Complaint Review: Zales Jewelers-Chapel Hills - Colorado Springs Colorado
- Zales Jewelers-Chapel Hills 1710 Briargate Blvd Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A.
- Phone: 719-594-6490
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- Category: Sales People
Zales Jewelers-Chapel Hills Deceptive sales practice - does not honor 30-day refund Colorado Springs Colorado
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*Consumer Comment: Kind Of Odd
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I purchased a wedding band 12/9/06 on Zales.com for my daughter-in-law-to-be.
Since it didn't match the curvy engagement ring I bought her originally, I took it to the Chapel Hill Zales store for refund on 1/2/07. The Store rep sold me a more expensive diamond pendant instead. I said I preferred to get the refund first as I'll be out of the country on vacation till end of Jan, and the pendant wasn't on sale - i.e. it's not a good deal. Store rep reassured me it's OK to purchase as I have the 30-day risk-free guarantee.
When I tried to return the item 1/29/07 (because Zales.com has a really good deal that would save me ~$150), the Store Manager (Larry Oliver) refused to give me the refund. He claimed that my 1/2/07 store purchase was an exchange, therefore, the 30-day guarantee is based on the first Zales.com purchase date (12/9). When I asked him to call Corporate /customer service to prove that his claim was true, he told me to go to the Zales.com for the customer service number myself as they closed at 3pm already. I was only able to find the Zales.com customer service number. I called and was told Zales.com would have treated the return as a credit back to my credit card and processed the 'exchange' item as a new purchase.
Basically, the Chapel Hills Zales Larry Oliver's (Store Manager) refusal to honor the 30-day refund is wrong and unethical. In addition, I believe the store uses deceptive sales practices to lure customers into an 'exchange' instead of a 'refund' and 'new purchase' to help their twisted argument.
Therefore, beware, and always INSIST on a FULL REFUND first to protect yourself. Do not let them lure you into an 'EXCHANGE'.
Sandra
Colorado Springs, Colorado
U.S.A.
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#5 Author of original report
Additional information in case you wonder...
AUTHOR: Sandra - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Well, actually I bought both my son's and his fiance's wedding bands. I also bought her engagement diamond and got it mounted on a curvy ring bought at a Zales re-styling event in 2004.
On 12/9 I got my son's fiance a Chevron diamond band from Zales.com, but when I went to Dallas at Xmas, we found that it didn't match. So I tried to return it on 1/2 after we got back to Colorado Springs. I did try to return it when we were in Dallas, but I didn't have the receipt with the credit card number (I only had the packing slip with the package). Meanwhile I ordered her the same plain wedding band as my son's from ice.com.
We were vacationing in Asia until last week, so I didn't get a chance to check Zales.com and return it earlier. Personally, I'm not one who craves jewelry - I only buy them as presents to friends and family, and love doing it. My problem is that I feel uncomfortable returning things. But now I realize I should have INSISTED on the refund and spare myself of all this stress.

#4 Author of original report
Additional information in case you wonder...
AUTHOR: Sandra - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Well, actually I bought both my son's and his fiance's wedding bands. I also bought her engagement diamond and got it mounted on a curvy ring bought at a Zales re-styling event in 2004.
On 12/9 I got my son's fiance a Chevron diamond band from Zales.com, but when I went to Dallas at Xmas, we found that it didn't match. So I tried to return it on 1/2 after we got back to Colorado Springs. I did try to return it when we were in Dallas, but I didn't have the receipt with the credit card number (I only had the packing slip with the package). Meanwhile I ordered her the same plain wedding band as my son's from ice.com.
We were vacationing in Asia until last week, so I didn't get a chance to check Zales.com and return it earlier. Personally, I'm not one who craves jewelry - I only buy them as presents to friends and family, and love doing it. My problem is that I feel uncomfortable returning things. But now I realize I should have INSISTED on the refund and spare myself of all this stress.

#3 Author of original report
Additional information in case you wonder...
AUTHOR: Sandra - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Well, actually I bought both my son's and his fiance's wedding bands. I also bought her engagement diamond and got it mounted on a curvy ring bought at a Zales re-styling event in 2004.
On 12/9 I got my son's fiance a Chevron diamond band from Zales.com, but when I went to Dallas at Xmas, we found that it didn't match. So I tried to return it on 1/2 after we got back to Colorado Springs. I did try to return it when we were in Dallas, but I didn't have the receipt with the credit card number (I only had the packing slip with the package). Meanwhile I ordered her the same plain wedding band as my son's from ice.com.
We were vacationing in Asia until last week, so I didn't get a chance to check Zales.com and return it earlier. Personally, I'm not one who craves jewelry - I only buy them as presents to friends and family, and love doing it. My problem is that I feel uncomfortable returning things. But now I realize I should have INSISTED on the refund and spare myself of all this stress.

#2 Author of original report
Additional information in case you wonder...
AUTHOR: Sandra - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Well, actually I bought both my son's and his fiance's wedding bands. I also bought her engagement diamond and got it mounted on a curvy ring bought at a Zales re-styling event in 2004.
On 12/9 I got my son's fiance a Chevron diamond band from Zales.com, but when I went to Dallas at Xmas, we found that it didn't match. So I tried to return it on 1/2 after we got back to Colorado Springs. I did try to return it when we were in Dallas, but I didn't have the receipt with the credit card number (I only had the packing slip with the package). Meanwhile I ordered her the same plain wedding band as my son's from ice.com.
We were vacationing in Asia until last week, so I didn't get a chance to check Zales.com and return it earlier. Personally, I'm not one who craves jewelry - I only buy them as presents to friends and family, and love doing it. My problem is that I feel uncomfortable returning things. But now I realize I should have INSISTED on the refund and spare myself of all this stress.

#1 Consumer Comment
Kind Of Odd
AUTHOR: Cory - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
You bought your daughter-in-law-to-be's wedding band on 12/9. Shouldn't your son have bought it? And, returned it 24 days later, "since it didn't match" and traded it in on another piece of jewelry and returned it, 27 days later, "because the pendant wasn't on sale".(because Zales.com has a really good deal that would save me ~$150). Reminds me of my old zales days. Back then, zales use to have a 90 day return policy. We had a couple of women who would buy pieces of jewelry and return EVERYTHING they bought within the 90 days. Back then, there were seven zales here in town. They'd always take it to a different zales, so no one ever got the wiser. They'd wear the piece or pieces of jewelry for 80 or 85 days and then return them for new pieces. They had charged them so they did pay for a month or two. Kind of like rent a center, but for jewelry. But thanks for the information and the warning. I'll know not to try the exchange before the refund the next time I shop at zales.


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