Chair Source

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Vaughan ON L4K 5Y3
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3.3 10 (22 reviews)

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Paul
Paul
4 reviews Whitchurch Stouffville, ON
10/10

chairs stained

Excellent job. Thank you Harry for your advise. We are really happy with the chairs

Approximate cost of services:
$900.00
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Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Vaughan, ON
0/10

Do not shop here!

AVOID this place.
Like other reviews state... these people are beligerent and extremely lacking in building positive rapport. Both the owner and his manager have no customer service skills. They never admit that they make mistakes. They will likely respond to this negative review by denying and blaming me, the customer. They do not engage in resolution and hang up the phone if you disagree with them. They do not value customers and repeatedly speak about how long they have been in business so they cannot possibly be wrong. They keep accusing HomeStars and other review pages of only posting negative reviews acting as though they don't get any. Do not spend your hard earned money on belligerent, rude, and disrespectful individuals such as these. Read their responses to other reviews and you can clearly see their negative attitude and tone, and imagine how poorly they conducted themselves when an issue arose.

Approximate cost of services:
$7,000.00
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Company Response

It never ceases to amazes me that terrible sites like this always attract disgruntled private users with poor reviews calling us out how we conduct business but hiding behind their unanimity and providing zero details to the actual issue if one even exists. We have over 102 reviews on Google and have a 4.7 rating and another 400 5 star reviews on line and have been in business for 30 years. I have no doubt this is another fake review designed to slander our great reputation...we always look after our clients and any service issues that may arise. This review was removed and now re posted because I will not agree to pay Homestars an "Account management fee ". worse on line venue around shaking down businesses for fees in order to release any 5 star reviews that post but always releasing 0-1 star.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Toronto, ON
0/10

Good luck with customer support after you buy

We bought 8 bar stools 4 chairs and 2 tables from chair source. The welds failed on 2 of the chairs. I have contacted Robert Several times by email. Since April. It is now September.
Terrible company. Shop anywhere but here. They only return calls when you are shopping. Not asking for actual customer service.

Approximate cost of services:
$10,000.00
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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These items were sold to this client back in 2018. In April, during all the shutdowns, we spoke and emailed 2 dozen times so I could assist in a resolution for the weld issue on his chairs once the supplier reopened. They reached out to me at the end of July to remind me about this service and I immediately contacted the supplier. The warranty on this item is only one year but I agreed to cover any charges incurred for new parts as long as he paid for the freight of the two lounge chairs ($250 return) to the supplier in order for him to securely remount the new parts. On the 14th, he sent me an email refusing to pay that charge and asking me to send him the parts instead. I agreed and told him I would be in touch Monday to get that done. Untrue, inflammatory disrespectful reviews like this will never assist a client in resolving anything but only prove to aggravate any situation. Please, when reading reviews on sites like this one, understand they do not review anything prior to putting them on this site for accuracy and will not publish any 5 star reviews unless I pay them an account management fee to do so. We have over 500 5 star reviews on line, have one of the highest ratings for furniture stores on google, have a beautiful showroom with experienced staff and have been around over 30 years.

carol b.
carol b.
2 reviews Vaughan, ON
10/10

bar stools

Bought 5, one needed replacing, they were happy to replace it asap. I had no issues with them, on the phone or in person. Very pleasant to speak and deal with Carol B.

Approximate cost of services:
$299.00
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Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Vaughan, ON
0/10

Extremely poor

Purchased 4 stools for my client. Opened the box and saw bad weld joints not represented in the website photo. Phoned the company wanted a refund, they said no refund. We are pressed for the store opening, the company did not have any replacement, but said they are dealing with the supplier. When pressed about why the website photos different from the actual, they replied they had a sample in their show room that also showed bad weld; and questioned why as a designer, we buy the chair without checking it out at their showroom. It was never advised to us that we need to do that prior to purchase. Look all we want is a refund so we can find other stools, there is no need to get personal. As a company, they need to take responsibility of what is really presented in the web photos instead of blaming the designers.

Approximate cost of services:
$300.00
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Any advice to offer fellow homeowners facing a similar project?
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Company Response

This anonymous user (KAREN MAK from DKSTUDIO ARCHITECTS)did indeed purchase 4 custom Canadian made stools from us on line. She was asked to come into the showroom to see them and select finishes and covers but chose to do so from her office instead. One item has an issue with a weld and a replacement base was offered at no charge but was declined. She angrily demanded a refund instead after insulting our product, service and myself. Although we do not refund made to order product, I offered her this with a small restock fee (as I now have to try to sell them off to cover my costs ). She accepted and then began posting angry reviews on Facebook and this site. This is supposed to be a professional project manager and as such is held to a different level of conduct then a regular walk in client...these are not the actions of such an individual.

diane.kerbel in Toronto
diane.kerbel in Toronto
7 reviews Toronto, ON
0/10

Do not shop here!

