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Reviewed May 20, 2013
I purchased a $3,000+ leather sectional. I asked my salesman at the time of purchase if it was 100% real leather or partial bonded leather. I was told by the liar salesperson that it was 100% quality genuine leather. The delivery men were extremely professional and went over and beyond to help me. A few hours after it was delivered, there was a nasty chemical smell that would not leave my house for three weeks causing me to cough and not be able to breathe well without the doors being open to air the room out. I knew then that I was taken and lied to about it being 100% leather. Not even 5 months went by and I noticed the chocolate brown leather turning into a goldish/green shade little by little.
I called the store several times and was finally told it was not covered on the lifetime guarantee. I was told to contact a furniture repair company to pay to have it fixed myself! Bottom line, they do not sell quality furniture. Go somewhere to get quality pieces and customer service. You are only treated well during the purchase. Try to call back with a complaint and you will find yourself ignored.
Reviewed April 9, 2013
For the sake of detail, I will give you a timeline to the best of my recollection.
May/June 2011, we bought our first home, and after looking at several stores, picked furniture from Kane’s to furnish our living room. We were drawn in by a sales ad and bought what we thought was a leather couch. In hindsight, we now know that it was bonded leather, nothing more than a cheap plastic composite. We have a dog and a cat, and we knew that there would be scratching and wear and tear - part of what we thought would give our leather sofa character. Throughout most of 2011, the couch performed decently to our expectations, and we continued to condition it with leather conditioner.
Early 2012, the seat of the chaise began to soften and tear. Initially I assumed that we must have damaged it in some way. Then the entire panel began to lift and tear, and the more it softened, the more it ripped. I contacted Kane’s in Casselberry, FL and was told that there was nothing covered under visual warranty.
Fall 2012, I contacted Kane’s again. The associate was rude and was not willing to hear any of the details and suggested, “If you know how, you should Google leather repair.” I was furious. I wrote an email to online feedback and was within a day contacted by a Kane’s representative. I don’t recall her name, but she stated that after 1 year, Kane’s is not responsible for any visual guarantee even if it's a valid defect. She suggested that I call the actual manufacturer of the sofa and gave me their contact information in North Carolina. I contacted them, and they told me they would only speak directly with Kane’s... cycle of zero progress. They had no intention of talking directly to customer. I immediately contacted Kane’s again via the website. I received no follow-up or recognition from there.
Christine from Kane’s corporate contacted me after I posted on Kane’s Facebook page in early 2013 regarding the issues. They immediately removed the post due to bad publicity, but I was pleased that it at least spurred Christine to contact me. I returned her call and she arranged to have a technician come out to do an inspection. I was thrilled. I thought, at last, Kane’s was trying to do right by the customer.
Feb 2013, technician came to our house and took some photos and documentation. I asked him if he’d ever seen this before and he said not that bad. I asked him, in his experience, if there was anything that I could do to prevent the spread of the damage, as it’s now travelling from the chaise, up the back of the sofa. He said there wasn’t really a remedy, but that bonded (plastic) leather will do that. He did note some cat scratches on unrelated parts of the sofa (not what we are concerned about, we knew those would happen with life).
I assumed (wrongly) that I would then hear back from Kane’s with a suggested remedy/solution to the issue. After several weeks/almost two months with no word, I left Christine a message at the phone number she had left for me in her original voice mail. No response. I left another message late March. No response. Yesterday, April 8th, I received a letter in the mail from their CFO. While he is apologetic that we are dissatisfied, there were no solutions offered or responsibility acknowledged. He makes reference to the cat scratches on the opposite side of the couch as if that has magically affected the claim.
In the letter I received yesterday, once again Kane’s hides behind the shield of the one-year warranty. I understand they have it written to protect themselves from liability, but that's beside the point. Yes, legally, they are likely covered. But morally and on a customer service level in an economy where every consumer holds close to their money, I am disgusted on their stance.
They have made their stance pretty clear that they don’t intend to remedy the problem in any way, shape, or form as far as repair or replacement costs. I in turn am making my own stance and advising any and all within my communication reach of what their corporation stands for. I am disappointed with myself that I didn’t do more research on the foundations of Kane’s and the details of their "guarantees" before making what in mine and my husband’s eyes is a large purchase. Did you know that you have over 160 complaints according to Consumer Affairs? There are 240+ claims too on the Better Business Bureau (BBB) website, and soon to be one more on each.
In addition to publically sharing BBB and Consumer Affairs reports on Twitter, I’ve notified over 500 Florida residents (most of which are home buyers/new homeowners/newly married couples hitting prime furniture buying demographics) and asked them to share on their own pages, exponentially sharing our story nationwide.
Reviewed April 2, 2013
I purchased a bump bed around 4-15-2012. Six months later the bottom side rail broke. It took me more than a month and a half to get the replacement piece. I told the lady that I was concerned with the top bed. I did not want that to break on top of my oldest daughter. The lady assured me it was an isolated problem, that it wasn’t going to happen again... Well, not even two months later, the other side rail broke. I asked her if that was going to happen to the top bed. I needed to have a solution. I made sure to tell them how worried I was about that top bed breaking too. They had me picking something else but were just trying to make me another sale. I had been going through this for more than 4 months, chasing them around, and I’m tired. Finally I picked another bump bed. I had to go with another stile and cheaper because they couldn’t do anything else. Now I have been waiting for a month and a half, and they tell me that I have to wait another month because the delivery is coming from China and they are celebrating Chinese New Year. Six months I have been fighting with these people to help me and excuse and excuse... I’m tired. Can anybody help?
Reviewed April 1, 2013
Kane's Furniture company is out for only one thing - your money. Every meeting, every opportunity, every warranty, every word out of the manager or the sales representatives' mouth is on a one-way track to more out of pocket money. Do not buy their fabric protection because the only purpose is to increase your ticket and make you feel like the ** furniture you are about to buy is an asset that needs to be protected. Besides that, the protection is bogus! If it was real then Kane's company would be the one offering it.
They go through a third party that "apparently" comes out to your house to treat your stain. I assure you the last thing that this company is doing is helping you treat your stain. In actuality, they are sending out a small bottle of stain remover. You will be upset because you probably dropped at least $140 on this so-called care and it barely works. Nonetheless, they treat you like shlub and dish you off to another company when your furniture is ruined! This is the same company for leather care and wood care as well. With leather care, if you do get that puncture, they essentially use a colored glue to fix the hole. This likely will look just as bad as the hole itself. The perks of the fabric care and leather care are the treatments.
For fabric care it's the stain guard. You can buy this at Home Depot or hardware stores for less than half the price. They say a professionally trained technician applies it. I assure you, a 3-year-old could handle this process. They also say a onetime application. You can apply it yourself if you bought the darn bottle as much as you wanted. And don't forget if you get a stain, you might as well have some "shout" cleaner because that is about all they are going to do. And as for the conditioner and cleaner with the leather, congrats! You can buy that just about anywhere. Don't waste hundreds of dollars. Kane's is family-owned-and-operated for the last 64 years. It is based out of central Florida. They used to be a credible furniture company, 15-20 years ago! Now they are undercutting everyone to keep earning money, especially in this economy.
The family is very wealthy and hungry for more money - not the standards of operation. This story sounds great, but the operation is a drag. Every employee is truthfully unhappy. Human resources is cut to the tee and they have little to no appreciation for their employees. Benefits are practically non-existent as well. The furniture all comes from Southeast Asia and China, and some from South America. If after all my warnings you do decide to shop at Kane's because you love that ** furniture that is going to fall apart in less than three years and the sales rep or manager told you all about their wonderful, guaranteed for life (which is equally as bogus as the other warranties because it's actually for about 7 years and in that 7 years I guarantee you for life that they will not do anything to help you out! It is not worth it!), make sure that you don't get up-sold on bogus things. Only go there on either from Friday-Sunday (they run the same sales over and over).
Don't let the salesperson make you feel comfortable and don't even bother trying to talk them down because they do not negotiate. I highly suggest just spending that couple extra dollars to either repair, reupholster or buy higher quality furniture. Put your weight on it, jump on it, hit the sides and the back, use your force and make sure that whatever you are buying is sturdy. Do not convince yourself that the one on the floor has just been used by a bunch of people and it got a little beat up. You will be using it daily. Yours will look like that in no time. Don't forget that their delivery always screws up, dings up, and inspect your stuff. Refuse it at all cost if anything is wrong. It is the only way by law! After 3 (36 hours) days, they will try and say that it's in your home now and will screw you out of your money.
Reviewed March 12, 2013
On 3/1/2013, our new living room set was delivered to our home. They dropped it and left. Not five minutes after the delivery drivers left, I was pulling the tags off the furniture. When we got to the couch, under where the tag was, is a rub on the leather. It looks like there was something rubbing against it in the truck, or the dolly that was used did it. Anyway, life’s lesson; make sure to inspect every inch before delivery drivers leave. So we call the store, and they set up a service appointment. Today is our service appointment. They were supposed to call before coming out. I called to confirm three times this morning. The technician never called and has already been to my house.
Now, the store has been giving me the runaround all afternoon, not calling back or telling me what’s going on. Finally, Margie gets the store manager Ron and he tells me they cannot get a hold of the service technician, which is something Margie told me already. He left the technician a message that he better not come back to the store without coming by my house first. However, he can't tell me what time that will be, and they’re only open until 9pm. As a business owner, I cannot believe the poor customer service this place has.
Reviewed March 4, 2013
I went to Kane's furniture in Brandon, FL. It was not a good experience. I left there very frustrated. It was a bait and switch store. I saw a mattress with a price tag on it and decided to purchase it, only to be told it would cost me a lot more than what was on the price tag. They did not honor the price that was on the tag. What a rip off. I will take my money elsewhere. I will report this store.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2013
We spent thousands of dollars at Kane's Furniture on OBT in December. One of the cushions has raised areas on it, and we called the company in February to have someone come, take a look at it, and advise us on what to do with it. We offered to take the cushion to the store, and they said a customer representative would come out to look at it. The appointment time was 2.5 weeks, which was fine with us. We were told they would call the day before to give us a definite time and a call the morning of to confirm. They never showed up or called, and it is now a week later.
We called the store, and we were treated very rudely. They had no record of the appointment and said we would have to wait another 2 weeks. I was accused of yelling at the store manager when I never raised my voice. I am a customer service manager for a nationwide company and deal with unsatisfied customers myself and yelling at the store manager was an insult. He told me there is nothing he can do for me, but also never apologized for the no-show. I had rearranged my schedule to be here the day they were to show up and received no apology for that either. I again offered to bring the seat cushion in, and he said that I would have to just drop it off and leave it.
I am completely dissatisfied with Kane Furniture. If you are going to spend $200.00 or thousands of dollars, stay away from Kane Furniture. Their advertisements are false advertising. When I told him I was going to call the Better Business Bureau, he said, "Do what you have to do." So this is just the first step of many that I am pursuing.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2013
I purchased a sofa and loveseat from Kanes Furniture in Lakeland, FL. I even paid to have them treated. In less than two years, my furniture started to fade. I contacted Kanes, but they told me to call the warranty department. I called them, but they told me they do not cover fading. I called Kanes again, but they said there was nothing they could do. I then contacted the BBB. Finally, a technician came to my house to survey the damage. He told my husband that it was due to a manufacturer's defect. He also said we would hear back from them within 48 hours. However, weeks went by, and we never received a call back from them. I finally received a call from a manager after I posted a message on their website. The manager told me, based on their conclusion, the problem occurred due to improper usage of the furniture.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2013
I purchased a 3-piece sofa set from Kane’s in Casselberry, Florida, in 2010. The salesman at the time said that I had a lifetime warranty. After they delivered the furniture, I noticed that the arms of the chairs were kinda loose. So I made a call to Kane’s to report the defect, and they documented that I called but didn't put the reason why I made the call. Finally, I get a tech to come out to look at the furniture. He took pictures and told me that the arms were just fine, which I know was not true, and they (Kane) refused to do a reassessment of the furniture. I called and he said it was normal wear and tear. Mind you, this set of furniture is in our living room where no one sits, not even me. So, anybody that plans on getting furniture from Kane’s, please look at other options because they do not stand by their warranty or their guarantee.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2013
I purchased a sofa and loveseat from Kane's at the Colonial drive store in Orlando and discovered how uncomfortable it is. My butt hurts after sitting for longer than 15 minutes and the back cushions push your head forward creating upper back, shoulder and neck pain. I complained to Kane's. They sent a service tech out and he just took pictures. I received a phone call and they just said the complaint was filed. A few weeks later, I called them back several times with no results. This is not what a good business is when the customer is just told "We're sorry you're not satisfied with your purchase," but there's nothing they can do about it. They did suggest I try to resell it to recoup some of my money. Don't buy anything at Kane's unless you don't mind throwing money in the trash and passing on the problem to other people. The staff is trained to run you around circles and make you think they care.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2013
We purchased a $2,000.00 sectional sofa. We noticed a problem with one of the recliners leaning to one side. We called Kane's and they sent someone out. The technician took some pictures and we never received a call back. After I called them, I was informed that they would not fix the problem due to customer abuse! I informed them that the sofa was only 2 months old and that I could supply proof that for 3 of those weeks, the sectional wasn't even being used because our house was being remodeled. They still would not fix it. We were told by the salesperson at the time of purchase that it had a lifetime warranty on the frame and mechanisms and if it could not be fixed, it would be replaced. We are contacting the news and our attorney. Game on Kane's!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2013
The only lifetime guarantee is that my friends or myself will never shop there again! After not even a year, my $3,000 leather furniture started to fade in spots and the padding was lumpy. Well the only thing covered is the frame that will never go bad! Nothing is covered. The news needs to do a story on them for false ads. The salesman told us everything was covered under (the lifetime guarantee). Let's stop the crap with customer ripoffs.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2013
What we experienced at Kane's is unbelievable and unheard of. We pursued with BBB and are going to the news station. We are repeat customers, and we recently spent $7,000 in Kane's in June 2012 in their W. Colonial store in Orlando, FL. The delivery of the bedroom set was late for 6 months. There was no customer service. Zero. There were no follow up calls during the 6 months from Kane's. There was no help. The customer service manager, Christine, and the team in their corporate office is a joke. We had to call every month to hopefully schedule delivery, only to be told that the delivery date got pushed back every time.
Finally, in the middle of December and right before Christmas, calls after calls, the bedroom set arrived on Saturday without a headboard. We waited for an hour to find out that they messed up our order and promised to deliver the next day. The warehouse manager promised to show up next day as well. The next day, the manager didn't come. The headboard came, and the guys started putting the bed together, but the mattress wouldn't fit the bed. We waited for another hour and found out that the bed was a king-size bed. Our mattress is a California King. The salesperson never informed us that there are different sizes for king beds.
Since there's no follow up calls, we had to call the store and got nothing but blame. We called the corporate office and got told to buy a mattress from Kane's, or they could take half of our bed frames away (only headboard remaining). They did not even offer a return or refund. We asked and we’re afraid they wouldn't agree. They were very hostile people. I'm wondering how a company with this kind of service could even exist. By the way, Kane's furniture is very toxic. They have a very strong chemical smell, and it took months for us to air out the smell. The bottom line is, buy at your own risk. Kane’s is not trustworthy.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2013
I purchased a Sofa set from Kane's in 2008 at the S. Orlando Store from Barbara ** who lied to us about the warranty. We were told we have a lifetime warranty which we paid an extra $200 for at the time. We were told it covered everything that could happen to the sofa, even damage caused by the buyer, and that if it couldn't be repaired, it would be replaced at no cost. The sofa has a clear plastic between the recliner and rocker ends which began turning yellow, cracking, and peeling off. The recliners also no longer came up straight. The foot sections were on an angle to one side. Their repair person came out to inspect the sofa, which had been repaired twice over the last 3 years as well. He took pictures and didn't even try to adjust the mechanism he said was not working correctly. He took pictures and left.
Three days later, Mario from Kane's called and said there was no lifetime warranty on the sofa. The one we had purchased was only for fabric. I told him the peeling was part of the fabric as it was sewn to it. He then thought a minute and said, "No, it's only for stains." This was right after he told me the fabric was covered for everything. Stay away from Kane's and their lying salespeople. Their warranties are worthless just like their managers. I'm buying at American Signature next time. I wish I had read complaints on Kane's before I bought.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2013
I purchased my sofa and loveseat from Kane’s Furniture on E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL in June 2011. I liked this microfiber set but tried to recline in the loveseat to be sure the reclining mechanism worked, and it was broken. This was the week it was delivered. They sent out a technician who put down a very dirty and disgusting towel on my off-white carpet, and a huge dead roach was sitting on it. He removed the towel and roach and told me the recliner handle that you pull out was not working at all, and he put in a new one. I showed him that my sofa cushion was sagging quite a lot and that they delivered it that way, and he said, "Don't worry. We give a Lifetime Guarantee." The technician made a note of this, and it was downhill since then. Kane's lifetime guarantee is a total joke.
Buy from any other furniture store, but not Kane’s. When I followed up with a call to the store regarding my sagging cushion, they were downright rude, arrogant, and even blamed me for the defective recliner mechanism that they clearly sent to me in broken condition. Of course, they then said I made the cushion sag. I have had furniture for 16 years that never sagged from the first few weeks that I had it. They told me that I already had a service call and wouldn't come to even look at my cushion even though it was clearly written down that I complained immediately about this problem.
They are so nice and happy when you go in the store, but are rude and unpleasant and unwilling to provide even the slightest help, saying it's not in the Lifetime Warranty. Then, I was told to contact their vendor. I told them that it's their responsibility and not mine. I am posting this complaint to warn other consumers that Kane’s is useless when it comes to helping you with a problem and their tactics are disgusting. "Blame the customer" should be their slogan, not "Keep your Furniture for Life" or something that leads you to think they actually will help you. Any other store would be a major improvement over Kane's. They are the rudest store I have ever encountered. You were warned. And I'm telling you the absolute truth. Nothing but a major hassle buying from Kane's.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2013
Well, I believe in giving people and companies a second chance. So that's what I did. I bought two beds from Kane’s - one for my son and the other for myself. My first time with Kane’s, I bought the two beds for $1,312.98. This was back in 02/26/2010. Then, within 6 months, my son's wheels fall off and the springs in the mattress started to come out. Then, on 02/23/12, I went back into Kane’s and bought another bed ($1,960.01). This time the store manager helped me out. He stated to me that my first bed was no good and I needed to put more money into the frame (which I did, but it did not work). I did not have my bed for a year and 3 wheels came off.
I called and the lady was so rude. She stated that no one has died. I said, “What! This is my money and my son and I do not have beds.” She said the wheels could break depending on the type of tile or carpet. I said, “Well, when the Kane’s manger sold it to me, he did not say that.” Well, she made an appointment for service on 12/11/12. The service guy came out, and he cut my son's mattress out of the plastic and cut the spring. He said that it was not safe and Kane’s will replace it. Then, the Kane’s service man checked my bed. He took pictures and said someone will contact me. Well, I contacted the vice president on 12/12/12. He said that he had to look at the pictures and he will call me back. “I was not ready for this.”
He called me back and he said that with my son's bed, he could not do anything because of stains on the bed, so that voids the warranty. I said what! Then, the vice president said, “It looks like you have been jumping up and down on the bed.” I said, “What? Did you hear what you just said Mr. Vice President?” I said, “I am a grown woman. What ** would I look like jumping up and down on a bed that I have to sleep on?” So he said, “Let me see what I can do.” That was on 12/12/12.
It's now been about 3 weeks and no Mr. Vice President. So I want the world to know, do not buy anything from Kane’s. Kane’s furniture quality is so good that it's guaranteed for life. I guess that's true if you weigh 120 pounds. I feel like Kane’s should give me back my money and take this cheap ** furniture back. People, I cannot say it enough, do not, I repeat, do not buy anything from Kane’s. Kane’s doesn’t stick by their guarantee, or like the Vice President, their word. Do not buy anything please!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2012
We purchased a Liam Queen Sleeper Sofa at Kane's in Ocala. The purchase and delivery went as expected. Six months after the purchase, we noticed that one of the arms of the sofa was caved in/collapsed on top very noticeably. We contacted Kane's, and they sent out a service technician who drilled into the sofa and left staples scattered on the floor (we have a 1-year-old and this was unsafe). We received a phone call from Kane's about what is clearly a manufacturer's defect or damage done in shipping. The incredibly rude and antagonistic person on the phone abruptly stated that it was not a manufacturer's defect, and when I asked how the technician arrived at the conclusion, she did not answer. I stated that it was impossible that something other than an arm or a head has rested on the arm of the couch.
The force that would be needed to cave in the arm of the sofa would need to be an equivalent of dropping a bowling ball from the height of the ceiling and we don't own a bowling ball. I suggested that the sofa might have been damaged in shipping, and she retorted that we would have noticed it 7 months ago. This is unsatisfactory on a number of levels: 1) normal use could not have caused the damage and the sofa has been subjected to very delicate use. 2) The service technician failed in his analysis about the cause. 3) Kane's is refusing to stand behind the products they offer. 4) "Quality so good that it's guaranteed for life" as a motto is patently false advertising. 5) Caveat emptor is no way to guarantee repeat/loyal customers. This is a deceitful business with an unsustainable approach to their clients and business. We will never purchase a single item from Kane's Furniture again and exhort others to boycott their products and business.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2012
I purchased a loveseat and sofa at Kane’s Furniture in Ocala, Florida. It was purchased in March of 2010. We are snowbirds and left to go home in April 3 weeks later. We came back in 2011 for another 5 and a half months. We have since returned to Florida 2 weeks ago. The length of time we have used the furniture has been less than 7 months. It was not real leather, but none the less you expect it to last more than 7 months. The problem is the material is wearing and peeling off and you can see bits of it on the floor every day. It is like it has Alopecia, a balding disease.
I complained to Kane’s Furniture and they sent a service man out to access the sofa and loveseat. They called us back to say it was because we were snowbirds and the sofa was left in the elements for 6 and a half months. This is a lot of ** as we leave the air conditioner at 85 and the dehumidifier at 50 percent. Their next excuse was we've had it for 2 years. What happened to the lifetime guarantee? I'm surprised to see that they’re still in business.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2012
We purchased a two-piece sofa, recliner and kitchen table at Kane's. The salesperson is just plain liar. He stated the sofa and chair were leather. Well, soon after, just 10 months, the so-called leather started to peel off. It's so embarrassing when guests come to the house. We have to put a blanket over the sofa just to hide it. I just don't know how a company that states the furniture is good for life and is totally the opposite is still doing business. I think IKEA and Wal-Mart has better furniture quality, seriously! I paid them in full with my debit card. They got my money and gave us garbage.
