Ark Realty, Inc.

Complaint: ***
I am rejecting this response because:
I could not believe that the Don Quijote store insist that I took the manual and the base chargerI do not even know what a base charger isI did not take any manual nor any part of that shaver, nor I used itIf there was any hair in that shaver, it was not mine It is true that when I bought the shaver, it had a strap on the box but it did not change the fact that it was DEFECTIVE!!! All I did was plugged that shaver on an electric outlet and it did not work! The main reason that I returned that shaver was precisely because it was NOT WORKINGWhen I plugged the shaver on the electric outlet,it says cartridge but I have no idea what the cartridge look like since there was NO MANUAL that I can refer toThe first thing that I said to the lady at the counter when I returned the shaver was "I could not believe that an expensive item like that shaver has no manual"I had been a loyal customer of this store for yearsAlthough most of the items that I buy from this store are mostly groceries, it' s always been a pleasant experience for me. If the store is insisting that I used that shaver then they should have it tested if the hair that they are talking about is mine.Who in the right mind would take the manual or part of the shaver and return it for exchangeWhat will I gain by doing that.I am a professional registered nurse with a responsible job position and earning quite wellWhy would I be wasting my precious time doing thatI am contesting this arbitrary comment by the store as a MATTER OF PRINCIPLEI will definitely instruct my credit card NOT to pay themI am extremely disappointed with this storeI have told my friends about my experience with DON QUIJOTE From what I heard this is how Don Quijote treats their customer I will also talk about this on YELPI may also call ACTION LINE to share my negative experience with this store
Sincerely,
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[redacted]I am writing this letter in regard to the above-referenced case.    Don Quijote USA Headquarters, who oversees three Don Quijote Stores on Oahu, conducted a thorough investigation on this case, including interviews with certain employees.Our video footage dated February...

19, 2016 verified that when the item was bought
by Ms * at one of the cash register, the box containing [redacted] was strapped as it should be, indicating to use that it was never used and all the necessary documents including the merchandise manual are intact.When Ms. * returned the merchandise, the shaver and the base charger were both different models from what was purchased by Ms. *.  Further, there were some hair particles in the blade and the manual was missing.  Therefore, her request to return the merchandise, with a credit on her charge card account was denied.Don Quijote(USA) Co., Ltd. always tries our utmost best to provide service to our valued customers before, during, and after a purchase.     At the same time, we must report to you that under these circumstances described above, we have concluded that it just is not possible for us to do what Ms. * asks.

Dear [redacted],First I would like to thank your agency for assisting me in this matter.As a consumer, I have no way of knowing that the box of electric shaver of [redacted] I bought from Don Quijote was DEFECTIVE until I opened it at home. I have no way of knowing until I opened the product at home that it had missing manufacturer manual and missing part. WHAT PROOF DOES THE STORE HAVE THAT THE BOX  THEY HAVE STRAPPED WAS NOT TAMPERED  BY THIER OWN STAFF or was it DEFECTIVE  already from the manufacturer. When I opened the shaver at home and plugged it on the electric outlet, there was no part moving at all. I did not see any hair particle from that shaver nor was I looking for one since I presume that the item was new.There was no part moving when I plugged that item on the electric wall. I bought a DEFECTIVE ITEM from the store that is almost two hundred dollars in cost and the burden is being placed on me as a consumer. If Don Quijote does not trust their customer, they should have a policy of opening and testing the item in the store and showed me that everything I need was in the box and that it was in working condition.Don Quijote did not do the right thing with me as a consumer. I bought the box of electric shaver from the store  IN GOOD FAITH that it was working. I returned it to the store trusting that they will do the RIGHT thing by REPLACING it since it was DEFECTIVE.I do not have the defective electric shaver, it was given back to the store manager. I have instructed my credit card NOT TO PAY. I heard from my co workers that my experience with the store is not unique.The management team of Don Quijote has no business ethics at all, nor knows how to treat and value a loyal customer like me. I am extremely disappointed.Sincerely, [redacted]