When am I going to learn? Read the reviews before shopping! I do this for services but still have not learned to do it for a retailer. Lesson learned (again). We purchased 8 dining room chairs at least 2 months ago. We were told delivery would be 3-4 weeks. After 2 weeks we were called to say that the chairs were 'back ordered'. We asked why we were not told this at the time of the order. Of course they blamed the mistake on the manufacturer. They were going to be delivered at the end of June. Well into July I had to call to find out what the 'f' was happening with the chairs. Of course they would be delivered in another few weeks.....as if I trusted their word at that point. I detest retailers who are anxious to sell and get your money but are not anxious to deliver. At this point I was dealing with Robert, the manager. He was belligerent, obnoxious and rude. I asked that the chairs be assembled and delivered to my home, free of charge as compensation for the inconvenience and frustration. We had been without any dining room chairs for more than a month (counting on their delivery when promised). Of course, Robert, who does not understand good customer service, refused! When will these people learn that satisfied customers will come back! So the order was cancelled, we received a refund and have now purchased nicer chairs, for a lower price and will have them delivered this week.

Thank you Robert. You did us a really big favour.

This is a letter that my husband sent to Robert, which I think was very civil...not Robert's response. Please read on.

Dear Bonnie,

Let me introduce myself - I am Dr Robert Kerbel, Diane's husband. Diane has her point of view, you have yours. Fair enough. But when disputes of this sort happen one of the things one can now do is try and get an idea of the general quality and honesty of the service of a business by looking up online reviews. Now I know, as a cancer research scientist, these reviews can be selective and biased on occasion - you do not simply go by a few reviews, but look at the broad landscape. After our experience that is what I did and clearly, in retrospect, I should have done it beforehand. if I had done so, we would not have decided to visit your showroom. In short, while there are some positive reviews, the majority are terribly negative as are your average ratings. Three out of ten? How humiliating. And your response to these reviews is to say the posters are all ignorant. How Donald Trump! Another thing you can do is look up the reviews of various competitor businesses that sell chairs. It is a small sample size, but here is what I have found so far:

ElteMarket, 4 stars out of 5;
Shelter, 10 out of 10;
Morba, 4.5/5 (BlogTO) and 5/5 (Facebook)
Calligaris, 5/5 (Blog,TO) 5/5 Facebook)
Stylegarage, 4 stars out of 5

If I keep searching I am sure I will eventually find a business that has a very low rating similar or worse than Chairsource. But I do not have the time.

I have no doubt, Bonnie, of the sincerity of your comment that the TEAM treats all customers with respect and dignity - when they first come in the store and represent a potential sale. It is when problems arise later, as happened in our case, and with many others, that the true test of how customers are treated becomes evident. And in this case the evidence is clear - the online reviews and ratings of Chairsource are likely depressingly truthful and accurate.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Kerbel

This is Robert's response. Just what you would expect.
Bob
Let’s cut the crap.

Our reason behind not taking on line reviews seriously stems from this. On line companies request monthly fees from us to “ handle our account” which in lament terms means that if I pay them a monthly fee they publish the dozens of positive reviews that I know were in fact submitted and not posted and as well will be more discriminating in the negative reviews published…I refuse to pay these extortion fees and as such receive a 3 out of ten from terrible on line sites. I really do not care what you think of our store as despite my best efforts to have a civil conversation with your wife on several occasions, she insisted on being belligerent, rude, yelling and finally slamming the phone down in my ear mid conversation ( not how civilized adults converse ). I wish there was a site where we could rate our clients as your wife would be a 2 out of 10 at best. Regardless, you are not the type of client we want and if on line reviews are so important feel free to write one…Our clientele does not frequent these sites so I stand by my comments. Maybe in the future instead of judging my business you can judge your wife’s deplorable behavior when all I was doing was giving her a status and offering free assembly on the least expensive chair we have in the entire showroom.

I will no longer respond nor will any staff as your emails will all go to junk where they belong.

By the way…I love Trump.

Judge for yourselves folks. Who do you think has more credibility?

