Without a doubt, the most shocking customer experience I've ever had!
When looking for the perfect floor for my new flat, I came across this local business specialising in wooden floors. They had a good selection on display, and were really helpful throughout the pre-sales process.
However, once my payment had been processed, that's where the my positive experience with the Wooden Floor Specialist Ltd ends.
It started with the wrong flooring being delivered, being a completely different colour to the one ordered. I went straight back round to the shop to show them the issue, and it transpired that they'd had an old display sample up, of which the supplier had now changed the colour of.
Naturally, you'd expect a company to be empathetic to a customer's situation, and proactively try to resolve the issue. However, instead I received lectures about the shop's profit margins, as they tried to sell me yet more flooring to resolve the issue!
Unfortunately as the flooring had taken 6 weeks to arrive (including 11 days of which the flooring had been sitting in the shop, and they forgot to tell me it had arrived), I had no time left to return the flooring and order a replacement elsewhere. The shop were very unsupportive in my circumstances, and offered me just £50 compensation for their error (on a £2500 order!).
Sadly, this wasn't the only issue I experienced with the Wooden Floor Specialist Ltd. Alongside incorrect flooring, poor communication from the shop, slow delivery times, and unhelpful customer service, the order also included pieces of trim which didn't match the floor. This took 2 weeks for them to fix, despite promising to have it resolved in 3 days.
But perhaps worst of all, was the rudeness of the staff towards me after raising this issue. Along with being unempathetic of my situation, refusing to accept any responsibility for the issue and trying to shift the blame, the staff were even more rude once I'd raised my concerns with them via email. Not only did they ignore my concerns and respond with false information and lies in attempt to prove me wrong, one of the members of staff even turned up at my home unannounced, and proceeded to argue and be accusation towards myself and my girlfriend!
All-round shocking customer experience, with almost 'anecdotal-worthy' examples of how not to treat customers. Safe to say I advise you to be wary of this company!
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Update based on the companies response below:
Evidence of how the company doesn't listen, and attacks customers with lies and false accusations.
FYI for anyone who reads their response:
1. Claim that I'd threatened leaving a bad review *LIE* their member of staff shouted "go on, go and leave a bad trustpilot review saying that I came into your house and harassed you" as he walked out my front door, not the other way around
2. Point 1 *LIE* only when I first spoke to the shop on the 7th to find out where my delivery was did I first say anything about painting, proving their whole claim here is a lie
3. Points 3, 4 and 5 *LIE* I was never phoned by the shop, and when I phoned them on the 20th I was told they hadn't arrived yet, proving they lied on all counts
It's quite insulting to not be listened to, and then to have a number of false accusations thrown around just to try and undermine the fact the company screwed up and seem to be too stubborn to make things right for their customers!
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