Janine N.
Yelp
Finally! A Bloomingdales at Valley Fair! I have been waiting for their opening and I am so glad I visited during their grand opening week. Throughout the week, there will be prizes, fortune-telling, selfie station (that did not really work), etc. Also, they will be serving wine, snow cones and hors d'oeuvre. If you get the chance, definitely stop by to visit Bloomingdale's Grand Opening!
I was so impressed with the store! Literally, all three stories. I mean, Bloomingdale's was beautifully decorated with very nice setups all around. Some spots make really great photo ops! They have pretty much all my favorite brands all in one place so I am thankful for that. It really does not get much better than this for a department store.
However, I am not impressed with their staff. Most of the staff that I encountered today were either unknowledgeable, unfriendly, liars or they just give off a bad vibe like they are better than you. Here are some examples:
-Unknowledgable-
I flagged down one of the SA to ask her about brands they carry inside the store and she didn't seem to know if they did or not. She said I can just go to the third floor and look. Maybe they're just really new and unfamiliar with everything. Let's give them some time. Moving on...
-Liars-
I saw that they had one of those spinning wheels and I was so excited, plus I was feeling lucky. There was a line and a girl was going back and forth asking if we were "Bloomingdale's Loyallist." I said I was already, but my husband asked if you had to be a Bloomingdale's Loyallist in order to spin the wheel. She said, "Yes you have to be in order to spin the wheel. They will need your phone number" So my hubby signed up for it so he can participate in the festivities, but when it was our turn to spin, we found out you absolutely did not have to be a Bloomingdale's Loyallist to spin! Anyone can spin, and no one asked for your number. There isn't even a place where you can put in your number to spin the wheel. Disappointed she kinda lied to us, for what? To get someone to sign up with her?
-Unfriendly-
The first thing I saw when I walked in was a credit card booth and I was interested because I love to shop and wanted to learn more about the incentives for opening a new credit card. I walked up to the booth where there were two workers. One of the girls was helping someone and the other girl wasn't doing anything so I approached her where she just looked at me, didn't say anything, or even a hi, so I left because I am not going to open a credit card with someone that can't give me their time of day. Then again, not one SA or Employee even said a "Hi and Welcome to Bloomingdales!" or "Can I help you find anything?" I came close to 8 pm and it wasn't busy so I know it wasn't because they were so busy with other customers.
Overall, I am very impressed with the store, well the layout anyway. I think they did a great job with the setup. Beautifully done. I was so excited about this store but honestly, I was kind of disappointed by the sale agents/employees and how they walk around like they own the place.
I am going back to Valley Fair to return an item at Nordstrom tomorrow and plan to stop by once again to explore more of Bloomingdales. If I get a new experience, I will definitely update my post, but the chances are low. Maybe it's because I'm Asian. lol, who knows!?
For now, I think Nordstrom and their employees are such wonderful people and are so much more friendly, helpful, knowledgable so I am always going to bring them my business first. They both carry all the brands that I normally use and if they don't, I'll just go to the stores outside of Bloomingdales.