Wawa’s earns a 1.1-star rating from 695 reviews, showing that the majority of convenience store patrons are dissatisfied with shopping experience.
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does not stand behind the products they sell.
On August 19, 2015, I purchased a Visa Gift card at my local Wawa. I have bought many gift cards at this location in the past. This time, after purchasing my gift card (I received my receipt and activation number) I went home to register my card at the card center. The card would not go through. I called the number on the back of the card and they told me to go back to the retailer that sold me the card (Wawa). I immediately went back to the Wawa where I purchased the card. They told me there's nothing I can do about it. I told the manager what was happening and he also tried registering the card but he got the same message. I said, that's fine, however, I would like my money back. There is proof that the card will not work and no money was taken from the card. He said he had to call someone in at Headquarters. He spoke to a Nick. Nick was not very helpful at all. Then I spoke to Nick and still, not helpful. He said it had to be investigated. I said, 'that's fine, however, why am I the customer involved in this. This is between you and the vendor you purchased these cards from. I then asked him, if I bought a prepackaged sandwich here, then upon opening it found something wrong with the sandwich, would you not give me back the money. He told me 'this' was different. I asked how is it different? I trust Wawa, anything that Wawa is selling inside I'll buy because I 'trust' the store. I said it seems to me that Wawa is not backing the products they sell in their store.
Bottom Line...it could be proven that the card did not work and no funds were taken. I bought a product from Wawa and when it was faulty Wawa did not refund the cash that I had handed the cashier not even an hour ago.
I do a lot of business with Wawa. Our family owns 5 cars that we put gas in each week at Wawa. We have done this over 8 years. That comes to thousands and thousands of dollars I have invested in my local Wawa and they could not refund my $50 purchase of a faulty gift card that was sold at their store? That is BAD business. Needless to say, Wawa has now lost a valuable customer. It is now 7 days past the date that I lodged my complaint with 'Nick', who was suppose to get back to me. I have not heard a word. Is this the kind of service Wawa gives their customers - - - - it appears so from my recent experience. Any time a business sells products in their store they are held responsible for that product, regardless of who damaged the goods (retail store/vendor) the customer should never be put in the middle of this type of situation. Wawa has had my $50, plus activation fee for 7 days. I the customer have NO product. I am beyond disgusted with this corporation and how it operates.
Collapsing cups
This mornining I purchased a 24 oz of wawa coffee and drove to my place of employment. As I was getting out of my car I had my pocketbook on my left arm and the coffee cup in my right hand. The cup colasped and the lid flew to the ground the coffee spilled into my pocketbook all over my iphone6, up my arm on my coat, pants and down my leg. As i was trying to hold on to the cup somehow my finger was cut and I was bleeding. Terrible way to start a Monday morning. I am very unhappy with the new Wawa cups.
Last December 19 I gotten a second degree burn at Wawa. The coffee lid came completely off while I was picking it up and the coffee spilled all over me. Wawa on 1st and manatee ave in Bradenton are still using the same defective lids as the past week i have had 2 come off finally last night my husband got small burn.
I can tell you my burns where so bad last year i screamed for hours and hours because the pain. I literally was taking my cloths off in my car trying to live the parking lot. I felt as if my cloths were on fire and my skin was melting. I never want to endure that Pain again.now my husban puts ice in each coffee he brings me. Those lids need to be thrown away just because Wawa is low on supplies don't mean they can keep faulty lids so another second degree or third can happen. Plus i think the machine are way to high my burns were almost a 3..
I have had the same experiences! Never in many years have I spilled my WaWa coffee, but in the past three days I bought a 24 oz cup of coffee and the cup has collapsed while picking it up. Once at the counter in WaWa and then again when I got into my car! It seems like the cup is not as thick as it used to be. Today I got a 24 oz coffee and I gabbed an empty cup so that I could double the strength of the cup and it has worked fine. Did they change their cups lately?
Sorry to say nothing has changed. I'm writing this from a hot puddle in my truck. Believe it or not, this is the second time today that I've had this issue.
This morning I purchased a 24 oz coffee in Bridgeville, DE. Within 5 minutes the coffee had soaked through the seam on the cup and made it unstable enough for the lid to fly off and the coffee to go all over the inside of my truck.
Now here it is 3:00 p.m. and having still not had any coffee, I gave Wawa the benefit of the doubt that maybe I got a one-off faulty cup. So this time I stopped in Rehoboth and purchased the exact same thing. Lid on as tight as possible.
