Sam's Club
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When returning an item at Sams you usually have your reciept. When you don't they are instructed to tell you they can't look up the reciept but on the contrary they can. If you don't have your reciept be sure and ask for a manager. They can go to a area called a purchase history and pull up a reciept. It will show what you bought, when you bought it, and how much you paid for it. Sometimes a refund can depend on how long your are a customer too. Be sure and demand the refund, they have the proof there. If they won't then call the corporate office and you will be taken care of. This happens alot there. Also on fresh items you must demand a 200% refund. Its on the sign but they will not honor it unless you say something. Speak up America. We are all having hard times and need to be treated fairly on items we buy.

5/22/2010 The Sams store in North Charleston, SC, seems to have a problem with staffing the check out lines. Today I waited 20 mins in line, Only half the check out lines were open. I had all the items on the cart set so the items could be scaned only for the lady to say we have to transfer them to another cart. For the few items this was another waste of time. I left the crt and went to Costco. I have raised these concers with the managment in the past and each time they just blow me off. I have been shopping there for over 10 years and these problems has only started since the present manager has taken over. In case someone has not told him there are plenty of people looking for work, Hire Them, We Are Tired Of Standing In Line. Every Saturday the store is very busy, it is just too bad the managment is to blind to see this and put more people on the lines so the customers frozen goods are not frozen anymore by the time you get to the exit. Also the people at the door are stopping to make small talk with everyone and there's a line across the store waiting to get out. Someone at Sams get us better Managment.

I mailed by payment for Sam's Club Discover card 4 days prior to the due date, and I received a late fee ($15.99). The date the payment was received was one day after the due date, which is debateable since the payment was mailed to the state next to where I live. I called immediately after I saw the charge online and asked to have it removed. The $15.99 late fee was the only charge for the current month and since it was removed, the agent that I spoke with said I did not need to send a payment. However, I have been receiving phone calls from GEMB every 3 hours. I was unavailable to answer the calls but the message on my voice mail was "press 1". That was the entire message so I had no idea who it was from or why it was left. I had 4 of these same messages every day and since I was out of town, only received them when I returned. When I was home to answer, then I knew the caller and discovered the reason for all of the calls. GEMB agent said I needed to make a minimun payment since my payment was overdue. I explained that the charge had been waived and that I would pay before my next due date and was told I had no previous payment due. They said that I was correct and that they were sorry. The following day, 3 more calls were on my voice mail saying "press 1". I knew who it was, called and spoke with another agent who said I was delinquent with the last month's payment. I told them that this problem had been resolved with another agent the previous day and mentioned to them to stop the calls and harrassment. If I get any more "press 1" messages, I will cancel the card. They only reason I have it is because it is the only credit card that Sam's Club will accept.

Today I called Allied Interstate just to inform them that I have accepted the pay off agreement and that I sent them money through online banking. Instead of hearing a thankyou, he started busting my butt about a check number from the bank. He proceded to tell me without that number he can not accept my word that the check is on the way and that he hears that excuse all the time. I will not deny that he got mytemper up with his attitude. He then stated that without the check number that the calls will continue and that he can not promise that the agreement will be kept. He then said that he has spent too much time with me and that if I wanted to call to talk to aomeone to call someone else.

I wanted to find the bakery to plan my birthday cupcakes to take to school, and of course! I can't find *** on here, and I couldnt even find customer service, I finally had to google it! That is a shame, so I refuse to EVER shop at SAMS FREAKING CLUB again! UGH this freaking irratates me. ANd now they are saying I have to type up to freaking 100 words, GOSH! I am so pissed, they are about to ruin my birthday week. OMGEE, okay whatever, Im just about to stop and igore this B.S.! ***! Irratated So freakin mad!

On 3 May 2008, I purchased a H-P model A6417C-B desktop computer and a 1-year extended warranty from the Sam's Club in Dayton, OH.
On 2 Apr 2010, with one month left on the warranty, I experienced problems with my computer. Sam's Club has out sourced this type work to several or many different sub-contractors, in my case Barrister was the company that caught this call. A tech was dispatched to my house and he determined that the power supply was at fault.

A power supply was ordered. The wrong power supply was shipped. Again the correct part number was used to order a replacement power supply and again the wrong power supply arrived.

Believe it or not, on 30 April, for the third time, the wrong power supply arrived.

Neither Sam's nor Barrister appear to want to resolve this issue. All I get are the standard platitudes, "Yes sir, I understand that you are upset and I will email Barrister and get this straightened out."

