TL;DR this is a heck of a rollercoaster with a somewhat satisfying conclusion. Read below for details of the entire story!
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Buckle in, this one's gonna be long!
I called to ask if they could clean up pet "accidents" on upholstery. They said they'd come out and take a look, and said it was no problem and they could do it for $250 (including optional Scotchgard).
After the shampoo dried, I could still smell the mess very strongly, so called back and they rescheduled a new appointment to come fix it. Appointment time came and went and no one showed up. I had to call back the next day and this time I requested a refund; the guy who answered the phone said only the owners could approve that so he'd let them know.
A week passed, nothing. I called back, got the same response.
Two weeks after I initially requested a refund, I called my bank and organized a charge back which came to me immediately. I expected Mark It Clean to call when they saw the charge, but nothing. I was annoyed at the lack of customer service, but put it out of mind.
Fast forward several months later, when these guys had the sheer gall to send me a Christmas card with dogs on it claiming to clean up animal messes. It was just insulting honestly, and I called to have my address removed from their mailing list. The customer service rep who answered the phone -- and I should note, they have all been lovely and as helpful as they could be -- asked if she could schedule one last attempt to fix it. I told her she was welcome to try if she really wanted, but I wouldn't hold my breath. She said she'd call me back in an hour.
Three hours later I got a phonecall from a different rep, asking if I was Scott (could have been a different name, but that's not so important). I said no, I was Kae. She said something along the lines of, "Oh. Yeah. Well we'll call you back later, we're still looking into it."
Guess what I never got? That's right, a call back.
Three days later I called them to once again make sure my address had been removed from the mailing list. Once again, the rep insisted they wanted to fix the mistake. I said fine, do what you want, but PLEASE remove my address from your mailing list.
Two months later, unsurprisingly they have never shown up to try again, have never called me back and I am absolutely disgusted with how poorly this company is run.
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Edit 1: Ten minutes after I left this review, I got a call from Manny. He was shocked and said he hadn't been told any of this and it was the first he'd heard of my complaints.
We discussed the whole case and it looks like the two guys who came to my place were likely the two who were fired a while back because of numerous complaints against them.
Ultimately Manny and I have agreed that he'll come out personally and try his best to fix the chair for free. No guarantees, but I appreciate that he's willing to try and make things right. Obviously there's some kind of hole in the way problems are reported because the owner should definitely be hearing about unhappy customers.
I've upped my stars because Manny was polite, friendly and genuinely sounded horrified at how I was treated. I'd like to give Mark It Clean the benefit of the doubt and assume I fell through the cracks here. I'll update again after we've assessed the situation!
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Edit 2: I won't go into detail here, but someone working in admin at that office is half-assing their job because they continually misdialed my number (and added it to someone else's account, which is why I got a call asking for Scott way back when) and I ended up having to call Manny personally to set up an appointment.
When Manny made it over to my place he did a thorough cleaning with special chemicals, and even gave me a small amount that I can use as a touch-up later.
Two days later I checked and the chair is MUCH cleaner, a totally different result from the last failed attempt by the last two guys. After this, I'm inclined to believe Manny when he says the other guys were fired for poor work and that they basically lied to me and didn't care. I'm still not 100% impressed with the office team, but Manny himself worked really hard to regain my trust and I appreciate his diligence and politeness through this ordeal. read more