We are hard working people and earn money the hard way in this hard economy to have some bogus company take you for a sucker. It really hurts. I wish I could meet the owner face to face and bring him to our home to see the garbage they sold us. I will never set foot in Kane's ever again except to take back this garbage and dump it in front of their door. People, please read the reviews and don't go to Kane's. You will regret throwing your money away, honest to God. Beware of the sales people here. They will lie to you just to get their commission. I so regret ever setting foot in this place.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2012
Kane’s will not stand behind their guarantee on furniture. I bought 2 recliners. On both of them, the sides bowed out. On one, the swivel broke. Fabric is awful. I waited 12 weeks for a sofa, and it is giving in back. They sent out some old man who did not know what he was doing, so I am stuck with their junk of furniture. Do not buy from them. They are terrible to deal with and will not do what they say.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2012
I purchased furniture about 2-3 years ago - Leather couch and love seat. When it started to wear, we called them to come out for repair; and we quickly found that the so-called "Lifetime Guarantee" that we paid extra money for turned out to be "Sorry, we don't cover that." We will never go into another Kane's store again. They sell garbage, and they have a commercial even that says lifetime guarantee - but there is no guarantee. We shopped in the Altamonte Springs, FL Store. Buyer, beware. It is not worth the time or headache.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2012
I went to buy a small table and 3 chairs at their Door Buster sale from 2-4pm on Friday after Thanksgiving for $150.00. I figured the table wouldn't be great, but for $150.00, it would fit my needs. At 1:55, the sales person tried to input the sale, but sale price was not available. After 3rd try, she got the sale price. They were out of stock - available on March 10, 2014! Manager said that other people probably bought before me since they have 14 stores. Really? At 2:01, they had none in warehouse. Manager couldn't answer how many they actually had, but I'm thinking none. And there were 3 other people waiting to buy this. Can you imagine if this had been from 2-4am? I put money down and will wait to see if something better comes along. Kane’s may have gotten the sale, but they lost a customer - a customer who has no problem making her problem known.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2012
I went to Kane's and found an entertainment center on September 23, 2012. Price was $1391. I had bought furniture from Kane's back in 1998, a bedroom set that was made in Italy and I was pleased with the furniture and the service. This is why I decided to go back. Much to my chagrin, it was the biggest mistake I've ever made. They delivered the furniture on October 5th. They couldn't get the truck up to the house which ** off the drivers (they were warned). When it arrived, one piece was broken. I called Customer Service. Her name was Theresa in the Ocala store. She was rude. She said she would have a technician come out and look at the furniture.
Because we didn't take it out of the box within 48 hours after receiving the furniture, they were not responsible. They sent someone out on October 26th. He came out, looked at it, took pictures and said basically nothing and left. I told him what happened with the delivery drivers, how they could not get the truck up to the house and ran over my mailbox on the way out etc. He didn't care. I told Kane's I would not be paying for broken furniture - period, and they would be going to small claims court. After a couple of days, they agreed to replace it. Now on November 2, here they come. They deliver another piece and leave. This time, it's the wrong piece. We called them up now, they can't make it back until November 16th. Finally, we got the furniture.
This experience has opened my eyes. First of all, the furniture is garbage. Had I looked at it carefully, I would have never bought it. Most of it is made of particle board. It's crooked, screws are missing and I had to fix the backing on it. It is not worth $130 much less $1300. So I got ripped off. Secondly, the people who work there except for the salesman are rude especially when held accountable for their ** furniture and lousy service. Had I known this, I would have gone to Walmart or Home Depot and saved myself the grief. Kane's Furniture and service sucks big time. Never will I go back there, buy from there or refer anyone to shop there.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2012
I purchased furniture from Kane in July 2012. Within a week, I noticed problems. I contacted the store several times - no response. After three months, I noticed the problems were worsening. I continued to call until I finally reached a manager. After informing her about the issues, a tech was sent out. The tech immediately stated that the problems were manufacturing issues, and that on the sofa in particular, he could fix it but needed permission from Kane. After three days, I was contacted and told they were going to replace the tabletop, but the sofa was wear and tear.
I politely told them that if they did not fix the problem, I would stop paying the bill, to which I was told, “Well, if you do, your problem will be with your creditor.” I said, “Oh no, it won’t be. I will stop paying. I will then go to small claims court, and I guarantee not only will I get to keep the furniture, but the creditor will get the money from you.” Also, I said that I would personally come with at least five other people and protest outside the store so that other consumers would know not to buy from Kane. Well, lo and behold, the tech was there 2 days later fixing the sofa. However, the tabletop that came was in similarly bad condition as the one I already have. So they gave me another date for delivery. That day came and no one showed. I called the headquarters and started to get the runaround. This company should be fined for breach of contract. And the BBB should be ashamed of giving them an A+; this is not an A+ company. Yes, their workers are polite; however, their product is shoddy. And if BBB hadn’t given them an A+, I would never have purchased from them.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2012
If you are smart, you will not give this business your money. Go elsewhere! My husband and I purchased several thousand dollars worth of furniture from here and ultimately were ripped off. Martin at the Clearwater store is a liar, abusive and ignorant. My husband and I bought furniture from them and a very long story short, the merchandise is now in the clearance section. They got six pieces of furniture back and we got two. The Krylon stuffing is coming out through the outer fabric which caused a rash to the skin. When questioning the store manager about the guaranteed-for-life slogan they use, I was told that this was not a manufacturer defect even though the assistant manager said that there should have been some sort of barrier in between. Was it not guaranteed because they purchased as a second from the manufacturer and the warranty is null and void when a retailer purchases a second from the manufacturer? Long story short, save your hard-earned money and take your business where it is appreciated.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2012
Kanes actually raised the price of my purchase more than 3 months after the purchase. It astounds me that they feel this could be legal. They just explained that they made a mistake so they are now charging me a higher price. I experienced unreturned phone calls, management refusing to speak to me, and finally had to write a complaint letter to corporate who apparently feels they don't have a responsibility to disclose the price of the merchandise before it is picked up, but prefers to wait months after the sale.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2012
I have been a Kane's customer for years. My experiences with them have been great. Everyone must pay attention to the warranty information printed on the back of the invoice that is received at the time you purchase your merchandise. It is not always up to the sales person to give information. When I go to make a purchase, I try and ask as many questions as possible. You are the consumer and should take some responsibilities in your own life and not blame others. I think consumers like to place blame on corporations or others for things that could have been prevented by informing themselves at the time of purchase and take responsibility. I am so sorry to see a few of you having issues with your furniture. I have a great association with my Brandon store managers and they are always willing to assist when called upon with any questions.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2012
August 3, 2012, my fiancee and I bought a couch from Kane's (the Clearwater store) and we paid for it in full and asked them to deliver it on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Well the Friday before the delivery date, they called and said there was problem and asked if they could deliver it on Wednesday. Martin promised that it would be delivered with no problems to us, so we agreed. Tuesday, a woman from customer service called and said there was another problem and they sold our couch. We now won't be receiving ours until October 9th! She said all they could do was apologize and once the couch is delivered and signed, then they'll negotiate an inconvenience fee! I am furious! They obviously don't care about the customers that have already paid in full for their furniture and they just keep selling couches that have already been sold! Don't ever shop here, they will jerk you around!
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2012
We purchased a not too cheap power loveseat about 1 and 1/2 yeas ago. The receipt says leather. The saleslady said it was leather. Now it is peeling and chipping. I found out now by doing some research, it is bonded leather. After researching even more, I found that bonded leather is parts of leather that would have been thrown and in theory you can wind up with a piece of furniture that is actually only 17% leather. But they are selling it as leather, huh? Bonded leather peeling can be fixed similar to the stuff you can buy to fix rips and tears in leather, mix it up, put it on and let it heat up. But the color may not, and probably won't match. Kane's says it is a defect and that warranty was over after the first year. So now with a $1,300 item (plus tax and delivery etc.), we have a bonded leather piece of garbage. Now, I have researched leather and won't get suckered again, but for them to sell this garbage as leather is a real scam. If only I had a relative or friend that is an attorney, I would argue this point in court and stop them from this practice. Phooey on Kane's in Ocala, FL.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2012
I bought my leather loveseats plus warranty in Lakeland, Florida in November of 2011. A stain/burn was on one of my cushions, a little half moon shape. I called the warranty company and sent them all the information/pictures and everything they needed plus told them that this really didn't look like leather, what with the way the furniture was already looking so worn after 6 months. They called me back and said since I didn't know how the stain happened, it was not covered and they would not be doing anything about it.
I called the store and the manager said he tried to work with the warranty company and they still said no. The warranty does state that a one time repair would be made (accidental) if this was to happen. The warranty company was very nasty and said they were not covering it and that was final. I called the Corporate headquarters (customer complaints) for 2 months and no one called me back. When I called last week and asked to speak to her boss, she picked up the phone right away. At the end of the day, she said she could not do anything either. I told her to come pick up her furniture. I would no longer be paying for it - she said she couldn't do that either. I said, "Okay, I am glad I didn't finishing paying this bill." But it makes me mad that the the merchant can advertise that their furniture has a lifetime warranty plus sell you an extra warranty. That is false advertisement. Kane's Furniture is a lie, has poor quality and I will never buy anything from them. I will go back to Haverty's where you truly get what you pay for - it may be a little more but it is quality, and Haverty's does stand by their customers.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2012
I bought a 7 piece sectional at Kane's Melbourne, FL store. Within six months, two chairs in the sectional began to sink. I called Kane's, the store and corporate. At corporate, I spoke to a **. She and the manager at the store finally sent their man (supposedly repairman). He opened the worse chair from the back. This has been going on since the early part of 2011. The furniture was delivered on 11/10/10. I paid over $1,700.00 (fully paid for) for the sectional. This has been going on since early 2011. They sent the same man (supposedly the only repairman they have for this area). He came here at least 4/5 times.
At one point he must have put down that I needed new cores for two pieces of the sectional. He told me I had to wait 4 months for the cores. When I called them at the store as to where the cores were, they told me that the manufacturer of the sectional sent the wrong ones and I would have to wait another 4 months for the cores. When the cores finally came, after many, many calls, it was August 2012. At this time, one of the recliners was also sinking. He put the cores in. I had to leave town for 9 days thereafter.
When I got home, the chairs and the recliner were much worse. They sent the same repairman back and I had him sit in the chairs and the recliner. He agreed with me that they were faulty and crooked. I called the store to see what they would do and was told that the report of the serviceman did not have a written report at the end of the inspection. I said the furniture was worse than ever. It is crooked and feels like there is no foam in the chairs, and the recliner when reclined hits the person in it in the middle of their back with either wood or a bar.
I told the manager, **, at the store and he said he would send the repairman back. I asked him to come also, only 20 minutes away from me. He said he would try. In any event the repairman came back and agreed with me (I had him sit in all faulty chairs and the recliner). I asked him how come he did not write a report as the faulty furniture. He said he always writes notes explaining his visits to customers and what transpired. I told him that the manager said he did not. He said "They are lying to you." In any event I am left with faulty crooked furniture.
I am 71 years old and have a bad sciatica problem which has gotten much worse since telling Kane’s about the furniture. I cannot have an MRI because I had a defribulator inserted in my chest for my heart. I have been telling them, including corporate, that I must have this resolved for health purposes. They have succeeded in delaying fixing or any other solution to this matter. I reported them now to the Better Business Bureau and Angie's List complaint department.
The furniture is supposedly warrantied for life. Kane’s responded to Better Business and said they were having a few times and there is nothing wrong with the furniture. I am at my wits’ end. I do not have the money to buy new furniture. They have now been telling me for years that there is nothing wrong. I would never buy another thing from Kane’s. They are disreputable and in my estimation, lie about what transpired. They never left me a copy of the reports of the repairman. I did not put down dates because I trusted them and was repeatedly told the furniture would be fixed to my satisfaction.
I am 71 years old with a bad back and I do not have small children here and I do not do calisthenics on the sectional. I need someone to come to my home to verify what has happened to the furniture. The repairman, I believe, is in cahoots with the manager and I think maybe they fear losing their jobs if they tell the truth about this matter, especially in this economy. Shame on Kane's and the manager at the store and the repairman. Prior to purchasing the sectional, I had bought two etegiers from Kane’s and an $80.00 dolphin and at the time of getting the furniture, I bought a rug to put under it. The etegiers were approximately $1,800.00. The store evidently is having economic problems and do not honor their warranties. They delay you (at least me) for a few years and then say there is nothing structurally wrong with what you (in this case me) bought from them. I am shocked beyond belief that they would pacify and lie to me all this time.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2012
Salesman stated I could return the product less $100. Now they will not grant a refund nor will they accept the product back. I purchased a mattress in the amount of $1077.99 that was delivered on 8/22/12. Before delivery, I asked if I could return the mattress if I did not like it. The salesman stated, "Yes, less $100. It's not a restocking fee, it's a fee we charge." I said, "Okay, fine." The salesman also stated there was a 6- day "comfort trial". We also discussed alternative mattresses. After getting the mattress home, I found it was too firm and was causing major back problems and I've never had a back pain or problem in my life. So I returned to the store on 8/25 to set up the return of the mattress, only to find out I cannot get a refund in spite of what the salesman told me plus I must wait the 60 days before they will accept it.
The salesman lied about the $100 return fee and he failed to inform me on the so-called company policy. I read my contract and nowhere on it does it mention the 60-day trial or the non-refundable return. If this is company policy, why is it not stated in the policy? I spoke with the local manager. She stated that I must speak with the general manager. I spoke with the general manager, Garrett ** and the salesman on 8/31, only to have the salesman say he did not tell me such a thing and the GM said the salesman is not lying because we have no fee of $100. The salesman said that I must have mistaken the $100 delivery fee as a return fee but there was never a $100 delivery fee mentioned. The company's delivery fee is only $39.99 which they charged me. I have my receipt to prove it. Again, it was another lie by the salesman. I asked if they could pick the unit up because I couldn't use it and I'm placing it in my garage. I risked humidity, wetness and other unpredictable stain.
The GM said, "No, we will not pick it up and if there are any stains, we will not accept it back." I asked, "How could your company force a 60-day trial on something I paid for and have to pay to be picked up? Please show me in your policy where this is stated." He responded that it's company policy and the 60-day sign is in the window. The salesman also agreed that he did not inform me of this 60-day must stay in home trial. The GM said, "After the 60 days, you can call us. We will pick it up but you can only exchange it for another mattress." This was after the local manager told me I can exchange for anything in the store, another lie, but the local manager stepped in and agreed she did tell me such a thing.
After the GM gave us a speech of how he's been there for 10 years, he turned and asked the local manager when this policy came into play. The local manager said, "It's been in effect for quite some time." So now, the GM doesn't know the company policy and he's been there for 10 years but he "knows the company and its policies." This place is a joke and they have nothing in writing to show their so-called company policies. I am still stuck with a $1077.99 mattress that's 9 days old and they will not accept it back. I will file a complaint with the BBB, CCC, ACC, ABC, NBC, anywhere I think is helpful and for everyone to see. I am also filing a complaint with my local "in your corner" news station. I will not go away easily. This place sucks! And I do not recommend this company to anyone. I should have read these reviews before making my purchase. I would have definitely gone elsewhere. I will keep you posted on the results!
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2012
I contacted Kane's Furniture to have a mechanical defect fixed on my sofa. I was sold an extended warranty by the salesman Hector ** at the OBT Kane's Furniture store under the pretense that it would be covered nationwide. Now Kane's refuses to honor the warranty because we have moved! I was told the warranty is covered by a third party vendor and it would be valid nationwide. These people are liars and will say anything to make a sale! I will never again purchase from Kane's!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2012
Update to previous complaint, OBT location - We received a callback from Christine in the corporate office, who apologized for the hassle we experienced. They have agreed to pick up the defective merchandise. We later received a call from the Asst. Manager, Pete, who was (this time) polite and professional to schedule the pickup. We will report back regarding any subsequent refunds to see if we received a complete refund for this purchase or not. Because we have already reported these problems to our credit card company, hopefully, we will not be having any further problems, but that remains to be seen. We will see if this issue is resolved as promised.
It's too bad we had to go through all of this. As we can see by other complaints on this forum, we are obviously not alone. It should never have come to this for a resolution to be reached. We have our fingers crossed that it will be uneventful. Hopefully, Kane's addresses their policies and starts requiring training in customer service. They have a lot to learn in the areas of customer service and customer retention.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2012
I purchased a complete bedroom set from Sav-On Furniture on 07/07/2012. The salesman, Carl, was a very nice and helpful young man. This complaint in no way is directed towards him. Delivery was set for 07/12/2012. When they arrived, they only had the rails and the dresser. They told me the head board and foot board was not loaded on the truck. It was scheduled for approx. a week later. The night stands were on back order which at purchase, I was told would be delivered on 08/18/2012.
After being patient and waiting for over a month, on the 18th by 12:30 pm, I had not heard from Sav-On. So, I called and was told it would be the end of the following week (Aug 23 or 24th). I explained that would not work for me since I have guests arriving and needed to complete the bedroom. I had to go elsewhere to purchase night stands. I asked for a refund and was told it would be 5 to 7 business days for processing. Today, 08/22/2012, I got a call from Jennifer, the accounting manager, in the Port Charlotte location telling me that my refund would be in the amount of $333, not the $520 I paid. She said that because I received additional discount for purchasing the night stands, they would have to deduct that amount.
Now to me, I am being punished for their not standing behind their promise to deliver the night stands in a reasonable time. Also, she gave me a choice of waiting for the stands to come in. Now I either accept the night stands whenever they may come in, which I no longer need, or I get ripped off for $187. And by the way, it has now been changed to the end of the month, or not! I feel this is unfair business practice and will never shop at Sav-On Furniture. I will also make sure I tell anyone who will listen not to buy from this company.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2012
We purchased quite a bit of furniture from Kane's, believing the hype about their "lifetime" guarantee and that they carried quality merchandise. The furniture was delivered by two angry men who clearly did not like each other and didn't help each other. The bigger guy damaged our front door cramming a couch through it and our brand new area rug. They left garbage all over the floors, the garage, the yard, the driveway, and in the street which we cleaned up after they left.
Four of the pieces were damaged and/or defective (both, actually), which we couldn't see until they left because they had the floors covered in all the packing from the furniture so we weren't really able to get close to any of it to look. We called the store less than 24 hours after delivery expecting a quick replacement. A tech was scheduled and sent out and he was able to repair one of the items to perfect condition. He was very friendly and professional (Lance). The other items had so much damage and defects that we informed him we still wanted to return them as we had paid for new items, not repaired items, which he completely understood.
He informed us that a manager would be contacting us within 48 hours. No one called. We called and left a message three days later. No one called. Finally, we spoke to someone, but got the runaround from the assistant manager, the general manager, and the office manager (Erin, the nicest of them all) who insisted that they absolutely could not refund our money that we would have to accept an exchange instead. That was their policy. No exceptions. Numerous calls went unanswered or took days to return and still the only “solution” they would offer was to exchange the items. Obviously, this is in the best interest of Kane's, not the customer - but they would not budge.
After numerous calls and endless arguing, we told them we did not want to exchange the items - we just wanted them returned. They continued to refuse that as an option. The GM, Carlos, essentially forced an exchange; at which point we told him we would not allow the same delivery crew into our home and that if they were sent out, we would have security escort them out. We also told him that we would not allow the furniture to be delivered into the house unless it was absolutely 100% perfect, because we did not want an exchange and that he was only doing what was in his best interest, not ours. He talks over the customer and refuses to listen to what you say when speaking.
He insisted that we had “agreed” to exchange the items with the office manager previously, which we informed him we did not. We had asked to return the items from the very beginning, but were repeatedly told we had no choice; they would not take them back unless we paid a 20% restocking fee for defective items (almost $400). The office manager called back later to schedule a forced exchange. We reiterated that we did not want to exchange the items - we just wanted to return them. We had already discussed that they would only exchange the items.
When the delivery people showed up, the new crew was friendly and professional. We informed them of the difficulty we were having, that we did not want to exchange the items, that we were not being given any choice, and that we just wanted the defective items picked up. We let them know that we were not going to have them bring anything into the house until we had examined every inch of it. They told us we did not have to accept an exchange. They called the dispatch department and told them that we did not want an exchange and we spoke to Liz at that location. She apologized and said she would call the GM and get it resolved and have someone contact us regarding picking up the defective items.
The GM (Carlos) called while the drivers were still here. He continued to talk over me, insisting that we “agreed” to an exchange and that he wouldn't have loaded the furniture onto the truck and sent it if we didn't agree to take it. We never agreed to take an exchange. We repeatedly (dozens and dozens of times) told them we wanted to return the defective items and were not interested in exchanging them. We were forced to take an exchange, but the drivers told us that people do return items and that this was not the case.
Because Carlos insisted, we had agreed to accept the items (we did not). I asked if we should be recording our calls with them and Carlos said that maybe we should, essentially calling me a liar that we had agreed to an exchange. Our conversations had consisted of nothing more than going in circles, telling each and every one of them we just wanted to return the items and did not want an exchange and them telling us that we could not return the items without paying a 20% restocking fee and that we had to take an exchange. It doesn't sound like an agreement to me.
The only way we ever got a response was disputing the purchase with our credit card. But as of yet it is still unresolved. While some of the items are good, the ones that aren't are really bad and Kane's is not interested in serving the client. They will do what's right for Kane's and they don't care about the customer at all. I would strongly warn everyone to stay away! We purchased items from Rooms to Go and Havertys and the delivery staffs were all professional, courteous, and polite. Overall our experience with Kane's versus Havertys or Rooms to Go was like night and day! Stay away! Save yourself money and endless grief: buy somewhere else and check the reviews first. I wish we did.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2012
In December 2011, I purchased a living room set (sofa and chair) from Kane's Furniture in Melbourne, Florida. About May/June, 2012, I noticed whenever I sit on any of the chair on any section, it appeared as if I was sitting on springs. The cushions had no substantial bearing on the surface of the sofa itself. I virtually dismissed the thought until about two different people mentioned it to me. I happened to speak to the sales rep about it and she advised me to contact Kane's about it because they have a lifetime warranty. I made contact with Kane's sometime in July and a service rep was sent to inspect the furniture at my home.
To my surprise, after the service rep inspection, he opened the back of the cushion and showed me that the material inside is a flat piece of sponge of poor quality (Kane's commercial advertisement - quality is so good it's guaranteed for life). Approximately 3 days later, a manager of Kane's of Melbourne called to informed me that Kane's cannot do anything about it because the cushions are not covered under the manufacturer's warranty. I contacted the Kane's Corporate office without getting a response from their Customer Relations manager.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2012
My husband and I moved in to our new home in 2009. We were very happy to shop at Kane, but my God, what a night mare. We spent over $35,000 in furniture for our 5 bedroom home. As described by so many customers with the mattress, we have to change them and all the beds are so high. They told us that that is how the beds are made. We have problem with the very expensive glass cabinet. We had to change the lounge sofa sets 3 times every time, shopping for the one above the cost we bought. We were told by our salesman to buy this, this is the best we have here, this will last you long etc. BS to the max, too many problems.
But today it was bad I am suffering with chronic diabetes with numbness in both feet. I bought the rocking chair and stool. When I get up, I walked into my kitchen and around and the dog keep licking the floor. When I look, so much blood at every footstep. When I look at my foot, a screw from the stool imbedded on the side of my foot. I had to go to the ER at once - this is rotten I say. When we looked at the stool, the screw seemed to unscrew itself with the rocking I am sure. And the screw was not screwed in properly - it was screwed in sideways, when it was supposed to be straight.
