I brought a men's suit in to be cleaned at Arrow Cleaners in Merrillville.
The suit had been worn twice and was in perfect condition with all buttons intact.
I picked up the suit a few days later where it was given to me on a hanger covered in cardboard and plastic cover. I paid and the attendant at the store never told me anything was wrong.
A few hours later when I got home I took the suit out of its wrappings, I found the original green write-up ticket where someone had written "missing button before cleaning." Then, pinned at the sleeve there was a pink tag that read "defective item missing button."
The top button of the suit coat was missing with a string of thread hanging down.
I called Arrow cleaners, told the attendant (Carlos) that the button was intact when I dropped it off. He said that it was "no big deal" and that he was just filling in at this store and that I could come look at the buttons they had on hand there.
I went back in and they had a bunch of unmatching random buttons. He offered to sew one on.
I asked for my money back and he gave it to me.
After calling Macy's and finding out I could not get replacement buttons that came with this expensive suit, I had to go to the fabric store and buy a matching set of buttons (specifically made for men's suits but not as nice as the originals) to replace the 2 suit coat closure buttons and the 4 matching buttons that are at the cuffs. Then I paid a tailor to sew them on. The fabric store saved my suit that cost over $500 (before alterations).
From the outward appearance and location of Arrow Cleaners, they "looked" like I could trust them, but they
weren't truthful, took no responsibility and told me it was "no big deal" as if I could replace 1 button on a suit
with a random button they had laying around. Suit coat buttons all have to match. read more