Everything seemed okay and I had largely forgotten about the issue. While trying to take my first sip, the entire cup collapsed inward. This time it scalded my legs and drenched my phone (I'm writing this from my work phone as my personal phone is now a paperweight).
I'm a grown man. The burns on my legs will heal and I'd imagine I'll get most of the coffee out of my seats eventually, although my overpriced and decidedly not waterproof phone, as well as my trust in their cups, will never recover.
Bottom line is somebody is going to get badly hurt over a $1 cup of coffee. They really need to take steps to rectify this situation.
The same thing happened to me twice in the past couple of weeks! about 2 weeks ago as I was standing in line the cup collapsed in my hand spilling coffee all over me, the lady in front of me, the counter and the floor! again yesterday, when I got the coffee it was so very hot it was impossible to drink so I let it cool for about 30 mins in the console of my car. when I picked it up, the cup collapsed spilling coffee all over my console, me, my cell phone and some bags my wife had on the floor of the passengers side with some purchases she made. I am shocked to find other instances of this happening going back several years and yet wawa has done nothing to correct this problem with their cups! I guess they need to be sued first!
I am happy to find this complaint board. This is not the first time I have been "burned" by WAWA coffee cups. A few years ago, I contacted WAWA to beg they do something to upgrade the quality. Over the past week I have had two experiences that resulted in severe burns from the cups collapsing. WAWA kindly offered a gift certificate to pacify me and a corporate response to my complaint. I don't want a gift certificate, I want someone to genuinely care that LOYAL customers are being burned, clothes damaged, and inconvenienced because WAWA chooses to use inferior quality cups for the hot beverages. Did they really need to add the beautiful fancy soda machines instead of upgrading the quality of the cups? After my first complaint to WAWA I stopped going...why should I care if the company didn't. 7-11 is where I purchased my coffee, I do not prefer the coffee, it is more expensive, but I do appreciate the lids and cups. I have never been burned because the cup collapsed or because the lid split. I guess I am going back.
They have a web site where you can make a complaint at as well and start an exchange in this matter.
nasty manager nancy
I broke down at this Wawa today. The manager Nancy was very rude and nasty and refused to help me. I am the CEO of my company and we have a fleet account with Wawa. And that account will be closed on Monday because of this incident!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
You should not penalize the whole company because of one idiot. Also should not make any rash decision while in an emotional state.
coffee
When wawa first started with these coffee jugs they used to occasionally place a second jug behind the fast moving types of coffee. Now there are spare jugs behind every one of them. More and more I am finding the coffee in the front jug is going cold and I know for a fac that the one in the back is at lease 10 degrees hotter because there were times I got a half cup and they moved the new one up and it was way hotter so it last longer and is fresher. I feel like I am getting lukewarm coffee just so the employees are trying to get ahead of their work by backing up all the stations. They need to put floating flags in the jugs to tell them when to make new pots, not just doubling them all up. I'm thinking of going back to dunkin donuts because of this.
racial
The gas attendant, clearly knew I pulled in first. However, she made it a point to service the cars that pulled in after me before she got to me. I was running late, so I only got a little bit of gas. My pump was done first. Again she walked to the car behind me, which wasn't done. She walked to the car on the other side that just pulled in, then she...
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We go to this wawa everyday...It is always bright and cheery...people are wonderful and know us by name! However; there is one particular employee "sally" who is the most miserable person we've ever met! We have gotten to the point that if she is in there we will walk out... I can't believe the atmosphere in this store when this lady is here, Everyone is all quiet and to themselves...no one is talking or joking. It's like there is a black cloud hanging over the entire store. It is such a shame because everyone else there seems to be a team and makes you feel welcome and happy (even before you've had your coffee). But this one bad apple spoils the whole bunch!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Maybe that's where I picked up the dark cloud that's been following me the last few years. Any gloomy Wawa still beats a dirty 7-11 any day.
menu consistancy
I would like to lodge a complaint in reference to the Deli sandwich menu. I love your Prime Rib Subs, but every time I stop into one of these stores, they tell me that the Prime Rib is only available on Tuesdays & Thursdays. I stopped in last week & was then told that "...since it was Thanksgiving month, that Prime Rib wasn't available & Turkey would be the substitute." (The woman behind the counter was borderline rude when saying it.) Don't you think it would be beneficial to your customers, if they knew what the menu was going to consist of before driving the distance to get there. It seems there's no consistency in the menu & that is a deterrent for me to want to go there. This has changed drastically from when I first discovered your Deli & I hope your marketing people reevaluate what impact that has on your business volume, and make the necessary adjustments. Thank you.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Complain to the marketing team because they're the ones that decide the menu.