That is not it. I keep hurting my hand for well over a year now wondering what is going on. Not until a month ago, my grandson who is only 15 months old had a huge bruise on his cheek and I was babysitting him. I thought OMG! What cut him so bad, and it keep happening until one day a few weeks ago, my daughter found a shape either screw or nail inside the chair about 1 inch long. My grandson hurt his leg and his cheek and my hand. If anyone has any advice after reading this, please email me at **. Please, I am sick of the lies and the faulty furniture. Thanks for reading. God bless.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2012
Beware of Kanes in New Port Richey, Florida. I spent $2,000 in living room furniture in July 2012. I was promised the sofa to arrive the second week in July and the 2 recliners on August 1st. I received the sofa; however, the recliners "won't be in until sometime in September." In discussion with this sales rep, he denied ever telling me the delivery date of August - basically lying to me. The manager was little to no help. At this point, I have asked for them to come get the sofa, cancel the recliners and get my money back to me. They have a terrible customer service with representatives who tell you anything to make the sale. If I ever treated my customers this way, I would be out of a job. Go somewhere else!
Reviewed July 25, 2012
My wife and I purchased about $10,000 worth of furniture in 2007 and were told by the sales rep that it was the top of the line furniture. It broke down in less than two years. After several service calls and of course, in true Kane's Furniture style, they told us there was nothing they could do, that my wife should have gotten better furniture even though she was told at the time of purchase that it was top of the line. We have exchanged three mattresses and box spring sets. Each time, we were told we will have no problems with this set. The last set we exchanged, we were told by the sales rep that Kane's had purchased Stearns & Foster mattress company and we would have no problems exchanging the bedding if there was ever a problem, as Kane's owned the company.
Now we have a problem with the mattress. It is all hollowed out where we sleep and of course, we found out that the saleslady lied to us. Kane's does not own any mattress or bedding companies and Doc, the current salesman, said the fact that she lied is not his fault and there is nothing he can do about it. Of course, they want extra money for another mattress set and a delivery charge, which we should not have to pay since this is an exchange merchandise, not newly purchased merchandise. It seems that it is very difficult for any of Kane's salespeople to tell the truth or make any adjustments even on exchange merchandise. Not a company I'll wish to continue to do business with. I will not recommend Kane's to anyone for any furniture.
Reviewed July 21, 2012
Kane's Furniture suck. I will never, never buy anything from them again nor will I tell all my friends to buy from them. I spent over $3000 at the store in Brandon and I was not happy with 4 chairs that I had purchased and all I wanted to do was to exchange the chairs for something else. They gave me a hard time and charged me a restocking fee even though it was less than 24 hrs since I bought the chairs. I will never buy anything from them again.
Reviewed July 19, 2012
We went to Kane's at Tampa, the one by the Hard Rock. We had family coming over so we bought a sectional and coffee table set. This was in December 2011. We got the items home. The corner unit had a tear at the back, on the bottom. The coffee table was missing the nut that was in the leg to tighten it. We called our sales rep, he took our concerns and we had a repair rep out just after Christmas to fix this. His way of fixing this was taking a screw and using a nut so that the screw would not put through the outside end of the table leg, then wanted to sew a patch on the corner section. We said no, he told my wife that he needed her to sign that he was there.
We called back to Kane's and told them we were not happy with the repairs. They told us the coffee table was fixed and they would send us a new corner section. Now today, two false attempts from them to come out this month on Saturdays. The first one, they did not even call to say that they were not coming. Last one, at least they called on Saturday and said they had to rebook. They called and wanted me to waste another weekend waiting for them. We said, "No way, come during the week to fix this." Today, Thursday, the rep finally got here. After getting lost and us having to explain how to get here, we live on Hwy 60 main highway, hard to find. LOL. So he got here and first thing he wanted to know was what's wrong. He did not even know why he was here. I told him the corner sectional. He wanted to know what's wrong with it so we took the sectional apart for him.
The rep was not helping, just looking at us. We showed him the tear on the bottom, then he had the nerve to ask if we have anything for him to repair it with? I told him, "Why are you even here if you don't know and don't have anything to fix it with?" I told him, "That's it. I think it's better that you leave." We called Kane's back get a rep. He told me that they were expecting my call and transferred me to his supervisor. I talked to him and he did not even know who I am, so I explained everything to him and he came up with "Well, I should have called him." This was the first time I talked to him. I just wish they would get their act together and replace this. We can be done with Kane's, 8 months is long enough to have nothing done.
Reviewed July 9, 2012
I purchased a recliner and two weeks later, the Dacron fibers were coming through the fabric. I called the Kane's store in Clearwater where I purchased the chair. They scheduled for a technician to come out and look at the chair. He came out and took pictures and told me someone would be in touch in 48 hours. They called back when they said they would with a response. They were contacting their buyers and would call me back. They called back today and told me to come and pick out a reselection and they would pick up the chair and deliver another selection. When I went in to the Clearwater store, they were very nice and stood behind their product. I spoke with the manager Miriam; Kent was the salesperson that helped me today. Great experience.
Reviewed July 8, 2012
I decided to purchase a few pieces of furniture from Kane's in Lakeland, FL on April 10, 2012. I ordered a couch and a 5-piece dining room set. I was told that the couch was on backorder, but the dining room set was available in surplus and would definitely be delivered to me in Sebring, FL in a few weeks (I cannot remember the actual date promised) due to delivery only occurring twice per month in my area. So I decided to have both pieces delivered on the same date and that day, paid the $99.99 delivery fee. I left the store happy! And the story continues...
So a few days before my furniture was expected to be delivered, I got a call that my couch had not come into the warehouse, but would definitely come into the warehouse in a few weeks. After waiting for the couch for over a month, I decided to cancel the couch, but I would wait on the dining room set because I loved it! After waiting for another 2 weeks, I called and they said that the table was available, but the side chairs were now on backorder. After speaking with the manager David, I was assured that I would be compensated for the long wait period, but not given an amount of how much. My table was finally delivered, but only one side chair came along with it. The other 3 chairs would not be available to be delivered until July 6th! OK, I decided I'd wait. But about 2 weeks ago, I tried contacting the manager again to find out exactly how much I would be compensated and of course, he was unavailable but he would call me back the following day - no call.
I called back a few days later and again, he was unavailable but was reassured by Debbie that he would return my call soon and was also promised that my chairs would be delivered on July 6th. Still, no call back from the manager so I called back on July 5th and firmly asked to speak with the manager again and was told the same story. Then when I asked them to confirm my chairs would be delivered the next day, Debbie stated, "Looks like they aren't going to be delivered to the warehouse until the 21st." That's when I lost my cool! She said had she promised my chairs' delivery on the 6th, she would have made notes in the computer saying so. Really? I told her to flag my account because they hadn't heard the last of me! She offered to cancel my order, but I have one chair and a table that I can't return and nothing will match up to. I am so angry with this place and not sure what to do! Almost 12 weeks that I've dealt with this crap! Not impressed at all! Never, never again will I go back there and purchase anything!
Reviewed July 6, 2012
Back in 2009, we bought a red reclining sofa and tan loveseat. Both pieces are not holding up to good standards. The sofa's support cushion is worn and you can see wood pieces when you're sitting on it. The loveseat's cushion in the arm chair is wearing too plus the bottom leather is tearing on the bottom of the reclining part. I would never buy furniture from this store again, and would not advise anyone else to either. Very cheap! Plus the communication with Nicole, the manager, was very misleading. I understand about warranties and all, but if you have only had it for 2 years and it's wearing, something is wrong, and they should work with the manufacturer or something to help make us happy customers, but they're not even considering it. It's just sad to me that people choose to work this way, unprofessional!
Reviewed July 3, 2012
I bought a living room suite in October 2011. In less than 6 months, the leather started wearing off. I contacted Kane’s, sent out a tech, have to have leather replaced. I made several trips to Kane’s just to be told a bunch of **. Now, they said the parts would be here around the middle of July and we will see. In the meantime, the power chair button broke. They sent another tech out, ordered parts, no word for several weeks. I went to Kane’s and ** because my wife had a stroke and does not have the power to push down the foot rest. Lo and behold, they found another chair and I could pick it up on that Saturday. I have read several of the complaints posted and it is a shame the way they treat people. Now, my sales lady was very nice and I feel sorry for her to have to work under a company like this.
Reviewed June 28, 2012
No warranty on accessories: I bought a ceramic bowl for $24 one month ago. Recently, it started to develop spots. I took it back to the store today. Immediate reaction from Kane's was "Too bad; nothing we can do." They didn't even act interested, except they were eager for me to leave. They offer no returns on accessories after 5 days, reportedly. Just last month, I spent around $2700 on living room furniture at the same Kane's and had plans to return there to buy a dining room set. I'll go elsewhere, never set foot back into a Kane's, and will be more than happy to diss them to anyone I encounter who is looking for furniture. For a $24 credit, Kane's could have retained a customer. But if they aren't interested in my satisfaction, then I'm even less interested in doing business with them.
Reviewed June 23, 2012
I bought a couch from Kane's in June of 2011. By the end of September, all seams on both seat cushions were ripped completely open. The actual cushion itself (the fabric) was ripping in the middle of the cushion as well. Essentially both seat cushions were falling apart. One of the back pillows also had seams that were falling apart that I had to hand-sew. There is another pillow that the seams are ripping as well. I first called in December, but it was nearly impossible to schedule an appointment with a technician unless you wanted to wait several weeks or stay home from work during the week to wait 3 to 4 hours in their window for a technician - impossible for those of us who have full time jobs during the week.
So, I finally got someone to come to my apartment to look at the couch cushions and they called me the Friday night before saying they coded the appointment incorrectly and I had to re-schedule. I had to re-schedule to the weekend I was moving apartments because of their mistake. I rescheduled, someone came and took pictures and I called them back. Yes, I called them after it had been well over 72 hours and they said they were not going to do anything to fix the cushions because the couch was dirty and had obviously been used and that was why it's ripping.
Dirt had nothing to do with seams ripping. Dirt had nothing to do with the fact that the seams were clearly, poorly manufactured and the cushions fell apart. There are plenty of couches that last through several children, animals, etc. and still hold up, regardless of any "dirt" that is on the couch. Then, I was told that I was being too concerned with the fact that the seams were ripped instead of the fact that my couch was dirty - obviously dirt was not my first priority. The fact that my couch is literally "bursting out of its seams" is what I'm aiming to fix, at which point I said, "If I clean the couch and have someone look at it, will that fix the issue?" To which I was told, "No, you can't clean the cushions now that they are torn like that." Thank you for proving my point.
I am beyond dissatisfied. I am beyond angry with this company. I think it is a horrible thing that big companies in cities like this can completely take advantage of their customers and have absolutely no sense of pride in their product. I was sold a very poorly manufactured couch with "lifetime warranty" and they absolutely will not stand behind their product. I just think that is very unfortunate. I have not heard a single good thing about Kane's in speaking with others in the area. I have only heard negative comments, especially in regards to quality.
I am a young professional and I am very upset that I spent this much money on a couch that I didn't even get a year's worth out of and from a company that is not willing to do anything to fix it.
Reviewed June 14, 2012
I have had numerous times a technician came out on complaints about the leather furniture we purchased from Kane's Furniture. There are three things they tell us and remember this furniture is not even two years old: 1. Normal wear and tear; 2. Can't use the arms to lift up, 3. Kane's was not a quality furniture store, it will not last. They did go to the manufacturer of the furniture and I was told that whenever you have leather attached to man-made material and stitching comes apart, it is not covered by warranty. Nothing in their contract says this, but I suppose you can look for the fine lines. In other words, they falsely advertise. It is well evident by the reviews.
We paid $5,000 for two couches and a chair and the seams are ripping. We sure learned a lesson about warranties. An attorney can contact me to discuss alternatives. I do not think Kane's should be allowed to do this to the people whether young or retired as we are. We thought this furniture was good and we were sold on this concept. There are only two of us here with no children. We thought it would probably be our last.
Reviewed June 13, 2012
We recently purchased a bedroom for our son. Everything was great, or so we thought. We arrived at the store around 5:45 on a Sunday and they close at 6 so the minute we arrived, we were informed we only had 15 minutes. By 6:00 we had made up our minds (because we had shopped around previously so we knew what else was out there). We purchased a bed with storage, nightstand, chest and dresser/mirror.
They delivered the wrong bed, one without storage. I called and they said there was an extra charge and that they couldn't take the charge off despite it being their problem. Fine, that was okay. After I got home after settling the extra charge, I was looking over my receipts and it looked like they charged me way extra. So, I called and asked to speak to the manager who picked up the phone in one ring. I asked Donny if he had time to go over the bill with me (this particular Kane’s is 50 min. drive from me so I did not want to have to drive out there). He said he did not have time because the store was jam packed. Mind you, this was also on a Sunday, around 5pm. I said okay, can you call me back? After 5 min of being placed on hold, he told me to call Shannon the office manager at a later day. I told him to come pick up his room, I did not want it.
First off, it is your mistake; you should have better customer service skills and tell me someone would contact me asap. No one contacted me about picking up my bedroom. Any time I call to speak to him "he isn't there", unbelievable.
Reviewed June 7, 2012
I bought a King Koil firm mattress from Kane's Port Richey store 2 1/2 years ago because of their "lifetime warranty" claim. The mattress started sagging after about 2 years despite frequent turning as required. The inner coils squeak and there is no support for the back. Kane's sent out two service technicians who took "measurements" and reported that the mattress did not meet "manufacturer's warranty for replacement." On my first visit to the store to complain 2 weeks ago, a floor salesman stated during a conversation with me that the King Koil mattress was "discontinued because of poor performance." He went on to say that their lifetime warranty covered "whatever is beneath the outer coverings, like the supports, frames and inner structure, but not the fabric covers."
The store refuses to give me copies of their "service reports" and have a too-bad-so-sad attitude. The store never called me after the service techs came out. I had to go to the store to get verbal report. I never saw a manager despite being very vocal about my dissatisfaction. I feel Kane's sells junk then refuses to honor their warranty claims. I despise being treated like an idiot as this store routinely does. They pulled the same thing on neighbors who did not follow up with a complaint.
Reviewed June 1, 2012
We purchased a bedroom set and a mattress. The mattress started sinking in but at the top of the mattress by the head. I went to the store and they sent a technician out. The technician stated he had never seen that before, where it sinks in around the head instead of where the body or torso is at because that is where the most weight is at. We have a 10-year warranty but they refuse to honor it because the impression is only 3/4" instead of 1-1/2". When I called the store, they were nasty. When I asked for the manager, they refused to put him on, even though I said I would wait until he was available. The receptionist said she would give the manager the message and sent me to the hold music and left me there. I was a little wary about the brand of the mattress (King Koil) but the sales guy said they are very good and all the hotels use their mattresses. When I did speak to the manager on the phone, he stated they only carry quality products. So I asked if that is so why they no longer carry King Koil but received no response. They tell you all the BS you want to hear when they want to sell you something and after they have your money, they couldn't care less.
Reviewed April 17, 2012
The dining room chairs fell apart and Kane’s doesn't care. Very poor quality and customer service.
Reviewed April 1, 2012
My husband and I bought a sectional sofa recliner on February 18th. We were told that it would take 4-6 weeks before it would be in. We accepted the time frame and waited patiently. After the long anticipated wait, the sofa finally came in. We set up a delivery date which was set for Sunday, April 1, between the hours of 2 and 4. The truck showed up with two guys sweating and huffing and puffing. The wear and tear of delivering furniture had taken a toll on them. These gentlemen came inside, took one look at the stairs where the sofa had to go up and said: “We can't bring it in. It's too big.” My husband and I looked at each other in disbelief. It's a split level home—nothing special. You go up the first set and the second set—and boom, you’re there. These are the same stairs my husband and I carried king and queen size bedroom furniture up.
The guys never even tried to bring the furniture up—it never came off the truck. The driver simply said we could get mad all we want, but he was not bringing it in. We asked if they could get more help and he said his boss said no. They asked us to sign off on the paperwork for acceptance. We refused, so they got into the truck and left. We went to our local Savon where we made the purchase and talked to the manager who said he would refund the delivery. He added that he would ask some guy that he knows to bring the furniture over to us on Thursday and dismantle it and bring it up stairs. We could give this guy the $100. The manager seemed to be more interested in telling us that this has only happened twice since he worked there and the delivery guys get paid by delivery, which had nothing to do with solving this issue.
The manager seemed not to care one way or the other. The only thing he could say was that we had to wait until Thursday when they could get the furniture off the truck because the driver could not break his routes to bring the furniture to the store; it had to go back to St. Petersburg and brought back on Thursday. Now, we're ** if we do and ** it we don't. They still have our sofa and our money. Imagine that. I will never shop there again.
Reviewed March 14, 2012
I was in the Clearwater store on Sunday, and was going to buy two chairs to match the set that came with table and four chairs. I saw a wall hanging I liked for $149.99. I asked if it ever went on sale, and the salesperson said no, but she would talk to the manager. She came back and said she could give me 15% off. I told her I had to measure. I wanted the wall hanging, so I went to your St. Pete store, as it was closer. I was told I could not have the 15% off. I said I would just drive to Clearwater store, and get the two chairs, and the 15% off the wall hanging.
The manager said she would give me the 15% off so the salesperson was writing my order, and then told me the chairs were out of stock, and would not be in until April 14. I asked if I could buy the ones off the floor, as you have 4 in St. Pete, and 4 in Clearwater, and they said no. Being a snow bird, I have to leave April 9th after Easter. He told me that I could not get the 15% off the wall hanging. Really my friend and I have shopped at Kane’s for 11 years, and have sent all my friends to your store. I have spent too much in your store to be treated like this but I will not be back. I think your staff was combative, and ** is so out of line. For $20.00, I will never shop in your store again. I will replace all four chairs, rather than buy two from you.
Reviewed March 6, 2012
I went in on Saturday, February 3, 2012, to order furniture. The saleslady told me it was on backorder, but it would be in in 2 weeks. I received a call on Sunday from the delivery company saying it would be there on Thursday, February 9th. I scheduled for my old furniture to be picked up. I was then contacted and told it was a mistake and that I would receive a call later. I then called and canceled the removal of my old furniture. The saleslady called again and stated that the furniture would definitely be in on Saturday, February 17th. I didn't hear from the saleslady so I called and was told it might be the 24th. Now at this point, I have no furniture and I still don't have a firm date on delivery.
The company offered me a $100.00 in store credit and an apology that means nothing at this point. I then requested a refund for the purchase amount after they said it would be the middle of March before my furniture would be in. I also requested a refund for an end table that I purchased on a different day. I received a refund for my furniture and I am still waiting for the end table refund. This company has been so rude and has not communicated with me. I have initiated all the correspondence.
Reviewed March 2, 2012
I bought a dining room set (table and 4 chairs) in April 2011. Being a snowbird, I did not use this furniture until November 2011 and one chair had a wobbly leg. I called Kane’s in early December and they sent a rep who said he needed parts to fix chair and would order. I called Kane’s in mid February and the customer service rep said no date yet for delivery of parts. I called again March 2nd and am now told part will be here in early May. What a deal. 5 months to even get a small part to fix this chair. Do not buy from this shoddy company. Their service is terrible.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2012
I wanted to purchase a desk and living room furniture. The salesman told me that there would be a free television with the purchase and free financing for two years. I told him that I would have to measure for the desk and would return in two days to purchase the items. When I returned to purchase the desk only from a different salesman and after the transaction, I was told by the salesman that the offer for was only for one day and that they would not honor their handshake deal made to me two days previous. I was also told that the free financing now is only for one year now. I spoke to the store manager several times since and all I got was sorry!
I spoke to Christine, a customer service manager, at the corporate office and she indicated that she would investigate the problem and get back to me. She never did. This company and its employees lied and did not honor their advertising. If I would have been told on the first day that I was in the store that their promotions were only for that day, I would have given them a deposit on the item to hold the item and promotion until I had a chance to measure.
Their response was, "We are not to do anything about it". No apology was offered. A letter was sent to the president of the company with no response. A complaint was filed with the Better Business Bureau, the response by Kane's to the BBB was a total lie.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2012
I brought a Sofa and Loveseat from Kanes Furniture in Tampa November 2010. What a disappointment it was. Within six months, the sofa started to sink very low every time anyone to sit on it, so I called Kanes and they sent a tech out, and he said it was the cushion. So they replaced the middle cushion of the sofa. I thought the problem was solved. (Not). November of 2011, I called them again with the same problem and this time I was angry because it's not the cushion. I feel that the sofa is a defect. So they sent a tech out again. And of course he said it's the cushion again.
I called the Kanes store where I purchased the furniture many times to talk to a manger. Either they're too busy or they would call me back and as of today, no call back. I just wish I would have read the complaints before purchasing the furniture. The sad thing about it is, Kanes doesn't stand behind their product and I don't understand why Kanes are still in business. So now I got to purchase new furniture because I'm so embarrass when I have friends come over and they sits on the sofa and it's like their sitting on the floor because how low it sits. I would advise anyone who need furniture or etc.. Please read the reviews before you make a costless decision like I did.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2012
I purchased a set and when it was delivered the front right legs were put on incorrectly. Rather than returning, the delivery man removed the legs and hammered back on. This makes me sick and it shows the lack of quality watching your brand new furniture being torn apart and put back together again. Also, the ottoman isn't here yet. My contract states end of January beginning February; then when I called, they said end of February but now mid maybe sooner! I will never deal with them and their cheap furniture again! I want my money refunded so that I may go elsewhere!
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2012
We need your help with a similar complaint against Kane's Furniture. From this thread, and the numerous other postings in the internet, there appear to be droves of potentially dissatisfied (former) customers. The company has sold us defective furniture, and is failing to honor its lifetime warranty, and I was wondering if you'd personally speak to us about your experience with Kane's. We have no way of contacting you directly, and need your help to hold this company accountable. Please email me at **. This is a time sensitive matter and would appreciate your replies ASAP (it is currently January 22, 2012).
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2012
I bought a king size Serta mattress Bridegeview ($ 1,400), which after only two months, started digging in the middle, for about 3 inches. I contacted the store, where I bought the mattress, and a technician came to assess the problem. What a farce. The technician stretched a rope between the end of the mattress, to measure if there was a depression in the center of the mattress. He has not tested the mattress with a minimum load, to simulate the normal use of the mattress, was the standard excuse that the company serves.
Two weeks after, the magazine Soap contacted me to inform me that he had found nothing unusual for this mattress. Savon furniture, and Serta have now lost a customer for life, and I now understand why so many consumers complain of Serta mattresses. I paid a part of the problem by adding a pillow under the mattress to fill the hollow in the center of the mattress.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2012
They sell defective products and blame it on the manufacturer. And they refuse to provide full refund. I ordered an Avalon reclining sofa and loveseat on 12/26/2011. The salesman claimed that this was their "best selling" set. The loveseat was delivered damaged. It took me 2 1/2 hours in their store to get this resolved. They blamed it on their internal accounting systems. After using the sofa for one weekend, it felt like a 2x4 was in the middle of my back. Their technician came out to review the problem and was able to quickly see and acknowledge the problem. He told me the store would be in touch.
After several days with no return call, I called the store. The first person told me that they could repair the sofa and would not refund my money. The second person (same call - store manager) told me that the sofa on the floor was the same and therefore the sofa was made "according to manufacturer’s specification" and they would not refund my money. After applying pressure, I was told they would take it back, but not without charging me a restocking fee and that I would be contacted the next day to coordinate pickup. It has now been a week with no call.
