I am just flabbergasted by the horrible customer service WI Granite provided and how they choose to run their business. Please use this as a warning when choosing to work with them.
When it was the day the countertops came to be installed, several pieces had been mis-measured and they came with all rounded corners, which I was not consulted about beforehand (I was expecting straight, pencil edges to match the modern look of our remodel). I expressed how unhappy I was to the installers, so they got the manager to come on-site to talk to me. Instead of apologizing, he acted annoyed that I was unhappy and like it was my fault for not getting what I expected. He then said it was their standard (which again, was never told to me, so how would I have known) and tried to convince me to keep them saying that their safer and that's what most people choose. It was definitely not the look I wanted, so he said they would have to go back and shave off the edges. One side of the kitchen would have had to be left as-is due to measurements, but then everything would've been mismatched in the end and I was not ok with paying over $5k for countertops that did not match.
I also have to note here that not one of the three men who came into our home wore masks. We are in the middle of a global pandemic and businesses who are currently open need to follow the CDC guidelines for safe operations. When there is a business that involves constantly going in and out of multiple peoples' homes, these precautions are necessary. The manager also knew we have a two-week old baby at home, so to not wear masks when doing their job in close proximity to us is unsafe, unprofessional, and shows that they lack basic judgement in how to put their customers first.
The next morning I asked the manager to call me. I expressed how I was not ok with having mismatched countertops due to an omission in what should be part of their standard installation process - consulting the customer about what finishing edges the countertops should have. I told him I looked through all the photos they have on their website, and while most have the rounded corners, some do show beveled edges and square corners, so why I was not presented with different options before they cut the countertops is beyond me. He then denied that there were different edges in these photos and said they all show rounded corners, which is yet another way he tried to lie and not take any responsibility for anything.
As we went on, he continued to try to pull excuses out of thin air to deny any wrongdoing on their part, and instead, tried to put the fault on us by using false accusations and information. One example was he said the measurer was given the incorrect dimensions of a cabinet that wasn't in its place, but these dimensions were not only written in the original layout I sent them in the beginning, I personally consulted the measurer on this cabinet before he started the job. The guy just measured incorrectly. In fact, I went through every area of our kitchen to consult him about all the cabinets and what to do/pay attention to before he started and my contractor also came over to do the same.
The kicker to this whole thing was that then the manager said the measurer told him that the cabinets were not ready to be measured in the first place. I told him, "that right there explains it all. If our cabinets weren't ready for measurements, according to the measurer, he should have stopped right there and said we needed to make some adjustments to get them how he needed it before he left and before you all made any cuts to the countertops." When I walked through each area that needed countertops with him before he started the job, never once did he mention that a certain area was not able to be measured because the cabinets weren't ready. The manager's response to all this was that he said the measurer was pressured by our contractor to get the job done, which was why they moved forward with everything. Really?! So a business would rather do a sloppy job because someone felt "pressured?" I talked to my contractor about this and he just laughed and said, "all I talked to him about were the cabinets in the alcove, not once did I ever pressure him to get the job done." Obviously, it's their word against his, but in the end, the measurer should have consulted me before he left (which he didn't do) to let me know he needed us to do more before he could properly do his job. Instead, he took his measurements and left without saying anything.
By the end of the phone call, the manager refused to recut the job because everything was our fault and said we could either go with mismatched countertops after they shave down one area or part ways and they would refund our money. At this point it was an easy decision for me not to continue to work with them. What a terrible way to run a business and provide customer service. Not ever will I recommend this company to anyone. read more