Patti
Customer Service that rambles on but says nothing.
I have not had any problems with receiving items I ordered from The Children's Place and the clothing I have received or gifted has been satisfactory. My only complaint with this company is that their customer service department is outsourced to a different country and there is a HUGE language barrier, making it almost impossible to get a simple question answered. I just spoke with a representative today and I had to ask her several times to repeat herself because I did not understand what she was saying and, to be honest, I don't believe she understood what I was asking. It took approximately five minutes for her to not give me an answer to my question and that is extremely frustrating. I placed an order to send to another family member and (my mistake) I did not change the billing address to my address for my credit card information. All I wanted to know was if the order would go through as it was or if I needed to cancel the order and reorder due to the wrong billing address. She rambled on and stretched out sentences but never answered my question. Eventually I had to talk over her because she just wouldn't stop with her pointless talking, thank her for her time, tell her I was calling my credit card company for an answer and hung up. I have made the same mistake ordering from Carter's, called their customer service line, spoke with a US based representative and was actually helped by that Carter representative. Carter's customer service is exceptional!!!!! Today's conversation was pointless and a waste of time. This company needs to do better if they want to retain customers. They should operate US call centers, provide better training for their overseas representatives or reopen more stores. Something! What they are doing now obviously does not work.