First, there is no way that the sofa they delivered to me was made the same as the one in the showroom. I sat in the same position on that sofa and did not have the same experience (I would not have purchased the sofa if it did). Second, to have a sofa that is unusable (as acknowledged by their own technician) and refuse to provide a full refund are inexcusable business practices. I now have the sofa sitting in my home waiting for their call and the return. I have since purchased a La-Z-Boy set directly from the La-Z-Boy store. It is made in the USA and incredibly comfortable. This is my third set from La-Z-Boy. They deliver products undamaged, are incredibly well made, and have never had a problem in 15 years of ownership. I tried to save a few bucks and it came back to bite me. Do not believe their quality and customer service claims.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2012
This is a follow-up to the complaint I made on December 2, 2011. Kane's called and said they were sending out the part and a repairman on Thursday, December 22, which they did. The part was the wrong one. I was told that someone would call me within 48 hours. No one called. I called them after a week and was told that someone would call me back. As of today, (January 04, 2012) no one has called. I bought this recliner, August of 2011, and still can't use it. I see why Kane's offers a lifetime warranty on the furniture because they have no intention of honoring it. No one honors anything they say at Kane's. This is the Ocala, Florida store.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2011
Savon took advantage of a disabled person. I explained that I was going to get a chair from a disability store. When the salesman informed me that the recliners had a lifetime warranty, I was skeptical but he assured me I would have no problem with this motorized recliner. I also paid 75 dollars for the leather protection and was told if there were any stains, holes, or rips - I mentioned even from a cigarette that the leather would be replaced. Less than a year later, the $581.99 recliner started to cave in on the right side.
I called the store and they used a stall technique to finally get a tech out, who was rude and took lots of pictures, flipping the chair all over the place. Then, he told me the cushion had to be replaced. He said nothing of the base of the chair, which sits about 3" lower on one side or the right arm rest that was starting to get loose. Over a month later, a box showed up with just some foam cushions in it, no springs, which were shot. I weigh 200 pounds, not a guy who crushes furniture and complains.
After a month or so later, they finally told me corporate says it’s a wear problem and not covered. Do they think people buy recliners not to sit on? A lifetime warranty for a recliner at Savon means absolutely nothing at all, as does the extra 75 dollars they conned me out of. I would never recommend Savon to anyone, and their lifetime warranty is just an advertising gimmick. Oh by the way, my grandmother and her war vet husband also are having the cave in problem on their recliner sofa and they weigh half than I do. This is what I'm left with, a junk chair and a box of foam.
The manager had someone call to tell me "Too Bad" 2 days before Christmas. Don't get ripped off like I did by this store. Over 600 dollars down the drain, and a box of foam to put in the garage, the chair I got at Big Lots for 200 dollars was better built. It's the white recliner in the photos above. It is total garbage. Shame on you Savon! You could have at least taken this chair back for store credit, let alone the 75 dollars for the worthless leather protection.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2011
A followup to 10-29-11 complaint entered on this site. I know Kanes is aware of my entry. How Because the manager politely mentioned it to me when I inquired about my chair from hell. Well, 1st of all, when I paid $374.49 (1-31-11) for a recliner it was about 3-weeks late for me to have to pick up.
After 2-3 service calls, Kanes said they had ordered a new chair bottom on October 15 and the new one should be in about November 15. I do believe the service man showed up on December 7 (Pearl Harbor Day), how ironic? The chair is still not OK. The manager said on December 23 that he would order a chair change-out. On December 30, I called, Kanes said they would have to send a service man to inspect on January 4.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2011
Two new sofas delivered in disrepair and delivery men could not repair them and their service department couldn't schedule a date to come and repair them until two weeks later. The service guys showed up a day early. We were not home and then they could not reschedule for another week. So we will have the two sofas for over three weeks and will be unable to use them. To deliver sofas in disrepair is bad enough but to not come out to fix them for three weeks really is unacceptable. I told them I would register complaints online about this and they obviously don't care because they are still not coming out any sooner to repair the sofas. Service department was rude on top of it all.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2011
I bought an entertainment center from Kane's two years ago. All the screws came off of the latch on the part where the DVDs are placed. The top shelf was not put on right. There is a gap between the shelf and what it sits on. There should be no gap in it. When I contacted Kanes about fixing the problem, they would not help. I will never shop with them again because their merchandise is so inferior. If they would have fixed the problem, I would have been very happy with them. The problems that I have should not have happened after only two years. I will tell everyone I know not to shop there because their merchandise is junk and they do not stand behind their merchandise.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2011
I will never walk into a Kane's store again. We bought a sofa/recliner in August of 2011. When it was delivered, the left side of the couch recliner was bent and didn't work. They sent a repairman out on September 10th 2011. He could not fix it so a new piece was ordered. I was told that it would take two months to get the piece. It is now December 2nd 2011 and no piece yet.
I have called several times and have been given several stories; the latest is that the piece will be here middle to end of January. Everytime they are called, there's someone who will tell you that they are going to check on it and call you back. Everyone have their lies and no one will call you back.
There are plenty of other furniture stores in Ocala Florida to buy from and we will use one of them next time. I will never go into Kane's Store again.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2011
Like many other posts here, I wish that users were able to give half or negatives stars. This company apparently has a corporate policy of no negotiation with customers unless it is inventory the store wishes to unload. Today, we went to the Ocoee, Florida store in search of a twin bed frame for our son and desks and associated furniture for our home office. Several times, the sales rep attempted to talk us into various full bedroom suites for our son and offered to take up to $100 off the posted price. However, we chose not to purchase any of these. We did, however, find a desk that we liked and wanted to purchase two along with a matching bookcase. The desks were $199 each. However, they also had the two desks with a corner piece to make an L for $400.
The salesman offered to give us the corner piece, which we had no use for. Instead, we asked for a bit off the desks or the bookshelf. The sales rep refused and argued with us about seeing the manager. When we met with the manager, she sat in her office with a smile on her face and a glint in her eye. As soon as the salesman told her that we were asking for money off (without the full reason behind it), she refused. My husband explained that we had spent a bit of money in her store in the last year (a full home theater recliner set). Her response, without ever losing her smile, was that she had customers who spent $30,000 and didn't receive any discount.
I work hard for my money (this would have been a cash purchase). Regardless of how much we would have spent, we should not be made to feel like second class citizens that she is trying to wipe off her shoe. This being said, we did not purchase from Kanes (actually find identical desks at a lower price at Staples) and will not shop in their store anytime in the future.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2011
Is there a minus for rating? I am a senior citizen and have never bought a new chair due to finances. I splurged at Kanes on 34th St. in Treasure Island, FL. The mistake delivery was over 2 weeks late. I hired a delivery person. The chair is from hell. Kanes has responded 3 times to "fix" the noise and collapsing and worn out appearance (they said to put a dollie on the arms, but it's not even a year old, duh!). They told me they ordered a new bottom on October 15.
Yesterday, I contacted my attorney. Per his advice, today, 10-29-11, I called Kanes. I said that if no "fixed" situation was done by 11-01-11, I will hire a delivery person to take it back to Kanes for a new chair, refund my money for delivery and inconvenience. The place sucks. There, I feel better and my attorney will be in touch.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2011
I wish there was a way for a half of a star, because Kane's Furniture at 4501 34th Street N. has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. We ordered a bed from them and the headboard was back-ordered from the beginning and supposed to come in 2 weeks after the rest of the furniture. It then was back-ordered again for 2 more months. The problem is that they never even called to tell me this, so the week that I was expecting a call for the delivery, I finally called them to ask what was wrong. Then 2 months went by with our bed completely apart because we needed the headboard to put it together. First strike.
We finally get the headboard and the bed was put together. One of the drawers stick (which I could live with) but then we found a crack on the headboard that had been glued over in a horrible attempt to "fix" it. Second strike. So we called to have a serviceman come to sand the drawer and stain it to fit, so it wouldn't stick anymore (recommendation by the delivery guys) and also to see if they could at least properly fix the crack. We did not want to go through waiting another 2 more months for yet another delivery/headboard. So, here I am now, taking off half a day for the serviceman to come by. I got a call that he cannot be here until 5:30 pm when my time slot was supposed to be 2 to 5 pm. Third strike. I have a second job at 6 pm so I can't do that, so I asked if they could reroute the service guy to me next, and push someone else back that had the 2 to 5 pm slot but they said they can't do that. Thanks for everything Kane's. Never buy from this place if you care about service.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2011
I am very disappointed in this company because they do not stand behind what they sell. I will not purchase anything else from them. I will let all my friends know about their inferior quality products and them not backing what they sell. When a product is defective, a decent company will make it right or, at least, help to make it right. I am just very angry at their policy of "forget the customer" after they sign on the dotted line.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2011
On 3/24/11, I purchased a dining set, kitchen table with four chairs, a TV stand, bedroom set, sofa and loveseat-end tables, and coffee table. When the furniture were delivered, it was raining hard, and the delivery crew were in a hurry. They assembled the end tables. They brought in the sofa and loveseat. It was noticed that the motor that runs the loveseat was not included, as well as the plastic cover over the push button on the sofa. The skirt on the loveseat and sofa had to be fixed, as you can see the metal frame on the items. It was noted at the time of delivery, that these were missing. They even called the main office about these. To date, this issue has not been resolved.
For the TV console, they did not install the TV, so when we did, we noticed that the top of the unit was uneven when the TV was placed. I later had to call a repair person from Kanes. After several calls to get them there, as we were leaving FL. The dining set table was left on it's side when they delivered it, and we set it up. We noticed that there was a piece on the side of the table that was missing, and the chair seats, were loose screws were stripped (that was done at the time they did the treatment of the chair cushions before delivery). When the inspector was there, he noted that a piece was completely missing, so you could not secure the leaf. I received that piece here in VT several weeks later, and persistent calls instead of FL when I needed it.
The kitchen table came with no chairs because they were damaged. After many phone calls, I was told that they were not available. I even went to the Orlando store to see the display, and they were damaged, as well. I asked for them to take the table back and give me credit, which they did, but still no motor for the loveseat and the cover. This has been the most horrible experience I have ever had with a company, and would not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011
All week they've advertised that today, 9/2/11 from 6:00 PM to Midnight, if you have a 0-1 on your driver’s license, you can get a free MP3 Player at Savon Furniture. My husband I was there at 6:30 PM and they said that they were all out of them.
We were also looking to purchase a living room and dining room set, so when they said that, we said forget it, you’re not getting our business there.
That is false advertisement on TV, telling people that if they have 0 or 1 last digit in their license, they get a free MP3 Player. After this experience, I will never go to Savon Furniture anymore. They lost our business and we will not refer anyone there.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2011
I bought a new sectional last year in August. One piece had the legs broken by the delivery men. It took 4 weeks for a new piece of furniture. The representative tried to have me get it repaired. I insisted on new furniture. As I was waiting for the new piece, the mechanical recliner chair showed evidence of sticking. I asked for a new chair and was denied. I was very upset and just unplugged the chair and used the manual recliner.
One month ago, my stepson plugged in the chair and tried to use it. The recliner stuck and then broke. I have used that chair MAYBE 5 times. It took 3 weeks for a tech to come out and now they were saying it will take 2 months to get the replacement part. I asked for the chair to be replaced in good faith. I have not used it. I do not want to wait 2 months for a tech to come out and replace all the mechanics on the chair. The corporate said no. I'm highly dissatisfied with the quality of furniture Kanes sold, along with the service.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2011
I purchased a leather living room set with the leather guarantee. I was told it covered any damage to the leather. 2 years later, the leather separated from a chair. I brought it to the attention of customer service. I was told nothing could be done because it was a manufacturing problem.
Reviewed July 29, 2011
I am writing this email in a respectful fashion and I am not asking Kane's for consideration or any satisfaction. I am writing this to register a very strong complaint and my outrage at the poorly designed, poor quality, cheap Red Chinese-made bedroom set that my wife bought at Kane's that is total **. Mrs. ** purchased the bedroom set in November 2005. This morning, the bed broke at 3:15 a.m. The box spring or the mattress frame broke free of the side boards and fell to the floor. The side boards are half-inch thick, cheap, semi-hard wood. The side board on my side of the bed cracked halfway up its length and halfway through its width. The series of wood screws that hold the mattress frame to the side board all pulled out on my side 3/8 inch penetration into an inch piece of wood!
How cheap and chintzy can you get? How does anyone in their right mind expect this expediently cheap design to provide decent service? The Red Chinese makes cheap and shoddy products. And companies like Kane's Furniture buy this ** for pennies on the dollar, under the guise of Free Trade, and peddle it at top dollar to an unsuspecting (and largely unsophisticated) American public. I don't buy Red Chinese junk as a matter of principle and if I knew (though I suspected at the time) that that bedroom set was made in the PRC, she wouldn't have bought it, case closed.
I'll tell you this, we will never ever set foot into a Kane's Furniture store ever again. We will tell everyone we know about the junk you peddle. This mad rush to buy cheap product manufactured in the PRC to sell at high prices here in the USA has to come to an end.
Respectfully,Roger **
Reviewed July 20, 2011
I purchased a leather reclining sofa and love seat in May of 2009. The leather started to separate from the seat. I had purchased the extended warranty with the purchase of the furniture. Warranty was with UV3. This warranty is a joke. They denied my request to get this problem resolved (i.e. repair the sofa). I have spoken to the Kane's Store in Ocala a number of times and got no help there. I could not even get the manager to call me back. So at this point, Kane's Furniture sucks. I am only one person and I know what I say doesn't mean much but chances of me buying any furniture from Kane's Furniture in the future is zero and of course, if anyone asks me an if I know a place to buy furniture, it certainly will not be Kane's.
Reviewed July 3, 2011
My Kanes kitchen table was backordered for a week. Then it turned into another week, then another two weeks. Finally, when it was going to be 10 weeks backordered, I told them to cancel the order. The other things I had delivered were suppose to be between 12-4 pm. They finally showed up at 6 o'clock, after I had to call them to see where they were.
Right now, they are trying to not refund me my full amount for the table that was backordered because I had used a coupon for that order and coupon for another order, which they said was fine at the time of purchase because they were different addresses. But now, it's not okay when I want to return something. THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS! I wish someone would have told me about them before I had purchased anything from them. I will NEVER again.
Reviewed June 8, 2011
Within the last year, we have bought 2 recliners from them. The first recliner cost us over $600. We began having problems with it within the first 6 months. We called quite a few times to no avail. Finally, after quite a few more increasingly angry phone calls from us, they suggested coming over to pick out another chair. In January, we did go to the store, picked out what we thought was a good chair. We did not take delivery until 2 months later in March. After we did take delivery, the chair began to break down within the first 30 days.
The seat of the chair began to lose the quality of padding so that you were sitting on a "pancake", also there was no padding in the lumbar section at all. Once again we called so many times that I’ve lost count. Our last call, we told them that we wanted our money back from both chairs or we were going to sue them, needless to say, we haven't heard back from them since then. Ultimately, we are out of $900.00 and are, in essence, without a chair at all. (We are left with the chair that has no seat left and absolutely no comfort.)
Reviewed May 26, 2011
I bought a bedroom set for my son at Kanes because we wanted a nice one. It turns out to be the cheapest junk on the market. I have purchased much higher quality furniture from Target at a much better price. I complained to customer service about the huge defects in the furniture, including cracked drawers, gashes in the headboard, etc. and they were only marginally helpful at best. Bottom line was taking a little off the price, but telling us that we no longer have any warranty on it, basically, that if something goes wrong or we discover other issues, not to come back to them. Save your money and go somewhere else.
Reviewed March 23, 2011
I purchased a bed frame and headboard on February seventh 2011. The bed was delivered the next week and was put together incorrectly. I called Kane's to have it fixed and it has been over 7 weeks and the service man still hasn't come to fix it. I have called customer service and no one responds to my calls. It is unacceptable that Kane's is allowed to treat people this way and get away with it. All I can say is that, I will never buy anything from them ever again and I hope others do their research before making this mistake.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2011
I want to bring to your attention the sale transaction and my experience with Kanes Furniture Store. I had purchased a 3-sectional sofa set from Kanes St. Petersburg store on 11 Jan, 2011. Order No. **. I was assisted by the following people: Cynthia **, assisted me at the store when I first walked into the store on 9-Jan-2011. Rafael and George ** assisted me at the store when I went to the store again on 10-Jan-2011.
On 10-Jan, I purchased the sofa set by paying the full money for the set. The next day on 11-Jan, when I came in to pick up the sofa set, I found that 5 of the 12 pillows on the sofa set were missing. I was initially told that it is an “as is” set and it would be handed over the way it was when I purchased it. The store manager told me that the missing pieces might be stolen or sold to some one else and they are not sure on what happened. The manager suggested to me to cancel the sale if I was not satisfied.
After going to the store on 3 consecutive days, traveling 64 miles each day from my home in New Tampa, it’s really frustrating for me when the manager says I have to void the sale if I am not satisfied. I have spent $100 for renting the U-Haul and getting it to their store only to find parts of the actual sofa set I have purchased missing.
I talked to the general manager of the store, Thom **, and he told me that he would call me back to see if anything can be done to order the pillows, which were missing, and he even told me that he would talk to the sales person, Cynthia **, regarding this transaction and get more details and call me back. However, none of it happened. I called the store again to talk to Cynthia ** and she was not aware of any talk between me and the general manager, in fact, she was not aware of the whole mess at all. They had another sofa set on their floor with the same model and both the GM and the store manager refused to replace the missing parts with the on-floor model parts.
It was a disastrous experience for me as I had guests whom I had invited home thinking that the sofa set would be at my home, and it was a very embarrassing situation for both me and my wife to go through this situation. The sales consultants were telling me that sofa set never had pillows which I claimed existed. They put in a situation as though I was lying to them.
I lost $100 in renting a U-Haul to get to the store. I spent about $50 in travel costs for a deal, which was void. I spent more than 2 hours researching about the store and talking to store representatives on the phone, which is about $250 of me and my wife’s pay time.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2011
In December 2007, we bought a sofa from Kanes Furniture. Once we brought it home, we realized the quality was not what we thought. So we exchanged for a more expensive leather living room set. We spent several hours in Kanes Furniture, making sure we were selective about our furniture, because this was for our new home and we wanted it to be just right.
Michael was our sales person and was very helpful and stayed until after closing that night, making sure we got everything we specified (we even put in a compliment for him). He convinced us that since we had spent a good amount of money on the set, we needed to cover it with a warranty. He told us that the warranty would cover everything--even if we stabbed it with a knife, it would be covered. Peace of mind. He also took us around the store and showed us several pieces that came back due to damage. So we bought the plan.
A couple of weeks later, our cat put some deep scratches in the couch (he was still adjusting to the new home). Then we called the warranty company and were told that it was not covered, because it was a scratch, not a tear. We argued with them for a while and then got tired and let it go.
Fast forward to November 2010, we noticed that the furniture was starting to bubble up. So we called the warranty company again. This time, they said they needed pictures. So I took pics of the couch and sent these to them. They said they were sending a tech out. The technician came out and said that he believed the sealant never adhered to the leather. He advised me that someone should be giving me a call shortly. I was thrilled, thinking we would have a new living room set in no time flat.
So 2 weeks went by, there was no response. I called them and they told me that they just received the report from the tech and to call back in a few days. I called this company everyday for almost a month. I got excuses like they were shorthanded, no one looked at it yet, and that several people were fired, so they were behind in the work.
It was the holidays. I have never seen a company that was so unprofessional. I looked this company up and found out that they are in California and have approximately 30 employees (according to Google). So finally, I spoke with the supervisor who told me that the claims rep would call me when she comes back. I called her and she then told me, "I have no idea why they just did not tell you your claim was denied. It is right here in the 'noted' because your furniture bubbled up before it tore." They told me there was no way they were going to cover our couch.
So we called Kanes and after speaking to several people, I got to Christine ** who told me she knew the owner of UvcMastergard and she would email him to see if there was anything that they could do. She told me it would be a day or so before he would respond and she would call me . She did not do so. After I called her a few times, she finally called my husband and told him that there was nothing they could do either. He asked for her supervisor and is now trying to get through to him; but if not, we will go to the newspaper, small claims court, or whatever we need to do.
In a month or two, there will be no more couch--it is peeling and tearing up over the complete surface I have never seen anything like this before in my life. I asked them to contact the manufacturer to see if they would stand behind their product, and she told me it is only a one-year warranty. She did not even try. This leads me to believe that either they manufacture this themselves or they knew they were selling junk from a company that does not stand behind their product.
We spent over $2000.00, and all we have is a pile of foam and wood that is covered by leather scraps. And Kanes response to us is basically... Oh well! They have their money, so why worry about the mess they left us with! I make it a point to tell everyone I can my experience with Kanes, to make sure no one has to experience what we have went through.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2011
In May of 2008, my husband and I purchased a "leather" sofa, rocker/recliner chair and love seat. In August 2008, there was a problem with the back of the love seat. Kanes was supposed to order a part for it and it was to be delivered in September. I called Kanes in January of 2009 wondering about the part that was supposed to have been ordered. They said that it had been delivered to my house on December 24, 2008. I had not seen it and so they were going to order it again. I have not heard from them about it since.
I also had a problem with the footrest on the love seat. The "leather" was turning green and there was a big tear in the arm of the chair where the "leather" had split. The serviceman who came to my house said that the furniture was covered with "bonded leather". This was never pointed out when I purchased the furniture. If it had, I certainly would not have bought it because I wanted good leather furniture. I am very unhappy with Kanes and their nonexistent customer service. I do not hesitate to tell everyone about it. They have never offered to fix anything or make it good.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2010
I purchased some furniture as Christmas gift for my mother. The next day the company called my house and told my mother they were delivering the furniture on Friday after I had given my cell phone number for contact purposes. The next day I called twice to speak with the manager. He never gave me the courtesy of a return call. That day I cancelled the purchase. The following week, another "manager" called regarding my complaint". I didn’t ask for this call. The man identified himself and when asked, he told me that he was in a lateral position to the store manager. He was pleasant and I appreciated him listening to my complaint. The next day I offered to purchase the furniture if they would waive the delivery fee. The assistant manager agreed, but then told me that the furniture does not come assembled so I would have to assemble the furniture myself (stressless chairs). I was not told this originally. So they win.
I purchased the merchandise; they don't have to deliver it. My mother’s Christmas was ruined. No one cares about that but me, but the reason I cancelled the order was because the manager didn't show me the professional courtesy to return my call. I also found out he was only the assistant store manager after I went back and purchased the furniture again. He lied to me. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2010
On 11/11/2010 I had a power recliner sofa and reclining love seat delivered. I paid $2025.98 total for both pieces. A couple of hours after delivery, I sat down on the right side of the sofa and realized it slanted downward toward the arm. This causes my thigh/hip area to fall under the arm. In order for me to press the button to recline or to adjust the recliner, I have to be sitting in that position. If I want to sit up straighter I have to move at least a foot away and then I am no longer able to reach the control. This makes it extremely miserable and uncomfortable. The opposite side does not do this, yet.
I immediately called Kanes and was told I would have to have a repairman come out and look at it. I was told it was probably a spring and that if he could not fix it on the spot, they would replace it. Well, when the repairman came out, he said he could wedge something in there that would help, but that this type of sofa, it only has two large cushions instead of three, had a tendency to do this and that it may get worse over time.
