Receiving good service from Bradley Michaels Furniture is an unpredictable thing. In mid January of 2012 my wife and I ordered a king-size wooden bed made by Mobel Inc. Mobel has a limited number of distributors for their products, and Bradley Michaels was the closest in proximity to where we live. Initially, the bed had shipped and arrived at our home within five weeks of requesting it. Considering that the bed first needed to be manufactured by Mobel, then be sent to Bradley Michaels, and finally delivered to us, waiting only one month and a week was not bad at all. Additionally, the delivery service was free. However, during the process of installation, Bradley Michael's delivery men severely damaged the headboard piece with a rubber mallet. They were having difficulties passing the piece through the door frame and figured that by hammering off one of the legs and the molding at the top they would be able to get it into the bedroom. What could be more ridiculous than professional furniture movers beating the crap out the furniture in order to assemble it? I went into the store the following day and personally informed Michael of what happened. As I offered him various pictures that I had printed out of the damage, he said he only wanted one. However, he called me two days later asking me to write an e-mail to his service department with the pictures I had taken. Not that it is a big deal, but I did not expect to do the leg work to fix a problem that his associated created (especially when I had already offered him the same pictures in person). From here on out, the experience only gets much worse. Michael had told me that I would have to wait about three weeks for a replacement headboard to come in. When three weeks had passed, I called Michael to check on the status and he told me that the the headboard was already made, but that the truck at Mobel would not be able to ship it until the overall load met the minimum weight requirement, and that I'd have to wait another ten days. Now let it be said that, when a furniture company sends a delivery service that damages its merchandise (actually the customers merchandise, since $1,600 was withdrawn from my account the day I ordered the bed) and then does not deliver the replacement part by the time the owner had indicated, the customer should not have to wait any longer; the company should be responsible for a fast and efficient shipping method, even if it be Fed Ex. [Review Continued Under Comment Section]
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