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Customer service is a joke to them
While enjoying a weekend in downtown Chicago we reserved a spot that ended up not even being available, so my boyfriend ended up finding another and was told that he would receive a full refund credit to his account and thought it was resolved. A few nights ago we went to use that credit toward another spot downtown and couldn't find it anywhere so he called customer service and was told that the refund had gone onto the original card that was used. Running late to where we were going we got off the phone with the representative figuring again that it was resolved, but when he checked his bank account the next day to make sure it was in fact back on the card it was not. He's now been dealing with customer service the last week and a half to resolve a very seemingly simple issue that should have been fixed over a month ago. Reading other reviews I can see that this has been an issue for a lot of people and hopefully something spot hero can work out. All I have to say is use this app as a last resort if you don't like dealing with disorganized customer service.Show lessEmm0493
Developer Response
Thanks for writing this review, and we’re sorry to hear of these issues and for the delayed resolution. If you are still waiting for assistance, please give us a call at 312-566-7768 and ask for Symone. Looking forward to helping you out.Don’t Forget About (My Reservation)
Everything was working fine until my usual garage got full, and had to book at another garage. The reservation I made let me get into the facility. But when I went to leave, the reservation disappeared from the app and I could not get out automatically. Happened at two separate facilities. Called the app help line, but it was after hours, so I got a voicemail. Had to pay full price to get out at the first garage, and at the second, an attendant was able to help look up my order and let me out. Not a good look.
Edit: As a response to the developer, I have reached out to your customer service folk each time I have had an issue, but they have been unable to help in any substantive way. I have mentioned this issue to them, but it seems that went nowhere. As for account settings, I did not create an account because I am able to pay for parking using Apple Pay. If you require an account to maintain consistent order tracking, I suggest making that mandatory in the app. I have switched to a competitor app and I am no longer experiencing these problems, even without an account.Show lessstaticv0id
Developer Response
We are so sorry to hear about this! We would recommend checking your account settings to ensure you are logged into your SpotHero account. If you continue to have trouble, please don't hesitate to reach back out to our customer heroes at (312)566-7768, they are available from 7 AM to 6 PM CST 7 days a week and are happy to look into this further!Excellent Customer Service!!
During a recent trip, I used SpotHero to reserve a spot in a parking garage. When I returned to the garage four days later, the garage entrance and exit were completely torn up and the garage was locked and posted with signs saying all vehicles had to be out by 6am that morning. As a result my car was stuck in the garage for four extra days, my parking ticket was charged four extra days and I needed to find lodging for another four days before I could get to my car again. I reached out to SpotHero, who was not made aware of the construction but the parking garage company, and they reimbursed me for the extra parking fees and what I paid for an additional Airbnb. They also gave me a $25 credit in the app to use in the future. I will definitely be using SpotHero again!!Show lesslrm5248
Parking full
Unfortunately my experience was bad, I chose my spot, paid for it and when I arrived it was full, the guy in there just kicked me out the parking lot, and said I had to apply for a refund, which I did, customer is very good and they promptly tried to help me and issued a refund, thats the reason of my second star.
The thing is, they said to me that in case of a full parking lot i could call them for reallocation, this seems nice in theory, but in real life thats a nightmare. It is you trying to call them, while a guy kicks you out from his parking and cars honking behind you, and you have nowhere else to park.
So as advertised that you GUARANTEE your parking by paying in advance is a lie, you don’t guarantee anything, it’s a shot in the dark and if you fail to park, you will be screwed to find someplace else, because you will be unable to search on spot hero or call anyone because you will have to be driving.
Bottomline: you are best trying to find street parking for free by the residential areas of NYC, it’s hard but you don't have to go through this nightmare that I did.Show lesssandrobarros!
