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Reviewed June 14, 2014
As a company Walmart is very messed up. For one I work at Walmart. My pay is somewhat decent and I love the people I work with. The customers I have my good days and my bad days but what these customers need to realize is that for some of the employees we are not that bad of people. I was reading a post about prices and how Walmart does not update and they ring you up wrong at the register. That is not the case. For one, Corporate cuts the stores' hours. We are always short staffed and then the little staff that we do have get pulled to other areas of the store. As of the pricing most of the time it can not be done because there is no time for it and we can't work over 40 hours so sometimes it just gets left behind. The associates do the best they can with what they have. Price overriding at the register, sometimes customers place it in the wrong spot. It's not the cashier's fault and they get screamed at for that.
Also when some customers pitch a fit, management will give them a gift card. Just to let everyone know if there is a price override, customer accidents, a ton of returns and management giving out gift cards to the customer that comes out of all of the employees except management's pocket and that is not fair since we do the grunt work. There are a lot of things that need to be changed at Walmart esp at a corporate level but please bear in mind this that the associates always have it the worst by dealing with the short staff. Dealing with management pulling them to another area and getting upset with the associate when they are not in their area when a customers needs help. Always consider that there are multiple sides to any occasion.
Reviewed June 12, 2014
A few days ago I decided to purchase a new tent. After looking around online I decided to purchase an Ozark Trail 16 x 16 instant set-up tent. The tent was online for $279.97. I placed the order and after I received my order number some products popped up at the bottom of the screen that other people purchased. Lo and behold there was the exact same tent from Walmart, priced at $248.99 and it was bundled with 4 outdoor chairs. It was about 11 pm, Monday, June 9th, so I sent customer service an email asking if they could switch my order to this bundle.
The next morning they responded and they told me I had to cancel the order and reorder the bundle on a new order. They said that as long as there was a cancel button on my order, it should get cancelled. I went on immediately that morning, saw the cancel button and cancelled the order, Tuesday morning, June 10th. I just received an email, evening of Wednesday, June 11th, that my original order was shipped. I went online to see if they had maybe changed the product codes like I requested and they did not. I then looked up the bundle so that I could re-order it and they have pulled the bundled product from their website.
Apparently they decided that despite telling me that I could return my product and re-order it, they removed the product they knew I was going to purchase. If you search Ozark Trail 16 x 16 bundles online you can see clear as day the package, but the link comes up empty on their website. I am very disappointed in their customer service and plan on returning the tent for my money back immediately. I think this was a very underhanded and purposely misleading move on Walmart's part. I am very disappointed and will think twice before I spend my money at a Walmart. I still need a tent, and I will gladly purchase one from a Walmart competitor.
Reviewed June 11, 2014
Westinghouse 46" flat screen. Bought the extended warranty, it went bad, I've been without a TV for 2 weeks and these idiots are telling me 2 more weeks using the excuse that their supplier is moving his warehouse. Stupid company called Asurion Warranties handling this for Walmart. Never again will I purchase electronics from a company like Walmart that just doesn't give a damn about their customers. I give them a minus 5 stars.
Reviewed June 10, 2014
On June 2, 2014 I discover someone was hacking onto my account Sun. Jun 1 - placing 4 orders of Samsung phones. I reported to the Walmart online department and they said they will have my money refunded within 5 days period and that they will report it to their billing department. Admit myself that it was not gonna happen because they have my information and no confirmation was made. I have waited for 8 days prior to the day I report it on the phone and they told me nothing is to worry which got me more worried because I called 4 times and not only did they put me on hold for 20 minutes, I feel like nothing was fixed.
The last minute they told me that I had to go to the store to have my gift card disputed the very last minute. I am not gonna wait another week for them to fix the problem because I already did. They need to get their facts straight because I am tired of contacting them with my situation. Word of advice don't put any billing preferences on your account; you might be the victim to fraud. This goes to everyone who is reading this.
Reviewed June 9, 2014
I am constantly amazed at the total disregard for customer service demonstrated by Walmart staff. After waiting on the phone for help to get a problem be resolved, my competent and cordial rep said "can't help... you can take your business elsewhere." We, the public have a total disregard for self when we allow ourselves to be treated the way we are... to spend money at an establishment. Thank you walmart staff for reminding me there are other places to go spend my money.
Reviewed June 8, 2014
Another associate and me had some issues. He would give me looks and it was getting old so I asked him what was wrong. He illegally recorded me and it says in company's policy you cannot record any conversation. He went to management with recording so I got terminated and he still keeps his job after he broke policy. It was Viera Walmart Florida store 3538.
Reviewed June 8, 2014
This is so bizarre, that it blows my mind! I have seven $100.00 Walmart gift cards. I went to Walmart's website and was in the process of buying an IPad with my gift cards. When I went to put in my fifth $100.00 Walmart gift card, I was notified that I had reached my limit! You cannot use more than four gift card per order! There is no place that I saw on their website mentioning a limit on the amount of gift cards you can use. In addition, to top it off, Walmart sells their gift card saying it is equal to cash! Therefore, I guess if I ever go back to Walmart to buy an item that is over $400.00 dollars, I can use cash for the first $400.00 and have to charge the rest. I canceled my order!
Reviewed June 8, 2014
I have worked at Walmart Part Time for 9 months. I also worked at Sam's Club Part Time several years ago. At both locations I was told I could not use the restroom because there was no one to cover for me. I have also worked without a break. Why is it that Walmart continues to do this to their employees? The pay is low and the management is unethical. How can anyone stand there and tell someone they can't use the restroom.
Reviewed June 8, 2014
I like shopping there for food but their employees are pathetic. They follow you around like somebody going steal. Some pick and say mean spirited things and most of them have bad attitudes.
Reviewed June 7, 2014
No service after the sale from Walmart. I purchased two Nutrisystem Diabetes Diet Plans after opening up one box. I saw that all of the food date use by was October 2103. I just had them about two months, I thought why not just call Nutrisystem to file a claim for the problem. I contacted Nutrisystem to see how they wanted to handle it. They told me to take the meals back to the Walmart store where I purchase for an exchange. So I went to the Walmart where I purchased them. Then after contacting a customer service employee, stated to me that Walmart is not responsible, it's a pharmacy item, and Walmart is not responsible. Walmart is a scam. Do not purchases Nutrisystem plan, it's no good. And they have your money. Go straight to Nutrisystem if you want service after the sale.
Reviewed June 7, 2014
Jan or Feb 2014 My mother and I went into Walmart in Spartanburg, SC the Dorman Center. My mother and I love to look at fish... We were looking at the Bettas, the fighting fish. The males CANNOT be in the same tanks...they will kill each other. Well they had a the little cups for the Bettas, and one cup had 2 of them in there. One of the poor Bettas was tore up. I told management and all they said was sorry, the person just went to lunch... They did nothing. My mother and I found another cup and water, separated them ourselves. Then we looked at the other big tanks. PILES AND PILES OF DYING OR DEAD FISH!!! Other were feeding off of them.
So I called and told corporate and warned them what I would do if I saw this again... Apparently they didn't believe me. I am loading pictures of cloudy water with the Bettas and the tanks with dead fish. Some of the dead fish are now just the bones, which means they have been there longer than a few days.... A few were in process of dying. In one picture you can see a Betta in cloudy water next to a nice clean one. I will add more photos as soon as I can.
Reviewed June 6, 2014
My experience today was the awful experience because I buy stuff for my family and I get some beer and the cashier don't accept my ID card. How you guys open a superstore in Mexican neighborhoods and not accept their identification? That's not right. I feel like discriminated because we always buy at Walmart but I think today was the last time. I'm going to tell to all the people I know. I'm sorry but I feel really bad about it.
Reviewed June 5, 2014
I used to be an assistant manager at Walmart. It was by far the worst job I've ever had, and I have had some bad ones. The issues that everyone complains about go directly to the people at corporate; it’s rarely a local store. Corporate policies that have recently been developed are causing the stores to implode. Hours are severely cut, and even more production is demanded from less associates. It's a really tough environment to make just above minimum wage with. I enjoyed the people I worked with, but corporate always implemented bad practices and ideas that they put on paper to stores. When it was clear in our store that the new policies were failing and causing horrible issues, the ideas weren't scrapped... we were just told that we were bad managers. I found myself literally working 23 hour shifts some nights. It was horrible. Even thinking about it makes me pretty upset!
Reviewed June 2, 2014
On Saturday May 31, 2014, I was in the electronics department and when I was ready to leave, an associate instead of going around us or waiting until we had passed, tried to get behind the register, in the process he scratched my 7 yr old's eyelid with a set of keys that he had in his hand. (thankful that she had blinked at the same time and didn't get scratched on the eye itself. Another associate (Grant) had seen what had happened and asked Hakan if he had hit her with his keys. Hakan had admitted that he did. He failed to ask her if she was okay and never apologized. Also he failed to contact management. I told him that he needed to call management and he questioned me by saying, you want a manager? I said yes. I know that Walmart's policy is to call "code white" in case of an accident with a customer. Which he failed to do. Once he went and got a manager, he disappeared as if he didn't do anything. I filled out an accident report and showed the asst manager Gloria, exactly what happened. I informed her at the time that I was very upset, that Hakan did not even apologize for hitting her.
Gloria had stated she would talk to Hakan regarding his behavior in this situation. Also, Gloria had said that she would call the following day and check on my child. Which she did. I had also told her about that Hakan had no intention of calling management and knowing policy, she said she would talk to him about that and not apologizing. So I assuming that yesterday she did not talk to him. Which really does upset me. My child now has a mark across her eyelid. Hopefully, in time it will disappear. I hope that Hakan is talked to about his behavior in this situation. He should be very grateful that she wasn't hurt worse than she was.
Reviewed June 2, 2014
I tried to get the free $259 Walmart Gift Card but ran into pages and pages of offers I don't want and surveys I am not interested in. How can I qualify for your offer? I am a frequent shopper at Walmart and am disappointed in this.
Reviewed June 1, 2014
I was hired by Walmart and was terminated after less than two months. I am a Vietnam veteran and have a heart condition and take warfarin - which is a blood thinner. Walmart put me in the meat department, which means I had to spend a lot of time in the freezer and I made everyone aware that I was freezing in the meat department and I must admit that I complained about it and was asking for a transfer to another department-instead the asst. manager laid me off. I guess because I complained about being cold.
I have a lot of experience in retail and I made a few remarks about the inventory being padded and not being taken care of properly - I guess this was none of my business! My problem was the fact that I stayed sick in the meat department and I complained and no one paid any attention to this. I could have worked around some of these issues, but everything I said fell on deaf ears. I also saw employees complaining about long hours and low pay and a few worked off the clock.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
I had gone to Walmart on 5/29/2014 to buy a 1-gallon quarantine tank for the new 10-gallon tank I am getting in a week. There were 4 Bettas on the shelf next to the tank I was getting and I looked at them out of curiosity. ALL of them were close to death! One had such severe fin rot that its fins are almost entirely gone! My cousin who was with me at the time bought 2 tanks so we could save the fish with fin rot and the lethargic fish in yellow water. The red Betta that was lethargic and was barely able to swim up to take a breath is now healthier and swimming happily in its tank. The blue Betta that has fin rot is really lethargic, obviously due to lack of fins, and is barely eating. I'm afraid it may be too far gone to be saved.
Reviewed May 23, 2014
I was trying to respond to a consumer who complained about prices being different than what they were marked and clicked the reply option but it appears I am not replying, rather writing a new review. At any rate, in the retail world, for those of you not familiar how it works; if those responsible for keying in changes to prices as they happen into the computer system, they will not change at the registers. That is a common problem in retail. Sloppy management is what it amounts to.
Reviewed May 21, 2014
After reading this story, I have to say that I don't think they're being truthful. For one thing, there are no Walmart blue vests worn by associates anymore. I would never say someone was being completely dishonest, but I think this incident may have happened a bit longer ago than the reviewer says.
Reviewed May 17, 2014
I am a frequent shopper at Walmart partly because this is a crappy little town and there really isn't much in Spokane. Anyway, anytime I shop there, I get followed around the store by their loss prevention. One night I had gone there to get some clips and this big fat guy kept following me around store. As I got my items little later on, I went to check out. He went to a check out a few down. I quickly picked my stuff up and went right behind him. As I approached, I heard him tell the cashier I was trying to steal. This was my cashier as well and I was MORTIFIED! I DON’T STEAL, NOR HAVE I, OR EVER BEEN IN TROUBLE FOR.
The next day I went back and followed him around store. Then his buddy, then the manager **, PULLS ME ASIDE. THEY SURROUND ME. He told me he would ban me from store if I pointed out anymore loss prevention team... "As if you can't notice a fat ** guy shopping for bras?" Wow... I told him what I was going to do. I had been there a few more times gathering info and evidence before I got the pleasure of talking with this **. I told him I was going to sue for discrimination, and I really am. In fact I have bank statements showing all I have spent. I have surveillance of them harassing me and I have a very willing lawyer.
Since then I have gone in there seldom but do and still get followed. One time my wife ran to front to grab cart instead of the basket I was holding. I waited well enough in the store behind the entrance. They chased her as she went to get cart. The fat one, actually the one that saw me talk to his boss STILL THEY CHASED HER. As she came back into store stunned to see a fat man ready to grab her, all because she wanted a cart. Simply amazing. I plan on fixing this wrong legally. So this will never EVER happen again to anyone. **, I’ll see you soon buddy with some papers... Court that is.
Reviewed May 16, 2014
I worked for Wal-Mart on two separate occasions: at a super center and at a Sam's Club. I quit for a better paying job on both occasions. The managers can be very unprofessional at times, but I can live with that. The work load can be heavy, but I can live with that too. What I couldn't live with was the pay. You can't support a family on their garbage wages. So if you don't mind doing a bunch of work for barely livable wages, Wal-Mart is the place for you. The distribution centers at least pay decently. Stores pay Crap.
Reviewed May 16, 2014
I've been with Walmart almost three years & they won't give me full time, I guess only if you're cool with management. :/ I've been there longer & an associate who got hired after me got full time already. Totally not fair & we basically do the same job. Recently got fired due to attendance but anyways that was a crappy experience. Walmart rather overwork us then hire more people. And I hate the fact that there's always 2 or 3 cashiers open. I always offer to get on register but they prefer me to zone or clean. Walmart doesn't care about customers. Also I'm a female & I would get sent to push carts outside. That's ridiculous. Overall, management totally sucked. It was all about favoritism.
Reviewed May 14, 2014
I was banned from store 66 back in January. I was banned for supposedly trying to make the manager of the auto center change her opinion about the co-manager. Back in October of 2013, I asked a handicapped employee what was up with the co-manager because of a couple attempts to get friendly. He went on to tell me about two men she was having affairs with that are employed in the store. He went into detail about when, where, and what she likes. It is obvious he has been talking with one of the men about his relationship with her. I continued to talk with this guy for several months and he started telling me the manager had addressed her sexual problem in front of other employees. He said, "the manager is making her take some time off to take care of her problem." I didn't realize this was an attempt to prevent me from talking about what was said.
In January, I was having new tires put on my truck. I decided to tell the woman in automotive everything I was told. The next day, the manager threatened to remove me from the store. He then told me not to say anything about this again. When he asked who told me this, he called the name of one of the men I was told she was having an affair with. The next day, I went back to automotive to apologize for what I said. After saying my piece, I then said, "I can't help but believe everything I was told because of her attempt to be overly friendly." Three weeks later, I was in electronics looking at CDs when the manager came up yelling and told me I was banned for trying to make the woman in automotive change her mind. A few weeks earlier, a man in Tucson was banned for compulsive ad matching. I asked how this would look on his home page in reference to what happened in Tucson. He then said, "You just threatened the store." I was soon greeted by five undercover police officers who threatened to arrest me.
A couple of weeks after being banned, my friend who learned this same information from the same individual was fired for bringing an ad match item back and receiving the full price. How wonderful, after 12 years of loyal service. A short while later, the man I was told she was having the affair with was fired along with his wife. She was an employee of 25 years. It was also for knit-pick reasons. I honestly think they can prove wrongful termination.
I would love an opportunity to tell this to a judge and jury. I sent a letter to the corporate manager about what happened. He called me a week later and told me, "I can't tell you my intentions, but I will take care of this." Almost three months later and I'm still banned and everyone involved is still employed. I want my name cleared. They are telling people I made all this up. You can understand why I'm the fall guy. If someone was fired, it would prove truth in everything I was told. I think people deserve to know the truth.
Reviewed May 7, 2014
We have some Walmart gift cards and had not been opened. We purchased an item and went to pay using the cards and found they have been charging service fees. Why? We have checked other gift cards and there is no fees on them. Found it in fine print. Never again buy a Walmart gift card. Needless to say, we left the store not happy with them again.
Reviewed May 6, 2014
I got robbed/assaulted right in front of your Silber store in Houston on 7/28/2013 at around 10:30pm. Your store front was dim with no security guards around. The robbery happened while my fiance, our 5-month-old son and I were returning to the car. The robber snatched my handbag from behind, dragged me 10 foot on the ground, and then took off. A few workers witnessed the robbery and called the police. Police report (file # **) had been filed. The robber was caught few weeks afterwards but my handbag was never returned. Note that the robber was on the news and he was known as one of the handbag snatchers who targeted mothers as victims.
I was extremely shocked and devastated. I had nightmares and flashbacks ever since. My entire life and valuables such as iPhone, credit/debit cards, all kinds of identity cards (social security, driver license, CHL), keys, remote controls to my clients' homes were in my handbag. Some of the personal items like pictures, jewelry, and mementos could never be replaced. As a result, I had to replace everything (new phone service, new iPhone, keys, remote controls, etc). The total financial loss was about $4000. It was an extremely inconvenient situation to deal with as I had to take care of my 5-month-old son while running around to get everything replaced/reported.
Ever since the robbery happened, I no longer returned to your Silber store or any other locations. All my family, friends and relatives knew what happened and they quit shopping with you as well. I have been your loyal customer since 1995. Your store had great bargains, and it was super nice to shop and save money for my family. However, the store's security measure was extremely terrible/unacceptable. It had been 10 months now, and I am still trying to forget the robbery by going to counseling sessions and crime victim support groups. Sadly speaking, I couldn't really move on as I just got a letter from the victim services about 2 weeks ago stating that they plan to offer parole to the robber. I told them how terrible I still feel, and I also advised them not to let the robber go free. I looked up the robber's court records. He is a repeated criminal offender. More than likely, he will do it again.
As of today, I still feel that your store should be responsible for my financial loss. Security and safety should come first as being one of your customers. Keep in mind that I was there to give you businesses. That night, I could have been killed if the robber had a gun. Some of the belongings can be replaced, but not a life! If I died, it would make your store look totally negative/ugly. All the stores that I shop at these days have decent security measures. Whether it is day or night, I always see security guards patrolling the premises. On the night of the robbery, the robber could not get away if there were security guards on duty.
Reviewed May 6, 2014
I work at store #279 as a Maintenance Associate. Despite the name, I don't do what I would consider maintenance (fixing things). I DO clean the bathrooms, break room, clean up spills, sweep, pretty much whatever a janitor does. When another area needs help and it's something I know how to do, I help. Then whenever a customer asks me something, I try to help them or find someone who can. For the most part, I like my job. I go about my business, taking as much time as I need (within what I consider to be 'reason') to do something and I can go on my 15 minute break whenever I want (which I try to take as close to the 'acceptable' time I can) and if I need to go to the bathroom I don't have to ask someone to take my spot. But the thing that annoys me isn't really specific to my job position.
There are two assistant managers that seem to have wild bugs up their butts. I treat them with respect, which they deserve because they've been there longer than me, are of a higher position than me and are older. Despite me doing whatever they ask me to do (the closest I have come to saying no is "I'll be over there as soon as I can", or something of those sorts), they seem kinda ** to me. One manager talks to me like I'm stupid, or am going too slow to do a particular task and ignores me. The most recent time was when I was asking her if it could be possible to be trained as a cashier so I can help out when I hear the CSM over the radio ask for people to help checking out since she's the cashier supervisor I think. The other was my direct supervisor (I'm guessing) when I first started before she rotated to nights. Not much difference between the two in the way they act towards me.
Reviewed May 6, 2014
I am going to start by saying I am truly sorry if your experience as a Walmart associate has been upsetting. For me I would have to say coming in and still now I hear the negativity about this and that but truthfully it has been a good journey. I am only a cashier but I have learn so many great things. I have had wonderful managers and I have made great friends. I did get extremely upset when I had not gotten the opportunity to be in management but I also look at it like I heed to work harder. You are never going to find the perfect job. There's going to be ups and downs but I believe that what you make of it is what the outcome is going to be.
If you're late for work even though the circumstance they have requirements as well. I would believe that if it's to that point where you have to miss a lot because of sick family member then your family would probably need you more anyway. I also believe a lot of people don't explore their options until it's too late. I know of one woman that kept getting the wrong answers till one day she got her answer. Granted she kept on it till she figure out a way. I am grateful to have found this job and I am seeing to it that I become a great asset to them and they become a great asset to me.
Reviewed May 2, 2014
Dec of 2013, purchased a Samsung tablet for my daughter's birthday. I was asked to purchase a two year protection plan. I thought why not kids are kids right. Now on May 2nd, tablet will not charge or turn on. On the bottom of my receipt from Walmart that states to go to the website to file a claim if you have a problem. After entering my info and hit enter my claim, a note pops up - contact Samsung, your factory warranty is still good on this new item. So I went to the Walmart where I purchased this item. First no one know about how to solve problems with the two year plan, it is new to me - no idea. Then after contacting a manager stated to me that Walmart is not responsible, it's a third party affiliate. So I said okay who is it. Walmart doesn't know. Well why did I pay for a two year replacement plan for 28 dollars if there is no replacement and no one knows who the company is? I did contact Samsung under the factory warranty and they will look at it for me and it should be covered. But Walmart is a scam. Do not purchase a replacement plan, it's no good.
Reviewed April 28, 2014
9am on a Saturday morning store was quiet. There was 1 person in the 20 items or less aisle so we had about 30 things. Betty the regular cashier always lets us come in because she prefers to be busy. So she wasn't there. We went in anyways. The cashier looked at the person she was waiting on and says, “I usually tell people with over 20 items they need to go to another checkout but these people are special. Betty always lets them check out here.” She reached over and said something to the gentleman and whispered it to him. I told her I could take my business elsewhere and she said, “See when I say something that’s what I hear.” WALMART GO TO HELL!!!!
Reviewed April 25, 2014
Second time fired from Walmart in past 4 months. First time rehired back to full status the same day that time. This is a email to start with from a Dad that 30-year-old son came home this morning 4-25-14 and said he had been terminated from his night time support manager job from the Bad Axe Michigan Walmart. Dad and Mom sick, top student in school, went to college got bachelor degree in criminal justice, was working at Walmart during college. Management knew he was graduated college about 7 years ago and promoted him and thought he would make a career at Walmart.
First time 4 or five months ago, a cart hitting the corner of a wall in the back room. Terminated him about a week later. By the marks on that corner where stock is handle, it had been hit many times before. Fired this second time for mess on dairy floor. He was cleaning up mess and other support manager knew he was at end of shift and said she would take care of it and also the assistant manager knew this was happening also. She/Support manager has her job, assistant manager has his job and my son was terminated.
In the past he had been left in charge of whole store evening business hours till morning business hours - not allowed but he was put in that position - and did well, always complimented by management. A few weeks ago, he received a Walmart Card in mail by store manager congratulating him and signed by a new store manager that just came to store a few months before he got fired the first time by her saying there was a misunderstanding of the video of the cart incident.
He never did find out what the Walmart congratulating card was for. I guess that question should be asked but that is not him so he just wondered. During that time he has also has been walking the store with this store manager. He has gone down this road before contacting people to get his job back. The first time it was all done in a day with a few phone calls. When he came home this morning, 4-25-14, he was on the phone again. We will find out if it will be as easy as the first time. First called was the store manager and she said she was going to stand by her decision. It was not her that gave him the termination, it was two assistant managers.
Walmart and maybe not Walmart itself but people in charge in their stores are firing people for frivolous reason and messing with their lives. I think this store manager in Bad Axe Michigan needs investigating as she has been firing others as well for what seems to be no good reason from what my son has told us. Someone outside the store/stores should look at individuals and details and make the decision for a termination because Walmart is bigger than any one store and the corporation just maybe throwing away Good people. Are they just too big to take the time to see Good People? It is because Store managers are not the owners and do not need to really take a good look at the individual.
It seems like a pressure cooker waiting across the the board meaning Walmart for some national incident to happen worse than the US postal incidence because there are more people gathered together. Luckily my-son is a Good Guy and has Good support from his family and he talks to us and we ask questions. He gives his all at work and deserves better than this job at Walmart but trying again to get his job back.
If there is any Help out there, Please contact. Meanwhile he is working on getting his job back because he really likes his job and wants to be a Store Manager some day and he knows the business at hand and is Good at it and we the parents have even heard this when going into the Walmart in Bad Axe Michigan and even the Walmart in Caro, Michigan as there is people that know him and have worked with my son in the Walmart Bad Axe Michigan Store. This is JUST NOT RIGHT for My Son and Many Other Stories I have read on internet. THANK YOU for reading this.
Reviewed April 16, 2014
I was employed by Walmart from 2011 thru 2013. During my time there, I served as Grocery Supervisor, and worked as an associate in the meat department. I very much enjoyed my work at Walmart and I was considered a valuable member of the Walmart team. During my tenure at Walmart, I received positive reviews from my supervisor and had been encouraged by my direct supervisor to apply for positions that were opening up in management. I was in the process of applying for management positions with the company when a very unfortunate misunderstanding occurred that led to my termination by Walmart.
In short, I found myself in the position of inadvertently violating a policy that I did not know existed. Over the course of my employment, it was a common practice for employees to be offered food from the deli that could not be served to Walmart customers for one reason or another. I had on several occasions eaten food that was set aside by the deli associate for consumption by store associates during their lunch break. The final time this occurred was when I ate two slices of overcooked pizza that was left in the backroom of the deli. On that day, I ate two slices of pizza during my lunch break. Several days later, I was called into a meeting with the store manager and members of AP to inform me that the practice of eating food that could not be sold by the deli was not allowed at this store. I was totally taken aback as I had no idea this was the policy. Unfortunately, Walmart terminated my employment as a result of this incident.
