Samira H.
Yelp
Me and my friend were enjoying our Friday night celebrating the weekend and my new job. Before we leave she wants to look at shoes so we go to Nordstrom to look around and we try on a few pairs.
I'm leaving to Sweden the next day and really needed shoes for my trip, and since I just got a new job I wanted to reward myself for it with a new pair of shoes.
I decide to buy the shoes even though I realized that they are a bit dirty and they are a bit nicked up on the suede I still decide to pursue with the purchase thinking that I could ask for a discount since it was the last pair.
I go up to a girl and she starts to ring me up and I ask her kindly if there is a way knowing it's the last pair to see if I can get them a bit discounted since they have a small nick in the leather and they are really dirty... She is like I can order some new ones for you, but I tell her that I'm leaving to vacation tomorrow.
She's like "can I ask where you're going?" And she's typing something on the computer and I'm like Sweden and she's like oh... okay, let me see with my manager, maybe he can give you a small discount or so. The manager is a slender guy with glasses. He starts off with I'm sorry but we don't do discounts, I can order a new pair for you? And I tell him about my vacation and that I really need these shoes. And he is like no sorry but I can't sell these shoes to you. And I'm like what?? Even my friend is like so you're not gonna sell her the shoes?? And he's like no sorry I can't because personally I wouldn't want to sell them to her and then she will use them and come back and return them. We both look at eachother in shock and we just repeat "so you're not gonna sell me the shoes because you don't want me to return them??" And he is like yes that is correct because they are defected in the leather. My friend says "so you don't even know if she will return them but you go off based on a situation that hasn't happened yet?" And he says yes because they are defected. My friend says "can we speak to someone above you? This is just not okay you are discriminating her". And he says he is not and he contacts his manager.
He then gets quiet and asks me if I really want to buy these shoes this bad he'll sell them to me if they are this important. I just look at him and ask for the manager, and a few minutes go by and we can hear them talking behind us. His manager comes up to us, gives us a smile and asks how she can help us. I explained once again what's going on and she is like yes that's correct I'm not selling these shoes to you. And I'm like okay so if I pay full price you still won't sell them to me?
And she's like no, I'm not selling these shoes. I'm like okay but why? I want to buy them. It's the last pair and I don't have anything to wear for my trip... She goes I really can't they are defected and I can't sell them to you. And I go " I understand that but it's honestly two small holes and I'm fine with that I just want to buy them because I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow. And she's like I don't care I can't sell them to you! My friend is like okay so you won't sell them to her but tomorrow will they go back out on the shelf? And she's like absolutely not, it's against Nordstrom policy to sell a damaged item and they will go right back to Steve Madden.
I am like okay so how is it that the girl was gonna sell me these shoes just a few minutes ago, if you guys don't sell defected items? Also why would they even been out from the first place if they are damaged and no one can buy them?
She just looks at me. My friend is like " I don't like how you discriminating her, if we never complained about the discount you would have sold the shoes, but the guy says that she's gonna wear the shoes and come back and return them, THAT is discrimination." The lady goes I'm not discriminating her at all I just won't sell these shoes to her because I would get in trouble. And I'm like "okay I really NEED these shoes, I'm leaving for vacation and I don't have time to get another pair or go somewhere else! Just rip the receipt I don't even need it if that helps. The lady keeps repeating that these shoes are not for sale so I just give up and we leave.
I wanted to cry so bad I've never been treated this poorly in my life by a retail store. This place will never get my money or my business ever.
And worst thing was that after I left I called in to make a claim and the lady on the line pretended to make this claim, which I found out the day after when I called to check the status, and I was nowhere to be found in their claim system...
Terrible.