BED BUGS!!!!! DO NOT PURCHASE FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE…read more
We recently purchased a 4 piece set from the Jacksonville, NC store, just outside the main gate from Camp Lejeune. It was a discontinued model so it was the floor model set and it was on clearance, no big deal, we inspected it, seemed to be in good condition. We were surprised, given the on-going supply chain issue, that they would be able to deliver it within a couple of days- great! The delivery guy, Jordan, called the night before- confirmed the delivery window, they showed up to our house in Sneads Ferry at the top of the 11a-3p window- also great. They load in the furniture, we were super excited because it fit perfectly! They left, I sat down in the arm chair and propped my feet up onto the ottoman and started to do some grad school work. All of the sudden I start feeling like I was GETTING BIT INCESSANTLY!!! I went to the bathroom, looked at the back of my legs and HUGE WELTS! I GOT BIT MULTIPLE TIMES! I go back to inspect the furniture and right on front was a BED BUG!!!!!
I immediately called the store- the girl Joelle (?) that I spoke with immediately said "oh my gosh! Ew! I'm so sorry that happened!" her manager was out with Covid and she said he wouldn't be back until the end of the month (two weeks later, I called January 13th). She said she would call their Regional Consultant (a.k.a. their Regional Manager) to explain the situation and get advised on how to proceed. She called me back and said he would be willing to speak call me. She summarized the policy that he explained to her that there was nothing they could do about it and their policy does not handle "INFESTATIONS". BUT IT WAS THEIR FAULT!!! IT CAME FROM THEIR TRUCK OR THEIR STORE, ETC!
Nija Peterson, the Regional Manager/Consultant called me shortly thereafter. He regurgitated the policy to me and said there was nothing they can do. He did; however, give me the corporate customer service number and said that I was welcome to call them. He also said that if corporate determines that actions should be taken at the store level then he would be more than happy to make sure that it gets taken care of. Ok. Great!
I called customer service, spoke to Jenny. Her immediate reaction, OUTLOUD, was EW! Oh my gosh, I can't believe it! That's not ok and I'm so sorry this has been your experience" I explained to Jenny my conversation with Nija and she assured me she would open a case and escalate this as verbatim, she said- "this is a matter of sanitation, we'll definitely make sure that we take care of this for you". All I'm asking for is for a pest control company to come out and make sure that there is no further infestation! That's it! They should in the least, cover that cost, and if there IS an infestation, they should cover that too! It's their fault bed bugs were brought into our BRAND NEW HOME!
Spoke to Jenny Thursday.By Friday, still had not heard back so I called back and got Tamisha because Jenny was off that day. She read into the claim and said she would escalate it. She put me on hold, called Nija. He apparently didn't answer his phone. She attempted to call his superior as well- also did not answer. She said she would also send them an email. Saturday and Sunday go by... still no word. Here it is Monday. I called them back again and then I spoke to (not-so) sweet little Lena who has a major attitude problem and needs to go back to customer service 101. She tried to tell me that they came to a resolution and that they'd offer a store credit for the amount of a pest service treatment. I said that was not satisfactory and I wanted to speak to her supervisor. She said the only person I could speak with was her and the resolution is what is it and take it or leave it. She said policy is policy and that's the best they'll do because they don't deal with infestations. I again sid that was unacceptable and asked to speak to her supervisor. She said fine and put me on hold and 30 mins later she came back and transferred me to Mallory, her supervisor. Mallory confirmed that they had NOT heard back from Nija and that they had NOT reached a resolution to the claim and that they would continue working on it. I again reiterated that a store credit was not acceptable because I would NEVER be shopping at their Jacksonville store nor any of their Badcock stores EVER again after this experience.
I'm so frustrated and disgusted! BED BUGS that they brought into my house and it's not their problem? How's that for customer service!