Carpet and Flooring Reviews - Empire Today
Empire rip off
I had Empire Carpet come to my house and the slick salesman told me I needed 200+square yards and he then quoted me a price of 10,000 dollars.
The same Shaw carpet cost me 3,800 at Home Depot for 160 square yards. My savings are paying for my daughter's first year of college.
Empire advertised 50% off, the salesman didn't even bring that carpet in the house because of the poor quality. He then told me that another company would charge me 13,500 for the carpet and proceded to tell me how he would save me 3,500 dollars.
Empire Today Does not Pay thier Sales People
I worked for Empire Today for several years. In the last couple years it has been hard to get paid for the jobs you sell.
When a sales person comes out to your home, they are given a price range that they are allowed to charge. The sales person may be able to charge $24-$50 a yard. If you get a salesperson that can really sell you may pay more than 2x more then the people next door. Now the salespeople have to sell area rugs. It they don't sell a certain amount a week they are not given work the following week. The salesperson is taught how to charge for the area rug and make the customer think they are getting it for free. You can get the same area rug at Lams plus for a lot less.
When they do thier 50% sale it is only on 2 carpets; the cheapest carpet. They pay only about $4 a yard so when they have the sale you are only saving $2 a yard. For example you might pay $26 a yard vs. $24 a yard. The sales person is only allow to charge you $24-$50 a yard. There is really no sale.
The reason why Empire always miss thier appointments is that they only give appointments to the salespeople that are selling over 50%. So a saleperson may have my 6-8 appointments a day where they can not get to everyone and another salesperson is sitting at home with nothing to do. One of the general managers said at a sales meeting he would rather us miss the appointment (he used the word "burn) then give it to someone who is not selling at 50%. That is why they miss several appointments.
When a salesperson finally leave Empire makes up every excuse not to pay them. I had some sales that they gave to someone else. Salespeople have left the company being owe $1000-$5000 and they never pay them. They can't file a small claims because they don't register in the state and small claims will not let you file a case that is out of state unless it is an auto accident or tennat/landlord problem. You can't go to the labor board because you are an indepentant contractor. Since the sales people are i.c. Empire does not have to pay unemployment taxes or benefits. If salespeople are fired they can ot collect unemployment. If Empire goes through 1000 sales people a year(which is a very low count) and don't pay $2000 to each of them they are saving $2,000,000 a year.
Please don't do business with them.
Areyoudone, you had better quit looking at the complaints and feeling you need to protect Empire Today. Obviously, you are a manager there. Only an Empire manager would be so disrespectful & condescending as to suggest someone go run a daycare, instead. You had better spend your time hiring an attorney, & getting your testimony straight for when you are named in the class-action lawsuit. It's yours & Empire's attitudes towards both the customers, and those you expect to go out & rip off the public so you can make your bonus, that brings on the types of complaints you are reading here (& elsewhere).
There are, and have been, good people that go out repeating what they were told to say during their "training", only to find out, in time, that they are representing a truly disreputable company. Empire, and you, knows this. In fact, one of your own superiors has said that it takes an independent contractor about 9 months to find out what a bunch of thieves you all are. That's why the "training" class is constantly full of new recruits.
Like I said, your time would be better spent recalling your comments in the past, and whom might have heard them. There's a *** storm brewing out there, and it's coming your way!
Areyoudone. You must be one of the sales managers, maybe the one that wants to burn the customers.
It sounds like you work for them. I heard that they hired 20 people and in less than 6 weeks there was one 1 left. I also heard there is a class action lawsuit with at least 200 people already signed up. I don't know if it has been filed yet or not.
They also have employees that only job is to search the internet for bad PR and try to get rid of it. You might be one of them
Nice, but the guy is right. I worked in accounting at Empire for about year. What ever they could do to screw anyone out of money, they will!!
Let me get this straight. You want to claim Empire uses contractors to sell products, over price products, give salesmen a range they can charge, and then say how you worked for them for years...all in the same breath you want the same people you are claiming get ripped off (by you in fact while working for them) to feel sorry for you?Empire pays what is owed to contractors- current or ex reps.
Sounds to me like you couldn\'t close your leads and your sales manager was smart enough to stop giving you any. I would recommend running a daycare.
Empire Today has BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE!
BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE! I called and spoke to their representative named William.
I scheduled the appt and then proceeded to ask questions about the company. He became very rude and sarcastic. Stated he did not understand why I was asking questions about them. Then I asked if the representative that would come out to my home would have samples of carpet and give me final quote and he responded very sarcastic "That's why you have an appt".
I asked him why he was so annoyed with my questions and he said he did not understand why I was asking questions and I should ask the representative at the appt.
