5/5 Chandirasekarendiran A. 1 year ago on Google
Update:
I
was
contacted
by
the
Sam's
club
assistant
manager
on
the
same
day.
He
apologized
for
the
experience
I
had
today
and
said
he
takes
these
issues
seriously.
He
was
very
sincere
in
his
efforts
to
make
things
right
and
provided
me
a
free
membership
until
next
year.
I
was
pleasantly
surprised
that
they
were
able
to
track
and
call
me
so
soon
and
attempt
to
resolve
the
issue
in
a
polite
manner.
This
is
the
type
of
service
that
I
have
had
over
the
past
couple
of
years.
I
am
going
to
continue
to
shop
in
Sam's
club
alongside
Costco
:)
Costco
can't
be
better
in
every
way
and
have
better
deals
in
every
product
category,
can't
it?
Original
(removed
some
personal
comments
since
issue
is
resolved)
I
have
been
a
customer
for
the
past
2
years
and
have
had
great
experiences
and
the
store
had
great
deals
all
the
time.
But
I
had
a
pretty
bad
experience
today.
I
didn't
want
to
rant
about
this
but
this
was
shocking
to
me.
I
was
at
the
store
today
and
since
I
wanted
to
try
out
Costco,
I
wanted
to
cancel
my
membership.
The
membership
renews
automatically
and
it
already
did
for
this
year
several
months
back
so
I
had
just
wanted
to
prevent
it
from
renewing
the
next
cycle.
I
shopped
around
for
some
items
but
didn't
want
to
pay
for
the
items
first
since
if
so
I
had
to
exit
the
store,
put
all
the
items
in
my
car,
and
then
come
back.
I
went
to
Member
service
area
and
asked
them
to
cancel
my
membership
but
asked
them
if
the
membership
will
be
cancelled
immediately
or
will
be
valid
for
end
of
the
cycle.
I
handed
over
my
card
to
an
associate
named
Zuleika
and
she
said
"Wait"
and
didn't
reply
to
my
question.
I
asked
the
same
question
a
second
time
but
she
didn't
answer
and
just
kept
looking
at
the
machine.
She
moved
over
to
a
different
system
and
asked
me
to
insert
my
credit
card.
I
told
her
"Hang
on,
I
have
some
items
that
I
still
to
pay"
and
showed
her
my
cart.
I
asked
her
again,
"Will
this
be
cancelled
immediately?".
Then
she
tells
me
that
the
card
has
already
been
cancelled
but
she
told
me
that
she
can
scan
the
items
at
her
system.
So
I
get
the
refund
and
she
swipes
a
generic
store
card
to
start
processing
my
items.
However,
the
scanner
was
charging
so
she
wasn't
able
to.
She
called
over
another
person,
who
seems
to
be
the
person
in
charge,
who
flat
out
said
"you
cancelled
your
membership
so
you
can't
purchase
those
items"
I
tried
explaining
the
situation
but
she
didn't
want
to
listen.
This
person
was
rude
and
didn't
try
to
help
someone
who
was
a
valuable
customer
until
2
mins
back.
She
kept
repeating,
"you
are
not
a
member".
Sam's,
to
have
someone
this
bad
at
customer
service
in
charge
of
the
Member
services
department
is
a
bad
business
decision.
There
are
a
number
of
ways
that
they
could
have
handled
this
better:
1)
They
could
have
answered
my
question
early
at
which
point,
I
would
asked
to
just
prevent
the
automatic
renewal.
2)
They
could
have
processed
my
items
as
the
first
associate
Zulieka
said
she
would.
OR
3)
Politely
said,
"I
am
sorry
but
your
membership
has
been
cancelled.
Store
policy
doesn't
allow
me
to
use
the
store
card"
But
nope,
they
had
to
take
on
a
rude
attitude.
A
polite
associate
at
the
Member
services
counter
could
have
retained
me
as
a
customer
for
at
least
the
next
8
months.
Instead,
you
gave
me
a
refund
and
lost
out
on
all
the
business
and
the
accumulated
goodwill
over
the
years.
I
wanted
to
try
out
Costco
for
its
hype
but
genuinely
thought
I
can
come
back
and
renew
manually
if
Costco
wasn't
better.