I cannot tell you how devastating this was to me and my family. I can assure you that had I known that this policy was in place, I would not have knowingly violated it as I have strong convictions about honesty, hard work, and obeying company rules.
Reviewed April 14, 2014
I went to Wal-Mart last night and there were only 3 cash registers. There was huge lines and I saw some employees just standing and talking and not doing their job. So I had to go to the dumb self-checkout and it said “Please wait for assistance”. After I scanned my 1st item, the lady came after 20 minutes calling out ma'am and so she had scan this dumb card of hers and there that's all but we had some clearance items and it said it was 9.00 dollars but it is 3.00 dollars. So the lady was busy and there was a dumb fat lady who works there and was just staring at me and my mom ugh.... :(
Reviewed April 9, 2014
I had bad experience yesterday April 8 2014 at 4pm at Walmart in Fair Lakes, VA 20033. I never pay attention if the price on shelf is same when you pay at register, and I am a regular customer buying there for years. But yesterday for any reason I checked some juice, at register charged me more. When I asked to cashier, that is the correct price, I said I double check before I took as many as I'm trying to buy. So she called to supervisor who never came. So I said, "Just remove all juices, I won't buy them." So I just paid for the other items. I walked to my car, and checked for the other ones, just in case. 2 other items were same thing so I walked back to the store to returned, so I explained to the person who at return section and said please let to the manager knows about it. She said the manager was very near so I talked to her. She didn't care, almost ignore what has happened. I'm writing because thousand of customers buy at Walmart everyday and maybe paying more and didn't notice. So Walmart is not same store as used to be. They put on the shelf lower price to compete with other grocery store but when you going to pay, they charge you more. So you will pay more than the competition. Be careful.
Reviewed April 8, 2014
I go to several Walmarts in my city and am mostly very pleased with the stores here. They are very clean and organized. You can usually find someone to help you and the employees are courteous. My only complaint is the wait in line to check out. On a few occasions, there were only a handful of lanes open but most of the time, the wait is not very long. I have not had an issue with the quality of the products there either.
Reviewed April 8, 2014
I was promised a $100 gift card with my purchase of an upgrade with my Sprint account. After numerous false emailed promises, they finally said they would mail me a check; it would take 14 days. Again FALSE promises. I just want what was promised to me when I entered into contract with Sprint via Walmart.
Reviewed April 7, 2014
I went through the self check line and selected cash back. The machine did not dispense my money. I waited over 30 min to get my cash back. The cashier that was watching the self checkout left to get a CSM 3x. The last time she came back she told me that the CSM was in the "cashbox" and she didn't know why she couldn't get her to come help. When CSM finally came to help I said I couldn't believe it took over 30 minutes to get help. She cussed me out calling me a ** 3x.
My daughter and grandson were both with me. 4 employees and at least 10 people in line. She told me she had been on break & had other things to do before coming to help me and I didn't need to be such a **. She hated ** like me to come in. She said I could go ahead and call in about her because Monday would be her last day because she just graduated nursing school. She also told me I should just leave without my money. I left this store #622 humiliated and very angry. I have never in my life experienced this type of treatment especially by such a big establishment. I will never go to this store again. Apparently they don't even care how their customers are treated. I filed a complaint with the store and haven't heard back from them in over a week now.
Reviewed April 3, 2014
Worst checkout service ever! After complaining to corporate and to my local store mgr. and nothing changes. I refuse to enter my local store and have left food in a cart on 2 occasions prior to my refusing to enter due to having 8-10 people in line for the 2-3 registers open. This on a Thursday and Friday evening! I complained to mgmt. and was assured that changes were going to occur. That was not evident, so I left. Good luck keeping it open long term. This store is located on Charles Street in Anderson, Indiana. Just pitiful management!
Reviewed March 27, 2014
I had a horrible experience at Walmart just today. I was in a hurry and just needed food for my dog and some other things I didn't even grab a cart or anything. I was walking around thinking if I needed anything else and left a pregnancy test back because I decided I should get it later. I went to pay what I had and walked to the door, stopped at the Redbox when the "police guy" or whatever he is approached me and I was like, "hi", smiling to him. He was very rude and was like, "I'm here to talk to you about my merchandise." I was confused. I even thought it was someone joking and I laughed and said, "Merchandise?" He was like, "Yeah, a customer said you looked very suspicious and you stole that pregnancy test." I was so mad!!!!!!
Like how dare he accuse me of that. I even told him, "Go ahead and check me and my purse. I have nothing that I didn't pay for." I was so embarrassed!! There's people that steal there everyday yet they come to someone who paid for their stuff and did nothing wrong?! I'm so embarrassed and you can bet I am NEVER stepping foot in that Walmart ever again, and people will know about this incident!!
Reviewed March 26, 2014
I worked for Walmart for 4 yrs and I have had a history of medical issues. They knew this before they hired me. On March 15th, 2014, I was fired because the previous day I was out with strep.
Reviewed March 26, 2014
Shortly before 5 pm I got a call from someone claiming to be a manager at the estrella parkway store in Goodyear. It was about my complaint about never being able to find your great value tea bags. Stated with help from people in background that they had 17 family size tea bags on the shelves at the goodyear store. I jumped on freeway and was at the store by 5:15 - No Tea Bags on shelf. I went to customer service and asked to speak to manager who had lied to me on the phone. The girl got someone on telephone and said manager was coming. When nice young girl showed up, we went to tea aisle. She stated no place on shelf for that product. I said, "I know you had not had any in 2 months." Lying to a customer is no way to handle a complaint. Whoever was on phone and those in background giving her the info should all be fired. This is no way to run a business.
Reviewed March 25, 2014
I feel so sorry for the other people on here. Truth be told, my Walmart experience wasn't too horrendous. Management was a tad flaky but they were on top of things and all pretty decent people. Almost all of the associates were great people. I suppose my first complaint comes from the bad training they do. I friggin' hate how they act like the customers are these wonderful, fantastic people, and how we should 'appreciate' them. The majority of the customers were rude and ridiculously overly entitled. And I felt like I didn't learn squat from the computer training. Hands-on training is so much more effective.
Issue number two: I was led on when hired. I was told I'd be getting around 34 hours a week and I was only getting around 20. I was told my schedule was flexible, it wasn't. I was told the Pharmacy wasn't clique-y, it was. Thus issue number three. We would have about four techs at a time along with the pharmacist and they still expected me to always be around to help them, even when I was asked to do extensive floor work by other managers. When I first started helping behind the pharmacy counter, the techs were rude and uninterested in helping me even though I was completely new at the job. I was always feeling awkward and left out back there so I opted to fix up my department instead.
My supervisor was a total sweetheart though. And my ZMS was a really nice guy, too. And I was not a certified pharmacy technician, which is why I wasn't really even supposed to be in the back helping pharmacy because my first priority was floor work. It's one heck of a process to become a pharmacy tech, too. If I was in a different department I may have liked the job more. And oh yeah, you have a better chance at winning the lottery than getting a department transfer. I found a more convenient job.
Reviewed March 24, 2014
I was terminated 11/14/2013 for attendance issues. My husband has been very ill this last year, having lung cancer surgery in Oct. I went through the open door and was reinstated but I haven't received my back pay, sick or personal times.
Reviewed March 9, 2014
We received 4 inches of snow and 36 hours after it had stopped, Wal-mart in Reidsville N.C. still had not cleared the parking lot. Food Lion and Lowe's cleared their lots after it stopped snowing and the lots were clear and not even wet. At Wal-mart however, car tires were spinning in the ice and slush, people were slipping, trying to walk to door, and two employees were pointing laughing at trouble customers were having. I told the cashier the manager needed to have the lot cleared and she said people had been coming in asking to do it and were told that it was not approved from corporate to clear the lot.
At 1:35 p.m. 3/8/14, there was one line open (though there were hardly any customers because they couldn't get into the parking lot without a 4-wheel drive) and three employees with Wal-mart vests on sitting in the Subway section laughing and drinking sodas. Wow, what customer service!
Reviewed March 8, 2014
So, it's a sunny Saturday morning and I go to Walmart to grab some groceries and cat food. While I'm poking around the pet aisle, I decided to check out the fish because I think they're pretty cool to look at. As I walk over to the fish tanks in the Oxford, MS Walmart, I immediately noticed no movement from inside the tanks. "Weird," I thought, as I continued scanning the fish tanks for signs of life.
All in all, most of the fish in the series of tanks were dead. Some were alive (and well?), but some were swimming on their sides due to sickness, poor health, missing fins or whatever else. I even saw a pile of dead plecostomus in one tank and I hear that those guys are incredibly tough. Evidently, they weren't as tough as Walmart. This highlight's Walmart's lack of attention to detail, their penchant for hiring inexperienced workers and their general "out of sight, out of mind" attitude. For as financially able as they are, one would assume they could pay for fish food or at least hire someone to clean the decaying fish out of the filthy tanks. Thanks, Walmart.
Reviewed March 8, 2014
I've worked at Wal-Mart for about 8 months and the main problem is the constantly belittling of the employees and scoldings over the intercom by management using the employees name in the public scoldings. The managers will stand at the end of aisles where the employee is working and just stare at them to create intimidation of the employee. The managers hide and watch the employee and what gets me is the employees they are scoping are not the ones stealing time or violating rules. I got hurt on the job because a manager had a bright idea to have 12 employees along with a pallet and two rocket carts on one little aisles and had each of those employees rush to put up merchandise. It was like working in a war zone.
When you have that many employees with strewn trash, empty and full boxes all over the place a pallet and a couple of L carts and rocket carts, and employees running to and fro with merchandise and cutters accidents are going to occur. I was stooped down stocking on a lower shelf when another associate dropped a 20 lb box of merchandise from 5 feet above my head. My neck whipped from the impact-I saw stars it hit so hard. The associates around me remarked to associate that dropped the box, "are you trying to kill her?" I knew it wasn't the associate's fault, but the predicament me and my fellow employees were put in by the manager who could give a care about safety of the employees.
I am a woman and a woman's neck is not that strong. Within a few minutes I got a bad head/neck ache. I went to take some ibuprofen for the pain and located the manager and told him (the same ** manager who orchestrated this "blitz" I told him) I was injured. He mumbled something and walked off. I thought he was going to come back and have me fill out forms or something. He never did. I approached him again. I said, "Do I need to fill out forms or something?" He said, "go get with another manager." As I was filling out the form he using his radio to talk to the other manager asked her when I planned on coming back out to the floor. He could care less about the accident he caused. All he wanted was me to get back to work.
I truly hate this manager for this. I am still in pain from the injury and on "no activity" by the doctor because of the injury. The managers at Wal-Mart only need a whip to complete their uniform. They are merciless and cruel. They talk to employees like they are a piece of crap. I don't know what kind of school they attend for management but the way they act they must be programmed to believe they are some imperialist ** to continually "light the fire under the butts of the employees" whether they need it or not. I have never met one manager I liked at Wal-Mart. If you put on a Wal-Mart manager uniform you convert into an instant sadistic **.
I am still waiting for the doctor to release me. I get paid 70% of the meager amount of my normal hourly wage $8.45 and so with workman's comp. I'll get $5.92 per hour now since their doctor said I was on "no activity and it wasn't even my fault. ON top of that the first 3 days I get $.00 but guess what my rent, car note, etc. still due. The sadistic ** manager put me in a bad situation. I really hate that manager. I do. I have never missed one day of work and even came to work with strep throat and that is not unusual. You don't get paid the first day you miss work for illness but the second day you do. You are treated like crap (according to co-workers) if you do call in sick, though.
The managers at Wal-Mart must be getting approval to mistreat employees. Sometimes employee/employer relationships are one sided and guess who is the slave and who is the master. It should be an equal partnership since each is giving something and getting something but unfortunately Wal-Mart is not the only company that employers believe they "own" employees much like those slaves in the past. We still need to abolish slavery and employer/employee relationships need to have a new upheaval and reorganization. Civil rights are being abused legally and this bullying must stop.
Reviewed March 5, 2014
I wanted to use Walmart's online store because the ACTUAL store in my area is filthy, understaffed, frequently OUT of products advertised... and generally an unpleasant shopping experience. Unfortunately, I live in a small town where Walmart has practically become the only option. I am disabled, and there are never any motorized carts available, so going to the store only to find I must sit for an hour or more before a cart (which now has a drained battery so I can't use it anyway). SO... that makes the idea of online shopping very appealing to me.
I wanted to check out the price of a NutriBullet at Walmart's online store, but when I pulled up the product I was told that the price was "secret", and the only way I could see the price was to sign in, or actually BUY the item before I knew what I paid for it!!! So I tried to sign in. I couldn't remember my password so I followed the "retrieve password" link, which sent a cue to my email account. Went to my email account, and there was the password link, so I changed my password. But when I tried to log into the Walmart site, I was now told that I didn't have the correct password. So I assumed the fault was mine, I had done something wrong...went and reordered the password correction link, and changed my password AGAIN.
Nope, I was still refused log in, even though I had correctly entered a new password and was told that my password was properly changed, and that I should go log in. Wait, what? Walmart has failed to record my password change properly, so I can't log in. I can't see the price of my desired item, so if I want to buy it without logging in, I have to actually BUY IT before I find out what it cost me? Frustrated by this nonsense, I came here to read other complaints before adding my own. Looks to me like Walmart is a bust all around. No reliability, crude, rude or unknowledgeable salespeople, untrustworthy phone representatives, and filthy, disorganized stores appear to have become a given.
Now even the online store wants to shaft me. Make me commit to buying something before I know how much it costs??? PLUS shopping online, Walmart will have my credit card number in their system (When shopping in person I now use checks... using a credit card in-store seems more dangerous these days). If they've become so uncaring about everything else, surely letting them have my credit card information online isn't a good idea, either.
So why the heck am I even bothering with Walmart? The Answer: I've been brainwashed by advertising so the name Walmart pops into my head the moment I need anything. For a long time I just went on automatic and shopped there because they took over my small town, kicking out most of the competition. Well guess what? I'm awake now... and I'm going to do my shopping through another major online retailer. Prices might be a bit higher but... maybe not. Looks like Walmart's not always the cheapest game in town these days, and the money I might be visibly saving thru a Walmart purchase might come with some hidden costs, like frustration, higher blood pressure, and loss of time better spent doing other things.
Reviewed March 4, 2014
I found that Walmart had charged my account five times in one day for 20 dollars each. I contacted them over two weeks ago, to complain and ask that my money be returned, and asked where these charges came or where the items were sent. I was told that they could not tell me, after spending a hour on two telephone calls, One of the charges has been credited to my account. But I have heard nothing back from Walmart. I was told the last time that I called that they would refund my money, been three weeks and no refund nor any information.
Reviewed March 3, 2014
I popped in Walmart to grab 4 items after church Sunday night to get to checkout and 1 lane was open. The lady said she is closing! I turn to find another, there are none open. I come back and the lady says to me "you will have to wait till they get off break." She checked out her 3 friends and would not check me out. After she yelled across the store for the asst manager to do something, then she just left. The Walmarts in small towns are terrible and never have good employees which I do not understand. It is pure ghetto around here and I am tired of it. It is almost like rated R movie and someone needs to step in or the customers should be allowed to file suit.
Reviewed March 1, 2014
Called for almost a week to find out why my merchandise is NOT at the store. I ordered on the 13th of Feb. I was informed pickup from local store day would be 25th for all 3 items. I shopped online Walmart.com for the first time and choose store pick up.
The only notification from the company I received was for the delay in the items. In transit shipped but not received yet by the local Walmart store. The online tracking said all items at the store since Feb 25, 2014. When you call the auto system or live person states only the DVD is at the store not the pieces of furniture. We were repeatedly told one different story after the other, sometimes they could not tell us anything about the items or the shipping.
I could not be issued a refund or cancel until items are missing. Each time my husband or I called we were informed for one different reason of another we could not cancel. Until items are cancelled they will not issue a refund.
Finally the store pick up says it's lost, we have to call Walmart.com to cancel order. Walmart.com rep says it's not lost it's in transit and no refund can be issued. That if I do get one I will have to wait for items to come up as missing or lost. Then 24 hrs for an email then call again and give the confirmation number before they would cancel order. I am placed on hold several times and finally hang up file a complaint with Paypal.
Then I call Walmart.com again, this time I am told the rep I just spoke with an hour ago, March 1, 2014, issued a replacement, item was lost. I never was told until 5:36pm, March 1, 2014 that our computer desk and storage cabinet was lost. No one in the house asked for a replacement to be issued. Apparently while on hold after asking for a refund earlier that day a refund was noted in the records after she had put a replacement. She lied and said someone else had issued the replacement. But according to Walmart.com records that is a lie. I was also told once it was put in the system as cancelled I didn't have to call back to be issued a refund.
Since a cancellation was place on replacements (not authorized by me) instead of called due to the items being lost. If I am refunded it will take much longer as that is Walmart's policy. I am only angry that I have to wait longer because she put in a replacement and not a cancellation even though we were very clear.
The Company policy states that if I receive a refund. Can't say if I will though they will send me an email in 24 hrs of this call. The refund will take much longer to how it was handled and it cannot be corrected. I was lied to repeatedly by most every rep I spoke with at Walmart.com one story after the other. I am not sure if they really cancelled my orders this time and if I will be issued a refund for over $300 any time soon. No one was helpful and would tell me when I call and inquire what happened to my orders. As of right now March 1, 2014 I have no furniture I ordered and am out almost $350 that I may one day be refunded. No emails with updated like lost, cancelled, replacement or ready for pickup.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
Nov.18, 2013, I lost my gas card. I know that I had it when I got to work. I work overnights 10pm-7am & I'm a cashier. I love my job. Anyway I noticed that my card wasn't in my pocket so I started keeping my eyes open for it. Then I found it. I checked my pockets again to make sure that it wasn't there. It wasn't. So I knew that had to be my card. Then on Jan.29, 2014 security calls me to the office. They started out by asking me if I Had done anything wrong while working at Walmart. I didn't have a clue to what they were talking about. For 2hrs they threatened me with jail, if l would just tell the truth. That's the first time that I heard that a lady had left her card. Why wasn't it put up? And treated. Like a cash ($20.00).
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2014
I can't seem to find anyone to discuss my problem with the order number, which had a number of items on it, not just to monitor, they said is not applicable to any warranty. I'm running out of time. No warranty or be up in a few days. It had a replacement warranty for one year without taking the extra warranty. Soon now. I guess you're punishing me for not taking their extra warranty when it already had a one-year warranty on it to have a telephone number where you can actually talk to someone, or is that impossible is that the way they alienate the consumer.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2014
I went to the Walmart on McCart Ave in Fort Worth today at 3:00 PM and was accosted by a couple screaming at me to drive better around their 7 kids walking in the middle of the parking lot. There was no altercation in the lot, I had no idea I was going to be accosted. I walked in and this hillbilly couple threatened me, the man got one inch in my face and called me a ** and watch how I drive, and he would kill me. I yelled for security. I went from cashier to cashier asking for help, not one would help. Finally I get one that walks me to security - They are not security, they are loss prevention only as I would later find out.
A police officer that was busy helping girl scouts set up finally comes up and says to wait while he meanders to find these people. I have to go to work. I have to open my office in 30 minutes downtown, I waited and waited and had to go. After being completely shaken and going to work, I get home and call the Walmart to talk to a manager 4 times. I was put on hold over and over and gave up. I finally gave it one last chance and got ** the night manager. I told him what happened and he was very nice, but informed me that Walmart does not have any security, only loss prevention. That's it.
I have been shopping at Walmart for years with the gullible idea that it was safe. Now I have found out that this billion dollar behemoth of a company does not have security for customers or employees. It was more shocking than the assault I had endured. EVERYONE YOU KNOW SHOULD KNOW THAT WALMART DOES NOT HAVE ANY SECURITY AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR SAFETY TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. I will not even park in their lot knowing this. Aren't they responsible to let customers know that they do not provide safety for any reason? Dangerous company.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2014
The Walmart in my hometown just keeps getting worse as far as check out is concerned. Often during very busy times they is only two open checkout lanes and very long lines. We have walked out a few times and gone elsewhere. Today we were in one (out of just two) checkout lanes for so long our ice cream started melting. I wish the Walmart in our small town had some real competition (i.e. Target, K-Mart, etc.). If we had anywhere else to shop we would never set foot in Walmart ever again. Unfortunately, it is our only choice.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2014
I'm finding that Walmart is now preparing openly for the New World Order to take global control. I find that when shopping at Walmart they often have lines where only cash or credit is accepted. But to be honest I hadn't paid that much attention because I have been to many store where this has occurred. However, yesterday 02/14/2014 the day designated for love the Walmart I attempted to shop at had many feeling anger and disgust as Walmart would only cash out those individuals using some sort, any sort of a debit or credit card. NO CASH! I was told by an employee that there was no CASH in any of the registers in the self checkout and she didn't think the regular registers had any cash either. To be honest it really scared me because I could not buy orange juice which was all I went for. Please pay attention people because the signs are in our faces.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2014
I purchased legos that was on sale at a Laurel MS store for a friend. They cost around 400.000 total. When I got to her home, she had an emergency and could not pay me. I went to the local Houston MS Walmart to make the return. They said they would have to call the front end store manager that was at home. They then came back and asked if I could take them 4 hours away, back to the store I purchased them from, I asked why because my receipt was valid, it was only 2 days old. They told me their store would take a loss and they did not want to take any other stores merchandise back. They had me stand there for around 20 minutes waiting for help. The next thing I knew, 2 car loads of police came. Asked me to put my merchandise in the car and leave their store. I was so shocked, because I am an educated person, not cursing, not loud. They never asked me to take my merchandise and leave the store, they just called the police on me like I had committed a crime, or I was causing a disturbance in the store. I felt horrible.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014
About 6 months ago, we bought 4 flower pots. These were some sort of ceramic, with an attractive, colorful finish. The 4 pots cost about $90. Now, six months later, 3 of the pots are crumbling. 1 is in perfect condition. In one case, the bottom fell out. In a second case, the finish crumbled off, and the material is now so weak that picking the piece up caused it to crumble. In the third case, the bottom "saucer" just separated from the pot. When I took them back, Walmart's assistant manager said that the company bears no responsibility for poor quality products that it does not manufacture. The customer service agent told me that "these parts have been in your care, and you are responsible if they have any damage."
I understand this is not a life-or-death situation. However, for Walmart to say that if a product is of poor quality, the consumer should be willing to take the hit is nonsense. Walmart has an obligation to monitor the quality of the products it sells, and if appropriate, to take action with the manufacturer.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
I've been working at Walmart 1438 for Six months. By the time I was there for four months there are a couple more people. This one guy who was hired four months after me started to really kiss management's butt. I am ten times the worker he is but since he has friends in management, he now the new team lead. Now there are only a few reasons I have a problem with this, starting with the fact that just because he has friends he gets to Jump way ahead. I've never really been very good at kissing butt. I keep getting this excuse that I'm not putting out leadership material. They wouldn't know because they're never in the back.
And how would they really know if they watch? I know I have some leadership skills because when I was first hired the side note on my interview was "Ryan answered the questions at better than management level". The biggest problem I have is what happened to "you move up or anywhere else in the store till you've been here six months". He's only been here three. I feel like they're putting people in management because they're friends, instead of the people who do work their tails off.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
Complaint, refused service. I purchased a roadside hazard package for my viva 2 Goodyear tires. I do not recommend this service it is very poorly illustrated as to what is acceptable for repair at time of purchase. Well in short the definition of sidewall damage has been drastically contorted.
In 2012 I took the van in, simple screw an inch+ from the sidewall in the tread portion of the tire. After exhausting myself I was told to perhaps "try the Wal-Mart 30 miles away". Management At the San Marcos Wal-Mart told me to get on the road with a faulty tire. I made a joke "so I want to get on the ON ramp going I35 S to New braunfels," manager actually continued to give me directions.
2014 present time, that screw started dropping my psi so I take it to the Wal-Mart in Port A. I was told again that it is side wall damage and they tried to pro rate me on a new tire based off my current tread although that would have been a 5 dollar solution in 2012 when the tires were 11 months old. I honestly wanted the service as presented verbally to me for road hazard coverage and rotation. I do not want unevenly mismatched treaded tires as a solution. They also refuse to balance or rotate which was something I paid for life when I purchased the tires.
I have a picture that clearly illustrates my claim. Since they suggested driving on the tire and verbally false advertised services at time of purchase and repeatedly referenced the damage as side wall. I will hold them liable for any resulting damages 'negligence. Can you imagine 12 jurors or judge deliberating over "side-wall damage" and what is considered side wall damage. Especially after viewing a photo that has a screw in "tread" before the bend of the "shoulder". Every paper document I requested as of to policy and all the technicians refer to this as side wall damage. No surprise, it was falsely advertised verbally.,
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2014
My wife worked for Walmart for 14 years and she was dedicated to that place. We lived in another start and she put in 12 years at the Sam's Club near our house. She had her up and downs there with the way managers would show favoritism to some employees and let them get away with murder. There was a time she was a team leader and she asked to step down after someone threaten to kill her if she did not open the doors and let them out. She was working over nights and there were not many managers there. They took 1.50 from her saying she had that because of her job but that wasn't true since she got most of that from them merit raises.
She also had her share of good times at the club she was in. It seemed like once they got a GM that was good at what they did she was good. They saw that she was a good and hard worker and they treated as such. She even finished out her shift while she was in labor and that got her respect from management because they saw that she was a hard worker and did her job right.
Well we moved to another state and she finished her last two years here. She got to the place and the GM had it out for her since day one. They would tell her to do something then turn around and scream at her when she did it. They didn't like the way she did things at the job she was doing even though she was doing it the same way she was doing it back home. She was only doing it the way she was taught and she been doing it for 6 years till we moved. She got fired for safety because of the way she was doing to fork lift, which was the way she was trained. She told them she is trying her best to change the way she drove it but its a little hard since that what she was taught. There was nights she would unload 25 trucks while she worked and now I was told they hired two people to take her place.
