A few weeks ago I purchased a couch and love seat from your Maplewood, MN store. My family and I went in to the store around 6 pm. We knew which set we wanted, and spent about 5-10 minutes looking to find it. After 20 minutes in the store, we were greeted the first staff - Patrick. Who asked us if we needed help, we said we were testing a few couches and he walked away. At the 30 minute mark, we walked up to the office staff and said that we were ready to purchase the couch. The woman at the computer asked who our sales person was, and we let her know we had not been greeted and that we didn't have a sales person. She called Patrick over the loudspeaker, and he came to help us fill out our order. He let us know that the love seat was available but the couch was on backorder. He stated it would be in 2 weeks later December 12th.
Fast forward to 2 weeks later, we have not heard anything from the furniture store so we call. Patrick lets us know that the couch is still on backorder and will be in another 2 weeks - stating he advised us on this time window originally, and had we not been okay with this he would have told us to go with a different product. This is not true. We knew the couch was on backorder, we were okay with the 12/12 date, and we were okay with the delay. What I am not okay with is being lied to, and stating I was told it would be delivered in the window of 12/12 and 12/17.
Fast forward another 2 weeks later, we have not heard from the store and call again. They inform us that it's still on back order and that Patrick will call us back to fill us in. Patrick calls us 3 days later, and is genuinely surprised at my frustration regarding the one sided customer service we have received. He lets us know he will call the warehouse and update us on the new delivery date.
2 days later Patrick texts me that the warehouse should have the shipment in 3 days. I work in the relationship/partnership industry and I would never text someone in regards to a tense customer service situation. I found this to be extremely unprofessional. I called and asked to speak with a manager, and it turns out that Patrick is the manager.
4 days ago, I called the store again and was able to speak with Jamie at the Maplewood store. She is the saving grace of this whole situation. She gave us more information than we had received in 4 weeks in 5 minutes over the phone. She printed our order and put it in with the orders that she managed, even though she was not our sales person, so she could monitor and update us on our order. This morning I called the store asking for Jamie, and got Patrick. 15 minutes later Jamie called to let me know my couch had come in and was ready for delivery. Information that was clearly available to Patrick, and was not given to me even though I spoke with him 15 minutes before the call. Jamie saved the day, and took on work that was not hers to save the customer service experience. read more