We are building a home from the ground up and chose Ganahl Lumber to assist us because we required lumber in sizes that Home Depot doesn't carry. The employees in the lumber department were super competent, friendly, and they get 5 stars.
However we made the mistake of ordering windows and a door from Thomas in the windows and doors department. From the minute we were introduced to him, he left a bad taste in our mouths. He barely made eye contact and had zero personality. Yet, we still placed our order totally over $3000.00
Fast forward to our window order was past due...we call, leave voice messages, emails, all unanswered. Therefore we called and spoke to another representative who said the windows were there. Wow, great customer service and appreciated the heads up (insert sarcasm here). When Thomas decided to grace us with his returned email, he informed us that one of the windows was damaged. It was a basically take it or leave it situation or wait another 14 business days for a new one.
The icing on the rotten cake was when we set up a delivery while we were in the store on a Tuesday to have the order delivered that coming Thursday and he gave us a window between 12-2 PM. After waiting the two hour time frame on Thursday with no delivery, we called Thomas who unapologetically said, "I don't have it on my schedule." I attempted to refresh his memory from two days ago and he couldn't be bothered to find a care in the world and offered up, "Your order can be delivered between 12-2 on Saturday." Gee thanks, can we wait another two hours after you already wasted our time? Then I asked to speak to his manager and unfortunately his superior was as lacking in his customer service skills sharing a common belief that the customer is always wrong. After expressing my dissatisfaction with dealing with Thomas of the "Walking Dead," the manager quickly dismissed it off as it being "my side of the story" and it was merely "miscommunication." Only after I posted my Yelp review did we ever hear any version of Ganahl accepting responsibility.
If at any point Thomas would have had a pulse and had an ounce of concern, we would have accepted it as an honest mistake. Every single encounter with Thomas has been nothing short of frustrating.
We will be ordering the remainder of our doors and materials from Home Depot because Ganahl does not have the level of customer service to match their higher prices. read more