Nine + months, yes 9 months and counting for my full furniture order to arrive. The salesman, Chuck Mielke, won't return calls. I happen to work in the area and have gone in over a half dozen times. Never have I gotten a straight answer. First the workers in North Carolina took an early vacation.. next the fabric had to be totally replaced due to the ream running out and the two patterns might not match up 100% if not from the same cloth ream.. next the furniture was in China, yes China, having the fabric cut to size and pillows made.. then the furniture has to be shipped back to North Carolina... then the INS/ICE/Homeland Security arrested 250+ workers for immigration violations in North Carolina (so far the INS/ICE part is the only really verifiable thing Moss has told me)...next the furniture missed the truck but would surely make the next delivery in a "few weeks". Well, Moss & Associates held my $900 for over 7 months and I finally received my sofa and love seat...just a little damaged. I refused to pay the rest of the C.O.D. until it was repaired. Wouldn't you know it, repair man made it out that day instead of the 2 weeks I was initially told. Still waiting on my chair. Seven months to get a sofa & love seat; nine months and no accent chair.
Channel 7 News did a few stories on Moss & Associates after I received my sofa & love seat. Turns out Moods has done this to many other customers. Moss owes so many manufacturers $ that the manufacturer won't build or ship until Moss pays in full; this was told to me a Moss worker. So from what I can gather, Moss uses current customer down payments to pay for prior customer orders....thus the 7 months to get an order that was promised in 7 weeks. Short of a Ponzi scheme in my eyes.
Run far away from this business. Albert's in Lincoln Park can order the same furniture and actually quoted me a better price by $400 and free shipping. I had Moss match the deal and now regret it. Missed an Anniversary and 2 children's birthday parties by using Moses; by miss I mean we had to use our older and broken down couches for those parties. If we got the delivery in the 7 weeks e were quoted and promised I would give Moss 4 stars; as I sit now I'd give -3 stars if that was an option, it isn't so 1 star.
The delivery guys greeted me by saying, "just so you know we do accept tips" and had their hands out, palms up. I declined and stated 7 + months was a bit too long to wait for a couch....plus the knuckle heads had my furniture loose and unsecured in the back of the truck. Tip! Tip! How about not damaging my couch. That's a to for you. I s told by Chuck, the salesman, the couch would be delivered in a crate and I would be responsible to dispose of the crate..... No crate... Just loose, unsecured and unwrapped furniture.
Google the Channel 7 News story. Do not order from Moss. They may have been a good company years ago but 2013 has shown me they are aloof, liars, curt and above all dishonest. There must be a Chapter 7 in their future. No way can a business operate like this...at least not for long. read more