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The Worst Experience I Ever Had
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Rating: 1/51

WESTBURY, NEW YORK -- I recently bought a lot of furnitures at Jennifer Convertibles located in Carle Place, NY and I had terrible experience. It took the company 4 times to deliver my furnitures and even so, there are 2 items that are still missing at this point. When the company calls to schedule the time for the delivery, I asked them to confirm what items being delivered to make sure they have everything, they told me that the "only make the call, they don't know what items are being delivered" so you don't know what you're getting until they actually show up at your house.

First, when we went to the store to schedule the delivery, we scheduled it for Friday 9/23/16. However, the store manager, Cinthia changed it to Sunday, 9/25/16, and didn't bother to call and tell us. The 3rd time they made the delivery, which was supposed to be the last time, we were still missing a bed and a mirror.

When I called the store to ask about it, the store manager, Cinthia, blamed me for not telling her what was missing. I told her that every time they deliver, there was a list of the items so she should know what had been delivered and what was still missing. She was rude and argumentative and at some point during the conversation, she hung up the phone on me. Then she told me when I called back that she didn't know where the missing items were at that point. She said she would find out the next day and get back to me which she never did.

Throughout this conversation, she kept repeating that it was my fault that she didn't know about the missing items. I had to call the store back to talk to someone else who found out that the missing items were transferred to the wrong warehouse. When I called customer service to complain about this store and how the store manager conducted business, I was promised a call from the Regional Manager, "John", to resolve the issue. Well, 4 days later I still have not heard from that manager. Obviously, customer service is not important to him. Most of the company's representatives we talked with were rude.

Throughout my life, I receive excellent customer service and poor customer service and anywhere in between. However, Jennifer Convertibles really broke the records for me in terms of poor customer service. I don't usually rate my experience online. However, I'll make an exception this time and give my rating on this experience. I don't want anyone to experience what I had to go through with Jennifer Convertibles.

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Worst Customer Service Ever
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Rating: 1/51

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK -- I have never written a bad review before, but I think customers deserve to know this. Ok here is my nightmare story and biggest disappointment ever: I have ordered a sofa bed from Jennifer Furniture. We negotiated the date of arrival and I had to take a day off at work, as they were not able to specify the exact (or near) hour- just told me between 10am and 3pm. So I waited... and they brought a wrong one. I was really pissed as I needed it. I awaited guests for couple of nights and had no place to put them. So I had to pay a hotel for them! Ok.

You would think they will apologize and be very sorry... You think wrong, no in Jennifer. Such a rude attitude and impolite behavior, I was really amazed! I have never experienced such a bad customer service in my life... Not only I had to wait another week or two for the sofa, I had to take another day off at work... But the best part was just about to come.

The manager promised me the discount for the wrong sofa and late delivery. It was just 100 USD, ok, better than nothing... But guess what? They never send anything and he didn't even answer my emails. Hilarious!!! This is how the manager should behave? For 100 bucks? Are you kidding me? I have the name of the Manhattan Jennifer Furniture manager, if anybody would be interested and will be happy to provide it.

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Horrible goods & cust serv - phone list attached
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LOS ANGELES -- Issue: Couch is beyond repair and needs to be replaced according to repair technician. A part of the frame on the underside of the frame broke off of the couch on 6/21/07 and was called in to the customer service number for repair. A technician arrived on 7/20/07 to repair the couch which he did he best to repair but could not return the couch to original working order. The frame was put back into place, but the springs under the cushion remained sunken and lower than other sections of the couch.

A second claim was put in for repair, upon which another technician arrived on 8/21/07. This technician, Robert, explained how couches sold by Jennifer Convertibles were of very poor quality and constructed of particle board and shoddy craftsmanship. He tried to repair the couch for the next 2 hours and said that the couch was beyond repair and needed to be replaced. As all repairs are done via contracted repair centers and not directly through Jennifer Convertibles he would need to submit a report which would state the couch could not be repaired.

At this time the couch needs to be replaced in a timely manner as it was not fixed per the original claim which was placed within the warranty period. The couch has not been able to be used for the last 2 months and at this point legal action is an option. The couch has been broken for over 2 months at this point, and the staff in the call center at Jennifer Convertibles is beyond rude when dealing with my issues. In particular **, when asked to speak to his supervisor, will put a woman named ** on the phone who's conversational tactics are to speak over you or to put the phone down and walk away from it.

If you do call, demand to speak to ** and demand that you see action within 1-2 days, not the normal 7-10 business day window that they say is mandatory. ** does have the authority to push repairs through and put a 'rush' on your repair. Remember that when the service technician comes to repair your couch, he is on your side. He has repaired more horribly constructed pieces of furniture from Jennifer Convertibles and knows what you are going through. Make sure that the technician reports the item as unrepairable and then push for Jennifer Convertibles to send you a new item.