I just could understand why this woman did this till I talked to other people and I started to find out that is how this woman works. She picks and picks till she can get rid of you if she doesn't like you. I work with a guy that told me she did the same to him. I think what my wife was making a hour was a factor since she was making okay money since she was with them for so long.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2014
I have been to the my local Walmart here at Eastern and Serene about 6 or 8 times over the past 4 months. Each time I have been unable to find a number of items because they were "temporarily out of stock." Good luck too, if you're able to flag down an associate who can actually help you. Recently (today) I was in this store looking for a new camera... First off, there were maybe a dozen or more display cameras on the shelf, and another dozen + cameras out-of-stock. The entire display look like it had been looted. The 2nd surprise came when I asked the associate to bring me one of the few cameras remaining on display to look at - a Canon PowerShot. The associate rummaged around for a few minutes behind the counter, then told me he had no cameras... not one. I said NONE! Are you kidding me!? I've run into this problem on other products in this store such as clothes, health beauty supplies, office supplies, food and on and on. I'm done. I will not go back to that store. This place has the worst inventory management I've ever seen.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2014
I received a couple of items for Christmas - a set of DVD's and a curl bar. Both are unopened. The DVD's are of a season I already have, and the curl bar is just the wrong type. I tried to return the items today and was told that they were purchased too long ago to be returned or exchanged. I looked online and Walmart still sells both of these items online. I explained that I had received them as gifts for Christmas, and just waited till all the holidays mess was done with before I brought them back. I was told they were purchased in late September and it was too long ago to return, even though I had just received them for Christmas. Beware of starting your Christmas shopping early if you are getting anything from Walmart. They are not customer friendly... Target would take the items back!
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014
So I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 back in September. After a little over a month my son shattered the screen. So I called the the product assist number they give you when you buy a two-year warranty. I had told them what had happen and they were really helpful. They sent me the postage to send in the broken tablet. In November I was getting everything ready for my husband to come home from leave so it took a little bit longer to send in but I finally sent it in December 17, 2013. There was no time limit on when I send it in. I didn't realize it had to be sent through UPS and I just took it to USPS and figured they would take care of it. I never got a receipt or anything.
I called January 22, 1014 just to see where it was just to be told they have no record of my product. So the woman I talked to told me that she would just mark it as a lost product and that I would be reimbursed in 3-5 business days. I called 4 days later and the man I spoke to said the same thing the woman I had previously talked to. So today I called again to see what's going on with my claim and well I was told a completely different thing. I was told that I had to send in receipts or proof that I no longer have the tablet. I understand but at the same time I felt like they were calling me a liar. Also if this was what had to be done, why wasn't I told to begin with??? I was so pissed because all I wanted was my tablet fixed!! I don't get how it goes from one thing to another. So from now on I will no longer buy electronics from Walmart. I'll spend the extra money at Best Buy or online.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2014
Shopping is a nightmare. These cheap carts some idiot bid in are very poor; everyone hates them - rubber falls off wheels, making them flat thump thump, and hard to steer, often pulling hard to right/left, can't load very much or can't push, basket bars/metal rust easy and come loose, poking children and hanging on products and clothing, and bags have gotten so thin. I have lost food/beverages. When you bid carts next time, put some research into it before purchase. Even after they fix wheels, they go bad again. For all your cust. if you give a crap get new carts, heavy plastic like you had. Try finding out who Lowe's gets theirs from; they're excellent.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2014
Originally we bought a Philips 46" TV on 12/28/2013 that was paid by cash. On 01/25/2014 we returned that TV because the sound went so we had it replaced with the same exact TV. On 1/26/2014 we returned back to Walmart with the other TV for the same issue. So we decide to change brands and go to a Vizio 50", we speak to Joe the sales rep explain what happen so he tells us he'll bring the TV up to customer service. We paid an extra 200 dollars cash, we get home, open the box and there's an old LG TV in the box. We rush back to Walmart as angry as you can imagine, explain to customer service what happen. They call Nick the asst mgr who refused to look into the situation or our receipt and proceeded to us he wouldn't take the TV back or giving us our money back. Mind you we paid cash. He was very rude and obnoxious and didn't want to be bothered at all so we basically gave a $700.00 cash donation to Walmart to what I call a non profit Walmart organization. This guy Nick should be fired for his non-communicative skills.

Reviewed Jan. 26, 2014
They are paying people to go on their online shopping site to post phony reviews of products to dupe the public into buying them. One such product I purchased was a Ping Pong table and I admit I got tanked by the reviews and the price of $169.00, which after I paid extra for shipping and the tax they charged me came out to over $180.00 that is completely loss because I have no way of getting the table to a store for a refund nor can it be picked up to be delivered back to them because it lays in ruin under my closet stairwell.
I was almost seriously hurt trying to put this table together as it weighs over 145 lbs. The table collapse on me while I was underneath it assembling it because it cannot even hold its own weight. They do not even check what they sell to the public. They buy this junk by the ship load for pennies on the dollar and it's all about selling it on the cheap, yet they still make a fortune. We have become a nation of 'professional consumers' controlled by the MBA's like robots, selling cheap foreign made products and telling us our vote really matter. America was founded on a lie and by fraud and some 200 + years later it's still business as usual.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014
I bought a desk lamp at Walmart model #ETL LH2107V2. The instructions say to use only a 40-watt type A bulb or Max 13-Watt. I used a 40 Watt Type A, but after a while the lamp shade started to melt. Fortunately, I noticed it before something bad happened. But somebody else might not notice and it could cause a fire. I have replaced the 40 watt bulb with a 13 Watt Energy smart bulb and it seems to be better. But the way the instructions are now on the bulb, it could be dangerous. The instructions need to be changed or Walmart needs to stop selling them.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2014
I just move here to Atlanta, GA on Dec.15, 2013 and I live right around the corner from one of your Walmart stores! I shop at your store almost every day or every other day! I have a habit of over spending! So when I go shopping I end up buy a lot! Something I may want then, but might change my mind later. So every time I go do a return or exchange I get So Much Attitude from Workers as well as Supervisors. On Dec. 24, 2013 I went into your store to do all my Christmas Shopping! After making my purchases and taking a cab home and unpacking bags, I noticed I was missing 2 bags full of Christmas items. So I called your store talk to Supervisor and was told to come back in!
So I paid cab to take me back to get my items. But once I got there my young lady gave me attitude like I had no right to come and see where is my stuff! So they called a manager and they went and looked at the recording and came and told me that my husband took the items off the belt! So I told them that my husband only took the other bags but there was 2 other bags that wasn't with me or in the cab! They were very busy and overwhelmed! So I politely gave the nice manager my contact info and asked her can they check once they sort the carriage of all the returned items and if they find it to call me the following day they open back up. So Dec. 26, I went in the store and ask them if they found my Christmas stuff I purchased?
So they had an attitude with me for keep coming back! I explained to them that I only keep coming back cause one money is hard to come by and two that was my kids' stocking stuffers! I also stated to manager & Security that I just want my stuff or to know what happen to it! I know for sure it was not in the cab because I had the cab turn around and let me check the Van! It was not there! But your Security Worker came downstairs and also gave me Attitude as well as my husband!! I just felt like there was No Professional Workers present!!! I got very upset and just left!!! I was pissed because me & my husband aren't millionaires! We don't have money to give away!!! But my husband said to just let it go, that we are not going to get our items back!!
I was upset about it But he was right! So you would think the Unprofessionalism would stop! But no!!! I went into your store a few days after Christmas to return the Tablet I purchase Dec. 24 and was Again given Attitude from Worker & supervisor and was told I couldn't return! My son was so upset & crying! It was just Horrible! My daughter's Hello Kitty Bling Headphones, there was no sound coming out! So I ask if I can exchange or get a refund? I showed my receipt and was again refused to return! And it was before deadline! If that wasn't enough to make a person see if their Rights have been Violated.
I called your store and ask them what is the return policy for Hair care products like Shampoo & Conditioner spray? I was told I could return but with no receipt I would have to get store credit! I told her that would be fine! So me & my husband went to your store, my husband went to CS to return while I food shopping! My husband return to me very upset! Stating that he has Never Felt So Discriminated in his whole! My.Husband & Family are all Military! I calmed him down and asked him what wrong! He stated that he thinks these people who work here either Don't like us or they're mad at us one! So I felt confused & Angry!
This is A Place of Business and who gives them the Right to Treat Customer like Criminals! My husband said he got on line and as soon as he got on line the lady looked at him and attended to everyone in front of him and once it was his turn the lady walked away and came back in 2 minutes and before he could say anything the lady said no, he could not return the Shampoo & Conditioner! He couldn't understand how she could say No! If he had not said anything yet! Then after that they had the Nerve To follow my husband around the store while he locate me!!
My husband and I come from well Respected Miltary Family! And I Will Not Be Treated like A Criminal or Discriminate Against Especially By My Own Race! So I will be filing a LawSuit Against Walmart! This is my second time I was Discriminate Against From the same store! Since Everyone who work there are Family or Friends, it will Never Change! I have spoken to Several of My Friends & Associates and They Have Experience the same thing!!! I Refuse to be Discriminated Against by your Walmart workers & Supervisors! It's truly sad that Your Return Policy isn't being followed! But One thing I'm going to make sure of is that Your Workers will never Discriminate Against me & No one else No More!!!
I'm just Disappointed at Walmart! To make matter worse, This Maybe the reason why No one would talk to me about my application for employment that I kept calling & coming in for Christmas Season job! Now I know why!!! They Hire their Friends & Family! Especially when I know I'm Highly Qualified! But just to notify you that I'm seeking Legal Action! If you need further info, feel free to contact me!
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2014
My wife was terminated by Walmart a few days ago for reasons that can only be termed "petty". She has worked for Walmart for two periods, first time for 10 years, this time for 12 years for approximately 22 years total service. She is now 68 years old but loved doing what she did in spite of the Walmart management style. She had also been a good ambassador for the company. When people made derogatory comments about them, she always defended them. She also had a co-worker who was essentially forced out with a similar long-term employment history at Walmart.
My wife's transgressions were attendance, which is BS, because she rarely missed work other than for infrequent illness. However, they "coached" her about her attendance when she missed five days work about six months ago due to a severe illness. Another item they cited was failing to notice a bay door that had not been fully closed when a vendor departed. Granted these are things that should be brought to the employees' attention but certainly not grounds for dismissal, particularly one that had that much service behind them.
To me it is obvious that they are systematically targeting full-time employees for termination to avoid their higher wages and the responsibility for providing health insurance and other benefits. They are clearly looking for any excuse to get rid of them so they can replace them with cheap, part-time labor. I believe is rolling over in his grave about now.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2014
I went to the photo lab at our local Wal-Mart to copy pictures for genealogy. The pictures were copies of papers that had been made at Wal-Mart from an earlier date. The papers were dated 1896 and were the only copies in existence since the originals had been lost. They were very important to me. When I started scanning a lady that often works in the photo lab helped me get started. I was instructed that I could pick up the photos in about an hour. When I came back to pick up my pictures nobody was there. I waited and looked around and when nobody came I decide to go ahead and copy the three remaining pictures.
While I was scanning the three remaining pictures a man appeared over my shoulder and asked if he could be of assistance. I said that I was fine and he then informed me that I could not continue and took the photos from my hand. He bent them slightly with his fingers and I thought he was going to rip them up before my eyes. He was very confrontational and I felt as if I had been caught doing something illegal. I told him that these photos had originally been made at Wal-Mart and were dated 1869 pertaining to my Native American heritage. He seemed very put off when I mentioned being Native American. He left without saying anything and I finished with what I was doing. Still nobody came to check me out so I walked over to electronics and asked if they could call someone.
When I looked I saw the man that had harassed me along with a woman and another man squatting on the floor in a huddle. One man appeared to be stocking the shelves. The woman came to check me out but on the way informed me that what I was doing was illegal and she could give me the pictures. I then realized that she along with the man had been talking about me. I asked her to shred the photos and as I left I saw the man with his back to me still squatting on the floor. I asked him why he had been talking about me and why did he want to go out of his way to cause me trouble. I then asked him for his name and he took his hand and covered up his name tag. I later found out his name to be Kevin **.
Needless to say I left the store in tears. I have been a loyal shopper at your store for over thirty two years. I have raised three children and have spent countless dollars at your store. I would never do anything illegal and the first time these photos were copied I was helped to do so by your store's employee. I wish Mr. ** could have handled things differently because now I will never go back in that store. I feel like his feelings escalated when he saw that the photos pertain to my Native American heritage. I now know what it feels like to be discriminated against. This happened on 1-17-14 @ 11:30 am.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2014
I have a very serious complaint about the treatment of customers by local store managers. Specifically, store # 4568 in Blair, NE. My disabled elderly brother bought a Galaxy smartphone from the Blair store in Sept '13. When trying to activate it with a Straight Talk Service Plan, I was told that the phone could not be activated because it hadn't been scanned properly and that I needed to take the phone back to the seller (Blair Walmart) This is extremely inconvenient because my brother has no transportation and is unable to walk. I live nearly 30 miles from Blair and am not able to easily accommodate a trip 'back to the store' (Especially, for a mistake Walmart made).
When I did take the phone back to the store, CS couldn't help me and called an assistant manager, who couldn't help either and then called the store manager. After all that, they wanted the original packaging and the sales receipt in order to re-scan it. The receipt and packaging of course had long been thrown away, so sorry......you're out of luck. There's nothing they could do. Okay....so we didn't keep the receipt......our fault. So my elderly disabled brother goes 3 months without phone service saving so he can buy another phone. I take him back to the store in Blair to purchase yet another phone, but before buying ask the sales clerk if it can be returned. Her statement exactly was "you'll have 15 days from date of purchase and will need to keep the packaging and the receipt" but yes, you can return for a full refund.
To save time and space, the EXACT same problem occurred with activation, but this time, I ask for specific contact info so I can have Walmart contact them and resolve the issue with them. So, I once again travel to Blair, pick up my brother and take him to the Blair Walmart. We go through the wait for the CS rep, the assistant manager, and then the store manager......**. He tells me he WON'T re-scan because that would mean a loss for the store. What? What about having the packaging and the receipt? Doesn't matter, because the store will be charged if they re-scan. Told him to call the Straight Talk # and get it resolved because my brother is out $100+ (actually $200 because the 1st phone was a loss) and has no phone that works. ** calls the # and when done, he hangs the phone up and hands me a piece of paper with a fax # on it telling me I need to fax the original receipt along with a bunch of other info to Straight Talk.
I ask if they have a fax machine that we can use and he says no, he's sorry, but they don't. "Excuse me? you don't have a fax machine? whatever!" So now I'm about done with the abject unwillingness of this manager to actually help resolve the matter and I tell him I'd just like to get a refund. He says, "Oh I'm sorry, we don't refund pre-paid cell phones because there's so much information that gets stored on them." Number 1: the phone is not activated.....there's NO information on it. Number 2: your signage in the electronics department clearly states that "you may refund your purchase if returned within 15 days with receipt and original packaging". (All conditions that we met) He replies that HE WILL NOT REFUND the phone.
Even more than the refund, we are seeking a permanent resolution to the behavior of management and customer service in Walmart stores. Your policies obviously do not address employee honesty or integrity or service after the sale. EVEN if responsibility for this issue lies on the shoulders of Straight Talk, don't you think that customer service should consider their own responsibility for ensuring customer satisfaction and being helpful in the face of extreme hardship? Or perhaps investigating why Straight Talk repeatedly has this issue with their activation service and then discontinuing business with them if their service is faulty or even not up to par? We are seeking full reparation for this debacle as well as implementation of policies that incorporate honesty/accountability of store personnel where it relates to customer service. I will be following up with a written complaint to corporate as well as seeking the assistance of consumer protection agencies and legal representation.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2014
I went to Walmart superstore on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta, GA to pay $350.00 on my Sam's Club charge card account 01/14/2014. At the customer bill pay center the lady refused to accept payment without showing her my Identification. I refused to hand it to her saying it is stupid to be asked to show ID in order to make payment on any bill especially using my Sam's Club charge club with my picture photo on it; she called a manager to verify my Identification then accepted my payment. Once before in Morrow GA using card, asked to show ID for $16.00 purchase, which is stupid!
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2014
On the evening on January 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm, I opened a 130g package of Great Value Chocolate Covered Raisins purchased from Walmart in Selkirk Manitoba. I took 6 out and as I ate the last one, I had a severe pain in my mouth, and a very loud crunch and grind noise. I assumed it was a dry raisin inside, but as I chewed one more time, I was concerned with what I was chewing on, I spit it out and seen a shard of glass. I have emailed and called Walmart that evening and called today but only get a voice mail, and they have not contacted me back.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2014
I have experienced MANY problems at Walmart Brea in regards to price matching so I have stopped shopping there, even though I live 5 minutes away, and do all my price matching grocery shopping at Walmart Fullerton, which is 20 minutes away. I have done this for the past year and have had NO problems at Fullerton. My shopping there is a breeze, peaceful and just plain nice.
Today, 1/14/14, I didn't feel like driving to Fullerton so I decided to give Walmart Brea a try, shouldn't be that bad, right? Wrong!! The gentleman cashier helping me had a question about something so he called the front end manager over, didn't catch her name but she is an older ** women who has helped me in the past and is very condescending. She immediately told me the ad must be followed exactly.....as I am aware of but I told her I grabbed the smallest size on the shelf so I was unaware there was an even smaller size, I apologized. We came to the next item and there was an issue with that. She just began to nitpick at each and every item, even though I followed the ads correctly.....i.e. ad stated 7-16 oz for Birdseye Frozen vegetables. The bag I had was 12 oz but she said, it didn't match. I had to inform her 12 oz was in between 7 and 16 oz and it DID qualify.
I had already apologized to the customer behind me because it was obviously taking a long time. She smiled and didn't seem to be bothered. However, when the manager came over, she said to me that the lady behind me was getting bothered for having to wait and of course that lit the customers fire under her. She moved lines and then she went and complained to the manager and the customer and manager were talking about it and watching me and the cashier, clearly annoyed.I don't know what Walmart Brea has against price match shoppers but it is CLEARLY evident that they do not like being bothered by us and it is CLEARLY evident by their rude remarks, attitude and tone. I have had a bad experience EVERY single time I go there, yet I keep going back, hoping to have a different experience, but I don't.
I have read your price match policy. I don't need to bring in my ad, but I do, to make it easier for the cashier. I follow the ad and when I make a mistake, I apologize and correct it. I don't appreciate being made to feel like I'm trying to "cheat" Walmart. The last time I had an issue here at Brea Walmart, a manager by the name of Donna called me and assured me it wouldn't happen again. Well Donna, your employees are still giving price match shoppers a hard time.
I will say that the manager I dealt with today, did give me the price match deals, even though the ounce of the items I got did not match what was in the ad, but that was only because she had a semi-rant saying, "I'm not voiding all this out. You have too much stuff to void all this out, just for that. I'm not voiding it out. Just give it to her. Well, you got it for that price. Just give it to her for that price. I'm not voiding it all out for that." Very professional!! I could go on and on about different stories of how I was treated and the things the managers have said to me. Completely out of line and inappropriate!! I will be doing all my price matching grocery shopping at Walmart Fullerton from now on.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
I ordered specialty gift cards on line for Christmas gifts... they came not activated. I have been trying for a couple of weeks to get this resolved. I keep getting transferred to the wrong department, was sent to the store and they couldn't help me. I was given a few numbers to call... they were the wrong numbers. I was hung up on by one customer service rep. The WORST WORST experience in my life!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
I could not stop myself from appreciating and writing a review about a employee whose name is EDNITA. She is on the returns and customer service counter. She was so good and helpful and went out of her way to help me with some coupon adjustment today dated 1/12/2014. It's not the first she has given this kind of awesome service. I have experienced this kind of dedication from her before as well. She would go to lengths to help customers and solve their problem with a big smile on her face. She is very committed towards her work with all the customers. I would recommend the promotion and the salary raise. This kind of service takes a retail store to another levels and really touches the employees. I wish her luck in future.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2014
Posted my story earlier and thought I would update: Got a call from my local Walmart with an offer on some tires. While it is no "WOW" of a deal it is reasonable and I realize that this manager at the store level is trying to make up for Walmart Corporate shortcomings. Now this deal is still 'in the works' and not completed yet but I only thought it fair to update. I don't think that I will buy into Black Friday guarantees in the future and I probably will avoid the manager with the 'Sorry about your luck' attitude but there have been others at the store level that, after some noise, are trying to make up for what Walmart 'as a whole' screwed up.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I called about a return shipment label to be resent via email and both times they hung up on me. I have never experience through customer service, instead of simply helping and just doing a simple re-email of a label they just either hang up or transfer you over to their rating line. Walmart is horrible, and I will never order online ever again. Poor, inconsiderate treatment when they forget we are the ones that buy their items. Horrible, horrible.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
Walmart doesn't want to pay for food poisoning. It’s been since June of twenty thirteen. My husband and I went to Walmart to get something that we didn't have to cook and got some Seafood salad and it was outdated by a month.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2014
I have had the worst experience with your care plan customer service today. On 12/30/13, I made a claim because my tablet broke. I followed the instruction in how to obtain a replacement one. Today, 1/7/14, I received a much inferior product that is no longer sold anywhere. I originally purchased a Double Power 7 Dual Core Tablet with 8GM Memory 1024x600 Hi Resolution HD screen + bonus kit and in return, I got a Verzi ST Model DMX-ST7A. I called your customer service to inquire about this issue and was transferred to a supervisor name Jacob ID **. Not only was he rude and arrogant on the phone, he informed me that they don't have to replace it with the same item. I am outraged at what poor customer service I received today along with the false information I received when purchasing the care plan. I trust that you can find me someone qualified to attend to this matter.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
I was working at Walmart in Maryland, I got transferred to Florida. I got dismissed from the store here in Florida because I was on a limit activity report by a doctor that I was told that they did not have any work for me to do. So I can stay out of work until 9/20/2013. Then the next thing I know, I was sent a letter by mail saying that I was dismissed. After I tried to come back to work on 9/20/2013. I was told that I need to send her that doctor release note back to her so they can have it on record. I stated that I already gave you that limit activity report and that it says I can return to work on 9/20/2013 which I tried to return on that day. I was told that I will not be able to return until I get the release so I called my heart doctor and they said she has already given me one and Walmart one so they should let you return.
I tried to call Walmart and let them know again. They still said the same thing, so I told Walmart that I will not be able to get the note until I see my doctor again on 1/15/2013 because I lost the first one. Well I then found the note before 1/15/2013. By then, I got a note in the mail on 10/31/13 saying I had three days to contact them or I was dismissed which I did not sign for in the first place. Well, I did not find the mail until I got back from out of town on 11/29/2013, with another note saying I was dismissed, voluntary and able for rehire. So for that I feel like I was mentally abused and conned out of a job and benefits because as of midnight of the date, all my Benefits dropped and I paid all my out of pocket and deductible. I still have the all the paperwork.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2014
Ordered the black Friday tires on 11/29. First it said expected in store 12/12 to 12/19, then it changed to 12/17 to 12/25. On 12/20 I get an email saying they shipped. On 12/26 I get an email saying order delayed... don't know when they'll be in. I email to find out what the heck is up. I really need the tires. After the standard auto email that says check tracking info which of course is unavailable I email back and forth and they tell me to wait 24 hours and if they don't come in to contact them again. I wait over 48 hrs. and contact. They send me to the store to ask about them. So I drive on my not so good tires to store and the site to store person tells me we have nothing to do with Walmart.com.
So I admit I go out of store ranting about it and the greeter stops me and takes me to another manager. In return I am sent to the tire and lube manager who tries to help but can only offer the substandard tire that is the same price regularly as the sale price but is not the same value. I would get a $50 dollar tire for my money instead of the $80 tire for $49. She informs me that my order comes up as unavailable and she doesn't know if they will get more. She tells me to call her tomorrow and she will see what she can do. I called the next morning and she couldn't do anything but at least she tried. So I call in to a number I got while in store and talk to an actual person at Walmart.com and she tries to look up and give me a comparable replacement but says it shows not allowed. She says I can wait to see if they come in or get a refund. I tell her I really need the tires so I wait.
I go to another Walmart and see they have 3 of the tires and I know the store I have been dealing with has 2. So I go back to the original store on 1/3 and ask another manager for the tire and lube shop (the first one was off that day) if there was any way to get the tires together to fulfill the order and he says probably but calls the assistant manager for the site to store and then relays to me she is researching mine and 2 other orders like it and she will call me. Later that day she calls and tells me they are cancelling the order that they will refund to my card. I even asked about the solution I found and she says they can't do that and gives me one of the most insincere sorry I have ever heard. I inform her sorry doesn't get it and I will never shop at Walmart again.
The next day I get an email that says since I didn't pick up my order it is being cancelled. That is a total lie and makes me look like the irresponsible party. I won't pretend to know law but is that slander to enter such a lie into their system. A refund does me no justice now as I cannot go elsewhere and get Black Friday sale price on tires. They kept me strung along for over a month, they've had my money since 12/20 (when they said they shipped, which I now believe was a total false statement), and now I have to wait who knows how long to get my money returned.
I am extremely pissed as I think this was all a scam to drive up their numbers. I have wasted my gas, my time and my patience trying to get my order. I have been stressed about the condition of the tires as I cannot afford to go out and buy other tires while Walmart has sat on my money and made false statements on where and what happened to my order. I plan to never shop Walmart again. At least you hear of other retailers trying to make up for their blunders and not try to turn around and falsely blame the customer. All I got was an insincere sorry and a sorry-about-your luck attitude.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2014
I tripped in a Walmart store at Guayama, P.R. Dec 3rd 2013 because of management Negligence of this mega store to fix the floor tiles. They are hazardous to all who goes in and out even their own associates. Because of this, it cause me back pain a big lump & trauma. I was treated like a hit and run accident. They treat me with no intention to help. They told me walk to fill-out an accident report, and made me limp to the front of the store, no wheel chair or anything. The Walmart representative sat me down because I ask the lady at the dressing room area if she could lend me her seat and the person taking the report told her to give me a seat. After writing under pain, I signed the report and it was just an, "OK! Miss, Walmart USA will call you. Thank you have a good night. Hope feel better. Bye!" Where are the Value of the client's health? Where is their responsibility with the customer?
