After speaking with several granite fabricators and suppliers in the area, and an awful first hand experience, I've come to learn the following:
1) KJ Natural Stone has 5 star reviews because they pay people for them.
2) Other local granite fabricators and suppliers are aware of KJ's manipulative and deceitful business practices.
3) You will receive an EXCEPTIONAL customer service experience up to the signing of the 8 page contract and 50% deposit which they immediately cash.
4) They frequently upcharge customers after they've agreed to a contract.
5) When you go to template onto your granite, they will cunningly already have a plan as to how they plan on cutting it. If you disagree with their template design, they will try to upcharge you, no matter what was previous discussed or agreed to. The reason is they are studying your granite for any remnant piece they can sell after your project. This is not normal! Customers can place their template onto their stone any way they want.
6) At this point, your experience takes a shocking and distressful 180 degree turn. KJ knows you are 48 hours away from fabrication and all of your other subcontractor appointments are lined up. Your project is nearing the end and they know you'll agree to anything to move forward. KJ will threaten your install date. If that doesn't work on you, they will bring your entire project to a halt, without any concern for you, and use abusive language and the scary word "attorney."
7) Upset, distraught...it doesn't stop there, you suddenly receive an email asking you to fill out and return a BLANK contract (even though you have a signed contract). After questioning this (duh) you will then get another new contract to sign and you will be given 30 minutes to review it, sign it, and return it to them or yet again your fabrication date will be delayed. Of course at this point, you realize the scam, your install date is already out of reach, and you are being bullied and manipulated.
8) Then, because they were unsuccessful at getting more money out of you, they offer you a refund and outright refuse to honor the existing contract! Can they do that? Nope, but it gets more evil... At this point, they agree to release your stone back to the granite supplier (the supplier accepts stone back all the time. It's a common practice). But what happens next is beyond comprehension. KJ will not release your stone back. Wait for it... They KEEP YOUR GRANITE! Without shame, they sell your stone to an unsuspecting customer AT A PREMIUM. The very same stone you have a contract on, a deposit on, that your entire remodel is based on, that you took weeks to find and secure. The stone you brought to them to care for. They sell it.
Can they do all this? It's unbelievable right? KJ is known for this. Did you notice how KJ has over 155 five star reviews and no other granite fabricator online has anywhere near that many reviews? Notice any red flags? Now I ask, where does that leave you?
In summary, they will try for 3 outcomes: 1) upcharge you, 2) try to force you into a templating design so they can get the maximum profit on a remnant they want, 3) if all else fails, they refuse the contract, keep your stone, sell it at a premium, find a loophole in their 8 page contract using their lawyer to have it dissolved. They have lots of loop holes in their contract FYI, a normal granite fabricator contract is less than a page long. Of course you don't consider the contract odd at the signing while happy and being treated so wonderfully.
The whole family (it's a family business) is in on this. Trust no one here. Sadly, even Oscar.
Don't believe me? Think I'm not just like you? Take your business, your money, your precious hand picked stone, and your well planned out and scheduled project elsewhere. Don't fall for the fake reviews and their customer service scheme. You don't need any of this. Preserve what joy you have. read more