There was excessive delay in the manufacture of the door. This review is a summary of what happened after the installer vendor finally gave me the name/contact info of the manufacturer because they were being given stonewall tactics as to when the door would be delivered three months after the order. The customer service is awful, the management is unavailable and when you do get someone on the phone that claims to have vested ownership, they "pass the buck." First I was told that the company does not speak with the general public, they would only speak to the installer vendor who sold me the door. Three mo after the order my installer was clueless as to when CHI would provide the door. As briefly mentioned already, my first encounter with CHI was their customer service and it was all kinds of awful. Extended silence, no introduction, no guidance as to who to contact for my complaint... not just the first time, in total it was every one of my 7+ times calling in.
My installer was being told that project was in queue, then it was a supply chain squeeze that delayed production, then it was the labor force because the majority of their "specialized local work force" had significant cultural druthers to suspend their labor due to Covid workplace uncertainty. I reached out to the CEO on Linkedin - Crickets.
Then after 4 months in, there was a manifest emailed to me that it was on the truck ready for delivery: great expectations; except that it didn't show up in tact/complete. Three weeks after that, the missing panels were on a delivery route manifest: except it didn't show up at all, and it was speculated that it could have been delivered to the wrong city, but no one could verify. I reached out to the CEO on Linkedin again- crickets. I called in and asked to speak to the CEO. A couple of days later someone called me up and wanted to hear my complaint. He was not the CEO but he represented himself as a right hand man of the CEO which was told to handle my complaint personally in proxy of the CEO.
Covid had given them a curve ball and that they were trying to weather their labor and supply chain issues. I reviewed with him the chain of events and asked if the missing panels were ever found, but he shared with me that the panels had not ever gone through their special "new factory" process. I asked why the two missing panels showed up on a delivery manifest if they hadn't been created yet. No real answer, just information on how people were still being trained at their brand new facility. I asked how long before I would get the full product that I paid for and at first there was hesitancy to give me a date but he did agree to "keep me informed" where in the queue it was. I mentioned that it was a nice product but not nice enough to wait 6 months for; I asked for financial consideration and he said he acknowledged the reason. He mentioned that he would look into the delays and speak to CHI ownership and work it out with the vendor installer so that a discount could trickle down to the end price. I informed him that I had already made arrangements for additional work and financial consideration with the installer but that the installer was taking heat for a manufacturers delays. He assured me that he understood the frustration and that he could see where a financial discount would be in order. I told him I would wait until the door was in hand to finalize the discount request. We agreed to reconnect at that time.
The next couple of weeks I received text message updates about the door. Approximately seven (7) months after order the door was installed at my elderly parents home. After successful installation, I reached back out to the guy who picked up the ball to update and discuss final financial consideration. I reintroduced myself, and he stated that he remembered me. One of the first things he mentioned to me was that the company had changed their policy on refunds 30 days previous. I expected to still receive a partial financial consideration due to the fact that I had made the complaint previous to that policy change. He used the "if there was anything I could do..." line. He insincerely stated that "short of writing a personal check to me, there was nothing he could do..., and that "he had said he would only consider it." I asked to get ownership involved and he stated that he had an equity share...I asked for senior management and he stated that they were too busy dealing with 10 corporate accounts with delays to expect anyone to reach out to me soon. I was given the "sales managers" name and a promise that that person would reach out to me within a week's time. The reason I'm writing this review- Crickets
I was made to believe that CHI would value my premium door order and acknowledge that their delay was a major safety inconvenience for my elderly parents (which live in a far state from where I am).
Their vested representative told me lies so I wouldn't cancel the order. read more