On June 14th, I purchased a dresser, mirror, and a chest of drawers (3 pieces) from Ashley Furniture in Westboro, MA. HUGE MISTAKE!! They have been to my house 6 times for the same issue.
1) On Tuesday, June 25th, the delivery truck arrived on schedule. I was at work, but my daughter was home to accept the delivery. When she looked at the items, she saw multiple dents and chipped paint on the dresser, so she declined it. The chest of drawers had a small dent and a crack of paint on the left top side. They told her the service guy could fix it, so she accepted it. They never opened the mirror because they weren't leaving the dresser. When I got home, I looked over the chest of drawers and noticed additional damage on the bottom right. I called the store to let them know that this piece would need to be replaced, and they scheduled a delivery of a new set for July 13th.
2) On Saturday, July 13th the delivery truck came WITHOUT furniture. They told me they were there to pick up the dresser. Wait, what? I never accepted the dresser! I was very confused and called the store; they apologized for the miscommunication and scheduled another delivery to swap the chest and deliver a new dresser and mirror.
3) On Saturday, July 20th, the delivery truck came again. I viewed the items outside first. The particle board on the back of the chest was wavy but the front looked fine. And, since no one will see the back, I accepted the chest however the dresser had multiple chips of paint on the front and the back was so wavy I didn't think it would fit against the wall, so I declined the dresser and called the store again.
4) On Saturday, July 27th, the delivery guys showed up but didn't have any furniture with them AGAIN!! They said they were here to pick up the chest of drawers. I told them I kept chest; they were supposed to be delivering a replacement dresser and mirror. They said, "we don't deliver; we just pick up". I called the store again.
5) On Saturday, August 3rd, the delivery company brought a dresser - yay! They finally had a piece of furniture that was in good shape. They carried it upstairs and when they got to the top, I heard a crash. I asked if everything was okay. They said everything was fine, and they brought the dresser into my room. Then they attached the feet of the dresser using a drill (which you don't need). They overtightened the screw which cracked the board across the bottom and cracked the side panel. Of course, they didn't tell me. Additionally, they didn't have the rails to attach the mirror. They called their boss about the missing rails, and then told me I would need to call the store. When the delivery guys left, I looked over the dresser and that's when I noticed the cracks and the picture on the wall was crooked. As I looked closer, I saw the corners were broken. That explains the crash I heard. I called the store again.
6) On Saturday, August 10th, another delivery team came with a new dresser. They carried the damaged dresser down from my room. I said I want to see this one before you bring it in. It looked like the dresser I had sent back on July 20th. It had at least 6 chips of paint on the front and the back panel was wavy. I told them to leave it in the truck, I wasn't accepting it. They brought the other dresser back in my house and attached the mirror even through I told them I don't want it back in my house. I asked them to take it, but they said we don't take furniture we only deliver it and they left.
I called Ashley Furniture and told them they can pick up all three pieces. I was told they would get back to me with a date. I called again on Monday, 8/12, on Tuesday, 8/13, and on Wednesday, 8/14. They just keep saying, "someone will get back to you!"
Ashley Furniture is the WORST place to do business with. The communication between the store, the warehouse and the delivery company IS NON-EXISTENT!! They don't have a clue what quality control or customer service means! They also don't have a number to call if you need to escalate your concern.
Ron and Todd Wanek, keep collecting your paychecks read more