for Gabby to return my call. Three of the agents at the executive offices disconnected the call after I explained the entire story to them. Several other agents told me my only option was to return the packages at my expense or bring them back to the stores and wait on line. Gabby has never returned my calls.
As a working mother of a six-year-old boy, my time is very limited, which is why I opted to shop online and complete my Christmas shopping in one transaction. I suffer from severe back problems and do not have the time, space or mobility to put 17 boxes into my car, wait on line and suffer through their inefficient return process. I have just begun a temporary job and after 3 years of unemployment, I do not have the money to return the packages at my expense. This situation has put a serious damper on my ability to enjoy the holiday. Sears/Kmart’s disgraceful lack of accommodating their customers in any capacity is truly remarkable. I simply want them to issue a call tag to have UPS come to my home and pick up the items at their expense. Your agency is the last recourse that I have to help me. I am truly at the end of my rope and have no idea what else I can do to get them to respond favorably.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2012
We went to the Kmart in W. Lebanon, NH on Sunday, 12/16/2012. We were trying to purchase an air compressor that the shelf tag showed $11.88. At the register, it rang up at $44.00. I went back with a manager, and there was only one left on the shelf. There were 3 when we picked up ours. The manager removed the tags and said it was for an amoral car kit, yet none were in the area. They did not honor the price.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2012
On November 23, I was shopping online for a rocking chair that I could use in my new baby room. I came across a rocker recliner sold on Kmart.com. I found what I thought would be a great deal off the chair, a 20% code. I then decided to add two laugh and learn toys to the order because it was buy 1 get 1 at the time. However, my rocker recliner was only offered at a store 40 minutes away from me. But again, I thought what a good deal, why not? Now, just so you know, I have a Kmart store 1 mile away from where I live, but the chair was not offered there. So, I ordered the three items using the layaway option and for pickup at the store 40 minutes away.
The very next day, I thought to myself I better check my bank account as I often do because I make a lot of online purchases, especially with Christmas approaching. I saw that my card was charged 145.95 cents for the chair. I thought oh crap! Are you serious! I knew I was charged 15 bucks for the layaway, but come to find out they had charged me that only for the two toys. Now, let me explain to you that the two toys alone were 20 bucks and they added a 10 or so bucks fee to do layaway. All items were split two ways: the chair I bought in full and would need to be picked up at the store; and the two toys that were on layaway and afterwards to be picked up at the store when paid in full. Tell me, who would put two toys on layaway for 20 bucks? It doesn't make any sense! Anyway, I saw that this whole mess-up occurred, and I immediately called in to cancel not only because it wasn't the way I had wanted my order, but also because I didn't have the funds in my account to make the purchase, which is why I wanted layaway.
I talked to a customer care associate that day and I told them to please cancel my order in hopes that Kmart wouldn't withdraw the money the next day. The lady said she would put a note in there to cancel it immediately and that she'll add an extra note to say it was urgent that they do so. I thought to myself, great! Well, again it wasn't the case. The money was still withdrawn on Nov. 25, and because I had no funds in my account to cover the amount, I was charged my bank fee of 30 bucks. Now, I contacted someone about that and had asked them to please clear that up because it wasn't my fault Kmart separated my order like that and I had no recollection until I looked at my account that I was charged for the chair.
I’ll give Kmart this. They did write to my bank stating it was their fault with the order, and my bank reversed the overdraft fee. Yay! But there's more. I still didn't get my $145.95 back for the chair nor did I get the 15 bucks I was charged for layaway/toys. I called in again and said where's it at? They told me it would take 3-5 business days for my refund, but then they told me I had to drive all the way to that store 40 minutes away to cancel my toys since it was now showing up as layaway at the store. I was furious. So then I called the store 40 minutes away and told the clerk what is happening. He said he was sorry, but I’d have to come in to cancel it; he'll leave my name near the register, someone will help me with getting my 15 dollars back, and there will be no cancellation charge.
So eventually, I made it out there with my toddler a week later (the beginning of December). I gave the clerk (not the guy I spoke to) my name (nowhere to be found), sales check number, sub order number, email, everything! They weren't able to pull up my order at all. I was there for an hour. I said, “I have the order on my phone. Take a look. I made a 15-dollar payment. It says it right here.” After arguing nicely about it, some manager finally told the clerk to just let me have 15 bucks back from the register. I told them I wanted it done the right way, but he argued that they could not pull me up from the system, even though I have all these emails about layaway on my phone. I took it and left. But now that I think about it, somewhere I have to be showing as still having this dumb layaway toy purchase? You see I've come to realize Kmart has a black hole that nobody claims to know about. But I got 15 bucks back finally.
Now, back to my $145.95, I waited the 3-5 business days like they asked. I called back Kmart customer care on Dec. 6, and again I had to explain all that has happened despite the notes they keep. The lady told me I should have received my refund already. I said, “No, I didn't.” (I called my bank and they said there is no refund to be found from Kmart. It just shows that they took that money from me. I said, “OK, clearly this is something I have to settle with Kmart then.”) I told the Kmart customer care lady that my bank said there was no refund to release. She said, “OK, we will cancel this refund and start the process for a new refund to be sent out.” But it will have to be reviewed and "escalated" (one of many words I keep hearing) up to the department that handles this to make sure I'm not some bum trying to get a second refund! Clearly, I'm not; otherwise, I wouldn't be wasting my stinking Verizon wireless minutes talking to customer care people that either really can't do anything for me (and nothing gets done) or are just plain horrible ones that make me wait on hold for 20 minutes then hang up on me (that has happened 3x).
I told one lady that people are clearly hanging up on me because normally when something like this occurs, good customer service people call you back. I told her, “You ask for all this information from me down to my phone number. You'd think they'd look that up and just call me back. But never happens with Kmart.” Needless to say, it was being escalated, and I was told to give it until Dec. 13, 2012, and if I don't get it or receive word about it, then I should call back. Well, again nothing. So I called back on the 13th. People kept telling me it's in the process. I said this was ridiculous! I need a number to talk to someone who can help me because no one in customer care can!
Today (December 16, 2012), I got transferred to "online solutions of Kmart". I asked for a direct line, but I was told that customer care people can only transfer - lies lies lies. I’m sick of it. I talked to someone there, and they told me that it's my bank’s fault and that they are doing everything on their end. My bank won't release the refund to me from Kmart. What a load of **! Something in my gut is telling me this is not right! I'm being taken advantage of by Kmart. They took my money and ran, and they have programmed people to deal with customers like this. Part of me feels like Kmart is going done, and they probably don't even have the money to pay me back. So the next thing I have to do is contact my bank again tomorrow, and they will tell me what is right and that there is nothing from Kmart.
Sometimes I feel like giving up! But it's horrible. It's not like I have the money to just let $145.95 slip through my fingers for free. I have a toddler and a baby on the way. It's just horrible the way I've been dealt with by Kmart, and from reading all these other posts, I'm not the only one. Something needs to be done. People like me shouldn't have to wait a month for a return of their money. I had to return an item I bought at Old Navy online. I was given a refund in under 5 days. That's the way service is handled. I guess I'm supposed to wait some more. I don't' know. Kmart has officially made me feel helpless. Thanks, just the feeling I wanted to feel before the holidays :(
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2012
I received my order on 12/10/2012. Right away I took the packing slip out and compared it to my items. One item was missing. I called right away and talked to someone (did not give me a name). The call got disconnected as soon as I had finished explaining my situation. I called back. This time I spoke to George who took all my information and seemed that he was going to get a response for me. He told me that in 72hrs I would get a response as to the resolution. When the 72hrs came and went I called again, a lady answered and no name was given again. I explained my situation. We got "disconnected" once more! I called back and spoke to Latoya (very pleasant), but she couldn't help me. She put me in contact with **, a Manager at the Online Solution Department. ** then told me that she will put all these notations on my order and I would get an email by Friday 12/14/2012, and then call back to 800-349-4358 and ask for Online Solutions.
I decided to give them all of Friday and Saturday because I knew that they were busy. However, today is Sunday and 9 days from Christmas and part of my Christmas present has not been shipped or confirmed that they will ship it so I can receive it before Christmas. I called today; the phone call was disconnected. I called again, spoke to John and explained everything all over again. The phone call got disconnected! I called again; no name was given. This time the lady did not listen that I wanted to be connected to Online Solutions. She did everything George did (on the 10th) that did not work and wanted me to wait 3 days! I told her no, that I have done that and no response at this point.
