READ THIS BEFORE DOING ANY BUSINESS WITH MILL CREEK!!
Let me preface this saga by saying our first sales lady who helped us pick our granite was very nice and helpful. Our first issue, however, was when she didn't show up for the measuring appointment. We called her several times within a couple hours after she was supposed to show and either got her voicemail or she answered and hung up. We never heard back from her until a couple days later after we had already called and spoken with another sales rep. Turns out, she was sick that day and had to go home. I understand that people get sick, but I expect courtesy calls in those circumstances so people aren't just waiting around for someone who isn't going to show. She apologized profusely, so we continued doing business with her. The next problem occurred after the measuring "professional" came to template our countertops. We didn't question the quote we received and requested a change on the edging. The second quote was about $100 more than we expected, based on the change we made. At this point, we began to question the measurements they took. After we measured the linear feet for the edging ourselves, we determined that they recorded incorrect lengths on two sides. We received a new quote when we called and made our sales rep aware of the discrepancy (i.e., after some hem-hawing and excuses were made on the part of the sales rep). The new quote was several hundred dollars less than the incorrect quote. Less is great, yes, but we were wondering why it was so much less. This time I called the lady who was in charge of the measuring to get my questions answered. She was immediately familiar with our file and explained that when they looked at the measurements again (after we had asked them to do so), they realized that incorrect figures were made. Apparently the person doing the measuring and figuring was a "trainee" and didn't calculate the costs correctly. When I asked why the trainee was allowed to do the work on his own with no supervision, she said they don't have enough personnel to oversee all the work. I didn't see this as an acceptable answer, so I pushed further. She then proceeded to belittle me by asking what profession I am in and if I ever make mistakes. She said, "Sometimes our customers are charged more for a job while others are charged less. Mistakes just happen." When I expressed a desire to be compensated in some way for the inconvenience of them trying to overcharge me by several hundred dollars (again, they would not have caught the mistake if WE didn't ask them to refigure the square footage), she LITERALLY laughed out loud on the phone and said that was not something they do. She then repeated the line, "Mistakes happen." Not only was she extremely unprofessional, she had an attitude like I've never experienced from someone in customer service. I was so upset at the way she was treating me that my blood was boiling and I asked for her supervisor. He wasn't as ugly over the phone, but still had somewhat of an attitude. He offered to give us a full refund (which we took!) because the granite hadn't been cut and he had "a bad feeling" about the way we were doing business. I apologize for the long-winded story, but this was one of the worst customer service experiences that I've ever had and I really want to prevent someone else from using Mill Creek and being overcharged, belittled, or laughed at. There are lots of other granite choices out there - PLEASE heed my advice and the countless other negative reviews about Mill Creek that we have subsequently read on the internet. We ended up going with Permastone for our granite and were extremely happy with their product and service from start to finish. FIVE stars for Permastone, ZERO stars for Mill Creek!!!! read more