I am currently under contract with Window Works and wanted to share my severely disappointing experience with the company.
I was met first by a sales representative who was very personable and knowledgeable about windows. After careful review of a few different offers, my wife and I chose to go with Window Works. This was due to 3 factors: warranty, factory fusion welding, and trim around the window itself.
Our install date was set for the morning of August 7, 2017.
On August 7, two installers came to our home to replace our current window with the ones Window Works custom manufactured for us. Unbeknownst to us, the person in charge of doing the measurements were off by 10.5 inches. This is a large discrepancy.
We were lucky enough that the installers didn't start to remove the old window first. The installer quickly got a hold of their manager and I had to wait over 15 minutes, plus 2 phone calls by the installer, for me to talk to the manager, I still don't know why it wasn't immediate.
It was while waiting that I noticed the windows were not fusion welded in the factory as per the original agreement. Rather, they were going to clamp them together onsite. This was not what we signed our contract for. This is a major issue, as the service we paid for promised something different.
After talking with a manager for the company, she told me that she would get back to me by August 8, 5pm about restitution and compensation for the lack of professionalism and the lack of ability to provide the agreed upon services.
I received a call at 3:15pm from the manager on an update of the situation. She explained that the windows were on a rush order to be manufactured, and a date of roughly August 16 was set for the completion, with installation to be as early as August 18.
I proceeded in asking why was it rushed, as I was under the impression that the conversation would entail ETAs and compensation for not honoring our contract. That is when she claimed I had authorized the order...which I did not. She informed me that despite their negligence, there would be no compensation for time loss and for their admitted mistakes in measuring and manufacturing.
After several moments of conversation, she eventually offered a $50.00 dining gift card for our troubles, but nothing for the windows. At this point I was done with the company all together. I wanted out of our contract, all money back, and to go with a different company completely. Her offer of a dining gift card was akin to a bribe, and not the level of professional behavior I want for a serious, big dollar window installation.
My wife then suggested that the manager contact someone who could give us a monetary compensation for the windows themselves, and requested a follow-up by the next morning.
At this point, I had expressed my displeasure with Window Works through social media and by contacting my salesman via text.
Within an hour of this, the manager's manager, contact me. She expressed that she was the only one that could compensate us for the expressed troubles, even though they claimed up to 1%, she offered $200.00 for our troubles. Our total cost for the windows were $2,724.00, now adjusted to $2,524.00.
It was also at this time that we noticed that some of our posts which were critical of Window Works poor business ethics on different social media sites were deleted and censored by the company.
I am understanding that mistakes can be made, but to have two mistakes and poor customer service goes beyond small errors. I am very displeased with this entire situation and if we did not have a contract with them, I would have gone through someone else.
$200.00 does not take back our missed day of install, the grief, stress, and toll it took on our lives.
I do not know how they have an A+ BBB rating. If I knew that they would handle the situation as they did beforehand, I would have bought somewhere else. Based on their poor performance, lack of proper customer service, and disrespect, I would highly suggest not using this vendor for any reason. It would be quite difficult to win me back as a customer. read more