I was very angry and wanted to talk to a supervisor, manager or someone else. She put me on hold for over 20 minutes, claimed she was trying to get a hold of someone. I decided to go online and do online chat while waiting for the supervisor, **, who told me that it was going to take 8 days before I get a response - no help. ** the supervisor got on the line and I got through the whole thing over again and then told me that I had to contact online solutions! No, really! A bunch of disconnected calls and talking to people with no solutions. I am so upset.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2012
Broken Promises - I am a very irate customer right now. On December 8, 2012, I placed 2 robes on lay-away from your Kmart.com site. These robes were priced at $27.99 each. On Thursday 12, 2012 while I was again shopping, I noticed that the robes were on sale for $19.99 each. I called the customer service phone number and spoke with Tanika and asked her if Kmart would grant me the sale price. She spoke with the supervisor and informed me in order to get the sale price, I would need to pay off my lay-away before the sale was over and call back and I would be given the difference between my lay-away price and the new sale price over the phone.
Today, I paid off my balance as I was instructed to do and called customer service to get my refund. The representative said, “Sorry we can't do that.” So I asked to speak to her supervisor. The supervisor, Cassandra **, informed me that I could not get the sale price. If I had not been told I would get the refund if I followed the instructions, I would have kept my original layaway payment schedule. I did everything I was told to do. One of the reasons I did lay-away was because I didn't have the money to pay for it outright as I am on a fixed income. I am so disappointed in the way I have been treated. They have lost a very long-time and loyal customer.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2012
I received a damaged item, possibly in shipping. I left 4 emails and have made 4 calls this week and still I have no call tag pick up on the damaged item. The customer service people are really nice on the phone, but so far it's all talk and no action. On Monday, a call tag was supposed to have been issued. Three calls later, it is now Friday and nothing. They tell me something different every time I call. Now a week later, a different rep tells me they can issue an email label. I wish someone would have told me that a week ago. I would have had it shipped 5 days ago. I was told one to 3 days for the UPS call tag. Now a week later, I am told 7 days for a call tag and I am told about the electronic call tag and I have to haul it up to UPS myself, a big 50-lb. box. Well, I would have done that Monday, but I was not told. This is pathetic!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2012
This review is related to Kmart in Shamokin Dam, PA. I and some others I know have decided to no longer shop at this Kmart due to poor management, rude customer service and time consuming check out due to poorly trained staff. This has happened every time I have tried to shop at this location. Cashiers are poorly trained and constantly calling customer service. The customer service women are extremely rude and loud and act like you are bothering them (one in particular, black hair and glasses). Items rarely ring up correctly. This store's staff are lacking in job skills. It almost seems like this store hires all low functioning people for gov't. kickbacks. I called to see if the store had a certain item and was told yes, but when I got there they did not. The Kmart person said he thought I wanted something else. It is just one frustrating experience after another, so after repeated frustrations at this store, I will never shop there again. This store needs some skilled workers, trained staff and customer service people that are friendly and helpful.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2012
I purchased a Kasar tablet online for my son on Dec. 3 with order number **. I paid a 2-day express shipping. I noticed online that they said order would arrive Dec. 10th. I have called repeatedly and no one could not tell me why it said the 10th when I paid for 2-day shipping. I called UPS and they stated that they never received the merchandise from the vendor. I then called them back because the order status went from shipped to delivered to completed status. They said I would have to wait an additional 5 to 7 business days for a response and I could not get a refund because order was completed. And when I receive the item, I can return it to the store. I then called UPS and they called Kmart online and verified that they did not have item from vendor and only had shipping label. It's bad enough my house had been robbed three times since I moved back to PA and I lost everything. And now that I am unemployed, I ordered it for my son for his birthday and now, he won't even get it for Christmas. Can you help me?
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2012
I am standing by my statement that I will not be returning to Kmart ever again. The associates and the managers at Indiana, PA Kmart were rude, disinterested and barely competent. I understand it is not possible for someone to answer all questions and saying "I don't know" is not wrong if it is followed with "but I will find out." Instead, both the associate and the manager told that while they could see I had money on my rewards cards, they had no idea why it was denied. I've complained several times on the Kmart website and haven't even gotten any form of letter or apology. It is very sad to see people looking for work and unable to find it while Kmart employs people who don't care about their jobs. I have no intention of ever shopping in Kmart again.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2012
I have called several times about these order refund ** plus **. Their computer online made an error on shipping the original order ** and sent it to me, not to Cape Coral, so your agent created a new order but charged me full price. Because of all the problems, she said to call Kmart back once I returned the shoes, which I did, then she would give me free standard shipping (but I use priority mail so she would credit me the difference) plus 5% off, and give me the discount to buy one get half off the other. We had to split the order to reorder and it charged me full price. Also, I returned the shoes. I was not given shipping back since it was not my error and it was your computer error for switching the address and using the billing address as shipping and the Cape Coral address as billing.
Overall, I need this corrected and refunded back to my account as promised. I was told this would be done last week and still has not been done. I will call in morning and I better have some answers or I will issue this complaint to corporate office. I called on 11/30/2012 and 11/28/2012 three times. This is the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I'm waiting to see if I get this credit back on 12/4/2012. All the problems I have experienced with Kmart made me believe they are going out of business. I have been with other companies where these type of problems happen and the problems other customers have written in on. Kmart online layaway and ordering has a lot of problems plus in store service. The most common problem is never having stock in and placing incorrect price.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2012
I tried numerous times to put items in layaway on Thanksgiving night, at the time plainly stated in their ads. A lot of the items I wanted were out of stock, but I was finally able to find 26 of the items I had wanted. I recently had knee surgery, so I had thought this was a great deal and a big help to me. At first, the website kept freezing up on me. Then, when I was finally able to go to check out, 18 of my items just disappeared. I ended up with 8 items in my cart. I eventually found out they were sold out now.
The next evening I tried to find out what I could do about getting the price breaks on the items that were in my cart, since, even after "vanishing" from my cart, they were still available, or available in a different color. The online chat person asked for the item numbers, which were not shown in the layaway. I told them I didn't have item numbers, but could describe them accurately and the price. While I was trying to type the info in, they disconnected our session. I tried someone else, and they were able to find my old chat and tried finding the items. They only helped me on a couple items, stating they couldn't guarantee the prices. So, I finally just gave up.
Recently, an ad came out with some of the items I had wanted on sale (not quite Black Friday prices), so I decided to try again. This time, I had 12 items in my cart, all of them available for layaway at my store. When I went to checkout, I got an error message on 8 items, saying they were not available for delivery. I contacted online chat again, and was told this & that, things I had already done. I tried to find out if the website was not working, and they acted like I was stupid by telling me how to check out and if I wanted them to check for similar items. I told them the reason I chose online layaway was because I wasn't able to get around well (the motorized chairs in the stores never work) and I wanted the freedom of choosing what I wanted. If I wanted "just anything", I'd give my money to a complete stranger and tell them to pick out something for my grandkids. I've put in quite a few layaways in with Kmart in the past, but I'm done with it now. This person wasn't any help, then asked me to rate her service. Seriously? Trust me, I did.

Reviewed Dec. 2, 2012
In September 2012, I put $329.00 on layaway for Christmas presents. I was told I could make my layaway payment online. On October 6, 2012, I made my layaway payment of $51.12 via online payment. On October 7, I noticed that Kmart online had charged my debit card twice (2 @ $51.12 = $102.24). When I checked my payments to my layaway contract, only the $51.12 posted to my layaway. I called the customer service line and was told that I had to fax my bank statement showing the double charge. On October 8, I faxed my bank statement and once again called, only to be told it takes 3-5 business days to be refunded.
I waited my 3-5 business days and still no refund. In this time, I have spent 5+ hours on the phone/hold with different customer service reps as well as incurred a $30.00 late payment on my credit card that I couldn’t pay due to Kmart overdrawing my checking account with their double payment scam. I called back October 16 (still no refund). I was then told again to fax my bank statement because the offline team was backed up. I have called probably a total of 7 times and spoke with an online solutions manager (who is worthless and takes days to respond to my emails). Now, as of December 2, 2012, I have still not received the refund of my money! Kmart stole my money and refuses to give it back.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2012
I went on Kmart online on Thanksgiving at 8pm for a deal on an upland men's 26" beach cruiser. Final cost was $84.20. I input my order and was sent a confirmation email. And since Antioch Kmart did not respond to my online order and fill the request, Kmart sent me an email four days later saying my order was cancelled. They will not honor the Black Friday price of $84.20. I received an email response from Sears(?) saying they are sorry and I can have 5% off regular price.
