Dear Customers Who Are Thinking of Shopping at Signature Granite,
Avoid this company like the plague. UNLESS you love zero communication, horrible return policies and the worst customer experience/service imaginable.
When we first worked with the owner at the Neosho location, it was wonderful. We received the quote quickly and had our new and beautiful quartz counter tops installed shortly after.
We then started our master bathroom remodel, we headed to the Joplin store and started working with Melanie. Things moved at a V E R Y slow pace. It took centuries, I mean 2 weeks, to even get a quote back. Take a look for yourself at the following email dates:
6/29: Emailed Melanie to ask for an estimate for the quartz counter for our shower
7/7: Received one (of many) "a little behind" email
7/11: Asked for quote for subway tile for shower
7/13: FINALLY received an email with our quartz quote
7/13: Emailed Melanie for pebble quote (for shower floor)
7/21: Finally got a quote for the subway tile and pebble floor
8/1: Subway tile came in (YAY!) and it was the wrong tile (aww!)
8/2: Pebble came in (YAY!) and it was the wrong pebble (aww!). 4 boxes were the correct original tile I had picked out and one was not
8/11: Still waiting on new shipment of pebble floor, and the secretary was blamed for this error. It was said that the secretary forgot to hit "send" on an email resulting in a delayed order, further resulting in a delayed arrival of new tile.
8/16: Received the "correct" pebble tile and it was, guess what? Wrong again. It looked like the single box that did not match the other 4 boxes. (Just so everyone can rest easy tonight knowing the end to this pebble madness, know that we ordered pebble from elsewhere. PebbleTileShop.com to be exact, and we received our [gorgeous] tile in a short couple of days. And can you say free shipping??) Speaking of pebble, I sent Melanie approximately 5 emails asking for a picture of the original floor pebble I had picked out so I could compare that with what we got delivered to us and also to possibly order a look-a-like online.
Overall, here were our waiting years, I mean times:
Quartz quote: 15 days
Tile and pebble quote: 11 Days
Time to get tile after quote: 11 days
Time to get "correct" tile: 27 days
It's not only the waiting that was absolutely ridiculous...it was the fact that all of the tile was ordered wrongly. But that was definitely the tile company's fault, according to Melanie. And don't even get me started on customer experience...With all of these mistakes/wrong orderings and what not, it always helps when the person at fault acts like they are actually sorry for what has happened. When I went in to both the Joplin site and Carl junction site, I did not hear the word "sorry" once.
Am I really in the wrong to have normal expectations from a business like this in which I paid an arm and a leg at (it shouldn't matter WHAT I paid, however)? Is it THAT hard to respond to emails promptly and to just take the blame and say sorry for what has happened instead of blaming it on other coworkers? Have some decency...Although this situation would have still sucked (because this remodel has taken MONTHS all because of the shower) kindness and sincerity truly do go a long way. Like long enough to possibly even make up for the months of this remodel.
Okay and lastly, an extra unopened box of subway tile was left over along with a few pieces of bullnose tile (that we paid for per piece) and a box of grout. I returned them to the store in Carl Junction to receive a refund. A couple days later I asked for the update on my refund and received an email from Melanie. We would have originally gotten $100ish back. But noooo way; not after a $55 shipping fee and $25 restocking fee! So we would be left with $20 after all. Thanks, but No Thanks. I will kindly be picking that up and just stashing it in my basement for possible future reference. And in the email along with the "estimate" for the returned items, it was brought to my attention that them taking the [WRONG] tile back was really a favor because they don't normally do that. What? Like, you mean I would actually have to pay for the tile that doesn't look anything like what I had picked out?
I will say that this company has gorgeous materials and such, but you can find that anywhere! What you can't find everywhere is a great experience. Now, there are so many positive reviews about this company, and the owner is truly nice at the Neosho office. So maybe we just had horrible luck? Or maybe you should be careful about who you work with and just start off by going to the store in Neosho? Or MAYBE we can say life is too short to complain about stupid tile and that I should feel blessed to be able to purchase something like this for a home improvement project. But either way, I want everyone to know the issues that they mayyyy run into if choosing to work with this company.
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