Comments for Between the Prose http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com An ordinary girl doing ordinary stuff. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Why Books-A-Million Sucks by =[ http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/#comment-104 =[ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:13:09 +0000 http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-104 scott is correct. i work at BAM and they do that to us on a nightly basis. it's horrible.. =[ scott is correct. i work at BAM and they do that to us on a nightly basis. it’s horrible.. =[

]]> Comment on Why Books-A-Million Sucks by mjibby http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/#comment-103 mjibby Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-103 Have you never returned anything retail before? Credit cards go back on the same credit card that was used in the transaction, cash and checks get cash and gift cards get gift cards. Ever heard of people buying a hundred dollars worth of stuff with their bad check or bad credit card then returning it for the cash...that whole thing called fraud? The policies there to protect the company, if anything you should be pissed at the idiots that started scamming them and ruined it for the rest of you. Have you never returned anything retail before? Credit cards go back on the same credit card that was used in the transaction, cash and checks get cash and gift cards get gift cards. Ever heard of people buying a hundred dollars worth of stuff with their bad check or bad credit card then returning it for the cash…that whole thing called fraud? The policies there to protect the company, if anything you should be pissed at the idiots that started scamming them and ruined it for the rest of you.

]]> Comment on Why Books-A-Million Sucks by mjibby http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/#comment-102 mjibby Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:51:11 +0000 http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-102 i've worked retail for a very long time, and i'd just like to put out there that if you actually took the 30 seconds it takes to look at the back of the receipt, which has the return policy on it for everyone to see, you may save yourself some trouble. i think considering how many people probably buy books, read them, and then return them to cheat, 14 days is sufficient enough to figure out if you need a book or not. If you ever have a problem with any retail business go straight to corporate, the associates and managers don't make up the rules. Too many times have i had people threaten me, break product in front of me, call me ridiculous names , or on more than once occassion try to harm me physically because they believe i am master of all retail land and have an office somewhere to just make up shitty policies to piss them off. Guess what, we're just doing our job, and i'm sure there are things your company makes you uphold that you don't necessarily agree with either. i’ve worked retail for a very long time, and i’d just like to put out there that if you actually took the 30 seconds it takes to look at the back of the receipt, which has the return policy on it for everyone to see, you may save yourself some trouble. i think considering how many people probably buy books, read them, and then return them to cheat, 14 days is sufficient enough to figure out if you need a book or not.

If you ever have a problem with any retail business go straight to corporate, the associates and managers don’t make up the rules. Too many times have i had people threaten me, break product in front of me, call me ridiculous names , or on more than once occassion try to harm me physically because they believe i am master of all retail land and have an office somewhere to just make up shitty policies to piss them off. Guess what, we’re just doing our job, and i’m sure there are things your company makes you uphold that you don’t necessarily agree with either.

]]> Comment on Why Books-A-Million Sucks by Liz http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/#comment-100 Liz Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:41:20 +0000 http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-100 You have no idea. This company is so screwy it's not even funny. Believe me, we understand your frustration, but there's honestly not a single thing we can do about it. When corporate says jump, it's either jump or find a new job. Discount cards, mags, return policies, the list goes on. They are constantly finding new ways to make things harder on us and our customers. If we could get around the crap, we would... but our computers have been set up so as to block us in enough ways to make it damn near impossible. Hell... what other place do you know of that has to call a manager just to void something out... *head-desk* I honestly hate this company with a burning passion. When I am no longer working for them, I won't be buying from them. I don't care that I hate B&N, too... I can order online rather than putting business into these places. Only reason I buy with BAM now is the employee discount. You have no idea.
This company is so screwy it’s not even funny. Believe me, we understand your frustration, but there’s honestly not a single thing we can do about it. When corporate says jump, it’s either jump or find a new job. Discount cards, mags, return policies, the list goes on. They are constantly finding new ways to make things harder on us and our customers. If we could get around the crap, we would… but our computers have been set up so as to block us in enough ways to make it damn near impossible.
Hell… what other place do you know of that has to call a manager just to void something out…

*head-desk*
I honestly hate this company with a burning passion. When I am no longer working for them, I won’t be buying from them. I don’t care that I hate B&N, too… I can order online rather than putting business into these places. Only reason I buy with BAM now is the employee discount.

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