I have now been told by Kanes that their general manager won't do anything about this, and that I can opt to have it rigged if I want. My sales person, Jay ** never said anything about this having a tendency to do this. I have spent $2000. On a miserable piece of furniture. This is wrong! I have also been told twice today and one day last week that their general manager would call me and to this date and time, I've never heard from him. I have asked for my sales person to call me and have gotten no response from him either.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2010
I made two calls today, 11/13/2010 to ask for information on a tanner sofa I wanted to buy. A saleslady took my phone number and never called back. I think her name was Maryenn.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2010
I purchased a queen size bed with the 10-year warranty on February 26, 2010. Well, I called Kane’s on October 01, 2010 to inform them that my queen size bed was making noise. They told me they will send a technician out. When the technician came out, he stated that my queen size bed was broken in two places. I said I have not had this bed for a 1 year yet! He stated to contact Kane’s in 48 hours. I called Kane’s on October 08, 2010. I spoke with Ashley. She stated that my warranty was void. I said how I had a warranty void.
She replied that the technician said that the mattress has stains on it. I said, “Ashley, what has that have to do with my bed being broken? What am I supposed to do?” Ashley said, “Hold on.” She went to get a manger. The manger stated that I did not have the warranty on the mattress. I stated to her I was not told about this. “This is not right,” I told her. I will never shop or tell any one to go to Kane’s! I am so upset I am stuck with a broken queen size bed that I put so much money into. I can only say this. Kane’s will set you up, they are liars! Do not believe anything they say. Do not trust them or buy anything from Kane’s.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2010
When we ordered a new dining room table and eight chairs, we were told it would be available in two weeks. We said under no uncertain terms would we accept the set without all eight chairs. Four weeks later, on one of our calls to the store, we were told that the items were all in and ready for delivery. So we set up delivery for the following Wednesday, but on Tuesday, a lady from the local store called to say only seven chairs had shipped.
So I said do not deliver until all chairs are in. She agreed. The following morning, the delivery truck pulled up in front of our house and unloaded the table and seven chairs. When I protested and tried to refuse, the driver explained that we could write a disclaimer on the sheet so that the company would have to take the set back if the other chair was not in within a week.
So I accepted the set. However, the driver did not set up the table. So when I tried to open the leaf, it would not open. I enlisted the strength of four other adults and we finally got the leaf up to table level, but one side won't fit into the place provided. It protrudes above the rest of the table. Also, there is a large clump of something on the leaf top, and a chip in the paint on the side.
When we called Savon back to tell them we needed the thing fixed, they said they would send someone out tomorrow (that is today) between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. I waited all afternoon but no one showed up or called. Finally, I called and a very snippy woman said the man would call before he comes to just wait. He never showed up. I am now attempting to protest the charge with our credit card company and get Savon to take the defective product. I will never deal with them again under any circumstances.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2010
We placed a special order for matching loveseat, wing chair, ottoman, end tables, and coffee table, and the written order specified the material to be used. When the special order was delivered the specified material for the loveseat was incorrect and does not match the set. We refused to accept it but the delivery crew said we must accept it and annotate the problem on the order which we did.
We immediately called the salesman and were told that it was a error by Savon and the cushions would be remade at no cost but it would take 4-6 weeks. However after 6 weeks I called the store only to learn the salesman was no longer there and no one knew about the items. Since then, I have been trying to resolve the problem but have only been given the run around and told there was nothing they could do. They would only offer to reorder the correct cushions if I paid for them again in advance.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2010
I bought $6,582.83 worth of furniture on March,19,2010 and I have had nothing but problems with my kitchen table and chairs, my end tables, and my couch and love seat. Kane has been here five times for my kitchen table and chairs, three times for my end tables, and once for my couch and my love seat. I am so unhappy with the furniture Kane sold me. I wish I had just saved my money and shopped around but Kane had a big sale going on and I fell for the sale bit and I didn't shop around.
When I call Kane for a service call cause there is a problem they send out a Tech to make his repairs.He uses a crayon to fix my table tops and a shaver to fix my couch and love seat? And if I refuse the type of work the tech does then it will void my so called warranty. So I let him do his thing with his crayon and when the crayon comes back out I have to call for a service call again again and again. When I bought my furniture I bought a life time warranty. I don't feel I'm getting my life time warranty. I'm getting a life time of repairs that I'm not happy with.
Reviewed June 22, 2010
We purchased a king bed and mattress set from Kane's which was delivered in late March. The men assembled it in our house; the mattress was almost 4 feet off the ground. My wife could not get on it. In order to make it lower, we removed the box springs and used just the mattress. This made the mattress uncomfortable and hard to sleep on. I contacted the store and spoke with the salesman who sold it to us and explained the situation to him. He said he would talk to his manager and get back to us. We never heard from him again.
When I contacted their customer service, the guy tried to sell me a $3,000 mattress. He then asked me what kind of a car I drive. When I told him, he said, "That's not a cheap car. If you can afford that car, you should be able to afford a good mattress." He then put me through to another lady who scheduled one of their people to come and check out the mattress. The man said he was going to advise his manager that we would be able to do a return and reselect. Four days later, Kane's called and told me there was nothing they could do and I would have to keep the mattress. We cannot sleep on this mattress without the box springs. With the box springs, the mattress is too high off of the ground. When I sit up in bed I hit my head on the ceiling fan.
All I wanted to do was to exchange this mattress for one where I can use the box springs and mattress so they are no more than 18 inches thick. This mattress cost me $1,377.99 and now I can't use it plus I have to look for another one. This doesn't sound fair to me. I would like to get my money back for the mattress so I can go elsewhere and get a more comfortable one. I will never shop at Kane's again. We are now out $1,377.99 plus I am forced to sleep on a mattress that is causing me back pain. I have had 2 operations on my back and this mattress is making the pain worse.
Reviewed June 3, 2010
Jan. 2010, I bought a lift/recliner chair from Kanes. The amount charged to my Visa was $747.37. They were to give my card an adjustment of 20%. I never received it. The chair was delivered that Saturday afternoon. I sat in that chair for a short time, approx 1 to 2 hour. When I got up, I noticed every bone in my body hurt, I have debilitating arthritis. I drove to the store early the next morning and asked for a refund. I was informed that store policy was to charge 20% on all returned items!
Feeling taken advantage of I asked if I could exchange for another type of chair. Their response was okay but I would still be charged the 20%. However, I read the back of my sales receipt and it states at sentence #9 "Refund policy; you may receive a total refund of any monies for furnishings, only if you cancel the sale within 48 hrs. of purchase" (which I did). They have had my money since Jan. 2010. After calling them several times, they promised me a credit (minus their precious 20%).
I finally received a credit dated 4/30/2010. Yesterday, I received my latest Visa billing and guess what? Kanes has still not credited my account! I called them today, asked to speak to the store manager was told he was with a customer and would call me. Guess what? He did not. The nerve of these people, just who do they think they are? Why do they spend thousands of dollars in ad to get you in their store and then treat you like trash. As far as I am concerned Kane's is nothing more than a bit thief!
Reviewed May 25, 2010
I purchased a special order couch & loveseat from Kane's in 2005. Both pieces recline. The first thing to break was one of the couch recliners. They sent a repair man who tightened a few things but said that nothing was wrong. Eventually, the leather started to tear because of the way in which the foot portion pushed back in at an angle and you couldn't completely lock it back in place while there was any weight in the seat. We argued with Kane's until the warranty was up, and we got nowhere. We were, however, fortunate to buy the lifetime leather warranty, or so we thought.
In 2008, the leather began to discolor and flake. It literally took 9 months of constant phone calls between Kane's and the warranty company but eventually I got the phone call, "We will be delivering your new couch in 6 weeks. Because of the special order leather, it will take the same amount of time as it did when you purchased your set originally."
As promised my new couch arrived and it was perfect. This also solved the never ending reclining problem! Now just over a year old with the second couch, the leather is doing exactly the same thing; however, I was prepared for what was sure to be a long drawn out warranty fight.
Needless to say, the long fight I thought I was prepared for only lasted 2 days. Apparently when you purchase a lifetime warranty, it doesn't carry over to the replacement piece of furniture. Had I wanted a leather warranty on this replacement couch, I should have purchased another warranty policy prior to the second couch being delivered. Of course, this was not mentioned to me during any phone conversation. I will never step foot back into a Kane's.
Reviewed May 24, 2010
On 07/08/09, I purchased a leather sofa and two leather chairs from Kane's furniture. I was enticed into buying leather protection insurance for the set. The package I bought was actually listed as "Leather Protection" on the invoice. I paid $219.97 for the insurance and was told by the sales person that it covered anything and everything. Even if someone accidentally ripped the leather, it would be covered. After I had owned the sofa set for about 6 months, I noticed that the color was rubbing off one of the sofa seats. I called Kane's and they sent a rep out to look at it and take photos. The rep said it would likely need to be recovered on that side of the sofa.
When he took the report and photos back to Kane's, I received a call from them on April 15, 2010 saying there was nothing they could do but to contact the company who provided protection. Actually, the company called me back that day (MasterGuard - phone number 18009224273) and asked me if I had my warranty in front of me, which I did. There is only one exclusion, and that is they don't cover discolorations or wear on leather. Okay, I know it is my responsibility to carefully read the policy and I did look at it briefly but when a sales person encourages you to buy something that covers all perils, you can only presume that they know what they are talking about. I am furious. I was misled plus was given furniture that is wearing out after less than one year. I think it stinks. I will not ever shop at Kane's again. The least they should do is refund the insurance in my mind. I have a sofa that is 8 months old and looks worse than my other leather sofa that is 10 years old.
Reviewed May 12, 2010
I purchased a 3 piece living room suite (all reclined). I was told the reclining mechanism had a lifetime warranty and it is printed on my sale receipt. Less than a year, one end of the sofa wouldn't recline or finally did and wouldn't go down. I called Kanes who referred me to a company who handles their repair work. A tech came out and found all springs on both ends of the sofa broken in the same spot. The tech replaced one with the correct spring. He didn't have a 2nd one so the tech replaced the broken one with a different one. He was going to charge me $115, but dropped it to $85, all for something Kanes sold as having a lifetime warranty.
Well, it has happened again. The customer service manager (she needs to be sent to customer service school and certainly doesn't act like a manager) told me there is no lifetime warranty except on the fabric and any warranty is through the manufacturer, which Kanes does not honor evidently. She gave me the name of the manufacturer but didn't know their phone number or where they are located. How convenient! She said I had to call the company contracted to do their repairs and they could charge me whatever they wanted to. Kanes had no control over that. When I told her I would never buy anything else from Kanes, she said I was "threatening" her and then she hung up on me. She also needs to look up the definition of "threat, threaten, being threaten". I am going to contact the corporate office if I can find one. I am also going to try and get the manager of the store, not some person who answered the phone and then claimed to be a manager when I asked for one. I am also going to try and find the manufacturer and contact them.
Reviewed April 9, 2010
I bought a 3-piece leather sofa set in July of 2009. It is March of 2010 and the couch and one recliner broke. We had a service tech come and they fixed the sofa, but the chair he could not fix. The wood broke on the recliner. He took pictures and said he had to send to a service center. After a week, I called and they said that they would not honor the warranty as it was abusive use of the chair. Now the chair is in perfect shape except the frame broke to no fault of ours and there is no abuse of the furniture, but they refused to honor the warranty even though the furniture is less than 9 months old.
I think it is an outrage and I am contacting the newspapers and would advise anyone thinking of purchasing furniture from them to think again. The quality is obviously lousy and they really do not care to assist you when it breaks. They should be out of business soon based on the quality and not honoring warranty alone. No matter what I said, they just kept repeating it was abused furniture usage. Now, we have had La-Z-Boys that are 5 years old that are still working and City Furniture for 6 years that are still working, yet something 9 months old that is broken and no response.
Reviewed March 20, 2010
So we went in to make arrangements for payment of the remaining balance. We were informed that the furniture was not in. So we waited for 12 week. I went to the store and received the same lack of concern for my problem and was told 10 more days. We waited until this Friday March 19. I called and received the same run around and they needed to email the manufacturer and find out where it is. I gave her 3 hours and I had to again call back. I received the same story, that they did not know where my furniture was.
Later in the day, I spoke to the General manager of the store who continued with the same lack of concern and stated he did not know where my furniture was and that it could be in a warehouse somewhere and that they have done everything they could. That is wasn't like this manufacture to have this kind of problem. I advised that I would be there to get my $2000.00 back.
Later in the evening, my wife and I went to the store and cancelled the order, however they could not give me our money back until corporate processes it and it could take 5 to 7 business day. We had to ask he GM to see if he could put a rush on it. He agreed to do so. So, 13 1/2 weeks later we have a new house with no living room furniture, no money from them to look elsewhere and a furniture store that has not made any concessions for their lack of production. Thanks for listing and letting us tell the store. We are without our 2000 dollars that they have benefited from having for 13 weeks, without anything in our living room and very disheartened by the whole thing.
Reviewed March 16, 2010
We purchased a lot from Kane's last year, a total of $3500. The dining set is okay and the sofa is okay. When it was delivered, there was a small hole at the back of the love seat. It took a week for the technician to check it and it only took him 5 minutes to look at it and the solution is to order the whole leather so he can replace it.
We waited another week for it and called another week to have the guy come back and fixed it. When the dining set was delivered, they have to bring it back because the screws are missing. We waited another 4 days. Now, the problem is, there are molds on the nightstand and the bed frame. The wood is not of great quality.
The manager of the Clearwater store made me call every hour just to check on the development. I want them to replace the whole bedroom set but I guess they won't. We bought everything in cash. Kane's has very poor customer service and poor materials.
Reviewed March 11, 2010
I purchased a black sofa power recliner last 9/14/2009. On March 9/2010, I noticed a tear on the back of the sofa, obviously a defective gluing. I spoke to the person mentioned above as she is the customer service representative. All she said was the tear is my doing and they do not do any repair because when the sofa was delivered it was in a good condition.
However, there is a one year warranty on any merchandise purchased from this Savon Furniture store. The uncovered warranty stated on their brochure is not applicable to my complaint. The tear is obviously a very poor workmanship but this Ms. C is not listening to this complaint, however she promised she will send an inspector and we will be called first to make a date for the inspection. The cost of this sofa was $1,099.99 plus the tax it came to $2,000+. The customer service of this particular store Savon Furniture, which is also Kanes Furniture, is very poor and they do not care about customer satisfaction. Up to now, I have not heard from the inspector.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2010
I spent over 11 thousand dollars on new furniture. A small area on a leather, faced sofa arm was too tight over the frame and it has split. The area is the size of a dime and not getting worse. Kane’s sold me a UV3 Mastercare warranty and directed me to them to claim for a repair. I would be happy if it was repaired by an expert. Kane’s are not interested and have no customer care.
A female at UV3 asked me if I had cut it or torn it or damaged it knowingly and I answered her honestly by saying I wasn’t sure what had happened and that I didn’t think I had caused the damage. She instantly came up with the excuse, "if you didn’t knock it or cut it or see it get damaged then it’s not our problem. So you aren`t covered.”
So my advice (although, I was originally treated well and I am in general happy with the rest of the furniture), don’t buy from Kane’s and don’t be conned into a UV3 useless warranty. I took and sent photos and no one has even offered to come look from either company, I am disgusted and feel ripped off. I will go to Kane’s again but it will not be to buy furniture, but to tell future customers of my problems and to maybe try elsewhere. If only someone could have the guts to come look, then they would 100% back my request and then I would be happier. Beware Kane’s as I live in a community of 1,800 condos and I talk to people, all in their area. Their service is trash.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2010
I went to Kane’s and I bought a bedroom set. It was way over priced. I paid $2118.00 only for the dresser and even they told me I will pay $130 on top of the $2118. I still have to wait 3 days to get the room even if I was paying for second day service. But I was staying in hotel with my wife, so I rented a truck and drove for 50 minutes to go get the room. I was even the one who was helping to put it in my truck. Then I drove 50 minutes back to go to my house, carry the room with other guys and I had to pay to help me. Once I opened the boxes it was the wrong room. I called the store and they said I have to wait 3 to 4 days to get my room back. I even told them the dresser is blocking my bedroom and I have to jump over to boxes for me to go the bed. They did not care.
So I told them I want to return it and get my money back. They said I have to wait for a week and then another week to get the money back, or I have to take it myself to return it. So I rented another truck and paid the guys to put the room back in the truck. This was the only way to get in bed without jumping over a 5-feet box; even if I returned the room myself, I did not get my money back. It has been a week, but no one returned my calls. No one cares. Me and my wife are sleeping on the floor for about 2 weeks now since I do not have the money to go buy another room. I paid over $200 to rent trucks two times and pay guys money to help me loading the room on and off my truck. Me and my family are sleeping on the floor for two weeks, and my bank account is -$210 for all the money I spent in the hotels and trucks.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2010
On November 17, 2009, I wanted to purchase an entertainment center and the salesman told me that in order to get it, I would have to pay 1/2 now and the rest when it was delivered. I paid the 1/2 and never heard from him. I called and he told me that there were only a few pieces in stock and that they would deliver those pieces and when the rest came in, they would then be delivered. I refused! I wanted the whole thing delivered at the same time, so I went down and got my money (1/2 deposit) credited back to my credit card. He told me that he would call when the warehouse had all the pieces in stock and then I could come down pay for it and it would be delivered.
Well I never heard from him again, so I called (it is now into January 2010). The entertainment center was still not in, he said that probably people who really wanted it and paid for it and were waiting would get first choice. He then said that the delivery date to the warehouse was now Jan 22. Well, here, it is Jan 25 and still no phone call so I call again and this time I talk to a sales manager. He told me the same thing as the salesman.
I emailed Kane's and told them what was going on and just this morning, the store manager called and I got the same thing from her. Also, that it is not up to them, it is the manufacturer's fault not getting the furniture to them. I think that Kane's lies about what they have on the floor and they just want you to pay for something so that they can hold onto your money for months. I really want this entertainment center but if they keep [messing] around, I will have to find something else. Everyone I know will know about their sales tactics. And I thought Rooms to Go were bad, Kane's takes the prize.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2010
Bought a new couch and recliner 11/29/2009, week before Christmas recliner on couch broke! Don't want a patch job only had a few weeks, still not fixed or repaired which I feel because it was a few weeks old, not like I had it a year. They should bring me a new couch and take this one back, I am very dissatisfied! There is no need for this kind of run around! Recliner on couch broke! I had shoulder surgery and was stuck!
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2009
We purchased a free-standing bar and two stools from this store. We picked up the base of the bar, and our sales rep told us the two glass shelves would be delivered to the store in a week or so and she would call us. When we did not hear from her, we called and left her a message on two separate occassions to ask if the shelves were in yet. She did not return either call. We then dropped by the store and the glass shelves were in. Each shelf had two fasteners that connected to the base. When we attempted to connect the shelves, three of the four fasteners came off. It appears the fasteners were glued to the shelves and I assume the glue had dried out. Consequently, the shelves could not be attached. Again, we called on two separate occasions to discuss the problem and left messages for the sales rep and the store manager with details on the problem, and neither returned the phone call. We had to go back to the store and stop by the Customer Service desk to schedule a technician to come repair the furniture.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2009
My parents (elderly) bought a recliner that had a scratch on the back of the chair. After receiving it, once the recliner legs were lifted up, they would not go down again. My father had to have emergency heart surgery directly afterward and has been in and out of the hospital, so I contacted them yesterday and explained the situation thinking it would be no problem. A woman (Adrianna) addressing herself as the manager stated that the 30 days were up and to do whatever I had to do. I cannot believe this company would take advantage of the elderly like this. My mother who uses a walker and/or a wheel chair cannot even use this chair. My parents saved the money for this chair and were excited. My husband and I can buy another chair for them but the point is that they wouldn't even try to fix this. Who would buy a chair that is broken? Thank you.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2009
On 31 Jan. 09, I purchased a reclining leather love seat, matching sofa, and leather protection kit for sofa from above store. Love seat was delivered first, and I told them the color was not the color I saw in the showroom. (This was a Senior Citizen Sale.) They made note of this. When the sofa was delivered, it was (again) not the color as displayed in the store and this was so noted on the paperwork. A refund of $300 was applied to my credit card since they could not provide new set as it had been "discontinued".
Approx. end of September, I noticed that the leather was completely worn away where my legs rested on the reclining part of sofa! I mean the leather was gone, and since my legs only rest on it, I am at a loss to understand this. I called them and was informed that since I had already received a $300 credit, my purchase was now considered "as is." (1) It was no fault of mine that the colors were entirely different, and (2) I do not accept that this is now an "as is" item. Can you please help me to resolve this? Kane's Furniture have been totally non-cooperative in this regard, and I truly feel ripped off and taken advantage of as a Senior Citizen! I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you so much.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2009
It is an update on my previous complaint. Finally, they sent the technician to fix the sofa. He spent around two hours to replace with a new piece. Now it became even worse. The shape was like "B" before; now it is like "D". When you have a sofa set in the family room, it looks so ugly. A love seat is different from the sofa they fixed. I called the store again and they said I had to wait until they get the sofa in stock for an even exchange. They are not ready even take it out as I don't want to have this ugly stuff at my home at holiday season. But they denied. I told them I am going to report to media, state attorney and file a lawsuit for the inconvenience and my time. They said, "Do it whatever you want."
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2009
I have purchased a leather sofa set (sofa and love seat) and dining set (table and 6 chairs) from Kane's furniture. The sales person was very nice. He helped with all the furniture that I wanted to buy. They dining set was very bad and I had to return it. The sofa was properly wrapped when they came to deliver so I wasn't able to check it properly and signed the paper. When I sat on the sofa, I noticed that it has lots of deep scratches. I then called and informed the store. They sent a technician after two weeks but he said he cannot fix it. The store has ordered a piece which they want removed and replaced which has not happened until now. (It is more than four months since I made the purchase.) They are not ready to exchange or give some discount to close the case.
I have sent two emails to customer service, but all in vain. As I am alerted by this incident, I cancelled the dining set as they delivered bad stuff both the times. Recently, I have placed again a big order for bed, dresser and mirror, and two nightstands for around $2,800 but I had to return them after careful inspection when the delivery persons were there. Now, I have cancelled that order too. So please be careful if you want to buy from Kane's. With my experience, their customer service is very bad and their material is very, very bad.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2009
I purchased a living room set for $3587.08 from Kane's Furniture on May 2, 2008. Since then, the cushions are always wrinkled and the legs are falling off the furniture and the coffee table because of the poor quality of the furniture (wood splintering, screws too small for purpose, etc.). I am embarrassed to have company because I'm afraid a leg might come off while we are sitting in them. I have tried to speak to someone in authority at Kane's Furniture; however, the people I have spoken to have barely been civil when telling me that they would have someone from the main office contact me. Unfortunately, to this date, I have not had any calls returned. Today, we turned the furniture over again to attempt to fix the legs and noticed the poor quality of construction and screws for holding the legs in position were 10 times too small for the purpose. Also, the Made in China label made me sick and explained a lot.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2009
I purchase bed with headboard and foot board. The wood side rail was broken but that is not the main issue. They will replace the side rails. The main issue is the mattresses. When my wife and I was deciding on the size of the mattresses, she was not sure if she wanted queen or full size. This was told to the sales lady (Donna **). My wife asked her if we were not satisfied with the mattresses, if we could exchange them. She said we could. When my wife called the store to inform them we wanted to exchange the mattresses, she was told they would have to check and will call back. I answered the phone when the call was returned and was informed we would have to pay a 20% re-stock fee. The mattresses were never removed from the plastic bags and were never used. I promised this lady that called from Kane's that we will never shop at Kane's Furniture Store again. They have forever lost our business.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2009
I purchased a bedroom suite with a queen sized mattress and box spring, a kitchen set with six chairs and a leather sectional sofa with a sleeper. It was purchased over time with no interest. Shortly after, I got the couch; the handle on the recliner broke. It was repaired. I then noticed a tear in the seam on the recliner and cracks in the leather. I purchased the warranty for the leather and therefore, I called the store to request service. A serviceman came to my home. He examined the furniture and informed me that there appeared to be a manufacturer's defect in the seam and the cracks were due to drying of the leather.