I told him that I just needed a little more info and I would like to have an idea of what to expect so I told him to cancel my appt. I am GLAD I did not do business with this company after reading all the complaints on so many websites!!!!!!!!!!
:zzz WOW,,,it looks like all the negative comments here are automatically responded to by COMPANY RESPONSE. So far I have seen the same pat answer.
Looks like they like giving people the ol' run-a-round! :zzz
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Don't Use Empire Today for Flooring
I had Empire Today install multiple flooring -- in one day. In summary, it was unprofessional, lacked any craftsmanship and frustrating due to the lack of their ability to speak English.
Unfortunately my attempts to correct any of the multitude of discrepancies were ignored. What I found funny about the entire matter was that Empire Today (i.e., a representative named Natalie) actually sent out a “crew” within a few days of my initial complaint. They arrived after 6:30 PM, were almost two hours late and unapologetic. They had no idea of the extent of the work required and I showed them all the discrepancies (e.g., hardwood flooring, laminate flooring, punctured heating system, trash, etc.).
The head of the crew was actually embarrassed, took pictures of all the discrepancies, stated they were unprepared to undertake the extensive repairs and said he would inform the “local office” to have them reschedule. I asked when I would hear from someone and he said tomorrow. Needless to say I heard from no one. After another week I called Al Rivera, a sales manager, at the “local office” and explained what happened.
He stated that he would “look into it and call right back.” He never called back. After another week I spoke with Natalie again and she promised to “look into it and call right back.” She never called back. After surfing the internet and reading the complaints, I realized I was taken by Empire Today and they were just another “high-pitch-sales and no service” company. I gave up on any expectation of Empire Today making things right.
Since I’m a disabled military veteran existing on disability, I had to pay someone else to fix all (i.e., those that could be fixed) these unexpected and unwarranted flooring issues. I paid for my mistake with the selection of Empire Today. However, I felt compelled to follow-up with a testimonial on the Empire Today web page. As expected it wasn’t a positive endorsement.
Within hours I was called by the “corporate office” (i.e., a representative named Helen). She told me she would ask about recompense. The next day she called me and said the “regional office” was “looking into it.” Helen called back the next day and stated that Empire Today would only pay for the trash removal and not the flooring discrepancies – since I paid cash and had no “paperwork”. I requested that she have the “regional office” manager call me and explain why Empire Today did nothing to correct THEIR mistakes for over six weeks.
She said she would pass on the request. Within hours Tim Sherwin, the “regional office” manager called back. Our first conversation wasn’t positive – he attacked my integrity, was condescending, attempted to belittle me and was certainly uninformed. He kept referring to my “alleged” discrepancies and I told him to look at the pictures “his” crew took before he said “alleged” again.
Tim Sherwin called back the next day and his attitude was even worse. I found it odd because he still hadn’t looked at the pictures his own company took. I found him arrogant and disrespectful as well as uninformed and told him so.
He said he would “look into it and call sometime next week.” I told him I was very disappointed with the way I was treated and being treated by Empire Today and was going to inform his endorsers, sponsors and potential buyers of my experience. His response, “do whatever you want to do.” MY ADVISE – DON’T USE EMPIRE TODAY.
dont use them they put they show you one wood and put another. They put the wrong one in our house.
I am so sad. They havent called to tell me how they will fix it . They stained my couch with black oil. The did a *** job on the corners.
I t is distasteful. we are stuck with wood we dont like in our house :cry :cry :cry :cry
Mr. Company Response,
'Thank you for brining your concerns'? :?
Brining :? :?
Your email address is protected because you don't won't to communicate with anyone.
Thanks so much for your comments as I've seen more than enough to change my mine about doing business with Empire Today.They advertise all over TEXAS and I was just about to call them. I just so happen to look them up and so this website and boy am I glad.
I will proceed to Home Depot where I know for sure I will get quality work as well as good customer service.
I have used them before. Again, Thanks alot and I hope the millions of people use this site and refuse to use them will put them out of business.
:eek WOW! Thank you for informing someone like me who WAS going to call Empire but definitely AM NOT going to now!
Thank goodness I checked into the testimonials.
I tend to believe the negative ones. The company can certainly write all the positive ones they want but only negative ones come from real people that did not get what they paid for!
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Empire Today. Huge Rip off!
This review is from a real person who provided valid contact information and hasn't been caught misusing, spamming or abusing our website.
Verified Reviewer New ReviewerMy husband and I just bought a home, We mistakenly both made appts with Empire for new carpet and hardwood floors, with us working we failed to mention that we had both made appts for estimates on seperate days. I had my rep come on a Wed.
