6/17/2019
I ordered windows from Home Depot on April 19, 2019. I was very specific in what I wanted. I wanted windows to match existing windows, with a trim around the outside. The salesman said someone would be out in a couple of days (and he was) to re-measure, and then within a week after that they would call me with an install date. He said it usually takes 4-6 weeks from measure date to installation date. He said his company, usually 4 weeks. I didn't get a call with an install date for two weeks (the call I was supposed to receive that week) , so I called the salesman back, and asked about the install date. He told me they were waiting to hear back from the "historical society" Apparently any house built before 1963, needed approval from the historical society for any type of home improvement. I told him that my house was built in 1968. He kind of mumbled a bit, said that sometimes they needed it approved for houses "built around that time". I asked if the windows were at least ordered, and he was going to check and get back to me. He called about 15 minutes later, said he pulled my order, and it wasn't the Historical society they were waiting for after all, it was my HOA.. I informed him that I don't have a HOA.... And he went back to his historical society story. Still couldn't tell me if my windows had actually been ordered.
I called the next week to check, and he still couldn't tell me if the windows had been ordered. I told him that I wanted to cancel because I felt like I was getting the run around. Richard Orr, I think from the main office, then called me. He assured me that the windows were ordered, and were actually waiting in the store. He gave me the same story about waiting on the historical society. I mentioned to him that I was just wanting to cancel, I made it known that I would still pay for my windows since they had already been ordered, but did not want to move forward with instalation, and he got on to me a bit, saying that they have been doing a lot of running around on my behalf, and it wasn't their fault, it was the cities. I actually felt a bit bullied. I told him that I had painters coming and I needed the windows to be in. He called back a week later, saying they had an install date of June 10. I told him that didn't work for me, because that is when the painters were coming, that I just wanted to cancel the whole thing, and get my deposit back. He asked if he could get the installers there before Monday, would I go ahead with the order. I said fine (I didn't feel like I had another choice). He called back an hour later, said the installers would be here on June 8. I made sure to tell him that if the job was not completed by the time the painters were coming (June 10th), the whole deal was off. He said okay.
The installers got here June 8. They came in, and I told them which windows in the living room to replace, and which in the bedroom. I told them with the bedroom, it was the window closest to the front gate/door. I was in my backyard, and my son came out back and asked if I was having both windows in the bedroom replaced. I told him no, just the one. He said "well, then they just took out the wrong window" I went out front, and sure enough, they had taken out the wrong window. I explained to them it was the other window that was supposed to be replaced. They put the original window back in. They came up to me after that and said that the store had ordered the wrong window for the bedroom, that it wasn't going to fit. I told them to just leave it, and check and measure the living room windows again, because once those were out, they couldn't be put back in. I went back to the backyard, and then I heard a big crash. I went running out front, and the kid installing the window says, "I didn't do it" The original bedroom window that they were supposed to replace, was broken. I told them that they just needed to be done! Clean up the mess and be done. The installer calls his boss, and all of a sudden, his boss told him that the window they brought to replace the bedroom window WAS the right one, and to go ahead and replace it. They did that, and they replaced the smaller window in the living room. When they put in the bigger window in the living room, it was the wrong style window. The size was correct but I specifically ordered a window that opens, and this window did not. read more