Be nice to the service people, they are not Jennifer employees and are your best shot at getting a new chair, couch, parts etc. Use this number to verify when reports are sent to Jennifer Convertibles and to make sure the technician can find your house.

If Jennifer Convertibles owes you parts, or a part has to be ordered for your item, this is where it comes from. Obviously Jennifer Convertibles does not like you knowing where their suppliers are, so if you are waiting for parts call the number above and say you are ** from Jennifer Convertibles and that you are checking on the status of an order for a customer.

(note: I had to do this within the first days of my purchase. My couch did not come with screws for the feet/legs and Jennifer Convertibles told me over and over after many calls that they were on order. When I finally tricked a rep into giving me the number I called the parts contractor myself to only find out the parts were never ordered. I ordered them myself and had them sent directly to my work. My couch was on towels for over 3 months.) Good luck if you already own a Jennifer Convertibles item, and if you do not then STAY AWAY. Spend a few more bucks and go somewhere else. The few hundred you would be saving is not worth your time or energy.

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Worst Customer Service!!!
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- My fiance and I bought a Jennifer convertible back in July. We picked a couch that was in the showroom - a green, L-shaped, convertible. It looked big and roomy and was totally comfortable. The fabric looked great - we asked how long the couch had been sitting there. The salesperson said "one year - it holds up so well!" Wow! We thought - great, one year and it still looks like this? We'll take it!

So the couch is delivered I believe within two weeks like they said - fantastic. Not. We get the couch and there is a stain on the leg, a tear in one of the pillows, and the cushions just looked generally understuffed. hmmmmm. I am not happy at all. After paying $1,800 for a couch, one would think they are entitled to a stain and rip-free piece of merchandise. I call that day and complain about the couch. They tell me they will place an order for the cleaning technician to set up an appointment. We wait, I think about a month for them to come and clean it. Fine... very annoying but at least they came and repaired what we had complained about.

Throughout this time, we start to notice that the couch has become a "lint trap" catching every piece of hair, dust, and fabric that comes in contact with it. OK fine, apartments get dusty and so does furniture. I pull out our lint roller and figure I'll just whisk it off - wrong! The hairs/lint will not come off! We pick at them (and mind you these are not dog or cat hairs - just human hairs that fall out of your head and are relatively thin) and we cannot get them off!

Extremely frustrated, I pull out duck tape (hello duck tape!) and still, the hairs do not come off. They are actually trapped in the weave of the fabric upon arrival. Completely unacceptable! I deal with this for longer than I ever should have. My fiance and I trying new ways to pick up this lint every time we had company over (tape, vacuum, lint rolls), embarrassed by the hairs and dirt.

Completely frustrated at this time, I read the Jennifer Convertibles contract. The contract's first line reads "The Jennifer worry-free guarantee" (OK I'm worried!) I then read the Upholstery Shield protection plan which states that you should brush and vacuum your upholstery to keep dirt from getting embedded. I already do that! I do it all the time and still I cannot get the hair up or off! I am now convinced my upholstery is defective - this is not normal. People should not have to pick individual hairs off of a couch!

I call Jennifer Convertibles... four times - asking to speak to the manager. Oh but he is never in. I leave messages every time and never hear back from him. Finally I get a hold of him and explain my problem. I tell him I am not looking for a refund (what am I crazy?!) but simply an exchange for a new couch that is not a lint trap. He tells me he must send out a technician first. If the technician deems the material defective, then there will be a discussion about an exchange. Great! I know that once the technician sees the couch he will agree!

I wait two weeks for the technician to come. Sure enough he looks at the couch and says "wow I have never seen this before" He even tried to pick off one of the pieces of lint himself (much to my embarrassment) and couldn't! He stated to us that the fabric was defective and he would write it up. Great so we will be getting an exchange I say to him. He tells me he doesn't know - he is a third party and only reports what he sees. He said we should hear from JC in about a week. OK fair enough.

A week goes by... I call. Not ready yet. Two weeks go by... I call not ready yet. two and a half weeks go by... I call - now the manager is on vacation. I ask the salesperson who handles his business when he is away. No one. Great customer service! He finally agrees to help me with my issue and says he will call me on Monday (it was Friday then) or Tuesday. No call calls. Today is Saturday no one had called but today I get a letter that states that after the technician looked at it, they find no problem with our merchandise and "are pleased that your furniture is defect free and hope you have many enjoyable years from it." Years my ass!!!

I call JC and speak to the same salesperson (** - funny I remember his name but he never remembers me after 5 calls). I don't even mention the letter but ask him why he still has not returned my phone calls. He tells me he has 50-100 people calling him a week and cannot remember every person and their problems. I ask him how business is taken care of then - does he take notes, write down names, perhaps a phone number? He tells me **, the manager, deals with returning phone calls. But ** is on vacation!

