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  The Urban Dog Dog Daycare

  16811 110 Ave NW Edmonton, AB T5P 1G8

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  The Urban Dog Dog Daycare

  16811 110 ave Edmonton, AB T5P 1G8

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:23/01/2023

  Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
  Status:

  UnresolvedMore info

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  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

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  Jan 23 2023 my wife went to use a daycare stay pass that was included in a action pack that this company supposedly "donated" to the Burn Treatment Society. We donated few hundred dollars to this charity and received numerous action packs. I asked the urban dog about using the stay coupons and they told me I could use them periodically just not all at once. So my wife dropped of our dog today and when she went to pick up our dog they denied their coupon saying we've used one of each before. It takes a certain kind of poor excuse of a business to pretend to donate to a good cause just to look good to the public and then won't honor their "donation".

  Business Response

  Date: 01/02/2023

  To whom it may concern:
  

  I was first made aware of Mr *******'s issue via a google review.
  After I read the review I phoned the number on their file to discuss the
  google review he had left. His wife answered, I introduced myself and
  asked to speak with *****. I asked if he was her husband and she replied
  "No, I don't know anyone by that name". So I further explained about
  seeing the review, what it was about, that I would really like to speak
  with him and she replied "he's not home". When I said, I'd really like
  to speak with him before I respond to the review, she said "I can't help
  you with that".  So I then responded to his review. Then I rec'd an
  email from yourselves asking for a response.  I'm not sure why, at the
  beginning of all of this ***** didn't just call and ask for the owner of
  the company (or why his wife would block access to him when I reached
  out) and discuss this matter like an adult, instead of being a keyboard
  (bully) warrior that so many have taken to being in today's day and
  age. 
  
  In the review he alleged that he had spoken
  with my staff (not myself, the owner - but with my staff) to get
  permission to use numerous coupons that he purchased at an event. My
  staff know that 1) I am the only one that approves anything like that -
  they are not authorized to make those types of decisions; and 2) that we
  only accept one coupon per person per calendar year.  When my staff
  member explained this to his wife, instead of contacting us/me directly,
  he chose to go to google.  As I mentioned in my response to him on the
  google review, a much better approach would have been for him to call us
  to discuss, as it would have been our pleasure to work something out
  with him. After all of this immature nonsense and the vile things he put
  in his review, I want nothing more to do with them.   
  

  Customer Answer

  Date: 08/02/2023

  
  
  Complaint: 18885658
  
  
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  
  
  

   

  First off I would like to point out that they called from a private number and did not introduce themselves right away, only after asking questions did they introduce themselves as being from the Urban Dog. Second, I am listed as the emergency contact, they have my number so after reading the review they should have contacted me, not go through my wife to get to me, or have her ask me to take my review down.

  Third, leaving a review based on the service recieved is natural for anyone. The fact that they do not want a negative review posted to reflect poor service given, and want to deal with it privately would not have made a difference.

  Fourth, it was a single daycare voucher that was denied, not multiple, and the first one used this year. 

  Fifth, there is no disclaimer on the voucher that states the use of only one per year. We have not had any issues with other vender vouchers sold in the voucher packs, there is no ambiguity with their disclaimers, they clearly state "first time" or "per calendar year".

  Sincerely,
  
  
  
  *********** *******