Hello, the floor is in terrible condition. I had never notice. I don't walk looking toward the floor but after this accident, I went to emergency room Early morning, after a brutal night of pain. All night putting on hot and cold pads and drinking this and that. I realize it was not a simple pain so decided to go to Emergency room where I spent the day talking me to x-rays and with pain killers. I still get the pain in my right knee, thigh and back, and the X-ray says among others "scoliosis due to trauma". They called after a week. Company ask for my health conditions, my SS and personal info. and then called again the 24th of Dec to get information and ask for the bill to investigate, and pay the bill and can't go over 300 because I will have to pay. I truly do not understand what about my health. I have pictures of the floor.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2014
On 11/28/13 Walmart had a special on 32-inch TV for $98.00 ,and for the people that arrived later in the day, we were offered a guarantee to pay for the TV and it would be shipped before Christmas. Walmart has not answered my three emails asking them what happened with my order, I ask for another 32-inch to replacement, the one they promised to ship before Christmas, to my prevail, I have not received my TV or an answer asking for an explanation. I also have receipt of guarantee shipment before Christmas, plus the tracking number with the states the TV has been in since 12/14/13. Please assist me with this matter.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2014
On 12/16/13, I bought two (2) bundle packages as the ONLY Christmas gift that my boys will be getting. Both laptops were shipped to me, in one box. I received the package, minus a laptop, on 12/19. The packing slip stated that both were shipped in the box and the order form did NOT contain any serial numbers connected to each laptop. After I realized what happened, I called customer service. Understanding it was the week before Christmas, I waited patiently. After 45 minutes, the system hung up on me, so I called back. 45 minutes later, the system hung up on me again.
I called the next morning and spoke to a very rude man. By the end of the conversation, he had me crying and in fits. I have never been spoken to like that by customer or worker in my entire life! "My word of advice, this is why I don't shop online." I lost my temper and let him know that this was the first problem I ever had with online ordering and it would be the last with Walmart. So I called the next day and spoke to a nice lady who wound up letting me talk to a supervisor. Sadly, all 3 people said the same thing. I needed a police report and to send it to them.
Once I did, they would take 7 days and send me my son's STOLEN laptop. 7 days later, I asked for an update: "It has been over a week, since I reported my son's laptop stolen, and a week since I had the police report taken. I would like to know where we are at, to resolve this and get my son, his laptop, before school begins again." Their reply was, "Your question has been received. You should expect a response from us within 24 hours." That was a week ago and since then, I continue to get the same response but with different time frames ranging from 24 hours to 10 business days. Each email I get, I think is a different worker. Last night, this was the reply I was given by someone, "We are still researching this matter and apologize for the delay. We will contact you again within 3 to 5 business days with your requested information. If you have additional questions, please reply to this email."
My son was heartbroken, watching his brother get the only laptop that arrived. There is not a single thing you can say to these people, to make them understand what you are going through. I even snapped on someone when they said, "I understand what you are going through." Oh heck no you don't!!! I apparently have upset people, as they have gone silent on me. I've reached out to some media people and they backed off when I mentioned the name of the company. Just what kind of hold does Walmart have on this country!? What happened to the phrase "the customer is always right?"
I will weigh my legal options by next week. I'm sure that there won't be any because I will go broke over a $300 laptop, with all of the legal fees and stalling tactics that they use to break the common person (aka, their customers). I will not step foot into another one nor will I use their website. I will start ordering (when needed) with Amazon or NewEgg. I will start shopping at other stores, even if I have to drive all over to get it all done. Making a kid cry on Christmas... Walmart has become a true Grinch/Scrooge all in one!
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
Missing food - This is the third time I've paid for something and did not have it at home. This time, it was bananas.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
On December 31, 2013 I went to Walmart to return my recently bought Huawei ascend y210 cell phone, which was only bought 5 days prior. The phone was a gift from my mother in law which we went to walmart together to pick it out. The phone worked alright for one day and then I found out everything was not working right, like the browser when online would not stay up -- it kept crashing no matter what. Also a few different things was not working right, I couldn't receive text that people were sending to me, and a lot of times I would send someone a text message and they would never get it and this was getting very frustrating to me. When I got the phone, the way the packaging is made you had to tear it apart pretty good to get into the phone itself or else I would have kept the package as I always do for everything I get. Also, thinking I wouldn't have to return it, I threw it out a few days after I got it.
When I went to take it back I told the man working all that was wrong with the phone. I had everything that came with the phone, except the package. I didn't want to get my money back, I just wanted to trade for a different phone or another phone in the store. He told me there was no way I could get another phone and would not help me. So I am stuck with a phone that was approx a hundred dollars that only worked for a couple days. If it was something simple and could still use the phone it wouldn't be so bad but nothing works on it and it's impossible to use so I am very frustrated with this, there is no way this could be fair. I have taken things back before at Walmart and different stores in my life even other cell phones and I have never heard of such a thing. There must be something I can do for its a shame to pay such an amount of money and get a gift that is no good to me whatsoever. Please help. Also just in case you need to know I do have a receipt with the purchase etc on it too.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2013
I lined up for 2 hours on Black Friday for a 32 inch tv that was advertised. I paid in the store and went online and registered as was requested and have received many emails about them not having the tv that was advertised but would give a substitution. I received the last email on 12/12 that they would mail me my tv and would email me as soon as it was mailed. I have not received any more emails from them since and now I received an email saying that I will be refunded the money. I called customer service and after waiting 20 minutes to speak with someone and then another 20 minutes to speak with a supervisor, they said they sent me 2 emails that it was shipped to the store and I did not go pick it up that is why my money was refunded. I check back through my emails again and I never received an email to that effect. It is just a scam. I am so mad at them for keeping my money for over a month and then tell lies.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2013
I Googled a Braun Series 5 Electric Razor and found Walmart advertised one for $125. I went into the store to buy it and it rang up for $147.99. I showed the manager the pricing on my phone but he said it was an online price only and they can't honor those prices in the store. I asked him to show me on my phone where it said that and he couldn't find it. He went back and printed the policy off his computer and said that's what they follow. I was astounded this company not only insulted and mistreated a loyal customer... but they flat out ignored their blatant deception in advertising. I went to Best Buy and purchased it for the price they advertised and got points for my purchase which will yield a gift card. I have NEVER had such a horrendous shopping experience particularly when they openly lied about their pricing to me. It astounds me that a large corporation like this would be so smug about falsely advertising their products.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2013
When I went to Walmart to get my children a betta the fish had clean water and a few dead fish, mostly one fish and the bettas. Had dirty water and the container were mixed up with the breeds of bettas. The one I bought was a veil tail - the container said crowntail. He's back to health now but when bought he had a bit off fin and was losing his color.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
First off I work for the Gastonia Walmart off Myrtle School Rd. and at first I admit, I thought it was a really great job. I had decent hours, and not too bad. Shortly afterwards I came to realize that as a sales associate in toys you are required to do numerous tasks, some of which are required to do before you can leave or go to lunch. Really I understood that some I mean every job has required tasks, but there you are treated as a dog, like working you to the breaking point, and how do you get rewarded for your hard work, no bonuses, no hours. I don't have any work days from now on past Jan 10. I left my last job for this in hopes of more hours but I was sadly mistaken.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
"From Walmart's website: Walmart is committed to providing you superior customer service and a pleasant shopping experience." On that, Walmart failed completely. I spent much of December 26, 2013 and December 27, 2013 trying to exchange or return a gift, 9 inch electronic tablet, bought online from Walmart. First, the receiver of the gift tried to return it for credit to buy a better electronic tablet. No, no returns on this gift.. I took it to the Walmart store myself with the receipt to be told it had to be returned online and within 15 days of purchase. The customer rep stated Walmart does not give 90 days for returns despite a large sign over the customer service desk stating that my receipt stated it was less than 90 days from my arrival at the Walmart customer service desk.
I then emailed Walmart online customer service. I am disappointed that Walmart representatives did not read my concern and problem. Robots returned messages and never did a human being read my emails. They repeated the emails no matter what I sent them as information. The 9 inch tablet was purchased for a Christmas present and given on Dec. 25. The receiver did take it Dec 26 to the store and was refused a return. When asked why it was not given a refund, credit or allowance to upgrade the repeated response was: Walmart declares Christmas purchases as starting November 1, 2013. I had purchased the gift October 11, 2013 and it arrived at my home on October 23. Either date is less than 90 days before December 26 when the request for refund was made.
Since I did not receive the item for 12 days after purchase this is a false threat. How does one purchase a Christmas gift in advance and return it within 3 days? Dec 27, 2013 I spent over an hour on the telephone with Walmart.com. Twice the "staff" hung up on me, the third time the "customer rep" said I had to talk to the manufacturer for a return and they would connect me. Instead they connected me with a real estate office. When I called back to Walmart they did not apologize or for the wrong referral to the real estate office. Incompetence is allowed in customer service at Walmart. Three separate media have been used trying to get a legitimate response of how to return a Christmas present within 90 days of purchase and within Christmas. Walmart has proven unresponsive to courteous waiting and asking for help.
I still have the 9 inch tablet for which I paid retail and not Black Friday price. I have had no help from Walmart in three separate customer service media. My dissatisfaction verges on anger. Walmart took my money and have no intention to help me to bring satisfaction to the person I sought to give this gift. I have GIFT THAT FAILED AND WALMART WILL NOT MAKE GOOD ON THEIR POLICY.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
I made a purchase on Walmart.com using a $200 gift card that I had bought on September 16th 2013. Later I decided that I didn't want the product and called Walmart.com and cancelled it. They told me the $200 would be refunded to my gift card which I had kept and I still have in my possession in case something went wrong. I got the confirmation email stating that two separate refunds had been made to my gift card and it stated the gift card number and it matched mine. The two refund amounts were $136.83 made on 10/31/2013 and $63.17 on 11/01/2013 totaling $200. When I went to Walmart in Williston, VT on 11/16/2013 I tried to make a purchase and the cashier told me that there was a zero balance. We then called the number on the back which confirmed that the gift card had $0. I then asked for him to call a manager who printed out a history of the transactions and it showed that it had been redeemed on 11/04/2013 at store number 2902 which is some store in Massachusetts.
The manager saw that I still had the gift card in my possession but informed me that I had to go through Walmart.com to get my money back. I have contacted them SEVERAL times just trying to get my money back and about the 8th time I called they informed me that since it had been refunded and then stolen that it's treated like cash and I can't get the money back. I have tried numerous different numbers from Walmart.com to corporate to the store I bought the gift card from and none of them seem to be able to help me. I haven't gotten any further from when I started a month and a half ago. I will never shop at Walmart again and I will bring this to CNN's attention for them to investigate Walmart and their unjust practices.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
I ordered an iPad from Walmart that was guaranteed for delivery by 12/24 and I paid expedited delivery fee to ensure it. The item still has not come. Walmart refused to credit me for the expedited delivery and stated UPS said the delivery was made. I was home all day and am absolutely sure it was not delivered. A delivery person cannot approach my home without me being aware. Walmart insists I file a police report or they will not investigate it. I refused, since Walmart is abusing our police with such frivolous police reports and causing taxpayers to foot the bill.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
From mid-Oct. thru Nov. I purchased 7 online orders from Walmart. I have 90 days to make returns. I bought clothes for myself and gifts for Christmas. I am a senior, disabled and cannot get out. I am seriously ill. Things went well at first but then orders came in bits & pieces and no information with them to the point I could not tell what went with what order. There is an order history under my e-mail but it is in no way accurate and cannot be printed out as things are in a hyperlink which will not print. I need correct information to return things and I wanted a receipt for gift's I gave to people. That was not to be.
I started calling and writing Walmart in early Nov and as of yet have gotten nowhere. Without a receipt I told them I would not use them as gifts. Walmart did not care. There were 2 items missing out of the orders. Walmart did replace them but with the wrong size and color. When they replaced them, they marked the item on the order as returned. That is how they do it. That would be no problem except they were replaced with the wrong thing and I now have no way to return them and they will not answer me. The items they sent for replacement are marked FREE so it looks like I returned the original and got my money back. Not so.
All I want from Walmart are the 7 prepaid return labels for the 7 orders and I can put them on the bags, I have a neighbor that will take them to the Post Office and they will be returned and I will get my money back. That is all I want. If Walmart had cooperated early on, I would have had only the 2 missing/replaced items to deal with. But, that was not to be. I am keeping everything I bought for myself. I only have a matter of days to do this and I have literally spent every day all day writing and calling Walmart. They give me link after link to fill in and none of them work. I repeatedly report the links as not working and they turn right around and give me the link again. I have called and written everyone from the CEO down to the lowest in customer service. Yesterday I spent the entire day on their FB page and they just kept telling me to fill in the form on the link. Nothing will submit on the links.
I have Lupus, Lymes, Fibo, CFS, Sojourns and all the others things that go with these things and this is causing one flare up after another. I cannot take any more. I live alone and really need help. I cannot throw away all this money and cannot get help from Walmart. Also some of the items are not wearable. They looked fine online but you can see right thru them. No one I know would wear a top when it is like having nothing on. Then they have the tagless clothes. That is fine except the information is stamped in black and shows thru and you can read the entire tag on the outside of the clothes. Please help.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
The Walmart here in Crawfordsville, IN is one of the dirtiest stores I have ever been in. There used to be a Target and Sears here but Walmart managed to run them out. Walmart is the only store in town where you can buy a little of everything. To do any major shopping it is at Walmart or you drive 30 miles in any direction to shop. I have voiced my opinion several times about their appearance and the lack of having things stocked and all you get is to either do it here or go elsewhere. The employee's attitude is very rude and just plain don't give a damn. I go there for necessities only. I do my shopping 30 miles away. This store is a disgrace to the Community and no one can do anything about it.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
When I purchased a Christmas present I used my Debit Card. I had to return the item and the purchase price was credited back to my Debit Card. 2 days later it still has not shown back to my bank account. Upon calling the Manager of this Walmart I was informed it would take 2 weeks for it to show back up on my account. If it goes out of the bank the same day then it should return to the bank the same day. This is not right.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
Placed an order online for Christmas cards. Received a confirmation email saying my order was ready for pick up. Drove to the La Quinta, CA Wal-Mart and stood in line for 45 minutes to then be told that they were unsuccessful locating my order and can not do anything further without her supervisor whom was at lunch. 30 more minutes pass before I notice my Christmas cards among clutter without an envelop to protect them. Employee gives me the 50 cards with 10 envelopes because they ran out of them. I asked for a discount when I noticed the cut was wrong. The cards had a 1-inch white strip on the top while the bottom was cut off. This was the last straw for me. Between rude customers and employees, messy aisles and unstocked shelves, I had enough.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
I went to Walmart in Hagerstown, MD on 12/21/2013. I purchased a pack of underwear, socks and a toy for each one of my children. I walked out of there w/ one toy and no socks, underwear, and one toy short. They would not let me speak to a manager and I was treated very disrespectfully except by the guy that watched the cameras and I thanked him for treating me like a human being ;)!! This is a very long, long heartbreaking story about how unfairly people that shop at a billion $ company are treated.
My sons had no idea what Santa was bringing them but they did know what they ask for and what they needed. What child ages 6 and 8 ask for socks, underwear and a heater for their room cause I can't afford fuel. My sweet boys that is who!! And I could not even give them what they needed and they both had to share one toy. So to you Walmart I hope you had a merry Christmas. Because while you and your family opened your gifts by a fire and you saw their smiling faces, my kids said "thank you Santa. We will be better next year PROMISE!!" I am very broken. But have a wonderful holiday season. All I wanted was to make them smile.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2013
I purchased an item from Walmart for Christmas several weeks before Christmas. On the day of "arrival", I called FedEx asking why my tracking information had not updated. They said they never received any such tracking information. They asked for my address and information and confirmed they have no packages going to my address. WALMART never shipped my item! This was a Christmas gift for a 5-year-old little girl who will now have nothing on Christmas. I'll have to show her pictures of her item because Santa was late - Walmart destroyer of dreams. ** Walmart. Never again. I called them and they confirmed they have no idea where it is and could only issue a replacement or refund, neither of which would make it by Christmas. Never buy from this company. Believe all terrible things you hear about them. They ruin lives.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
Until today, I was an employee of Walmart store no. 3337 located in Rio Grande, New Jersey. I am writing this correspondence because I believe that someone should know about the policies that are in force at the above-mentioned store. Let me start off by saying that I was hired on May 17th, 2013 to work as a security officer in the AP Department. I was hired because of my credentials in the security field. I had numerous accommodations from my past employment of approx. 20 years at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel Casino. After approximately 90 days of little to no training, I was informed that I would not be able to continue in this department due to the fact that I had little experience on their computer system. I might add that this was never brought to my attention during my interview that computers were one of the necessary requirements of the job. I also expressed my concerns to them of my lack of training.
It seemed that the person who was to be responsible for my training would clock-in to begin his shift and then suddenly "disappear" from the premises. When I questioned this, the only answer I had gotten was that nobody knew. So my question is this: How can I be properly trained for a job and told that I didn't know computers when the person who was supposed to be training me, was on company time but not on the premises? Also, there was never anyone on the floor as an undercover shopper, and even with my lack of training, there were many days where I would be the only undercover shopper working my shift covering every single department in the whole entire Rio Grande, Walmart store. Even with my persistence to stay in the department, I was transferred over to unloading trucks and was given a large pay cut.
The first day that I was trained in this new department and had observed the heavy lifting and pulling that it entailed, I informed them that I had not only a herniated disc surgery, but also an operation to have my middle left lobe of my lung removed and therefore would not make a good candidate for this department. Eventually these complaints fell on deaf ears and on November 3, 2013, I informed Walmart that I had injured my back and was taken to Cape Urgent Care and put on light duty. This duty entailed that I be made a "greeter" wherein I am to meet people at the door of Walmart and check their receipts and their purchases. This is Walmart's policy. I assumed that this was one of the ways Walmart used to prevent theft.
After standing for several hours at a time, I informed them of my back pain wherein I was told to sit in a chair. My doctor wrote orders that I was only to be on my feet for 15 minutes at a time. Even with those orders written, I was eventually given a cart loaded with merchandise to push around Walmart and put things back on the shelves. When I told my supervisor that I could only do this for 15 minutes due to the pain in my back and legs, I was sent home without pay. It seemed that after that point in time, I felt discriminated upon due to the fact that I was injured. This brings me to the point in time that led me to be terminated.
On December 20, 2013, while working the door in my capacity as "greeter", a gentleman customer was attempting to leave the premises when the alarm sounded. I approached the customer and asked, "Do you have your receipt sir?" In the process of pulling out several receipts and attempting to leave through the doors, the alarm kept sounding. The customer then pulled out his receipt but also informed me that "You caught me", "I stole this" and showed me what he had in his pocket which was some item stolen from the electronics department. I then called for a supervisor which took approximately 10 minutes. The CEO Sam, who terminated me, advised me that I was being "let go" because I made a "bad stop".
My question is, "How could I have made a 'bad stop' when I'm not even in the security department any longer and was simply waiting for a supervisor to come on the scene." I was also told that I detained this customer for 5 minutes. I at no time attempted to keep the customer from leaving and he waited for someone on his own accord. I never told him that he could not leave the premises or that he had to wait for anyone to come on the scene. He totally took it upon himself not to leave. Another question in my mind is "why are "greeters" made to ask to see customers receipts if they are going to be terminated for stopping someone that is stealing? That to me makes no sense whatsoever, as I was told that that is Walmart's policy which I mentioned in the above paragraph when I was transferred to light duty to become a greeter.
Isn't this a "good thing", that a shoplifter is "caught"? I felt that I was unjustly terminated as I did not do anything that would be worthy of termination. Also, as a greeter, I was never told nor trained on what policies to follow should there come an issue where a customer does in fact have stolen merchandise on his body. How can I be fired for something that I was never trained to handle? Also, what other recourse could I have taken in a situation like this? Who else was I supposed to call? At the time, there was no security on the premises so I took it upon myself to call for someone above me which is why I immediately called for a supervisor.
If I for any point in time thought that I deserved to be terminated, I would not be taking the time to explain this in my correspondence, but I really feel that I was given a bum deal. I was never trained properly from day one, and therefore went from one department to another. This was all due in fact to not receiving the proper training in the first place. If I was good enough to work at one of the biggest casino's in Atlantic City guarding billions of dollars for twenty years, I think that I am more than worthy of handling the security situations at my local Walmart store had I ONLY been trained PROPERLY. Thank you for your time in reading this correspondence, if I do not receive a reply within the next week, I will be forced to let my attorney handle same."
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
Have waited patiently. Now December 22. 1 hour on phone waiting for Walmart customer service: "Sorry we cannot help you. It not our job to track your order. You will just have to wait. We cannot tell you when you are getting your order. We are shipping millions of orders and cannot give everyone an answer on when they will be getting their items. If you do not get your item by tomorrow then we will see what Walmart will do." REALLY!!! Horrible experience. Never will I shop Walmart Black Friday again. Next year TARGET!
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
On December 2nd, 2013, I purchased an outdoor swing set through Walmart.com for $761.91. I opted to have the set shipped to a nearby store (Lakewood, CA Walmart) since Walmart.com offered free ship to store. In addition, I opted to pay for the item in store with my debit card/cash. I went to the Walmart store (Long Beach Towne Center Walmart) that same day to pay for it. I didn't realize that I was not at the same store that I had shipped the swing set to. Both stores are on the same street. But I guess it didn't matter and the Long Beach Towne Center took my payment anyways. The very next day, Dec. 3rd, I decided to cancel my order because I had discovered that the swing set would be too big and not fit in our backyard. When I called Walmart.com, they told me that since my order was "in progress", I would have to wait until the item physically gets to the Walmart store and return it for a refund. This seemed odd to me because I was able to return another swing set I had purchased with my Walmart Discover card EVEN though it had already shipped!
Nonetheless, I waited until the item was received by the Walmart store. I went to the Walmart store to return my item and get a refund. Mind you, I hadn't even seen nor touched the item. I requested my refund at the store. The customer service rep proceeded with the transaction and gave me a receipt. She indicated to me that I would receive my refund and that it would post to my account within 3-5 business days. I thought it was weird that she didn't take/want the debit card I used to make my purchase to complete the transaction. Also, I didn't realize until later that my receipt said my purchase had been "flagged" for a refund and not "issued" a refund. I did not think anything of it. Later that evening, I received an email stating that I received a "payment adjustment" and that I needed to click on a link (within the email) to indicate whether or not I wanted to receive my refund of $761.91 by check by mail or pay in person at ANY Walmart store.
I opted for the pay in person at ANY Walmart store since I figured that a check would take too long. I followed the email instructions and printed out the form that says that I am owed a refund of $761.91 and to go to any Walmart to collect my refund in cash with a valid ID. The form had my order number and what looked like a bar code as well. The very next day, I decided to go to the Walmart next to my work (Norwalk, CA) since the form stated that I could go to ANY Walmart to collect my refund. I go and waste 2+ hours at Walmart as the customer service team and assistant manager, Zubair, investigated and researched my claim. They came to the conclusion that while it does look like I have a legitimate refund claim, that they would not be able to issue me my refund since it seemed as if I already had a refund that was "in progress/process".
He advised me to wait 5 business days and referred me back to Walmart.com. He also said that he wanted to help and he gave me his direct line and name. I waited 5 business days, still no refund posted to my account. I called Walmart.com to inquire about my issue. They told me that I needed to go to the store to get my refund. When I told them that the store refused, they said that I needed to "instruct" them to call their "multichannel number" and figure out how to do a pay in person refund. Not only was I getting the run around, but all of this miscommunication between Walmart.com and the Walmart store falls on the consumer's shoulders. Why was I responsible for communicating messages between Walmart.com and the store? I called the Norwalk store to speak with Zubair and of course, he was conveniently "unavailable".
I decided to email Walmart.com's customer service for help. Walmart.com states that a customer service rep would get back to me on my issue. What I got back was an automated message "fixing" my problem. Their "fix" to my problem was that once again, I needed to go to the store to get my refund and it's waiting for me. When I log on to Walmart.com, it says that yes indeed, I am owed a refund of $761.91. I decided to go back to the Lakewood store to try again. Again, I wasted 2.5 hours of time with their customer service rep. Tiffany (who was quite rude and argumentative), assistant manager Donna, and this time, a rep from their accounting dept (Hyscent) researching and investigating. Again, I was not going to be issued an in store refund from them because when they put my order number into their computer system, it says that a refund was already issued!
I told them that I have bank statements, email correspondence, etc. as proof that I am still owed this money that I have not gotten. While on the phone with Walmart.com at the store, Walmart.com still confirmed with me that I was owed an in store refund. Donna was practically arguing with the rep from Walmart.com on the phone and asked to speak with her superior. It didn't make me feel any better that this cluster** was getting worse and there is/was absolutely no communication between Walmart.com and the Walmart store. I truly believe that all this confusion and miscommunication is a deliberate action on the part of Walmart to further confuse and swindle the consumer while holding onto their money. I am going to make one more attempt to go back to Walmart but this time to the Long Beach center one to see if they will give me my refund.
I have already filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau and will be writing to the Attorney General. I have also written and contacted CBS news David Goldstein investigates to prompt an investigation of the shady business practices of Walmart. I am beyond frustrated with Walmart. I just want my refund of $761.91. And not only do I not have my refund, but they have the merchandise too when technically, I should take it back since they haven't given me my refund! I have email correspondence between myself and Walmart.com. They promised a manager would contact me within 24-48 hours and I haven't heard from anyone. They also sent me conflicting emails.
First, they said go to the store, then they said "we've escalated the issue and have issued you a refund, it will take 3-5 business days". Then they sent an email going back to "you need to go to the store", then another one saying that they processed my refund and I'll need to wait about 3 weeks. Then finally, it goes back to "you need to go back to the store". I haven't been living in a Walmart nightmare for the past 2+ weeks! What do I do now? Walmart owes me $761.91 and no one seems to know how to help me! They (Walmart.com and the stores) keep blaming/pointing the finger at each other! I don't even know who to hold responsible?! They each claim that they are 2 separate entities and that they do not "deal" with each other?! Then how is it that I can order something on Walmart.com and then have the option to pay for it in store??!
