Moral of the timeline below: sales team promises the world, doesn't communicate with the delivery dept, your expectations aren't met. They are expected to deliver too much at a time, pieces are damaged, and the whole waiting process starts over, waste is created in the form of broken furniture that took time and trees to manufacture.
Advice for Customers: gel beds freeze in the winter, buy in the summer if you have small hallways. Ask for a later delivery date, then ask for the number of the delivery dept right there in the store (you'll need it later). Discuss plans for broken pieces, add it to the contract you sign. If something sounds too good to be true, it is. It all catches up in the end, and you'll be the one waiting longer. The delivery team are the most helpful folks in the whole equation, they will work to get you what you need. Remember, their expectations from the sales department have ALSO not been met in situations like ours below.
Advice for Ashley: customers understand that quality takes time. We want realistic delivery dates, and care taken the FIRST time it's delivered. Communicate with the manufacturing and delivery depts BEFORE communicating with us so everyone has a plan, then be sure to communicate with US directly. We must plan our lives (work, kids, school, appointments) with those delivery dates. You want us to come back and recommend you to others, so this is a necessary step.
Here's our timeline:
Shopping was pleasurable, the sales associate was friendly. We ordered Oct 25th 2019 (prior to the pandemic) - mattress, 2 pillows, chair, 2 Amish bed frames, 3 Amish side tables/nightstands. Mattress/pillow delivery scheduled for Oct 29th, rest of the furniture on Dec 27th.
Oct 29th: They didn't show up, we called. The Oct 29th delivery was not cleared with the delivery dept by the sales dept, we were then told it would be Nov 2nd (they had the wrong address as well).
Nov 2nd: The trucks aren't climate controlled, so the gel bed arrived frozen, and could not be bent around corners to get upstairs or it would crack and be ruined (takes 6 hrs to thaw).
Dec 28th: The chair and 3 side tables arrived. 2 of the side tables were broken, the beds weren't on the truck. We called. There was a manufacturing delay for the beds, and we weren't informed. New delivery date of Jan 2nd.
Dec 29th: We were called, the truck was overloaded, delivery was now scheduled for Jan 3rd (for the beds).
Dec 30th: We got a call about the replacement for 1 of the 2 broken side tables, was told it would be delivered "the 15th" (wed) after we asked for a sat or sun delivery date. We called back, the person meant FEB 15th. No delivery even scheduled for the second broken side table.
Jan 3rd: Beds delivered, assembled. One headboard corner broken off and a dowel sticking out the top. Wrong slats were ordered by the sales associate, were supposed to be platform, not traditional box spring. We were VERY clear about this during the purchase. Delivery people took pictures of the damage and incorrect slats, sent them to customer care. I called shortly thereafter to schedule either a replacement or a repair of the headboard, and delivery of the replacement slats. They have to talk to two other departments before they could offer any solutions (oh now they finally talk to each other...). Meanwhile, the beds are so high (on the traditional box springs we were planning on disposing) they're dangerous for the kids and require a step stool (for us, too!).
Jan 8th: after 2 calls (by us) and a trip to the store, a sales manager offered a solution that ended up not working (metal support frames, would not go over slats like advised). Removed slats but metal frame too high and mattress slid around instead of rest inside bed rails. Rails no longer had the necessary structure to keep bed rectangular, would move around stressing the joints between the rails and head/foot board. Put the rails back on and kept the box spring setup so as not to damage the bed rails. Found out from the delivery workers (the most helpful people in this whole scenario) that the bed we were sold was not designed to even be a platform bed in the first place but the sales person ensured it would be. Contemplated sending everything back for a full refund and going somewhere else.
29Jan: Received Bunky Boards to put on top of the slats to create a platform base, mattresses on those.
13Feb: Repair performed on broken headboard.
15Feb: 1 replacement side table received
29Feb: Last replacement side table received
4 months from order to complete. read more