I am very dissatisfied with the service and attitude of the owner of the Re-Bath store in my area. Upon ordering my bath liner, I was shocked to learn I would have to wait nearly 3 months for the installation. With promises from the salesman that they usually arrive earlier than that, I signed the paper and applied for the loan.
The date of the promised installation came and went, and I waited a couple more weeks after that before I went in to the store to find out why I hadn't heard from anyone. The owner, Nick Falletta, was very unhelpful and made lots of excuses. He said he had no idea why the tub was not here and said he could contact the factory but said they usually don't answer him. It was a very strange encounter, and he seemed very defensive and kept talking around in circles and not answering my questions directly. He felt sure there was a problem at the factory and promised I would have the liner soon and made a date for installation in about 2 more weeks. He said he was sure the liner was on its way.
The day of that appointment came and went, and I heard from no one. No one came that day. A few days later, they called me to say my liner was here and would I like to set up an appointment. It was like they hadn't even known about the appointment I already had. The lady was very glib and just said, "Well, let's schedule it now." I did get an appointment within a few days. The installers were polite and prompt, and when I asked them if I needed to remove the shower curtain for them, they said no and that they would do all the work and put the bathroom back together when they left.
I went to work and left them to finish the job. When I arrived home, they left my shower curtain on the floor balled up and had broken my rod and one of the curtain rings and not put it back up. The caulking around the edge of the tub was uneven too.
I called the next day, and they sent someone out the next day. He arrived promptly and cleaned up a little spot on the edge of the tub and said the caulk was the best they could do. He said the rod was old and was not their fault it broke and that it should be okay anyway. He said he could glue the ring piece but that it would take a while to warm up his glue gun. I'm not sure why he didn't plug the thing in when he got here, but I had to go to work by the time he was done with all the other stuff. So I couldn't wait anymore.
When I told him I was still unhappy with the caulk job and wanted the owner to call me, he said I could just call the owner myself. I really felt like I was getting the brush off and not getting taken seriously. I spent $1800 and felt like they had my money now and didn't care about my satisfaction or inconveniences, leaving my bathroom a mess to boot.
A week or so later, I went in to the store to talk to Mr. Falletta; and again, he talked and talked and made excuses and made no attempt to satisfy my complaints, except to offer to have another technician to check out the caulk. But he said the guy he sent out was the best he had. I declined that offer since I didn't feel he was sincere and was tired of messing with the company.
I fixed the curtain ring myself and just put up the shower curtain and rod myself, and I hope it stays in place on the tiny little piece of plastic left for it to rest on. There's no hope of getting the caulk to look better. I figured for $1800, I should have even caulk and a new shower curtain rod. There's nothing I can do now about the ridiculous delays, but I hope the public will avoid this company.
I will not refer Re-Bath to any of my friends, mostly because of the owner's cavalier attitude, ineptitude at being able to discover the reasons for the incredible delays in delivery, and his excuses for his employees' poor performances.
