AVOID CLOSET FACTORY- -DO NOT CALL THEM, DO NOT HIRE THEM. I put out a large residential job for bids to 4 companies. I have a negative warning about only one: Closet Factory .
HARD-SELL SALES PLOY - THEY DO NOT LET YOU HAVE A PAPER OR DIGITAL COPIES OF YOUR DESIGN. Jessica, my designer, required me to go through a long presentation on her laptop, where you see the computer design on a screen and you have to make decisions or changes there. It takes too much time; you will have nothing to take with you to think about; and you have to hope to have memorized it. If you want to see your design again, you have to see it on her screen during another appointment. The designer reluctantly e-mailed me photos of her computer screen only, which bordered onr ridiculous.
THEY COPIED DESIGNS BY OTHER BIDDERS Jessica did not hesitate to ask (in writing via e-mail) that I provide the design drawings from one of her competitiors so she could design part of the project. I was astounded at this blatent attempt at plagerism.
IF YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE JOB, YOU ARE IN FOR AN INSULTING , UNPLEASANT DRESSING-DOWN I was kind enough to phone each vendor/bidder who did not get the job to call and thank them for their kind efforts, including Closet Factory. Jessica launched into a most insulting rant, where, among other angry outbursts, she accused me of taking her designs and providing them to a competitor and getting them to under-bid Closet Factory. I had not done this; she had no basis for saying it; and ironically Closet Factory/Jessica is the only closet company that asked me to send competitors' drawings so they could use them! Jessica's behavior shows that she either forgot that she had put her request in writing, or she is simply a most angry, uprofessional person.
NON-EXISTANT, BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE I tried twice to call Jessia's local manager about all of this. No manager would take my call. I stated the reason for my calls: to provide feedback on the work of his company and my designer. I left messages. Nothing. Jack Green, the newest manager, was actually there, but I was told he was "too busy to take my call." He never called. Mr. Green and Closet Factory apparantly do not care to hear from their customers.
In summary, do not ever use Closet Factory. If you do, you will have to endure a long sales presentation; you may not be given copies of your design; you may possibly be shown designs actually done by someone else; you may be subject to a nasty rant by phone if you do not hirie them; and you may have zero customer service. read more