If only zero stars was a thing.
TLDR: Unacceptable business practices, and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AGAINST SHOPING WITH ASHLEY FURNITURE TO EVERYONE that reads this. Or else be prepared to experience such terrible customer service as we have.
-On 9/2/24, we purchased a bed set for our guest room from Ashley Furniture West Covina, as we were expecting family traveling from overseas at the end of Oct. We informed the store of this and requested furniture that they had in stock at the time, knowing our family was coming soon. We were initially scheduled for a delivery on 10/5/24. Over a month later was doable since we shopped around early enough...so we thought.
-On 10/5/24, we were home waiting the entire day for the bed set. No one ever showed nor called; there weren't any communications whatsoever. Basic customer service suggests at the very least a call the day of providing some type of courtesy notice that the shipment was delayed.
-On 10/7/24, WE called the customer service ourselves and only then were we informed that our bedset was on back-order and that it wouldn't be delivered until NOVEMBER, more than 2 months after making the initial purchase! At this time, we went ahead and requested for our order to be cancelled altogether so that we could still use the money elsewhere to ensure we had our spare bedroom setup for our family by the end of Oct. We were told the refund would be processed within 72 hours from this call. Unfortunately, we never received an email or text confirming this request (our 1st mistake by not obtaining a confirmation before ending the call).
-About a week goes by when we had yet to receive our refund nor any other communication about it. Then, we received a call from Ashley Furniture telling us that they somehow "found the item in another warehouse" and PROMISED the order could still be fulfilled and delivered on 10/19/24 (believing this was our 2nd mistake). So, given that our refund had yet to be procssed (within 72 hours as they suggested) and that we still needed furniture ASAP, we reluctantly agreed to accept the delivery on the firm condition that we would be guaranteed our order on the date promised. The customer service rep promised it would be delivered so we went with it.
-Now, on the day of posting this (10/14/24), we AGAIN received a call from Ashley Furniture informing us AGAIN that our item was backordered until Nov 9th AGAIN!
-They completely led us on believing the furniture would be delivered for a 3rd time, DISRESPECTFULLY WASTING OUR TIME when we could have been continuing to shop for our furniture elsewhere while still meeting our initial goal of having our furniture by the end of October.
-If our refund was simply processed in the 72 hours they stated, we would have never gone forward with the 2nd and 3rd attempts. We would have already been shopping elsewhere and would still be able to meet our goal of having furntiure by the end of October. Instead, they continued leading us on, keeping OUR money in THEIR hands, making promises they knew weren't possible.
-Now, we will have to rent hotel rooms for our family when they arrive at the end of October, as there is no way shop for and still receive at least somewhat decent new furniture by then, especially if when you have stores like Ashley that make you wait over 2 months for a product claimed to be in stock at the time of purchasing.
-And finally, after the entire frustrating experience, Ashley REFUSED to offer us any compensation whatsoever, for their own wrongdoing.
-This is absolutely unacceptable business practices, and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AGAINST SHOPING WITH ASHLEY FURNITURE TO EVERYONE that reads this. Or else be prepared to experience such terrible customer service as we have. read more