The bottom line is that this will be the last big ticket item that I will purchase from Sam's. It is not worth the hassle.

I am currently an employee at Sam's Club 4969 in Bentonville Ar. Over the last few months our General Manager [removed] has been involved in Romantic affairs with associates (hourly and members of management -not limited to sams club 4969) . These situations were recently outed, under redbook investigation and dropped without as much as a slap on the wrist... Its one thing if they were off the clock but in the building and with his employees, thats overboard... All of this from a company that preaches ethics. I will no longer be working for Sam's Clubs but I wish there was more I could do to stop these kinds of bad business practice...

for the first time since we got the membership 6 months ago we went there insteat of costco, got a box of activia and took it home, next day in the morning gave one to my husband and each of my kids, 3 and 5, I noticied water on it, but when i tried it was acid, the I cheked the expiration day and it was april 02 since yesterday was april 12 that makes more than 8 days expired, we went to retun it and cancell our membership, but anyways now my son has vomit and fever and everybody has stomachache.never going back there and always checking expiration dates.

Deserves to be shut down. I am just NOT renewing and expect most people won't. We don't get our value for the $40.00. The employees are fine, just the store is not great. Also, I notice the store is not busy alot either. Why make an extra trip? I'll just go to another store that has the sense to keep items in stock. Sam's Corporate Offices do not address issues. I have numerous times asked them to keep products that I reorder or need to be in stock. Even certain bread is not always in stock. And, except for the salad, alot of the produce is not even as good as Walmart. I have got some produce that was so awful I had to throw it away.

We purchased a big screen tv from Sam's Club and was sold a complete care extended warranty from them, We asked if it covered everything and we was assured that it did. We had no issues with the television for first couple years then lines developed on the screen. We found our warranty and sales receipt and called to utilize the warranty. The person we got on the other end apologized all over himself and kept telling us the warranty wouldnt cover this type of issue. I asked to speak to a manager and a person called Matt got on the line, stateing that our complete care warranty wasnt any good on this issue and he apologized for the salesperson lieing to us about it. I asked him about other incidents and if the warranty would cover any of that he said No complete care with them wasnt any good for much of any issues. I asked why we was lied to and all he kept doing was apologizing. I think that is his job to just keep apologizing until you get so frustrated you hang up then you are on your own. What a way to do business. Please be smart people dont buy an extended warranty from Sam's Club it is a huge rip off to just get more money for nothing. And cool thing is they know you cant do anything about it but take it. They were nice enough to give us the product company number so they could tell us that it was up to Sam's Club to honor their own warranty, What a deal... Beware of this scam it seems to be bilking millions from unsuspecting people. Guess I should have known Sam's and Wal Mart would be the same rip off . oh well no more of my sales are they going to get, Go TARGET!

As of March 12, 2010 Sam's Club (walmart) will not respond to "Code Adam" at their store. Your children are not safe at Sam's Club. After an incident at store number 4824 in which the police arrived an hour after being called the store responded they are only there to protect their merchandise and not the customers regardless of age. The employees will stand and watch the criminals run right past them at the door. They also will not provide details of the perpetrators to the police unless subpenad.

I suggest everyone reading this go to Sam's Club and yell "Code Adam" and see what happens. It's not illegal to yell this as it's not illegal for Sam's Club to watch your kids be snatched apparently. Plus we now know the response time at Sam's Club Santa Clarita for the Sheriff to be about 60 minutes.

Please spread the word and don't let Sam's Club be a domicile for pedophiles and kidnappers.

On June 23, I went to Sam's club to buy chicken breasts (fresh produce). Next day, I found out I bought chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts.

I went to Sam's club's customer service to exchange it. First lady I talked to said they can't return fresh produces. I asked for a written policy where it states it. She gets the manager instead.

The manager tells me that they don't have a written policy stating that I can't return fresh produces but I still can't return it. He also adds that they will have a loss if they accept the return because they can't resell it. I told him, three years ago I exchanged a fresh meat for similar reasons and no one said anything. I point out a sign that is behind him that says "100% customer's satisfactory in merchandise returns". He then says he will accept the return but I will get flagged so that everyone on the account will be banned from buying any fresh meat. He says he has the power to flag anyone necessary.

I chose the return and so now I am banned from buying fresh produce ever again from Sam's club. I'm debating if I should stop going to Sam's club. I've been a loyal customer who has been shopping there for 8+ years and who spends $200 a week there.