Is it not illegal in California to oversell inventory, assign me a sales order against it, and not honor the price for their oversight? I am doing as much as I can to relay this to everyone who might think Kmart has integrity or ethics. BBB is next. My confirmation email saying they are processing my order. Four days later, they sent me a cancellation email as they ran out of stock. I asked if it was discontinued and they would not give me an answer. I went to Pleasant Hill, CA store and they had one in stock. Rainman was right. Kmart sucks.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2012
I went in to the Kmart Columbus store in MS to buy some sunglasses because my husband was having eye surgery and forgot his sunglasses. I asked the lady in the department where the sunglasses rack was. She said the sunglasses were in the back of the store and they can't get the sunglasses out because it's not that time of year. She wasn't very nice about it at all. I have to drive way back to Westpoint, MS.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2012
Due to unfortunate circumstances at my local Kmart store, which is owned by Sears Holdings Corporation, I will no longer be shopping at either entity in any location. After contacting both entities by email as well as by social media, neither had willingness to resolve my issue, nor showed true concern for the lack of social graces or common courtesy lacking by store personnel & management staff.
I'd been a shopper of both chains previously, and after Sears Holdings Corporation had purchased Kmart, noticed a change in a positive direction. However, it would seem that after gaining business again, they must no longer be interested in keeping it. I now see why they've had to close a number of locations. It is apparent that retailers of such magnitude may feel above the masses that they depend upon. They are sadly mistaken. I will make every effort moving forward to inform everyone nationally & internationally to avoid shopping at either entity. The only way the consumer can effectuate change of any retail organization is by the purchase they do not make. I would urge you to join in this statement of dissatisfaction. Rather than shopping at Sears or Kmart, take time to choose other purchase options, particularly if in Illinois or Missouri.
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2012
Black Friday - I went to Metropolitan Mall in Queens and I was there by 4am. I was one of the first 30 people to get there. Around 5:30am, the manager came out and started handing out tickets for certain merchandise. He didn’t know where the line began because at that time, it started getting crowded. Once he realized where the line started, he had already handed it out to others and only had 15 left in his hand. I complained to him how this wasn't fair and he was very rude to me. He was very unorganized and very unprofessional. I was so upset and left.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2012
I returned an item from Kmart.com and the supervisor did everything but out and out accuse me of fraud or theft. A manager was called and the supervisor actually called Kmart.com in front of me to "verify the price." I spent probably 20 minutes there dealing with this while other customers looked at me like I was a thief. After she realized the return was legit, she quickly handled the transaction and gave me dirty looks. I had a list of items to pick up, but I left and went elsewhere. This will be my last visit to the Norwalk, Ohio Kmart. I wonder how long it will take before this store goes under? You can't treat the few customers you have poorly and expect them to come back.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2012
I'll never order from Kmart again! I ordered 8 different items through Kmart.com, but I received 5 of 8 items that I ordered and 3 duplicate items. I contacted Kmart for resolution and every time, Kmart agents gave me different answers. The final answer was that I must receive refund for the missing items and I must go through the entire ordering process again in order to receive the items that I ordered initially. Of course, I have to call customer service again in order to receive free shipping and other discounts I received with the original order. In addition, the refund process won't start until the investigation at warehouse is done. Furthermore, Kmart is pressing the responsibility on me to return the duplicate items.
If the customer simply wants the missing items shipped out to them, Kmart should ship out the items right away because it is already upsetting for the customers that they didn't receive the items on time. The customer should not have to wait for the investigation to be complete when the issue is not caused by the customers. Kmart can always charge after the investigation if customer was mistaken.
A couple of weeks after, I still hadn't heard from the Kmart. I called to find out the status on the investigation, but only to find out that I must return the items in order to receive refund. It doesn't make any sense. I'm not receiving refund on returned items. The missing items have higher value than the items they sent by mistake. I don't think it is fair for customers that Kmart won't issue refund for the missing items unless I do their favor. It is their obligation to ship the correct items or issue refund for the missing items. It is not customer's obligation to help with Kmart's mistake.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2012
Kmart has refused to publish a bad review. I have their product, Gordon Ramsay Everyday Dinnerware. They have just one review on their website for this product and it is 5 stars. The set has gone down to nearly half price and I find it hard to believe that no one else found them to be as terrible as I did and that no one else could be bothered to write a review for them except one person who apparently likes really badly made dishes.
I tried to tell the people in store about the dishes but they refused to discuss it. In fact, they refused to speak to me at all once I tried to tell them the problems with the dishes. They just gave me my money and walked away without saying a single word to me. I wrote to Kmart's customer service and they basically said "Sorry, we didn't publish your review, better luck next time." Except there will be no next time, I will never shop there again because they obviously sell substandard garbage products and then look the other way when people complain. Shame on you Gordon Ramsay, you are a sell out, and shame on you Kmart for cheating people.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2012
I went to the Kmart in East Town Mall, Lancaster, PA at approx. 7am Black Friday 2012. I went back and got an Eagle Talon Castle for my grandson for Christmas, scanned it on red laser and it said that it was $44.97 online or local. But when she rang it up, it came up as $59.99. I showed her the red laser result from scanning the barcode and she called the manager. He said that was just the online price and I asked why it said local also. He said that was only if ordered online and picked up at the store. I said that was deceiving and he said too bad. I went to Wal-Mart, got the same item, showed the red laser and they gave it to me for that advertised price. That is why Kmart is losing customers and Wal-Mart is growing. I will not shop Kmart anymore.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2012
You will think that the day after Thanksgiving, Kmart would be ready to handle the multitude of customers. Well, obviously not. I was in line ready to be taken care of when all of a sudden the employee behind the cash register told me, "You need to go to another line because I'm close." She did not try to move me over to another lane or did not even apologize for the inconvenience. She just walked away like nothing happened. On top of this, there was still like eight more customers behind me. She could have said something or took care of this in a better reasonable way. Kmart really failed for me today. Time to rewrite your customer service satisfaction policy because this is one consumer that's not satisfied.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2012
I was at the local Kmart store in Branson, MO. They had doorbuster sales at 8 pm. I was there and waited in line from 4:30 pm till the doors opened at 8 pm. In front of me were 20 people and 8 of them were from the same family. I wanted a trio tablet listed to sell for $69. At around 7 pm, store personnel came out saying we only got 5 to 8 of each item on sale of TVs, computers, the tablet I wanted and more. Well, the family of 8 took most of the items that were on sale. To top this off, the family of 8 got three 50-in. TVs, 3 of the tablets and other things and put all on layaway. Yes, sale items put on layaway. All who were there got ripped off along with me for I had cash to pay for what I wanted. And one time I was in the store, I wanted to put a sale item on layaway and I was told, "No, I cannot do that; if you put it on layaway, you pay full price for it." Yet, they let this family of 8 who got 3 TVs, tablet computers and more put all on layaway. What a rip off with 2 sets of standards and more. I'll never buy from Kmart again ...
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2012
I went to purchase a TV from Kmart that they had listed for $299.99. I got the TV and went to pay for it. They rung it up and it came to $379.99. I told them that there is a sticker on it and a sign that says $299.99. They told me that it's wrong and it is $379.99 and continued to ring it up. I said, "I'm not buying this. It was clearly listed for $299 and that's what I expect to pay!" They said they can't honor that price and I just left it on the counter and left the store. Total BS.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2012
K-mart provides poor customer service. I ordered a large item online, and within an hour after, I noticed the same item online from the source where K-mart buys it for less. I immediately called K-mart and spoke to Sylvia to request they match that price. She said they could not and that if they were Sears, they could but since I ordered through K-mart, they could not. But they would cancel the order and call me back. By next morning, no call. So I called again and spoke with Deborah. She said she would try to cancel and call me back. She did not either. I called again and spoke with Bruce who said he would do same and send e-mail confirmation of cancel. No e-mail.
I called again and asked for supervisor. I was given Michael "case solutions" who said in two days, they "may" be able to cancel. I said, "In two days, it will be here." He said I could return it to any K-mart or Sears. I explained a large item and I really wanted it, but at lower price. And I'd have to rent a truck to return. He said, "Then don't accept package." I said I'd have to be sure I was home when it arrived. None of his suggestions were satisfactory. I finally called the distributor directly who found my order through Sears (who could have matched the price), and they directly arranged to cancel it, which K-mart could have done in the first place. Now I will probably have another several hours of phone calls to get my credit from them.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2012
With my friend, I went to Kmart and he bought at 50% off a Halloween dog cloth. A few days later, I came back at the same store and all Halloween stuff were at 75% off. I took the last Halloween dog dress and went to the cash register where the dress rang up at full price. I asked why, and the supervisor said that they never had or will have dog clothes on sale. I told her about my friend, and she said that this couldn't be possible because she has a Yorkie and she didn't see the dress on sale and blah blah blah. I called the customer service to complain, and their answer was "We can't force the store to sell an item on sale if they won't." Thanks for the information. Now I know which store to avoid!
