Had a party for my daughter's High School Graduation for about 70 people which was the Saturday of July 4th weekend. I pretty much knew what I wanted and set up order online (Tent, Tables, Chairs, Bounce House, 2 Stall Trailer Restroom, Ice Cream Cart, Chaffer Dishes, etc.). Service was excellent assisting in planning and answering questions.
The problem is, that is where Durant's service stops. As I needed to be home to ensure tent, bounce house and restrooms were in the correct place I had asked for an approximate delivery window. They said they really couldn't guarantee a time, but it should be in the morning;
at 11am I called and they said, it should be early afternoon as it was a busy weekend;
at 3pm I called and they said they had problems with their truck that morning and it would be a few hours. I was also told again that they were very busy that weekend;
at 4pm they called me to tell me they would be back to pickup the stuff on Sunday, which prompted me to ask what stuff since it wasn't delivered. They were very confused and said the delivery from that morning; they had no idea it wasn't there even though I had been calling all day. I asked what time the pick-up would be so I could have the party cleaned up by the right time and they said they couldn't tell; call them on Saturday. I responded that my party was Saturday and calling wasn't realistic and that they should call me, but I was told they were too busy and couldn't do so as they had 600 customers (failing to realize that I am one of them);
at 6pm I called and they said they were an hour or so from delivery (at which time they also for the first time told me that the trailer restroom is separate and would come the next day);
at 7:10pm they showed up; I was the last delivery of the day.
Can you see the pattern; only communication was from me except the one call that wasn't to address my issue. They kept harping on the fact that they had a busy weekend. Guess what, that's your job! I had a busy weekend also and didn't need to sit around wasting a whole day. They could have told me I was last and then would have had the morning (and afternoon) free to run all of my other errands.
The delivery guys were very apologetic & hard working so I couldn't hold it against them; just poor management.
Now next issue; they brought the wrong bounce house since it was mislabeled at the warehouse. One guy spent 25 minutes on the phone trying to sort it out and said they would leave the one they brought and a replacement would be sent the next morning. The other frustration with the lack of coordination on delivery timing is that we had an ice cream cart; on line it says it takes several hours before it can be loaded. Since delivery was planned for morning, we had a bunch of Ben & Jerry's coming at 9pm which caused us to have to clear out our home freezer wasting things deemed less important than the ice cream for the party.
The next day I noticed the tent had several holes (couldn't tell when it was set-up since it was near dark and in the shadows of the woods). I called and they said that sometimes happens and I can point it out to the guy delivering the restrooms, but that's not really his area. They did tell me at that time the bounce house was on it's way. When the bounce house arrived, and I give them credit for getting it done early, it came in a minivan. The delivery trucks have a lift for these heavy monsters but the minivan did not. They struggled and almost couldn't fit the wrong one back in the van and had asked if they could leave it on the driveway; answer was no (could leave it in the woods out of the way though), but when they called they were told they had to get to someone else.
When setting up the chaffer dishes, one was sent with wrong base so the roll top didn't lock in like the others; the ice cream cart had a loose bolt on the umbrella stand which had it a bit wobbly (but no big deal).
Overall, party went fine just dealing with Durant's was frustrating! Oh, and the Sunday pickup was Tuesday (except restroom that was gone Sunday) and surprise, surprise, Nobody called.
A little bit of customer service would have gone a long way. If I didn't waste a day sitting around when they knew I was the last delivery it would have alleviated a lot of frustration. They also need to check product quality; this wasn't a cheap adventure and items rented should be undamaged and correct! Tip to management, don't tell me how busy you are and that you have 600 customers; when talking to me, I am the only customer you should be addressing. If you took on too much business, your fault, not mine! read more