Ryan M.
Yelp
Buyer Beware - one star, as there does not appear to be another option, as I did not get what I needed (that I believe to be more than fair).
I received an brand-new AE $80 Brown Belt, folded into the shape of a heart, for Valentines Day. However, I need a Black Belt for job interviews to match my suit.
I walked into the AE UTC Store last week and was approached by two gentleman who were enthusiastic to make the swap - AWESOME.
One of them interacted with me about who the gift was from and where I thought they had bought it in NYC; he then told me the store I referenced did not exist LOL as he too was from East Coast and "know all the stores in the area". He did hand me a comparable black belt, asked if size was right, and made me feel as if we were done. He casually walked away, left for the day, and put it in the hands of his less experience counter-part to "finalize".
The counter-part proceeded to look at stores, cross-referencing with names, phones numbers, and emails that the purchase may have been made under. I then offered him the credit card it was purchased with (I have) and he said the POS does not allow to use credit cards rather only contact information obtained from buyer at time of purchase (if any).
I then simply restated my case again - new AE Brown Belt received as gift is last month, never used and tags still on, want to swap for identical, except black, one. Are we good? And he said, I cannot do it.
Fundamentally it does not make sense, Just take the belt, give me black one, we good.
I could call my Grandmother and ask her for a receipt for return but to break a heart is not worth it whatsoever; on that note, anyone need a free belt?
PS - per request of other posters, I will be going into store daily for next week to get the names of the reps and posting them here.