I recieved a surprised gift certificate for this spa from my bf, once I called the to make the appointment and told the receptionist I didnt exactly know what was included in the package, she said she couldnt look it up at the moment. (that should of given me a hint) So I had to go to my email and tell her the certificate info. Once I showed up at the spa, the front receptionist was too busy texting on her phone and had a rude attitude I gave her the certificate and started with the massage. To be clear both the massage and the facials WERE GOOD. Yet as we are going from one procedure to the other the receptionist walks back there and says and in front of everyone she says that my boyfriends card was declined card! She was going to have to contact him.. As emmbarrased as I was I told her that I would just pay for it, not satisfied with that she said that she still had to talk to him.. (He works in Iraq.. there was no way for us to get ahold of him) Which then I told her, and she said that I needed to take care of that... keep in mind when I made the appt. they should of looked it up, then I called to tell them I was on my way, and I still showed up and filled out paper work and during this time it never occurred to anyone to check it... As bothered as I was I still wanted to get the facial, so the receptionist still had the nerve to ask if I was gonna pay for it, if im getting the service done of course I will!! The other workers were standing there listening to everything...during the facial I couldnt even relax and was ready to just get out of there.
As I went to go pay (so much for someone getting a gift certificate) I asked her how come he was able to get it online (PS DONT BUY THEIR STUFF ONLINE) she said she had no explanation for that, or why they never bothered to look it up until I had already had a service done and why they never sent out an email telling him anything (but this time she said it hadnt been decline that the exparation date on it was for that same month and that it might have had been the reason.. that it showed as incomplete). She was so rude and kept acting like it was my fault... when in reality it was theirs...
In all honesty, my biggest bother wasnt that I had to pay for it but it was their lack of professionalism that really bothered me I felt humilated and she kept acting like if I was trying to steal a service from them, or like if I had randomly made up a gift certificate. And once I offered to pay for it she acted like if she didnt think my card was going to go thru. I dont believe that is a way to do business, I understand that mistakes happen sometimes but, I also believe that you should treat people right, are their workers forgetting that thanks to ppl like me and my bf she has a job! It was one of the most demining things ever. And it all turned out.. that their website hadnt even ran his card thru, which they later did call to apologize for (of course another receptionist which wasnt even there that day, had to do it)... Ha! So much for me getting a gift to relax me huh! Where did the serenity go? PS... if you have a gift certificate, make sure you take money with you I think that would be a horrible situation to be in if I would of left my purse at home.
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