Oh well ** came in on his day off and took the massages he tells me. ** doesn't know what happened to his message from me. So apparently the Jennifer Convertibles workers are such great workers that they come in on their days off, from their vacations, to pick up messages... and then never return any of the calls. Now that is the definition of customer service! On Monday I will call ** again and see where this all goes. To be Continued.

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Horrible Customer Service
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Rating: 1/51

UPLAND, CALIFORNIA -- I purchased a sectional couch and dinette for a very good price about $1100 for all that furniture. The person who sold it to me was the manager. It was purchased on January 21st and I paid a little more than half. I was told that it would take about 6-8 weeks before they would be delivered. I asked if I could just come pick it up since it was $159.99 of delivery fees. The manager said "well you could but you don't want to do that because the dinette has several pieces to put it together and you don't want to go through all that trouble" I agreed and decided to purchase it.

At the 6 week mark March 11 called and spoke with **. She was very nice and informed me that the manager that sold me thre furniture was gone for 10 days. She said Jennifer manager from the Pasadena store was assisting their store in the meantime. ** was the only one who could check the status of my order. I thought no problem I understand ** is a sales associate and that information was only available to management. I waited until Sunday March 3rd and didn't get a call from manager **.

I called the upland store and ** answered I asked her why I didn't get a call she apologized and said she spoke with ** and that it was only 6 weeks and that I still had another 2 weeks and to call back by Wednesday or Thursday. Okay no problem again. I called back Wednesday March 6th and got ** again. She said that she would leave a note for ** whose covering the store and that ** would call me back. I didn't get a call back on Thursday or Friday so I decided to call.

On March 8th I spoke with ** again and she said she would email the manager and get some info I heard her typing while I stayed on the line. She said she sent the email and would call me back when she got a response. So I waited. ** left a voicemail saying this "your furniture was stuck in customs and it will be available to schedule a delivery date after April 5th." I was irritated at this point. I'm in a new apartment with nowhere to sit and eat. I called her back and said that my receipt stated 6-8 weeks and after April 5th is 10 weeks.

She sounded surprised and said "wow really 10 weeks, okay let me see what they can do" so I waited again for a call back. I received a phone call back from Jennifer the manager from the Pasadena store and all she did was repeat the same information ** gave me. She was also very rude saying "I was just about to call you. I'm with customers and don't have much time." I started to thank her for helping me when she rudely cut me off and said she call back with any other information. I didn't get a call back and at this point I don't want the furniture.

I call upland on Saturday and get ** explaining the conversation I had with ** and that she was very rude, ** apologized and I asked her if I could just get a full refund that I am dissatisfied with everything that had happened. She apologizes and said that I could get refund but that the manager would have to do it and said he would be back in on Monday. I called Monday and spoke with the manager and he said that there is no full refund I would have to pay 30% of my purchase. I was very unhappy with this. The manager was not helpful and very rude.

He continued to say that the price I got my furniture for were a great deal and that I just need to wait for my furniture. I asked if I could get compensated for having to wait 2 weeks more than they said. He immediately said no then said well I can talk to corporate but I guarantee they will only credit you $25 bucks. I then asked since I already paid can pick a couch off the showroom floor so I have something tonight and he said no. He directed me to the website for the customer service phone number and said see what corporate can do. I get to the website and there is no direct phone number to corporate.

All there is is an email to address your concern. I emailed and then decided to Google the customer service number and find there are over 100 reviews of customer service horror stories with Jennifer convertibles. I call the number and they direct me to ** ext ** and I have already left 2 voicemails at 2 and 4 and have yet to get a call back. My only options are pay 30% and get no furniture or fight with the voicemail inbox and wait until after April 5th to schedule a delivery date. This is horrible service!!!!

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Bad Customer Service and Delivery
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GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA -- My delivery window was between 1 and 5 pm. It was rainy so I can appreciate that they might be running a bit late. I called the store at 4:45 pm on Nov. 20 to make sure they were still coming. ** told me in a very non-caring way not to worry and that they were coming. She did not apologize or anything about the late schedule and the call ended.

At 5:30 pm I was feeling bothered by ** attitude and worried that she just blew me off so I called again. Once again, her attitude was such that I was the problem - must have lots of customers in that showroom on a rainy Sunday evening at 4:45 pm so you can't take a minute to attend to my concerns! And she quickly said that due to the rain they were probably running late. I asked if there was a number to call the delivery folks with and she said there wasn't. She said they use an east coast company that does the scheduling and that they were closed.

Then silence again (I think she took a class where they taught the student to just go silent and not say anything else when confronted by a difficult retail issue)... I commented that her attitude was uncaring and she insisted that she did not have an attitude. She also added that deliveries go until 9 pm. Well, I was not told this when I scheduled my delivery (they had over one week to schedule this delivery for me!). I was told 1 to 5 pm and I had plans for the evening.