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2012
I went in to get a game system on ad. None there as usual. I asked for rain check and was treated like a idiot and was told that this Kmart only has a very limited supply of ad electronics. My question was why put it in ad if you only get in very limited amount of ad products? I went to the courtesy desk in the front of the store and waited 8 mins to talk to employee. I asked for complaint phone number or to speak to manager. I was told there is no complaint phone number and managers were too busy to bother with me. The employee slapped a note pad and a pen on the counter and told me to write it out. I asked to speak to a manager again and was told they had a meeting tomorrow and could not be bothered.
This is the third day I have been to the Lakeport Kmart and tried to get merchandise that was in the ad with no results. Why is this not false advertising? They get you in the store to buy what's on ad and do not stock but a few or none of that product? I went back to electronics, purchased 3 games for different systems and left with out the items on ad again. My last purchase from Kmart for good... I will drive an hour to Walmart or different town in the future for any purchase. I am very tired of deceptive ads and rude employees.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2012
Christmas trees were shown with ornaments. The sign said, "This is a 7ft tree with 600 lights. The tree is decorated with Jacquelin Smith Christmas ornaments." I paid for the tree, then was told the ornaments did not come with it. After showing the sign, the manager said, "Well it does not say that it does." I wanted my money back and was charged $10 restocking fee. I never got the tree - it was still in the store!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2012
I went to the check out. I told the cashier I only wanted to use $10 off my reward card and pay the rest in cash. She told me I had to use all of it or none of it. I told her that I was sure I had only used some of it before. She made a call and said, "Use it all or none." I was saving the points that I had for my son to Christmas shop with. It was only $41; however, I would like to know the policy. Thanks.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2012
I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Now, as we all know, Walmart is a far superior store with better prices and selection. But two weeks ago, I did not feel like fighting the crowds at Walmart so my husband and I went to Kmart in Alamogordo. He was looking to buy an alarm clock/radio/CD player combo. We went back to the electronics department and he found one he thought was okay. It was $50, and that seemed a little high for a cheapie like that, but we were tired of shopping for the day. He took it home and was setting it up. There was a used CD jammed in the CD player. He got it out. He turned on the radio. After a short while, it stopped playing. Flat out, that radio is broken and was a returned item. It was not labeled as a used, broken item. The Kmart employees took a broken item and placed it on the shelf to be sold again! Stay away from Kmart. Shop at Walmart or Amazon.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2012
I ordered a Google tablet on their website and received an order confirmation about 2 minutes. While reviewing the confirmation, I realized I ordered a wrong model. Unlike Amazon and many other retail websites, you cannot cancel your order online even if the order is just submitted. I called their customer service right away. The customer service person refused to cancel my order. She told me my order was in process and I would need to wait to receive the product then return it to a Kmart store, and my shipping charge won't be refundable though. I stressed that I just completed the order online. I didn't believe Kmart had begun to process my order in only about 5 min. I suggest you may pay by a credit card. This way, you can dispute the charge if not satisfied with their services. Kmart policies are not customer-friendly. The customer service person who talked to me was good though.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2012
I went to Kmart because I like checking their markdown prices. I rarely go there because I come away disgusted every time I go. Today, I bought some chicken breast raw. When I put my package on the counter, I realized it was leaking. As that is a serious health hazard, I asked if she had some paper towels or something to clean it up. She said she didn't, but she would get some. She continued to check out the rest of my order, and left a big puddle of raw chicken juices on the belt without even bothering to do anything about it. She didn't go get paper towels or sanitizer as I asked.
When she finished up my order, there were already 2 other customers with items on the belt, one being a cloth pillow and nothing had been done to clean it up. She began ringing up their orders without ever even washing her hands. I couldn't believe that is considered acceptable when people could get seriously ill from uncooked chicken!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2012
I bought a Schwinn Bike from Kmart that had a 90-day return plan. The bike was hardly used and on the 92nd day, the crank became very loose. I called Schwinn because of their one-year parts warranty and they suggested we call Kmart and see if they could or would do anything. When I did call, the manager was in a meeting, but we were told he would contact me soon. He never did. After a week or so, I wrote a bad review of the bike on Kmart's site. My complaint is that after more than a week, the bad review of the bike never showed up. They apparently only show good reviews. I think my review was justified. After all you would expect a bike to last more than 92 days even if it only had a 90-day return. What good are product reviews if they only show the good ones?
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012
Kmart San Jose Jacksonville, FL - They put gazebo on layaway for $549. I went back a week later to make payment and it was on sale for cheaper. I had to cancel the layaway, cost $20-30, to get the lower price and went back 7-10 days later. It was marked down again, found on a different gazebo. I liked it better, cancelled the layaway and put a different gazebo on the layaway. I went to pick up, paid in full and they had the wrong gazebo on layaway. Now they try to tell me I never changed it, which a Kmart associate verified prior that it was the right gazebo. I have tried talking to manager Joyce several times with no assist. She even one time told me, "People like you try to put layaway on hold until it's marked down, then expect the lower price" (original price $599, went on sale at $549, then $329, then the clearance is $180).
I paid $329. The manager refused to give the clearance price even if I cancelled and paid cash. She said I was costing the company money. Also during my layaway, I made an $80 payment online on kmart.com. On 9/13, they held a total of $240 out of my account for a week and finally took hold off for $160, but the original payment of $80 was never credited to my layaway. Almost 2-3 weeks later, the deposited $80 was back to my account. I am not happy with this Kmart at all and the matter has still not been resolved. I paid the final payment on 10/17. I found a similar gazebo myself on Kmart.com. The assistant manager claims it is out of stock and could not find it.
I found the gazebo today online, Sears.com, locally in my area. Now the assistant manager said, up to the manager Joyce, that if she wants to order this gazebo, she would have her call back tomorrow. I have since complained to corporate last time on 10/17. The district manager was to call me back 2 days ago. No call back. I called corporate again yesterday. They requested again that the district manager call me back if not, to call them back today. I called corporate today. They now requested national for help. Very dissatisfied customer.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2012
Kmart Pharmacy doesn't honor the $25 gift cards in their flyers if you have used one within a month. Nowhere in the coupon does it state this. We don't know if this is just an isolated instance or not, but efforts to deal with the "escalation department" in Texas and the Philippines to find out was a complete joke and waste of time. I waited nearly a week for a supervisor’s call back. When I tried to call a supervisor, people were rude to me and kept me on hold for a half hour. All I wanted to do was know if this exclusion applied. No wonder Kmart and Sears are in trouble! What a rotten customer service by robot-like people! This is false advertising. One would think that they might take this seriously. They are too stupid to understand the implications.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2012
As you know, I shop at Kmart all the time and spend a lot of money at the Crofton, Maryland 21114 store. Today (10-19-2012) when I was shopping at the store, one of the employees started swearing at a customer in the store. I mean the language was the worst I ever heard ** and the manager was standing right beside him and did not say a word to the employee or tell him to stop or leave or anything. Another lady and I said we were going to report this incident to the manager, only to find out that was the manager who was standing right beside the bad language man. No one even apologized or attempted to say anything to me on the positive side. Tonight I still cannot believe how loud this employee was. I could not get any names for these people, but I will find out who these men were. I spent over $50.00 today and did not get a $5.00 gift card. What on earth is going on with this Crofton, MD store? Very angry and upset.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2012
I went in on a Saturday afternoon a little after 4pm. I got the items I needed and went to the registers. Eight available registers, only 2 were open - TWO. Both lines had at least 5 other people waiting to check out. While I was a bit annoyed that I would have to wait for some time, my wife needed the items and I didn't want to have to go through the hassle of going to another store. Five minutes pass, I'm still 3 people away from checking out, when I notice in the front of the registers are three associates (I could tell by their uniform shirts) standing around just talking and ignoring the fact that the registers have long lines and impatient customers.
While at first I gave them the benefit of the doubt (maybe they were, in fact, discussing work related issues), I then noticed one employee had joined them and asked one of the girls to ring her up because she had just finished work and didn't want to wait in line. That girl then proceeded to walk over to a register and ring up her co-worker. Because the line I was in was taking long (it looked the cashier was signing someone up for the rewards card, and that takes a few minutes), I tried to hop into that line. The cashier, from what I could see her name tag read Pebble, rudely snapped "I'm closed" and pointed up at her off register light. After she rang up her co-worker, she then walked back to the little group and began talking again.
