For a lot of people out there, it only takes one time.
One time to get burned by a brand, a store, or a restaurant, and then they’ll never go back there again or drop any money on any of their products.
Which is understandable, but I think you have to get screwed over pretty badly to say “never again”…
Let’s see what folks on AskReddit had to say about this.
1. Uh oh…
“Temptations cat treats.
There’s something in those things that turn cats into absolute junkies.”
2. Planet Fitness.
“Planet Fitness.
Moved back to my home state from SF. Forgot to cancel my membership. Tried from the App: Nope. Tried from my local Planet Fitness: Nope.
Said i had to MAIL IN A COPY OF MY LICENSE AS PROOF OF MEMBERSHIP.
So I cancelled that credit card because that was easier than getting my membership cancelled.”
3. Rip-off.
“AT&T from back in the days of long distance, said they’d get me a good rate to Thailand, which we call all the time. Bill comes and its 10x the advertised rate.
I call. The first guy can’t fix the bill. I escalate to a “manager”. He says “You are correct. I’ll fix your bill.”
Next day he calls back and says “we’ve decided not to fix your bill”.”
4. That darn bank.
“Ohio Savings Bank.
They charged me 300 dollars over the span of a year because, unlike normal debit cards, every time I put my pin in instead of signing, it charged me an extra dollar fifty.
By the time I caught it most of the charges were past the 30 day refund policy so they gave me 10 dollars as a refund. I didn’t make a fuss because I know it’s not the workers fault but I did withdraw all my money immediately and switched banks.”
5. Be wary.
“Home Advisor.
I’d swear it is just advertisements with fake reviews. I got a horrible contractor for a kitchen through them, it took over a year. They had 4.8 stars and hundreds of reviews on HA.
The lost their BBB status in the process, I had to get the state to threaten their license, just to get them to finish.”
6. A terrible idea.
“Shredded cheese from Dollar Tree.
Just don’t.
Please don’t be like me and try it…”
7. Sprint.
“Sprint- couple of years ago they let someone buy over $2,000 worth of phones in my moms name. Didn’t ask for ID or anything.
They got an address but it was off by a couple of numbers. My mom didn’t notice for a couple of months when her credit got flagged when they were trying to get approved for a loan or something.
She fought with Sprint to get the charges removed from her credit. We’ve never had Sprint before so don’t know how that was a massive oversight especially with no ID and the wrong address.”
8. You’re done!
“Door Dash.
When 50% of my orders never made it to me, and one of the drivers cusses me out for having the audacity to ask for my food, they go on the never again list.”
9. Wish I was exaggerating.
“Ashley Furniture.
Tried to use the extra protection plan we brought for our sofa that broke. They picked it up and then they tried to deliver it back to the wrong address 4 GOD D*MN TIMES.
We were without a sofa for a month and a half when we were told us it would be 7 days because they couldn’t figure out how to update our f*cking address.
I literally had to go into a physical location because their phone customer service just couldn’t figure out how to update a simple address and refused to escalate and it was literal insanity.
I wish I was exaggerating.”
10. The Horrible Hound.
“Greyhound bus.
If you’ve got no other option, buckle up, it’s going to get weird.”
11. Ouch.
“Dodge Ram. Bought new, had all service and oil changes done at the dealership. Paid above the monthly note and managed to pay it off about 6 months early. At 4.5 years/47K miles it throws a rod.
Took the issue all the way up the chain. Was told that because the note was paid off, that we got our money’s worth on the truck. Our “expectation that our truck should function beyond the length of the loan was unrealistic”.
F*ck Dodge, NEVER again.”
12. Oops.
“Target brand tampons.
I’ll skip the details.
If you know, you know.”
13. I don’t blame you.
“Red Robin.
They offered my father a corporate job, then rescinded it upon learning the reason he spent the last 6months out of the workforce was to beat leukemia.”
14. Rings and things.
“Jared. I went in with something specific in mind for a ring and asked the salesman to please show me what he had comparable to that criteria.
Right off the bat he put his hands up and said “whoa whoa whoa, slow down. Just be calm.” And quite frankly that set my teeth on edge because I don’t think there’s anything aggressive about truthfully answering the question “how can I help you” ya know?
He then kept trying to get me a latte and telling me to relax and settle down which was only serving to upset me more. When he finally got around to showing me merchandise, he showed me a ring that had an inclusion so large in the stone that it looked like a giant scratch through the middle.
And when I said “this ring has a scratch in it” he insisted to me that I didn’t know what I was looking at and that I wasn’t properly appreciating the beauty of this ring.
When I pointed out that I didn’t even need a loop to see the “scratch” and asked if perhaps he had something else to show me, he told me this was the only stone I could possibly get for that price and that I would have to be willing to up my budget significantly. I thanked him and made to leave and he made a sh*tty comment about how I’d never find anything as nice as what I showed him. (I found something far superior at a local jeweler for an even better price).
So yeah, whenever those stupid “He went to Jared!” commercials come on I always yell out “you can tell because her ring has a f*cking scratch in it!””
Now it’s your turn!
In the comments, tell us about your “never again” brands and places.
Please and thank you!