Hyscent (account employee from Lakewood Walmart) advised for me to wait another few days because Walmart might be backed up. I am losing my patience and have wasted enough time! $762.91 is not a little tube of toothpaste we're talking about here! I looked into small claims; however, they are unable to help since even though it is a small claim, Walmart is a big corporation. I would like to seek legal counsel as I have exhausted all avenues and options. I will provide all of the documentation, email correspondence, etc. needed to help with my case. I have names written, timeline of events, receipts, etc.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
I always take my cars to Wal-Mart for oil changes and batteries. On December 18, 2013 I took my car a Toyota Avalon for an oil change at the store located at 1001 73rd St Des moines IA 50324. I was told my car had an oil leak somewhere, (the car never had a leak before and I was surprised). I told the attendant so and told him to have the oil changed anyway and that I will have the car inspected and repaired at my mechanic's garage. The servicemen (two of them) looked under the car and then the car was accepted and the attendant drove the car inside at 3:00 pm. There was only one car ahead of me, then after about a half hour I noticed another car being brought inside to the next bay for a change of tires (bigger sale). I also noticed that there were only two people working in the whole service area and that those two people moved to the tire section and started working in the car that needed the tires although that car was last on line. We waited and waited for several hours with patience because we were already there.
The gentleman in front of me got his car ready at about 6:45 pm and finally the two technicians moved to work in my car. At about 7:00 pm I notices that my car was driven out of the service area and the attendant at the service desk called me and told me as follows: "Sir, we apologize for the delay, but we are not going to charge you anything for our services but we didn't change your oil because you have a leak." (They knew that already and agreed to change the oil). I was flabbergasted, not charge me anything for their services, what services? Waiting four hours and doing nothing. I told him in certain terms that waiting 4 hours for a service that takes less that 30 minutes was not acceptable and demanded to see the manager.
A shift manager came offered his hand and started to talk a lot of nonsense, among some that he did not believe I waited four hours and that he did not believe that the servicemen looked under the car, that he would check the cameras to see it. I told him go ahead and that essentially he was calling me a liar, then he left and never came back. The attendant tried to give a receipt and told me that he would make a note in his computer for me to receive a free oil change in the future (sure), just for the heck of it I told him to give that in writing for which after hesitating he scribbled a note on the receipt "oil change com'd. Segei (hardly can read it).
Of course I will never come back to this Wal-Mart for a car service or item and for that matter to any Wal-Mart (although I have been doing that for years). The receipt that I was given states very clearly that "I do agree and fully understand that my motor vehicle had a low oil level when I brought it to Wal-Mart for an oil change." This was pointed out to me, that I willingly requested Wal-Mart to change the oil. That I will not hold Wal-Mart responsible for any damage to my motor vehicle by the low oil level". Incidentally in their comments they describe in exaggeration "massive oil leak". I took my car to the mechanic shop today and the leak was fixed by tightening the front cover. The shift manager and attendant at this Wal-Mart should be disciplined and Wal-Mart should issue a true apology.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
Walmart falls way short on black friday ads. Ok, are there any attorneys taking this case? Walmart has had all of our money for a month and we still don't have the products. They ran out of the original t.v by the 7th person in line. They offered a substandard and now ran out of that and are now offering a no name brand. It was suppose to be equal or better. This is not equal but if we don't like it, we have to wait for the substandard TV to be delivered and then we have to haul it back to Walmart, wait in line and get our money back. This is such a scam and SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. This is the note we received today:
"Thank you for your recent 1-Hour Guarantee order. We’re excited by your response and are committed to ensuring that your order is fulfilled by December 22nd. Due to the overwhelming response, the Emerson LF320EM4F 32″ 720p 60Hz LED HDTV is no longer available. We will ship you a SCEPTRE X322BV-HDR 32″ LED Class 720P HDTV with ultra slim metal brush bezel, 60Hz which is of equal or greater value and has the same specifications, including 720p HDTV, 60Hz, multiple HDMI inputs, and built in tuner. You can learn more about your 32” LED TV and view customer reviews at SCEPTRE X322BV-HDR 32″ LED Class 720P HDTV with ultra slim metal brush bezel, 60Hz. We hope you enjoy the product.
You will receive another email as soon as your product has been shipped. If you do not want the SCEPTRE X322BV-HDR 32″ LED Class 720P HDTV with ultra slim metal brush bezel, 60Hz, you can return your 32” LED TV to the Customer Service desk at any Walmart store with your receipt and receive a full refund.Since Black Friday, we have heard feedback from customers on how we can improve our 1-Hour Guarantee process. It is our hope that you are satisfied with your shopping experience."
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2013
At the Etters, PA store, the store is nice. But when having to use the customer service department, it is a challenging experience, especially if a woman named ** is working. She is mean and rude. Standing in line, she berates everyone and when they walk away, she says horrible things about them to a coworker in front of the customers standing in line.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2013
I absolutely hate Walmart in Russellville, AR. The managers are extremely rude here. And I'm speaking about RUDE. I've seen the way these managers treat their employees and it's absolutely ridiculous. I overheard a manager tell a girl that when she zones she doesn't need to be taking that product back to the department it came from. He told her she needs to just stick it on a stack base and go back to zoning. After having many friends and family members working at Walmart they all agreed that it was false information and it sounds like they are trying to get her in trouble.
You can't speak to one another unless you want a manager jumping down your throat. They obviously have no communication skills either. I saw one day a few employees getting frustrated with them because they had to redo an end cap several times all because they couldn't make up their minds and weren't informing other managers what they had told them to do. It's hard to even speak to one of these people because they'd rather pay attention to the talking in their ear other than helping a customer to get an item.
As long as you're there spending your money in their store they are nice to you. Other than that they could care less about anybody but themselves. They treat the employees like slaves. They honestly work these people to death and then complain saying they aren't working fast enough. If they want work done at a faster pace, then I think they need to do some of them work themselves. This store is constantly having to rehire people because they quit a few weeks into working there because of how bad they treat the workers. I have a friend that told me he quit because the managers are up your ass on a regular basis telling you to work faster, wondering why this isn't done, what's taking so long, they end up speaking to you about how much of a failure you're being and if its not done their way its wrong. The managers need to be replaced!
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2013
My issue is very simple. I am a new Walmart employee and have received only two paychecks thus far. Unfortunately, both checks were short hours worked. The first was short by 8 hours and the second by 16. I just finished trying to get this SNAFU fixed... talking to several supervisors and managers and personnel reps... all to no avail.
The first woman in personnel that I talked to said, "You didn't work these days you are saying. I don't know why you are saying that. My computer shows nothing and it isn't wrong. You didn't work; or you didn't clock in. If you do not clock in you do not get paid; that is company policy." I showed her my own personal written account for my days worked and she said, "Your papers mean nothing to me... only what is in my computer. The computer says you never clocked in these days you say you worked. You did not work these days, so I do not know why you are insisting you did. Walmart is not going to pay you because you cannot prove it. You have nothing to show your claims. The computer shows no clock in or out or to lunch or back from lunch. You were never here. Your checks were correct." When I asked to speak to the store manager she turned back around to her computer and waived her hand in the air, "He is out on the floor somewhere. You can go find him."
Today I talked to different managers and supervisors for the store, but it is all the same story. I am repeatedly being told there is ZERO record of my having worked the days in question. "You did not work, or maybe you forgot to clock in (I didn't). Our time clock records show absolutely nothing. Maybe you are confused or mistaken." Then they tried the explanation of the 'shifting-hours-to-the-next-day-due-to-your-graveyard-shift' approach. Then they said there is no way the time clock records can be changed without it showing on the screen when and who changed the hours, "It would show up in the computer if anything like that had in fact occurred. There is nothing as you can see, so you must be mistaken. There is absolutely no record of you being here those days, nothing at all. There would have been something if you had clocked in and worked those days even if the time clock had malfunctioned at some point; something would still have shown up."
They are trying like hell to convince me I did not work those three days. Three days... 24 hours at $9.70 per hour. Isn't that nice? Are those few hundred dollars worth of work that I did for them that important to their bottom line that they have to rook me out of what is rightfully mine? I WORKED for that pay and I HAVE NOT received it. In the meantime, as I sit here typing this and waiting for my shift later on this evening I find myself wondering what their answers will be to me tonight? What will they say?
They DID say they would check up on the whole thing and get back to me tonight at work. I wonder if they will tell me I must be mistaken and that there is nothing they can do and I should keep better records or get more sleep or learn to understand a pay system I do not understand or stop trying to pull whatever it is I am trying to pull, or some similarly screwy response. And what, pray tell, will happen to the three days that I worked that I was not paid for? Will they go the way of the Dodo? Be forgotten entirely? Whisked away by the invisible time-clock-hours-punched-eating monster?
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2013
Shopped at Walmart 12-7-13. Got home, found items missing from bag. Called the store. Said bring receipt in. Got to the store. They so called looked at the tape. Only gave me some of the items. The manager and one of the employees were not very helpful. I am a loyal customer to Walmart. I get prescriptions there as well as groceries, etc. I work hard for my money like everybody else. I don't feel it was fair. Just because you don't have my missing items on some log doesn't mean they're not missing. Anybody could have claimed my items behind me in line. After all that, I still went and purchased other items I forgot when I was there earlier. I know this is a busy time of year for the store, but they need a better method for situations like this. Dissatisfied customer!!!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2013
I purchased a laptop in store from Walmart. I get home and find it $20 cheaper on Walmart.com free shipping or site to store. I call the store and was told online prices aren't honored in store and I would have to return the laptop and order it online to get lower price. This is a product already stocked in store. There is no reason to order it online or site to store. I was told there is no other option, they get this all the time. Terrible way to do business.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
On Thanksgiving, I waited for an arm band. I fought through a crowded parking lot. Waited in line for hours to receive a PS4. Then waited to place this item on layaway. Today when I went to retrieve my item, I was told an employee sold it. I missed Thanksgiving dinner with my family simply to purchase this. I followed every rule. I was SO excited to be able to finally get this gift. I cannot BELIEVE that you have an employee that went to the stockroom and took MY item so that she could sell it to a friend or family member. That is the same as employee theft in my mind. I wanted to give this to the person early. I cleared a space, set up a TV and was ready for my little nephew.
This along with my time waiting and spending that holiday meal with my family was taken from me by your employee at the College Station, TX location. I will never ever trust your system of layaway again. I am considering letting our local news station know of the risks as well as posting on many social media sites. This employee should be terminated and your inventory control needs to be reevaluated. Yes, they promised to order me a new one. That does not get back my lost time, lost memories, and the sadness of a little boy who was expecting a surprise and now must wait.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2013
I have emails upon email making sure my order was not cancelled because of incorrect FEDEX shipping info submitted by your shipping department to your system. The same day it was corrected, another rep. tried to cancel the order and after intercepted the package after the info was corrected (that means it was going to the correct address when they intercepted). I got a confirmation email after sending a million emails stating that the order was not cancelled and it would be delivered, only to hear when the FEDEX driver came, that Walmart placed a stop and intercepted my package, after i was told by your rep. that the order was not cancelled. You would swear that the item was not paid for! Embarrassing!
The very day that the Rep that tried to cancel the order sent me an email stating this, I sent about three (3) emails clearly stating that I DO NOT want the order cancelled and that the error that was made by WALMART.COM, has since been corrected. Apparently no one read my emails. After all this, thinking that all this embarrassing inconvenience would be corrected by Walmart by instructing FEDEX to deliver my package the next day, I got an email yesterday stating that they are refunding me the purchase price, RIDICULOUS!!!!
Then why would I have purchased the item, after sending all these emails, wasting my time, you cancel my order, RIDICULOUS! If your rep that intercepted my package had done their job in the first place and research the matter, they would have seen that an incorrect tracking number was uploaded into your system and then I would not have to be put through all this drama. On top of all this, I called your hotline yesterday right after the FEDEX Driver left in an attempt to correct all this mess to be told by a supervisor that it is practically my fault because I wrote you all informing you all that the information uploaded BY WALMART was incorrect, HILARIOUS!!!!
And there was nothing they can do now and that I would now have to go purchase the item again at the HIGHER PRICE!!! AND WAIT A MILLION YEARS TO GET IT SHIPPED TO ME AGAIN!!! RIDICULOUS!!!! I am very upset and disappointed that a huge organisation like WALMART is so disorganized and that CUSTOMERS do not come first and Customer Service stinks!!!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2013
With empathy to the ICS associate who learned from experience that Walmart expects associates to unload trucks, in the shortest possible time with a crew below their own specified minimum. I worked as an unloader during my tenure at Walmart and I would see nervous assistants running back to the lead unloader asking why the truck(s) weren't finished within the time specified by Walmart. All the while these same assistants would be pulling an unloader here and there to send them on a completely unrelated task in another part of the store.
By the way, working as an unloader is the most physically demanding task in any Walmart. I would always gasp under my breath when I saw associates who had been pulled from another part of the store to work on the line, and they were more often than not, men and women of slight build who were not physically capable of keeping up the pace (An ideal unloader should be 6' 2" and look like an NFL linebacker who works out every day). The point of all this is that whoever in Walmart's Home Office designs a task and it's completion time doesn't have a clue.
I asked an assistant one evening how many cases per hour a grocery stocker should stock. The answer? This assistant said 60 cases per hour, So I asked, 60 cases of what? Heavy apple juice cans, or jars of baby food? The assistant gave me a look I'll never forget....She looked at me like I was from another planet in combination with a totally bewildered stare. She started mumbling and fumbling with her paperwork as she shuffled off. Later, she said it was 60 cases of anything. Do you get the mindset?
During my almost 21 years in the Air Force, I attended and graduated from Manpower Management School where I learned how tasks are designed. There are a number of parameters to use when designing work, and "60 cases of anything" is just hilarious. I always had to remind myself that I wasn't dealing with professionals, and thanked my good fortune that the assistants in the store were not doing aircraft maintenance. Whoever Walmart designated to design work tasks must have the lowest bidder who employed C- wannabees.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2013
I bought all the supplies needed for Thanksgiving dinner at Walmart this year. I put all my groceries away when I got home and smelled something really strange like nail polish remover. I smelled it on my evaporated milk and washed it off in the sink. I also washed it off an unopened pepper grinder. Then I smelled it on a bag of dark brown sugar. My husband insisted that it was fine because the package is sealed, so I transferred the sugar to a new ziploc and proceeded to make the traditional sweet potato casserole (a day early). I should have trusted my instincts because the next day, I got up to make the rest of the food and my pantry still smelled like chemicals and I was so confused.
The middle of the night after Thanksgiving, I woke up with pains in my tummy and was up the rest of the night throwing up. The next morning, I checked the sugar and, yep, it still smelled like the chemicals. I don't know what Walmart was thinking shipping or storing food next to products with chemicals in it, but I am outraged that I was poisoned from SUGAR!! I am going to be making a formal complaint with the manager of our local Walmart as I believe this is a local problem and I hope it goes well. Either way, I am never shopping for food at Walmart again. This is the fourth time I've had problems with their food. I've had to return $50 worth of pork because it went bad before the expiration date and I have had fruits/vegetables go bad a day or two after purchase. You would have thought SUGAR in a sealed package would have been ok.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2013
I needed to renew my Norton Security Suite software and I did not want to renew it online, so I reluctantly headed over to the local Walmart to see what was available. Although Norton software receives favorable reviews, I thought that I would check out other rated software security suites. What a letdown ! One year ago, I noted several security suites, including ESET, Trend Micro, Zonealarm, and AVG at the local Wally World. Not this time. I found exactly two suites in stock, i.e., Norton and AVG. So, being faced with an abysmal selection and the need to install this software right away, I wrenched my credit card out of my wallet and bought Norton 360. Never again. The price? Lower than Best Buy and Staples, but after checking AMAZON.com, the same software was 20% less, with no sales tax and free shipping. Next year, I'll order it from AMAZON.com 3 weeks in advance. I wonder what I would find next year......
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2013
I started at #1646 a little over 7 months ago as an ICS Associate. I knew what the job required and after a few days, I was easily able to lift boxes 50+ pounds alone. I worked extremely hard and after two months, I made permanent, instead of temporary. In this seven month time frame, I have LITERALLY seen over 30 people come through this position. Management doesn't look at it as something that is the store's problem, instead they blame it on the few of us that have survived through the team cuts. I loved the job when I started. It was fast-paced, I got a decent work out in, learned to use a pallet jack quite effectively, at the end of the night picks were a relaxing way to work.
Fast forward a bit, management starts to show their true form. By home office standards, we have until 9pm to finish GM trucks. Simple as that. Well management decides that now we have to throw 1,000 pieces of freight per hour, no less. Ok, fine. That's not incredibly hard. The problem? We're human and they don't care, plus they take no consideration of the time it takes to push freight, how taking one person off the freight line for picks hurts the speed, and how much time is consumed when you have to remove the line from the truck in order to remove a pallet that was stuck in the middle of the freight by the idiot warehouse workers.
In the backroom, we can hear our supervisor's walkie-talkie and we hear how management screams down his throat and how they address the fact it's his fault for the truck not getting done in "time". Apparently, the fact we're human and slowly get worn out and can no longer work at the same speed we were one hour ago means nothing at all. Goals when I was within my first three months: Finish the truck as soon as the team could, "downstack" grocery truck pallets/do picks, pull pallets to the floor after lunch and then do consumable picks before we leave. Goals now: Get 1,000-1,500 piece truck done in one hour, NO more. Supervisor is coached and threatened if it takes longer. Below 1,000? Has to be done in 45 minutes or less. 1,501 - 2,000 MUST be done in one hour thirty minutes, NO more. 2,001 - 2,500 MUST be done in 2 hours.
Picks MUST get done before lunch, even take one person at times and make them go to lunch one hour after everyone to "get picks done". ALL pallets must be pulled to the floor in one hour, no time for sorting the random mixed pallets on the sides of the truck or time for "downstacking" the double stacked pallets. ALL picks must be done by MIDNIGHT. With a team of 8 EVERY day, these would be possible. Our current team? Maximum of 6 every single day. One is throwing the truck, one on picks, one in break packs. So there are only 3 people running the line at any given time. The ICS 2nd shift team is supposed to have a MINIMUM of 6 ON THE FREIGHT LINE. Our AM told us that we can only have eleven total ICS associates on second shift and that she won't hire anymore. "We are not a revolving door."
As of late, they've been getting two trucks every single day and they expect BOTH 1,600+ piece trucks to be done in 3 hours AT MOST. COMPLETELY cleared out. They've got myself and many of the others guys so downtrodden and undermined that we feel like literal zombies. The motivation is non-existent and they blame it on our supervisor who is constantly being called into the AD office for things that aren't even his job. In recent hours, the store manager painted a target on my head and called me a safety issue because I get mad in the backroom. I get mad because no one at this store fixes ANYTHING at all, that is brought to management's attention. They just reply with "we'll take care of it" and leave it at that. Nothing more. The open door policy is useless and if you call the 1800 number, the store manager or AM's can automatically detect who is reporting things and take action against you, and you have no idea.
The store manager will take you into her office with her buddy buddy co-manager and tell you to recount an event and then not even let you explain things, she will just pick apart every little item and bring out the negative in everything. The store runs on a skeleton crew, and half the time things can't get done because there aren't enough people, yet management will take action against you for not working for two people for the ** pay they give you. Respect for the individual doesn't exist because if you feel disrespected and you felt this way from a manager, the higher up's will say you were disrespectful for thinking so and claim you can't take orders from a manager. If you question why a manager wants to remove you from what you're doing to do something else, you get hit with disrespect instead of them just letting you know. All in all, yeah it is a job, but hell if it isn't complete mistreatment of their workers. For a company that makes BILLIONS in PROFIT, they sure can't seem to afford enough workers to keep their store running properly and sure can't seem to afford livable wages for normal associates.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2013
There were two Items that was ordered from Wal-Mart.com that was charged to my Sears MasterCard. I did not order these Items. Wal-Mart only gave me credit for one item when both items were returned. I tried going to the Wal-Mart store in Camden, S.C. and Sumter S.C. Still didn't get the matter resolved. I filed a complaint with the Sears company and the Sears company is still sending me a bill with late fees and I refuse to send money to them for a product that I did not order. Please let me know what I can do about this matter. Sears have sent this to the credit bureau. I've had a charge account with Sears since 1981. I will not pay for something I did not order, and also how can I have this removed from my credit reports.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2013
Do these people even have ged's. First and last time I will ever order from walmart.com. Charged for stuff. Never received. Had to go thru numerous emails and calls to get it taken off my charge card. When I placed the order, the item was never in stock. However they still charged me. I have had bad experiences with customer service in the store and now online. The woman I called I couldn't understand anything she said. I laid the phone down and stood several feet away because she was screaming. Could not talk in a normal tone of voice from walmart.com. She had broken English. I suppose to work there all a person needs is a pulse - no social skills needed.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2013
Walmart... this horrifying store. I had to find something for my child's school project or else I'd never had stepped foot in this God forsaken store. The customer service is horrible, the employees do not even know which direction to send me in to find what I was looking for and the management is... well, wow. Walmart must hand out those Manager badges pretty easily because those individuals are far from qualified. The good gentleman washing the floors was the most helpful and kindest employee I ran into the whole time I was in that store. They are a special breed of people which venture into that store and an even more special breed of people who decide to work there.
I sympathize for the employees who call Walmart their lifelong career. Thank you and best of luck to all those who wither away in the abyss of Walmart. My soul goes out to you poor people who absolutely just get eaten up and then crapped out everyday and then have you get the mop and bucket to clean yourself up with. It's sad because what Sam Walton had started out as such a great company who both cared about his employees and customers is no longer with us and undoubtedly rolling around and around in his grave, especially after seeing how his family and most trusted advisers took every vision and hope he had for that company and stomped all over them.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2013
I started work at store #2553 a month ago. When I started, my department assistant manager was on vacation, and was gone for my first two weeks. I enjoyed my job, it was hard though because of so many things that "had" to be done. I was approached 10 minutes before my shift was over by another AM to help him stock the value aisle. I told him that I was off in ten minutes, apologized, and he got huffy and ran straight to the front office to complain that I wasn't doing what was asked of me. Fast forward a few weeks. I check my schedule online. I'm not scheduled for a full week. Keep in mind that our store, only your department assistant manager can make your schedule. I called her the morning before the new work week (she wasn't in the day before), and I was told that she would do my schedule and to check online in the afternoon and it would be there. I checked over and over again, up until almost midnight, and still no hours were scheduled.
Now, keep in mind that I worked harder than anyone in my department, I got a lot of praise from other AM and associates on how great our department looked since I started and how well I helped the customers. I was having a great time even though the work was exhausting... getting 12 hours of work out of me in an 8-hour shift.
Back to the schedule. I called the next day to talk to my AM, but even though she was supposed to be there, she wasn't. Since I hadn't heard from her, and my schedule was still showing "Nothing Scheduled" for the week, I figured I was off for the week since I'm part time temporary. I kept checking to see if it changed, and it never did. However, I did have a schedule for the following two weeks. Kinda bizarre, but what do I know? I was just a lowly associate who hasn't learned all the secret handshakes yet!
I called this morning, because after checking the site to confirm my hours and saw "Schedule Not Available". I was told by another AM "DO NOT come in, wait until after 1pm," and call back to talk to my AM. I called nearly every half hour to reach her, but she was never available. I finally called and didn't identify myself and sure enough, she picked up right away... She'd been avoiding me! I explained what was going on, and what the other AM told me to do, and I was told in a very harsh tone that she told me to call her if I didn't hear from her. That was a flat out lie (I document EVERYTHING!). She tells me that because I didn't call her, she terminated me. My jaw hit the floor. Just like that, the best worker in that department, you fire me because you screwed up? Okay, have fun with all those candles, light bulbs, go-backs, zoning, and all the other stuff that department suffered from before I got there!!
I know I should just let it go, but I'm not done with WM. And I won't be the only one losing my job.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2013
My husband & I (who live out of town) went to Walmart on Dirksen Pkwy in Springfield IL to purchase a "55" SANYO Classic LCD TV advertised $498. After talking to one sales clerk and looking/comparing similar items we decided that we wanted to purchase the listed model. While the clerk was in the storeroom getting our TV, we asked another clerk the difference between the LCD & the LED TV. She stated there was no difference. REALLY? After asking which TV we were buying she stated that that item was only offered the day before (Friday) for a one-day only sale. That was interesting considering I had the add-in my hand & it said prices were good for the whole week. Then she stated they only got a couple of those in & they were sold out. No offer to check the other stores, give us a rain check or comparable item at same price.
Upon returning home, I got on Walmart.com where it stated that it had the item in stock in Springfield stores. So I called the store manager and explained the situation, she gave me clerk in electronics who put me on hold for 26 minutes (while he called 2 other stores). I was then told that though the computer "shows" that one store has 10 items in stock & another has 7, none of them ACTUALLY have any available. Rain checks are not offered on that item. Wasted a good portion of my time, energy & gasoline.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2013
I tried to return a gallon of oil to the Walmart in Fort Wayne, IN on SR37 and I469. This is after I received a phone call from a store rep because of a complaint. The store rep was abusive and condescending on the phone. I called 1-800-925-6278 and spoke with someone in customer. After explaining my experience to Jay, he told me to return the oil and he would approve it. I returned to Walmart today and they refused the return because I didn't have receipt. I informed her that national customer service told me you would accept the return and even told her the rep's name and extension. No luck. They wouldn't do anything but what was programmed into them, being corporate robots. I finally left but never will I return.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
I moved to Jacksonville in August of 2013, I bought a 42-inch TV(LCD) on August 24, 2013. My TV no longer works and its only November 18, 2013... Actually it broke 2 weeks ago. So it worked for a little more than two months. I tried to complain to the Walmart Customer Service number. The staff member at customer service did not seem to care that their product broke down within 2 and half months. She even went as far by saying there is no guarantee anyone would call me back on this issue. I understand that Walmart does not want to invest in customer service but they make it obvious they really do not care. My only mistake was that I purchased anything from Walmart.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
Every associate in the whole department has their "own" set of rules!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
On 11/17/13, after leaving church, I made my usual stop at my local Walmart, on FM 518 in Kemah, Texas to pick up some assorted groceries. At church someone told me about a hair product that I should buy. As I searched for the product, a woman near me was complaining that her favorite hair dye was not in stock. The assistant manager, **, said he would check the back stock for her product. I proceeded to ask if he would check for my item as well. He told me to wait with the woman in the hair product aisle while he checked for her products, then he would come back and then he would check for what I needed. I asked if he could do both at once since they were similar hair products. He said no he would get hers first, then come back and find out what I needed.
