Bathroom Vanity Marble Coutertop
- Approximate cost of services:
- $1,150.00
- Company Response
There are two sides to every story… Without Prejudice
Mr. [Last name removed -- Ed]was given a 100% refund because of his total disrespect and rudeness to all of our employees and his constant threats to sabotage our reputation on Homestars. Behaviour like this is not acceptable and a lawsuit is pending regarding our experience with this customer.
The original piece they selected cracked while the installers were loading it on the truck the day of the installation. Occurrences like this happen in our business because we are dealing with natural stone that is sometimes extremely fragile to handle. The colour is a Crema Marfil marble. This is a soft material that is quite veiny and fragile in nature. Every piece we have in our inventory is nearly identical because it came from the same block and same batch. Also, to strengthen the countertop there are two steel rods inserted inside the material. Instead of postponing the installation to another date we cut and fabricated a new piece within a couple of hours. It was installed with no issues the same day and Mr. [last name removed -- Ed]signed our packing list expressing his satisfaction and acceptance of a completed job. The night of the installation at around 9pm I received a phone call from the customer stating his concern with the sink centres being slightly off. I assured him that we will figure out what the problem is and if in fact it is our mistake, a new piece will be fabricated and his counter will be replaced.
The following morning Mr. [last name removed -- Ed] called our office and my brother Mark cursing and yelling over why a mistake was made. Mark went to the residence immediately the same morning and acknowledged that a mistake was made during fabricaton and the counter will be replaced. After completion of the measurements Mark was asked about the reason of the couple of hours delay of the install. He explained what happened with the original piece and Mr. [last name removed -- Ed]immediately started with the insults, cursing, and threats to ruin our reputation. If there was any deception involved the TRUTH would not be told.The same day the customer along with his wife showed up to our showroom screaming and cussing at our staff and arrogantly demanded to select a new piece. They selected a new piece, inspected if thoroughly and signed their name on the back of the material. A new counter was cut and fabricated from this material. It was brought to the home the following day and they claimed it had a crack. The crack was in fact a vein in the material and since this is a piece that was personally selected and signed off on by the customer there shouldn’t have been in any surprises in the appearance. However there is no winning with Mr. [last name removed --Ed]. After several threats and insults again by Mr. [last name removed --Ed]with language that can only be heard in a high school playground, we made a decision and asked our installers to bring the counters back and advised the customer that his deposit will be refunded. 100% of the deposit was refunded the same day. During every phone conversation after the initial installation Mr. [last name removed --Ed]insisted that he will sabotage our reputation on HomeStars. During the entire process we were nothing but respectful, accommodating, and courteous. A lawsuit is pending regarding this transaction.
Bob Petrov
TorontoGranite.com
Tel. 905-602-7077