Jojo
Post-Delivery FeedbackNov 24, 2025
I had a bad experience. I placed ONE on-line order for Eight (8) ScentPlug Refills on Tuesday, November 18th to be picked up at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets store. I used a bonus coupon and a fragrance rewards, each worth $5.00 and a coupon for $3.00 ScentPlug Refills.
This one order generated three separate ready-for-pickup emails to me for a total of five items, not eight. Confused, I called the store. I spoke to Sage and advised her of the three emails and five items. I asked her to confirm my order status. She seemed annoyed at that but advised the order was ready for pickup. (I did not believe she checked the order.)
On Thursday the 20th I went to the Yankee Candle store to pick up my order. Sure enough there were only Five ScentPlug Refills. Sage said the computer messed up (she emphasized it was not her fault). Apparently, the system put the five ScentPlug Refills in three different orders but eliminated the other three. Sage said she would ship those three ScentPlug Refills to me. My husband asked her why she was going to ship them when she had the refills in the store. Plus, my order clearly stated pickup all items in store.
The manager who was there at the time told Sage to cancel the on-line order and re-ring up the eight refills. I asked the manager would this void the $5.00 pickup in store coupon She said she would honor it, but provided no documentation to indicate this. (The manager then left the store. Knowing that there was a problem, the manager should not have left before this issue was resolved.)
I then asked Sage by canceling my on-line order and re-ringing it up, how would I get the $5.00, to which I am entitled. Sage told me I am not getting the $5.00 and that she was already doing me a favor ringing up the ScentPlug Refills at the $3.00 price and honoring my $10.00 discount. A favor?
Sales associate Ella was there and seamed to understand my question, but Sage shushed her away and ordered me not to talk to anyone but her.
When I told Sage I wanted to speak to a manager, she said she was the Assistant Manager (with an attitude) and this is the way it is going to be (again emphasizing it was not her fault). After I prodded her, Sage finally said she would call her store manager Aileen.
While she was looking for her phone, I was having a private conversation with my husband which Sage interrupted stating she does not tolerate that kind of talk. She is telling me how I can converse with my own husband. Really?
She finally called Aileen. I asked Sage if I could talk to Aileen by putting her on speaker. Aileen resolved the situation in about a minute stating Sage will ring up all eight ScentPlug Refills at $3.00 each, take the $10.00 bonus off and the $5.00 off for picking up my order. I said great, I accept the offer. That was all I wanted. How simple was that?
If Sage checked the order when I initially called, she would have known the full order was not ready and my husband and I would not have made the trip to the store. Since she did not check the order, my husband and I spent needless time in the store and had to deal with this preventable confrontation.
I worked in Customer Service and Retail for years and have never treated a customer this way. Mistakes happen and systems have glitches, but it is all about fixing the situation and satisfying the customer. Sage was not focused on this.
Sage has a really big attitude problem. She did not listen to what I had to say. She never apologized. She repeatedly claimed it was not her fault - nonetheless she represents Yankee Candle. AND, who is she to tell me who I can speak to and what I can say to my husband. I am a customer, not her employee. I cannot believe Yankee Candle has an Assistant Manager like Sage representing your company.
I appreciated that Aileen reached out to me personally to discuss this problem. However, I am very upset and will not be doing business with this particular store anymore.