Kennesaw, GA 30144 - 840 Ernest W Barrett Pkwy NW Ste 400
Furniture offgassing toxic chemicals. Bought houseful of furniture from Ashley Furniture in Kennesaw, GA. Can smell furniture offgassing chemicals. Began feeling sick shortly after furniture delivered...headache, sore, dry itchy throat, watery eyes, nausea, dizziness, trouble concentrating. Became worried when I continued feeling sick day after day. Did internet research. Found out that furniture manufacturing is not really regulated, and there are 9 potentital toxins in the furniture...Pthalates, VOcs, PBDEs, PFCs, PCEs, Formaldehyde, Triclosan, Chlorine and Ammonia. Guess what? They cause the very same symptoms that I'm having. I notified Ashley local and corporate of the issue on May 10, 2017 after having the furniture for 2 weeks or less, depending upon which piece(s). While there have been a couple of employees that have tried to help and do the right thing, management and corporate are not interested in doing the right thing. In this case, I just want to return the toxic furniture and have them issue me a refund for the cash that I paid...it was nice chunk of change...all paid via debit card...essentially cash. I have spent many days and hours now on the phone with both the local store and corporate. ( Oh...and they also owe me a refund for a loveseat that we had refused on 2 delivery attempts for the same manufacturing defect (holes and scrapes and on the second attempt to include missing feet) They have that in their possession, but we don't have the money we paid. We even went into the store to speak to a manager, and that manager, Julie simply dismissed us and didn't refund us for the loveseat they have in their possession that we never took delivery of in the first place. ) The store manager at Ashley Furniture in Kennesaw, GA, Karen Powell, has never returned our phone calls or spoken to us on the phone or in person. She is avoiding us. After several days of spinning our wheels with both local and corporate, another kind and upstanding ( one of the few) local Ashley employees told me to file a complaint with the BBB and to go public on social media because her manager wasn't going to help us. That employee even told me that she was upset with her manager for not handling the situation appropriately...or rather, at all. I did file a complaint with the BBB, but it went to the BBB in Wisconsin because that's where there corporate headquarters are located, so no one looking only at the GA BBB will see my complaint. I was hopeful that I would hear from someone locally who will do something or from corporate who will do something to fix the problem. So far, I have heard nothing. I called the Wisconsin BBB and was told that Stacy had been working on my complaint for the past two days. At that point, I was transferred to Stacy and had to leave a voicemail. I haven't heard back from her yet. I forgot to mention earlier in my review that we were told to call corporate and schedule a technician to come out and "test" the furniture for chemicals. We went in circles with corporate and got the technician scheduled for today. At around 10:30 am, 2 guys from US Quality Furniture Service showed up. They said they were there to take pictures and inspect 2 love seats. We told them that we actually have a houseful of Ashley Furniture that is supposed to be tested. Turns out they don't test furniture for chemical toxicity. We did have them photograph all of the Ashley furniture that we have though. Turns out that Ashley Corporate and local lied to us. I'm not shocked, but I am angry. I called Ashley Corporate back about this matter, and the customer service agent was less than friendly. Rude seems to be their motto. She wanted me to name the people who were trying to actually do the right thing, and I refused to rat them out to her. Then she put me on hold, and after 15 minutes, I hung up. That's when I called the Wisconsin BBB. By the way, this has been going on for over a week now. It's taking up a lot of my time and causing a lot of stress. I think my next step is to find an attorney and anyone else who will listen and maybe do something to fix the issue. I'd rather have an empty house than a house full of furniture that is making me sick! read more