Approximate cost of services:
$2,500.00
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Company Response

Diane did indeed purchase chairs from us on May 13th 2017 and did receive a phone call explaining that they were out of stock at my suppliers and would be arriving in about 4-5 weeks. This is not Chair Source being rude but the contrary. I offered to include some assembly free of charge that would normally cost $160 for 8 chairs but that was unacceptable to her. I called her this week to let her know that the items were still in transit and would be here in about 10 days when I was confronted by screaming, demands for compensation, swearing and finally a hang up. Suppliers occasionally have back orders and all we can do is let the clients know...she was given several opportunities to re select or cancel but chose to wait instead. I do also want to point out that this client has a similar battle with another furniture store that also received a poor review so once again all I ask is that you please take these with a grain of salt and give the response the same weight as the review. Now that she has edited the response to post emails this is what I was sent from her:

"Of course you do! You're both losers!!!! ",
"And you're just an asshole and a moron!
"You must be ffing kidding.
After waiting for 2 months you think I"m going to start all over again!!! I will accept the chairs and then trash you on social media. If you were willing to absorb the cost of assembly and delivery I would let it go. But without this compensation I will wait until we receive the chairs and then tell the world what awful service we have received from you. There are consequences to all of our actions. Most of the time I receive incredible service but occasionally I don't and I tell the world about these awful experiences.

**Note to all consumers. Please take into account, when on sites like these, that Chair Source services over 2500 clients a year and has been doing so for over 20 years with only this handful of disgruntled clients. We have a beautiful showroom with helpful experienced staff. I have had dozens of clients attempt to post positive reviews but unless I pay HomeStars a monthly "account management fee", they are NEVER posted. This is how they extort monies from honest businesses. Please do not support this site by posting or visiting them on line.

Carol P.
Carol P.
7 reviews Toronto, ON
10/10

Fantastic Bar Stools & Service

We had been searching for the perfect bar stools and finally found them at The Chair Source. Geoff the design consultant helped us choose the stool and size and custom design the colour and seats to corordinate with our kitchen ... he was extremely knowledgeable and we really appreciated all of his help.
The stools were delivered on time and Geoff followed up on all details with us ... the stools are made in Quebec and were custom designed for us ... they look amazing we were extremely happy with the quality and the design. Even the delivery people were so efficient and neat ... they came exactly on time and unwrapped the stools and took all the paper away and they even took our old stools!!!
Thank you Geoff and we highly recommend The Chair Source for service .... quality and delivery.

Approximate cost of services:
$1,800.00
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Company Response

Thank you carol for taking the time to post this review. We appreciate your business and look forward to future visits.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Belleville, ON
0/10

Product sold is not product delivered!

We were shown chairs, cross sectioned of interior,sat on them, went back several times until deciding to purchase them.
The order took 3x longer than promised.
I believe wholeheartedly the product delivered to us ( which we were made to pay in full before delivery) were not the chairs we ordered or were shown in showroom. These are 3rd rate chairs! We paid first rate price for. The seats are completely substandard and are not comfortable whatsoever. Never buy from this dishonest company!

Approximate cost of services:
$8.00
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Any advice to offer fellow homeowners facing a similar project?
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Company Response

As this client has chosen to remain anonymous and has never called me to express her concerns over the quality, I have not been able to assist her at all. If she wishes to do so then she can simply ask for the Manager so i may look into the item in question. We do require payments prior to freighting product to clients for obvious reasons but have never and will never order a substandard item and replace it with the clients order. We are not dishonest and have no way of knowing the legitimacy of this complaint without more information. Reputable sites for reviews would have requested a PO number and specific details prior to posting a private user review like this.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Simcoe County, ON
2/10

Lousy After Sales Service

I'd say it's pretty bad service when you pay $2,200.00 for 4 chairs and a table and need two replacement plastic chair glides worth no more than $0.25 each and the sales manager hangs up the phone on you. Never again.

Approximate cost of services:
$2,200.00
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Company Response

This client purchased a table and chairs several years ago and called to obtain a few chair glides. She refused to provide any information regarding her original purchase and was insistent that I order her the new parts from Montreal and ship them to her home in Barrie at no charge. She was extremely rude and condescending to the administrator, my sales associate and myself. After I was told to "shove the glides and chairs" and that she would never shop here I ended the conversation. Although we offer great customer and have done so for 22 years, I do instruct my staff to refrain from being verbally abused by clients.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Vaughan, ON
10/10

Island stools

A work colleague recommended Chairsource. We dealt with one of the most knowledgable sales people we've encountered in 30 years of shopping. He provided excellent advice and we are very happy with the stools. Fortunately we never read the reviews on this site as they would have steered us away from Chairsource. Subsequently found out that our kitchen supplier who did great job on our reno also uses Chairsource. Definitely worth the trip to Vaughan.

Approximate cost of services:
$1,500.00
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