Pros: the quality of the furniture seems excellent, and it looks great.
Cons: Abysmal customer relations, and there is no justification from any company to treat a customer this way. With so many choices of furniture in the city, do not waste your time and energy here.
Following is a brief narrative of my history with BoConcept:
All the problems started after all of the money was in their hands and out of mine. Upon completion of the order with my design consultant Andrea Fierro, delivery was promised in 10 weeks, 7/21, or a few days around then. I made plans to make sure someone was home during those days. After eagerly anticipating my over Ten-thousand-dollar order with no communication from the company, I called on 7/13, the day it was due in port, Andrea Fierro conveyed that the furniture has arrived and will be expecting delivery shortly. Then I called on the estimated delivery day of 7/21, initially talking with Andrea, she said that one of the pieces is still in production in Denmark and will not be over for another couple of weeks. Upon my dissatisfaction with the lack of communication, I connected to the Showroom Manager, Luis Rodriguez. Luis then told me, on that very same phone call, that the pieces are here, and they should be shipping up to you shortly. Luis Rodriguez then went to talk with the warehouse manager to confirm everything.
I did not hear back from Luis. I then called the next day to find out what was happening. He confirmed that the couch was still in Denmark, and I now had an estimated delivery date of 8/14. Frustrating with the lack of communication but ventured forward and took off days from work to receive the shipment for the days around that date.
I again went back to waiting for weeks living without furnishings in my living space, without any communication from the team or the delivery team. On 8/14, I finally was fed up with the lack of communication and called back. This time I spoke with Luis directly, and again he then ended the conversation with "let me talk to the warehouse manager." Magically 3 min after the end of that call, I got a phone call from the delivery company (Ukay delivery) who handles the furnishing delivery. The warehouse clerk, who did not provide his name, said it would be ready for delivery next Wednesday, 8/19. At the end of the working day on 8/17, I still did not receive any notification for delivery from Ukay delivery. I called Luis Rodriguez again, and he assured me all pieces are scheduled to be delivered on 8/19. I was shocked to receive a phone call from Ukay Delivery on 8/18 at 2:30 P.M. stating that "there was a technical issue and that they will need to delay my delivery until next Tuesday 8/25".
At this point, I was utterly livid. I had a family member call and speak to the manager Sean O'Hara at Ukay Delivery company who rudely never went into detail about a "technical issue." They came to an agreement that a truck with my complete order (full itemization submitted and confirmed via e-mail) will arrive on Thursday, 8/20, between 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.. The delivery occurred (white glove service was quite excellent!) missing one of the main pieces of my order, a 1789-dollar media center. We took delivery of the other pieces, and as of today, we are satisfied. However, confused and frustrated, I stepped out of the Operating Room again and call the design center about my missing piece. Only to discover that it was Luis Rodriguez's day off. However, the woman who answered the phone then said, "oh, I was on that e-mail, and knew about it."
WHY DID I HAVE TO CALL THEM TO INQUIRE ABOUT A SCREW UP ON THEIR END?!
A day of telephone tag later, and I finally speak with Luis Rodriguez on 8/22. Luis explained: (here is the kicker)
"The piece that was reserved for you was sent to another customer, for unknown reasons and we attempted to send you a floor model after its refurbishment. However, they could not refurbishment"
Are. You. Kidding. Me.
They were going to try to disguise a floor model, charge me full price for the piece that I ordered and was built in Denmark for me. Outrageous. It left me speechless.
Being told this after all the miscommunication and dismal treatment by the Madison avenue office sparked a rage that was unfortunately expressed over the phone instantaneously. Luis Rodriguez has promised full refund for the piece, and the delivery of that piece has been promised.
This leads me to without my Fermo piece.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THIS PIEC OF FURNITURE NOW?
Never in my life have I experienced such poor, common, low-level service/treatment like this when purchasing "luxury items". One spends money to receive a service that is free of sloppy and insulting mistakes. Now I am left to doubt all of the furniture pieces I received in my BoConcept order if it was new or just covered up.
With so many options in the city for high-end furniture, do yourself a favor and save your emotions and go somewhere else. read more