Buyer Beware - Ashley's Furniture of Carbondale, Illinois
After spending thousands of dollars saved from wedding gifts and years of hard work at Ashley's Furniture of Carbondale over 6 months ago to furnish our new home, we are still sleeping on blow-up mattresses and in agony as a result.
When we placed the order, the gentleman entering it in the computer said it was telling him that the bed should be in stock by the second week in January.
However, during the next follow-up call, the employee I spoke to said that the computer does not tell the employees when the items will be in stock, which means the gentleman placing the order into the computer or the employee I followed up with was lying.
You would think six months is plenty of time to deliver a bed, mattress, two couches, and a dresser but obviously, for Ashley's Furniture, it is not nearly enough time since they have not delivered the bed, mattress, or second sofa.
Ironically, while I am writing this review, Ashley's competitor Anderson's Furniture is running a commercial advertising same-day delivery on mattresses.
I wish I would have seen that over 6 months ago.
All Ashley's Furniture has delivered in the more than 6 months since our order and payment is one sofa and a dresser.
When we purchased the items, which were the most expensive pieces of furniture we have ever bought since we are furnishing our new home, we were told that Ashley's Furniture would deliver pieces as they came in so we would not have to wait for everything to come in to get the early arrivals.
That was not true.
At Thanksgiving time, my wife and mom went into Ashley's Furniture again to look for a chair for my wife's room.
They saw signs saying some of the items we ordered were in stock.
No ever called us to tell us or to set up delivery as we were promised.
Instead, I called a few weeks later after giving Ashley's Furniture the opportunity to fulfill the promises the salesperson gave us when we bought the items regarding delivering the items as they came in.
It turns out, the dresser and two sofas, only part of our order, had been in their store for a month without anyone letting us know.
If my wife had not gone back to look for a chair and I followed up to force them to deliver the items they had for over a month, would we even have those items?
I think not based on the rest of our experience with Ashley's of Carbondale.
So, on to our most recent call, which I believe is my 8th follow-up call to check on the status of the remaining furniture that has not been delivered in over 6 months, I was told that the computer showed that our mattress was in their warehouse 5 months ago in November.
Since then, I have made 7 follow-up calls, and this is the first time they have said it was in.
However, they seem to have lost it or sold it to someone else even though we have been waiting over 6 months for delivery because the lady I spoke to, an Assistant Manager who had been out for a while, said that she is concerned because it should have been delivered.
She said she would call the warehouse to have the warehouse manager "put his hands on it" to make sure they have it and then get it set for delivery.
I mentioned that they only deliver to Ewing, Illinois, where our new home is, on Saturdays.
I told her it needs to be at our house that Saturday - two days after my call.
She said she would do everything she can, including having the Owner of Ashley's Furniture of Carbondale call me to address the many issues related to their disorganization and ongoing failure to deliver items after over 6 months.
The final kicker was that she told me if I canceled the order, they would charge me 30% for a restocking fee for items that they do not even have in stock after over 6 months of us waiting for our multi-thousand-dollar furniture order.
So, let me get this straight, the items have not been shipped to their store, have not been shipped to me, and clearly have not been removed from their "stock."
Why should I Have to pay 30%, equaling thousands of dollars, to restock something they have not unstocked from anywhere.
If they had it in stock, would we have waited over 6 months for our furniture?
I am calling out the horrible management, horrible customer service, and most importantly the uncaring attitude they have shown for over six months.
If I were the owner of Ashley's of Carbondale, I would have called the upset client after six months of not delivering on a thousand-dollar order when my employee told the client I would be calling - I am still waiting for that call.
Do not make the mistake I did by buying from Ashley's Furniture of Carbondale.
I recommend you go to their competitor, Anderson Furniture, since they have a same-day delivery guarantee for mattresses and seem to care about what they do, unlike the folks at Ashley's Furniture of Carbondale, Illinois.
I will update this post weekly moving forward so everyone knows how long it takes for Ashley's to fulfill read more