Quality of Restoration Hardware dining tables? Want 13-14' table
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Comments (6)My personal opinion is that you can find manufacturers of furniture made in the US for close to the same prices. Everything C&B, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware make is made in Asia. Even some Stickley stuff is being made in Vietnam. Check out Chatham Furniture Inc. All solid Cherry made in Massachussetts. It might not be your style, but you can get the idea of some really good craftsmanship. I bought an end table for $649 and it's hand made solid cherry. I would pay $100 less for one that's not solid hardwood, made in Asia. The difference to me is that when I die, that tables going to still be around and someone's going to want it....See MoreNeed a new dining table
Comments (3)One option: Keep your current table. Go to a kitchen countertop fabricator and have a slip-on cover made out of Formica (Wilson-art, etc.). Will be much more durable for family use. We had one when my kids were growing up, now two of the three of them have the same thing for everyday use. This post was edited by bobsmyuncle on Sat, Jun 21, 14 at 16:53...See MoreExperience w/Restoration Hardware?????
Comments (48)Sadly, I have to agree that the customer service and delivery experience are both deplorable. Beautiful catalogs and showrooms - and nice people working in the stores - but after extremely rude delivery people, a missing chair, a demand that I sign that I'd received all items when I clearly hadn't, a screaming delivery person who told me I wasn't allowed to make notes on the invoice, I just needed to sign it, an online invoice that says I paid $2500 for an order that one link later says cost $500, non-existent customer service and the pages upon pages of negative reviews related to customer service and delivery, I will not order from RH again, no matter how beautiful their products look online and in print. I spent about $10,000 on outdoor and indoor items for a recent renovation. I'm happy with most of the items themselves, but after the headache, rudeness, flippant attitudes and untrackable orders, I've decided they don't really deserve any more money from me. There are so many other places to shop! I want to feel good about where I spend my money, and this whole experience has had the exact opposite effect. Strange when a company as well-branded as RH can't figure out the basics of e-commerce and customer experience....See MoreIs Restoration Hardware kidding me?
Comments (86)It's easy to say "Buy American" but how many of you would pay double for an item to do that? I do. All the time. A jeweler once admonished me to use local talent - otherwise someday when I needed something it wouldn't be there. I have taken this to heart. We're all responsible for how other people are treated. We're all responsible for the things we buy. Shamefully most of the electronics we use Coltan - which is (generally) obtained in deeply unethical ways requiring a price in life and blood that if most people knew about would look in askance at our throwaway culture of electronics. But for most other stuff you can generally find a way to not buy the thing that requires an other person live in misery. My avoidance of things made in China isn't born of racism. The Chinese are as capable of putting out an amazing work of art/carpet/tile/sink (or in this case plate) as anyone else in the world. I don't (currently) trust their business practices and I don't like the way their workers are treated. When you buy something from the US or Italy or France or Germany or someplace with actual labor laws you are (in part) paying for the fact that the man/woman who made it lives a pretty good life and has access to clean water. The factory where it was made does not throw out lead into the environment. I also don't buy carpets made in Pakistan or India because I don't think it is possible to buy carpets made there without taking part child slavery. If you can't afford the things you want in life without asking for someone else to suffer for them, maybe you should reevaluate what it is you want and what you actually need. Do you really think crack-addicted rednecks in American factories are more skilled than Chinese workers? If they're addicted to anything it's Oxy and Meth. Get your drug addictions straight. And you tell me: it's 2 AM, you're in some bigbox store because it's put all the other stores in the area out of business (and no sane proprietor would stay open to 2AM) and you need to buy a Thermos. They are both the same size, both will do the job, both are the same price. One is made in China - the other in the US. Which to you buy? If you use the fact that one was made in China and the other in the US - why? If you're saying that the "rednecks" do a worse job then I suppose you buy the one from China. Otherwise you already have your answer....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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