She looked and measured my kids, smaller rooms and gave me an estimate of $2,600. Meanwhile I had another local carpet place give me an estimate of $1,300 the week before. I told her this and she, without even thinking, changed her price to match. I asked her about laminates for the hard woods while she was there and she said it would be 5 to 6 thousand.
Well, Saturday came and my husband was at the house before me (we have been repairing so we dont live there yet) and when I arrived he said he had forgotten to cancel his appt with Empire after he realize I had one on Wed. So he felt bad and let the guy do his thing and give a quote.... Well.... This guys price was 1,300 for carpet and 2,300 for the laminates!!!
Are you kidding?! What kind of BS scam are they running?
I want to thank all of you for posting the information on Empire Today. I have an interview later on and now I am thinking twice about going.
:( I was a little baffled at the quote of $15,000 from the salesman for 800 sq feet of engineered wood. Even the best quality real wood would have been cheaper. I understand that the salesman are trying to make a living, but no one will be getting rich off of me...I can take my business to a Lowes or Home Depot.
My husband and i bought carpet upstairs and down most terrible experince we have ever had carpet came wrong color we have stairway carpet was to match downstairs no way so they had to replace carpet. rush job means no quality work if we ever have to change again would hire someone with no next day service.Save your money hire someone that stands behind there work and want change quote.
'in the know,' you are obviously 'out of it.' sounds like these guys/gals are independent contractors on commission. he actually gave the second guy a chance to sell!
and looks like he had the better price. the way i see it, it's like going to two different stores, especially when the first sales person jacked the price up so high then just chopped it. if that's the game, then there was probably even more room for negotiation with the second guy -- CALL IN A THIRD! after searching, however, it seems empire is a rip.
i'll continue to do my own shopping and hire someone to do my installation.
home depot can have good prices, but they jack up the price of installation big time. buy there and call an independent installer.
all flooring companies are rip offs. if you want to save money on your floors.
call me ,in michigan, at 1-81*-***-****. you will save and get quality service.
WOW,,,,after reading more and more of all these negative reviews and sharing them with my husband I finally convinced him we are not going to use EMPIRE!
THANK YOU for posting!!
how was he wasting the 2nd salespersons time when the 2nd salesman quoted him thousands less the 2nd time? Sounds like most Empire sales reps are jacking up the price to raise thier commision.
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Empire does treat their employees and independent contractors like trash. They did lay off a lot of people right before Christmas.
Yes, you can go to 5 different sales people from Empire and get 5 different prices. If the customer does not buy from the salesman he gets in trouble.
Empire treats all of there employees like trash. They don't even pay there employees enough to get by.
I remember chatting a worker and shemstated that the company cut back everyones hours and that she was denied a promotion 3 times and has worked for the company for about four years. Empire laid there Home Improvement workers off back in December so that the hire ups can make more money.
Empire Carpet
I hired Empire Carpet, a national company, to install carpet at our home. The commercial on TV shows uniformed men installing the carpet, and the salesmen who sold the carpet was very nice.
The 2 men who came out were a very different story. The dressed as the hadn't showered in days, they reeked of pot, they were late, they peed in my driveway and they took a 'smoke' break too often.
I called my sales guy to complain and he did absolutely nothing. He later said he dd not want to reprimand the guys becuase he did not want them to lash out at us later.
He said he would just give them less work.
How unprofessional, I would never recommend them to anyone. I was pissed!
DON'T USE EMPIRE CARPETING
Empire Today installed carpet in my living room about four months ago. Besides the inordinate amount of fuzz constantly being put out by the carpet, spreading out all over my house, and clogging my vacuum cleaner, I've noticed that certain higher traffic areas of the living room are beginning to "pill" or mat.
That's not something I expect of practically brand-new carpet that I paid a not-so-cheap price for. I began to suspect that I'd been ripped off, so I googled the phrase "Empire Today Carpeting consumer complaints" and was not too particularly surprised by the many other similar complaints about their substandard carpeting.
I'm not really sure what I'll do next...I don't really want them replacing this crummy piece of carpet with another equally crummy one; and somehow, I doubt that I'll be able to get any kind of a refund or even any sympathy, based on the horrible customer service stories I've just read...best thing I can do is to warn others who are thinking of using Empire - PLEASE DON'T !!!!!!!!! -Niki, Oklahoma City
Empire is a scam CAREFUL
This company is a scam they do not show up for appointments and the installers are not professionals! Be careful!
be really careful! also be careful of their sales antics they will start with over pricing and then tell you that we can save you money if you buy today. little do you know you eventually accept all the discounts and end up with a market value price you can get anywhere. the company is a scam!!!
I feel sorry for the customer that accepts the first offer.