The lady and I waited for approximately 20 minutes and he never came back. As I waited, I browsed through products, talked, and called my husband. Finally, I went to a lane across from the beauty and hair products to check out and see if he would come back. In the meantime, my husband called to see if I would pick him up some Acorn Squash. I asked the checker, since there was nobody behind me, if I could go retrieve the acorn squash. He told me to go on ahead. I failed to find any acorn squash (the second thing that they didn't have) so I checked out and went to see if he had come back yet. I asked one of the employees where ** was. They told me he had been in customer service for about 30 minutes, not in the back. One employee called him over the intercom and asked him to meet me at aisle 9. I proceeded to wait for about 10 minutes, but he never came.
I made a quick list of products that Walmart was out of, and headed towards customer service. ** was there, so I handed him the list and asked him why he had not come back to the hair aisle section. He said he did but I wasn't there. I told him that was a lie and proceeded to tell him how I watched from a distance to see if he had come back. He demanded in a angry voice for me to come back to the hair aisle, as he claimed he had a witness. The only employee there worked in a different department, the jewelry department, and didn't know what was going on. I said that the lady didn't know what was going on and asked for my list back.
I took my paper from his hand when he refused to hand me my paper back. This angered him and he proceeded to demand in a loud voice for me to get out of "his" store. He was so close that he spit in my face while yelling "Get out, Get out!" He demanded that I leave out of the closest door, and I told him that I was going to the garden section door so that I was close to my car.
He followed closely behind, screaming that he was calling the police. I was agitated and embarrassed, so I called him cock-eyed. He became very agitated and upset and proceeded to call employees from nearby departments as a witness as I left quietly without a word. None of these employees had any knowledge of the matter. He followed me through the store, hollering at me to get out all the way to the garden section. I put my groceries in the car and waited for the police. One police talked to him and his clueless "witnesses" while the other police man talked to me. Both of the officers met together to talk for about 15 minutes, then came and talked to me about their agreement.
I asked if I should file charges and he said that **, the assistant manager, had already made a decision. He wouldn't file charges, but said if he ever saw me in the store again, he would file criminal trespassing charges. The police said that because of **'s decision, I would not be allowed in the store and would be arrested if I did for criminal trespassing, and taken to the Galveston County Jail.
I have shopped at Walmart for many years, and never had a problem with an employee. I have worked with many people at the Port of Houston Authority, as a buyer, for over 30 years. I love working with people. I am very disappointed in Walmart and am going to spread the word of this incident to my church, Seabrook United Methodist Church, my coworkers, my family, and my neighbors. I spend up to 3-500 dollars a week, but I guess I will have to spend it elsewhere. I believe I deserve at least an apology from the assistant manager, he should be reprimanded. When did he get the authority to ban someone from your store? I plan to do my Christmas and Thanksgiving shopping elsewhere along with my large family and friends.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
There is no cleanliness at this store. It's always dirty, and out of 20 or so counters, only 2 will be open. Only 2 counters, all through 24 hours. Anytime of the day or night, the queue wait time lasts from 30-45 minutes. Tried telling the manager but no response. Nobody seems to care. I have seen this experience for the past 2 yrs now, and haven't seen any kind of improvement. Finally, I'm posting this, hoping to find some improvement here. The location of this Walmart is: Westheimer and Dunvale Rd, Houston, TX 77063.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
On Saturday, November 16th, 2013, I went in to the Northeast Philadelphia Walmart for some black work pants, a pillar candle, gift bag, and a winter sweatshirt. Every time I go to this Walmart, I have high expectations and I don't know why. For some reason I keep thinking, it won't be that bad. It'll be a nice experience. Every Time I am proven wrong. First off all, there are carts all over the parking lot and that is not being maintained so it is a safe parking area. I went into the store dodging shopper's carts as they are flying out of Walmart with absolutely ZERO manners. Out of the 20 carts that are available, I can use 1 or 2 because the rest are rusted and the wheels don't work. There were people testing out the shopping carts because at this store you know it's a 50/50 chance you'll get a bad cart. Why aren't they replacing the broken carts?! It just doesn't make sense.
So, I walk through to the clothing section and it's not bad looking. Not everything is in disarray. I find a pair of black pants and go around to the dressing room area. Again, there were carts just left around in the store everywhere. I had to move carts over just to get down an aisle! I went over to the clerk and asked to try these on and she pointed to the dressing room next to me without saying a single word. That was extremely rude. You're in this business. Do your job with some dignity. I walked around looking for a nice candle and everything was out of order. I felt like I was looking at shelves in a hoarder's home. Nothing in the right place. Prices were all off and some candles were out the packages. I found a candle and grabbed a bag.
People lose all manners when they walk through those front doors. There were these two Russian men walking around as if they owned the store. They blew through me and expected me to move without saying anything at all. They gave me the dirtiest look like I was trash. I even walked through an aisle and I went to leave the aisle and this mother had her two kids blocking the end and I said, "Excuse me." They ignored me. The mother was showing her kids something on the shelves and was ignoring me completely. I don't even know what to say about that. I was saying it clearly and loud enough. I wanted to get out. I left and felt like I needed a shower.
So, I complained on the Walmart Corp website. The manager of that store called me and apologized. He said, "I'm sorry that you had a bad experience. I was not in yesterday. I don't know the situation. Please explain to me what happened." I said, "There was no situation. It was the store's condition." I told him about the carts and the floors. He said, "Right now I hate maintenance on the floor cleaning. I hope you come here again and see how we've cleaned up the store " I said, "Thank you for calling." I will not return. I won't. I'd rather go to Target or go on my lunch break in Langhorne, where the Walmart is 10x nicer.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
I placed order for my grandson a trampoline & TV wall mount. No one seems to be able to send my order as of now 11/17/2013. I have went around & around with the store & .com. Seems my ordered was shipped to the store address instead of to the .com department. So instead of someone contacting me or even following up on ordered it was just sent back. Then told go to store get a refund would be waiting. Nobody knows nothing. I have wasted dozen or more very stressful trips & hours trying to get my order. I have many emails to show for this .. Someone please help me receive my order even if a year later (should be order & full refund!!! ). If need me to forward emails would be glad too!! Thank you. Looking forward to some kinda help. I SURE WON'T BE GIVING THEM A DIME OF MY MONEY THIS HOLIDAY.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2013
Seriously, my husband paid for Special Kitty 40 pound bag of litter online and it was ready for pickup. Well I gather my children up and head over 40 minutes of traffic to the back of the store to pick up the order. Needless to say they wanted my valid I.D. Well two days earlier I renewed my driver's license and was given temporary papers and told my I.D. would arrive in the mail in the next two weeks. The employee was RUDE. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER WAS RUDE! I showed them my 5 credit cards, my Costco picture I.D. card as well as my student I.D. card. Well I guess temporary papers are okay for the police then it would be okay for Walmart?
My children were crying from embarrassment. Like I was trying to steal kitty litter or something? Hello, its kitty litter. Walmart has lost yet, another customer and I am spreading the word online everywhere I can. The employees at the Hammer lane Walmart in Stockton, CA were overly rude and laughing at me and my family. Maybe it’s because I am Muslim? I would hope that is not the case but since I was thoroughly humiliated, I will contact the ACLU of Sacramento tomorrow.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
My son who is a current associate at a Walmart gets hurt from a palate on the floor at Walmart a week ago. He tells a floor manager and asks what the procedure is. She tells him to wait for his manager the weekend who will complete the workmanship comp. forms. He goes to work at 8:30am on Saturday. The manager only decides to take him to the doctor 10 minutes before the clinic closes. My son doesn't have identification and they refuse to treat him. The manager tells me my son did not offer for someone to bring his identification so they could not treat him. At this time my son's foot on the tiny toe spread is infected.
I called Walmart to ask for the escalation process? I also inform them that I want to take him to the emergency myself and question if Walmart would compensate us afterwards. I was told that the escalation service is not clear from a call to 1800-wmethic. That I would need to call numerous managers before I get an answer to that question. First call the store manager who could not help me, then his manager, then the regional manager, etc... Walmart does not care if you get hurt on the job. They only care about the big money they saving or making. Once again why should they care? They responsible for 1000s dying in Bangladesh, a same price for the wealth they make. Wow Walmart you do this game play very well. I do not know how your executives and management sleep well at night.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2013
I purchased an item, same day pick up on 11-14-13. I received a notification from Wal-mart that I could pick up my item at 5:30 pm. At 4:30 pm I received another email stating that my order was on a delay and they will put a rush on it and it should arrive 3-6 days. A rush from anywhere else is 1-2 days not 3-6 days. I called Wal-mart.com customer service twice on 11/14/13 and the only solutions that was offered was that I could cancel my order and it would take 5-7 days for my money to be put back on my account. One of the customer service reps told me that my order will be shipped out on 11/15/13 however is still say it is pending. I purchased this item for my 3 year old grandson for his birthday on 11/16/13. Wal-mart.com do not offer the customer any other solutions like getting store credit at the location where I was supposed to pick-up the item, or a gift card so that I could go to another Wal-mart and purchase the item instead of waiting.
My purchase is greater than $150.00, and I do not feel the options that are offered are fair to the customer. Also, the customer service rep tried to tell me that the funds were pending, and I had let her know that they was not because as soon as I completed the order transaction, Chase sent me a debit card transaction notification for the purchase amount. The charge is not pending. The transaction completely processed through my bank. They have been rude and unhelpful in fixing the situation or making the customer whole. I am very dissatisfied with this whole process. I have shopped many times before and never has the money been taken from my account until they have gotten confirmation from the site to store if the actually have the time. This is a new process and they have no helpful solutions or sensitivity to the customer. I have called again to the customer service and this time I filed a complaint and now waiting to see if someone will contact me within 24 hours from the corporate office.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2013
On 10/31/13, I ordered two DVDs (The Shining attached) on-line through Walmart. My credit card was billed for the total. On 11/6/13, I received an e-mail that my order had arrived and that I had until 11/22/13 to pick it up. On 11/13/13 I went all the way to the store to pick up the two DVDs and they told me the order was cancelled. I am assuming because they wanted to make more money on these movies. I didn't know of the cancellation until I went to pick up the items. I called Walmart.com from the store and they kept me on hold and never allowed me to talk to a supervisor (basically hung up on me).
Shortly after I returned home I received an e-mail today, 11/13/13, from Walmart.com cancelling and refunding my payment. I would expect a professional organization to contact me right after the order was processed and give me the items at the price they advertised or at the very least let me know they mismarked the movies and my options for purchasing them for either another price or a refund. This was a gift and now I will purchase them through Amazon instead. I am very disappointed with this outcome and thought it was rude and inconsiderate.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2013
I purchased a Lego fire station kit from Walmart.com that had a $20 e-gift card reimbursement that was to be e-mailed after purchase. They e-mailed me a $10 gift card in error. I called customer service to fix this error and they told me I had purchased the gift card. I took them step by step through the process and you could see that their website in error would change the gift card reimbursement to $10. She said I could not speak to a manager nor could she help me. I could attempt to cancel order and then try to return the gift card, neither could she guarantee. I asked 3 or 4 times to speak to a manager and she said no. When I showed her how it was making an error she put me on hold and said she sent my complaint to appropriate department. When I asked what that meant for me she said nothing, they would just be fixing their website.
In the end, the order did not get cancelled. It got shipped and I did not receive a $10 gift card. I submitted a complaint to my credit card company. They were able to reimburse me the $10. I am only hopeful that they are not footing the bill and that they will forward that bill to someone at Walmart to be culpable for their terrible customer service and false sales advertising.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2013
But they are not able to tell me why! I have tried 7 times to purchase on Walmart.com a T-Mobile plan that is available only through Walmart.com, using different credit cards and PayPal. Every time, the order is accepted by Walmart website and the payment company "verified by Visa" or "PayPal". I then receive an email "Thank you for your order", and a few minutes later, another email titled "Error processing your recent Walmart.com order", saying: "Thank you for shopping with Walmart.com. Unfortunately, due to an error processing payment information, we have had to cancel the following order." It would be nicer if the exact nature of the error was specified, and before they charge my card.
I have verified with the credit card companies; they say they see the transaction, they approved it, and that it is at the Walmart end that it was cancelled. I wrote twice to Walmart customer service. They had no practical solution, they do not seem to even try to see why my order is cancelled; so I have called (twice) to speak to a person live. They are nice, but helpless. Essentially, I was first told that the problem was with the credit card companies, which is obviously not the case. Then, they said that Walmart has security features that can block an order if fraud is possible, like if the shipping address is not the same as the credit card billing address. This, I believe, although the expected shipment is only a PIN code by email. Looks like a bug in Walmart software...
I have tried ordering through different web browsers. Although the Walmart representative did not see any mismatch in my information, I did delete the credit card they had on file, and entered it back, plus another one. I did re-enter my address and shipping information on the Walmart site. The only thing I did not renew was my email address, because it was strangely grayed out with a message like "You cannot change your email while an order is being processed". My email was obviously working, as I was getting the order accepted and order cancelled emails. This morning, the email address shown in my Walmart account was no longer grayed-out. I then tried to order again, no luck: my order was cancelled again.
I have ordered from Walmart before without problems. Maybe the issue is with the product I am trying to buy. I do not know how much business Walmart is losing with such flaws: I read in forums that many other people are receiving the same cancellation message. I guess that if the web site was saying what the reason for the cancellation exactly is, it would prevent a lot of frustrations, lost time from customers and Walmart employees, and of course lost sales. Is the Walmart web site coded by the same people doing the Obama Care web site? I will ask a friend to place the order for me, using her account information. May be the problem is with the item I am ordering. I wish Walmart would be able to give me a real answer. They did not want to take my order over the phone. When businesses do not want your money, do they deserve it?
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2013
Me and my wife were at the Kaimoku, Honolulu, HI Walmart to print some of our wedding pictures. We were on the do it yourself computers organizing our pictures for about two hours. After we were done then we sent our pictures to the printer. But as the photo lady was printing the pictures that we have organized, she told me that our pictures looked professional and that we she cannot print our pictures because they look too good to not be professional.
I was mad when she said these because my wife just used her camera and tripod to take these pictures. She even told me that she needed a letter signed by my photographer in letterhead. She told me that this is just Federal Law and she could lose her job if she prints the pictures. This is so unfair because like what I said my wife took these pictures using a tripod. Me and my wife just went to Costco and they were more reasonable and not rude. I still cannot believe Walmart has this rule.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2013
The Sony Handycam has physical damages. I called CSR and see if that was covered by the plan. He said, "It is covered, we will send you box. All you need to do is ship it in. We will cover all expenses." They held my cam for more than three weeks or so and returned it without being fixed. Tried calling them, all CSRs say it has physical damages and is not covered. Tried reaching for their supervisors. He kept on saying, "I Apologize for the misunderstanding." Is there any way I can get them held accountable for their actions? Please help me out, they would not fix my camera and my claim has been denied. I will never buy a plan from them.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2013
I began working for Walmart in 2007. Within a year, I was asked to enter their assistant manager training program. In the 6 years I was an assistant manager, I saw many changes, some good but many, many were very bad. The people most affected were the hourly associates. The staffing has been reduced to below skeleton crew, and the expectation is that those that are left "get it all done.......now." They are expected to perform the impossible on a daily basis and treated horribly if they don't accomplish what they were asked to do. These are the hardest working people I've ever worked with, but one person, working as hard as they can, can only produce one day's work. Walmart wants more.
This takes place in store 2639 in Gilford, New Hampshire. Of late, with a new store manager in the store, things began to happen that I could not be part of any longer. When my integrity is put in jeopardy, it's time to leave. Examples of these issues are: being told to schedule associates under maintenance because those hours don't count against the store. So, we're going to lie about how many hours we're scheduling. Having associates being paid to work on maintenance, when in fact, they are doing higher paying jobs every day and not being paid for them.
Holding one associate accountable by means of a coaching for shorting the register $400 because she gave a check back to a customer, while another associate had a $200 overage because she kept a check rather than giving it back the customer, no coaching. I was told, "We made money on that one." What about the customer that is out $200? The targeting of associates is beyond belief. If you're liked, you're in; if not, you better get out. For myself personally, I find it difficult to get "kicked" every day and for them to think I will continue to keep coming back for more. Not once, in the 4 months that this store manager has been in the store, has she had one nice thing to say about execution of expectations. Surely in 4 months, I must have done at least one thing right.
The days are at a minimum 12 hrs 30 min long. When it's a day that you are the only member of management in the store, you are not allowed a break, not even for a meal. Of course you can try to grab something to eat on the run, but there is no time to just step away and not be disturbed even for 15 minutes. So after getting called to the office and getting screamed at and humiliated, I decided this last week that I had had enough, and seen enough done to others. I went up to the store manager and said, "This is just not going to work." I handed her my keys. She said, "WOW"..........and I walked out. Never did I think I would leave a job this way. I never thought much of people that did. But there comes a time when you have to say "enough is enough." If there is anyone that can help the hard working people that are working under deplorable conditions in these stores, please step forward and lend a hand.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2013
I had just moved to area. I went to do shopping at the large Walmart store with a friend and my month old baby. I had to go to restroom with my baby. While in there changing my baby, two workers came in. One doing about all the talk. She was talking how she had to come up with another plan to get rid of a man name Bryan. She says I have told every lie I can and he still is not fired.
She says !@#$ head Shelia is a dumbass, but Shelia is riding Bryan good for me. Saying to the other, “I hope he drops dead out there.” I thought, “How could anyone be this mean?” They left and so did I. I called my friend on my cell saying meet me at car. I told her what had happened in the store there in Dawsonville store. Never will go back again!!! My friend says Walmart does not care about their employees they want do anything no use in calling them!!!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2013
During the pricing glitches, Walmart handled it unfairly. They filled some of the orders but cancelled others, only offer those customers a $10 gift card. I requested from Abby, Walmart's corporate complaints puppet, a written explanation of how Walmart justifies allowing some to get the benefit and not all. They should have taken a page from United's playbook and filled all the orders with current inventory. The way they handled it speaks volumes as to the character of Walmart's senior management. When I get their gift card, I'll be putting it straight in the fireplace!! They don't deserve loyal customers - because obviously the loyalty is only one-sided. Shame on Walmart. If you too didn't receive your order, email the CEO.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2013
I will no longer be shopping at any Walmart, they don't value their customers... They hire lazy incompetent workers that don't value their job or the people that is giving them a pay check. I go into a store at 5 in the afternoon and can't get to have the merchandise because of stockers and then when you try to get the item, they look at you like they are going to kill you and huff and puff. Another thing is check out is just a mess, only 2 registers working and 15 employees are outside smoking when you walk out. Since Target has opened a fresh section in grocery, I will no longer go to Walmart and waste my time and money. Lexington Walmart in South Carolina off of 378 is the best as far as cleanliness and customer service. Other than that Augusta highway, Forest Drive and Bush River terrible, terrible Walmarts. Food vouchers are mainly used at those.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2013
I've shopped at Walmart for years and have couponed for years. I've a very "good" couponer. I don't empty shelves, I don't read the bar code, I get exactly what the coupon says. Some days I go in and get several items with coupons. My family depends on me stretching my budget to make ends meet and still eat well. I've never had a problem at Walmart till today... and I didn't have many, just 3 coupons, thank goodness and I'm sure the cashier was happy about that too. *She was awesome by the way and I felt bad for her b/c she said she had already been yelled at for the same reason I was having problems.* The coupons wouldn't scan and they aren't allowed to type them in anymore...Even though two of them she peeled off the product herself for me to use. And she could see that I had the correct products. I just had her take them off my total and they will be re-shelved (maybe not the ham though not sure how they do refrigerated items).
It is very disappointing and discouraging that you all would start doing this. I could see if the items didn't match the coupon or even if it was printed coupons or from the paper, but really when it comes from the product in your store. I will no longer (though I know it will not hurt the store) be shopping there and am sharing this all over the place to have some people avoid the frustration I had today. There are other stores that will gladly take my coupons. It just means having to spend a bit more time running around town.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2013
I bought 2 9-in. Visual Land tablets on 10/25/2013 from Walmart.com. Called them the same day. They told me I had to wait 7 to 10 business days to receive. Needless to say, called back, talked to 10 people, no one, not even the supervisor who tried to push his weight around when I asked for someone above him (which he did not have a # to his boss), knew what I was talking about. Now I'm out of $40 in promised gift cards. Never order from Wal-Mart.Com. You will get cheated out of your money and time.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2013
Left my wallet at the Turkey Creek Walmart in Tennessee @ 6:28 and realized it at around 6:50. Called cs and was hung up on and told someone will have to turn it in even though I told them the exact location. After calling several times dealing with an unconcerned associate, 5 or 6 calls and 2 1/2 hrs later I was finally at ease knowing they finally found it exactly where I said!!! 2 hours later... In between those hours I asked to speak to a manager that never came to the phone.
On date 11/02/13 when I came this afternoon to retrieve my wallet again everyone was rude before giving my wallet to me! I realized the cash I had left was gone! I asked to speak to a manager again and no one came! I left my info and again felt mistreated and like something so important was delayed and nothing came of it!! I would like some apology and those associates to be reprimanded and I view Walmart as a department that does not value their customers or care about their business!
I love Walmart. I cash my checks there always... I was so shocked by this and couldn't believe the lack of concern I was given and their delay in offering to help!! Someone could have stolen my credit cards/identity had I waited for an honest person to turn it in!! Haha wow.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2013
I have worked for Walmart since 2008. I began the job as a Sporting Goods associate and have been full-time since I was hired. At the beginning I immediately noticed that this company consolidates the workforce into needed areas and prefers not to hire more people (for whatever stupid reason) and would rather just 'pull you' to needed areas. I personally can attest that my store in Ruidoso Downs, NM is HORRIBLE at this.
For instance, there was one night where my buddy Adam was working next door in Hardware. I was in the middle of a project in the Hallmark Cards section as I hear a P.A. of him asking for me to come to the Paint counter. I then arrive at the counter with a co-manager standing there telling Adam that he needs to go help with unloading the truck in the backroom (when that isn't even his job) right now or else he is going to 'lose his stuff.' Adam was in the middle of helping a pair of customers who later told me that the manager was incompetent and that HE should be helping them instead of taking me away from what I was doing and helping. I didn't mind, as the 2nd corporate belief of Walmart is "Service to our Customers."
This happens very often. And another sub-topic related to this is the fact that the Open Door is virtually useless at Walmart, or at least has been for me. I have had multiple Open Doors about the 'pulling' of associates when we have our own work to do and the fact that the 2nd Corporate Belief is being raped basically. But the management just starts bypassing the problem and just grabs an ABC fire extinguisher, so-to-speak, and just puts out the fire by telling us that they're trying to improve the situation and will try not pulling as many people as often as they have been. But 1-3 days later, if that, I notice that it just continues unabated and relentless as ever.
I understand that the store may need help in certain areas every now and then (i.e. once a month or so) but when it happens as often as it does (i.e. once a day or two days) it really gets old. Plus, Walmart is thicker than an onion when it comes to the levels of management. You have over 5 levels, from Department Manager all the way to Store Manager, which is ridiculous because one manager tells you to stock your freight in place A while another manager of a higher level may come and gets onto you (or makes an example out of you in front of the whole management team) by telling you that it needs to be stocked in place FKEA!! It gets old really fast, and I'm somewhat surprised that I've been with the company as long as I have.
They evaluate your performance yearly. I received an Exceeds Expectations evaluation 4 years in a row. When my 5th eval came up my manager tells me that I'm not 'shining' as I used to be when they sent me to the Shareholders' Meeting in 2011. Which by the way is ** because I worked just as hard before as I did now and should've received the same evaluation. And the crap of it is that if you want to contest your unfair evaluation then you have to discuss it with your Store Mgr. and whatever they change it to is basically what you are stuck with regardless of whatever YOU think it is deserved.
My pay is somewhat disappointing. I make a little over $10/hr which at first doesn't sound too bad until you look at how much effort and time I've put into the company. 5 years of time? I should be making at LEAST $14-$17/hr, especially since I am pulled to so many other departments. I cover Automotive, Hardware, Sporting Goods, Toys, Lawn and Garden, Stationery, Crafts, Celebrations, Hallmark, Back to School, Backroom Unloading, etc. Now if you take JUST those departments (when there is a few more I could name that I am pulled to sometimes) then it lists 11 departments!!! That means I'm only getting paid like $1/hr. for each area!!? That's VERY inadequate for what I do....
In conclusion (even though there is several other topics I could elaborate on), I'd tell anyone that wants to work at Walmart to use caution. I wouldn't say it is "horrible", but I definitely would say that it is "disappointing" to say the least. They pull you to areas that you don't work in, they tell you something and three managers will tell you something totally different, they do NOT pay as well as they should for a multi-billion dollar corporation, and they sure as hell do not live up to the one individual that cared for the associate and customer equally, and that was Sam Walton!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2013
Today I went back to Walmart in Dawsonville, GA. I had said I was not going back after the last experience. My sister and I went today around 330. I heard this woman I had heard the other week voice. She works I guess in Walmart or is just there to attack ones with her mouth. The other day, I heard her running down this employee how she hated him, was not going to stop at nothing to get him fired or she would run him off. I was so hurt anyone could be this mean. I called and talked to a lady. She promised she would take care of it. But today when I heard the voice of this person again, I said, "Oh God, that is her." She was again talking how she was going to get rid of this Bryan. I could not remember his name clear the the other week I knew it was Barry or Bryan. Today she said, "I hate his damn guts. ** >>>>>> I am going to get rid of his **." I am not going back to a Walmart ever again. They keep these kinds of people there. She talks the Spanish talk and then cusses in best I heard English. God help her. No more Walmart for me.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2013
Electronics in Burley, Idaho. What is advertised is an Asus Tablet ME-301T-A1-BL for $235. It goes on to state it has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and a 1.6 dual core chip. What it actually has is 1280 x 800 resolution with a 1.2 quad core chip. It is not a merely mistaken transfer of wrong specs. Some of the specs are correct for the Asus 301. However the 1920 x 1200 and a 1.6 dual core chip refers to the Asus 700 which costs a lot more and they don't carry it anyway. Nowhere on the box or in the owner's manual does it make any claims. One only finds out after purchase and having used the tablet making it used at that point. Unfortunately Walmart is riddled with deceiving tactics like this and the local chowder heads have no knowledge of what they sell as they are nothing more than shelf stockers. Take the Cisco Linksys 1200 next to this product. It advertises it to be for Mac only. Actually its for Mac, PC, or whatever. I use it on my PC.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2013
SO here's my story. I did surveys for company. Have been doing since April. Earn points to earn a $25.00 Wal-Mart gift card. Have earn one every month. So this time I turn in the points for a $25.00 Visa gift card. Well I get the gift card in the mail this past Mon. Go to the store and try to use it, go back to the house and call Wal-Mart.com. This is where they begin. 3 people an hour on the phone. They send me to the Wal-Mart so I go to the store. At first they acted like stole it even though I bought the envelope and all the paperwork with me that has the corporate offices in Bentonville, AR. So lady at Wal-Mart gets on here at the store and they give her the runaround. Then they give her all the phone # that I already had. So from 4:30pm till 6:00pm they give her the same crap they gave me and she works there.
