Do yourselves a favor and do not shop here! The experience was okay initially, but went downhill from there.
When my husband and I entered the store, we were politely greeted by a saleswoman named Jennifer. We were interested in making a specific purchase, specific color, etc. Ashley's didn't carry what we were looking for, so we decided to look around. It was so uncomfortable as we were continuously followed around the store by this same saleswoman. It became very clear that she was trying to make a sale. Needless to say, I was annoyed. She was a very kind and polite young woman, but I don't deal well with people following me around a store while I shop or look around. As we walked throughout the store, we asked a different salesman (that happened to be walking by) a question about the pricing on a specific set. He was very helpful and answered our question. As soon as he walked away, Jennifer came right up to us to ask if we had any questions and had decided on a set. Although we really did like this specific set, again, it felt like she was pressuring us to make a purchase. We told her we hadn't decided yet. She walked away, and shortly after, her manager Vince came right up asking what our reservations were. I was seriously annoyed at this point! He said he would give us a deal, but truly it wasn't a deal he was giving us. I knew this immediately. Not a coincidence he was able to "give" us a "deal" and take off $1,699.97 of the set my husband and I liked. In reality, all he was doing was giving us the online price! Comical!
I still had reservations, so he said if we would go with him to look at the mattresses, he'd give us an additional $50 Ashley's giftcard to apply towards our purchase. Again, comical! My husband was interested in browsing, so we went. Again, Vince was trying to make a sale on a 5k mattress (on top of the bedroom set). He was trying too hard and at that point, I just had to cut him off and tell him we weren't there for a mattress.
We proceeded to make our bedroom set purchase, paid in cash and left.
Fast forward to the day of delivery, about six days later. We'd originally confirmed delivery time between 9:30a-12:30pm. The delivery men arrived at 9:00am and started unloading everything off their truck. Not a huge time difference, but why have a specific delivery time, if you cannot follow through. They set up our bedroom set and I noticed the railings for the bed were cracked -_-
The delivery man said he would email corporate to have a technician come out and look at it. Look at it for what?! It's cracked. He said this would be the best option for us.
Two days later, Ashely automated service calls to notify me the technician would be at our home this Wednesday between 8-11am. This was not a good time for us as we would not be available. As I waited on hold for over 15 mins to speak to a live person to reschedule, the call hangs up. My husband and I were very busy and I called the actual store that evening to cancel the technician and reschedule. They were able to cancel and reschedule.
Despite canceling, the technician arrived this morning at 8am sharp as my husband was running out the door for work. My husband quickly explained the situation to the tech and told him we had cancelled and did not have time as he was on his way out the door leaving for work. The tech looked at his device and realized it was in fact cancelled, apologized because he never reset his device and never realized that it was cancelled. Knowing my husband was now running late for work, the tech STILL asked to use our restroom. This whole chaos caused my husband to be late for work this morning.
I called the actual store this morning to ask why I need a technician to come out if the bed railings are cracked. Not sure what they have in mind for the tech to do, super glue the cracked railing? They finally agreed to just have new railings sent out to replace the cracked ones, something that should have been done from the get go.
I agree the situation could have been worse, but I feel like we have had to go through so many hoops to get our bedroom set. I will be happy to be over and done with this store after all this is resolved.
I honestly wish we would have gone with a different furniture company from the get go. l will never spend my hard earned money at Ashley's again.
So again, do yourselves a favor, avoid a headache, and go elsewhere. read more