Way over priced. God forbid you need a service call, you will wait months before anyone calls you back.
Thanks to your reviews I am steering away from this company.
I used Empire (didn't take that first offer--it's called negotiation) to carpet a couple of rooms. They showed up on the day they were supposed to.
They did a very good job. They cleaned up after themselves and then they left. They were very courteous. I didn't have any problem whatsoever.
I would use them again especially if I were in a hurry because other carpet companies were going to take weeks to come out.
Perhaps it's the district or area that you're in that is the problem. I live in the Nashville, TN area.
Problems from day 1. Laminate flooring looks like it has a film on it.
I haved gone through all of the red tape and protocal. Letters, voicecalls etc. We paid to the max for quality. The warranty says it should be covered.
Could this be warranty fraud? With as many complaints as I have recently read, why has no one filed a Class Action?
Please please beware of empire.I called an made an appointment on a thursday for moday evening.The person never showed up.I called to inform them that the guy never showed.So they offered me 50.00 dollars off if I reshceduled.So I resheduled for Wed.Same thing nothing.I called back and someone told me they didn`t service my area.Why didnt you tell me that when I first made the appointment?Im moving into a new place and its about an hour away.So I wasted my time and gas.Heres the Kicker.Someone called me today from Empire asking me would I like to reschedule again!No thanks.please beware of these guys.
If they keep doing people like this,I`ll
give them 6 months and they will be out of buisness.I checked with Home Depot they have installation at 139.00 no matter how big your house is.Buyer beware.
I frankly do not see your point. Empire is a scam based on the fact they missed an appointment?
If so, name a single company that is not a scam. There are a whole bunch of considerations before give an opinion in regards to a company but I guess you are more interested in write bad things on Empire rather than let us know your experience with said company.
Empire Today installs an average of 1200 jobs a day through all the markets it is present at and probably 35% of those are installed NEXT DAY.
Do me a favor and name another company that does the same and have been doing it for the last 45 years. Considering the tremendous reputation of Empire in the market, it is very unlikely that it has a wrong pricing policy or a wrong product policy.
Empire installs an average of 1200 jobs a day throughout the nation and you are worried for 26 complaints????
I would like to thank you and everyone else who gave an honest assessment of Empire, because it is one of the companies that I was going to call in response to a television ad until I read everything here and then saw information about Empire on my state's Registrar of Contractors site. It says that Empire's license is "inactive" and that "Contractor is not able to contract with this license at this time. This contractor may be operating with other current licenses."
Based on the 28 complaints filed against a flooring company I am scheduled to meet with, I am going to cancel first thing Monday.
It seems like no one can be trusted when it comes to flooring except yourself, because one of the Registrar of Contractor's "Most Wanted" included yet another carpet company!
At this point, I don't know what to do. I have lots of experience with flooring, having installed carpet, linoleum and ceramic tile myself in the past, but have too much pain from a chronic condition and a prior severe injury to do such a job myself.
I sure hope someone can advise me when I try the Consumer Forum. Thanks again, everyone. While I am sure that none of you is happy about your bad experience, at least you helped one person to avoid it. If it weren't for companies and contractors, etc., trying to take advantage of me and/or my mother, etc., over the years, I wouldn't have gone out of my way to take on so many of my own home improvement projects and repairs which is how I would spend my "free time" after working my "regular" job for 12-hour and longer days.
Empire Today Carpet is Junk
Hello...like 1000's of consumers we were taken in by Empire Today's easy plan of having a sales rep come to the home, pick out your carpet and have it installed the next day. Ideal yes...but in the long run it would have been a wiser choice to hop in the car drive to a bone fide carpet store and pick out our own and talk with someone who KNOWS about the product s/he is selling.
The sales rep we dealt with at Empire was very nice, seemed to know what he was talking about, told us that we had made an excellent choice in carpet, wrote out the contract, signed and carpet was installed the next day...as promised. However, one glitch in all this (w/sale our carpet was close to $5000.00)...when the installers arrived they immediately asked for payment. We told them after installation then they would be their check. WOUld they accept a check...no, had to be either cash or money order. My husband went round and round with the installer before he called the sales manager...when he finally agreed to accept a check. (Who has that much cash in the house? Why weren't we told what the terms of payment were...shady if you ask me) Well, we've had the carpet in for a year...looks like it's been in for 100 yrs...flat, dirty, looks like a rag. My husband and I are now looking to get new carpet installed.
Oh, and the carpet we picked out...wasn't the same carpet that was installed. Color is off...so whoever reads this, please be aware of what you choose..make sure it is what is delivered. Or...better yet, do not waste your good hard earned money. Go elsewhere.
The carpet is a lower grade than apartment quality. Worse of the worse.
