TL;DR Deceptive sales tactics, I'd advise you to spend your hard-earned money elsewhere.
Did I see the bad reviews? Yes.
Should I have listened to the reviews? Yes.
Did I? No.
Regrets? Major.
THE SALE:
First, salesperson initially stated the sofa he recommended was in stock and able to be delivered within a few weeks....except when he looked up the color/combo we wanted now all of a sudden it was a few months. Okay maybe this is a little understandable, but just the first of a cascade of half-truths.
Second issue, did not let us know about the sales/promotion going on that was clearly marked throughout the store and tried to quote us the full price. Then explained the promotion inaccurately.
Third, bring your calculator because these guys are unable to clearly explain the cost they are quoting you. Our salesperson gave us a general quote after discount including the protection plan and shipping/handling. I asked for a breakdown of the what each was costing and he basically gave us the price of the sofa and said we could kind of calculate it ourself?? They refused to give a breakdown in writing before the purchase but eventually gave a verbal breakdown as we were checking out.
Fourth, use the calculator, I asked for an out the door price, including tax. They gave me a number, but when they had already rung everything up and we're ready to hand them the credit card they say, oh wait, that was NOT including tax, it's actually $300 MORE because of the tax. At this point we're feeling pressured because they're just waiting for me to hand over my credit card while I'm processing this extra $300. We paid it but I felt like a schmuck.
Fifth ask about the fine print in the protection plan BEFORE agreeing, they pitched it as "What you pay for the protection plan, you get back as store credit if you don't use it". In the documentation printed AFTER checking out they say $300 off $500 purchase. Which is different from store credit, it's a coupon.
In the paperwork they had us review AFTER checking out, instead of the shipping date in ~8 weeks they verbalized multiple times, it states up to ~14 weeks.
At this point my frustration was brewing and I made my feelings known, asked what their cancellation policy is (you know in case we change our mind in the 2-4 months it's going to take for this sofa to come in), to which his and his Manager's response was basically: we offer store credit, we can exchange but can't cancel.
Our salesperson was new and kept using that excuse for his lack of knowledge. Which is fine, but then find out. Either he hasn't had enough training or they're training him to use these deceitful/lying by omission strategies. Either way completely unacceptable. My fault for not asking, not advocating for myself, and not listening to my gut.
At the end he had the gall to ask if this was my first time furniture shopping (all the questions I was asking, my increasing dissatisfaction with their answers/lack thereof). He called his supervisor over when I was asking about cancelling who again stated no cancellations, and said if it was too much money I could do financing. But in my mind IT'S *clap* NOT *clap* ABOUT *clap* THE *clap* MONEY. It's about who I'm giving my money to and at this point they were being insulting and I didn't trust them to give me a clear answer about anything and wasn't looking forward to another 3-4 months of headaches. We ended up leaving after having paid.
But after a day of thinking and processing we decided to cancel.
THE CANCELLATION
Called the Guest Care Team number 866-787-7930 listed to call under "Cancellations" on the paperwork they provided. The rep told me they can't do cancellations at that number and to contact the store. I didn't feel like wasting my time with the staff at the store again as they no doubt would give me the same BS they gave the first time I was there.
Even longer story short I ended up calling corporate (608-323-3377). Who transferred me to another person who was able to complete the cancellation "on their end" but also stated we would be receiving a call within 24-48H regarding the refund. I asked what to do if we didn't get a call and he told me to follow up with the sales dept at 866-436-3393. Which I did and they reassured me someone would be reaching out to me. Sure enough, the store contacted us within the day with more discounts to try to get us to keep the order but again, NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. I received a refund on the credit card for the full amount within 5 business days.
Don't be like me.
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