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    Example of table and boxes of chairs!

    Unfortunately we paid for the white glove delivery and all they did was drop off the chairs in a box and a table. I called their customer service and they said the white glove part only applied to the table. Which is funny because that's the easy part and required no assembly. We paid $275 for delivery and we might as well as went to IKEA. In addition the table showed up damaged!

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    Greg M.

    My girlfriend and I love the style, price point, and friendly faces of the team at West Elm but Crate & Barrel should have been our choice. I love giving great reviews and honestly do not like giving a bad review, especially during COVID. Yet with such a decent long list of negatives after our purchase, I feel I should. So please hear what I am writing as a calm tone simply giving the details. My girlfriend and I purchased a couch and dining table set on May 2020. Thinking we would make further purchases, we registered for their suggested credit card to receive a small discount. We were told the couch would arrive at the end of July. The first payment date nears and we are told that we can't pay off the entire couch but must pay in the monthly installments. So we paid the first payment on time by mail. The next problem came when West Elm didn't look at the USPS postage date and charged both a late fee and an interest fee. The third negative was when my girlfriend called, they told her it was her issue since payment was sent by mail ("and no one does that anymore"). The fourth issue came when she was told the process to seek a resolution to their misplaced late notice was to write a letter and send it by mail (which is what they just had shamed her about moments before). We paid the extra fees and sent a letter seeking a resolution. The 5th issue came when we got a call from West Elm stating that the "couch we ordered [in the store] didn't exist". They offered different sizes of the same couch but the size we saw and some details of the couch purchased in store "never existed". We said, "okay" and chose a different size. Another minor issue arose when we got a call stating the couch would arrive later near the end of August. We got an email the week before prepping us for delivery. On the day of the delivery, no couch arrived and no contact was made from from their team. Issues 7 or 8: Without any notice, the couch was rescheduled for late September. Even further, we get the same email a week ahead of the presumed delivery in Sept. and then a later call to schedule a specific delivery window. This finally seemed like the real deal. We confirmed the date and time of the delivery window and adjusted our schedule. Today, is the delivery day and we received an email hours before (pictured) stating a piece hadn't arrived at the warehouse yet and the delivery was cancelled. During this whole process we have been patient and kind while following their suggestions. We never heard a response from the resolution letter sent in June and with all of these issues and lack of customer service, I would hope no one else has this experience. Hopefully, West Elm is able to fix whatever the problems are stemming from and thrive, but for now the company is fairly concerning.

    Queen size duvet insert that April recommended, and we purchased. Love it!
    Lauren H.

    I went into this store with my partner to purchase a comforter we saw online and had them put on hold. After we received it, we asked April if we could spread it out to make sure we liked it. She obliged and was super patient when we didn't like it and wanted to see other options. She patiently went over recommendations, and also went to the back a few times to let us see some items we liked paired with other items on the floor. She was kind and helpful, which we really appreciated. And we ended up buying a nice queen sized comforter, which was the right move. We had been looking for weeks to make a purchase for our bed and finally did with April's help. Great customer service. I also think they have quality products at a reasonable price. But make sure to call in advance if there's something you see online; they don't always have what it says is available in the store. Also, don't bother trying to park on the street; there's 90 minute free parking in the structure across the street from the store.

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    Non-transparent customer experience. Delayed shipping and unwilling to consider comping shipping fees. Will not be back in the future.

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