Not wanting to go to the back of the line again (now at least 6 deep), I saw the service desk had no line so I walked to the desk. While walking past the group, I overhear what they're talking about, nothing work related, but instead about their plans to go out the next weekend. The lady at the service desk rang me up, and when I suggested they open more lines, she immediately told the rude cashier to turn on her register light. While I was irritated that she had to wait to be told to open more lines, what caught me off guard was that before she told the rude cashier to open, she mentioned “Oh, I'm sorry. I thought the other supervisor was watching the lines.” The other supervisor? The other lady in the group talking stories about their weekend plans. Ridiculous.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2012
I was lost in their store. Nothing was in order and there’s no customer service. I also felt that I was being followed by an employee and I think I was being checked out. I felt uncomfortable. When I checked out the cashier, he was on his cellphone. When he scanned my stuff, I heard him under his breath say, "Yeah, that’s what a typical ** buy." Just because I bought a pack of Kool-Aid, he kinda scanned me over and my body. It was at the Kmart at Holmes, PA.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2012
I cancelled an order since September 13, 2012 and still have not received a refund. I've contacted Kmart's customer service department several times since cancelling the order and they have been no help. Yesterday, I was told to fax over a copy of my credit card statement showing that I have not received the refund yet, which I did. I also called the manager at the Biscayne Blvd., Miami store and he has yet to call me back. Each time I speak to their representatives, they lie to me about my refund and say I'll be receiving an email confirming my refund, but I haven't received any email from their company. I also sent an online email via their website. It says someone will contact me, but they have not. I never thought Kmart would have such poor customer service, but they do. Also, someone stole my credit card info and placed two orders with it. Beware of Kmart. They lie! All customer service reps are programmed to give the same answer.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2012
Kmart coupons redeeming points and angry worker = I was at the Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 Kmart location today. I had several coupons and many were for the Glade deals. I had several of the Glade Expressions coupons for the mist and only 2 of the oil diffuser kits were in stock on the shelf. So, I purchased a few more items too and had lots of additional items. When she went to scan my coupons, the first problem was the $5 off $50 coupon. It didn’t scan and then somebody even came over and said no, you can’t use any other coupons with this coupon. So, I was fine with that and it wasn't too big of a deal.
A friend gave it to me and I had never used one of those before but she said she got it in the store or mailed to her. I can't remember exactly what she said. Then, I had one of the coupons that print out like a Catalina, I believe they are called, from the machine thing and they did not want to scan. And then said off any purchase, no limit or minimal purchase amount or limitations were included or stated. So the other lady let it go and said I guess that’ll be fine. I also had a coupon that printed out and said I get 10,000 bonus points if I redeemed my points on my card. Nobody knew how to do that; they never do. I’ve never been able to use my points, so I’m not sure why I even have them or they tell me I do.
So she scanned the coupon thing and no, I didn’t get any bonus points or get my points on my card redeemed. Then she proceeded to scan the Glade Expression coupons, etc. the $ off ones and buy one get one free coupons. There was an issue with one, saying she could only take off $3.49 and it didn’t want to scan. I told her no, there should have been for the oil diffuser ones too, not just the mist. She couldn't look to see what coupons she scanned because she was sticking them in the drawer after scanning each one.
Many people do not do this until after all coupons are scanned I have noticed, so I’m not sure why she was doing that and I could have corrected the error then and there. But she said no, I can’t open the drawer or get the coupons saying they were all the same and could only be for the $3.99 max value. So, I paid the amount at the register, knowing it should have been less. I proceeded to then go to the customer service desk. There was somebody in line being waited on and was fine on waiting. I mean I hadn’t been there even a minute then an older lady came over and asked if there was a problem. I proceeded to tell her the issue and that my order was more than it should’ve been etc., that the one coupon was wrong or basically the wrong amount wasn’t taken.
Then she started arguing with me, started to raise her voice and got snappy and hasty with me. I was trying to explain and ask what could be done. She was pretty much like, no you’re wrong, we can’t do that, you have to re-ring the whole thing etc. She had me pretty mad and I thought she was a person of higher management or a manager the way she came over and asked me a question about why I came over there. I still don’t know what her role was and she just made it worse and had me pretty fired up, upset and mad.
I was getting very flustered. I simply asked if I could talk to a manager or somebody else. They came over saying you have to do the whole thing again, etc. She too seemed a bit mad too at first, but then she quickly changed the tone. Then I said, well how about I just return that item that I didn’t give the right coupon for and then they looked at receipt and said no it’s on there. I said no, they are on sale for buy one get one free and then I also had the coupon for buy one get one free. I said just give me my money back; I’ll return that.
I mean I had been in there for quite some time and took a while to check out with all the issues first before the buy one get one free issue and I was ready to go and done. I was upset and mad. I felt like I was wrong and felt just very upset about the whole deal and was ready to go. I feel I won’t be shopping there soon, though I do have some coupons that printed out due to my purchase, that expire next week. But I can’t even begin to think I’ll be back there regularly anymore. I don’t think that one lady first resolved or tried to resolve my problem and I’m not sure if she knew what she was doing or really why I was being yelled at or anything.
My words are probably getting a little tangled too but I am now getting upset about it. Customer service at other retailers and competitors are not this way and work to work out your issue or problem and is the main reason I was getting angry, that they were even trying to solve it or do it in a simple easy fashion. I have never had such trouble at places like Kroger or Walmart and their customer service is pretty good and on top of things. They have never yelled at me and always resolved my issues, always. I’m sure if the lady, and I didn’t catch her name. I really should have, but I didn't feel I needed to be taken out for the deal. I’m done and got worked up about it and I should’ve noted much or maybe I should have let it be. But that little bit of money I should’ve saved was a little bit of money I could have used, etc. and it was an error. I guess it was my fault, but I thought, it was an easy fix and I’m sorry for making a mistake.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2012
On Sept. 13, 2012, I went to Kmart.com to pay on my layaway. Apparently, the website was having issues and kept showing the payment screen. I thought that maybe I had entered my debit card number incorrectly, so I proceeded to use my other (checking) debit card. Now supposedly I was only making a $10 payment but somehow Kmart.com sent 10 transactions of $10 payments, plus 9 transactions of $1 payments (total of $109.00 hold on my account) all for a $10 (ten dollar) payment. I got on the phone today (I received an email concerning this problem from Kmart.com explaining that all transactions for that day were cancelled and that they are correcting the problem) and spent all day with continued calls from my bank, the number that the email said I could call to remedy this problem.
After I had been hung up on three times and had spoken to several people and supervisors, I was informed that even though this problem was theirs, concerning the web site, I had to call my bank and have them send a fax stating that these holds were still affecting my account because of Kmart's error. After I had them (my bank) send the fax, I was informed (via call back to Kmart customer service. Yes, I called them, not them calling me with no resolutions), my other bank called me and asked if I had authorized Kmart.com to debit my account for 4 payments today! I stated to my bank, "No, I did not" so I filed a fraud claim against them!
Now I have to wait 5 (I do mean five) business days before this other matter (supposedly) will be resolved (I pray!) and will be able to use my money that they put a hold on. I am a very unhappy customer!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2012
On 9/13/2012, I went online at Kmart.com and paid on my layaway. I made 1 payment of $58.48 from my bank debit card. Later on that day, I checked my bank statement online and it showed 10 pending transactions of $58.48 made to Kmart! That was more than the total layaway amount. I immediately called Kmart Customer Service, was hung up on 2 times. Finally, I got with a rep that would talk to me. She said that this had happened to several customers and Kmart would have this resolved within 24 hours. Needless to say, after 24 hours, it was not resolved. I called back, spoke with several reps. All had diff. answers. One even said this would be corrected eventually! I spoke with a supervisor and was told 3-5 business days. As of today, I have had no solution to my problem.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2012
On 8/31/12, I placed an order on Kmart.com for 14 items totaling $280.11 and an order from Sears.com totaling $97.41. The next day, the order from Sears was received and I was pleasantly happy with the order. On 9/4/12, I received the Kmart part of the order and discovered that half of the order was missing. I called Kmart.com and the rep went over the order and noted what was missing and I was told that she would send an email to the dept. that will look into the situation. I was told that the turn-around time would be 24 to 48 hours and that someone would email me to inform me of their findings. Needless to say, that 48 hours passed and no email.