Empire asks for $25 to hold their quote for 3 days. You can cancel in the interim.
We canceled and they told us they would send us the check for $25. Two years later we have not seen the check.
They have phoned 5 times to tell us they owe us the $25 and to check the mailing address - still nothing. They are a bunch of sharks.
Emipire Carpet LLC is terrible
Empire was supposed to be there to install on 12/22/07 gave a window of 8AM to 6PM (nice time frame!!!). Well at 6:10 PM after waiting all day I get a call from the installers (very bad English) saying they won't be there today.
So I call empire and they promise a discount. Needless to say the installers show up on the second attempt, Xmas eve 4 hours late. I never heard back about a discount rate and I called again but since the carpet has been installed they just don't return your calls. This company is horrible with their customer support and if you don't want to deal with head aches stay away.
They are very overpriced and it is explained that is because of their next day install. But if they don't install on their agreed upon day they ignore their discount and phone calls.
I purchased carpet from Empire in 2001. Over a period of 2 years begain to notice that the carper seem to have what I thought to be dust around the edges.
I would vacuum but it would not go away. I pointed out to my husband who said may be just dirt. By 2004 it was evident that the carpet had faded not just on the edges but now it was under the dinning room table. I began calling Empire I spoke with customerservice who said they would put a claim in and send someone out.
When no one came out I put in another request. This went on until the fourth time I was given the District Manager in my area. She was no help. She told me that the company did not cover fading.
Finally I got her to agree to come out. She never did. I spoke with customer again. This time I was given the Chicago office who offered to send a rep out to sell me more carpet.
This was unexceptable. After speaking with customer service yet again I was given back to the Chicago office. This time an attempt was made to put me through to the Regional Manager.
I was told he was on the phone and I was been connected. I got his voicemail instead.
Empire Carpet Sucks
I scheduled a free in-home estimate for 2/23/08. They say to allow a two hour time frame for their sales person to arrive.
My appointment was between 11 am and 1 pm. Well, by 1:15 pm I was a little worried they weren't going to show up. I called, they said they couldn't get a hold of the sales rep. Suggested I wait a bit longer.
Waited almost two more hours, no show. Reluctantly rescheduled with the promise it wouldn't happen again. Here I am today, no one ever showed up for my appt. This company is a complete joke.
I'm surprised they're still in business.
I asked to speak to a manager and he claimed this never happens, and that he could reschedule it AGAIN. Ha, as if I'm going to waste a third weekend on these losers.
It has been explained to me from a previous Empire Salesperson that Empire may schedule at times 4 to 5 sales calls to a salesperson in one 2 hour time frame. Even if the sales calls are located on the same street there is no way anyone could make all of those appointments.
Blame the company, the management for this type of scheduling not the sales representative.
Empire Carpet is ***!!!
I recently (by recently I mean 6 monthes ago) purchased empire carpet at the price of 3500 (rounding) because I wanted the highest traffic level and highest quality....turns out that "quality" is ***!
The carpet ( apparently a level 4 traffic) is extremely matted and dull and snagging and coming up aeverywhere and I could just go on and on!!
I tried to contact empire about it they offered to send one of their carpet people out...yeah not happening since the word THEIR is implied.
Needless to say I have contacted a lawyer because they have made things so unapproachable!!!!
We will just have to see...
Thanks for your comments. I was hust about to call to order the "buy one room, get 2 rooms free" offer.
I will go elsewhere. A very heartfelt thank you to all who wrote.
Folks I don't mean to sound negative but when you think about it's your fault for being so naive. What companny that you know spend hundreds of thousand of dollars in marketing and than you go on like a fool and expect them to give you anything for a true 60% off let alone for FREE! remember the old addage and DON"T FORGET IT "IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS!!!"
I had the same experience as JS, above. Single female, pushy salesman, price dropped everytime I said no.
He stated his lowerst price was only good for that day only. Lo and behold, a week later someone called from corp. and honored that price. Installation date confirmed friday night.
Sat morning "product on backorder". Why did they confirm the night before? Installer a mess. Never Never Never use them!
I complained to Customer Service, and their "supervisor" did nothing but argue with me and defend his company. Horrid customer service, ethics.
Opps - I see now that your format is ddmmyyyy - sorry for the misread.
Cancel the maintenance call!
Hey Pissed Consumer site people - your calendar/clock is off. You indicated that I posted 2/9/2010 at at 3:35 - it's really 9/2/2010 at 12:35 a.m. pacific time!!!
It's maintenance time.
I was about to call Empire for a full house quote, but after reading the comments I think I'll look elsewhere. Thanks to all who took the time to report their experiences.
