Old Navy Consumer Reviews - Page 3

EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS -- My sisters and I went to Old Navy this past weekend to take advantage of coupons we received for a charitable cause. We found lots of nice things, including slipper boots, but we needed a size up. I asked an employee for the next size up, and was shortly told 'no'. The check-out experience we had was worse, though. We step up to check out, my oldest sister went first. She has picked up a pair of slippers clearly marked $8.00, and they rang up close to $13. Someone I took to be a supervisor yelled back to see if they were $8 or the price they came up, and was told they were in fact $13. She asked my sister if she still wanted the slippers, to which my sister said no.

She wasn't rude about the error. Next I checked out, I handed my coupon over first, and when my items were rang up, it came up to almost $18, which wasn't right. The coupon had not been applied, it was still in the employee's hand. I asked if the coupon had been applied, and the supervisor said NO. And lastly, my little sister checked out with the same boots I had, and a pair of socks, and used my older sister's re-usable coupon (you could use the coupon at many different retailers as much as you liked). The coupon's discount was given, but the boots rang up almost $13, and not $8 as they were supposed to be.

The supervisor even asked another associate which shoes were on sale, and he/she said the tall boots with the pom-poms, which is what I got at sale price, and what my sister should have gotten at sale price. Overall, the visit was fine until check-out. The supervisor/trainer was very rude and snobby, not welcoming at all. All I can say is watch the sales total as they ring your purchases. :(

I'm not much of a mall shopper but back some years ago I would stop by Old Navy and check out some of their clothes. In general they were a bit too young for me, but I liked that they were reasonably priced and seemed to be kind of a good value. I'd pick up one or two things if they looked at least practical. I also thought the ads back then with Morgan Fairchild were humorous.

But lately, I've noticed that the quality at least on the men's side has plummeted to sub-Wal Mart Status. I would check out the shirts and if I tried one on, I'd notice that they were poorly fitted and simply not well designed. If there was a shirt pocket, it would almost go down to my belt line.

The last thing I was truly horrified by in Old Navy was a faux Navy peacoat. It was not just that it was not that precise of a knockoff, but it wasn't even made from wool, or as far as I remember, even cotton. Envision a navy colored Snuggy transformed into a jacket and you will pretty much get the idea. It's sad that even K-Mart seems to have better quality clothes now than Old Navy. I can get all cotton Henleys there and at least decent Fruit of the Loom underwear when I want.

I don't know who they are hiring as buyers, but they need to up the quality. The clothes now look like they would last one or two washes before mutating into Salvation Army material. It's a pity. Now it seems the quality at the GAP, Old Navy's parent company has lower its quality bar to what Old Navy used to be and Old Navy will sell anything that even vaguely resembles clothing.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Email sent to Old Navy customer service: I placed an order online, and I received it via UPS on March 30th. Three of the items did not fit. I called Old Navy and placed an exchange over the phone. The representative said the new items would be charged to my card and that I could return the items that did not fit to the store. I returned the three items to Old Navy on March 31st. As of today, April 7th, I am still waiting for my refund in the mail. Also, today I called to check the status of the items being mailed in exchange, and two separate representatives informed me that they had no record of an exchange.

They "apologized for the inconvenience" but had no other suggestions on how to remedy the situation. My question is, is there a way to find out who I called to place the exchange with? I had the girl read the order back to me several times. If I would've known I needed a confirmation number, I would've insisted I get one. However, it seems to me she should have known to give me one. Usually Old Navy is really great to their customers. I just feel like this is pretty ridiculous. I have placed several orders on OldNavy.com, and so far have been very pleased with the results. After this, I will be a lot more hesitant to use the website... Wow.

ABILENE, TEXAS -- I went to return a pair of jeans for my daughter, and she gave me the wrong receipt, which was the receipt for a pair that had already been returned. The manager, Katie, was extremely rude, and acted as if I was running a scam by returning the same pair of jeans twice in order to get the money. How would I do such if I still had the jeans? I also felt as if she was hinting that I stole the jeans and was trying to bring them back without a receipt. We are working professionals, and will not be accused of doing such things, and I will not tolerate being treated like this at a place we frequent, and at a place where we spend lots of money.

I had a receipt for $150.00 worth of clothes - why on earth would I need to rip off someone for a $30.00 pair of jeans? My daughter has since spoken with the General Manager, Jennifer, who of course, sided with her employees. This is not by any means surprising; (especially with my daughter having a background in law). We are aware that companies rarely take the heat for their employees' actions. I am not a "complainer" and would not be upset if I was not treated the way I was. Other customers were staring, and my son left because he was so embarrassed by the way Katie was making us feel.

She went to the shelf, pulled a pair of jeans, and told her associate that she needed to "better explain this" to my mother so she would understand. My daughter gave me the wrong receipt, honest mistake, bottom line. This should have been handled with a simple retort of "Ma'am, you might have the wrong receipt, when you find the correct receipt, bring the item back to the store and we will gladly return your money" instead of being made to look like a fool in front of customers and other staff. My daughter and I shop at Old Navy weekly, and this woman in question, Katie, generally has an "attitude problem".

