Empire Today Bad Repair job, can't get them to return to fix Raleigh North Carolina

 Had Empire floors installed a few years ago.  They recently gapped in two places, which became a tripping hazard in my home.  I called them back because when they installed them, they promised a "lifetime warranty" on the floors.  Unfortunately, this is not true and they said it would $175 for repairs.  I agreed because my elderly mother lives with me and was having an issue on the floors and her walker.

They came out late and I couldn't stay for the entire install because I was already going to be over 3 hours late to work and I couldn't take the time off.  My Mother's home health aide stayed with them.  When I got home that evening, I checked and the repair job was worse then the gaps.  Now the gaps were filled, but the floors weren't flat and, instead, created almost a peak that was even more of a tripping hazard.  Needless to say, I called them back; it took three days for someone to call me back and I scheduled another appointment for them to come back out.

I took more hours off work for an appointment and the installer never showed up, so I wasted vacation time for nothing.  I left numerous, numerous messages and no one ever called me back.  I finally called their 1-800 number and while the people were nice, there wasn't alot they could do for me because this was handled through the local Raleigh office - who never called me back.

The next day I received a call from the installer who never showed and he said "I'll be there tomorrow."  He didn't say what time, so I called yet again - never received a call back from the local people.  Called the 1-800 number again and they agreed to send someone out after 5 PM because I told them I could not take any more time off work.

This morning (day of repair), I receive a call that they would be showing up either that morning or between 3 -5 PM.  I called them back and said "No, you are showing up after 5 PM."  - no one ever called me back.  I left another message for customer service (my 7th message) and finally, when I mentioned getting a lawyer, someone named Lisa called back from Customer Service.  She said that all messages went to her and I did not leave 7 messages and supposedly the installer called me on Tuesday - which is just a flat out lie because I've received all their other messages and it's a little too convenient that the one call I was waiting for was unable to reach me.  Anyway, this Lisa was quite rude and unbelievably condescending and said that someone would be at my house after 5 PM today - which I will see.

My credit card company said I couldn't despite the claim until I exhausted all avenues of working with the company.  if they don't show up today, I will consider that an exhausted period of time because I've spent hours of time on hold with this company and I have a job I need to keep. 

Bottom line - don't use Empire Today