Thanks, everybody, for taking the time to comment on you experiences with this company & it's extremely poor performance. I was about to call them for full house carpet replacement; glad I read this first.
I'm glad checked these comments before calling Empire. I'll find someone else.
Wow! So glad I looked here first.
I was ready to call Empire to do my house. Thanks to everyone for the heads up.
Wow, Thank's so much for the internet!!!!
Was looking for the Empire website & decided to read this page first. Thank all that posted their experience. Saved us money & trouble
Empire Today
I had a horrible experience with Empire Today. I had several cancelled appointments and two no shows.
3 salesmen later I finally had one that showed up. I had called the help line and was given a $100 concession for all the trouble. When the salesmen arrived I told him I wanted one of the 50% sales items that were being promoted online and on TV. He came to a price on one of the items and then was hesitant to give me the $100 owed to me.
He then said the blinds really weren't on sale but that I was given a special price for all I went through. He also said that when a sale was advertised that nothing was really on sale, it was just a way to get people to call Empire. That is 'bait and switch' and very illegal. Either he was lying about nothing being on sale or the company operates illegal practices.
I finally convinced the sales rep to give me half of my earned discount on top of the sales price.
I am waiting to hear back from the area sales manager on why I didn't get my full discount and about the terrible sales practices. I haven't tried other companies that sell custom blinds but if you try Empire get ready to fight with everything you have to get mediocre service.
i worked for Empire. BUYER BEWARE :cry
I had laminate flooring installed 2 years ago and it is now buckling! I called Empire and they siad it was due to "topical moisture" and was not covered under the warranty.
I called the manufacturer, qucik-step, and they said it was covered unless there was a flood or leak. The problem is, they said Empire agreed to handle all warranty issues. Does anyone else see a problem with that?? I then tried to get an independant inspection and was told by the only 2 in the area "We work for Empire and it would be a conflict!" The flooring cost 2,500 installed.
Now I have to try and find someone who has not worked for empire to come inspect and then file a claim wiht an attourney. I am prepared to ask for the flooring replaced as well as any out of pocket. my job number was fv34775 out of South hackensack, NJ.
I have been in contact with Helen in dispute resolution who said she cant help me. I called her back but she has not returned my calls.
It looks like most of the bad reviews are written by women. It seems to me Empire Carpeting takes advantage of women.
I know they would never get away with what they do, if I was involved. I'd have them steppin and fetching out the door.
I used to work at Empire Today in NC and I can tell you first hand that it is a total rip off. I know that the sales man need to make their money, but they mark the flooring up and are told to start at 6% or higher over the company starting price.
What a person buys from this company they could go to Lowes, Home Depot, or some other mom and pop flooring company and get the same flooring at half the price. I have never in all my working years worked for a company such as this one. They do not care for the customers, nor those that work for them.
By the way when they hire installers they only check the US citizenship of the owner of the installation company they contract their work out to they never check the citizenship or background of the workers. That means you never know who is coming into your house.
i was looking for- empire carpet -on , i found the customer complain and read it carefully ,,,,, now i have a nother thought about bying my carpet from empire ...i am going to wait to see what they would do to make their customer --- very satisfied---.. if no action were taken ....
home depot will be very happy to do it for me with less headech................ raedalazaizeh@***.com
good luck Chikitten2002
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Empire Today
Empire is one of the most unprofessional, irresponsible companies I have ever dealt with. I ordered windows from them in the beginning of November 2007 and as of today they are still not installed properly.
Trying to deal with their customer service people is impossible. I have been lied to by several different members of their staff. Every time I have called I have been told a new story. I have spent multiple hours on the phone trying to get them to be responsive. While their staff usually returned my calls they rarely had any new details on my installation.
I would highly recommend against using this company for any of their services.
I had wood floors installed and they are lifting,I called CS,Inspect Solutions came out and did a inspect on the floor,what he is stating in the report is this kind of floor should not have been installed because we lived by the beach and have high humidity,yet in the same report he claims its our responsibility. I called SC and they never called me back. I will take them to sCCourt.
Wow. All this bashing...
Do any of you know that Empire-Today has a 'call center' full of mexicans that don't know what they're talking about or how to direct a call? Well, that's pretty much what you'll get when you call that 888 number.
Call your local office.
Not the freakin call center. You'd be shocked that the company isn't as bad as the call center would lead you to believe.
I had scheduled empire rug to come and install rug on my stairs and part of my wall on 1/30/09. They said they would be there between 11-2.
They didnt show up until 430 ( when we called them to see when they were coming they said they would be there in 20min, they ended up at our house an hour after that phone call ). We they came in, they went to install the rug and said that they couldnt do the job because they didnt have glue. So they left. We called the 1-888 number and was told someone would call us the next day.
