Get any agreement in writing. We had gone to Pierce flooring and gotten a price on flooring and have a written bid stating we would be able to return any unopened boxes. A friend suggested checking prices at Floor Traders. They lowered the price by a small amount and verbally agreed to match Pierce's return policy. I made the mistake of believing they would follow through. They were very friendly at the time of the sale and agree to do
exactly what Pierce would and then some by beating their price. So we decided to buy from them.
The flooring and glue they sold did not install well on stairs. So we had excess flooring left over. When we tried to return the unused flooring we were told there were to many boxes. We weren't even asking for a refund on the glue or toe kicks for the stairs since that wasn't in Pierces bid. We showed them the Pierce bid and asked them to recall the agreement. They said we cannot take flooring back in the quantity that Pierce can. There was no maximum amount on the bid that could be returned and they never said there would be with Floor Traders either. They were of no help on the problem with the product on the stairs either. So we are stuck with 700 square feet of flooring, glue and toe kicks that won't work and cannot be returned. That's about $3500 worth of flooring. Our original purchase was for 5,600 square feet. Pierce actually told us a large return is easier to sell then a small amount because it can cover a full room or two for someone looking for a deal. They made plenty of money off this sale and could've sold the remaining flooring easily as it is a high demand product. Instead they have lost a customer and securely pushed us back over to Pierce where we have never had a problem returning any unopened boxes. If this product would've worked on stairs as we were told it would when we were sold the glue and toe kicks to install it we would've only had 4 or 5 boxes left. But it doesn't. We had to purchase a different product and install it on all 4 staircases.
I recommend dealing with the other flooring businesses in town and if you do risk buying here get everything in writing. read more