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Beware Expo Design Centers Charles Schuler 09-23-2006
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Posted by Charles Schuler on September 23, 2006, 6:49 pm
This is a second post about the same subject ... a botched installation by
The Closet Factory in Naples, FL. The Closet Factory was the subcontractor
and they were located in Ft. Myers, FL, and that particular franchise has
gone out of business. No relief possible from their headquarters in CA;
they hang up on me.

The Expo Design Center in Naples, FL was the prime contractor and they also
ignore my complaints. No exaggeration ... dozens of phone calls ... I now
have a case number and all of that, but nothing ever happens. When I give
my case number, the reps often say ... "Oh my, this is really very strange
and must be due to some kind of error."

I'd suggest that folks avoid Expo Design Centers and The Closet Factories.

I now shop at Lowe's and will never, ever, visit a Home Depot (The owner of
the Expo Design Centers).

The installation was in December 2005, by the way, and that's a long time
ago ... soon they will tell me it is beyond the warranty.



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Posted by Al Bundy on September 23, 2006, 9:54 pm

> This is a second post about the same subject ... a botched
> installation by The Closet Factory in Naples, FL. The Closet Factory
> was the subcontractor and they were located in Ft. Myers, FL, and that
> particular franchise has gone out of business. No relief possible
> from their headquarters in CA; they hang up on me.
>
> The Expo Design Center in Naples, FL was the prime contractor and they
> also ignore my complaints. No exaggeration ... dozens of phone calls
> ... I now have a case number and all of that, but nothing ever
> happens. When I give my case number, the reps often say ... "Oh my,
> this is really very strange and must be due to some kind of error."
>
> I'd suggest that folks avoid Expo Design Centers and The Closet
> Factories.
>
> I now shop at Lowe's and will never, ever, visit a Home Depot (The
> owner of the Expo Design Centers).
>
> The installation was in December 2005, by the way, and that's a long
> time ago ... soon they will tell me it is beyond the warranty.
>
>
>



I assume you have contacted Home Depot and they say you have to contact
the Expo Center?

> a botched
> installation by The Closet Factory in Naples, FL. The Closet Factory
> was the subcontractor and they were located in Ft. Myers, FL,

The sub-k is none of your concern. You have no business with them.
HD/Expo hired them. It's their problem if the sub-k screwed them. Your
business/contract is with Expo center.

> No relief possible
> from their headquarters in CA; they hang up on me.

Again, you are not their customer and you have no business with them.

> The installation was in December 2005, by the way, and that's a long
> time ago ... soon they will tell me it is beyond the warranty.

Write a letter. Not call. Not email. Put the entire story in it from day
one to present. Include who you called. talked to and when. Send it to
the people you had the contract with - HD Design Center I assume. Then in
conclusion request a response by xx days after receipt of the letter. If
they don't respond then you will be FORCED to....(whatever you are
going/willing to do). Send it certified mail WITH A RETURN RECEIPT proof
of delivery. Then wait. Then do whatever.

You must do it in writing or your rights are not preserved. The beyond
warranty should be preserved.

Also, did you pay with a credit card? If so, you may have recourse there.
Requires you WRITE a letter to the CC company.

I'm not a legal person or even savy on legal stuff. This is just my
understanding based on life's experience.

Posted by Toller on September 23, 2006, 10:11 pm

> This is a second post about the same subject ... a botched installation by
> The Closet Factory in Naples, FL. The Closet Factory was the
> subcontractor and they were located in Ft. Myers, FL, and that particular
> franchise has gone out of business. No relief possible from their
> headquarters in CA; they hang up on me.
>
> The Expo Design Center in Naples, FL was the prime contractor and they
> also ignore my complaints. No exaggeration ... dozens of phone calls ...
> I now have a case number and all of that, but nothing ever happens. When
> I give my case number, the reps often say ... "Oh my, this is really very
> strange and must be due to some kind of error."
>
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think you are probably doing
something wrong.
Go in and speak to the manager.



Posted by on September 24, 2006, 8:34 am
wow, that doesn't jive with my experience at all.
I'm not sure about the corporate policy, but in the oakland county area
of Michigan it is standard policy of home depot to flat out fire and
ban any contractor that they ever recive a complaint about (this tells
you exactly how many contractors there are here), every contractor we
ever had from them was extraordinary in quality and efficiency.

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Charles Schuler wrote:
> This is a second post about the same subject ... a botched installation by
> The Closet Factory in Naples, FL. The Closet Factory was the subcontractor
> and they were located in Ft. Myers, FL, and that particular franchise has
> gone out of business. No relief possible from their headquarters in CA;
> they hang up on me.
>
> The Expo Design Center in Naples, FL was the prime contractor and they also
> ignore my complaints. No exaggeration ... dozens of phone calls ... I now
> have a case number and all of that, but nothing ever happens. When I give
> my case number, the reps often say ... "Oh my, this is really very strange
> and must be due to some kind of error."
>
> I'd suggest that folks avoid Expo Design Centers and The Closet Factories.
>
> I now shop at Lowe's and will never, ever, visit a Home Depot (The owner of
> the Expo Design Centers).
>
> The installation was in December 2005, by the way, and that's a long time
> ago ... soon they will tell me it is beyond the warranty.


Posted by sanchea on November 22, 2006, 11:48 am


my story with expo is the same. in 2001 i had a complete kitchen remodel
done which dragged on much longer then the store said it would. expo did
the job and the cost then was @ $60k. the project was done in the summer
of 2002. within a year the finish on some cabinet doors started to get
bumpy and delaminate on the edges of the stiles. in 2003 expo replaced one
door. in 2004 expo replaced two more. i now have eight doors that have
the same problem. in 2005 and 2006 i have gone thru the entire expo/home
depot organization trying to get the problem corrected. i have gone from
the store, to their regional,to their corporate customer serivice. this
back and forth took almost two years. they even sent out the manufacturer
representative (omega cabinets) three times to my house. the bottom line
is omega cabinets does not want to honor their lifetime warranty. so expo
says my problem is not warranty related. expo/home depot did send me a
$200.00 gift card for "my inconvience". which i have not spent and will
not spend until this problem is corrected. what gets me is when i was
considering who to pick as the contractor the expo sales people repeatedly
told me "if there ever was problem no matter how long it took expo would be
there to correct it. no matter how long it was after the job was done."
another thing that gripes me is that one of the replacement doors doesn't
even match the kitchen. i didn't realize this until the omega rep pointed
it out to me.

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