By 11am no one had called us so we called them. They put us on hold for 15min the first time, 10 the second time and, then 5 mintues the third time. After finally talking with someone ( and at this point we were so angry ) they told us WE had to reschedule!!!! They offered no compensation, no apologies..
They said the boston office was closed and there was nothing they could do.
So i called the consultant that came to give us the estimate and he told us "oh no, you should call all THESE numbers instead!". Im thinking to myself "Are you friggen serious???" I will NEVER recommend them to anyone...they are horrible and dont care about customer service AT ALL.
Dear Mr. Scott,
Have you bought anything from them?
By your statement, no.
Do you work for them?
We don't know.
Are you a psychic?
Go make you decision, buy their product and then come here and post.
Empire Today, has had days and days and days to respond here.
Why didn't they?
Come up with something better than your weak, inept excuse for fairness.
Stop being a shill for a sham company.
thanks,
Neils
I didn't find any rebuttal from Empire. It's easy to slam someone when they can't comment back.
Unl;ike others, I don't make a decision by listening to only one side of the story. Where can I see Empire's remarks on this customer?
Incompetent installers and terrible customer service
I went to the Empire Today website and was impressed by their customer service awards and next day installation at competitive prices. I called them out for an estimate and the sales rep talked on and on about how their installers are experienced and they work for 100% customer satisfaction.
We hired them to install laminate flooring in the entryway, kitchen, and two bathrooms. When the installers arrived, they didn't have the tools or materials needed to do the work. The head of the crew went back to HQ to get the supplies; meanwhile the rest of the crew began tearing up the old flooring using my tools without my permission. They used my putty knives and screwdrivers in a fashion they were not designed for. When I noticed this, I asked them why they were using my tools and not their own, and they told me they were working on wood floor yesterday and didn't have the tools they needed, which didn't make any sense. A few hours later when the head person came back, I asked if I would be reimbursed for my tools, and she said yes.
The project was supposed to be done at 6:00pm on the first day, but they weren't even half done so they came back the next day to finish. I wanted them to finish on the first day because I wanted to inspect the finished work before they left, but since they had to come back a second day, I had my wife watch them. When I got back from work it was about 11:00 pm and I was tired. I asked my wife how it went and she said fine, but pointed out a few notes they left me. For starters, they didn't finish the borders on the flooring because the carpet installers (who we were getting through Home Depot) could roll the carpet to the edge. This seemed fishy since Empire Today's laminate flooring isn't glued to the floor. Without the borders what would hold the tile in place? Next they told her that we could caulk our own floor because in their opinion the grey caulk provided didn't look good and brown caulk would look better.
They were also supposed to reinstall the toilets but told my wife she'd have to go buy the wax gaskets herself. The water supply line to the icemaker in the fridge wasn't hooked up because "it wouldn't fit", the cabinet in the kitchen wasn't reattached to the wall, there were holes in the walls in the bathrooms, and the trim that they put up didn't line up at all. The list of problems goes on and on.
They were supposed to come out the next day to reinstall the toilets, and I figured I'd point out all their mistakes when they came back. Problem is, they never showed up. We waited all day in an empty condo (we are waiting for all the remodeling to be done before we move in) with no toilets and no running water, and we called them repeatedly and they assured us they were on their way, but they never showed up. As evening approached we called Empire Today's customer service and told them what had happened and they said they could send someone out on Monday, four days from the call.
We've waited patiently and now Monday has arrived and the manager who is supposed to come by hasn't shown up and when I called they said he's not in his office. I asked for his cell number, and they said they can't give out that information.
This whole situation has been a huge headache, and I'm so pissed now that it's going to take a lot for them to make it up to me. If you're thinking of getting any flooring or window treatments done in your house, don't use Empire Today. They will treat you like a piece of ***.
I can relate to your frustration. It is so annoying indeed. How can there still be people out there with such incompetence? It baffles me :x
But, the good news is that I came across a really great website the other day: it is called hellopeter.com
Hellopeter.com is an amazing website dedicated to customer service. Customers, like yourself, can write a report on the site for free and about any company, and then the company responsible will have the opportunity to respond - they usually do respond because it is more embarrassing for them not to.
Trust me, try it out.
Regards
Claudio
Would someone supply me with an address of Empire Today, LCC. I have been trying to send a certified letter to them about not honoring a warranty.
I just thought it would be only fair to send them the same letter that I sent to the BBB, Texas Attorney General, Fair Trade Commission and The Texas Board of Realitors. I would at least like to give them the chance to rectifly the complaint before I take further action.
Ask the installers for their proof of citizenship.
