Giant Tiger- pleasant surprise!
I usually avoid couponing or price matching at the Ajax, Ontario Giant Tiger store because I've had difficulties and refusals for transactions in the past. I actually avoided the store for several years because of witnessing a heated discussion between employee and manager over breaks due by law but refused. Employees change, second chances are given, we start to shop periodically for clothes and odds and ends at GT.
I had a coupon refused for reasons that I didn't agree with, so I emailed GT customer service and the manufacturer and put a poor review on the store's Facebook page. I said I'd just price match and use the coupon elsewhere. I was pretty ticked over what was really a small thing, I'll readily admit to that.
Less than 24 hours later, customer service contacted me, followed by the store manager who phoned AND emailed me while on his vacation! That impressed me that the store manager cared enough about an infrequent customer to respond and resolve my complaint on time off. I would have understood a delayed response because of vacation time. The manager offered an apology and a gift card, a lovely gesture that he didn't have to do.
I'll be going back to GT more often now instead of always price matching in other stores because a place that works so hard to keep a customer deserves business.