I like to try and do things myself, when it comes to dealing with buying anything from stores (even online stores), as I find that not too many people really give a hoot if they answer your question appropriately, give you the proper help you need, or even help you with sharing their product knowledge, or should I say...lack thereof (major training issues and attitude issues!). I'm looking to get one more roll of a beautiful wallpaper border that I was given (yes, I'm actually going to use a border in my laundry room!). I have the original roll in its original packaging, so live chatted with Home Depot online. In my original question, I stated exactly what I was searching for, and provided: the model#, the manufacturer, and the UPC. I got asked for the manufacturer and the model#, and got nowhere. I asked why they couldn't look it up by the provided UPC. I was told they can't look it up by the UPC (insert eyeball roll). I then asked for an email for the mfr, whose name I provided in my original query. After a 24 minute chat, I went away with nothing that I asked for. Nothing. I was told maybe the actual store could help me.
So I called the Manchester, CT Home Depot. I pressed the number for the "Blinds & Wallpaper Dept", but got no answer. I got rerouted back to the service desk (?) four times- asking Jenn for the wallpaper dept each time, got transferred out to the floor five times, and then someone picked up my call (by accident?) as they were speaking to someone else. I said hello, and got immediately put back on hold. I called back, got the same no answer, and kept getting cycled back to the service desk, to Jenn, who kept sending me to the wallpaper dept, as I asked each time. Some male finally picked up my call I told me that they don't sell wallpaper in that particular store. I asked if they still carried the books you can order from. No. I was so disgusted that I spent almost fifteen minutes selecting the wallpaper dept from the store phone menu, and that this Jenn associate kept transferring me to the wallpaper dept. Has she no knowledge of the store not selling wallpaper??? I called back a third time, and she answered. I asked her if they really didn't sell wallpaper or have books to order out of. She said no wallpaper. Neither in stock nor books to order it from. She also stated that they haven't sold it in a long while, as she'd been there for 3yrs and they never had wallpaper while she worked there.
I have to wonder...why didn't she mention they didn't sell wallpaper every time I asked for the wallpaper dept?!! Why do they have an extension for the "Blinds and WALLPAPER Dept"? Why did every single associate that picked up (except the last gentleman), to transfer me back to the service desk when I asked for the wallpaper dept, not tell me they didn't sell wallpaper- that I had to go online for that?? Is there that much a lack of store product/department knowledge? Is it a case of "it's not my job" to tell me they don't sell wallpaper? Seriously, how can I spend almost 15min looking for the wallpaper dept, only to be told by the service desk associate that transferred my call over ten times to" the wallpaper dept", that there is no such thing??! Whatever happened to good old fashioned customer service? All total, I spent over an hour searching for this wallpaper with Home Depot. I'd definitely give them one star for their terrible customer service, except I'm a shareholder.
Some good advice: If you're looking to paper a powder room, an accent wall, or just be an old fart and put a border in one of your rooms, forget buying the paper from Home Depot (you can buy their wallpaper online ONLY), as you'll only have problems and apparently they're not teaching people skills or customer service anymore. Sorry it's a tough review, but it's all true. read more