I would give zero stars if possible!! Francisco was of no help even after I explained that I was a repeat customer (my husband I counted 5 of the 20 rental properties we had used Lumber Liquidators) and that we never had a problem with other Lumber Liquidators before. We have used locations in San Jose, San Carlos, and Berkeley in the past and had always been satisfied.
The situation:
For the last 20 years, my husband and I have been property managers for his and my parents rental properties in several cities/towns. Recently, my parents purchased three more properties, all of which need renovating i.e. flooring. As we have done in the past, I placed an order for half the flooring needed for rental #1. I placed the order online in my name (my last name is the same last name as my father's) and used my fathers's debit/credit card with his correct billing address and phone number. The purchase price was subtracted from their checking account approximately 6 weeks ago for $2200. Smooth, so far.
Francisco called my parents home and left a message exactly one week ago. My mother texted me saying that I needed to call him back, because there was some question he had. As I drove to work, I spoke with Francisco and long story short, he said that my ID and the credit card used would not be sufficient when picking up. He insisted that I needed my father's ID; I explained that that was not possible, because of the long distance and the fact that he just got out of the hospital. He continued to say that my ID, which would demonstrate that my name would match the order name (not the billing name), and also would show the same last name, would not be sufficient. He just would repeat that it was not corporate policy. I told him that he needed to "think outside the box" because I cannot provide him with my father's ID and not only are our last names the same, but I specifically placed the order in my name so there would be no problem when picking up."
I further explained that this had not been a problem in the past. In fact the last time we used Lumber Liquidators, the Berkeley store had no problem with my husband showing his ID for his parent's rental house order. It was the same situation except it was his dad's name and my husband's name. As a response to this, Francisco insisted I provide him with my husband's and father in law's names and phone numbers. I thought he got confused so I explained that those names were not with this order and he said he knew and asked again. I said, "why are you asking me for their information?" He replied, "to see if they have an account and have done business with us before." That is when I became extremely upset; he clearly was insinuating that I was lying.
I said, "Look, you need to think outside the box. If I was in your position you know how I would handle this? I would call my father, explain the situation and see if he could fax or scan a copy of his ID." Francisco responded with, "Oh, we can do that." I said, "I should not have to do your job for you and figure it out." I then proceeded to say, "So, are you going to call my father and do this?" He said, "No, you can call him to get it." Huh?!?! You insinuated I was untrustworthy, I figured out a solution to this ridiculous problem, and now you want me to do your job again as a dishonest individual?
The next day, last Friday, I emailed corporate and had heard nothing in response to my lengthy unedited email. So this morning at 10:19 I called customer service and was told they had reached out through email to me. I said that that was incorrect; I have received nothing. Anyway, no attempt was made to smooth over the situation. Instead, the customer service rep did as I instructed, to cancel the order. Nothing more, nothing less. Not even an apology for my dissatisfaction. Guess they don't really care too much about their customers, I mean "ex" customers.
Oh... and the interesting thing is that when I got off the phone, I miraculously had a short haphazard standard letter sent from corporate emailed to me 6 minutes into my phone call. In the rush they had not filled in a name in the sentence: "we have assigned your claim to... "
What a joke! The irony of their employee treating me as dishonest when the company themselves were dishonest.
Caveat emptor.
PS I find it interesting that "someone" logs into Yelp and ticks "funny" for 1 star reviews. I bet it is one of the employees working at this subpar store. Class act, truly. read more