I called Kmart back and had to provide all the information of the missing items again because the previous rep did not process the request correctly. Again, I was told it would take 24-48 hours for Kmart to respond back by email. Well, 24-48 hours passed and no email. Well, this went on for two weeks. To prove that Kmart doesn't have a clue of what they are doing, they made me wait for them put a trace on the shipment. This would have been fine but, the invoice had 14 items listed. The packing list from the shipment showed that only 7 items were shipped. It is clear to see that items were not shipped and someone screwed up, why the trace? The good news is, after two weeks, Kmart sent me an email today stating that a credit has been issued. Anyway, it safe to say I will not recommend Kmart to anyone and I will not shop at Kmart.com
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2012
Table top exploded all over the deck. It is still crackling and popping. Thankfully no one is hurt. It's a big mess to clean up and I will have to replace it. I'm not happy.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2012
I worked on Kmart.com and I know an error when I see one. My wife ordered two scooters and we changed the address for the different scooters to be shipped to them. I helped her make the relevant changes. There was no confirmation certificate to show the items would be shipped to the correct address but we went on the goodwill that the items would be shipped to the shipping addresses we entered. Next, the items arrived at the billing address. My wife called Customer Service and explained the issue and they said they would email us return shipping labels to ship the items back. When these did not arrive, she called back and this time, they said it was our fault. This is ridiculous and I will complain to every place I can as I think Kmart service stinks.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2012
I had two identical women’s top items. One had a sale price and the other didn't. When I went to check out, I was told that the one article that was pink was on sale, but the other one that was aqua wasn't because it was a winter color. I am 64 years old and in all my lifetime I have never heard of anything so ridiculous. I cannot believe they said that. It will change my mind about ever shopping again at Kmart.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2012
I purchased an Impression tablet. The screen went on it. I took it back to the store on 08/18/12. I wanted to exchange it or receive my money back. I had lost the final receipt but had my ID. I spoke with the store manager, Eric **, in Kmart on Orthodox ave. He told me that it was my problem and that there was nothing that he could do to help me. His behavior and his unprofessionalism were very harsh.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2012
My daughter has a Rewards card at Kmart. I decided to use her Rewards card to give her extra spending money to use on her kids since she doesn't make very much. So any time I needed something, I would always go to Kmart and Sears so she would get more points. I've acquired a lot of points for her and felt good about helping her and the kids out. Yes, I did have my own Rewards card in my name but always used her instead. What happened in the process, they used this as one of the reason to fire her (she works at Kmart). This is my daughter, she did not gain points fraudulently. I will do my best not to buy anything else from Kmart. I am really angry. It's Kmart's loss because I've spent a lot there.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2012
My name is Brian **, a 51-year old left hand amputee. Until today, I thoroughly enjoyed shopping at your store on N. Nevada in Colorado Springs, CO. If you look at "My Rewards Your Way Card", I have spent nearly all of my points at the one store. Unfortunately, being handicapped means having to take several medications. The pharmacy department, especially Larry, is kind, compassionate and works to ensure patient safety. On 7/20/12, I purchased a Panasonic LCD TV at Sears. The cost was almost $1,000. Due to an incident on 8/9/12, I ended severely chemically burned, my left stump requiring emergency treatment. My first thought was to get up and have Larry fill my antibiotics. This was at 4 pm MST.
While waiting, I noticed the same TV at half the price. I asked the clerk and she told me I could get a refund by bringing in the remote, book of instructions and receipt. I also put a smaller TV on layaway. Later in the evening, I drove to Sears, was able to get the receipt and drove back to Kmart. I went to the electronics counter and the clerks suggested I go to customer service. I very politely explained to the lady what I had been told. She immediately got rude, defensive and arrogant and said she would not do anything about it. I asked to speak to the MOD. That turned out to be Carlos. If he is any representation of your management, whoever chose him knows nothing about customer service. He became rude, hostile, kept pointing up to security cameras. I have no idea what that was about. I hope someone takes the time to review them. I never made any foul remarks, raised my voice or in any way threatened other than to say I wasn't leaving until the matter was resolved. He pointed to a 1-800 line, which was closed. When I told him, he snickered.
Apparently, he knows nothing of trying to work with people. He failed to show me anything that said as a group of companies what policy was etc. He was so rude I wanted to laugh. He then said he would have security throw me, a handicapped individual, recently re-wounded out. Had any of your staff touched me that would have been a great mistake. Mister incompetent could have said, "Let me check, call you in the morning," or simply, "I'm sorry." I feel for that poor employee. I hope she is treated with more dignity than a handicapped person. Bottom line, your managers are incompetent and don't care. I know this because the other night I spoke to a Trina complimenting Larry. I asked him today and he said she never bothered to take the time when I took the time to praise him.
This matter is going to the Colorado Attorney General and Federal agencies handling persons with disabilities. I am outraged that your employees are robots who care nothing but covering themselves. I do not make promises I do not intend to follow. I suggest a high level management call me at ** or there are other ways of settling attempts to harm disabled persons and being too lazy and untrained to deal with the public. I was retired early as a high-level healthcare executive. I will not tolerate this thug ghetto threatening mentality. I told Larry on the way out and he looked like he was in shock. How you treat people will come back to bite you hard!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2012
Last year, I signed up for Kmart Rewards. The cashier told me I only had to give my cell phone number at checkout for rewards. Some months later, I noticed someone using a rewards card. I again questioned the cashier about not having a card. Again, I was told all I needed was my cell phone number at checkout. At the time, I just received an email that I could print for a $10 discount on purchase as a reward.
I went to Kmart and at checkout, presented the email printout that had both my email address and my name on it. The cashier, Andrea, asked for my rewards card with pin. I told her I have never had a rewards card or a pin. I was told to use cell phone number. I gave her this and my name, again, showed up on the screen. By that time, there were already several people in line. The cashier told me if I did not have a card or a pin, she was not going to honor the discount. I told her I have never had a card. Then, her friend at the next register got himself involved. He told me, "They do not sign you up without a card.” I again said that they did and that I have never had a card. He again stated, "They do not sign you up without a card." I believe he then just called me a liar, twice, in front of waiting customers.
I picked up the printout, crumbled it and threw it in the trash. Andrea picks it out and starts to smooth and fold it. I told her make sure she give it to the grand jury. I left the store. I tried to contact Kmart complaints but their response was far from satisfactory. So, Kmart Rewards is a scam. You make purchases and get no rewards for it. I have never been issued a rewards card or a pin number. I did not get the $10 discount they gave me. The cashier would not accept it.
Reviewed July 31, 2012
First off, I am a VIP Gold Shop Your Way Rewards member. I have spent a considerable amount of money in Kmart, and Sears be the worst in the world. I have never had anything but trouble at this Kmart, but the others never have stock and this one always does (I think simply because people won't go in there). I decided to brave it today because I had simple trans: Tide - $11.97, Downy - $5.00, socks - $6.99, 2 Olay face cleansers - $3.59, 2 ol BW - $5.79, 1 all - $3.50, 2 ivory @ $1.79, just a little over $50. I had no card and no P&G.
It was a male cashier; the hateful girl comes over from service desk to check my coupons (she always does this). She has yet to be able to reject one of my coupons. I was using them correctly. She started in saying I didn't have enough Olay to use both. She said I had to buy 4 BW to use two coupons. I stated that you have to buy cleansers to get the BW free. She said she didn't see cleansers. I picked them up and showed them to her. She kept mumbling and being rude and snarling. I asked her if she would like to see my next set of coupons.
She said yes, she has to make sure they are correct (hatefully). I said, "Okay but before you accuse me of anything, please read the coupons." Well, needless to say, it did give me the gift card, nor did it print P&G. She started saying it's after coupons and discounts. I said, "No, manufacturers' coupons count for the total." She said no, she has worked there for years. I told her I have shopped there for several, and knew how the promos worked. She kept on saying how she knew everything about Kmart, so I pulled out the 15 gift cards that I got yesterday and showed her.
She said, "You should have spent over 50 each time." Omg! She is unbelievable. I asked her about the P&G and she said it was not her job to know the promotions, because she is only part time. Customer service shouldn't know promotions? If they are going to accuse people of wrongdoing, they should at least read the coupons! I asked what exactly her job was - to harass customers? She then started in about extreme couponing and how much people like me cost the store.
I had 9 coupons! I said, "Are you accusing me of stealing?" She said, "it is like stealing." Wow. I asked if it was her job to be an **, and she said that she wasn't being an **. She said it was sad how they were on extreme couponing and how people are ripping the store off and that I am in there too much. I go there about 3 times a week, but hadn't been since the first week of July because I have been out of town. I also am unaware that there is a limit on how much you can shop.
Becca argues about the BW coupons and said I didn't have enough stuff to use 2 coupons. The male that should have been ringing things up was so nervous and he was never rude. Becca was the problem. I spent 300 dollars in cash yesterday at Kmart and then am treated like this. I had a friend with me who saw the whole thing. I asked corporate to pull the tapes and watch how this went. I have had a few other run-ins with Becca when promos didn't work right and all she would say is that I did them wrong, limits, always something, besides a real answer.
Reviewed July 8, 2012
Glass table of a Martha Stewart patio table - The glass table top to my patio table was in tiny shattered pieces. I called the store and spoke with the store manager. He took may name and phone number. He told me that he had never heard of this before. He told me that a representative from Kmart would call me. Someone did call me and left a message. The representative said that she understood why I was concerned and left a phone number for a "glass doctor" website. That was all Kmart did for me. I am very dissatisfied with their service and accountability.
Reviewed June 26, 2012
Poor customer service - How stupid is this? I buy a bike at Kmart, the following week it goes on sale. I make the call to see if I can get a refund for the difference between what I paid and the sale price. Because it is more than 7 days since the purchase (it's been 9 days), they won't refund the difference. But if I want to bring the bike back, they will give me a full refund. Does anyone at Kmart have any brains? How stupid. I'll bring it back, get my money and go to your competitor to buy a bike.
