This is a rather disappointing experience from The Brick - Red Deer... In August 2017, we purchased We purchased the Putty Chenille Sectional - Beige edition (two love seats and corner unit) and the extra 5 year warranty protection plan for $400. At the time, both my wife and I recall the sales associate stating that we are covered for a "one time stain claim" throughout the 5-year term, making it seem that it was 'one time', not 'one incident'. Fast forward to October 11, 2019 and we decided to utilize our warranty that we purchased.
We submitted all the information to Samantha at The Brick - Red Deer for our claim and received an email back from Samantha stating, "I have received approval from the warranty department to send a tech to repair your loveseat. He will be in contact with you within 3-5 business days to book a service date with you". The "tech" came into our home on November 7 (Might be wrong, have to check the date) and did not repair anything. He just took pictures of the damage and filed a report back to The Brick - Red Deer. The damage included was stains on the fabric, rip near the corner of the inside armrest and on both love seats there were a rusted stain coming through from the metal spring. The tech stated to us that The Brick - Red Deer would be in contact with us within a week's time, but they will have his report by end of day, he stated he was not sure how they would proceed, but assumed they would send out new covers for the affected spots and re-stitch the rip. He was not sure how they would proceed with the spring issue, we thanked him and he left. On November 18, my wife called The Brick - Red Deer, as we have not received any notification about what is happening with our love seats, and that is when we found out really how they treat their customers... My wife contacted me upset that absolutely nothing would be covered through the claim we made, and whomever my wife spoke with on the phone with was unsure as to why and would receive a call back. I ended up calling and speaking to Destiny, whom I was told is the Manager that handles all warranty claims. Now this is where I am actually extremely shocked as to the professionalism that Destiny did not display towards me on the phone call. The exchange went back and forth with Destiny and although I was upset with how we paid an extra $400 for warranty, I did not raise my voice or lose my cool. Was I was stern, yes. Was I upset, yes. Destiny on the other hand threatened multiple times to hang up on me, continued to state that we were "Neglectful" with the product as there are "multiple" stains on the loveseat and even went as far as yelling at me on the phone. At no time should you ever yell at a customer, ever. It is extremely unprofessional and I even called her out for it. Destiny stated tried to turn the blame onto me and stated "Because you're yelling at me!", I then responded with "I'm not yelling at you, I'm speaking sternly and factual as Samantha sent an email stating that your tech would repair our product and all he did was take pictures, am I upset? Yes, who wouldn't be but I am talking sternly and not yelling, that's all on you". Destiny continued to state that we were neglectful and that the tech was never going to repair, he was to just come and look at. I stated again, that is not what Samantha wrote and I want my $400 back or it repaired. Destiny stated "that is not happening" and after another brief back and forth I asked if this is the route she wanted to go through and she said "Yes" and hung up the phone. My wife called after me and explained that we felt that they were taking the easy way out, if they didn't want to accept the claim on for the stains, fine, it is what it is. The fact that they have a faulty product that is ripping and both couches are staining in the spring makes it faulty.
A couple of days after one of our friends (before they knew of the situation), were looking at the same type of couches as us. During the conversation, the sales associate (not knowing of course) stated that "we are dealing with a customer right now on warranty with this couch, he yelled at me" and laughed during the conversation, again I never yelled. The Brick - Red Deer has been very unprofessional through this whole experience and I would like to see something at least rectified with this situation. We have in the past had very good and pleasant encounters with previous purchases, washer/dryer, whole bed sets, dining table / chairs and entertainment units, but this whole situation has turned us and our extended family / friends off from ever purchasing another item from them if this is how they treat their customers. read more