Cheated by Morrison's supermarket
Posted by senajanes
in Sunderland
on Wednesday, 07 Jan 2009.
Note that this review is more than 6 months old and the company's procedures may have changed considerably since this review was written.
Having been a loyal and frequent customer of Morrison's since their store at Seaburn, Sunderland first opened, I'm quite sad that our association has now ended.
The staff there were always pleasant and friendly, but of course thats the North East for you.
The reason I'm boycoting the store is because I feel cheated and conned out of the �20 Xmas voucher offer.
I'd qualified but misunderstood the wording of the scheme and had only kept my 'debit card' till receipt as proof of puchase. The 'rules' just told you to keep the qualifying weeks 'receipts' and didnt make it clear that by 'receipt' they meant the whole itemised lists of the groceries bought (or till roll) as most of us customers would describe it.
Its no consolation but I'm not the only one to find themselves cheated in this way, the staff have had to deal with furious customers all week, some of them very abusive.
Also my phone call to their 'customer services' dept was an absolute waste of time and money.
The young man who eventually answered was possibly a school leaver & clearly completely untrained in customer services. He obviously couldn't have cared less so I've decided to adopt the same attitude.
Probably its done me a favour in the long run, I'm still very angry but if my �70 - �80 a week custom means so little to them then I shall spread it around from now on.
It isn't a problem for me to buy daily elswhere, there are shops a lot nearer to me than Morrisons and it will probably save me money too because I'll think twice and waste less.
Having been a loyal and frequent customer of Morrison's since their store at Seaburn, Sunderland first opened, I'm quite sad that our association has now ended.
The staff there were always pleasant and friendly, but of course thats the North East for you.
The reason I'm boycoting the store is because I feel cheated and conned out of the �20 Xmas voucher offer.
I'd qualified but misunderstood the wording of the scheme and had only kept my 'debit card' till receipt as proof of puchase. The 'rules' just told you to keep the qualifying weeks 'receipts' and didnt make it clear that by 'receipt' they meant the whole itemised lists of the groceries bought (or till roll) as most of us customers would describe it.
Its no consolation but I'm not the only one to find themselves cheated in this way, the staff have had to deal with furious customers all week, some of them very abusive.
Also my phone call to their 'customer services' dept was an absolute waste of time and money.
The young man who eventually answered was possibly a school leaver & clearly completely untrained in customer services. He obviously couldn't have cared less so I've decided to adopt the same attitude.
Probably its done me a favour in the long run, I'm still very angry but if my �70 - �80 a week custom means so little to them then I shall spread it around from now on.
It isn't a problem for me to buy daily elswhere, there are shops a lot nearer to me than Morrisons and it will probably save me money too because I'll think twice and waste less.
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