I use to work for Sam's Club the one on 76 and Calumet . I worked in the bakery department. I just would like to inform customer not to buy cakes or anything for that matter out of the bakery department from the one on 76 and Calumet in Milwaukee WI. The bakers don't wash the rack your food is being made on for days at a time. From cakes, rolls and cookies. The dish-washing machine that's suppose to sanitize and clean the dirty dishes is broken. So ask yourself. How are those dishes being washed then. And I have told you. They are not sending those dirty barkers rack through the dish-washing machine that's suppose to sanitize and clean the dirty dishes. Sam's Club employees are making customers placed orders from birthday cakes to graduation cakes in the dirty shipping department area. And on top of that, the cakes that customer place orders for are being made in the back of the warehouse in the shipping area in the back of the store and not in the bakery department. Information I think all Sam's Club shoppers should know. Never shop or buy anything from this Sam's Club location.

I recently purchased a large TV from Sam's Club with Sams discover with an advertised 6 months no interest but was charged interest when statement came, I called costumer service and deborah the rep was very rude and suggested i pack the 55 in TV back to the store and have them redo the transaction mynearest Sams's club is 100 miles away, also tryied to make payment online and site was down for days called for assist and rep was rude buy time i was able to make payment it was a day late and i was charged 40 dollars. So by time all is said and done I was screwed out of 70 bucks. I have cancelled my sams account and wish to no longer do buisness with them.

A few weeks back I went to the Sams Club in Goodlettsville Tn. I purchased a solar security light for use outside .Let me say I was very happy with the item so much so that I went back a few days later and purchased another one . When I bought the two lights I paid about 60 dollars plus tax per light . I had decided to just put the second light away and to use it if I felt I neede it . I decided about a month or so later that i would take it out and also use the second light. Well when I opened what I thought was an unopened box I found a light inside that had clearly been used it had finger smires all over the solar part and the light was broken screws taken off and laying inside the box with the bags that it was suppose to have been stuffed inside where someone had taped them to the box it had white paint on the wire where it looked as if someone had painted while they had it on what ever they had it on. Well needless to say I was very upset to think I trusted Sams to not resale something that someone or them selfs had used. At first I thought partly it was my fault because I should have checked it the day I bought it but then I told myself why should I have to worry about if the item I am buying is new When I purchase it SEALED IN A BOX CLEARLY FROM A STORE WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE NEW THEN I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPECT TO RECIEVE A NEW ITEM. I did not buy this from a second hand store . Well when I went back to the store the lady at the service desk said we dont sell this any more and all I can do is give you the last sale price which was 27.00 WELL SAMS WHEN I PAY 40 DOLLARS A YEAR FOR YOUR MEMBER SHIP THEN I TRUELY BELIEVE YOU LOOKED UP ON MY MEMBERSHIP AND SAW WHEN AND WHERE I BOUGHT THIS ITEM AND KNEW VERY WELL THAT I PAID 60.00 AND TAX FOR IT AND I AM ALMOST SURE YOU ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TELL IF SOMEONE HAD RETURNED THIS LIGHT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT SO MAYBE I NEED TO RETHINK IF I WONT YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD NEXT YEAR MAYBE I SHOULD TRY ANOTHER WAREHOUSE GIANT. AND BUYER BE WARE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK EVERY THING YOU BUY BEFORE ITS TO LATE YOU CAN BET YOU I WILL CHECK MINE BEFORE I LEAVE THE STORES PARKING LOT. DONT SAY I DIDNT WORN YOU!

This is the second time this has happened at Sam's. The first was about a year ago. When leaving work, my car battery was completely dead. I called AAA and got a jump start. Went to Sam's at 5:30 p.m. and turned the car off to go in to the store. I was told that there was no way they could put a new battery in my car. They were working on a car now, both of the two employees were going to lunch from 6-6:30 and then they had to work on another car and leave at 7. My car wouldn't start again so I was stuck there. My husband came in and we bought a battery from Sams, went to Walmart to get tools to change the battery and changed the battery ourselves in the Sam's parking lot during a snow storm. After complaining to the store manager that they couldn't take 5 minutes to change my battery, I was told that OSHA laws require that there always be 2 employees in the garage area. That's fine, but why do they take lunch 1/2 hour before they close? I deal with the public with my job and this attitude would not be tolerated. I guess Sam's Club just doesn't care about customer service.