Two very frustrating experiences
I like Spot Hero, but my last 2 experiences buying a parking pass have been very frustrating. First one I paid for the parking pass, once I got there they inform me the parking is full, to which I reply I have a parking pass already paid. They’re response: I doesn’t matter, the lot is full, you need to find somewhere else to park. Second experience, park at the place I paid for, when I’m leaving I informed them that I have a Spot Hero parking pass, they told me they haven’t work with spot hero or any prepaid parking pass for 2 years. I confirmed this is the right place, the managing company is still the same... and still I had to pay for the parking ticket to be able to get out... getting both refunds from Spot Hero was quick and easy, but I don’t use Spot Hero because of how good they’re refund system is, I use it because I don’t want to be strolling around trying to find a parking spot, I want to compare prices and choose one I so that I can just go straight to it and expect to have that spot guaranteed as I prepaid for it.Show lessIvanpres
Fullmercityguru
App is great! One problem I had was finding the parking garage because they had an incorrect address transposition when using Apple maps to navigate. It took us a whole 30 extra mins to find the place, cutting into the parking time I had already prepaid for. We drove around and around and couldn’t find 415 S Financial St Chicago, IL. We found a “425” and double checked our apple maps and it said 415. Then I checked my parking pass. It said 425. So we did end up getting parked at the right place. But 30 minutes or so late. That frustrated me. So I experimented using Google maps to navigate from the Spot who app. It was a longitude latitude drop pin right in the middle of the garage. The entrance of was of course not smack in the middle of the garage. 415 s financial isn’t even a PO address in Chicago. But 425. Poor app development when transposing you to Google or Apple maps. If you have Waze, this does work.Show lessagf2199
Used their spot, got a ticket, they ignored me
We reserved 2 spots with SpotHero like we have many times before. Got to the lot, parked and when we came back we had tickets on our vehicles. I emailed customer support and told them what happened. They asked me to provide a copy of the tickets and I did. I the. Received an email saying the tickets had been resolved and there was no issue. About 3 months later we get noticed from and attorney that we need to pay the fines from the tickets that were “taken care of”. I reached out to customer support again and was told that shouldn’t have happened, that my case had been escalated to a manager who would be in contact shortly and was asked to forward all of the information from the attorney. I forwarded everything and awaited a response or contact from the manager. That was the last communication I received from SpotHero. I sent several follow up emails and none of them were ever answered. I never received a phone call from the manager, and ended up paying over $120 in fines and fees for the tickets that SpotHero was supposed to have taken care of. They completely blew me off and had no interest or intention on helping me. Beware that even if you park in the right spot and the operators make a mistake and ticket you, you’re not going to be helped in any way.Show lessGbean32
Developer Response
We are very sorry for the delay in resolving this. Please give us a call at (312)566-7768 and ask for Emily, and she will assist you further.Great Deals + Excellent Service = Happy Customer
I’ve used Spot Hero for a few years by now. Have always found great deals in NYC. Last night, it was my first time using it at Philadelphia Airpot... My flight to Atlanta was cancelled at 1am after it was postponed four times between 7pm and midnight, and I missed a wedding. Imagine my frustration, disappointments and exhaustion when I remembered I had purchased a parking spot for two days even though I only parked there for four hours or so. I reached out to Customer Service. They explained that they couldn’t make the partial adjustments on my bill as requested, because the best (and only) way to change the reservation is to do it on the app or the website. Instead, they decided to refund me the entire amount AND give me a $5 credit for my next trip. As disappointing as it was to have missed a wedding, Spot Hero has made my day a lot better.Show less1Mom4Monsters
Waste of time and money I’ll never get back.
Spent 18$ to reserve a spot using this app in Long Beach . When I got to the parking garage they had already sold out all their spots to cash paying customers. There is no way to dispute a ticket or claim you have to hope you can get someone to listen to you and maybe reimburse you via email or call your bank and dispute the charge.
Major MAJOR inconvenience, instead of showing up to the event early and finding parking I relied on this app to streamline things. My party and me ended up wasting well over an hour trying to find spots for our cars and ended up walking much further than the parking garage we reserved. This of course had us miss about 2 hours of the event and be out 18$ in parking (just for my car not including my buddy who paid 11 for his car and my other buddy who paid 7$. These jerks oversold and got 36$ just from my party. They probably raked in hundreds or thousands from other people who won’t fight or complain for a few bucks.
Very crappy situation that kills a night and ruined the moral of a party.Show lessAdamwilson301
Overfilled lots, but superb customer service
We booked a monthly spot in the Bronx, but upon showing up were told that they wouldn’t honor our reservation because they didn’t actually have any monthly parking spots available-we had been sold a spot that didn’t exist in a full lot! The manager said this happens frequently with SpotHero and refused to offer any assistance. We paid for overnight parking and I called SpotHero the next morning to complain. They were very concerned and took all the information down, refunded me the amount we paid to park overnight, and paid the difference for me to park in another parking lot nearby (over $100 difference in the monthly parking price-very generous). I did ask the representative to call the parking lot first and make sure the monthly spot actually existed this time. They did so and took great care of us, but even so I would be very cautious in using this app. Three stars for GREAT customer service, but questionable availability issues.Show lessTiff327_1
