BEWARE OF STEINHAFEL'S FURNITURE - ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY IT AS IS... SUCKS!
Please review the letter I sent all them members of the Steinhafel family below, the are key contacts for the business names, Steinhafels Furniture. Please note that I did not hear, nor was I contacted by any of them.
I guess, just a simple acknowledgement of my letter that I sent on February 22, 2020 via US mail would have made me feel like Steinhafels at least cared about what I had to say... but out of 3 Steinhafels, I received zero replies.
I need to let other beware not to let happen, what happened to me and my family. Photo and invoice attached.
ORIGINAL LETTER TO STEINHAFEL'S BELOW... PLEASE READ! THEY ARE AVOIDING ME FOR $240!
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February 22, 2020
Steinhafels Furniture
Gary Steinhafel, President
Steve Steinhafel, Mgr. CS
Tom Steinhafel, Store Mgr.
W231 N1013 County Hwy F
Waukesha, WI 53186
Dear Mr. Steinhafel,
On November 17, 2020, my wife and I bought $2,100 worth of furniture from your superstore. Unfortunately, approximately three months later, the recliner is broken and looks like something that should be sitting out on the curb of a road outside of a trashy trailer park (photos enclosed).
We bought all of the furniture from your clearance department, and all items sold "as-is" because it was an open box item, we thought no matter what, this was a great deal because Steinhafels only sells quality. Steinhafels is a good name in the furniture business, so it was a no-brainer to take advantage of the discounted furniture knowing the terms. But 3-months later for the footrest to be broken down, this is ridiculous. This does not appear to be something Steinhafels would sell in their high-end stores.
The sectional couch we purchased has no issues, and this is where my wife and 17-year-old daughter sit, an as-well-as company that visits. I'm the only one that sits on the recliner, and even at this, I only sit on it for 2-4 hours maximum per night. I am 180 lbs and am very neat and respectful of my property; everything needs to be in order, meaning that this chair should not be damaged as it is; there is no reason. Each night my family said, "it looks like the footrest is crooked," and every night, they would say the same, "it looks like it's getting worse."
My wife called for service, but I told her that this would probably happen again and I don't need the aggravation, this is really upsetting to me. We still need to get service because this is a total embarrassment if anybody would see it. Either that, or throw it in the garbage, but what a-shame this would be, a three month old piece of Steinhafels of furniture in the garbage?
On Saturday, February 22, 2020, I called Steinhafels Customer Service and explained my predicament, only to hear the representative (John) tell me that, unfortunately, there is nothing you can do, it was sold as-is, and there's nothing that can be done. He added that the recliner was already 3-months old, and that's what we bought.
The recliner cost was $249.00, but whatever the cost, you would never think that you would get such a poorly made product from Steinhafels, and maybe if your customer service person wouldn't had shut me down so quickly, I may have felt a little valued as a customer. I never raised my voice and I was totally professional, if you record these calls, you will see. I called at 10:46 on Saturday, February 22nd.
I asked to speak with a manager, and John stated that the manager couldn't do anything either, and would not get the manager for me. I even offered to purchase another chair from Steinhafels, one that was not "as-is," and again, John said that this still wouldn't make a difference and that the chair is ours and there is nothing more he can do. If this happened in 3-years after purchase, then I could digest this a little easier, but this has been 3-months
I attached photos, and the invoice, I'm asking you that under the circumstances that you help me with this, I just can't get over that we got 3-months out of the chair and now it's trash. Again, something I would never expect from Steinhafels, it is obviously defective, maybe so many people sat on it in your showroom, I don't know, but this is not right, "as-is" or "not as-is." I'm just sick over this.
Can you please help us? John already told me to have a wonderful day, very sarcastically, before we ended our conversation. I'm hoping to hear from you, and I'm hoping that you will take this entire nightmare into consideration.
Thank you,
Frank Pipia
PS.... I believe the chair I received may have already been broke when it was returned by the first customer before it was put in your clearance section. The chair could have been temporarily repaired just enough to hold. There is no way this damage would have happened so quickly... Avoiding customers is really unprofessional, and does not put you in a good light! read more