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Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst exchange/return policy! 25% restocking fee to exchange appliances even if you are purchasing from them again. Response to emails takes days if you get a response. No regard for customer service.

Date of experience: June 27, 2020
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I placed two separate orders that were supposed to ship within 24 hours. It took two days for them to tell me that there was a two week back order on both orders. (totaling $600) The first representative I dealt with did not call me back as promised. I had to call back several times to get both orders cancelled. It will be up to 7 days before my money is refunded. I will not recommend this company to anyone and have asked my contractors to stop recommending them to their clients.

Date of experience: June 4, 2014
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very impressed
January 12, 2019

I ordered a cast iron shower pan from a local vendor because I wanted to deal with someone locally and thought I'd get better service. I was so wrong. After waiting almost 5 months to receive the item and getting the runaround from the local place, I ordered the exact same product on build.com, at the exact same price, and had it in my driveway 4 days later. It would have been 3 days but I ordered late on a Thursday and the weekend intervened. Delivery service was friendly and professional, and I received calls during the day to update me on when I could expect the delivery to arrive. Very impressed with build.com and I will certainly order from them again.

Date of experience: January 10, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought a simple item, a trashcan, that was half the price of Amazon. It was delivered, it holds trash, it's all I need. I can see that reviews are either five or one for this company which means they give you cheap stuff when they have it. So roll the dice if you're not under a lot of pressure.

Date of experience: July 23, 2018
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No help no service
September 3, 2020

Have waited more than 8 days for a response, call, hold times are ridiculous. Left messages, no answer. They have my money and I have nothing. I decided I would give them terrible reviews while I am on hold.

Date of experience: September 3, 2020
Idaho
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I will never order anything from them again. Any big box store has better customer service and has a better return policy.

I spent over $5K on appliances and my remodel was delayed so everything sat in my garage. Upon unpacking my dishwasher I saw extensive damage on the bottom and because it was beyond 30 days they refused to assist me.

Last time I will ever order from them again! Terrible!

Date of experience: November 9, 2019
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Working with Brock Hawkins over the phone and online for our order was a dream. He answered our questions and then some. Build.com has a great inventory and we ordered 3 kitchen appliances with savings that matched the competitor.

Date of experience: March 13, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Who ever is hosting this for build.com ---- they are ruining it for them... crappy... slow and sticky website. I thought well maybe it was the computer but now trying it from 4 different machines... NO it is the site.

Date of experience: July 24, 2016
Connecticut
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I do not recommend using Build.com.
The product doesn't leave the warehouse within 1-2 business days. The handles i purchased are still not shipped on the 4th day. Also, no delay information is provided and customer service is useless!

Date of experience: November 1, 2018
Franco T. Build.com Rep
over a year old

Thank you for your feedback Nazar. Could you please email me your order number at franco.taxera@build.com I would like to look into this further for you. Please reference your review in your email.

Florida
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Stay away!
December 11, 2016

Commissioned sales people fail to follow up on order issues. Call after call to their individual extensions are never returned. So why give your customer a direct line?

These commissioned sales people will not intervene in another sales rep's order and so you are then forced to seek help from non-commissioned personnel. Each time you call you have to first go through a commissioned person to then hopefully get to a non commissioned person willing to help you. You get passed from one person to another until you literally have a roster of names!

Stay away from this firm. I blame executive management for fostering this type of system among their staff. This not my job attitude is terrible.

Date of experience: December 11, 2016
Franco T. Build.com Rep
over a year old

I'm so sorry to hear about your negative experience with our Sales staff. I assure you this is not how we train our sales staff to interact and proceed with our customers. I sent you a private message and hope to hear back from you soon.

Thank you,
Molly Waterbury
Customer Experience Manager

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay away
October 6, 2020

Says free 2 day shipping, Been 3 weeks and I have contractors waiting for shower faucets. Request expedite and UPS picked up and handed over to post office where it sits because build didn't want to pay for shipping to my house. UPS warehouse is closer than the post office. They don't care. Last time for me.

Date of experience: October 6, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Never again
September 17, 2018

I order Kohler shower set, missing flange in box, August 1. Keep emailing that it is back order, here is September have not receive it. I fin call call Kohler myself they were in stock sent out in 3 days. They were using the wrong order number never again. They gave me all these excuses.

Date of experience: September 17, 2018
Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Purchased 2 American Standard Vessel Sinks from Build.com. 1 was damaged and called Build.Com. They were very understanding and did everything possible to get me the new sink before the installers came. Had it in time and the job was done without a problem. The customer service agent was very professional and understanding and would recommend Build.com

Date of experience: July 14, 2018
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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False advertising
August 17, 2020

I purchased a stainless steel kitchen sink. Looked very nice on the picture, and accommodated my all needs. However, once received, the item contained a plastic drain which was not part of the description on the website (overstock.com) where I made this purchase. After speaking with representatives at overstock.com I was informed that the description of the item comes from the supplier of the sink, meaning build.com. Shen I asked to have this sink returned with a return shipping paid by the build.com company, my request was denied. Overstock, com offered only reimbursement but once I shipped the item at my own cost, they stated that the reimbursement can only be in form of a credit towards future purchases at overstock. Thus, long story short, I am stock with the shipping bill for the item purchased under false/incomplete representation.
I shipped the item at my own cost

Date of experience: August 17, 2020
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Met all expectations
February 2, 2019

I have ordered several times for home improvements. Workmen installed them for me. Everything has been as I expected and the workers have asked where I purchased my products. The communications have been good. My only suggestion would be to create a way to directly contact my rep. I'd send a picture, but my project has not been completed.

Date of experience: February 1, 2019
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Disgusted
November 9, 2017

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM AT ALL. I am so sorry I did not read reviews before I ordered. First piece came damaged and I waited about 7 hours for delivery. I was given a window of time -4 hour period. Second delivery, I took another day off and it never came. Next day, I took another day off and never showed up again. No one from build.com or Delivery company could provide me with answers. By far, this has been the most unreliable. Do yourself a favor and order somewhere else.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am very disappointed in Build.com
I ordered a Kohler pot filler for a kitchen renovation in Oct 2021. The order was backordered and took 6 months to come in when they said 6 weeks.
When it finally did arrive they sent it to the wrong address.
Now they have to reorder and I am told by Kohler that this product isn't available till July 2022.
All I get from customer service is "Sorry"
Very frustrating.
Ridiculous they can't track down where the product was sent to.

Date of experience: March 11, 2022
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The Kohler shower door works well. Installation was easier while watching the You Tube video; it took almost 2 hr. No leaking. Looks great with our Quartz walls shower. Delivery was timely and driver moved it into our garage. Build.com has been great to worki with and prices are wonderful.

Date of experience: October 30, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Excellent Experience
August 17, 2017

I purchased a Casablanca ceiling fan that saved me $150. My experience from ordering to receiving the fan was excellent. It has been installed and is working just fine. The fan came directly from Casablanca.

Date of experience: August 17, 2017
Franco T. Build.com Rep
over a year old

Thank you Marie. We are very happy that you are loving your new fan! If you need anything more in the future, please reach out to our sales team.

Molly
Build.com

Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Dreadful
September 25, 2019

The sales associate promised to call me back about a product, however, 2 days later, no one called. Furthermore, I made a second phone call to request a quote, but received no reply. Pathetic service.

Date of experience: September 25, 2019

Overview

Build.com has a rating of 2 stars from 668 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Build.com most frequently mention customer service, credit card and next day. Build.com ranks 3127th among Home Improvement sites.

service
81
value
74
shipping
82
returns
67
quality
67
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