I wanted to purchase a bike and surprise my 11 year old for his birthday for $700. In the beginning when I tried to place the order, the website prompted me to simply "register" before I can view my tracking info and proof of purchase. I think it was their website glitch because when after I signed up/in which took me under 5 minutes, the website welcomed me (like amazon or ebay) but there was no confirmation. I waited 2 days and there was no email confirmation. I called on the 3rd day and Justin answered. "Something happened during your transaction, I think you forgot to hit the backspace or something, but yeah you should be getting you order within a week along with an email confirmation." said Justin. HE TOLD ME THAT THE MONEY WAS ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE ACCOUNT. I was sort of relieved someone answered, and I told him how excited I was that it was the last model because the website immediately said that the bike was Out Of Stock. I waited another 2 days and still no email confirmation for my purchase. Usually, amazon and ebay would give you an order tracking number, or something like a proof of purchase. Or a "thank you for your purchase" notice. It's not that I care if they send a thank you but I"d like to know where the money is especially since there is much fraud all around. Anyone would feel that sort of way, about where their money is and receiving a receipt. Four days pass and I finally got through and the Owners wife, Delaney, answers the call. Professional sounding, she brought up the fact that it was a floor model. Site did not say that I was purchasing a floor model. She did not ask how I felt about it being a floor model, other than trying to reassure that the bike is in mint condition. The owners wife responded by simply asking if I would like a refund right away or not. I chose to proceed with my order. We reviewed the shipping address and I noticed the home address was right but instead of NJ, it was NY. "We have a reputation that we are trying to keep" quoted the owners wife. Delaney said she would change it and that was it. That night I had a conversation with my wife regarding my feelings. "Long as the bike isn't assembled, you can return it" said Justin/Delaney. Delaney said that I would be receiving an email, midnight, or early morning. Fine, as long as i receive my confirmation. Woke up this morning, no confirmation. I had my wife call the number again, day 5, while I went downstairs to feed my twin sons. Another associate answered the phone whose name is Neil, and I asked him if it was the floor model. And then he said "Oh we found another box in the back, and we don't usually send out floor models". Short and sweet. If my wife didn't call, I probably wouldn't have received a confirmation. I was a little bit excited but did not really want to believe it. But I always maintain a positive outlook towards people with regards to the kind of world we live in. A few hours later, I told my wife to forward me the confirmation to my email. She then noticed that the shipping address said NY instead of NJ. (argh) We called J&R asap and the owners wife answered the phone. On her end, she said that the more updated tracking info was that it is being shipped to NJ. I then asked her if it was the floor model and she said yes. I told her what Neil said, that J&R found the same bike in a box, not assembled, other than the floor model, straight from the manufacturer. Two different stories, same store. "The bike was simply assembled, it is not like customers get on the bike and ride around the store, but let me get with Neil and we will straighten all of this out" she quoted. By now, for all of you who are reading this, how would you have felt then? At this point, I politely wanted to voice my main concern about it being a floor model, the website not stating it was a floor model, Neil explaining that we don't send out floor models usually and that they found the last box that was not assembled yet. Typical customer stuff regardless if the conversation was recorded for quality training purposes. But for some odd reason, the energy from her seemed rather impatient, annoyed, slightly. She could of just apologized, or simply just shrugged her shoulders and said Oh well! She did not ask if I wanted to cancel the order, but said that she will cancel the order herself, but I never said that I wanted to cancel the order. Delaney stated the she had the executive authority, that she ships bikes all across the world which really had no VALUE to the issue at hand. I don't know why she didn't just keep it professional if you know what I mean. It is not about customer service, but quality customer service. SHE HUNG UP ON ME without telling me if I will receive my sons bike. I work the services desk @ HOME DEPOT and if I did that, I would be fired immediately. I put up the life of my kids on the accuracy and validity on this information you are reading. read more