Tony T.
Yelp
To Mr. Zach Cushman, thank you for saving the day. You were professional, calm, and knowledgeable.
My family arrived and saw the sign out front that said $50 GIFT card and get a $10 reward complimentary card. So I intended to purchase 2 $50 GIFT cards. I was at the register with Mr. Pedro (Cashier), he wasn't sure how to ring up gift cards so he asked for the first manager. The first manager arrived and he was looking through the POS machine to see how it could be done. A second cashier (Mr. Cashier 2) arrived and said he knows what to do. Then he rang me up for a $50 GAME card. I asked him where is the $10 reward complimentary card. Then I look at the receipt and saw that he charged me for a GAME card, not a GIFT card. And it was a $50 GAME card for 250 points when the sign right in front of both of us says the $50 GAME card is for 3## points. I said not only did you charge me for the wrong purchase, but you also cheated me out of over 50 points. The third cashier (Ms. Cashier 3) arrived and said you want a GAME card right, that's a GAME card. I said no I would like to purchase a GIFT card and get the free $10, and then I'd use the GIFT card at a later time. The first manager called over the General Manager (Mr. Zach Cushman). He kindly spoke to me and asked how he can help. Then he took some time, but he charged me for the 2 $50 GIFT cards and handed me the two $10 reward complimentary cards. He said he'd refund me the first initial purchase of $50 for the GAME card with 250 points on it. My daughter had been waiting about 25 minutes for me to get a simple GIFT card, and I asked her to be patient and kind, while we waited.
We took my daughter to the 3D movie machine and one side was broken so she watched the show by herself. Only to find out that on the 3rd show, I kept asking her why are you not looking straight, but to the sides. She said there's a menu. So I looked and sure enough, the working headset had the headset menu open blocking the entire viewing of the 3D movie. To the game technician lady in the gray shirt, thank you! She was super polite, and she started working on fixing the machine right away. There was another machine that was stuck and she fixed that right away too. She was also the person who helped get the hamster stuffed animal off of the wall for my daughter.
While we got our prizes at the redemption counter the 4th Cashier (Ms. Cashier 4) was super polite and friendly to my daughter. However, the 3rd cashier from the front (Ms. Cashier 3) came over and told us that I had to give her my name, address, and phone number in order to get any prizes of high value. I asked what is considered high value 1 or 1000. Why can't you just access my card and see what was redeemed or hand me a receipt? I am not going to give you my personal information. I asked her if my information is protected and if it gets leaked or shared for advertisement purposes who can I contact to make a complaint? She said the information is not shared, but then I could see all the people before me who had written down their information on this sheet of paper sitting on the counter, which at times was not accounted for.
Recommendations.
1) Reward Zach, there's a reason why he's the GM!
2) For the long wait of 3 cashiers and a manager not knowing how to ring up the GIFT card. Please provide the required training prior to advertising the GIFT card rewards.
3) Something complimentary like a 30-minute or 1-hour free play while my daughter waited would have been nice.
4) Great job on fixing the machines, recognize the game technician lady.
5) Rewards redemption, providing Personal Identifiable Information should be protected if it's required. However; Target, Kohls, and Lowes doesn't require these for their purchases, it's simply on your card or on your receipt. Issue receipts if you are concerned that people are going to return these items, and please make it voluntary and not mandatory. It was a very awkward conversation with Cashier #3.