23 reviews for Crate & Barrel are not recommended
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New York
1 review
1 helpful vote

Delayed for month and broken on delivery, no repairs/replacement for 5-6 months
July 1, 2021

I was initially told it would take 17-19 weeks to get my Cameo Indigo Open Bookcase. It took an extra month. After waiting this long, on the delivery date, the delivery guy told me the base piece was broken. He told me I could either send the entire item back with him or else they could have the base piece replaced. After such a long wait time, you would think C&B would be VERY careful in their delivery, but apparently they take less care than IKEA. The delivery guy also did not assemble the shelves, but simply left them in a box for me to put in. I elected not to send the item back right away and called C&B customer service. The first person I spoke to, Amanda, did her best to be helpful, gave me a contact information to send a picture of the break, and took down the information of what happened. In order to deal with the situation, she had to transfer me to someone else. I then had to repeat the entire story to this other person, Kimberly, who was completely unhelpful. She told me it would take another 19-24 weeks just to replace THE BASE PIECE ALONE--the same amount of time it took to get the ENTIRE BOOKCASE made! I asked her if C&B could expedite this replacement, because C&B had broken the item in the first place. She said "they"--meaning the manufacturers--refused to change "their" schedule at C&B's request. This is a pathetic excuse. It's bad enough for C&B to break a long-delayed custom-made piece before delivery, but then to make a customer endure the same delay AGAIN before it can be repaired, and to disclaim responsibility for it, is a ridiculous business practice. Kimberly agreed to waive delivery and assembly fees for the item and for the replacement base piece, but did not offer me a discount on the item itself, which she should have done. It's ridiculous to expect me to pay full price on an item that will end up taking a YEAR before I have it in proper condition, when I was told I would get it in 17-19 weeks. I had to call C&B again and speak to a different person, named Vidhya, and I had to actually demand a discount. Vidhya was very helpful and was able to agree to a 15% discount as well as waiving all delivery/assembly fees. However, she would/could not agree to a greater than 15% discount and she could do nothing about the time it would take to replace the base piece. She also said she could arrange for the item to be taken away and fully refunded if I preferred. Removing the item would have taken another 11 days. Neither of these options are at all good. Eventually, because I do like the indigo color and because the break in the base didn't impair the stability of the item, I told C&B I would keep the piece and take the discount. But I would NEVER recommend that anyone else buy this piece or anything else from Crate and Barrel. Crate and Barrel is just too unreliable and unhelpful and screws over their customers. Even their more helpful customer service representatives can do nothing when the company itself has such bad practices.

Products used:

Cameo Indigo Storage Bookcase

Date of experience: July 1, 2021
Missouri
5 reviews
1 helpful vote

Normal
January 18, 2021

Godddddddd service and keep it upppppppp thank you very much asdadsasdasdadadasdasdadadadasdasdaewefvxcvdbfhyjhklj

Date of experience: January 11, 2017
Japan
5 reviews
2 helpful votes

Lovely
November 10, 2016

Lovely :)

Date of experience: November 9, 2016
New York
15 reviews
1 helpful vote

Dinnerware
August 14, 2016

Have a collection of dinnerware from C&B.

Date of experience: August 14, 2016
California
26 reviews
2 helpful votes

Great products and selection.
January 18, 2021

Whats not to love?

Date of experience: June 28, 2016
Texas
3 reviews
23 helpful votes

Great Company
May 23, 2016

Excellent customer service

Date of experience: May 23, 2016
GB
4 reviews
37 helpful votes

Good would visit them
April 23, 2016

Seem very nice

Date of experience: April 23, 2016
Canada
11 reviews
3 helpful votes

Great Grub
April 5, 2016

Love the food here makes me want to be american.

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes

Awesome Site
April 5, 2016

Fun site to shop at!

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
Alabama
22 reviews
53 helpful votes

Definitely Delicious!
February 4, 2016

Great food! Cozy niiiice environment. I visit every chance I get

Date of experience: February 4, 2016
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23 reviews for Crate & Barrel are not recommended