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Complaint Review: Radio Shack - Internet

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  • Reported By: JM — Newberry Florida United States of America
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On 11/22/12 I ordered an Xbox with free promotional headphones from radioshack.com.  I returned them to my local radio shack store on 11/30/12 (found a better deal).  I opened the shipping box only to confirm both items were there, but I never opened the box containing the Xbox or the package with the headphones.  

The store manager (Oaks Mall, Gainesville, FL), Katie, and employee Mark, explained they could not refund me for returning an online order.  Radioshack.com states that you can return items to a Radio Shack store and provides the steps you must follow in order to do so, unless the packing slip indicates the item must be mailed back.

My packing slip & order confirmation did not state anywhere that this purchase can only be mailed back.  Katie acknowledged that the website is says this but what they can do is  ship my purchase back via her regular Federal Express guys who deliver from and ship to the Ft. Worth TX warehouse for her every day. Then she explained when the warehouse receives the package, they will process my refund.  She provided me the tracking information from the shipping receipt she filled out.  The items were shipped back in the same box they came to  me in.

On 12/4/12 that tracking info confirms the box was received and signed for by R Woods.  However, the only item they acknowledge that was returned were the free headphones.  Radioshack.com says b/c the Federal Express shipping receipt lists the weight as too light for an XBOX, they only refund they processed was $0 for the free headphones.

Katie confirmed to me that she ALWAYS ships back to the warehouse listing the weight as 1 pound, b/c the weight doesnt matter b/c they are using their own Federal Express delivery account.  I returned my purchase unopened to Radio Shack.  Two Radio Shack employees confirmed this.  They owe me $180.19.  Fair warning if you elect to patronize this company.

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The local store has processed my refund in full.

AUTHOR: JM - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, December 31, 2012

Update...the local store processed my refund.  They admitted the error was on their part  for not refunding me right when I originally returned the unopened items to the store.  At this point, either the warehouse improperly cataloged it upon arrival or the XBOX was stolen after it left the Gainesville store, either en route or in the warehouse.  The local District Manager and Store Manager did their best for me and were able to confirm the box weighed  8.5 pounds when it left Gainesville, and during at least one of the Fed X transfers, and apologized for not simply refunding me in the first place when I returned the item to the store.  While I will never again order from Radioshack.com, at least my local Gainesville Radio Shack eventually made it right. 

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AUTHOR: DrQuality - (USA)

POSTED: Friday, December 21, 2012

I had a similar problem with Radio Shack's "Return Policy" at the store on Belmont Ave. Youngstown, OH.

I wanted to return these cables for a piano and just get the cash back; I had the reciept and I paid with a Debit card...using the Debit option, NOT CREDIT. Online, the policy says I can recieve cash back if I paid with cash or debit. So, when I went to return them, the manager and some faggy store employee told me I could only get store credit or the money put back onto the card, which would take 3 days. I told them I saw the policy and it said different. The excuse they gave, which was a lie, was that the policy changed and the website needs updated. LMAO. So, I took them the another Radioshack on Mahoning Ave. Youngstown, and they took them back, gave me the cash, no problem. I asked the employee if what the manager at the Belmont store said was true, and she said no- that most likely they were either A. Being Lazy or B. Didn't know how to return cash that was a return on a debit purchase. F--- Radio Shack; they are outdated and useless. Just my two cents; I feel for ya.

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