So then she puts me on the phone and this lady from Wal-Mart.com tells that have to make a new ticket. It will be 24-48 hours to fix. Well it has been over that time and I have not heard back from Wal-Mart.com. So now I am going to start sending email to everyone from the top of Wal-Mart to bottom of the store chain. I have nothing but time. They are going to be sick of me and I hope they will fix it!!!
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2013
I was shopping with my wife on Monday morning at Wal-Mart Eastlake when I came upon the store Manager Amy yelling at her employees. From what I could hear, the employee was merely asking a question but Amy treated her like a mindless idiot. Amy then proceeded to yell at a young vendor stocking the shelves. Being a retired manager myself, I know that is in no way to talk to fellow workers. I wonder how Amy would feel being talked to that way. Hopefully, a senior management person will have a strong talk with her about employee relations.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2013
In fall of 2012, I purchased a new pair of winter boots (Weather Spirits). It's now fall of 2013, time to bring out winter supplies. The boots still look like the day I bought them. To my dismay, the rubber sides have degraded to the point of being able put my finger through them. I have been made a victim of corporate greed!
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2013
I live in Fayetteville, NC and frequent the stores on Ramsey, Skibo, and the store in Spring Lake. I love flowers and will purchase them from your store if/when they have what I want. I have noticed the huge price changes in the flower departments. I purchased plants on Ramsey and went to your store in Spring Lake to get the number that I needed. The plants in Spring Lake had not been marked down so I watched them for two weeks and still no mark down in Spring Lake. Is there a reason for not having all of your stores in this area to sell at the same price(s)? I also noticed the condition of the plants in Spring Lake, i.e. dry, dying, and not often watered. Why such a huge difference of prices and caring for your plants in ONE county...Cumberland?
Why doesn't the stores in the area price the same? I must admit that all of the stores in the area aren't pricing the same. I would think the largest traffic in Fayetteville for Walmart is the one on Skibo and perhaps #2 would be Spring Lake and then #3 Ramsey. The one on Skibo gets a lot of traffic from Fort Bragg, so does Spring Lake but there is a huge difference in the way items are priced and flowers are cared for. I love plants and if you need someone to water them at least 3-5 times a week, hire me. I'm retired and love working in the dirt with plants. For right now, it would be great if the prices in the Cumberland County stores would be priced the same. Thanks for listening.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2013
Fall due to lack of customers service and product placement. Had to climb on stack of water display to reach water that was on high rise. Fell and have large bruise on arm, pull muscle in neck and shoulder, wrenched my lower back.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2013
I was discriminated against by Walmart, a hiring rep at the Walmart in Boulder Co. She gave me wrong information, and told me the way to apply for job in boulder was via internet, because they do not accept applications or have a kiosk for applying at Boulder store. She also told me twice they were not hiring. That is not what the 1800 number told me. They told me to go to the store and apply at kiosk, and yes, they were hiring.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2013
When applying for job I feel I was discriminated against by ** at Walmart, Boulder, 80301.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2013
I contacted Walmart concerning warranty on my broken phone. The lady in electronics was very friendly and helpful, as was the Manager, Rachel, that she connected me to. Next thing I know Rachel, the manager, asked to put me on hold to speak with the lady in electronics and very rudely a woman picks up and says, "THIS IS KATHY!" I said, "Okay? I am on hold with Rachel?" She then sends me to the operator so I asked to be connected back to Rachel. Confused? I then got Kathy again and she very rudely said, "Listen, ma'am, YOU AREN'T LISTENING. WE ARE NOT TAKING YOUR PHONE BACK NOW HAVE A NICE DAY!" I couldn't even speak before she hung up on me! Not only is my phone under factory warranty but we also purchased the extended warranty. Is it just me or is this BAD business? And how is Miss Kathy a manager at Walmart? How rude! I am sick and tired of how people in customer service treat people. And warranty these days mean NOTHING!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2013
I purchased an Everstart MAXX 75N with a 3-year free replacement warranty, yet when I tried to return it just prior to the 3 years, I was told that the warranty did not apply and that I would be charged a pro-rate use since I purchased it. Although the warranty statement is not only on the sales shelf but also on the battery, it did not apply. Walmart had its own policy according to the assistant manager Tammy at the Rockaway, NJ store #5178. I tried to explain that I had purchased the battery from Walmart because of the warranty and it should be honored. I was asked to leave the store by Tammy!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2013
The store NEVER has anything in stock, shelves are empty & if you ask an employee where something is, a lot of the response is "I don't know" or "ME NO SPEAK ENGLISH"!!!!!!! Please have employees for all of us. This Walmart was going to be a blessing for Oxford residence, but a lot of us are traveling back to Northeast MD one.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2013
A few months ago, I was out of town and had my payroll check. I was not at any of my bank's satellite offices, so I decided to just cash my check at Wal-Mart. I had done this before in the past and had never had any issues. They declined the check, giving me a 1-800 number to TeleCheck services. I called the number and they told me there was no reason for the decline. They recommended that I sign up for their VIP Services saying that it was a free service and that it would help me be able to cash the check in about 5 minutes. Since I was out of town and needed the money, I decided to do it. Over the next 24 hours, I tried to cash the check multiple times and was declined every time. I recently changed banks and still have not received my new debit card.
Yesterday, I went to Wal-Mart and bought $38 worth of groceries. Well, I TRIED to buy $38 of groceries; however, my check was declined. I had over $1400 in my account, so I KNEW this was a mistake. They ran it 3 more times and it was declined every time for reason 02. That was all they could tell me, Reason 02. When I called the 800 number they gave me (same one as the check cashing fiasco last time), I couldn't even get through the automated service to speak to a human. It kept looping me through the same information. I will be calling the local Wal-Mart manager. But I did a search online to see what Reason 02 means and keep seeing lots of posts on various sites about how this is just a "no reason" reason. It's infuriating and because my bank is closed on the weekends, I now have to figure out a way to feed 3 kids for 2 days with no groceries. I'm scared to try to use the check anywhere. So embarrassing!
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2013
If you are white, you can not get on front end at Sam's Club in Mobile, Alabama. It is a very racist and it can be proved. Just look around. Your education does not matter there.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2013
I ordered this item on 9/28. When I went to the Watchung, NJ store to pick it up the sales associate could not find it. After waiting for about 30 minutes, she suggested I do some shopping while she looked in the back. I came back after 20 minutes and she informed that the item had been "sold" and she would contact her manager to see if the item was available for purchase from the stock inventory. She later admitted to me that the item was probably stolen. After waiting another 20 minutes, the store manager informed me that the item was not carried at the store and I would need to get a refund.
The refund took a very long time to be processed while the associates figured out if I could get cash back or wait for the funds to be redeposited in my PayPal account. After waiting almost 2 hours, the manager offered me a 15 dollar gift card for my "inconvenience", but I refused to wait another 30 minutes while they "processed" that. The Site to Store service is a disgrace compared to what I've experienced with other stores i.e. Best Buy.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2013
I have NUMEROUS complaints about the Walmart hiring process but y'all have heard them before so I'll just add this one. I'm sure anyone who has applied at Walmart was stymied by the page where you describe duties in your previous job(s). You are forced to use items from a drop down to describe your last job. ALL of the items in the drop down are things describing Walmart job duties. You have no way around it as progressing to the next page requires you to fill this out. Therefore, everyone who has applied for a Walmart job, with the exception of past Walmart employees, is forced to LIE on their application. And we all know Walmart's policy for anyone having lied on their application....
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2013
Walmart has cancelled all my online orders starting on 03/31/2013 no matter what type of payment was issued. They cancelled Walmart e-card payments, Bank debit and PayPal payments. They are cancelling orders paid with the same Bank card and PayPal account that's been used on a monthly basis since 2011 and listed in Walmart's payment history. Yet for the past 6 months they've cancelled every order claiming they needed to verify the payment. PayPal shows the payments as verified and later cancelled from 03/31/2013 on!
I bought a Walmart e-card to order our monthly Straight Talk phone cards after having the orders paid with my Bank Debit cards and PayPal account processed and cancelled only to have them also processed and cancelled. Cancelling orders paid with a Walmart e-cards is fraud considering they sell them specifically to pay for online orders. Something needs to be done about this issue. I've been left without phone service too many times due to this issue!
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2013
Went shopping on 9/28/13 at Wal-Mart East Stroudsburg, PA. Bought strip steaks. They cost me $19.31 for 3 steaks. The package stated freeze or use by 9/30/13. I put them in the refrigerator and went to cook them on 9/29/13 and the meat was brown and smelled. It was turning bad. I called the store and spoke to someone who claimed to be a manager and when I told him what happened and that I wanted my money back, but no longer had the receipt, he asked me what register I checked out on. “Who knows,” I told him. He was ridiculous and I asked when the STORE manager was going to be in and he said ** would be in tomorrow. I will be complaining to her in the AM. I am also calling the FDA and telling them about this chronic problem with spoilage and Wal-Mart meats.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2013
WADSWORTH WALMART = TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT!!! Terrible service (if you even call it that). A store manager was walking across an aisle not even looking and ran straight into my cart. I had my 1 year old daughter in the cart too. I was watching where I was going and walking slow. He all of a sudden came around the corner and ran into me, gave me a glare and just kept walking.
Another thing that happened is that I was shopping with my daughter and wife, and we also picked up a bottle of wine. My wife forgot her ID but NEVER TOUCHED the bottle and didn't pay, I paid. They rudely right from the start said, "Yeah I need both IDs now before we go any further." We explained that she didn't have hers and she never touched the wine either. Immediately they said, "well she is a minor and we won't sell this to you..." Keep in mind my wife is 25 years old and to also make a statement like that it is CRAZY.. So I just bought the rest of my items and we went out to the car and left. I dropped her off at the house and came back by myself and went to buy that bottle of wine again. Three managers came running over yelling (in front of everyone embarrassing me) "you can't buy that sir, you are trying to buy for a minor."
I was outraged, and asked for the highest manager in the store. He came up and said "sorry but you were spotted in here with a minor (my wife? 25 years old?? My 1 year old daughter??) and we can't sell you any age restricted items." I asked when can I buy wine then. He refused to answer directly but said "sometime other than now...."
This place is a nightmare for customer service.. I understand the law very clearly about alcohol purchases.. and I know Walmart's policy.. If my wife would have so much as touched the wine or paid for it... I would agree that she would have to have her ID but she never touched it or paid for it... I later called to verify the policy and the corporate policy is that if the other party is not touching, paying or any other way part of that alcohol transaction they are not to be carded... This came directly from a Customer Care manager from corporate.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2013
Beyond mad... I called 3 Walmarts here in Salem, Oregon for I was trying to find a product. I called Lancaster approx. 7x. The first time, the lady in customer service hung up on me and I called back. The other times, even talked to the manager and I had to wait for ages. I was pissed. I shouldn't have to call so many freaken times to get a single answer. Their customer service was totally... I had even called this summer and had the same problem. Then I called South Commercial Walmart and she gave me the answer within the matter of sec., no hesitations whatsoever. I told her she was very helpful.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2013
So I decide to buy a fridge for my dorm online. Walmart had the best price, although competitors were not far behind. I use my credit card from AMEX, several hours later "your order has been cancelled". I'm thinking to myself, "ok, unlikely occurrence. Why do I try a different payment method." So I try my Visa card... same story. So I call my bank to ask what went wrong and they tell me that it was a problem on Walmart's end. So I try Paypal instead of my cards, still "cancelled by Walmart". Seeing as I have already spent the past few days trying to get the order processed through Walmart, I try a different option. I bought $150 worth of Walmart gift cards so the transactions and payment would happen directly through them as I have already paid for the gift cards. Guess what happens next... "Order cancelled, unable to process payment". That is RIDICULOUS. They can't process their own gift cards?
So I decide to call their customer service number. I've already had low expectations of this company, but this is rock bottom quality service. The agent tried telling me all types of nonsense to remove Walmart of fault, blaming my bank, then Paypal, followed by their computer. It is hard to believe that it is my bank or Paypal's fault when they can't even process their own gift cards. I mention that to the "agent" (should I even call them that?), so she begins to take 30 seconds to reply on the phone, muttering inaudible words about computer processing and account. At that point, she was getting me even more frustrated and wasting more time.
I ask for a solution and she tells me what I want to hear to get me off the phone (potentially lying to the customers?). Except what she told me clearly did not work. For such a large supermarket chain, Walmart is likely at the very bottom of customer/employee satisfaction. If they do not attempt to fix their problems, I will gladly choose to shop elsewhere after I do a chargeback on all the gift cards I bought from them (I have $150 worth of gift cards that I CANNOT use because they keep cancelling my orders. this is surely borderline if not fraud....).
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2013
I have been a Walmart associate full time since 2006 and was able to return to work in 2012 part time. I have always been happy to work. I am disabled and just returned to work in 2012 in AZ with Walmart. I opened my 2nd store. I did have to relocate back to Katy, Texas because my asthma was really bad in AZ and being hospitalized 10 times. I told my managers and the h.r. dept. I would be moving to Texas. I was helped with my transfer from personnel and they also faxed my eval, availability to local stores in KATY, Texas.
The personnel in AZ and managers are nice and helpful. They actually faxed my transfer 3 times in the last 2 months to the same stores in Katy, Texas. I was shocked how rude 1 h.r. woman and her co-manager were to me. I tried for 2 months to get back in to Walmart as a part time employee and told them I did have asthma and was willing to change my availability that was 7am to 7pm if I can return to work.
After trying 3 local stores and NO CALLS back, has told my personnel they would call me back to set up interview for toy dept., hba. Well today I called Home office. They directed me to call the MARKET MANAGER. WOW she called me, didn't introduce herself, ask if I was ** and then next words were “SO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY STORES IN MY AREA." I explained to her that I had been calling all 3 stores for 2 months and none would call me back. I just wanted to transfer from my store to a local store here in Katy. Market manager told me "no guarantee we need to hire you." I did get angry and told her why would all 3 stores have new employees hired when I have been waiting and I call and leave a message with fitting room and been told there in orientation they filled all the positions last week?
I know I wasn't hired because I am disable and store personnel hr mentioned in the beginning if attendance was going to be a problem with my health. I won't disclose her name but I am very hurt that I always tried to do my best and even wheezing got the job done because I finish what I start. I don't leave my task undone! No matter how much I tried, I hung up the call unhappy, crying and no job. Thanks Market manager!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2013
I looked online at tires that were in stock at certain locations around my area for white walls and it had said that there were some in stock and when I got to that location, there were none so I went to another Wal-Mart that was out of my way and farther that said they were in stock also. And when I got there, there were none so I had to settle for black walls because my tires were in that bad condition. This is not at all a good thing. Need to have more of a variety than that.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2013
1. I ordered a laptop... Considering the amount of packaging, the styrofoam block protection, and "the box inside a box" care taken for this product NOT to be damaged during shipping, I can only assume that it was packaged in the damaged state I received it. In other words, somewhere down the line an employee made a conscious decision to toss the broken piece inside the plastic sleeve, fit the styrofoam cuffs, box and mail my laptop out without a second thought.
2. I called CS to expedite the process of returning the damaged laptop and having a replacement sent out as I planned to use this for upcoming work. The first person I spoke with was quite helpful and guided me online to the appropriate pages and links I needed to acknowledge my responsibility of returning the damaged laptop. We did this specifically to allow him to expedite the processing of a new order with a promise to overnight it to me. The last thing he left me with was to print out the page I was on, tape it to the outside of the box and take it to USPS. No problem. We hung up. I began printing out the page and reading my screen only to see that the instructions say that this page goes "inside the box" and the mail carrier would contact me to pick this package up. Now I'm confused, I call back and speak to another CS person.
This female CS person is obviously having either a bad day or more likely a bad life and extremely ** insisting that I need to ignore the webpage instructions, print the page out, tape it to the outside of the box and take it to USPS... Not bending, I explained yet again those were NOT the instructions on the page, READ her what the instructions said word for word and made a 2nd point of the original carrier being FedEx and NOT USPS. "Nope, take it USPS as I am instructing, sir." Fine, like a **, I package it up and drive about 4 miles to USPS where I stand in line for 15-20 minutes only to find out that "NOPE, take it to FedEx, sir." Ok, now I drive across town to take this package to FedEx only for them to try to collect postage for the damaged shipment... because I didn't have a proper return label (no fault of mine).
So, FedEx asked to see the label I printed out and put inside the box and by doing so I now have an order number. I can call Walmart CS while standing there in the FedEx building. The first person I speak to needs to know the whole story of course and he confirms that no, I didn't have to do anything more than what I did from home online and someone would be calling me to schedule a pickup. By this time, I am asking for a supervisor: I cannot just let this go. I think I need to speak to a supervisor and file a report. This is costing me time and money, not to mention the stress and aggravation. So, he instructs me to dial "211" after he returns me to the queue. I wait only to find myself trapped in the queue after dialing 211 and I land in another department where I have to tell the person ALL OVER AGAIN my circumstance... She tells me that 211 has been changed to 221 and instead she says "let me transfer you over" - relief... She transfers me, I get some ringing and a recording for a wrong number and an automatic hangup.
PURE FRUSTRATION at this point. So I take my package and drive for home calling back (safely - with a headset) and get yet another person that won't get me a supervisor until they "hear my story". However this time, she put me on hold and walked a supervisor to me and I get to tell my story all over again for like the 5th time now.... and finally some resolve. Here's the end result of that convo: She confirmed that "Yes" I can expect a call from UPS (not FedEx nor USPS) and that they would indeed expedite my new laptop to the address I gave them and for my trouble, I would receive a $60 refund to my Paypal account - hardly worth it, but I have to admit I had that refund within an hour or two. Ok, fine. I spoke my piece and a supervisor can create a report and hopefully re-train the CS monkeys to get it straight for the next person.
That was on mid-day on Thursday.... It's now Tuesday night of the following week and my order status still shows "Pending", meaning what???? Even if it did process tomorrow... I still wouldn't receive it until Friday at best and that would be an 8-day wait (on top of the original purchase and wait) for an EXPEDITED order???? That of course is assuming that they actually do process my order tomorrow... and at this point, I really have my doubts! I give up, Walmart. You are obviously far too ignorant and/or have complete imbeciles running your staff. I cancel my order and will FOREVER take my business elsewhere. Oh, and did I mention that my money is now tied up in the system for God knows how long before being returned to my account - arrrrgggggg. Walmart, You Suck! GRADE "F".
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2013
I had applied at Walmart for job, so I went to check on my application. I was shown I was hirable. So I was Interviewed on a Monday with three others which were guys. I have worked for Walmart before, this interview of was different in a way. When all the interview process was, I was the first to be called out. I was told by the day assist manager and the day manager (which all the day managers were white, two women and two men). "We will let you know something in forty-eight hours." I have never heard that before. I have worked for Walmart before. They usually let you know right there. So I waited forty-eight hours. No call. So I spoke with One of the day managers in the back, the one who sets up the interviews that day. She said, "I don't know what was said that day," but the managers for those department put on my application that I was not hirable... I told her that was not right and I thought those managers were being prejudiced. The day manager said, no they employ Asians and other cultures. Then she said, "Go check with the night manager. They might hire you." I have tried in Main either Brunswick or Rockland. One of the store managers said they don't hire Mexicans. I am Puerto Rican and Indian mixed. That is why I feel I was discriminated.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2013
I have a big beef with the Walmart store in Jena, LA. I think something needs to be said about the way they are running the store. For one, I am a customer and am tired of the way some of the employees talk to customers. One in particular, the woman in the paint and gun section of the store got a smart mouth on me and became angry about something I agreed on. The assistant manager was so slow in coming back to assist us in a gun sale. This was very shocking and in front of a witness at the time. Some of these people obviously do not care about the customers to speak in such a manner. She did not care what I thought about her total lack of respect to a customer. In fact she was acting as if I was a waste of time and was interfering with her in some manner. This is all without a first smile at all like she had swallowed vinegar. I will NOT ever buy any more guns at Walmart in Jena.
There are also the stories from workers. I hear all the time about the way they are treated as employees in the store. Like when they are taking their breaks required by labor laws, they are being called back to work in the middle of their breaks. The employees are also being harassed in their jobs and are threatened to be let go if they don't comply to their orders. In fact they are getting the slave treatment. I thought Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. But it is now cropping up in Walmart stores now in the way employees are treated.
There is no security in a job at Walmart. There needs to investigations into the way the so-called supervisors are treating their help. Walmart has a high turnover rate of workers and the home office has not noticed this. A lot of good workers are losing their jobs by either getting fired over any little reason or they finally become tired of the way they are being treated and quit to go elsewhere for employment. This should not be happening and would not if the supers had more respect for their workers. If these problems are not addressed soon, Walmart should close their doors and let the little man take over again where people had respect for customers and workers. Sam Walton would be shocked at the way Walmart is being run now. I am going back to shopping the little stores to show my support for old time service and respect. I hope someone notices this and will take action to clean up the stores by firing some of the bad supervisors that don't deserve to be in a position of power over others.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2013
I was told to open my bag because I didn't not go through the line after returning from the dollar store with bags and getting food from McDonald's there and was told I didn't get the stuff in my bag from the dollar store even when I showed them my receipt that took stuff out my bag. Left me feeling hurt and embarrassed. I shop at this Walmart all the time that gets all my business. Thank you.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2013
I bought a MoneyGram money order from Walmart on 9/14/2013. I wanted to cash the money order because I needed a little extra cash. I went back to the same Walmart on 9/15/2013 with my receipt and the money order was not written. I endorsed the money order, gave the staff my identification and social security number. They ran the check through Certegy and I was told they could not cash their own money order. I called Walmart and filed a complaint. I got a call back on 9/16/2013, and spoke to an assistant manager on 9/17/2013.
After speaking with the assistant manager, she told me to go back to the store and they would cash the money order and waive the fees. I went back to the store on 9/17/2013. Again they told me they were not able to cash their money order. They said that although I bought the money order with them, at their store, and although I had the receipt, the store has to process cashing the money order like it is cashing a personal check. They gave me a receipt and told me to call Certegy, which I did, in the store. The recording on Certegy told me there were no negative reports associated with my information but they still could not process the money order cashing.
I almost lost my mind at Walmart last night!!! The customer service people had me fill out the money order and now the money order is written all over and I still have no way of cashing the damn thing. I looked up Certegy this morning and they have a VIP form to fill out, but you have to send them a voided check. I do not have a bank account. This is why I use money orders!!! I feel like this is some sort of conspiracy to rob people and I want to know how to stop Walmart, MoneyGram and Certegy from getting away with this. As it stands I will not buy anymore money orders from Walmart, but I still didn't get what I needed.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2013
I went to Walmart after work to get some Ritz Crackers (original). There was none on the shelf. So I asked somebody to help and see if they could help but that person just said no and walked away, and nobody else around to help naturally. I put my hand full of groceries back and walked out going to Meijer. Refusing Customer Service is not acceptable to me and that is what they did.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2013
This is the 2nd time I tried going to your Pittsburg, CA Walmart after having a bad experience once before. It appears the management or Walmart or should I say Ghettmart doesn't care about their customer or their stores. Only about making money. First I noticed you are not as cheap as you used to be. The store is always dirty as well as the parking lot. The employees are rude, won't help much when you ask and they don't even greet you when you go to pay, don't say a word or barely anything to you at the cashier stands and don't say thanks. Also I feel you have no business selling fish as when I was in the store today, all the tanks were cloudy, piles of dead fish in the tanks and fish dying on top of other fish. I have also been searching and am finding this is common with Walmart. Fish are living being as we are and have every right to live as we do.
I am now looking into the proper associations where I can file a complaint about this treatment of pet fish. Greedy corporations that don't care about anything except making money. Don't even have a manager call me back as I feel I will be just getting lip service and NOTHING will ever be done.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2013
I ordered a cake and Debra took my order. She said she was the cake person. She did a very bad job on my cake. It was the worst cake I ever got. The colors were not right and there was so much frosting we could not taste the cake. I was told to ask for the other cake decorator, Kim. She does a much better job and is a lot nicer.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2013
On 11 September 2013, at 4:00 p.m. I went to the Green Mount Walmart in Belleville, IL. I wanted to look at a Straight Talk Phone and had some questions on it. I got there and the associate (only one around), was taking care of a lady buying an iPhone. I waited another 45 minutes, during which time, another five couples arrived and were hanging around the area. I asked, they were all waiting for assistance. My wife spoke up in a loud voice on two occasions and stated, "I would think they would get some help out here for you, or you would ask for it."
The associate said he would be with us in just a moment. Well, after that 45 minutes, I figured that they would not likely have the Huawei phone I was looking for, anyway, and must not really need the business. I wish I could work in a business that only appears to thrive on customer satisfaction, but not really need it anyway (for the inept, that is cynicism).
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2013
I made the mistake of trying to purchase a laptop from Walmart, but the horrible experience I had was not worth it. I went to the Crestwood, IL store where they checked online and saw that it was in stock, but the sales girl couldn't find it in the back room. She said she had no way to find it, so then I went to the nearby Matteson store, where they didn't know if they had them in stock???
I decided to just order it online and pick it up at the Crestwood store. I received an email that I could pick it up and when I went there, a man called Que or Cue told me that the order had been cancelled. I asked him why it was cancelled. He apparently had no idea and just walked away. I was offered no answer about either receiving the product or a refund. I demanded to see the manager and was told the store manager had left for the day. I said okay, send over someone who has some authority, they must have someone in charge. A manager named Daniel came over and told me to check if the computer price had been debited from my debit card. I checked, and yes, the amount had been debited from my card. However, I didn't want a refund, I wanted the product. I bought this product because I needed the product at the time I was purchasing it.