Reviewed June 25, 2012
My mother and I visited Kmart at 4095 Nolensville Road in Nashville, TN on Friday night (June 22, 2012). After shopping and browsing, we were ready to make our purchase. Everything was going great until I tried to push my mother with her standard wheelchair through the alley way at the checkout. The registers were too close and her wheelchair would not fit. She was so embarrassed when I had to ask the line of people behind us (because only one register was open and there was a long line of people wanting to check out) to let us back out so I could wheel her around the alley way by the customer service desk.
This had my mother embarrassed and I was furious with the employees and the store. None of the employees offered an apology (as they stood around laughing and goofing off). The manager noticed this incident and didn’t even apologize to us. The store needs to be more accessible for the handicapped shoppers. I will never return to this Kmart with or without my mother.
Reviewed June 20, 2012
I had this experience over the course of 3 transactions. Transaction 1, I bought over $30 worth of Kimberly Clark, Unilever, Glade products to get a $10 coupon off my next order. The $10 coupon didn't print out and the manager didn't give it to me. Transaction 2, I decided to try again with a different set of items, and didn't get a 2nd $10 voucher. Also, while Kmart advertises that they double coupons, my coupons didn't double correctly and I was shortchanged $2. For transaction 3, I had a Kmart offer that if I redeemed my store points, they would give me an additional $5 worth of points. I did that, but didn't get the $5 worth of points.
Three transactions and I was shortchanged $27. It took over 40 minutes at customer service, 4 phone calls to corporate, and over 10 emails, but I finally got Kmart to give me a $10 gift card. Thanks for giving me a $10 gift card to make up for shortchanging me $27. They also lied and said a district manager had called me and left a voice-mail trying to solve the problem when no one left me any voice-mails.
Reviewed June 20, 2012
I dropped off a prescription to be refilled. This was the last refill on an injectable medication that is taken bi-weekly. The pharmacist didn't want to refill it. He said it was too close to the expiration date. There were three weeks till it expired. He finally agreed. He said he would have to order it in. He told me when to come back on a particular date and pick it up. Again, he told me what date to come back. When I went back on the agreed date, he told me it had expired the day before. He told me it was no big deal, since it wasn't a life or death situation. I asked for the name and telephone number of his supervisor so I could log a complaint. He wrote it down and gave it to me. It was a disconnected telephone number and a bogus name. I called from the pharmacy. He laughed at me. I now have to wait a month to get in to see the specialist, and have extensive blood work done before he will write a new script. Since I am a cancer survivor, the doctor is very careful with my meds.
Reviewed June 19, 2012
This is regarding the $5 gift card for purchasing $50 or more. I observed a customer in front of me at K-Mart purchase more than $50 worth of items and she was not given a $5 gift card. About a week prior to this incident, my daughter had purchased more than $50 worth of items. The cashier did not hand her the gift card. My daughter asked for the card. The cashier argued that promotion had expired. My daughter asked why are flyers posted all over the store. The cashier told my daughter she was not eligible to receive the card because the cards automatically pop up. The cashier said she would have to redo her transaction again, it would take awhile. My daughter told her to go ahead. They did it again and she received her gift card.
Another cashier told that cashier, "I have you covered." I wonder how many people are not aware they should receive a gift card or they don't look at their receipt. It's terrible that you have to argue to receive something that is owed to you. If 1,000 customers purchase $50 worth of items, that would be $100.00 worth of gift cards.
Reviewed June 18, 2012
I tried to use the gift card I received on Father's Day at Kmart. I was told it was invalid at the check-out.
Reviewed June 15, 2012
Only one register was open and there was one lady ahead of me with coupons. The employee was having a problem scanning the coupons. She requested a supervisor which never arrived. Another register opened after I had waited approximately 20 minutes. Two other customers entered the second checkout ahead of me and the employee from the first checkout started kidding around with the first customer, slowing down the checkout. This will be the last time I will do business with the store. The store is 3728, at 2985 Cottingham Expressway, Pinevile LA. This was on 6/15/12 at approximately 2:20 PM. The attitude of the employees showed unconcern, no response from a supervisor; only one cashier and return counter was open on a Friday afternoon. This store must be getting ready to close.
Reviewed June 2, 2012
As soon as you walk in the door before you have a chance to get a cart, there is someone setting at this table asking if you want to donate a $1. I went to the pharmacy, got my medicine and was asked again. I went back to the front register, checked out and was asked, "Would you like to donate a $1 to the March of Dimes?" I believe in donating but this is just going overboard.
Reviewed May 28, 2012
Kmart at 4670 S 900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84117. On May 27, 2012 at 8:30PM, I walked into this location when at the same time, an employee was leaving the store with a name tag attached. I asked about if they sell binoculars. "No idea mate" was the reply. "Check sporting goods department, some place in the back." Kmart sporting goods such as binoculars were diligently locked up 100 yards away from the nearest attendant working in this store location. Upon going back to launch an inquiry on the front desk serving at one and only cash register, the person who showed up as someone in charge that day was in casual clothing like someone who had just walked in from the street, no name tags, no uniform, who did provide her first name and the name of the store manager with great reluctance and insistence on my end.
She immediately started to explain how they are short of staff and too bad I have to walk back 100 yards one more time, so she can assist me to see the locked merchandise in question. She mumbled something that because people steal certain merchandise, they had to lock it up. Upon my refusal to walk back again 100 yards, she said too bad then left the store. "I can't help you or I will call the cops on you." Thanks for the great service Kmart. You won't see me or my family near your stores any time soon and I will be looking for your inevitable demise soon.
Reviewed May 22, 2012
I went to the West Lebanon store to use my shopping rewards. I checked first to see how much I had on my rewards card and then shopped. Only two registers were open and there were long lines. I looked over and there was someone at the 6 items only register. So I went there and handed my Sears card and my reward card. I told her I would be using my rewards card for my purchase. She rang me up and said that will be $24.42 and to swipe my Sears card. I said, "I told you I was using my rewards." Very rudely she said, "Well, I wish you had said that." I did swipe my Sears card. She could have voided the transaction and started over but was not willing to do that. I said the reason I went in there was to use my rewards and if I could not use them, I did not want the merchandise and proceeded to walk away. She then very loudly said she would void it and start over by that time I was 10 feet from her register. That transaction had better not show up on my Sears card as I will not pay it as I did not sign for it. As far as I am concerned, I will not shop in that particular Kmart again. I will travel the extra miles to a store where there is more courtesy to the customer. By the way, her first name was ** and that is at the West Lebanon, NH Kmart.
Reviewed May 17, 2012
From the day Kmart opened up they have had a total reputation for rudeness and not helping if they are asked a question. Over the years, they still hold that title of being one of the rudest clerks. I hate this store because of the untrained employees for customer relationship. They are just flat horrible. I, on occasion, just go back to see what Kmart has that I might want, but always walk out the door saying to myself I hate this store and I will never be back ever. But again last week, I decided to look at the garden department as I was looking at bags of mulch and stuff. There were 3 people taking their break, which is fine, one watering plants and one at the register. I had not one person ask me if there was anything they could help me with.
I finally had a customer there answer my question as no one seemed to want to help at all. I did buy that day close to $100.00 of pots and mulch. I got a $5.00 card that I was supposed to get off the next time I bought something there plus they said I had $10.00 with reward points. As we live way north towards Mt. Spokane and the north side store is closed. This is not the only location. I did decide to go back Sunday, on Mother’s Day to redeem my $5.00 and the $10.00 reward points. Well, the exact same thing happened, lady watering the plants, and again it was a customer that gave information on the mulch on sale.
The lady that worked in the department said they are priced as marked kept on watering. The lady said that is not true, they are on sale, it is in the newspaper. She just kept on watering. So, then I went up and asked the cashier. He said that he had no idea, priced as marked the customer has seen the ad behind him and said there is your ad and they are on sale. I bought a couple of bags on sale and another big outside planter. When I was going to check out, for some reason I was unable to use the $10 reward money. I then gave the cashier the card and guess what, there was nothing put on it. I had the receipt from the transaction that clearly stated $5.00 off. Nope, they would not honor even the $5.00 off even with the receipt on hand. I walked out saying out loud that I hate this store and I will never ever walk in the doors again.
I like the products but Kmart has a huge, huge problem with training their employees for friendly, helpful customer service. They are the worst over the years I have ever dealt with. They need to do something about it. I had similar experiences at the North store. There was an old lady that was just flat nasty. There are some nice employees but the majority just flat sucked. Will I be back? Not for a very, very long time!