To the people commenting that I'm just some miserable guy looking to complain about anything, that's just rediculous. I am a very happy person and I don't complain about much.
On the rare occasion that I do complain, it takes something major that I think warrants complaint. I actually came to this website because I made a call to Empire and they said they'd get right back to me. We were in the middle of moving into our new townhouse and there was nothing but a telephone and a computer in the place. So after waiting 2 hours for them to call back, I started surfing the internet and searched Empire.
I found this site and decided with the free time I had while I was waiting for Empire to eventually get back to me, I would write this. In the end, they never did call me back, and I had to make 5 calls to eventually get in contact with the manager who said he would come out but never did. It took them 2 months to come out and fix the floors and reimburse us for the damages. And the "New" installers who Empire assured us were more compitent wound up tearing a corner of the new carpet and we had to have our brand new carpet replaiced.
Seriously, I have never in my life seen such lousy, incompitent service.
If you've had better luck with Empire, that's great. But that doesn't make my experience not true.
Well in response to this post, I can state not all cases are this bad, Empire Today has the best Customer Service Reps Around.
I guess misery really does love company. It's like all of the negative folks at work getting together to talk garbage and unfounded gossip about other people. Positive people are typically too busy to bother with such things and have better things to do with their time rather than complain.
These type of negative people are always looking for troubles, problems, and conflict to talk and complain about. And the funny thing is they always seem to find/attract it without exception!
How and Why I came across this blog is odd as I wasn't really looking for it. But felt I really needed to share my experiance.
I am very busy saw the commercial so I thought I'd call. A very professional knowledgable individual came to my home. He explained everything to my satisfaction and we discussed their low pricing guarntee and great financing. So we went ahead with the transaction. Their carpet installers showed up the next day. They were quick and did great work. No Complaints!!
An extremely please and satisfied customer. I recommend Empire to everyone with no complaints.
I only wish more of the people with great experiances would share their experiance. I'm sure they would out weigh the negative 100 to 1.
Why don't you try their service and see for yourself, Ronald Scott. Even if they did have a response, it'll be of excuses and reasons to cover their ***.
Why would people go out of their way to write such a long story on the their experience with bad service if it really didn't happen. Who in their right mind would waste time to bring a company down? *** people.
*** Empire Today!! I've used their services and got the exact same unprofessional treatment.
:grin This reminds me of the house cleaning people I tried out one day. They wanted to use 'my' cleaners.
And the dust broom for ceiling webs got tapped into my carpet! :cry It just boggles my mind how some people do their jobs. :? Im a nurse and Id like to know how people would feel if I use a wash cloth on their face that I had picked up off the floor!
Or how would you like to be in pain and call for your medicine and be told, "I'll look into that and get back to you". Then never show up! Come on people!! We all need each other in some form or another so just do what's right and do your best!
And remedy problems as quickly as possible.
And do it nicely or get a different job or take a vacation. :grin
Empire today sucks! They can write back all they want.
I didn't find any rebuttal from Empire. It's easy to slam someone when they can't comment back.
Unl;ike others, I don't make a decision by listening to only one side of the story. Where can I see Empire's remarks on this customer?
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Hmm...I'll bet "Joe" (above) is an Empire installer. One bag of chips short of a sack lunch.
Dearest Clueless Joe,
Who wrote this?
One of Empire Todays' installers????
They spell just like they install, ***
Go, buy it from them. I double-dog dare you!!
You'll be back here in a month, with the rest of us!
musicmover
:) , hey guys i have had empite come to my house on 3 different ocasions. They have always done great work.
Yes they do have some carpets that are 50% off, and maynot be their top line of carpet, but that is still a great deal for that carpet. You usually can go to Home Depote or Lowels and get it cheaper and I GUARANTEE that Lowes and Home depote are ALWAYS gone be a little cheaper, but their quality of instilation SUCKs and their custumer service SUCKS. So if you want a good instilation and GREAT custumer service go with Empire today, they might not always be the lowest price but they will work with you to get it where you need it, and the instillation is great. Sometimes in life it pays to pay a slight premium on a better instillation and better custumer service, than it does to cut costs on everything and go with the cheapest company.Cuz if you always go cheapest you will get CHEAP on everything, service, quality and value.
so do the right thing and get a good value, unless you are one of those grumpy people that is always trying to save a buck and thinks that everyone is out to rip them off. I bet you are like that because you keep trying to save a buck and you keep getting riped off on quality and service and no one wants to give you waranties or guaranties b./c you keep going with the cheapest *** carpet or hard wood floors comapany you can get and now you are bitter b/c you have gotten bad service from everyone you do buisness with b/c you always get the cheapest low cost everything you can get your hands on dummy.