This "manager" Daniel offered no information and told me that if I didn't calm down he would call the police. I told him to call the police, I want to know where my laptop is. And yes, he did call the police and no, it is not illegal to be an irate customer. It is, however, a waste of taxpayer money to use city services unnecessarily because a manager is not competent enough to be able to provide customer service and resolve an issue. My issue was not resolved. I went home and later checked my email to find that Walmart sent an email saying that my order had been delayed. So the order was delayed, not cancelled as Que told me earlier. I went back to the store and this time was helped by a more knowledgeable manager named Andrew. I was told that they did find the original laptop that they had in stock and I could purchase it then.
Unfortunately, I would have to pay for it again because the site-to-store order was still in process. I was told that my recourse would be to either try to cancel the order online, which would probably cause confusion, or to simply wait till the laptop came in and then get a refund. I chose the latter course of action and did not receive my refund until about a week later. It was a horrible experience and I don't know how this company can legally be permitted to function at this sort of level of incompetence and disorganization. I will never attempt to shop at Walmart again and I will post this story on every consumer site I can find to warn others and will also tell friends and family of my poor experience there.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2013
Every time I try to place an order with Walmart, I am not getting through. Why are they not accepting my credit card? Their site is always busy and always sticking. When they're giving free shipping to home, I don't ever get through.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2013
I had arrived at work early and I sat outside till it was almost my time to clock in. When I stood up, I had realized that I just had a rip in my pants which had happened when I just stood up. I went to my personnel manager to find out what we could do to resolve the situation that just occurred. To my surprise that it couldn't be resolved in any form or fashion. I was told to go home and change then come back. That was not an option for I rely on public transportation. As I walked out of the office upset at the fact they acted like they didn't care, let alone didn't even want to try to help, I saw a fellow employee. As I talked to her about what had happen, to my surprise she helped out by buying me a pair of pants for I didn't have any money to pay for them in the first place. I just don't understand when did sympathy and regard for fellow employees such as managers go out the window????
Updated review: Nov. 18, 2013
Since posting this review, I received an email from the company's customer service team. They offered to provide me with a full refund of the purchase price of the computer. I expected to wait 6-8 weeks to receive it, but they went above and beyond, and I received it withing 3 days of the email offering it to me.
Original Review: Sept. 6, 2013
I am a small business owner, and had purchased a laptop for work, as well as the two-year extended warranty. One day, I received a message on start-up telling me that the cooling fan was not working. I called the number on the warranty information. They explained that I would receive packaging in 5-7 days, should box the computer up and send it back to them for repairs. I did as instructed and was extremely pleased with the service.
Then I got the computer back. It came back to me in a beat-up new shell, and would randomly power down. In fact, I got an error message about the battery when I started it up, and when I stuck the laptop in my bag, the battery just fell out. I called in and explained the situation and was informed that batteries were consumable items and not covered. I explained that I had not had any power/charging issues prior to sending it for repairs. I was transferred to a tech, who walked me through re-installing the driver, and after some tests, he said he did not think a new battery would solve the problem. He advised me to send it back in.
I just received it back again. No repairs were made on it and I got a repair slip that said that the battery life was too short, ship with battery letter. Additionally, when I got it, when I tried to start it, I got a message that stated that the computer could not start. I performed a System Restore to get it running again, and now have a miniature desktop. The system will not work without being plugged in. Not an acceptable situation for when I need to go meet clients, especially since before I sent it for repairs it would hold a charge for 3-4 hours without a problem.
At this point, I have been without a functioning computer for over a month, and am going to have to send it in for repairs again. I would advise anyone considering Walmart's extended service warranty to reconsider and save the money, or better yet, buy any electronics at a company that has on site service or a replacement plan.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2013
I purchased a Cricut Create Personal Electronic Cutter with Customer-Choice Cartridges - Value Bundle for $60.00 - I picked out my two cartridges, paid and waited for my items to arrive. I received the two cartridges in separate shipments but never received the Cricut Create Personal Electronic Cutter. I called Walmart.com and talked to two people and they said there was an error on the online listing and that the machine was not actually included. They have gotten several other calls/complaints about this but there is nothing they will do about it. The ad showed the machine with two cartridges. They need to honor their price for the machine and two cartridges. No one was willing to help me at all. They are wrong here not me, I deserve what I purchased and for the price it was offered at. The ad is no longer active online but you can see it at **.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2013
At approximately 1:45 PM on May 31, 2013, I visited the Walmart store in Sierra Vista, Arizona, for the purpose of purchasing various items. I obtained a cart near the entrance and proceeded to push the cart toward the entrance. As I was walking near a long line of carts, a Walmart employee shoved carts into the long line of stationary carts using a motorized cart pusher. The employee clearly did not consider the consequences of his actions which were dangerous. The line of carts lunged forward, striking me and pushing me down. The carts did not stop when they hit me due to the momentum caused by the motorized pusher.
I experienced pain to my neck and shoulder and requested that Walmart obtain medical assistance for me since they offered no help. After being checked by paramedics, I chose to go back to my daughter's house and see a doctor on my own. However, a few hours later, I went to the hospital emergency room since my shoulder pain increased. Over three months later, Walmart refuses to settle my claim. I have not sought an attorney since I am not a litigious person and my injuries are not permanent. However, Walmart is now causing me emotional distress by not contacting me.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2013
This was to second time I was in Walmart that there was a dog in the store. I will not be back. People are saying they need these dogs with them... but most do not, they just want to take their dog in with them. I will (NOT) buy my food in a store that lets dogs do as they please.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2013
I have several complaints against Walmart. First, in the last few months, they started changing the rules and what was and wasn't allowed without informing the employees. The same asst. manager who told me something was fine said she'd write me up for doing the exact same thing. I, being the overachiever, did as told and stopped the behavior.
Second, when I was first hired, I was told no unnatural hair colors and no facial or tongue piercings while working and gauged piercing are to be non-see-through. Fast forward a year and the CSM has her tongue pierced, several employees have the gauged ear piercing with the tunnel like earrings, and a cashier has her nose pierced. I decided to try a new hairstyle and no one had any problems with it, and even had the store manager said he liked it. When my husband did a touch up cut on it, he cut it way too short. I was then informed it wasn't allowed. I agreed it looked weird and hid it. I was informed once my hair was the original length again, it'd be fine. Hair went back to the desired length so I didn't hide the hair cut. I checked with an asst. manager before my shift and all was good. Halfway past my shift the asst. manager I mentioned in the first complaint told me to cover it back up. Keep in mind, I'd been there for over 4 hours with no one saying anything and another manager's approval.
Third complaint, all the higher ups talking about the hourly associates behind their backs. I overheard people talking about me a few times, and many times them talking bad about other people. That is not a respectful way to manage a workplace. The last time I heard them talk about me was the day I was fired.
Fourth complaint, Being made to do others' job with NO HELP. The CSM's at our store are supposed to clean the registers at night. None of them did nor did they ask any cashiers to clean them. So I did the tasks and received no thanks. I even got scolded because I went to clean the card readers with the card reader cleaners (that I was told to use by another CSM who saw me cleaning) since they don't receive them very often. I stopped cleaning after that and then got scolded for not cleaning the registers, when it wasn't my job to begin with.
Fifth complaint, I was fired for calling in sick and for leaving a few hours before the end of my shift due to pain caused by surgery complications, along with calling in (which was pre-discussed with managers) due to having to go to class. A secondary part of this complaint is that even though I told the managers I needed to change my availability due to class starting up, filled out the appropriate form with over a month to spare, turned the form in to a manager, my schedule wasn't changed. I was told it was because I didn't remind the manager in charge of my schedule that I'd turned one in.
Final complaint, even though I was fired and received a letter saying so, I am still in the computer system as an employee. Now I can't apply at a Walmart in my new place of residence, which is annoying as I could easily get the job as my performance review was outstanding and was told I could be un-fired at my old Walmart if I talked the the store manager. Of course, joke is on them since no one is cleaning the registers now and they are down yet another cashier.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2013
My husband is in Ft. Bragg, NC area and I'm in the Ft. Jackson, SC area so he bought our daughter a TV. It took him 14 days to bring it to the area. When he plugged it up, it had a blue screen. We packed it back up when we returned to the Columbia area to take in and exchange for a new TV. We were told about their new 15-day policy of returns. This policy should be on the receipt or maybe the cashiers should mention it to customers. Even at the customer service area, it is so small a consumer can't even read it. We will never buy another electronic product again from them! We will pay extra money at another store to have the peace of mind and not lose a piece of junk that they are selling in their stores. I will make sure I pass my horrible experience to all the people I know and it's a lot of people in the United States and foreign country.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2013
I purchased the latest iPad from Walmart 1243 Martinsville, VA with extended warranty on 2/6/2013. By accident, the screen was shattered so I called the number on my warranty card to file a claim and was told that they would send me a return shipping label in 3-5 business days and would repair or replace my iPad. It has been 3 weeks now and I have not received a label. I have contacted the warranty line several times and been told that they are sending a label but at this time I have not received it. I took the iPad with receipt and warranty back to Walmart and was told they could do nothing that it was through the warranty now. I paid $499.00 for the iPad and $44.00 for the 2-yr extended warranty and I am stuck with an iPad with a broken screen. I have contacted corporate Walmart and left a message for the district manager. What is wrong with this picture? I will not purchase anything from Walmart that has a warranty because as of yet quote one has taken any action! Dissatisfied in Martinsville
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2013
I am extremely disappointed in Walmart's customer service overall and their return policy and the fact that they sell very low quality items that breaks after few weeks or months and they are not responsible for it. I am still waiting for a phone call from the Walmart Executive Offices regarding my complaints. It has been over a week. I spent thousands of dollars at Walmart in the past 10 years and now I am done I rather take my money to Costco from now on. At least they don't give problems when I want to return something, no matter if it's 15 days or 15 months old items. I just want people to be aware not to purchase electronics or certain products from Walmart. I purchased a $300 outdoor Brinkmann bbq grill in May 2010. The grill broker after 6 months so I only used it for 1 summer.
A BBQ grill normally lasts about 6-7 years but no, not the Walmart grills. Not only the grill is dangerous to use and based on reviews it caught on fire but very poor quality as well. So after Walmart gets many complaints about it, they discontinued the product instead of dealing with the customer complaints. I wanted a refund of my 300 dollars; however, the grill is now 2 years old and Walmart doesn't care. I had to deal with Hurricane Sandy's damages on my house for the past year so the last thing on my mind was my broken BBQ grill. However, now I am fed up as I also bought other items at Walmart that broke after a few months as well. I purchased a GE toaster which broke and I obviously again Walmart is not responsible.
I also purchase 2 Nextbook tablet for my family, both broke and Walmart advised me they only have a 15-day return policy on those???? What a bog scam. I will never buy anything else from them. If they at least would have the courtesy to even call me back and try to work something out then I may be not as angry as I am now and they would probably get 2 stars on their customer satisfaction surveys instead of 0 stars. I will also make sure I post this on all my social network sites and all my 100s of friends pages to make them aware Walmart bad practices. If I received satisfactory customer service this would have never happened.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2013
It took me a year to talk my girlfriend into using great value products instead of the brand names. Tonight we had a can of green beans with this on the bottom of the can - I1AU202E 21 31 under that is 3342 GR BN CUT. The beans were good, except for the fact that my girlfriend found what I am sure is a 3/4" piece of wire that was all rusted and black. I will attach a picture of it. Now it is a good thing she didn't swallow it or get it stuck in her mouth. It will take me forever to get her to buy the store brand again. I am not too happy with this other than she wasn't hurt. I am not the type to run to the news media or to a lawyer or anything like that. I just thought you should know. Quality control needs to be a little better.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2013
I went online to order a mattress and I ordered 1 mattress. So what do they do, they charge me 2x. I pressed Submit 1 time and it said my card was declined so I pressed again Submit and they accepted my order. So just curious, I went to my online banking and what do I see? They charged me 2x. I called my bank immediately and they called Visa and my bank straightened that out... So come to find out... that my order was shipped yesterday and apparently it was left in front of my door. Well, I was home all day yesterday. I didn't see anything. No one knocked, no one rang the bell, nothing... So I emailed Walmart about the issue. I am still waiting for their response... I had so many incidents at Walmart that I do not even have the patience to talk about.
I am disabled so I went to Walmart with my cane. I can hardly walk so the cart was full, my 12-year-old son and I... The cashier was rude as hell first... And then she would not put my bags in to the cart. My son had to do it. He is not a huge kid... and second when the cart was full, she told me to go get one more shopping cart. So I just stood there and she started yelling saying how lazy I am. Mind you, I have a cane... can't walk. On my way home, I called the manager. I was never contacted back... I do all of my shopping there. I spend from $500 - $1500 a week there if not more so this store is crap. I will never buy their product online or in their store...
So I went to their salon to get my son's hair cut and the hairdresser didn't sweep the floor so - mind you I can't walk right - I tripped and fell. I had 2" x 3" bruise on my left ** and my knee and I went to the customer service to see if they had ice. They told me no, I can go buy a bag of ice and carry that around on my **. What the hell is this crap. So someone still wants me to shop there?????????
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2013
All the box stores have receipt checkers at their exits, except for maybe the smaller retail stores. I know Costco has checkers at the exits and so does BJ's. Recently my girlfriend had a bunch of stuff in her basket and was headed out to the gardening section and got popped for shoplifting. So it created a bizarre situation. Have to side strictly with Walmart, but a checker at the door could have stopped this. Or it could have been handled differently. Court was filled with petty shoplifting claims. Just seems like the folks at Walmart could figure out a better way of handling things other than getting people dragged into court. I could be wrong. Have to side with Walmart on this, but checkers at the exit would have stopped this.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2013
I went shopping with my family. I was in the store in Derry, NH for 1 hour. I came out and my car had a big dent in it from one of their shopping carts. I had a cop come down and the girl and I filled out a form of what happen. 3 weeks later they tell me and I get a letter saying they will not cover the damages and there was nothing on their video and they won't even show me. I think that is messed up for such a great big company I thought was great that I shop at 3x a week. I will never go back there again and I will tell everyone I know how messed up that is that they would even meet me halfway in covering my car damages!
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
I have only been employed by Walmart for a few months. Walmart has suspended my hours due to me taking prescription drugs that were prescribed by my Doctor for pain. The total time I worked while taking these drugs was 4 night shifts and I was on light duty due to an accident I was in. I was stocking paper goods in the grocery department. It wasn't like I was operating any machinery or anything that would have been a safety concern.
I have had to jump through hoops with management to try to explain myself to them. I had to talk to the corporate offices, and make a special trip to talk to management and "write down in my own words" my story behind taking these drugs. Now I don't even know if I have a job anymore. They say they will call me to let me know when I come back to work, and I have heard nothing from them. I have lost a whole week's pay now.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
I can not believe what I just received in the mail from Walmart - WORST packaging ever!! Who the HELL puts a glass jar in a Ziploc bag, throws some brown paper in the box along with it, and ships it?!? No padding, no nothing. I get the package and the jar is already broken and in pieces, tomato sauce ALL over the box!! I would never advise someone to order from Walmart online - they have NO concept of what safe and protected packaging is - really shows they couldn't care less about their customers. Thanks for nothing, Walmart!
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
I placed an order online 10 days and when I would check the status, it would state it was processing. So I contacted their customer service via email. I was told they were in the process of verifying my credit card to protect me against fraud. Huh? It takes less than a minute to get verification, not 10 days. I cancelled the order.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
I have shopped at Walmart for many years and not had any problems. Now it seems every time I go I have a problem. Employees who are suppose to be working in the different departments are never there and when they are won't make eye contact so you can ask for help. On that off chance you find someone they will tell you "this isn't my department" or "I don't know". The cashiers are not any different. I have a Walmart money card and every time I try to reload it, the machine is out of order, nobody knows how to fix it or who to call to fix it. So I ask the cashier to put the money on for me. 9 times out of 10 they tell me I have to go to customer service when I know they can do it. I have made complaints to the store manger a few times but they don't seem to care either. Most of the time they just stand there like a deer in headlights.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
I purchased bedding for my new place on August 4th expecting it to arrive in-store on August 15. On August 15, I went in-store checking on the availability of my item because I didn't receive an e-mail saying that it has arrived. In store they said it wasn't there, I called the following morning they said they still didn't receive my order. I went in that afternoon and it still wasn't there. (Note: I checked my Walmart account to track my order and the expectancy was on August 15-16) On Saturday at 3:09 PM I received an e-mail from Walmart.com saying that my package has been delayed. (Note: two days after I was supposed to receive my package). And the e-mail also stated that they were unable to revise the delivery date.
I called Walmart.com customer service line on Monday to see if they can tell me when will it will deliver. Instead I was told that my package was lost in transit and my options were to either receive a refund or have it re-sent to my new address. (Note: I am moving to a new town August 22nd where I need bedding to sleep on. The bedding I selected was priced amazingly, I loved the style of the bedding. The item is not available in stores. I am aware that things get lost and I'm not upset about that, I try to be very understandable.
My problem is that I was not informed that my package was lost ahead of time. If so I could have been resent my order to my new address knowing that I can receive it on time. The total of the bedding is $25.47 even if refunded I could not purchase a bedding set from a Walmart store or any other store similar to that style at that price. With the decision to resend the package to my new address with the expedited shipping they provided, I was told from Walmart's customer service that I may receive my package by Thursday.
It was frustrating to here they customer service representatives say thats all they can do. I shop at Walmart close to 2x a week and I never felt so unappreciated and undervalued as a customer. And although they followed the script and sent their sincerest apologies, I did not feel it was true even when speaking to their supervisor who background was very loud and she seem disinterested in what I had to say. So since those "sincerest apologies" could not provide me bedding to sleep on I will not be shopping at Walmart.com again.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2013
I've been with the company 5+ years. There are 4 pharmacy technicians at this pharmacy, myself (female), 2 other females and one male. As long as the male technician has been there, he gets all the easy tasks like filling medications, checking in the order and generally goofing off with the pharmacists. The females get to type in all the Rxs and let me tell you 40 hours a week is killer on the fingers. We also have to deal with patient insurance issues, angry customers, answer the phones and run the cash register. I brought this issue up to the manager several times. I showed him proof by printing out our numbers and presenting him with the fact that the work load isn't being shared equally by everyone. He brushed me off each time stating that scheduling just happened to have the male tech doing most of the filling. I said that I would gladly change my schedule around so I can get a chance to fill medications once in a while but my request was denied.
Today I took the liberty of starting to check in the order. The typing was all done and all that was left to do was fill the medication and of course the male technician gets to do that job. I had just started when a customer asked me a question. The male technician quickly took the order away from my area while I was distracted. I asked for it back but he said no, that it was his job and that I should stay at the register and help the customers. Since when did he become the boss? So I approached the pharmacist about his behavior and I was ignored. I left the pharmacy in tears. I feel like such an inferior being when I work with these people and even more so when my valid concerns are disregarded so easily.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2013
FYI Wal-Mart: I'm a retired employee and even with my 10% employee discount, I am still saving A LOT of money at HEB. Additionally, the employees THERE are what WMT employees used to be - polite, helpful and more than happy to help. I hope someone shares this with Mike Duke. Wal-Mart has become "just another company".
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2013
I was hired here 2 months ago, and I'll say it's been a tough ride. Firstly, the training I got to be a cashier was terrible. They showed us a video on counterfeit money, a video on the stupid Walmart rewards MasterCard, and left us on a computer doing computer based learning modules for up to 16 hours, 4 days in a row after school. Then, I scanned 2 items, asked if it would be on a WM rewards MC, and they deemed me ready. Sent me into the express till, and left me there. Didn't know how to order cash, page departments, do tax exemptions, do coupons, discounts for associates, use gift cards. I was just throw to the sharks.
Angry customers don't care if you're new. They're upset because you're out of the toilet paper that's on sale. The CSMs seemed really mad that I kept calling for stupid things that I should magically know, and one got really mad when I asked how to page someone. Now that I have the hang of things, it's way better. I can even talk and joke with them, but that's a different thing.
Secondly, the scheduling. It's nice to have it so far in advance, but it's just annoying if you're trying to trade a shift with someone. Only one person, the front end scheduling manager, is available to approve. One person, with about 100 associates trying to get her to approve things. Last week, I really needed someone to cover a shift because I got news my sister was in labor and I could come visit (a four hour drive) if I could get the time off. The scheduling manager decided to take a vacation and left no one with the ability to approve schedule changes. So I ended up just writing a note saying I got this person to cover my shift because of a family emergency. It was never really mentioned after that, thank goodness.
Also, recently a bunch of cashiers quit and others keep calling in sick so we're extremely short staffed. Managers are cashiering and part time associates (like me) are getting 39 hours, the max you can have before they have to pay you overtime. I'm a teenager, and it's summer. I'm trying to hang out with my friends, have fun, all that before I start with the full time school and work again. I don't want almost 40 hours, and I specifically said I only wanted 20-25 hours a week. I just worked 7 days in a row of all 8 hours shifts, so they could use me and not pay overtime. I'm usually pretty good, but I'm beat. My feet hurt, my back hurts, I'm in constant pain and by the end of my shift, I can't even bring myself to smile. It's absolutely ridiculous and at times, I want to quit.
Lastly, the Walmart rewards MasterCard. If you've been to Walmart, a cashier will have asked you, "will this be on a ______?" And you'll be like umm no. Well cashiers are told we have to sell this to the customers. Push it on them. I ask every customer if they are interested, I tell them some benefits (honestly they sound good to me) and that's all I can do. So far, no one wants one but plenty say they'll think about it and go off with a mail in application looking happy. Still, I recently found out that they will actually fire people for not getting people to sign up at the till. I don't know about you, but that sounds illegal.
Apparently, they don't actually fire you for that reason. They say "oh they missed so much stuff being stolen right from under their nose" or "not productive at doing their job" or sometimes they'll just delegate you to a different horrible department. I can't even believe this, but I've seen cashiers go to much worse jobs or have hours cut. It's absolutely ridiculous and I can't even fathom wearing one of those "5 years of proud service" or up, and feel good about it. I just need the money, and as soon as a better job comes along, goodbye Walmart.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2013
Thought Straight Talk would fit our needs better than current. We are retired and have to limit our expenses. Started process on Straight Talk website on June 13. I didn't quite understand all requirements but have since learned. I understood from the advertisement that I could buy either $30 card or $45. I first bought $30 service plan, called to see what I had to do. I was told had to have new SIM card. I had already filled out all the information on the website including the fact that I wanted to use my own phone and that I was with AT&T. I bought a SIM card, but they gave me a new phone #, I called back and after many minutes talking to different ones, most I could not understand, they said they would send me another card. I bought the $45 service plan, found out that I could not get refunded for the $30. They then sent me another SIM card. I called to get it activated.
VERY frustrated by now, talked again to several different people, tried my best to understand what they were saying, explained situation over and over again. They finally said they would be sending me another SIM card from AT&T. That was July 22 or 23. Called again today, Aug. 1, to ask where my SIM card was. Talked to 3 different people, gave explanation 2 times, sounded like I was being told that T-Mobile card would not work. I kept saying I knew that. Finally, was told I would have to go to store and buy AT&T SIM card. Asked to speak with supervisor. Told him I had already paid for a SIM card and $45 service which amounted to over $65. Asked him again where to get SIM card. He said go to any Walmart store and ask for BYOP card. I asked if he was going to give money back for SIM card that would not work. He said he couldn't but would give me 25 points to my account.
After asking more questions to make sure I got it right, I realized they were not going to give any of my money back so I decided that I had already spent over $95 and 7 weeks trying to get Straight Talk, might as well go ahead and get card. Went to Walmart website to see if it was in my hometown of Hamilton, AL. Guess what, Walmart doesn't have one anywhere. They are out of stock, don't know when they will have one. I know I am not that up on technology, but I do get it, now. They took my money. I clearly stated the phone I had and who I was currently with from the beginning. I could not afford an extra $95, still do not have Straight Talk and they won't give my money back. What am I supposed to do and where do I go?? Meanwhile, I have to keep paying my current AT&T to keep my phone active.
Reviewed July 30, 2013
I go to one Walmart, I was practically raise in, and I have become a major betta lover (and any fish, period). I like going to see what all they have/how they look, color wise and health wise. One time, of many, I told an employee, that had come to help (after waiting 20 mins, for ONE of the 3 to 4 times, me and my husband called for assistance), that when I see a dead betta(s), I take it and put it in the sink, so they will see it. He looked at me funny, as if he knew, and said, 'You do that?' I said, 'Yeah'. I told him, 'I figure I'm helping you guys, so you don't have to go through all of them, and it makes the display look better' (plus no one will want to buy any betta's. If they see dead one's, they will think all of them are sick and dying.) He said, 'Don't do that, that's our job'. I gave a look (as we started to leave (with No fish)), of not being very happy, and thought to myself 'Then DO your job and TAKE CARE OF THEM!'
The pet department/fish area, especially, is always dirty. The floor has not been swept/kept up. The fish tanks and deco are sometimes broken and misplaced, dead fish (newly dead and days dead, and sometimes even weeks, dead), dead algae eaters, poop and muck all over the tanks, Ich and diseased covered fish, dying and barely swimming around, dozens of dead ones blocking the flow of the filter. It's terrible. Of the guppies and Neon Tetra (the blue, purple, red, pink, and green ones), there will be 20 to 40, sometimes 50, in a tank, one day, I come back a few days later, to see what is new and improved (HA!), and 75 to 95%, will be dead or dying, with the others, not looking so hot..... Sad.
A small, one gallon fish tank, I had bought for one of my betta's, didn't have an air pump in the package, like usual, so I took it back, to exchange it, and the next day, I went back to the pet area, to look at something, the one I had returned, with NOT ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN IT, IN THE FIRST PLACE, was sitting up on the fish tank shelf, tapped up, to try to resell.....Really?.... Walmart, knowing full and well, the box doesn't have EVERYTHING it SHOULD HAVE in it and you are trying to sell it..... This was last year, I believe in the early fall, and today, 7/30/2013, THAT VERY FISH TANK I RETURNED IS STILL SITTING ON THE SHELF, WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BUY IT. Pretty Freaking ridiculous.
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