Save yourself headache, time, & money! This is by far one of the WORST places I have ever done business with! There's literally an ENDLESS list of things I could complain about-but I'll give you the short version up front: their shady, they lie, they have incompetent office staff, & they refuse to fix their equipment to process payment on a VALID credit card (even though their website clearly states they accept credit card)
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Let's start with the fact that their quotes are deceptive, they allude that they included parts in their estimate, & then once the work is done & over with & they present you with a bill that's $350 more than they told you it would for those parts that were NOT included--not shady at all! (Which by the way had I known parts were not included in Pipestone's estimate, I would have gone with another company that charged $175 for "base work" instead of the highway robbery of $400 for "base work" that Pipestone charges). So not only did we pay $350 more than the estimate they gave us, but come to find out we DIDN'T EVEN NEED THE PARTS after they told us that we did during the estimate! When the workers were done fixing the chimney, they asked if we wanted them to leave the "old" parts there because they were quote: "in such good shape & have a lot of life left in them; you could sell them or give them to someone that needs them". So not only did we pay more for parts that they lied about in their estimate but we paid more for parts that we DIDN'T EVEN NEED-after they told us we did during the estimate! -Still not shady enough for you? How about their shadiness when dealing with payments?? Their payment system was not working on a VALID credit card (with over $10,000 available credit on it), I confirmed with the credit-card company SEVERAL times that the credit card company was not declining Pipestone's charge-it was showing up as "swiped & then reversed" from Pipestone... well apparently a large business that does thousands of dollars a week doesn't even have an actual credit-card machine in their office (I offered to physically come into the office & slide the card itself instead of typing it into an app) shady much?... Apparently they use the Square-app & (no apparently not the "slider" that plugs into your phone/tablet but just an app where you type in the info) so after MULTIPLE calls to the credit card company assuring that they weren't declining Pipestone's charges (I even offered to call the credit card company with Pipestone on the line & Pipestone refused), Pipestone claims they were "doing everything correctly on their end"... so me giving them the benefit of the doubt- it must be an issue with their Square app processing..... I tried MULTIPLE times to get them to contact Square & they flat out refused.... You'd think if a company wanted their money they'd make a call?? Apparently no, because that's too hard & their too incompetent! So after physically having to drive to their office- oh by the way did I mention that I stopped & used the SAME credit card successfully on the way to their office so that I could provide additional proof to Pipestone that there is no issue with the card or credit card company by showing Pipestone a printed receipt with date/time stamped on it- they still said it was my card & quote "There's nothing they could do about it" -another lie-make a phone call to THEIR credit card processing company. So then I asked to speak to the owner of the company, the office lady refused to get him & refused to give us a phone number to reach him at-even more shady that the owner of the company won't talk to their customers?!?!? Oh by the way if you need to reach the office, their hours are CLEARLY stated as Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, but apparently the office lady doesn't want to work those hours & is only in the office from 7:30am-3:30pm-make it difficult much for working people to try & resolve any issues with Pipestone?!?! There's more I could comment on, but I'm going to keep my personal opinions to myself & only state the factual elements of our experience! read more