5 stars to their employees, 1 star to my overall experience.
1 Star to the company: After a basement renovation, we put in an in store order before Thanksgiving for a Black Friday deal, and bought a carpet that would look great with the new sofa fabric. 5+ weeks later we get an email simply stating that our order was canceled since our fabric choice was unavailable. No statement regarding refund. No explanation as to why it took 5+ weeks for them to figure this the f out!
We immediately went to our local store, and the manager called Customer Service and found out that they should be calling my cell in 24 hours (but very likely sooner), with a % off a full price offer. With that in mind, we selected a few fabric options to consider and headed home.
No call came over the next 72 hours, so I called and was offered $250 off my next order. No expedited shipping. No % discount. And definitely not acceptable considering the substantial time it took the company to figure out they didn't have enough fabric (and now we're quite beyond the time when most quality furniture companies are no longer having good seasonal sales).
My partner and I are incredibly frustrated and declined the offer, since the shipping dates (at least those listed online) were 2 months out. We purchased a lower quality couch from another vendor that would get here substantially sooner, as we are fed up and want the basement to be whole.
5 stars to the actual humans we spoke to:
-Our initial contact, Christine (I think that's her name!), who helped us find and design our dream couch, and guided us to pick a wonderful fabric that would look great in our newly remodeled basement and would be black kitty friendly, and which I then was able to coordinate buying a carpet around.
-Tim, the store manager, who helped us the day we found out our order was canceled, who contacted Customer Service, shared our frustration, tried to find out what the % off we would get (customer service wasn't able to tell him), and helped us pick a few samples out that I could consider at home.
-The customer service rep who I personally spoke to, Katherine, who was pleasant, kind, and tried to appropriately escalate the case. She was wonderful and it wasn't her fault that I left the call completely unsatisfied and disappointed.
All three individuals provided exemplary customer service and this review is no commentary on them or the service they provided, but I will not shop at West Elm again.
Room & Board is pricier, but my family and I have always had excellent full cycle experiences there and I will happily return! read more