Also, I have worked with other vendors and I have always found that they call you on the day of the delivery OR I have even received calls when they were running late. That's just courtesy and customer service, folks! I wish I would have read these reviews before I went there to support a business in my city. Never again. I would rather go to Ikea or Living Spaces (which means driving outside of Glendale). I have heard satisfactory comments from my friends who have shopped at Living Spaces.

The Glendale, Ca Jennifer Convertibles store has uncaring employees and they either have too much business so they think they can blow people off or they are barely hanging on and can't handle what business they do have and use fly by night seedy delivery companies. I paid $100 for delivery (and have read of other reviews where they sock it to you with these delivery charges at Jennifer Convertibles).

And I am still waiting... 6 pm. Let's see if they come at 9 pm tonight. Not a single phone call from them - makes me mad! If I don't get my delivery tonight, I will be posting again. Final word: I would not be feeling this way if the customer service was a bit more attentive. Thanks, **! You are a gem... I know you will go far in the sales and retail world!

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Convertible Sofa
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Rating: 1/51

WESTBURY, NEW YORK -- Do not buy from this store. I purchased a convertible with an upgrade air mattress. The pump broke even though I hardly used the bed. I replaced it and it broke again after one year. Jennifer only covers it for a year. I was a month off. They would gladly replace it for three times the amount I paid for the pump last year. I called the manufacturer and they offer a three year warranty but Jennifer will not do that. They are totally worthless.

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Liars
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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA -- We were in the market to purchase a new leather couch. We shopped all of the local chain stores for our purchase. When we came to Jennifer Convertibles the salesman informed us that not only did they have the best pricing but the best warranty in the industry. Of course the warranty intrigued me, so I asked for specifics. He proceeded to tell me that it covers all these stains including pet urine and damages that could be caused by the pets.

I asked specifically what that meant. He proceeded to inform me that if a dog or cat was to damage any fabric/leather part of the sectional they would replace it no questions asked. Since we have three dogs, that was very appealing to us. No other competitors offered such a warranty we purchased it right then and there. I was still skeptical so I asked to speak to the store manager. To my surprise he informed me he was the manager. This eased my suspicion.

I was still nervous about the warranty, so when the couch took a ridiculous time for delivery (another issue/lie) we checked out another location for the company. To my pleasant surprise, this sales person also offered the same extended warranty with the pet coverage. This made us feel a little more comfortable about our decision and figured it would be worth the wait.

To make a long story short, after receiving delivery finally of the long awaited couch, we had to make a claim within a couple of weeks. After submitting all the paperwork and pictures we come to find out that they do not cover pet damage. So I went to call the store only to find out that they closed and are closing all the Florida locations. This was never disclosed at the time of purchase either.

I am a very educated consumer, but when two store managers assure me about warranty coverage I let my guard down. I will never do business with this company again, and suggest all consumers to do the same. By the way, the company is currently bankrupt (I wonder why?) and being taken over by a Chinese company. Does this bother anybody else?

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Buyer Beware
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My son bought a sofa and loveseat at Jennifer for his first apartment. We were all so excited! We opted to pick it up for him in order to save $150 and to have the furniture sooner. No problem at the warehouse, they were very nice but in a hurry to get rid of it because it was pouring rain. We get it into his apartment and can't wait to set it up.

We open the boxes and are disappointed to see how poorly it is made, everything has to be assembled, even the arms have to be attached to the sofa. We get it all together and realize one arm is broken on the inside, the wood "support" is broken and the arm sags. We call customer service and after an hour get no one due to "a high volume of calls". Big surprise.

Next day I reach a person and they decide to have a technician come and take a look at it. My son takes off from work, waits all day and the tech says it is indeed broken, that it looks like forklift damage and that Jennifer will send a new arm in about 2 weeks (Now we are glad the arms do pull off and on, easy to replace!). We wait and wait and finally get a nasty letter from Jennifer stating that the technician was not authorized to promise a new arm.

He was wrong about the forklift damage, and they would do nothing about the broken arm because we picked it up at the warehouse and signed off on it even though it was fully wrapped and crated and you could not assemble it anywhere there and besides, the rain would have ruined it all. They accused us of dropping it and trying to rip them off. Long story short, they were very rude and did nothing to try to fix it and we paid a furniture repair guy $75.00 to fix it, still cheaper that delivery! It was never comfortable, didn't look the same as the one on the showroom floor and he was thrilled to get rid of it one year later and buy a real sofa. Once they have your money you are TOAST.

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1.0 out of 5, based on 6 ratings and
47 reviews & complaints.
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Jennifer Convertibles Inc
419 Crossways Park Dr.
Woodbury, NY 11797-2061
516-496-1900 (ph)
516-496-8380 (fax)
www.jenniferfurniture.com
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