TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE- THE WORST EVER
I went into Holbrook's after seeing their store online. I'm a 20 year old college student and I went in alone. Next time I will know better. I've never bought my own furniture before and I was hoping to get one ASAP because I had been sleeping on a futon in my apartment. I purchased a dresser, head board/foot board and a mattress and box spring. Decent quality, all wood, a few dings and poorly glued dresser legs, but not too bad. The guys seemed helpful at the time. Although they offer same day delivery, I had to wait two days. It was understandable seeing as they were having a sale, so I assumed they had a lot of deliveries. Two days later, my furniture arrives, and the nice delivery drivers assembled it how I asked. BUT, the box spring did not fit in the bed frame. The men went back to get a smaller box spring and it again didn't fit. I was told that they would call me the next day by 3pm to deliver one that fit. I received no call so I called back and the call was passed to three different men, the last telling me to call back the next day. I call back the next day and they told me they didn't get one in to fit and that the company who delivers them didn't bring it, but that they would get one in in the next couple of weeks. I had to leave Chico back home to SoCal and came back yesterday. I gave them a few days advanced noticed hoping to get my box spring when I arrived. My call was passed around again and again and I was told to call back today 8-2-12 & they would deliver it. That is when I decided to check Yelp for reviews and noticed one that stated they received a used/sanitized mattress. My mom checked my mattress and there was a sticker USED/SANITIZED. Furious, we went down to a different mattress store to ask them about it and they had signs on theirs that clearly state if it was pre-owned. The man at that store said those are from the 30 day trials. I was led to believe at Holbrook's that this mattress was BRAND NEW. We went to Holbrook's and talked to a heavy set man who was very rude. When we tried to describe what was wrong with the bed we were interrupted after every single word. He then shouted, "Are you even listening to what I am saying?!" Extremely rude. He told us that the mattress was from out of state and that anything from out of state is ripped apart, sanitized and put back together ('just like produce over state lines'.???) He said the manager Jim wasn't there and would be back in the next 20 minutes. As for the box spring not fitting, he said they would get me a new one but it would take 2 weeks and in all of their 29 years, a bed hasn't been made so narrow. So I decided to call the Sacramento Valley Mattress company (where the Used/sanitized sticker was from) and the woman on the phone told me that there was no such rule about out of state mattresses and it meant that the spring was used but the fabric was new. We went back to Holbrook's and I asked Jim and the man I spoke to previously if every single part of this mattress was new, including the spring. Both said yes and again fed the bulls-- that it was out of state. I told them what I had been told and Jim the manager told me "You don't know what you are talking about, I talk to them every day" RUDE AGAIN. Then Jim proceeded to tell me my bed was perfectly fine and that the delivery men were a bunch of 'stupid idiots' over and over and they don't know how to put beds together.(WHY DID YOU HIRE THEM THEN?) I told him that the man sitting next to him, and everybody I talked to told me that the bed was made too narrow. He yelled "Don't bring him up, You're talking to me!" They refused a refund which I understand because it was on their receipt. Two new delivery men came about 15 minutes later and delivered a new box spring that barely fit (thankfully).
Basically, I was fed countless lies, met with extreme hostility and men who don't know how to run a business. You cater to the customer. The only good men working for this company are those 'stupid idiot delivery men" who were nice and helpful. As for Jim and the other guy, total a-holes who were raised to be idiots. They took advantage of a customer in the market to spend a pretty penny. If my bad experience at this crappy establishment can stop you from going there, I'll feel as if some good has come from this. read more