I have personally had two bad experiences with RC WILLEY. I will outline these experiences in chronological order.
My wife and I decided to replace my 25 year old recliner and decided to go to RC WILLEY at 3301 E Lanark Dr., Meridian, ID. The salesman was Keith Wheeler and after looking over the lineup of recliners, we decided to purchase a Franklin Corporation recliner that was well equipped. It had power lumbar support, power head rest support, a USB port and was a power recliner. The purchase was made on October 16, 2017. It was not in stock and we waited some time for the recliner to arrive. My nephew and I went to pick it up and when it was placed on the dock, we noticed the cardboard covering was crushed in on the left side. We asked the employee if the chair had been checked and was told that if we had any problems with it contact Customer Service and they would take care of any problems. If I would only have known!
We began to notice a few days after we placed it in the house that it would make a noise when rocking. It just did not feel right while sitting in it. Just before Christmas, we noticed that wood shavings were under the recliner. I called RC WILLEY customer service and they sent out a technician on December 13, 2017. He found the following problems: Backrest frame coming apart, inside of backrest cushion along zipper coming unsewn, added loose poly fill to lumbar cushion. The technician was able to resew and reinforce various items. He also found the power recliner mechanism defective and the power cord from the wall to the motor was cut. He spent about 4 hours doing a very good job with what he could repair. He told me that customer service would get the items on order and contact me when someone would be out to finish the repair. Service Order Number: 90639988.
We were notified on December 29, 2017, that parts would ship on January 2, 2018, with an ETA of January 13, 2018. At various times during the month of January we communicated with customer service on status of items. Finally on February 5, 2018, we were informed that the items were on Backorder with no ETA. We had been sitting in a defective chair since its arrival October 2017.
On February 5, 2018, we went to the RC WILLEY location and talked with Keith Wheeler and he was very concerned with the situation. He talked with his superiors and was willing to take back the chair and we could select a different one. We did not want a Franklin Corporation replacement. We found, what we thought was an excellent replacement. It cost an additional $59.00, but we paid the additional money and the recliner was ordered. Order # 39954572. The only place it was in stock was Phoenix, AZ and we waited some time for it to arrive. The exact dates should be on file. RC WILLEY picked up the Franklin Corporation recliner and delivered the Southern Motion recliner, Style SOMF 5154/186-16VINTA, Serial number: 110603494.
In mid to late 2018, the arm rests collapsed and a technician came out and stated that the "cardboard" horizontal covers over the vertical wood on the arm rests came unstapled and he worked on both arms of the recliner. He was able to re-staple the cardboard. I inquired about the dimples left in the material and he told me that more poly fill would need to be placed. I assumed that he would go back and order the poly fill. Time went on and in March of 2019, I called customer service about the problem with the chair arms and that the left facing side of the chair was lower than the right facing side. They sent out a very knowledgeable technician that stated the chair would need the arms reinforced and the recliner base would need replaced. He wrote up a service order for the above found items and poly fill to be placed in the "dimpled" arm rests. Once again waiting for parts took some time and then I was notified that they would pick up the chair on a Friday and fix it over the weekend.
During the summer of 2019, many things were happening around the house, new roof and painting plus the normal summer duties. The poly fill not being placed in the chair completely slipped my mind until October of 2019. I was scheduled for surgery in November and thought it might be a good time to check on the poly fill as I would be using the chair more frequently. I called customer service and talked with a very customer service oriented individual by the name of Jennifer. She looked at the records and noticed that the poly fill had not been installed in the chair as written on the work order. She was going to be off the next day and would have her supervisor give me a call. I did not hear from anyone and so I called back to customer service and requested to talk with Jennifer. I was informed that she would talk with supervisor and call me back. After a short time Jennifer called me back and told me that "the Warranty was no longer valid and that recliner was a Manufacture Defect".
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