Reviewed May 2, 2012
The freezer purchased at Kmart broke down. I called and the company sent a repairman out to fix it; however, he was unsuccessful. He gave me the number needed to call and get the freezer replaced. I called and spoke to several representatives of your company. I was told that I had to fax a copy of the original receipt and the company would replace the freezer. Unfortunately, when I called to verify the claim # that was given to me and to make sure everything was on track, I was transferred to a rep named Anthony and he told me that the freezer I had was recalled for various reasons and I had to go online and choose another freezer. But if the price was higher, I had to pay the difference before the company would make good to me for selling me a recalled freezer which I thought was bad business ethics and inconsiderate to a loyal customer such as myself. I am very disappointed the way Kmart handled this matter and I will be letting all my friends of the community, co-workers, and family members about this and how dissatisfied I am with your company and the major appliances that your are selling to your loyal consumers such as myself.
Reviewed May 1, 2012
I went to Kmart on 4.5.12 to get my twins a birthday gift. I got the merchandise and the cash lady at the register started giving attitude because some of the clothes don't have tag and even though most of them were two each, she refuses to scan the same one with the tag twice. Finally 20 minutes late, swipe my credit card. The card was approved and then the register froze. So I had to go to another register, swipe my card and it was declined. I was like this is impossible because I just put money in the account before I got there. Anyway, i only had $60 cash so I paid for a few things and they put back the rest. I came home, checked my account and it tunes out. They took my money at the first register. I called the next day and told them what happened and they told me to come in and they will give me back the money.
When I got there, the lady that I talked to was gone so I told the night manager. She started getting upset telling me I need a bank statement, when she can simply look it up on the register. Anyway, three hours later, she came back not with my cash but with store credit. Her name is Mala. Anyway, the store credit didn't go through. None of them could put it through. To make a long story short, since 4.6.12, I've been trying to get back my money by calling day and night and calling the number and the internet, and going there in person. They told me it will be back into my account. For weeks now and still nothing. I am very, very disappointed with Kmart and their customer service. And my bank can't give me back the money without a receipt and I didn't get a receipt because the register froze.
Reviewed April 28, 2012
My niece, my sister and my mother were shopping at the Kmart in Binghamton NY. My niece (a plus size woman) bought some underwear. The cashier (a young girl) picked up the underwear and showed it to her visiting friends. They all started to laugh out loud. This employee of Kmart shouldn't have had friends visiting her while she was working in the 1st place. This situation was uncalled for. The cashier had no right to embarrass the customer. It was not the cashier's business what the customer was buying or what size the customer was. This cashier was discriminating against a plus-sized woman. The actions of this cashier were reported to the manager on duty. "Elaine", the manager said she would talk to the cashier on her next shift because she had left for the day. How dare this cashier insult a customer due to her size. Kmart needs to address this.
Reviewed April 27, 2012
This is the second time I went into Kmart to get propane and had to wait about 15 minutes because they could not find the key. The young lady called someone and no one came. A man came walking out of the garden center and she asked him. He said it was in the drawer behind her. She looked and found a key, but it was the wrong one. She shrugged her shoulders. I just told her I would go somewhere else. Her answer was: "Okay." I walked away. I was not happy.
Reviewed April 25, 2012
Hiring process - I applied to be a loss prevention lead person at Kmart in Fort Pierce, FL. Upon doing so, I was interviewed by the loss prevention general manager. After he interviewed me, he felt I was experienced enough to be a loss prevention manager. He said he would talk to his DM and I would be hearing from him. A few days later, I was called again for a second interview with HR. When I came for the 2nd interview, the HR lady was very rude. I explained to her I was a prior deputy sheriff and had extensive experience in law enforcement and security. I told her I wanted to do loss prevention because I was tired of the political mess in law enforcement. She asked me if a drug test or background check would be a problem and I stated no, but I was arrested; however, the charge was dropped in the past and it didn't even have a bearing on me being an officer.
I told her I just wanted to disclose it to her because it was the right thing to do, even though I knew it would have a bearing on me getting hired. She said okay and told me to sit in a room and the GM came and got me. I laughed and said I’m sure that wont impact me getting a job here and he stated of course not and they would let me know something in a few days. A few days later, she called me and stated they were going with another candidate. I was blown away because the GM said I was the most qualified candidate and even wanted me as his loss prevention manager. Here’s why I’m confused. They are required to provide required notice before an adverse action. Meaning, if they make a decision regarding my background check, a written notification must be provided to the applicant or employee before taking any adverse action based in whole or in part on what was in the consumer report. The notification must include: copy of consumer report; summary of rights prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission; and statement that adverse action is contemplated.
For employment purposes, the FCRA defines adverse action as a denial of employment, a promotion, an assignment or retention as an employee or other decision that adversely affects a current or prospective employee. They must provide notice after an adverse action. A written notice must be provided to the applicant or employee if the employer takes an adverse action regarding the applicant or employee. The notification must include: the consumer reporting agency contact information; statement that the agency is not the decision-maker; and statement that the consumer has a right to obtain a free copy of the report. Is it possible that I have a civil case?
Reviewed April 22, 2012
This happened in Mableton, GA on April 21, 2012. I bought an air bed at Kmart on November 25, 2011. One of the strings on the bed popped out so that it was very uncomfortable to sleep on. I had bought the one-year warranty, but I lost the receipt. So I called first to make sure it was still possible to get another one since I live all the way in Dalton, GA and it’s an hour and a half from the Kmart in Mableton. The lady I spoke to when I called said it was possible if I went to the store I bought it from and gave them the date and time when the purchase was made.
So I went all the way to the Kmart in Mableton, GA and spoke to two ladies in customer service. Before I even finished explaining them the reason I was there for, one of them said, "Ma'am, you're going to have to call the 1-800 number and ask to speak to someone in Spanish because I can't understand your accent." I am Hispanic, but I've been in America since I was six years old and went to school here. I asked her to let me speak to a manager and she said the manager was very busy and could not see me and that she did not speak Spanish! I finally just left because to me that was a very racist comment!
Reviewed April 21, 2012
I was at Kmart with my entire family. My two sisters just had kids, so we were trying to find a good baby monitor and we found two really nice ones that said they where $19.99. We went to check out and they rung up $99.99 and our cashier got an attitude. She said they would never sell the ones we had for twenty dollars and she would have her manager called up here. She went and got the manger. He started getting rude with my 78-year-old grandmother. I don’t appreciate the way things were handled and it’s not like it was just one or two in that area - it was like 5. Thank you and please contact me.
Reviewed April 17, 2012
Kenmore Deep Freezer, Sears/Kmart, Protection Plan, Lost Receipt - I went to the Homewood, Illinois Kmart and bought a deep freezer for I would say $180.00 to $200.00 some dollars. I got the medium sized one with a protection plan on it. Not even a year ago, one month or maybe even closer to two months ago. I opened it up and my almost full deep freezer of food was soft and it seemed like it had been thawing for some time. I looked for my receipt with my protection plan with it and couldn't find it. I called the Homewood Kmart. They gave me another number to call. I called that number, which wound up being for Sears. They took my information and I explained to them about the receipt. They said they couldn't find it because I called the wrong number and gave me another number for kmart. I told them the same information and they said they would send someone to my address.
That guy showed up in a Sears truck and looked at the deep freezer, went out of his truck for some time then came back in, looked at it again and told me the kind I got doesn't last as long as the bigger ones. I have never had or seen anyone who has had a problem with a deep freezer. He then told me that the freezer was not secured and had leaked freon. He said it was a manufacturer's defect and that they would be calling me back within a week to set up a delivery. I was happy and just figured I would have to take a lost on all the rotten food I had to throw out. But at least, I was going to get my deep freezer back. I never got the call and no kind of confirmation, the broken deep freezer is still sitting in my kitchen. Broken because it must have been bad when I bought it.
I thought Sears is a store that stands behind their products. When you all partnered with Kmart, I figured it was the same thing. But now I see you don't. No one on your staff or anyone I talked to can say they would have liked if this happened to them, and be honest about it. Yeah, I lost my receipt but I just bought and moved in this home a little before I bought the deep freezer. I may even still find the receipt and I hope if I do, it is before the warranty is up because you people seem to not want to take back or compensate me for your bad product you pawned off on me. I will tell you one thing though, I will never buy any kind of product from your store again that such as appliances of anything that may go bad in any way.
I know you people don't care because I am just one person and you figure that don't matter. You need to take down your quotes you have on your site. You know, the one that says "If there's ever a problem with your product, a protection agreement can provide you with peace of mind" because you don't stand behind them. I bought the deep freezer on my card through my bank account and you can't tell me you don't have a record of it anywhere. When I do find a way to replace it, you can bet it won't be at any of your stores unless you all make this right. I will be emailing this to your Kmart stores too as well as the Better Business Bureau.
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