Well, unfortunately my previous stellar review no longer holds. We've been shopping at this Crate &…read moreBarrel for close to 10 years and have always had good experiences. We've ordered furniture, all of our everyday serving ware is from here, as well as a ton of our small appliances and Le Creuset. With that being said, our most recent furniture order turned into one of the strangest customer service experiences I've ever had.
We received a damaged custom sleeper sectional and ottoman. Initially, we wanted the damage repaired and, if it couldn't be, asked whether a partial credit might be an option rather than replacing everything. Repair was offered, which we preferred. Their tech Javier came out, was great, and ultimately confirmed the damage couldn't be repaired.
We were offered a replacement, which we seriously considered. I again asked whether keeping the damaged furniture for a partial credit was also an option given that a replacement would take another 10ish weeks and involved replacing the entire base. Somehow, simply asking that question turned into our salesperson, Denise, deciding we had wanted money back "from the outset," researching the property records for our home, questioning whether we actually closed escrow and owned our home, and even suggesting my husband could have manipulated the timestamps on pictures he took the day of delivery. I'm sorry, but what? All that had to be said was, "No, I'm sorry that's not an option, but we are happy to offer a replacement."
Even worse, two managers were copied on these emails and neither stepped in, even after I specifically asked for management to take over multiple times. The General Store Manager eventually reached out after Corporate became involved, but despite me responding twice, we still haven't actually connected.
After all of this, I started looking through the more recent Yelp and Google reviews for this location and honestly wish I had done that before ordering. Complaints about customer service and management come up over and over again, including reviews calling out specific employees. Clearly our experience isn't the only one.
I will absolutely give credit where it's due--Crate & Barrel Executive Customer Service was fantastic. Juliann was wonderful, reviewed everything, followed up consistently, and gave us several reasonable options. But customers shouldn't have to escalate something to Executive Customer Service to receive that level of customer service when dealing with their local store.
Unfortunately, Corporate making it right doesn't change how we feel about this particular store. After almost 10 years of shopping here, we've lost confidence in the customer service and management at this location and genuinely don't feel comfortable shopping here anymore. Really disappointing. I have yet to actually connect with the General Store Manager, but if that conversation changes anything, I'll update this review accordingly.