So here is my story. I met with Andy (I guess the owner) to get a quote on replacing the hardware on my glass shower door. My wife and I switched our fixtures in our home from polished brass to polished nickel. After showing Andy my bathroom, I requested two quotes: one for polished chrome and one for polished nickel. He informed me that he would contact his office with the measurements and his office would call me back.
I spoke with a woman (Dianna) from their office where she provided me two quotes. I informed her that I was opting for the polished nickel as the cost difference was not much. I reminded her of my choice as at one point in the conversation she mentioned chrome again. She assured me that she was aware of my polished nickel choice and that I would have to wait when they received the parts.
Fast forward 2 weeks later, after putting a down deposit, I receive a call to schedule the installation. They showed up on time and installed the hardware. Fortunately, I requested to keep my original hardware (on a side note they did not ask me if I wanted to keep it and after reading some reviews it makes me wonder if they recycle old hardware!). I read the description on the box indicating I just received polished chrome. I contacted the office, and they contacted Andy.
Andy calls me stating that he remembers that I decided on chrome hardware, which is funny since I did not make any final decision with him as described above (Andy was suppose to call in my measurements and his office assistant Dianna called me back). I made my final decision with Dianna from his office after reviewing the two quotes. Whatever happened to the customer is always right? He tries to inform me that he would never have provided an invoice for polish nickel as this required a special order and is an item he does not keep in stock. Hmm, I did wait TWO WEEKS! for the installation to occur. if Andy was truly honest, why not do the installation immediately if you have chrome always stocked? Why did I wait TWO WEEKS if I supposedly ordered chrome?
To remedy the situation, Andy's solution is to just place my original hardware and provide a refund. He did not offer to replace the hardware with the correct color or offer any discount as a result of the mistake. His immediate solution is to avoid the problem all together, while I have lost an entire day dealing with his company's lack of organization and customer service.
I actually offered him to replace the correct hardware and charge me the difference! I did not raise my voice at any point of the conversation. But Andy lost his cool becoming short with me very quickly.
For those who are just looking for hardware changes, SEARS actually carries CRL fixtures. The same most contractors such as Texas Mirrors and Doors carry at a fraction of the cost (about 20-30% mark up on Texas Mirror and Doors prices including S&H). As for shower doors or any glass work, I would recommend another company. Other reviews demonstrate a similar pattern of ordering the wrong product and placing blame on the customer than actually taking accountability.
I hope this helps someone from avoiding a headache like I did.
UPDATE: These scam artists tried to charge me labor for not doing anything! I had to contact my credit card company to notify them that services were not provided by these jokesters and got my money back. I can only assume that the owner Andy thought I would not bother with a small claim filing as his labor fee was just over the small claim filing fee. Luckily, my credit card company ROCKS and got my money back. PLEASE READ THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS AS THEY HAVE SHARED THE SAME EXPERIENCE I DID WITH THIS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL COMPANY. Ask yourself why they are not accredited by the BBB. I should have done more research, but I thought, "hey, I am only changing the hardware on my glass door, how hard can it be?" Apparently, Texas Mirrors and Doors cannot get the job done with this simple task, so it makes you wonder how they would do if they had a larger project to complete.
ALWAYS QUESTION THOSE SO-CALLED 5-STAR REVIEWS! I guarantee they are family and friends. They should not be allowed to use Texas in their company name; they shame Texas by doing so.
In response to Sulinda M. (again I am sure this is someone close to the company if not related), I was provided an electronic invoice and all was listed was PARTS. I did not sign anything, so when Andy attempted to charge me for installing then uninstalling the wrong parts, I was not held liable for his and his office's mistake. It was my mistake assuming this company would address their mistake in a professional manner. The so-called "detailed estimate" must be a 50/50 thing with this company. Hopefully, they will learn from their mistakes (doubt it) and provide detailed estimates to everyone like they should be doing from the beginning. And, Andy does get upset (angry) as I noted above. read more