F A.
Yelp
I had been HEB's biggest fan for the past 27 years until recently, and I especially enjoyed the cleanliness of this particular store.. I've ordered delivery 3 times.. The first time was flawless, delivered to my doorstep pristinely and timely..... The 2nd time, the driver left my 7 bags in an open lobby 8 floors down.... The last time, yesterday, I purchased $200 worth of food for delivery on a Saturday afternoon for a BBQ... Problem 1: The driver texted he was here 30 minutes before he was actually here (presumably while he was ransacking my groceries)... Problem 2: the driver had access to the lobby and the elevator because I had two friends at the door to ensure that, yet he insisted that I come down, not only to the lobby door, but out into the parking lot to the trunk of his car....i have a disabling inner ear disease that affects balance; hence, the delivery.... Problem 3: two of the ordered items were hotdogs and chicken wings. The driver delivered the hotdog buns and stole the hotdogs and meat.. The bags were torn apart, and the item packaging was ripped open... Then he stood there watching me struggle to carry loose items after having been prepaid a decent tip at the time of purchase.... Due to my severe hearing impairment, email is preferable to a telephone helpline.. So I emailed customer service..After 7 emails and 7 replies from 7 different people, 2 were finally able to refund the items that were robbed by the delivery person... Then I received another belated email, proclaiming that the issue was closed unilaterally and any further input by me denied.. HEB has gone from the best in customer service to the worst.. Their responses, outside of the form response, had the maturity and intellect of a spoiled 2nd grader..... But the real turn for me is that they are hiring thieves without recompense... It's pretty disturbing to see your bags and packaging torn apart and the 2 main parts of your BBQ ripped off while the driver watches you struggle to carry the loose items out of the shredded bags..Had I not been "denied"further input, I would've expected them to deliver the meat that was stolen at a bare minimum... At the very least, it's good business sense to hear the customer out, even if they're wrong........... That's a shame for HEB.. yes, they're a lucrative company, and I had always absolutely adored them......but when you lose decades-long customers overnight by ignoring their voice in a rude manner, success eventually trends down over time.. It may be a slow, negative ripple down but it's a sure thing..I never write reviews for anything.. That's how bad and disturbing this experience was.......i received a response from HEB to my google review to contact them, so I did, and was sent into the same circle of hell that I started with; then I took another look at the empty hotdog rolls in my freezer and decided to write a review on every site I can think of