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    Too many options. Order swatches and decided at home instead!
    Alina N.

    I love West Elm and surprised and saddened by the 2-star rating here. I'm building a house and excitedly furnishing it, starting with the sofa. After tons of research, I tried out the top sofas from WE, RH, PB, and C&B and landed on the Harmony at WE. The staff was so busy but were fairly nice. The first girl I had wasn't bad. She put the sofa dimensions together compared to my living room and printed it out for me. There were just so many fabric options, it got overwhelming so I decided to take my time and go home and review all the swatches and really narrow it down. The next week I came back and another girl who was helping someone else jumped at the chance to help me probably because it hold her I was there to purchase lol She was super accommodating and quickly tried to help others and run back to me to help me review fabrics one more time. As with everything nowadays, sofa is on back order for 4 months so just have to be patient. My only gripe is the sales associate did not tell me about the WE credit card and the bonuses I'd get. I spent over $5k; I would have gotten $500 back in bonus points. While I was irked, it might be better to not open one til I close on my loan anyway. Sofa should arrive in July so we'll see how it goes but overall, a decent experience. My tips are do not order on the spot - order as many swatches as you can to narrow it down and then go to the store to see a big version of it and text it against the sofa you like in the store. It's a big piece of furniture so it's important to get right since there's no reruns on custom pieces.

    Coffee table left at front door despite white glove. West Elm not taking accountability or willing to resolve issue
    Masa W.

    AVOID THESE SCAMMERS!!! THE CUSTOMER SERVICE YELLED AT US AND HUNG UP THE PHONE!!! Customer be warned! This company is a complete rip-off and nightmare! Their quality of the products is mediocre at best, and their customer service experience left us speechlessness. We thought we were paying a higher price to get a better quality and better service, but we experienced the opposite: broken furniture, mediocre quality, and the worst customer service in my life. Don't get scammed as we did. Out of 3 delivered pieces, non was issue free!!! I fear what to expect for the pieces that have not yet been delivered. What a complete nightmare :(((( Order 1: November, we went to the West Elm shop and spoke with the representative who told us if we want to add white glove delivery to the order, we should add as many items to the order and pay for white glove delivery which gets applied to all items on order (). We ordered 6 items: dining table, 4 custom chairs, and a bed. We were told even though items will arrive at a different time; we will get white glove delivery (assembly) for each item. Bed: Delayed and broken!!! And no one seems to care!!! Delivery was scheduled for December 26th, and the bed arrived in February. We understand there is a supply chain issue so we were fine with it so far. The guys assembled the bed. And we inspected it. The drawer was broken (see photos). Surprisingly the assembly guys didn't communicate this to us and pretended they didn't notice the damage--the first red flag. Then the guy seemed to help; he even took a photo of the damaged drawer and said he would raise a ticket with their customer service. Never happened. Two weeks later, we contacted customer service for the first time, and nobody heard about any photos or damaged drawer. Marble Table: It looks like the table was chipped and fixed with a filling (please see photo). Second, the marble was not sealed, and no one communicated to us we needed to seal it before the first use. Obviously, they only care about getting the money from you, and what happens after is not their problem. Dining chairs: The chairs were ordered in November. We chose colors and material that was supposed to arrive soon, in March and now were rescheduled for August! How can I even trust they will not come damaged and then I will get yelled at by customer service again; we are only trying to get what we (over)paid for. Order 2: We went to the store in February and placed a second order. (This was before we learned that the broken bed drawer was never raised with support and that they will ignore to resolve the issue). We put in an order for a tv stand and coffee table. We place the order for both items together with white glove delivery. A lady even saying this line is tough to assemble, so it's good you are adding the white glove. Coffee Table: arrived by UPS and was left at the front door. We spent hours on the phone with support, trying to resolve this issue, and they told us they could not help us. They put us on hold saying the problem is not them (customer service) but with the store. We paid for white glove delivery, which was apparently only added to a tv stand but not to the coffee table, and we need to resolve this with a store. We explained we feel cheated, and we are willing to wait until the tv stand is delivered if they can guarantee assembly. The lady left us waiting on the phone for more than one hour until she escalated the matter to the manager Suzanne N. Suzanne N. said she could not guarantee assembly of the TV stand since it comes down to generosity of delivery guy. She said we should ask the delivery guys to do us a favor and assemble the second piece. Suzanne N. was yelling at us, and when my husband asked not to yell at us, she blamed headphones. She also blamed the store for the issue. My husband asked: you are a single company West Elm? The store gave us this support number to resolve the issue, so don't kick us around. She hangs up the phone. The box with the coffee table has been sitting at the front door. We already wasted 4 hours trying to get what we paid for just to get yelled at and hang up. This is after we left $7000 with a company. I have never spent this much money and be mistreated so badly. I read the reviews and was warned by a friend about the bad quality, but I didn't want to believe it. The furniture looked so stylish. The look is not everything! The quality is mediocre, and customer service is a disaster.

    Furniture parts thrown randomly on road (they lost a screw and few washers as a result)
    Amay S.

    NEVER EVER BUYING FROM WEST ELM AGAIN!!! MOST TRAUMATIC DELIVERY EXPERIENCE. West Elm has hired the most unprofessional delivery service probably because they are cheap even though they charge $250 for delivery which is a lot more than other similar furniture store charge for delivery and assembly. The furniture itself took close to 5 months to deliver and we had the most traumatic delivery experience. The delivery guys threw all the parts on the road (see photo) as they were trying to assemble the furniture even though I asked them to do it in the garage. As a result they lost some of the washer & screw and when I pointed that out to them, they threatened us to take furniture back and that it would take another 5 months. They had already put the chairs in our house at this point and when I asked them to find the missing parts and screw, they forcibly took the furniture and damaged our floor. As they were leaving they also showed us the finger. Save yourself some trauma and shop elsewhere.

    01/17/18
    Noelle J.

    Noelle's Yelp Notebook 2018 My friend and I were shopping in Palo Alto. We decided to stop by West Elm today (Wednesday). It wasn't very busy around 12:30 p.m. The entire store looked haphazardly put together and quite dusty. Upon entering there was no greeting by any employees. We were in the shop for a fair amount of time with zero acknowledgement. The lack of customer service and the cleanliness of this shop was disappointing. You're better off purchasing your items from West Elm online or at another location. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Noelle's Notes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Skip it Zero customer service Very dusty and not clean Better off shopping online

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    worst company, soiled couches and dented chairs, delivery guy told me it was damaged, now I am waiting for my $6000+ back from them.

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