DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR JOB!!
Got an estimate from a very nice salesperson Dylan. Decided on vinyl flooring for Living room, dining room and small hallway.
This was a Monday Oct 27th. We had to pay half of the job cost which equaled $2,373. On 'Wednesday' the 29th, when installers came out, we decided to refinish our wood floors, rather than go with their services. Partly because the 2 guys who came out immediately started tacking on extra costs to our existing estimate of $6,500 bucks. Stating they needed to put in 'sub flooring' among other extra costs. We were not paying extra and stated as such, hence we cancelled the job, deciding to go with sanding and restoration instead. The installers even agreed that was a better route to go, and the vinyl flooring did not match!
Later on in the same day, General Manager Erin Hiller called me stating that I had to pay 30% cancellation fee for the WHOLE job, not just the deposit cost I had paid already.. I was unaware of this fee at the time if I cancelled. I said that seemed very excessive and a huge amount, but I guess if that was the policy so be it, but I was quite upset about it. That was going to be $1,950! She then replied 'well what do you think is appropriate to pay for the sales person's and the workers time that have come out already?' I then told her we would be willing to pay $500 for this, which in my eyes was very generous!! She said she would get back to me and let me know if that was acceptable for her bosses, etc..
After my phone call with her, I looked over the contract in detail, and realized if you canceled within the three days of placing the order, you can get a full refund as stated in the contract . At that time, I was very angry upon seeing this, and not being informed that I could get a full refund from a general manager of all people. Completely blown that she didn't see this before demanding we owe them cancellation fees.. Then the next day (Thursday the 30th) My husband and I jumped in the car traveled an hour away to Troy with paperwork AND cancellation paper printed off and filled out from website in hand, to inform them that we were canceling this job!
This was acceptable since midnight on Thursday was within the three day allotted timeframe. I spoke with a gentleman and lady there at Refloor and they said that there was no problem in canceling the job and it was within the three day cancellation window, 'there was no need to have travelled this far.' We informed them that we decided to drive there because we didn't want anyone saying some BS on the phone that it was too late, and they would need a cancellation paper etc. to do it...we wanted to straighten this out in person! I informed them that Erin Hiller was being completely shady and UNPROFESSIONAL by lying to us and not informing us that we could've had a full refund, but of course she didn't come out of the back to talk to us regarding this. HOW WOULD YOU NOT SEE DATES BEFORE YOU CALLED INFORMING ME HOW MUCH I OWE FOR A CANCELLATION FEE!??
Then the KICKER:
Miss Hiller then proceeded to call me later on THURSDAY to inform me ' that they were OK with my $500 offer for time spent already on the job' I was instantly infuriated with this call.. told her there is NO way I'm paying a dime and they are refunding ALL of my money per their own contract specifications!! Reiterating to her I was up there and was told everything was going to be dealt with (including informing her!) and a FULL Refund given. The gentleman I spoke to even called her on the phone in the facility while we were present!! She never came out of her office. Apparently she wanted to act like she knew nothing of this, still trying to get 30% cut of my money! Which if you do the math that would've been approximately $1,950!!
Obviously this woman as a general manager is just trying to make money for the company. Completely unacceptable business practice!
I want to point out that Angelica Brooks was amazing and helped me immensely through this process ... not Erin Hiller!
In closing don't deal with this company they're shady and all they'll try to do is take your money ... as a sales person, they should reiterate the fact that you have three days to cancel for a full refund, which they do not do.
To pay that much for a job that wasn't even touched is absolutely outrageous.
I have called and emailed several people in the company to complain about Miss Hiller's unprofessionalism to no avail. Apparently they like those kind of people working for them who try to get money off unsuspecting customers!!
And YES, I did get ALL of my money back! read more