I purchased a sofa and chair from Conn's Appliance on County Line in Centennial, Colorado 4/13/15. I was told that the price including delivery and tax was $1,591.21. My wife said she didn't think the amount of taxes charged was correct. I looked at it, but didn't say anything, since she had already told them it was wrong, and they said no it was correct. They told us they would deliver the sofa and chair the next day. I would be contacted by the warehouse between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM and given a 3 hour window that they would be delivered. The driver would contact me approximately 30 minutes before arriving.
When I got home, I reviewed the bill and checked the tax amount. I live in un-incorporated Jefferson County, and felt like the amount of taxes charged was incorrect based on the fact that they were delivering to my home. The price of the goods was $1349.98, delivery was $139.99 and I was charged $101.24 sales tax. That computed out to 6.795% of the total price of $1,591.21. Sales tax should not have been charged on the delivery charge, and the rate should have been 5.0% or a total tax of $67.50. They owed me $33.74. I contacted them and they disputed this, but ultimately refunded my money. I wonder how may other customers they are doing this to, and pocketing the difference between the amount owed to the state, cities, and counties involved.
On Wednesday morning I got a call telling me that they would deliver the chair but couldn't deliver the sofa, because it was listed on their computer as being at the Centennial store, when in fact it was at the Arvada store. They said they couldn't change the location on the computer and would not be able to deliver it that day. I told them to wait and deliver both at the same time
On Thursday, they called and told me that the chair was loaded on a truck and would be delivered, but the sofa still showed it was at the Centennial store, and they were not able to change the computer or deliver the sofa that day. A few hours later they brought the chair to the house. After bring it in, the delivery person was installing the legs, and I noticed that he seemed to be having trouble with one of the legs. He finished and positioned the chair. After they left, I tilted the chair back to install pads on the bottom of the legs, to protect our hard wood floors. When I tilted the chair, one of the legs fell out of the chair. When I tried to install it, I discovered that the hole was too large and the leg screw would not hold. I contacted the store and was told that someone would contact me and make arrangements to come see what the problem was. I still have not been contacted.
It is now Friday morning, and I was told yesterday by three different people that someone would contact me this morning between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM and give me an update on the delivery. When I hadn't been contacted by 10:00 AM, I called the store and talked to James, who I was told was the store mgr. He told me that the computer still showed that the sofa was at the Centennial store not the Arvada store, and they couldn't change the location, so the warehouse didn't have the ability to pick it up and deliver it. He said they were working on it and would contact me later and have it delivered today.
From the tax scam, to the delivery person not telling us about the leg problem to the fact that they can't change the location of the computer, tells me that this company is not the least concerned abut Customer Satisfaction. How much money do you suppose this company pockets by overcharging on taxes. The employees are rude, nasty, and unwilling to help resolve this problem. I sent an email about the tax problem to the corporate office on their web site in Texas on Tuesday the 14th. I received a notice this morning saying they had received my message, and would follow up. Only took 3 days to respond. After receiving this email message, I sent another message outlining all the problems stated above. I asked that someone contact me, and help resolve this issue. I doubt based on previous message that I will here from someone at their corporate office. read more