Horrible experience, order placed ~4 months ago: This is the BIGGEST home improvement and contractual MISTAKE we've EVER made.
My wife and I were approached by a solicitor who was combing the neighbor, and it just so happened that we need new windows and had been discussing it in the weeks prior to this guy appearing, so we thought, why not give them a try and get a quote.
The sales rep who came out was extremely professional and he spent the first hour telling us how great the business is and how their main attribute is their awesome customer service and off the charts customer satisfaction.
We were quoted $24.5K for 19 windows and attic insulation. It's a lot of money but they are supposed to be quality windows with a lifetime warranty, be installed in only 1 day, and the customer service he preached about was the biggest selling point because my husband and I are busy medical professionals and given current COVID times and the demands of our work, we were willing to pay extra to ensure we wouldn't have any hassle related to this project.
This is the BIGGEST home improvement and contractual MISTAKE we've EVER made.
The company doesn't contact us at all unless we initiate it, they rarely follow-up on promised return calls, and they can't tell us when we will be getting our windows. On top of that, after waiting 4 months, there is still no installation date in sight.
09Oct: We signed the initial contract and we were told it took 6-8wks to get the windows and they'd call to schedule with us near that time.
30Oct: We contacted the company to see where our project was in the process of it all, after not hearing from them once, and we were told there was an 8-10 week delay. They weren't really clear if that meant from the date of the order or the date of the email, but that still puts us at a mid-Jan installation from 30Oct.
01Feb: In the last 3 months we have had minimal engagement from the team, "new" customer service reps calling with incorrect information and then blaming it on their status as being a new employee, and many unreturned calls.
Today we contacted the rep who supposedly is in charge of our contract to ask that it be canceled due to their inability to complete the contract in the previously quoted time-frame. He flat out tells me he cannot cancel it; I asked for the contact information the person who manages this and he replies that he is the person, and he's not canceling my contract. I remark that he should read the actual contract because it clearly says it can be canceled, to which he replies, the windows are being manufactured and he'll let me know when they're ready.
Um????? What?
Interestingly, while scanning through the 1 star reviews of this company on Yelp, I see there are several other customers complaining of similar problems. One other customer posted in Google reviews that apparently he was told his project would be completed in March 2021... 6 MONTHS after signing.
Of note, I specifically told the rep during the initial presentation that we needed this done BY FEBRUARY before my family visits for a few months from a warmer climate, and we were guaranteed their company could do it, otherwise we'd have gone somewhere else.
I know of no other company who can walk around getting contracts for work and then just complete them on whatever timeline they feel like. Do they expect that we just sit here waiting for them for 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, or longer? And all the while they want to tell us we can't cancel the service that they've failed to provide in a timely manner?
This is ridiculous. The customer service is the worst I've seen for a company that apparently regularly gets contracts worth thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, and poor business practice in general with them expecting us to sign binding contracts with a never ending time-frame for completion. I am disgusted by them.
My wife and I will be contacting the BBB to file a complaint while I work up through their administrative chain until I find someone who at least reads the customers' contracts before stating what can and cannot be done about a certain situation. read more