Please, please I implore you to read this review before you purchase any product without really knowing what LL in the whole of the US is doing and why. If you dont you maybe regretting the purchase after you request a refund for ANY reason is denied.
Be very, very aware that they won't accept any returns IF the boxes have been opened any time after purchase for any reason. This is a complete BS return policy, and in my opinion is an unnoticed fraud. The reason I say this is to make you aware this is NOT about a return policy at all its about forcing you as a customer like me to help raise profits for LL.
The 22 boxes we had purchased had labels and installation instructions on the box and posted on-line. It clearly says unless you open the boxes first the manufacture will not provide any refund once you put the laminate on the floor, if you have not inspected the flooring first, a very sensible policy indeed.
We called the store and they said very clearly if you open a box no refund for any reason. We did not belief that this was company policy, maybe the employee at the store was not trained enough? We of course contacted customer support right away.
We asked multiple questions of the customer support person (name not revealed to protect the support person with retaliation from LL)
We asked straight out is the no return policy for any reason correct? To our complete surprise he said NO!
We said ok here are the problems:
Based on the laminate instructions you must first open the box to determine if any flaws and other problem exist. You also need to open boxes to determine if unseen shipping damage has occured based on no visible signs of box damage? Can this be done in a congruent way with LLs return policy?
The response to the question was NO!
We then asked about the need to sort each box with every other box, because the manufacturer is genuinely concerned with slight variants in color box to box. In addition, they do not guarantee any box has no duplicates patterns if you don't open and mix the the boxes? Can this be done in a congruent way with LLs return policy?
The response to the question was NO again! Then if you buy that statement, LL will commit you to having a floor that will never look good!
We asked then what are you referring to when you say the store is incorrect over returns? His response was very interesting! He said we are only authorized to give you a refund for only one box but this NOT a refund but a courtesy payment to you for any inconvenience, seemed very odd to us, we thought this is a way to deter customers from requesting a refund? When they agree to the courtesy refund, they have another got ya! needed before they will send your payment, they require customers to sign a waiver otherwise they will NOT send you the money, this is so you can not go back and say this not enough after you get the money, way to go LL profits are improving!
Based on the response we asked are you really LL customer support or a contracted company? He said we are a contracted support company with clear rules set out by LL itself, when I told him how ridiculous the return policy is set up by LL he admitted that it is paid job for him and what he is doing for, on behalf of the LL company's return policy, really depresses him every time he talks to an LL customer.
He pointed out that he would work very hard to get you a real refund. He explained though, he has to follow the policy strictly, if we follow the very very arduous policy given by LL, he maybe can get us a real refund! this process is set up in such a way that most people give up trying to get a refund!
He said in the country that he works in has a very high unemployment rate and this job was all he could find. He added that this is why so many competing companies are here and that all the people that he knows has no financial choice but to work for the largest cluster of this type of company giving customer support in the world and protecting the clients from refunds.
I then turned to a different point of view entirely, I will NEVER purchase any product or service when they exploit other people for profit, I hope you feel the same! Thank you for reading my review, this is the worst company I have ever have used in over 50 years! I have warned family, extended family and friends already.
Please ignore any mistakes in my review for grammar, spelling and punctuation! Just digest the reviews intent to help another customer to stay away from LL in entirely. read more