I am writing this because I would like to share an experience that you should know.
A few month back, my wife and I decided to upgrade our sofa with a new look and model. We shooped around to other furniture stores and finally came to conclusion to purchase a sofa from a Structube stored located at Pointe Claire in Mega Centre des Sources, the model we fell in love with was the GRAMERCY 3-seater sofa. The sales person greeted us and helped us to order the Sofa since it was not in stock. Content with the purchase and the order, she told us that it would take a few months before it arrives in store. We then patiently waited and agreed to give up our previous sofa to a friend in need. We both agreed and this seemed like a win-win situation since we got a new sofa and my best friend would get a free sofa. We only needed to wait for the arrival of the stock and everyone would be happy. Then, came the day, September 26th, my wife got a call that the sofa has arrived. We asked if we could pick it up and was told that the warehouse was only open during weekdays. The salesperson then offered us to bring the sofa in store and we could pick it up on Saturday since I work 2 full time jobs and my only days off are saturday and sunday. And my friend is working night shift so we agreed to pick it up on Saturday October 1st. We rented a van at a cost of 70$ for the day, we made arrangements to go to the store in question on the day of October 1st and got there to only be told that the Sofa we’ve been patiently waiting and put a deposit on was not available and that was never ordered by the sales person. In fact, she was not even in the store that day. I then stated that this was a mistake from Structube but the store manager stated that it was a mistake from the clerk. I then replied yes, which she represents Structube. So, I then requested for a solution to this situation since not only we’ve wasted our time and money on a rental but, there was no moving that was not going to obviously happen. I had an event planned to be hosted at my home on thursday October 6th needed a couch desperately. They offered me a free delivery but it would only take place on October 3rd. That was not good enough because that would mean that I cannot pick up my sofa myself, give my old one to my friend and instead I would have to reserve a day from the condo administration and it would need a notice of 7 days ahead (not guaranteeing that I would have the day in question), an additional cost of 70$ non refundable for the administration to monitor the delivery. The rental of the van at another cost of 70$ again + gas and another day off taken up by a moving of a sofa.
So in total we are talking 70$ for a Van rental x2 + 10$ for for gas for (Van) Sofa moving x2 + 70$ for a delivery surveillance by the condo administration, that is a total of 230$ that are coming out of my pocket, hard earned money. And all that I was offered by the ‘supposedly called” store manager was a free delivery (70$), that it was all he can do in his power. And that head office would only refer to the store manager again, that he has the final word. The store manager did say that the clerk would have to answer to him, but that still leaves me without a sofa. That still leaves me with a negative of 160$ that I would never see back? SoI decided to cancel that sofa that was 599$ plus tax and 2 pillows 30$ plus tax each and on top of that I will never see that time that I’ve wasted on that day.
So I ask simply to answer me this question, what is Structube going to do about this situation?
I usually never rant about my bad experiences, but this involved too many people for me to go quiet. So, I’ll post this on social media as well.