Edit review (11/4/17): was given store credit for our mattress after complaining to BBB and social media. Glad the issue was corrected to some extent but will still not change my star rating for the month of issues that should have never been. On a side note no issues were ever experienced in store, just with the corporate office.
Original review:
My whole review won't fit here, but you can see it via Facebook, Better Bureau Business, etc.
Well after a month (as of this Saturday) of sleeping on a bed with a 6-inch lump, my husband received official word by Ashley furniture the fate of our mattress. Over the two weeks (yes, because it took over two weeks to actually get someone out to look at the bed), we have been given the run around as to why they will not stand by the warranty we purchased 4 years ago in August 2013 when we bought our bed frame and mattress (I have all original documentation including the receipt and warranty).
The two reasons they gave us over the last 3.5 weeks were: there are stains and we damaged the bed by moving.
1) I'm not sure what their definition of a stain is but these are the three dime-sized discolorments they speak of. We have literally slept on this bed with a matress pad and sheets for over 4 years. You expect there to be no discolorment? People spend half their lives sleeping. There are two of us sleeping in this bed for 4 years! Of course it's not going to be perfect but if you look at an image of the mattress, nothing stands out, because my husband and I are responsible people. These are close ups of the "stains." I feel like this is fairly normal for a bed that's been slept on by 2 people for over 4 years. Does Ashley expect that they're customers won't sleep on the bed?
On a side note, after reading the warranty it never says that stains void a warranty, it simply says the limited warranty does not cover the following: fabric stains, soiling, and burns...
We're not calling about "stains," we're calling about a six-inch lump.
After several phone calls, we had a conversation on Saturday 10/28, I remind you this all started on October 7. In this conversation the man told my husband the warranty was void because there were stains. My husband asked if the stains caused a 6 inch lump in which he was told no. Also in this conversation we were told if we had the mattress professionally cleaned it would "unvoid the voided warranty." Even though I find this absolutely absurd and in no way can this be held by warranty, it's something we were willing to do because it's a heck of a lot cheaper then getting a new mattress. The guy said he would talk to his manager and get back to us.
We received a phone call the next day over 24 hours later and the story changed. We were now told we damaged the bed by moving it.
2) I want to see where in this warranty it says you can't move. You truly expect people to never move their bed in one house let alone move houses and not move the mattress? We have moved twice prior to this with this same bed and mattress and never had a six-inch lump form. This time, we moved even closer, about 3.5 miles away. We even took a second trip specifically for the bed. The only time the bed was event turned was to take it down stairs and then up stairs. You're telling me that moving a mattress as it was intended to creates a six-inch lump? Once again, this is absolutely absurd. The tech that came out to take pictures even said he had never seen anything like it. I'm pretty sure if it came from moving the bed he would have seen something like this before as people move homes and move their beds around in their homes all the time.
Where in this warranty does it say the owner can't move or how to properly move the bed? The warranty actually says it does not cover transportation costs, so how would you like to me to move it and ensure it's being moved how you'd like? Actually the warranty says verbatim, "Do carry your mattress flat on its side. It's easier to handle and you'll be less likely to damage the mattress." First of all, I'm pretty sure this is common sense. I'm pretty sure this is what we did. There is no way carrying a mattress on it's side down stairs and then up another set of stairs created a six-inch lump. Honestly, Ashely is just trying to find any reason they can not to make this situation right which is truly unfortunate as I feel it's an easy fix on their part as a company.Today (after waiting for a couple days for a return call) my husband finally spoke to someone who said that the warranty does not cover the mattress, only the bed frame. OK first of all -- if it hasn't covered the matress all this time, why the hell have you been talking with us over the last month about why it's damaged? If that was always the case, it should have never even been a discussion. Also, I have the warranty. It actually talks about the mattress and how to care for it, what to do, what not to do, etc. read more