"Don't you think it would be beneficial to your customers, if they knew what the menu was going to consist of before driving the distance to get there. "
they do, its called a telephone.
ada customer sservice
On [protected] I was asked by a handicapped motorist who had been pushing the ada assistance button without response fo help with purchasing fuel. The ederly lady asked if I would tell someone within the unit that she needed assistance. She gave me cash to take in the store to pay for the fuel. The store has two people working in the deli and one cashier. I asked one of the deli employees if there was anyone available to help thi customer. He immediately offered to help, however when he informed his supervisor he was told to open another checkout station to handle the long line. Unfortunately the line was never to be shortened due to ingoing customers.in the mean time the elderly lady was in her car in 92 decree temperatures waiting. I finally when out and put the fuel in to the car. The supervisor was never seen on the floor or offered there own assitance.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Yes my complaint was promptly resolved.
Thank you for the usage of this complaint post and Wawa for responding to make a quick resolution.
Bad customer service
I use to love going to wawa to get my sandwhiches until the night on christmas, Dec. 25th, 2010. I order two sandwhiches and my ticket # was 64, paid the cashier and waited at the sandwhich counter for my food. There was a man working their alone making sandwhiches and did not put the ones he finished making on the counter where people can pick it up. Not...
Read full review of Wawa and 15 commentsBad customer service
I have had bad run in's with this wawa on a few occations. Firstly; as a store I like Wawa, but this one 'has' to be the worse. I've gone there and ordered a turkey breakfast sandwich, they've served me bacon instead-I don't eat pork(. This was done by one of the black women on early morning shift: whom have always screwed something up). Its customer service isn't efficent. You can tell they have this 'I don't care how long I take: I'm on the clock attitude (employee: Brandon)'. An are just totally mis-organized, you ask one employee about something, they put it off on the next.
To set the record straight, I myself am "black" - furthermore; racism is done mostly by possessors of power: prejudice is shown by possessors of opinions. N.E.How, I realize we are human; though my dollars are counted as consumer votes. An if they want me to vote for them, they like the rest of the competing capitalistic businesses out there; needs to put forth the most reasonable Customer Service. People (, these type of employees) need to accept the fact that 'I didn't make them take their job'. So don't give me your attitude/laziness, because a customer (whom creates the need for them to have a job in the first place, ) has asked them to do their job.
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Wawa has an employee who has shut down the deli not because they have ran out of food but because she stated she was tired of dealing with customers! Wow... Tonight she leaves another employee to deal with over 15 customers to go into the freezer, and it was very obvious that she did not want to help. She always has an attitude I asked her why one day and she states that she hates her job! I told her that with the recession she should be blessed to have one thinking that would change her thinking but it did not! A few weeks later I notice that this young lady named Samantha is a Manager! Wow.. I have never worked for any company that would allow this but I guess Wawa does! Sad...
Excuse me? I work at Wawa and I am CONSTANTLY working. If I had a lazy attitude, I would be fired. If you keep having problems with sandwiches made by this associate, tell a manager so they can fix the problem.
sounds like you're racist to me. just the fact that you have to mentioned the "black" lady. it doesnt matter what the color of her skin is. Also take into consideration that wawas are always busy during breakfast time and anyone can make a mistake. If you came back im pretty sure you could have point out the mistake and they would fix it. it has happened to me and they have helped me. Wawa employees = regular human beens. just like you!
fraud
I recently ordered a Canon A700 digital camera from Wawa Digital on-line because the price was so great. I ordered it on a Friday; a man called on Tuesday and spoke to my husband, saying they had sent me an e-mail and needed me to call them before they can ship the camera. I had not received this e-mail from them; I sent them an e-mail telling them to cancel the order because I needed the camera and would purchase it locally.
Five days later (Sunday) I received a call from my credit card security company to verify a suspicious charge made to my card in the Philippines! This is quite a coincidence, especially since the man that talked to my husband sounded like he may have been from there. This was the only on-line order I had placed in about a month, and I have had no trouble like this before. The only conclusion I can draw is that the fraudulent charge is related to my order with Wawa.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Misleading pastry pricing
On Wawa's pastry display it states, "1/2 dozen Doughnuts or Bagels $4.29". I chose 6 items of which one included a sugar twist. The cashier proceeded to tell me that technically that wasn't a dougnut and that the individual price is $1.39 and why would it be included as part of 6 for $4.29 deal? After going back and forth I told the cashier that I did not...
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