I received a letter in the mail informing me that this was not covered under the warranty. I contacted the store in New Port Richey questioning why they would not cover the damage. I was told someone would call me. After several calls with no return responses, I became frustrated and dropped the ball. Each payment mailed in for the furniture had "junk furniture" in the memo section. One would think someone would have called to find out why I was dissatisfied. That never happened. This furniture was not even paid for and it was falling apart.
The final straw came today when two painters in my home tried to lift and move the couch, and the entire bed fell out of the sectional and hit the man's foot. I called the store and again got the same story. I asked to speak to the manager and was informed that "she" was on the phone, and would call back. I waited a good while, no call. I called back and asked for the name of the manager and was told it was Mr. **. I will never buy anything from Kane's. They are irresponsible and unreliable, and do not stand by their product. The customer service stinks and the quality of the furniture is inferior. I will tell everyone I know never buy furniture from Kane's. I have been to Rooms To Go and they are far better in the area of customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2009
No one has bothered to answer my last email. I will make one final statement. First of all, I have cut up my Kane’s card. Never going to ever be a need for it! Today, I spent 3 hours in front of the Lakeland Kane’s store with my sign and T-shirt which read Do buy Kane’s and Kane’s lies. I suppose in those 3 hours over 10, 000 cars passed by. I was accosted by **, customer rep, who said she would not provide the power supply for my sofa which the Areana store manager had promised. I told her I would cease and go home if only they provided what was promised. Then they called the police! Of course, I was on a public sidewalk.
Then Areana came out to cuss me out and said, “Hope you burn in this Sun.” So kind. Then Amanda came back out and said she would provide the power supply. About an hour later she came out with John **, who came up to me in my face and grabbed the clip board from her that I was to sign for. Well, I got the power supply! The lost dollars your management team cost you today in PR must be in the tens of thousands. Good Job Kane’s!
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2009
My son went into the store to purchase a new bedroom set. The salesperson was told that the bedroom size is 12' x 11'. The bedroom set sold to my son has a 12' wide headboard and a 10' mattress platform. The bedroom set also included a freestanding dresser. The salesperson said, "Yes, it would fit in the room." Yes, it surely will fit in the room, but you will not be able to open/close the bedroom door, get to the closet without climbing over the bed, you won't be able to walk around the bed as there is less than 12 inches between the foot of the bed and the wall, and where on earth are you going to put the dresser?
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2009
I purchased a reclining sofa just over a year ago. On one side, the pillowed armrest started to lose the stitching on the outside where it attaches to the support. The Kane’s store representative told me that their store warranty was one year. I asked about the manufacture warranty and was again told one year. I mentioned that this was a quality issue and there was no abuse. The sofa looks new and they were welcome to come out and inspect it. They were not interested in any customer relation effort and dismissed the conversation regardless of my claim their furniture was falling apart. They did not care about any customer retention efforts. Don't spend money at this store on a major purchase as there is no service to back it up when it falls apart. I'm on my own to fix or pay someone to repair it.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2009
A La-Z-Boy chair was being delivered to our condo which has specific days and times for delivery. The delivery truck arrived before 8am or before calling us to inform us they were coming. We gave them explicit info not to be on the property before 8am and they arrived at 7:50, calling as they were outside our condo door. I recalled the number not recognizing it, saying it was Kane's delivery and just as I was starting to open the door, the delivery guy called me a "stupid **". When I opened the door, he said, "What, is it too early for you?" I was irate and called Kane's and lodged a complaint about them coming too early according to condo rules, about the name calling, etc. I would not ever recommend Kane's for further furniture or any other service. We may receive a $100 fine for the early delivery as well as verbal abuse.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2009
I had gone to the store for some cleaning product to clean the leather furniture and I had to send for it. Then, I went back to ask if I could replace the cushions which are in bad shape and they said that it is discontinued, so they gave me a half address which is not theirs (Leather Trends). She said go on the computer; there is no other help. Well, I paid for an additional contract to fix the leather chairs and cushions, but there isn't anyone to help. My mother would like the furniture, but the cushions need to be replaced. The number is P98439-ken-taup; other number on it is L27868. The cushion is ripped in the corner. I would like someone in the store to help more than they did to find the place where I could get replacement cushions.
Reviewed July 25, 2009
I worked there for a year and a half. They charge the salespeople for any errors in pricing. They are trying to hold $100 from me right now for delivering an end table in the wrong finish even though I helped that customer purchase a whole house full of furniture. They don't believe in human error or the price of doing business. They forced us to stay with the customers or else. When customers complained about it, they apologized to the customer and gave us an attaboy for doing so. They make us go to meetings an hour away where they won't let us clock in and will not pay for gas mileage only to give us a $10 bill which is taken out of our check. Speaking of check, we are paid 100% commission so we don't make hardly anything and we start out at only 4% and you have to deliver so much before it goes up any higher!
My old manager caught a mistake I made so I called the customer and told them of the mistake. They told me that it was okay and to just put it on their Kane's financing. I told customer service this. Three days later, the customer comes in upset that her debit card was charged versus her Kane's financing. I asked what happened and we found the receipt she signed and it was crossed out and had a new figure on there! She became irate, as I was, and demanded she get the discount she was quoted originally. My manager okayed it and tried to tell me that I had to pay the difference out of my pocket when the CSR is the one who manipulated the debit receipt! This is the same person who told me that if I wanted to leave early on Sundays that I needed to bring in my church bulletin for him and then he would let me go! There is no base salary or hourly! This company is a total mess and I do not blame anyone for not wanting to shop there!
Reviewed July 20, 2009
I have been shopping for a bedroom set and found one in Sarasota Savon store which is owned by Kanes Furniture. I was looking for a queen size bed but was told the bedroom set only came in king. I was so in love with the set I agreed to get the king plus now I would have to purchase a king size mattress which was another $1,000. I had been given the price of $2,400 for the king bedroom set plus a matching chest for $300, bringing it to a grand total of $2,800 plus the charge of the king mattress. Well, three days later, I realized the king bedroom set was just too large for my bedroom size. I then called another store to see if the same set came in queen. Yes, it did, but I would have to call different stores to see if they have it as a display model to buy as is, as it had been discontinued by the manufacturer.
Well, I did find the same set in a queen set in the Kanes store in St. Petersburg, FL. I spoke with the manager, John **. The problem comes that the St. Petersburg Kanes set does not include the chest and John told me he would sell the queen set for $2,499 firm. So I called the Sarasota Savon/Kanes store and told them I found the queen set for $2,499 and that I would still get the chest from his store since the set in St. Petersburg didn't have the chest. The manager Kevin told me he couldn't sell me the chest for $300 since I wasn't buying the king bedroom set from him. He told me that he could sell me the chest for $499 and that he would've to write up all the paperwork in his store. So now I am paying $3,000 for the same set as a king set and I am getting a queen, that's a $200 more.
The next day, I drive 48 miles north to the St. Petersburg store as the queen set they are selling is an 'as is' floor model and I want to make sure it is in good condition before making the exchange of sets. Well, it was not in mint condition and had mismatch bed slats with the set and the sales person, Tim, told me I could get the set for $2,299. In the meantime, I had a message from Kevin in the Sarasota store asking me to call him with what I decided about the king set as he had another couple interested in buying the king set plus the chest. I told Kevin I went to the St. Petersburg store and looked at the queen set but that the manager wasn't in to approve the price of $2,299 and I would have to let him know then and I wanted to make sure I could get the queen set before I cancelled the king.
I told him they offered me the price of $2,299 on the mixmatch set and that I would still want the chest from his store. Now he says if the St. Petersburg store is selling me the set for $2,299 that he would not be able to sell me the chest for $499. He said now the price would be $799 for the chest if they were not selling me the set for $2,499. And Kevin started getting rude and bossy and became defensive toward me telling me I was holding two bedroom sets on hold. I told him they are not holding the set in St. Petersburg as of yet and he said he would give me until 12 noon the next day after he talked with the manager in the St. Petersburg store and hung up abruptly.
By now, I am pissed off and can't believe how they are not there for the customer and I feel they only want to make the sale from their store to benefit themselves and not give the customer the best price even if the customer is not able to get all the pieces from one store. Why should I have to pay $799 for the chest instead of $300 or even $499 because I am only paying $2,299 for the other set? Are the managers of Kanes really there for the customers?
Reviewed June 5, 2009
In October 2008, I purchased a couch and love seat. Within a month, I noticed that the material looked worn in numerous areas on both pieces. I had charged this on deferred payment. I called in February with the complaint. The service man said there were other customers with similar complaints about the same furniture manufacturer. He stated to my husband that it looks like defective material. I received a call and told another person will come and re-evaluate the wear on the furniture. The store called and said it was from wear and being used and not defective material. I said how can new couches be worn already. I just want to replace the furniture with a quality brand. They have refused my request. I hope this can be resolved. Payment is expected in September in the amount of $2245. I hope you can help. Thank you.
Reviewed May 20, 2009
I purchased queen Sealy Mattress set in November for $1,600. By March, the topper of the mattress had shifted. I had service come out. They took pictures and said someone would call within 48 hours. It was more than that. They told me it was within manufacturer's defects of 2 inches. I accepted this, although I was unhappy. Within another month, the mattress had noticeable dips in it when laying on it similar to my old 10-year old much less expensive mattress. I again had technician come out. He took pictures and commented he was surprised to see I still had the bed.
I then received my call back, this time within two days, saying that it was not a defect and they could do nothing. It was also beyond the comfort warranty of 60 days, which I do not recall there being any mention of at the time I made the purchase. I have had other bad experience with Kane's warranties and made the mistake of thinking that it was a one-time thing. I will never make that mistake again. I will never purchase from Kane's Furniture again. I feel that they took advantage of me and my condition. I was 8 months pregnant at the time I made purchase and only purchased such an expensive bed because I felt that it would last for many years as my previous mattresses had.
Reviewed May 16, 2009
We recently purchased a dining table, 6 chairs, a complete bedroom suite, and armoire, and a king size mattress set. Although we did have one delivery that had the wrong furniture, we were very happy with the delivery people and their set up of the furniture. We did have to wait for one piece for a while; however, overall the personnel were very polite, helpful, and definitely not rude or disinterested in doing business with us.
Reviewed May 14, 2009
Let me begin by saying I am a single male who lives alone without pets or children. I take good care of my things and have had some of the same furniture for 20 years. I recently purchased the second TV I have owned in my life and I am 36 years old. The first lasted 20 years. I drive a car that has 218,000 miles on it. I don’t buy things unless I need them, and I was raised to make what you have last. I work 60+ hours a week, and have very little time for things not concerning work, my family, or friends. With that said, I am taking the time to write this note to report a very severe issue I have come across. I only pray someone reads this and helps me resolve this issue.
In October of 2007, I purchased a dining table, 4 chairs, a sofa, and love seat from Kane’s furniture in Tampa, Florida totaling $2,172. These items are not the best made items, but are handsome, affordable, and I actually get compliments on them from visitors. My experience was alright with the sales staff, and the things I bought were a fair price compared to others I had looked at. Overall I was not ecstatic, but content with my Kane’s experience until today. I have experienced a serious and potentially fatal defect in the glass top of the table I purchased.
I woke up this morning to find that one of the end leaves of this product has spontaneously exploded all over my dining and living area. While this sounds quite unbelievable and I am still trying to wrap my mind around the event, I did some research and actually found documentation from this happening with tempered glass from one manufacture in California. No one was in the room thankfully, but the glass could be found up to 12 feet away from the table. I have taken pictures and documented this incident and would be glad to share those with you.
I was in shock that a piece of glass could be scattered about in such a radius without impact from anything. It looked like a bomb went off. I couldn't have personally done this much damage to the glass with a baseball bat. This is not a small, flimsy, or cheap piece of glass. It is a half inch thick piece of tempered glass. I am grateful it was one of the smaller pieces and not the larger one, as this has now left a mess in my dining and living room. With concern that another piece of this table could do this at any time, I decided to report this incident to Kane’s to hopefully get it exchanged by defect or at a minimum get the product looked at in my home.
I called the store and explained what happened and was told that a manager would call back. I then waited two hours and called again. I was told someone had tried to reach me, but there were no voice mails left on my cell. The manager was now in a meeting I was told and would have to call you back. I waited 3 more hours, but no call came. I called two more times and it just rang and no one picked up these times. How does a major furniture store like Kane’s get away with not answering their phone? It’s called caller ID. The next time I called several minutes later, the receptionist who I had spoken to twice no longer answers the phone. The office manager does now. His name is **.
After explaining my situation, I was treated like I am some crazy person not to be taken seriously. I was told he could not warranty it due to the fact I had moved. He also was unwilling to have someone come to my home to inspect the table. I actually drove to the store located on Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, where I purchased the items and presented the pictures I had taken to **. They seemed uninterested in any concern I posed.
Mr. ** was very unhelpful in figuring out what and why this may have happened. While I am disappointed, the Kane’s representative did not offer to exchange the table and only repair it, I am more shocked about his lack of concern for the safety of this product. He explained if there was a possible crack in the glass it may have caused this piece to break. They have sold the table for four years he explained, and no issues he was aware of. Apparently, Mr. ** knew everyone that had bought this table, and I am not sure how long he had been employed there, but since he hadn't heard anything, it must be something I have done. He didn't really know of everyone who had this table, but he sure acted like it. Tell me this, why wouldn't you want to check to make sure?
There was not a crack in this piece, and if there was a simple unseen crack, it would not have caused the glass to implode in this way. Everyone I spoke with and that has seen it agrees this was something more than a crack, and possibly a severe defect in this glass product. A crack would have simply broken it as it crumbled, harmlessly falling straight down the way tempered glass is supposed to, and is the entire reason it was created. This piece did not just crumble. There is even damage in my wall 3 feet from the table where glass has stuck into the sheetrock. This could only be caused by projectile glass that hit with a great force. A cracked piece would not have me picking glass out of a wall, behind a fish tank in the corner, or from 12 feet away.
Mr. ** further explained that this kind of thing happens with glass sometimes, but he had never heard of an incident with this particular piece. He even compared it to a windshield of a car after a chip. I told him I was aware that a chip could cause a windshield to crack as I have experienced that many times here in Florida, but explained that this is a table not a windshield. Furthermore, it is located in a climate controlled setting and would not be affected by the heating and cooling of the glass like a windshield.
Hearing “this kind of thing happens sometimes” prompted me to address this issue on a deeper level. What if you bought a car or TV and they told you there was a chance if you got a chip it would blow up? At this point, I don’t feel a simple repair will divert my concerns that every time I look at this table, I have to worry about it sending glass flying my way. A company should not be selling products that explode due to minor cracks or not. They should surely not be selling products made of glass or any other material that explode under any circumstances. As I said before there was no visible damage, and this table hasn't moved in 3 months for any reason, and has hardly been used recently.
If someone had been in the room and had been seriously injured, I am sure a jury or judge would not see this as just a freak accident and “this just happens sometimes”. Why would any manufacturer or sales center carry any product that could explode at any time with shards of glass flying in the air? Basically Kane’s is saying there is nothing they can do, and are basically implying I am lying about it. I may be a lot of things, but I am not a liar, nor would I spend my valuable time reporting this issue for kicks and giggles. I would like someone to contact me concerning this matter. I will be contacting several agencies that handle cases like this in the meantime. Please help me resolve this issue and get this product off the showroom floor before someone gets hurt and there is insurance liability involved and lawsuits forming. Thank you for your help.
I have lost a $600 investment in this furniture. I can't trust it is safe and it won't happen again. I will insure $100 or more in cleaning fees for my carpet to insure there are not glass pieces in it. I can no longer sit in my living room and enjoy my TV and sofa with the security this won’t happen again. I am a little freaked out by the whole entire thing. I have lost $300 in work today dealing with this issue, and it has put me in a difficult situation with my employer, but I thought some time had to be spent on this. Until this is resolved, I will be on edge and it will probably affect me more and cost me more.
Reviewed May 13, 2009
This is by far the worst customer service I have ever received. Unfortunately, it is happening well after my purchase. I purchased a bedroom set and 9 months later, the headboard is cracking to pieces, the drawers are falling apart and the mirror is cracking. We are adults and do not abuse our furniture. I called Kane's about the problem and I was told that since we have moved to a new location that they would not honor their warranty. Obviously, they know that their furniture is so poorly made it cannot handle a move. The furniture was in no way damaged during the move. It was our first new furniture ever, so we were very careful with it.
On to the next issue, their phone customer service is a joke! Also their financing is unbelievable. I have been on hold for 47 minutes with them trying to get my account number so I can pay the garbage off. This is my 5th attempt to contact them. I would highly advise going with Ashley Furniture or another company due to their poor craftsmanship and shoddy customer service.
Reviewed April 8, 2009
On March 29, I went to Kane’s to purchase a chair. My daughter was home from college and she wanted to take this chair back to school with her. I wasn't aware I could not take the chair home that day, but I was willing to wait. My salesperson, Clint **, said I can pick up the chair at a different Kane’s store in two weeks. No problem, I didn't need the chair right away and I work in that area; I can pick the chair up on my lunch break. Two weeks later I called, and the chair was not there. Now my daughter has gone back to school without the chair. I have now been told that the chair will be here at the end of the month. If I had known that, I would have purchased the chair somewhere else. My daughter will be home from school for the summer at the end of April and will no longer need the chair. I was going to purchase more furniture from them because we have purchased a new home. Not a chance!
Reviewed March 30, 2009
I purchased a chest dresser. Delivery was available 1 week earlier but cost $100.00 extra. When delivered, the product had many manufacturing defects. I had to wait another week for the tech to come and see the dresser. By then, I lost my delivery advantage with cost extra $100. They are mailing me a new drawer in about 6 weeks. Kane's lost customers, 2nd time bad delivery.
Reviewed March 27, 2009
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, my grandmother and I went to the above store to purchase a kitchen table and chairs. It was to be a house warming present from her to me. We learned that Kane's was offering a 20% discount that day only for customers 55 and over. My grandmother is 83 years old and looks her age. She has white hair and walks with a cane. In fact, she had to take the elevator to the second floor because she could not walk up the steps. The sale was written up and my grandmother presented her credit card. The salesman told her he needed proof that she was over 55 or she could not get the discount. My grandmother does not drive and therefore had no identification on her with her age. I asked him to check with the manager and he did. The manager said the same thing, no proof of age, no discount. The sale was voided.
At what point does common sense and managerial discretion come in? They both agreed that my grandmother looked well over 55, but they had to have documented proof. We did not have time to go home and get her birth certificate before they closed. Most 83-year-olds don't carry a birth certificate with them. If this is the type of management personnel Kane has running their stores, you are not only going to lose this customer, but many, many more. I am very disappointed with Kane's and cannot think of any reason I would ever shop there again.
Reviewed March 26, 2009
Just coming back to let people know that the Attorney General’s Office is aware of the problems that people paying customers are having with Kane's Store. And they are now attempting in some counties throughout the State of Florida to investigate Kane's. I just spoke with someone in the Attorney General’s Office about the problem that I am having about my furniture. I spoke back with John ** and he did not want to be bothered - says that it is getting us nowhere. But that’s okay. I’m going to see where it gets him with the news people and the Attorney General’s Office. I am going to do just what they said and give them a few days to contact Kane's and let the interview proceed. Then I want to cancel my order and get a refund. But I'm going to let them play all the way out first.
Reviewed March 26, 2009
I purchased this furniture on 2-20-2009 from a man by the name of John **. When we first went into Kane's, I was sitting there waiting for about 20 minutes and no one ever came and said "So you need help?" I had to stop someone and they were not busy. Here it is the end of March and I still don't have my furniture. You are right about the people being rude like they are doing you a favor. That is even in the corporate office too. But now I am tired of the arguments back and forth and contacted the Better Business and filed a complaint against them. I have also contacted the problem solvers and spoke with someone about the problem I am having and faxed over my receipt to them about this matter.
They are paid in full. I don't owe them anything and if I would have looked at the complaints against them, I would have never entered their store. I am not willing to pay a restocking fee because they can't honor what they say. But I can say I am going to an interview with the newsman who called me back about Kane's. I just have to wait until he has looked at the complaint site that Kane's have. They are very bad for business and I did tell that to the corporate person that I spoke with. They might have gotten away with it in the past, but this time they have picked the wrong person to mess with. They will be all over the news here shortly. I promise you.
I hope that Ashley's and Sleepyheads send them out of business. Here in Melbourne, people have been outside of their store picking their store on several occasions. I don't even want to talk to these people anymore. Neither will I ever go back to their store nor anyone that I know is going there. I am going to tell them and show them my receipt, and tell them that Kane's Furniture don't deliver what they say. You might get your furniture and it is all messed up. So in that sense, it makes them bad for business. With the way the economy is, the last thing they should want is negative comments about them. So to Kane's Furniture, you suck. If I have to, I have already spoken with an attorney as of 3-26-2009 about this matter.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2009
I bought over $2,000 in leather living room furniture at Kane's a little over a year ago. The material in between the cushions is splitting more and more every day. This is not acceptable for a sofa that is only a year old. I called the store and was told to call Dr Vinyl since I have had the sofa for over 6 months. What a joke. I will never ever buy anything from Kane's. With the economy like it is, I doubt Kane's will be in business much longer. Look at all of the complaints you have on your website. I am still paying on this furniture too!
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2009
I recently purchased a new living room set from your branch in St. Petersburg, FL. I have made multiple purchases from both the store and the discount store over the many years I resided in Florida. However, this visit really upset me very much. My mother was purchasing this set of new furniture as a present to me and I thought Kanes would be my best place to purchase such a set since I have had very good luck with my visits and purchases in the past. To my dismay, I was sorry I even came in to the store.
I had been in several times over the past two days and was waiting for my husband to look at the furniture before the purchase so we would both agree on the set. The salesman had been very pleasant on the first visit and gave my husband his card. So when I returned a day later to buy the furniture, I requested the same salesman who dealt with us earlier. That was my first mistake as he was very rude and it appeared to myself and my mother that he would rather not help us.
The other problem was we had come in when you were having a sale and thought we would get the discount, which was no sales tax. However, we missed it by one day and asked him to ask the manager if we could still have it since we had been in the day before and told him we were coming in to purchase it the following day. His reply was it is too late and the manager is not going to help. Well, we bought it any way since we had been looking for so long we thought we would just grin and bare it. Then two days later you came out with a 10% off sale, which he never mentioned to us at all. We would have waited the two days and returned to purchase the articles.
In today's economy, we have to work together to make ends meet. I believe he could have assisted us as we were loyal customers just trying to get the best price. I have to say I am sour and may never enter your stores again. I deal with people every day as a nurse and hope that this person learns from this bad experience. Thanks for listening.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2009
We bought office furniture back in August of 2008. At the time, I should have known something was up when he was more interested in talking to my friends about the closing of their home vs finishing his sale with me. It took him 3 hours to finalize my sale. Then he told me it would take 6 weeks. It is now February 2009 and we never received all the furniture. I have been dealing with the Ocala store on a refund of the chair (that now won't be in until March). They keep saying it gets kicked back for one reason or another.
