1/5 Mr. F. 9 months ago on Google
Recently
the
planer
for
my
woodworking
business
was
starting
to
have
issues,
so
I
decided
to
start
shopping
around
for
a
new
one.
The
DeWalt
735
was
on
my
short
list.
I
saw
that
CT
had
it
on
sale,
but
there
were
only
two
left.
I
didn't
have
time
to
buy
it
right
away
that
day
so
my
plan
was
to
sit
down
at
my
computer
that
evening
to
buy
online
then
pick
up
in
store
the
next
day.
I
tried
getting
onto
the
website
that
evening
around
7pm
but
nothing
would
load.
I
tried
my
laptop,
my
wife's
laptop,
my
phone,
my
desktop,
and
both
Google
Chrome,
and
Microsoft
Edge,
yet
it
just
wouldn't
load.
Presumably
the
website
was
just
down.
I
proceeded
to
contact
the
store
at
about
830pm
knowing
I
wouldn't
make
it
there
before
they
closed
at
9.
I
explained
that
I
was
concerned
I'd
miss
out
on
the
planer
since
there
were
only
2
left,
and
that
I
just
couldn't
buy
online
since
the
website
was
down.
The
first
person
working
at
customer
service
curtly
said
"I'll
transfer
you
to
hardware"
after
hearing
my
story.
No
niceties
at
all.
Next
the
man
in
the
hardware
department
upon
hearing
the
same
story
simply
said
"no
we
don't
do
that"
and
tried
to
rush
me
off
the
phone.
I
reiterated
I
wasn't
asking
for
anything
special,
I
simply
couldn't
buy
it
online
since
the
website
was
down.
Surely
an
exception
could
be
made
in
lieu
of
that
issue.
Again
he
rudely
said
no,
and
tried
to
rush
me
off
the
phone.
I
asked
if
there
was
someone
in
management
that
I
could
talk
to,
who
might
have
the
power
to
make
such
an
exception.
He
begrudgingly
transferred
the
call.
I
was
on
a
brief
hold
but
got
bounced
back
to
him,
I
stated
who
I
was
and
that
the
transfer
didn't
go
through.
He
said
"he
would
only
try
to
transfer
me
once
more"
or
I
was
SOL
I
guess...
Next
I
was
bounced
back
to
the
very
rude
customer
service
worker,
to
which
I
once
again
had
to
explain
my
call.
"ok
hold"
in
a
curt
response
and
finally
I
had
some
sort
of
person
in
Management.
Julie
was
this
person's
name,
and
once
again
I
relayed
my
story.
She
first
off
accusingly
asked
my
"how
I
knew
there
were
only
two
left"
if
the
website
wouldn't
load.
I
explained
how
I
saw
it
on
the
website
while
I
was
scouting
the
planer
out
(at
various
retailers)
online
earlier
that
day.
She
made
no
mention
of
having
a
policy
against
holding
an
item,
but
unpleasantly
replied
"
fine
I'll
have
to
see
if
we
have
it".
After
a
several
minute
wait
on
hold
she
came
back,
same
unpleasant
disposition,
and
stated
"we
have
it
but
you
better
be
here
at
9am
or
it's
going
back
on
the
floor".
Taken
aback
a
bit
I
said
"it
wasn't
necessary
to
talk
to
me
so
rudely,
I
wasn't
asking
for
anything
extravagant,
it
wasn't
my
fault
the
website
was
down,
and
had
it
not
been,
I
wouldn't
be
calling
and
would
have
already
paid
for
the
planer"
Her
reply
was,
"it's
not
my
fault
the
website
is
down,
name
for
the
hold".
I
said
I
understood
it
wasn't
her
fault
and
was
in
no
way
blaming
her,
but
nothing
justified
the
attitude
she
was
giving
me.
I
had
been
completely
cordial
to
her
throughout
the
whole
call,
when
she
had
been
downright
rude
from
the
start.
"fine
,
I
didn't
think
I
was
being
rude,
I
need
your
name
for
the
hold"
At
that
point
I
had
enough,
I
wasn't
giving
this
lady
my
name
and
I
was
pretty
sure
I
didn't
want
to
give
Canadian
Tire
the
nearly
$700
before
tax
for
the
planer.
My
very
next
call
was
to
the
corporate
office
to
lodge
a
complaint.
The
gentleman
on
the
phone
was
very
understanding,
and
made
me
feel
very
validated.
He
also
mentioned
it
really
wasn't
even
a
policy
to
not
hold
something,
and
especially
given
the
circumstance.
There
was
no
reason
not
to
place
the
item
on
what
would
be
a
12-14
hour
hold,
most
of
which
the
store
would
be
closed
for
anyhow.
I
spoke
to
3
employees
at
the
Charlottetown
Canadian
Tire,
all
three
of
which
had
zero
phone
manners,
no
"
hello
how
are
you",
no
understanding,
and
no
patience
to
help
fix
a
customer
issue.
I
finally
did
get
the
planer
after
all
that
(the
website
finally
started
working
at
around
midnight),
but
I
highly
recommend
shopping
elsewhere.
I
wish
there
was
a
zero
star
option.