If you ask her a question, she acts as if you are bothering her. Her overall demeanor leaves something to be desired. I can let things like that slide by chalking it up to a "bad day", but I will not tolerate her acting as she did. I will not let someone make me feel as if I am a common criminal. I am sure that “Katie” will get a slap on the wrist (if even that) for her behavior, especially after my daughter speaking with the manager and hearing what she had to say. I certainly hope that this incident raises a red flag as far as customer service goes and she does not make any customers feel this way in the future.

Due ongoing problems with access issues and spam, I have changed my email contact address from my Yahoo account to my Gmail account. This was done over a month ago with all vendors, including Old Navy. Old Navy insists on sending emails to the Yahoo account where they are difficult to retrieve. I have contacted them several times by email and by telephone explaining that they need to use the email address as it is set up on my account through their website.

They claim that there is no account with the Gmail address and keep sending instructions to the Yahoo account explaining how to change my email address like I am completely stupid. Obviously I possess enough intelligence to change the email address to the Gmail account as I did with everyone else in the first place. No other vendors has had any problem with this change.

Further, I have no access to any account associated with the Yahoo account since it was successfully changed to the Gmail account. I have provided this information to them several times in the form of copies of the error message and screen shots stating there is no account associated with the Yahoo email address. Their only response is to repeat their instructions on how to change the email address. They obviously are not reading the emails I have been sending and the woman I spoke to on the telephone could not operate her computer well enough to assist me at all.

This has made it impossible to track my orders or to continue to do business with them. Further their customer service representatives insist on treating me like I am a complete idiot who needs to be talked down to like a child. Interestingly enough however is that they also refuse to even acknowledge the fact that I have no access to any account with the Yahoo email address no matter how much proof I send them.

I have PDFs of screen shots proving that I have no access to said Yahoo account and can only log into their system using the Gmail account and that there is only the Gmail email address on that account. I had planned on making several more purchases but cannot again, due to the inability to track my orders or receive intelligent assistance from their customer service representatives either by telephone or by email.

I have just started noticed a really strong chemical smell in the Old Navy Stores. I actually had to leave the store, it was so strong. It was really making my eyes burn. My 8-year-old daughter even commented on it. We have been in 2 different old Navy stores in 2 different states and the smell is the same. I ordered some clothes online from Gap and Old Navy and the very exact smell is on the clothing. Does anyone have a clue as to what this could be? I really like shopping at Old Navy and Gap but if this smell continues, will be forced to not shop there any longer.

I'm short. And I've had two children. I'm not massively overweight, but sometimes normal shirts don't fit me and I have to choose plus size. On the flip side I'm in petite size for pants... I'm just over 5'1". So I have to buy a lot online. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem. However, Old Navy offers coupons and discounts IN STORE. Doesn't do me any good. And they don't work online. So... because I'm short, I don't get discounts? I also have to risk buying something that doesn't fit, get it, try it on, and if it doesn't, send it back... because they won't accept them in store of course. What a pain!

On top of that, shipping. I can't just go to the store and grab a pair of jeans. No, I have spend an additional $7.50 to get them. So no discounts PLUS shipping. Discrimination anyone? Old Navy needs to add an online code for petite, tall, and plus sizes... and FREE shipping. Until something is fixed, I won't be shopping Old Navy, nor will over 400 mothers in my mother's group who had no clue about this situation until I went through it recently. Now they're appalled. Nice work Old Navy...

I had purchased a pair of shorts and a T-shirt at OLD NAVY for my son for his birthday. I have the Old Navy credit card and had a $20 rewards voucher and used these to complete the purchase. Turns out, I needed a bigger size and tried to exchange them at OLD NAVY. They did not have the exact same style short, but I settled for another style for the exact same price. I took everything to the sales clerk and she told me I owed $16.00. I told her no, I was just attempting to exchange the shorts for the correct size. She told me because I used an OLD NAVY rewards voucher, I "lost out". I couldn't believe it!

I have shopped at OLD NAVY for YEARS, even had the OLD NAVY credit card and enough purchases to get their bonus vouchers often, and they were not letting me exchange the wrong pair of shorts for the correct size!! I told her to forget it and went home with the wrong size short. So, not only did I have a product that did not fit, I just wasted time trying to exchange them. I was angry enough to write to Old Navy customer Service about this. I got a reply that said they were sorry, but that was their policy. RIDICULOUS! When a customer cannot return a pair of shorts with all the tags on to get another size, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE POLICY!

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- I received a shirt from Old Navy as a gift. I love the shirt, but needed a bigger size. The gift-giver did not include a gift receipt, and I was told by the store that even though the tag was still on it, I could not exchange it for the next size up. I was told they would send me a gift card in the mail for the lowest selling price, even though I had NO DESIRE for a refund of any kind. I just wanted another size in the same exact article of clothing.

I can understand having this policy for RETURNING an item, but it is unfathomable to me that they will not allow a simple exchange for the same exact item in a different size. There is no profit/merchandise loss for them in a situation like this, and it is not showing customers that they value them and their happiness in any way.