When I finally had enough and asked for the corporate number, the manager smirked at me and said they will only kick it back. I said, "I don't care. Give me the number." I told her not to play with me or I will go with the police to the store and make a complaint. She said, "Oh yeah, what are they going to do about it?" At that point, I felt my blood pressure rising and since I have high blood pressure, I tried to calm myself down. I called the corporate, which was out to lunch, of course. So I am waiting. I can't believe the unprofessional people that work there.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2008
I only wish that I had looked up the complaints prior to purchasing the couch and chair from Kane's. My saga started on 11/15/08. I am from a 6th generation Polk County family and I remember my people buying from Kane's so I felt real comfortable in dealing with them. However it was a big mistake!!! I ordered a couch and chair (at the time I did not know it was powered by electricity and neither Joe ** or Michael ** advised me of this--buyer beware my mistake). It was delivered on 111/21/08. The delivery people were very professional, set up the couch and chair. This process to my amazement was the backs of the couch and chair were separate from the bottom of couch & chair. After the delivery people left I noticed that the back of the couch (that was in three section) was not even and that the way the back set on the seat of the couch was several inches apart. I called immediately call Kane's and asked for Joe ** and was advised that he was not available. I spoke with Dewey who advised me he was in charge.
I gave him all the information regarding the condition of the couch & chair (it really looked like something from Goodwill). He advised that he could get a customer service person out to look at it on 12/04/08 (my second mistake). I had to cancel that appointment as my daughter had an appointment in Tampa at Moffit Cancer Center. I had the awful furniture through the Thanksgiving holiday and it seemed like I would not get any results before Christmas. So I took pictures of the horrible couch & chair and sent it to Kane's. Again I was given the run around.
I finally talked to a very competent young lady by the name of Jennifer (the others were obviously not customer friendly) on 12/19/08 (Friday). She advised she would talk to Joe ** and get back with me. She stated Joe wanted to know if the technician (Dale ** who was very nice) had taken the back off. I advised that he had and he could not do anything about it because that was the way it was put together. She advised she would check with Joe and get back with me.
As of today 12/29/08 she had not called me back. I placed another call to Kane's asking to speak to Jennifer, she was on leave so I speak with a very nice lady (Brenda) who advised she would have Joe ** return my call. She stated he was with a customer. I advised her I would be away from the phone until about 1:00 and that would give him time to assist his customer.
At approximately 12:30 I received a call from Kane's and was told I would be talking to Amanda who obviously did not have all the information about the furniture. She had not screened the photos that I sent she just went into this customer service spill that she gives everybody very rude and not interested in what we were going through, treated my husband and I with disdain, it was if she was giving a training session on how to intimidate the senior citizens (of which we are). She said we could exchange it for the exact pieces but we did not want to go through all the aggravation with just buying furniture for the first time in 25 + years.
When we told we did not want the same furniture she said we could back to Kane's and pick out a different style. This may or may not be what we want to do after reading all the adverse comments about Kane's. I wanted to know if we would be able to get our money back $1646.13 She really became short with us at that time and said that we would have to pay a 20% restocking fee. And we were absolutely through with her and her rudeness. I asked to talk to Joe ** who I had dealt with the first time at the store.
She said it would not do any good that she handled this type of customer service. I insisted that he was fully aware of my problem and should speak to me. She refused (and I am sure everything she said and done was on his orders). My husband as for the store attorney's name so our attorney could get with him and settle the problem. She said it would not go any good that if the furniture was returned it would be 20% restocking fee. We flat refused to pay that fee because the furniture was a manufactured defect and that is not our fault and we should not have to bear the burden of the cost.
We are Senior Citizens and live on a fixed income. I feel that we have been scammed by the quality of the furniture and I was very insulted that Joe ** did not have the courtesy to speak with me and had his Customer Service Girl Amanda give us a hard time about it. She also told my husband that it would not do any good to have our attorney contact them that nothing would change that it was spelled out on the back of our paper work.
This is what we came up with after reading Kane's Furniture Corporation:#5 EXCHANGES, RETURNS, REFUNDS, ALLOWANCES AND SERVICE SHALL BE MAKE AT THE DIRECTION OF KANE'S FURNITURE CORPORATION.
#9 Refund policy: You may receive a total refund of any monies for furnishings, only if you cancel the sale within 48 hrs of purchase, we will credit your charge account. All other refunds will be made by check and mailed from Corporate Headquarters. Please allow a minimum of 10 banking days for refund processing. Orders cannot be cancelled after merchandise had been delivered in good condition. If you do not cancel the sale within 48 hrs of purchase only 80% of the purchase price will be refunded.
I have proved the writing of this complaint that the process was started on 11/21/08. And with additional proof (pictured) that the furniture was defective at time of delivery. The reason it has gone on this lone is incompetency by Joe ** who has yet to speak to me.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2008
Purchased two recliners and they are not comfortable. My husband has degenerative arthritis of the spine and cannot sit in the recliner. I talked to Dave and he informed me that there would be a 20% restocking fee and the warranty was not refundable. I don't have anything in writing that describes the warranty or states that the warranty is nonrefundable. I can understand the 20% restocking fee, do not agree with it. Also I ask about the sales tax and Dave has to ask the general manager about it. Should get back to me Thursday, Jan 1st. I have talked to Haverty Furniture about the purchase of two recliners from them and explained my situation and they have agreed to let me purchase the recliners and if not satisfied return them. My husband is also a cancer patient and taking treatments each day and has been in the hospital and only has tried to sit in the recliner for the last few days and has discovered they are too uncomfortable for him. All that I am asking is to have the $150.00 warranty money refunded and the sales tax and I will pay the 20% restocking fee.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2008
On 11/9/08, I visited Kanes Furniture store in Clearwater, Fl. shopping for a Sealy mattress. I was helped by a very nice salesperson and chose a queen-size mattress (only), confirmed the specs I was looking for (coil count, etc.) and asked her to put the item on hold until 11/11/08, when I would be back to pay for it. I told her I was shopping elsewhere but was pretty sure this was the mattress I wanted at the price I wanted to pay. It was $700 for the queen size set of mattress and foundation and she said the mattress only was $525, plus she gave me $60 off as part of their ongoing Veterans Day big sale.
I returned on Tues.,11/11/08, about 4 pm to purchase the mattress. I checked it and lay on it once more to make sure I was happy with it. I then noticed that the ends and sides did not seem to have foam encasement as I had been told by the salesperson and as was clearly written on the printed banner at the end of the mattress with specs/info for that mattress. I questioned the salesperson and she assured me it had this feature. I then asked her to reconfirm the coil count, which she again said was 782, per the specs on the bed banner. I then asked what was the gauge of the coil and she said she didn't know and went off to check.
Then a manager came angrily flying into the room where they have mattresses on display and tore off the banner at the end of the mattress I was to buy. I said "oh, so those aren't the specs for this mattress" and she muttered something and ran off, very rudely. Then my salesperson returned and by now, I was sure I was being duped into being sold an inferior mattress and being misled (or lied to?) about its correct specs. She said she was going to call Corporate and get the gauge info and she wanted me to listen to the conversation.
When she told me the info, the mattress specs now changed to be 420 coil count (not 832) and it was NOT foam encased on the sides. So, I was being sold a mattress that was NOT AT ALL the mattress that was represented to me. I told her to forget the deal and she became very angry, seemingly at me?? I said I want to see a manager and she stomped off in a huff, leaving me there alone. No "I'm sorry for the misinformation", or "please come with me to the manager", etc.... NOTHING!!!
I saw her talking to a man who I presumed to be the manager and she was explaining the situation to him. She said to me, "he will take care of you" and again, she marched off, without saying a word to me. How rude can a salesperson get? I was being treated like this whole situation was my fault and treated with no respect and customer service...HA!!!
The manager was the Asst Manager, (told Manager not in???) and he just shook his head and said "well, people make mistakes and there is nothing I can do". I got upset and he raised his voice to me to quit arguing with him and said he "might be able to do something". I said I wasn't arguing but was upset at the entire situation and had a perfect right to be upset and was just stating my dissatisfaction. He was just as rude, or more so than the salesperson...so guess everyone in sales at Kanes is trained to treat customers like this when THEY make an error - or you catch them being deceptive?
I followed him to the mattress section and he said he really couldn't do anything because all the other mattresses were $100 more than the one I was to buy. I said I would think Kanes management would offer to rectify the situation to appease the customer since they created the problem. He said he may be able to waive the $40 delivery fee. What? He thinks I still want to buy THAT mattress (inferior quality) at THAT price (overpriced for actual specs) and would be happy with free delivery?? I said no and he asked me what he should do with the paperwork that had been written up for the purchase (not paid for yet) and I said to tear it up and that I would NEVER go into a Kanes store again! No apology or anything from the manager either and I'm sure their attitude is "next customer......so we lost one".
I also feel their advertising is misleading and even deceptive. No matter how many salespeople you ask about the details of a sale, you get that many different answers, which proves there is deception going on in their sales practices. I checked the BBB and they have 146 complaints with only 38 being closed, which shows they absolutely don't care about their customers. Kanes Corporate needs to be reminded that they used to be a reputable and well-thought of company in the area and my family purchased ALL of their furniture from them from 1970's to 1990's.
I know times have changed and the economy is rough, but people have not changed and still expect to be treated with respect, fairly, and to be sold the item that they are told (led to believe?) they are getting and not some bait and switch. If they make mistakes, then the customer should not be made to suffer as a result. The customers pay their salaries and keep them in business. Kanes has had a lot of trouble and complaints through the years (1000's I see on the internet), so I wonder if they will be surprised when they find themselves out of business like so many other companies??
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008
In 08/07 I purchased a leather sofa from Kane's and within 2 months the cushions were defective. I went to the store and they agreed to let me pick out another sofa. I was assured by the manager and the sales associate that this one was Top of the Line and I would have no problems. Well, let me tell you... I paid $1600.00 for this leather sofa thinking I would have it for awhile. The cushions wore out. They have Velcro on the bottom of them along with Velcro on the couch itself to hold them in place. They are not holding and are sliding forward, which makes it impossible to sit on! The cushions in the back which are attached to the couch now have a big bulge in the middle that are causing back problems for me. The leather is already chipping away in some spots.
This couch looks like it's been around a house full of people. I am the only one that uses it! I called them and they sent one of their techs out to check the problem and he said the cushions had bad springs and padding and they will order 2 new ones, that it will take 3-6 weeks. After 5 weeks, I called and the order could not be located from the factory. So I asked to have a manager call me back and that never happened. Finally after getting a hold of one, they decided that the determination is to go ahead and send another tech out to fill the cushions and put new Velcro on (not even getting new cushions now)!
This was not the answer seeing that in another few months I would be going through this again. I mean if the cushions wore out that fast, what's to stop it from happening again, and for some reason none of those idiots see that. They finally said I can get another couch, but it has to be of equal value or more. If I don't spend the entire amount I get a store credit. WHY DO I WANT TO SHOP THERE EVER AGAIN? That's another thing they don't get. I am going to use every source I can to get satisfaction. I have called the corporate office and no response yet. All I want is my money back and go somewhere else. I have yet to resolve this issue.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2008
I purchased a 3 piece living room set and table 3 months ago, because they never have all the pieces or some excuse as usually with Kanes. This is why I closed my account with them about 3-4 years again. But they had this no interest and payments until 2010, so I and my husband jumped on that deal. But I guess the saying is true you pay for what you get which was nothing for 3years.
Total of everything was $2200. So we finally get our first delivery 10/17/08. Well the sofa and love seat was damaged, so we refused the love seat b/c we did not noticed the sofa until later on that evening. At this time we called the store and took pictures on the damage. We got a very rude nonchalant person on the phone who seem to care less who said all she could do was send a technician out to look at and I told her no HELL she wasn't. Until I told her that I was going to load the crap up in my truck and drop it off in front of there store.
I then hung up and headed to the store to speak with the Manager name Dewy. I informed him of the same thing that I was not waiting on a Tech and they could come pick it all up. So after we showed him the picture, he then said because he seen it he would have them come pick it up and bring another, so we would not get another sofa and love seat. So the 2nd delivery was 10/19/08 and guess what, the new sofa was damaged as well. VERY VERY BAD craftsmanship. The seine down the middle was separating and now the bottom was all torn as well as the back.
This is a freaky nightmare. So I call the Store manager today and asked what would be the address of the corp. office and name of CEO or president. He told me that it would do no good, because the complaints are redirected back to the store of purchase and that the president does not speak with customers. So he said that they most he could give me was a $50-100 credit for delivery and my time. But before he could do that, he said lets wait and see what the 3rd set is going to look like. I do not recommend KANES to anyone ever. This will in fact be our last purchase.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008
Kane's Furniture places misleading if not deceptive sales ads. Their Columbus Day weekend sale stated a 20% discount off a single item purchase for Saturday, 10% off on Sunday, and a 5% discount for waiting until Monday to shop. I went in on Saturday to purchase a dinette set. Guess what the sale covered? They broke the set up into single chairs, a table base and a table top. The discount was not on the set but on the table base which priced out at $119.00 for a total discount on the $856.00 set of $23.80 if purchased on Saturday, $11.90 if purchased on Sunday and, heaven forbid, I should wait until Monday, the discount would be less than $6.00 on the $856.00 set. Such a sale. The explanation... well, if an item has a SKU number then that constitutes a single item. However, the store manager was quick to tell me that if I would buy an entertainment center, I could get a full discount because they could not break that piece down. Too bad that is not what I needed. I will never set foot in another Kane's store, nor will I allow any friends or family to make that mistake.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2008
I bought 1 twin bed, 3 queen beds and 1 king bed. I had this house being furnished at the time I was moving from my other house. When I moved in to my new home with all new furniture on 8/20/2007, I noticed right away that my king mattress had a defect in it. When you're facing the bed, the left side dents in. As I try to sleep on it, it's like falling into a hole. They have sent an inspector out three times to check the bed. They told me that it has to measure one line over 1 and 1 half inches deep.
The right side the string he used to measure the bed laid across the bed, but as he got to the left side it is very clear that there is a hole in the bed. They told me that I have a 10 year warranty on this bed. I have a bad back. I can not sleep on the left side of the bed. They told me to keep sleeping on it to put as much weight on it. So when they come out to measure it again that maybe it will be one line over the 1 and 1 half mark. This makes it hard for me to do this because I can't even sleep on the left side of the bed.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2008
We purchased a bedroom set and paid for delivery to our home. I told the salesman that our house was at the end of a tree lined laneway and that a large truck may encounter a problem getting down it. (although we moved in with a large moving truck and have had many things delivered to us over the 10 years we have lived there) I was told that they had a medium size truck and at worst they would unload the furniture and dolly it up our lane. The delivery men got to the end of our lane and sat there for 25 mins then decided to take the furniture to the store we bought it at. Now we have to pay to rent a trailer or truck in order to get it to our home. Sad thing is we were going back to purchase family room furniture from them TODAY! Not NOW!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2008
We purchased a sofa & love seat recliner in early August. The units were delivered and the sofa was found to have a material defect. The came to repair and it was not satisfactory. We were offered a check of $130 with no further warranty. We declined and asked for the sofa to be replaced. That happened several weeks later. Several days latter I found a charge on my Visa card for $161 and an $782 charge on my Kane's credit card.
I inquired as to the charges. I was told they were sales tax, no, delivery charges, no, extended warranty, no, we will have to look into it. I called the store manager with no response. We visited the store and asked to meet with management...no one was there. We were told that it would all be straighened out in a couple of days. I received a phone call on Sept 23rd to advise me that they could credit $107 on my Visa and would adjust the Kane's Credit card. I told them no...don't touch the Kane's card and issue a refund of the $161...no further discussion. Told them just to do it. Still have not seen the adjustments.
This could be a fraudulent transaction with the sales person handling in this manner to gain a commission on the sale. The problems remain unresolved.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2008
Kanes is running a labor day sale. The TV adds state 50% off any single item in the store. Fortunately I called ahead to check for false advertising. The real terms are 50% off a single item over $5,000. I don't think they have a single $5,000 item in the store. Nothing off an item under $1,000
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2008
Try the Lakeland store. Very professional and courteous. I was looking for a computer armoire and found one I wanted. I did not use the delivery service as it fit in my SUV. However a couple weeks after getting it home I recieved an unsolicated check from Kane's because they realized it was supposed to be 20% off and they hadn't given me the sale price. I didn't even know it was on sale! Great Customer Service!
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2008
I bought seven rooms of furniture and I am still waiting for a replacement for my dining chair. May 17,2008.
chair was broken
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2008
[Kanes] advertise a red settee it is red leather on crome (I think ) legs. Made by Galiano ( sp) I have been to a number of stores and told it was no longer being made. yet it is still being advertised is there any way of getting one.
Reviewed July 10, 2008
I buy one set of bedroom about 1 year. i pay like 4000 thousend dollars for these set.
and my husban only sleep in, for almost 2 months and him buy one little matt and sleep on the floor because he say he feel sick one sleep in my bed, so I continue sleep on the bed but 6 months ago im feel bad too, i have backache all the day, I think that I have stress then i take aspirina all the time and I put some mucle rur in my back, but never my backache stop, and then i can see that the problem is the matt because one i aweak i feel like somebody hitme. please im sorry for my english, i hope that us understandme.
Reviewed July 10, 2008
We purchaes a dinning room set and living room set from Kane's furniture in St. Petersburg in March of 2008. At the time of purchase we were told that 2 of our pieces (coffee table and night stand) would be on back order until the first week in May. We agreed that this was okay and awaited our furniture. May comes around and we call Kane's to see if our furniture is ready to be delivered. They say no, not until the May 15th. May 15th comes around and we have no heard anything from the store. We called them and they inform us that the pieces are now on backorder until July. What I do not understand is that why did not anyone from their office call us and inform us ewhat is going on.
Meanwhile we have already purchaed these pieces and are paying for them and our living room is incomplete.We call July 3, 2008 to find out about of delivery. They said it will be on July 9th and they will call us in the morning to tell us when. They called and said between 11 and 3pm. Just like everyone else, we have to work and could only wait and stay until 12:30 pm. We spoke with the driver and told him to call us at 12pm to say if he was going to make it or not, he agreed. We did not hear from him until 4pm.
We still do not have our pieces and evrytime we talk to someone at the office either we are not in their system, the order is messed up, or they can not help us. We called today to ask about our delivery( you would think we would be first to get delivery since we have been waiting since May for our furniture that we were promised). They cannot deliver it today and can not guarntee that we would get it delivered before noon. They told us to simply take off work when they call. My fiancee is a chef at a restaurant and I work and hour away, so this is impossible. Now they say well we can deliver on Saturday but not for a nother 2 weeks. This is beyond rediculous. All we want is our furniture.
Reviewed July 9, 2008
I went into the store with my fiance to show him the office desk I saw and was going to purchase. I walked in and again was hounded by the salesman who we asked to just let us have a look around rather than be followed around the whole store. When my fiance told him we will tell him if or when we need him he proceeded to call my fiance a jerk for lack of a better word, and told him to go out to the parking lot and they could handle it there. my fiance told him we are not in high school and fighting was out of the question.
my point is he was extremely rude and if i myself ever talked to a customer that way i would have been fired on the spot. i am almost eight months pregnant and could not believe he would talk to my fiance that way. i spoke to the store manager on duty named John kemp but he did not seem too interested, which is the worst part! i will never nor do i advise shopping at the store.
Reviewed July 3, 2008
June 27, 2008 I found a bed room suite at Kane's Furniture in Ocala, I was told all the pieces were available and received a price total. I told the salesman Michael, that I had one more place to look but that I was sure that I would be back on Wednesday to complete the paperwork to buy the set.
I called him Sunday when I got home and indicated that I would be in on Wednesday for sure to purchase the set and asked if he could measure one more item for me. Wednesday I called at noon when Michael started work to again say that I would be there that afternoon to purchase the set. He asked what time and said again that there was only one headboard left at the warehouse for this set. I asked if he could put a hold on it knowing that I was arriving this afternoon to complete the sale. He said he couldn't without money. And I said Well I hope then that it will be there. I told him I would be leaving about 4 pm and be there as soon as possible.
When I was 10 miles from the store he called to say that he had bad news in that the one headboard that was in the warehouse was damaged. I said, but you still have the one on the floor, yes he said. I said; ok, I will be there shortly I am 10 miles away and driving.
When I got to the store Michael said the manager Jim,won't sell the headboard without the mirrored bridge piece with the piers from the floor. But he will give me a good deal on all the pieces. My original quote included delivery. Now the story was changing to he will only sell the floor samples because of this bridge piece and oh by the way we don't deliver floor samples.
I said I am willing to take the headboard as a floor sample but all of the other pieces you told me were in the warehouse. Then I was told that even the headboard in the warehouse still in good shape would not be sold to me because the manager needed to sell the floor samples. He said if you don't have it in writing then you don't have a quote. I said I have the total written on his card by him for the pieces we agreed to. The manager said that is not a sales contract and this conversation is going nowhere, goodbye.
Reviewed June 21, 2008
My husband & I went to the Kanes on Hillsborough looking for a sofa sleeper. We looked & found what we wanted. We looked around for a sales associate for 10 minutes before going up to the customer service desk to ask for assistance. The lady at the counter gave us a look like we were bothering her, but she paged someone over to where we told her we would be.
5 minutes later we saw a sales person approaching us but he was stopped by 3 other people. When he finally acknowledged us he said he would be another 15-20 minutes before he could help us. Forget that! If I have to wait 45 minutes to be helped in the store, I don't even want to wait on them if there are any problems later.
Reviewed June 12, 2008
I purchased a bed/mattress from them on 5/18/08- delivered on 5/22/08. The mattress is too soft, I cannot sleep on it. I contacted them on 6/10/08 & stated I would like to exchange the mattress, I was told I must keep it for 60 days before they will replace it. Why must I keep something that I already know is uncomfortable & I do not want?
I went into the store to complain and the response I got was it was okay in the store I told them a few minutes in the store versus a few hours/weeks at home is a big difference! What feels okay in the store is not the same as sleeping on it at home. All I am asking is to have it exchanged, they don't have a problem with exchanging it AFTER 60 DAYS until then I am stuck with a mattress I can't sleep on.
I can't sleep, wake up with back & neck pain. Do not do well at work because of lack of sleep.
Reviewed June 12, 2008
I purchased a bed/mattress from them on 5/18/08- delivered on 5/22/08. The mattress is too soft, I cannot sleep on it. I contacted them on 6/10/08 & stated I would like to exchange the mattress, I was told I must keep it for 60 days before they will replace it. Why must I keep something that I already know is uncomfortable & I do not want?
I went into the store to complain and the response I got was it was okay in the store I told them a few minutes in the store versus a few hours/weeks at home is a big difference! What feels okay in the store is not the same as speeping on it at home. All I am asking is to have it exchanged, they don't have a problem with exchanging it AFTER 60 DAYS until then I am stuck with a mattress I can't sleep on.
I can't sleep, wake up with back & neck pain. Do not do well at work because of lack of sleep.