I am writing this letter in regard to the above-referenced case.   Don Quijote USA Headquarters, who oversees three Don Quijote Stores on Oahu, conducted a thorough investigation on this case, including interviews with certain employees.We believe that seven individuals in total were involved...

in the incidents which took place on January 12th 2016 and Januaty 16th, 2016: 1) [redacted], 2) Store Manager, 3) Assistant Manager, 4) Clerk A,5)Clerk B, 6) Clerk C, and 7) Customer.We have concluded the interviews with the individuals, except for Ms S and Customer.   Based upon and through these interviews, the following has been found and confirmed in regard to the incidents:January 12, 20161.Sometime during the night of January 12, 2016, Clerks A and B overheard a commotion and proceeded to the cosmetic department area where it seemed to be from.Upon ariving at the cosmetic department area, Clerks A and B found that the commotion was an argument between [redacted] and Customer.2.The Customer informed Clerks A and B that [redacted] had opened nail polish bottles and had painted her finger nails.3.The Store Manager was summoned by Clerk A.4.As instructed by Store Manager over the phone, Clerk A first asked [redacted] to stop painting her nails and inf01med her that she must purchase these nail polishes in order for her to use them.[redacted] continued to paint her nails.5.When Store Manager physically arrived at the cosmetic department area, [redacted] was nowhere to be seen. 6.The Store Manager and Clerks A and B located [redacted] at the customer service counter, where the conversation between [redacted] and Store Manager began with a complaint and a certain statement from [redacted]: 1) [redacted] just received ve1y bad service from Clerk A; 2) Clerk A told [redacted] to pay for the nail polishes that she had used; and 3) [redacted] assumed the nail polishes she had used were all testers for customers to sample.7.Inreply to the 2) above, Store Manager infmmed [redacted] that it was by his instruction to Clerk A that Clerk A had informed [redacted] that she must first make a purchase.To the above 3), Store Manager explained to [redacted] that the store does not have any testers for nail polishes but that, if we did, it would have been stated and labeled on bottles as samples or testers.8.[redacted] felt that "nobody would know if she had used them or not as the bottles were not sealed".Store Manager's response to [redacted] was consistent that the nail polishes must be purchased before use.9.[redacted] finally agreed to pay for the nail polishes when Store Manager warned her that without a purchase, she would be issued a trespass notice.[redacted] agreed to pay for the nail polishes that she had used . Januruy 16, 20161.[redacted] returned to the store, requesting a refund for a coconut skin cream and the nail polishes.There was no receipt for the former, and the latter was the nail polishes that [redacted] had purchased on January 12, 2016.2.At the customer service counter where all the refunds are processed, [redacted] was told by Clerk C that she had been already banned.3.The Assistant Manager was summoned by Clerk C.    Assistant Manager also thought [redacted] had been already banned from the store, which he found later not to be so.4.The refund for a coconut skin cream was processed despite an absence of its receipt; however, the store would not refund the nail polishes she had previously used, had agreed to pay for, and had paid for.5.The Assistant Manager deemed this was an act of intentional deception and felt it was in the store's best interest to ban [redacted] from the store.Hence, a trespass notice was issued to [redacted]. At the end of the investigation, we have concluded that we owe [redacted] our sincere apology that on January  16, 2016 when [redacted] returned to the store for a purpose of requesting certain refunds the store personnel mistakenly regarded her as a customer already banned and said so to [redacted] without any confirmation .    We have spent this past week to educate store personnel so that we will not repeat the same mistake.In regard to [redacted]'s claim for the unexcused banning and mandatory purchase, we must report to you that we just were not able to find any facts to support [redacted]'s claim.Ms. Kelley, please know that serving customer is what we aspire to, and to do so with sensibility and fairness is equally important to us.We take every single complaint or claim from our customersvery seriously, and we try our utmost best to solve it, and at the same time train and educate our personnel accordingly.