Entrapment $$$
After an agreement that was made with the manager Tony to fix my hardwood floor that buckled in my dinning room, I was reassured he would take care of it.
Finally, they came to do the job. After the installer arrived he commented that I had AC running which was a good thing (for humidity), when they ripped up the hardwood he asked me about a gap in the floor exposing the hardwood to the basement just above the laundry room and hot water tank basically the unfinished part of the basement and exactly where the hardwood buckled.. coincidence!?
This is where things go wrong, I now get a call from Alexanian’s after the hardwood is all ripped up in my dinning room saying I owe $700 + tax because it was my fault that the problem was from humidity levels in the house. I’m now in shock…This was not agreed upon prior to the job. If I didn’t pay, he said he would not finish the job and walk out on me! I said, I feel like this is entrapment! He did not measure the humidity level in the house prior to the work being done just decided half way through the job it was my fault. I was right there with him when he started the job and said nothing to me!
He claims it was not the gap in the floor that was the problem. If so, then there should have been a price agreed upon before they started the job if he already knew it was a humidity problem. I think he did not leave enough of a gap against the wall for the wood to expand and does not want to take the blame.
I talked to Tony the store manager, he plays nice guy and talks in circles but will not pay me back my money.
So much for their word it means nothing. What they say and what they do are two separate things.