Reviewed June 2, 2008
I purchased a sofa, loveseat and mattress from this store on 24/5/2008. I paid $75 $ $65 for the chairs to be treated with a stainguard that would resist liquids and dirt. This means it would be so resistant that liquids would 'bead up' on contact. The sales person even did a 'smoke and mirrors' trick where she showed me how good this protection was, if I had only known! As soon as the furniture was delivered I did the water test. Lo and behold the water seeped right in. The sales person had also assured me that I would be presented with a certificate as proof that my items had been treated as soon as they were delivered, I received no certificate.
The woman on the phone that I spoke to re the problem, said if the items ever got stained they would clean them, I paid for them not to get stained so why would I need this, then she tells me the water seeped in because of the type of fabric. This was not told to me when I was purchasing the item. The store manager would not even do me the common courtesy of speaking with me. They have my money so I suppose they have no use for me any more and there's still many more gullible consumers that they can dupe out of their money out there. I would not recommend this store to anyone and I would want to warn my fellow consumers not to purchase anything from this store. My entire purchase totalled $2,269.92
I feel that I have been robbed blind by Kane's furniture store. I have been duped out of $140 plus tax.
Reviewed May 27, 2008
Watching Tampa Rays baseball game 6/26/08 10 srikeouts occured. I tried your site Kanessstrikeout ror the Pizza as advertised. Was told that a form had alllready been printed. I have never been to the site before. If this is just a Scam please say ao.
Reviewed May 27, 2008
i am writing about my attempt to log on to kanesstrikeout when the Rays team in florida pitch 10 strike outs. Kazmir, of the Rays did just that last nite, May 26, 2008 but I was unable to log on to your site, after 40 min of trying. This morning at 7:45 am, May 27, 2008, I was able to log on but got the message a coupon was already printed out for me. No such thing happened. Please advise.
Reviewed May 13, 2008
I was looking to buy a sofa, but after reading all these comments...no way. I have purchased a few things from the before from Joe was very nice, but other sales people were rude and could care less about anything but the sale. Its a shame, we all work hard for our money, but who needs the attitude? They do need to clean up their sales floor by replacing a few of the sales people. There are to many stores looking for business. Kanes, shape up and maybe someday I'll come back and spend my money. Meanwhile I'll go elsewhere!
Reviewed May 7, 2008
I purchased several items one included a living room set for my mother, which was damaged. They said they would send one of their professionals to determine what could be done. The tables were nicked and after going back and forth with the store we just gave up. I bought over $4000 alone for a bedroom set and a dinning set, but after 4 deliveries the china cabinet was broken, the glass cracked and finally I gave up. The bedroom set was king sized but they kept trying to send a queen headboard, it was so frustrating that even after I sent it back, I continued getting phone calls for scheduled deliveries from them.
I'd also purchased a mattress set and explained prior to the purchase that my mom had spinal deteriorations and it would be very important that we find the right one. The sales person was adamant that it would not be a problem, well IT WAS. After having the mattress for one night we knew she would not be able to keep it, so we tried again. They staff was so rude, they refused to help and Joe even told us to leave he didnt want to even talk with us. He told my mom to lay on one of the store mattress for 6-8 hours so she would know which mattress was right because he could not keep delivering mattress to her. My mother by the way is 100% legally disabled. She was almost in tears when we left.
We called the corporate office and it was like talking to Joe all over again. It does not surprise me that others have had such a poor experience, but what Kanes need to know is that poor customer service will certainly lead to the demise of their business and when those jobs are outsourced they will have all the time in the world to consider what they could have, and should have done to please the customers who drove from all over to try and patronage their business.
We lost money, on the mattress, as well as the other items because of the delivery charges.
Reviewed May 2, 2008
Purchased furniture in Dec 07 (special order approx $2500) delivered Jan 08, at time specified, 2 items damaged, had reordered, picked up table which when got home had nicks in it, Kanes reordered the couch at that time Jan - just rec'd in Apr and pillow with the couch was not stitched properly - when they called to see how delivery went I stated the pillow issue and was informed that they would have their man come out and fix it
ISSUE is that I have been put out due to the lack of checking product before delivering and that anything that they did was to be on their time not mind-- even though I am the customer -- CUSTOMER SERVICE LEAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED...do not plan on making any future purchases from this store.
Reviewed May 2, 2008
Purchased furniture in Dec 07 (special order approx $2500) delivered Jan 08, at time specified, 2 items damaged, had reordered, picked up table which when got home had nicks in it, Kanes reordered the couch at that time Jan. just rec'd in Apr and pillow with the couch was not stitched properly. when they called to see how delivery went I stated the pillow issue and was informed that they would have their man come out and fix it
ISSUE is that I have been put out due to the lack of checking product before delivering and that anything that they did was to be on their time not mind. even though I am the customer. CUSTOMER SERVICE LEAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED...do not plan on making any future purchases from this store.
Reviewed April 11, 2008
My husband and I ordered a table and chairs and an area rug from Kane's on 2/25/08. We were told that the furniture would not be in the warehouse until 3/28/08. We thought a month was a little long to wait but we were willing to do it. I called about 2 weeks later and ordered 2 more chairs to go with the table and was told that my sales person would call be right back and place my additional order. I waited a day and a half and still no one bothered to call me back. So I had to call back a second time and finally whom ever answered the phone placed my order. On March 28th, the supposed day of delivery, we heard nothing. I waited four days, ample amount of time for someone to call us, and had to call and check on my order. When I called I was told that the furniture that we had already waited over a month for would not be in until June! I can't believe that no one knew before March 28th that the furniture wouldn't be there until June. I should have received a phone call before then. After all that we were willing to come to the store to find something else. All we asked for was some kind of discount and to wave the $79.99 delivery fee. We were told that we weren't going to get anything for our trouble so we cancelled our $800 order and never received an apology from the manager who did the refund. Come to find out when I got home we had a coupon in the mail for 20% off. So all the manager had to do was to say we used our coupon and wave the $80 delivery fee. Instead you guys lost $800 worth of business. We went to Badcock and purchased $2100 worth of furniture.
Reviewed March 18, 2008
I went into Kane's after seeing an advertised sale. There was a desk and chair on sale. I was told to go to the St. Petersburg showroom to get it. After driving 30 minutes south I was disappointed again. Of course, there were no sales people around when you need them. I waited for the sales person, and we started to make the purchase. I was also looking and planning on buying bookcases and other things that would total over $4000.00. Back to the desk--it was never marked or any notice that it was out of stock or that it would be a few weeks before it would be in. The sales person had the attitude: Oh well, you can wait. After speaking with the assistant manager, Joe, and explaining the story, he was even harder to deal with. I offered to buy the floor model; he still was firm in saying no. Even though the item that I wanted had no sign or notice it was on back order, he refused to allow me to have the floor model.
There was not good customer service, so the store lost the entire $4000.00 sale. I did go to another store and actually bought everything I needed and saved $700.00, so I guess everything happens for a reason. I have read the comments regarding the attitudes of Kane's employees and figured it was being blown out of the water. But I can now say that they were true, and I will never reccommend them to anyone.
My entire day was wasted running around because of this situation, and it caused a lot of grief. With the economy the way it is, they really need better customer-friendly sales people.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2008
Purchased Dinette Set with glass tabletop on 10/14/06. On12/28/0, thetabletop exploded into a million tiny pieces. I called the store and spoke with a customer service person and she had to contact a manager to deal with the problem. They called back and wanted me to pay half for a new tabletop. I said I will never put glass on this table top again. She in turn said that was all they could do for me because the furniture was guaranteed for 1 yr. There were no injuries to anyone but people need to be aware of what would of been a tragedy had we been sitting at that table.
Our wood floor was chipped andall frames on the chairs were gouged.I do have pictures. It took days and many buckets to clean up.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2007
My charge card was over drawn and was charged overdaft fee. It affected my mortgage payment and credit and also caused embarrassment
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2007
I bought a sofa and love seat that was on an advertised on the Kane's radio sale. I was charged full price for the furniture and went to the store twice to resolve that issue. I also had been charged $508.00 for a matching chair that I had only asked the sales man to call me and let me know the price when it went on sale the following week. He never called, and he put it on my charge card that he had the information from that previous purchase.
This was an unauthorized use of my credit card, and I called the store to tell them and haven't received a refund as of yet. They didn't even offer any kind of compensation for the trouble they put me through. I talked to everyone including the manager who was involved. I recommend not dealing with Kane's Furniture My charge card was over drawn and was charged overdaft fee. It affected my mortgage payment and credit--and also caused embarrassment.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2007
I received a special custumer award for $500.00 and proceeded to buy a couch and mattress. I was told the $500.00 certificate would save me $100.00 dollars on a $1000.00 dollar purchase. Needless to say, I walked out, which is no big deal. But these come-on tactics really upset me. Now all I am asking is please, please remove me from you mailing list. I will not deal with your sales tactics.
Reviewed May 19, 2007
1. 5/12/07 paid with credit card $2678.57. Promised delivery date 5/19/07. Was told that delivery driver would call morning of delivery to provide a 4-hour window for delivery.
2. Delivery date was confirmed by telephone on 5/14/07 and again on 5/18/07. Delivery date was also confirmed by two separate emails.
3. At 11:30 am on delivery date still had not received the promised phone call from the driver. I contacted the Orlando store and spoke with Letitia? who told me their truck had broken down and the delivery might be as late at 4:30 8:30 pm.? I advised her that I would have appreciated a phone call, alerting me of this fact. She said they had been calling customers.
4. Letitia advised me that they wanted to reschedule the delivery to another time. I refused, requesting that they honor their promise.
5. At 3:30, I again contacted the Orlando store for an update. Letitia put me on hold and supposedly contacted their delivery department. When she came back on the line, she said my delivery would be between 4:30 7:30 pm. I said that would be just fine.
6. At 6:30, I received a phone call from the driver who advised me that his partner? was ill and that he had gotten permission to return all undelivered merchandise to their warehouse. I asked him where that left me and he advised me that someone would call within the next 5-10 minutes to reschedule.
7. I contacted the Orlando store again and requested to speak to the manager. Unfortunately, I did not get her name. I advised her that I was angry with the situation and that I wanted to cancel the order. She said she would process the paperwork and I could expect my refund within 3-5 days.
8. After hanging up, my husband reminded me that they got no real information from me, other than my name. Based upon the experiences of so many other customers on the pages attached, I have a sinking feeling that we will not see our refund without a court battle.
Reviewed May 7, 2007
My nephew and fiance' will be married on May 18th, 2007. He goes to college in Tampa, FL and she lives with her parents in Minnesota.
March 20, 2007 - I purchased for their first apartment, one entertainment center (no problem) and one dinette set, glass table top, heavy wood base, Four chairs white micro-suede fabric seat and back. I paid for the fabric protection of $15 per chair.
April 11, 2007 - I was at the apartment waiting for a delivery of living room furniture from another company, when I noticed the wooden base of the dinette had been damaged sometime in shipping. The edge of the very bottom of the base was crushed in and still even had a piece of styrofoam packing imbedded into the wood. I called the Ocala store and spoke with Barbara in Cust. Serv. and she checked with the manager and he said that they would replace the base, but right now it was on back-order.
About a week later in moving the dining room chairs out to damp mop the floor, I noticed a smudge on the face of the chair backing, next to the piping trim. It looked like glue, but since we had the warranty on the fabric, I called for them to come and clean it. When the man arrived the following week, he determined that it WAS glue and the chair would have to be replaced.
May 5, 2007 - the replacement chair arrived with black smudges and hand prints in several places over the chair. The delivery man took some spray and a white cloth and tried to clean it off, but it wouldn't budge. I told him that this chair wasn't acceptable and refused to take it. Our next attempt at a replacement chair is May 11th. We'll see. (The replacement base for the dining room table is still on backorder.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2007
I purchased a $3000.00 bedroom set on October 2, 2006. After numerous incomplete delivery attempts, waiting on a refund for items that had never been delivered, it is now February 11, 2007 and I still have no furniture and have no idea from the store when it might be delivered. I was promised a 10% discount from 2 managers only for it to be denied later. I am horrified that people can treat good honest Americans this way today.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2006
Savon Furniture is a chain of furniture stores owned by Kanes furniture of Florida based out of St. Petersburg. This was the ultimate customer service nightmare. I purchased approximatel $7K worth of items to furnish my new townhome.I payed for everything with credit so Savon had my money for everything. Then the nightmare began. There were five failed attempts to deliver all the merchandise.
The first delivery had half the items, some were damaged and refused, the second and subsequent deliveries has similar experiences. The final piece to be delivered was a footboard for a sleigh bed. They had previously delivered four damaged footboards that had to be returned. On the FIFTH atempt, a complete leg of the footboard simply fell off as the man was carrying it upstairs. If he hadnt laughed I think I would have blown a gasket. After numerous calls to the store and two faace to face meetings with management, I finally got ahold of corporate and they sent their so called "SWAT" team to deliver the footboard which they accomplished(much to my surprise)
So after the sixth visit and over a months worth of my time, I have all the furniture and my blood pressure is declining. They gave me a $500 credit for my "inconvenience" They should have given me a free bedroom. With the exception of one manager at the store, nobody seemed to give a damn. It was a horrible experience.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2006
Mr. Harris sent me a debt collection letter saying I owed $1500 to Kane's Furniture. I've never been to Tampa, never shopped at Kane's, and pay all my bills in full every month. I called Mr. Harris to say so. He rattled off my maiden name, my deceased parents' address and a SSN. He asked me to confirm whether these identifiers were mine. I refused to confirm/deny the SSN, told him I haven't used my maiden name in 15 years and that I sold my deceased parents' house 3 years ago. He said he'd notify Kane's; I should notify the credit agencies. He said he'd call me back later that day with an update. He never called. Meanwhile, I contacted Kane's. They asked me to confirm the same information Mr. Harris had -- including SSN. I refused to confirm or deny the SSN and told them the debt is not mine; they should pursue the individual who lives at the address where the $1500 worth of goods were delivered. They said they'd call me back later that day with an update. They never called.
I have notified all 3 credit agencies and issued fraud alerts. I have requested a credit report so I can find out about additional purchases and/or credit applications made in my name. I have contacted my local police and filed a police report. It is not clear yet what the financial consequences of this may be. I am still trying to determine whether Mr. Harris is a legitimate businessman or part of the fraud. Same for Kane's.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2006
I bought furniture on 9 or 10/04 paid cash & credit but paid in full. It was to be delivered on 10/12/04. I got a call that they couldn't deliver until 3/05, half of the order was defective. I waited several months to get replacement after much haggling. I was promised the delivery refund for all of the months I had to wait for replacement furniture, this I believe was in 11/04 and it was only $69.17, but I was looking forward to that refund. To date 8/2/06 I have not received a refund. I have called the store, I have called corporate, I have asked for ceo name and they refuse to provide me with that info. Everytime I speak with corporate thay say I will resubmitt and that I should receive a check in a few days, it's been over a year later and no refund. I would love to sue the pants off of them.
Reviewed July 19, 2006
Cancelled part of an order for furniture that we paid for in full before delivery. Was told that our refund would be received by us in 7-10 business days. This took place on 6/29/06. To date have not received refund. Have been in contact with Customer Service at the store by phone and in person on numerous occasions and have been told that the original refund paperwork was never processed, that the girl who processed it the second time was out and no one else could find the paperwork and then today was finally told that it has been processed and I think the check has been cut. I asked that the check be couriered to the store from Corporate or sent to me by overnight mail since we have had to wait so long for our money.
We have ordered something from another store and we are desparately awaiting our refund. We have been consistently getting the runaround and when we ask to speak to a supervisor or someone with more authority, we get nowhere. We called the Corporate Offices in Tampa and left messages on their voice mail. We asked for the name of the President/CEO and were told that it was not possible to give out that information to us. They are so slow and unorganized and uniformed and rude.
The consequences are that the furniture we ordered from another company was on sale at the time of purchase, has come in to the store and we are about to lose that merchandise beause we have not yet paid in full for it. Also, we recently moved into a new house and we are lacking for furniture - all because Kane's hasn't refunded our money in over three weeks.
Reviewed June 28, 2006
I recently purchased several pieces of furniture from Savon Furniture on Washington Blvd. in Sarasota. The gentleman who sold me the furniture, Phillip, was very friendly and helpful.
However, since the purchase my experience with Savon has been akin to a very bad nightmare. This is what has taken place in the last two months:
1) When I bought the furniture in Sarasota I gave Savon my cell phone number (Ithaca, NY, which is my home). The furniture was to be delivered to my fathers former home in The Meadows Community. Because he used to live there, his phone number appeared in the computer system. I provided all of my contact information but told them they could call my father since he still lives nearby in Sarasota and I live in Ithaca.
2) Savon called my father to set up a deliver date of the bedroom set, entertainment unit and corner table. The delivery was set for a specific date in May and he was given a four hour window. They arrived several hours after the four hour window.
o The bedroom set was missing the footboard so the bed could not be put together.
o The mattress was the wrong model (not the super firm that was ordered)
o The box spring was not the same model ordered
o The entertainment unit came with the central unit and two left units instead of a left and right.
o The left unit was missing a wooden shelf and a glass shelf
3) Another date was scheduled to deliver the correct right unit and the footboard.
o The footboard was delivered; however, we discovered that a label covered a huge hole in the footboard.
o When I returned from Ithaca to Sarasota for another visit I also noticed there were several scars on the entertainment unit, probably occurring during delivery.
The reason I returned to Sarasota so soon was the doctors thought my Dad had a stroke and he was in the hospital. While dealing with the stress of my fathers situation, I called Savon about scheduling the delivery of the correct mattresses. I gave them my cell phone number to schedule the delivery date.
1) However, they called my fathers home phone and, of course, since he was hospitalized no one was home and the delivery truck came and left a calling card.
I drove to the store and talked with Eileen at the front desk and Justin, the store manager. I explained that it had been determined my Dad had a fractured neck, not a stroke and that they needed to call my cell phone, not my fathers phone. We scheduled a date for the mattress exchange.
1) A call was made to my fathers phone despite the fact that I had provided
my cell phone number to Eileen and to Justin.
2) I called Justin to complain about this repeated error and asked if he could get the truck to return that day to my house. Justin said when no one is home, the truck cannot deliver and it was not possible. I explained again why no one was home and asked him if I needed to pursue a legal path to get any action and he said if Im going to threaten him, hell hang up. He would not take my abuse.
Philip, the salesman calls me to ask what happened with the mattresses. He was calling because he was not able to receive his commission until I was satisfied with my delivery of the purchases. I was very surprised about this since he had no responsibility for the delivery process yet he was in essence held responsible. I explained the sorry situation to him and he called me back that day and scheduled the delivery for the mattresses the next day. This time there was a successful delivery and the correct mattresses arrived without a problem. I also told Phillip about the missing shelves and the hole in the footboard.
My father was still in the hospital post-surgery and I went to his house to handle some matters for him. While there, I get a call from Eileen once again she called his phone instead of my cell phone despite the fact that she knew I was with my Dad every day, all day, in the hospital. She told me she wanted to schedule a service call to look at the footboard. When I explained the situation with my father as well as that the footboard hole was huge (and the men who delivered the mattress wrote it up as proof that the store needed to replace them) she talked with her managers and was able to schedule a delivery date.
Once again she asked for my name and cell phone number (by now I had given both to her at least 5 times previously). She told me the headboard would be delivered on the following Tuesday. I once again told her it was a footboard, not a headboard and that I would be back up north the following Tuesday. So, she was able to get it delivered on Thursday (this was a Tuesday).
1) On Wednesday I get a call that the service man would be there. I thought that meant the delivery, and despite the fact that my father had passed away and was to be buried on that same day I arranged for a neighbor to be available for the service person.
2) The service person arrived and asked what was needed!?! He had no idea why he was sent to the house.
By this time I didnt care if I ever heard from Savon again. The only thing that mattered was my father and handling his affairs. On Thursday, the day of the scheduled footboard delivery there was no delivery.
I asked my sister to call because I didnt want any further communication with them---they said they didnt know anything about the delivery but Eileen would be in later that day. When my sister talked to Eileen it turned out that although Eileen scheduled the date it was impossible to keep because the delivery personnel needed a 3 day window after her call, not a 2 day window.
My sister then schedules a delivery date for June 27 when both of us have returned to our homes up north. I give the store my neighbors phone number and tell them if they call my fathers number they will reach no one as he passed away.
I called my neighbor in Sarasota today and she told me that the delivery was scheduled for between 2:00 and 6:00 on the 27th. She received a call at 9:15 p.m. from a man saying he wanted to deliver the footboard. As she was home alone and didnt trust that a delivery was taking place so late at night she told them not to deliver and she would reschedule.
I imagine that some day we will have a footboard without a hole and that shelves will eventually arrive for the entertainment unit.
One guarantee I can make is that I will never purchase anything from Savon or Kane furniture again and will tell everyone I know who is shopping for furniture to go elsewhere.
Reviewed April 25, 2006
My mother who is 75 years old and in poor health called Kane's looking for a motorized recliner. Her salesmen was Nestor. He told her they had plenty of chairs just to come on down and pick one up. He then called back to say he was out of chairs, but don't worry he had located one at a different store and that he would give her a $100.00 discount.
He insisted I come to his store and pay him first, and that the other store was 5 minutes away. I paid him $535.00 for the chair and was told to head over to store # 3 that was at least 20 minutes if not more away.Upon arriving at the other Kane store we were told to ask for Thomas; he knew everything and was waiting for us. We found Thomas and he seemed a bit confused. He finally admitted that the chair was defective and missing parts. I spoke with the store manager and he asked does Nestor know this is a clearance store? Nestor totally wasted my time and money.
Reviewed May 1, 2001
I purchased a dresser, headboard, mirror and night stand. I paid $250/dn I got the furniture and the mirror had a small crack in it at the top and is still in the box. The headboard is peeling. I have not paid the remaining $179 because I told them I wanted them to fix it. I was told by the Ft. Myers store that I needed to pay first, I explained I did not feel that I had any leverage if they were not going stand by the furniture. Consequently, they turned me over to a collection agency, and this went on my credit report.
I pay my bills and this furniture was really cheap. I ask them right away to just come and get it and the Mgr. said no because they would have to sell it for used furniture. I told him well that is what it looks like I purchased. I have contacted the Better Business Bureau, the collection agency and the State Dept. of Consumer Affairs. My response from them is that they cannot get Savon to respond to their requests.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2000
We ordered a sleeper sofa and loveseat from them on 12/10/99. We were told that it would be 8-10 weeks for delivery. I called numerous times to check on it, and kept receiving different times. Our sleeper sofa arrived to our home Feb 25. The love seat arrived March 23rd. The knicked the furniture when they brought it in, and we had to have someone come out and fix it. Also, the loveseat sinks in the middle, which we have had one person come out to look at, and it is still not right.
We have called them over 24 times to have someone come back out and fix our loveseat. In addition, our sofa squeaks when you sit down on it. They tell us that they will call us back, but never do. Our furniture has not been right since we recieved it, and no course of action that I have taken, has fixed it. A brand new loveseat should not sink down in the middle, considering my husband and I sit each on a side, but slide to the middle. I even tried to contact Sealy furniture about it, but they said that Savon needed to handle the complaint. We did purchase a warranty on it, but it does come with a warranty from Sealy.
Reviewed July 19, 2000
We purchased $7,338.00 worth of home furnishings. Over $2,000.00 of it was defective. They first promised to repair it, when they didn't do that the promised to replace it. They are playing games. Giving us the run-around. I have had two strokes, am disabled and can't deal with this. I need help.
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