The Brick
Reviews and Complaints

I am a very unhappy, dissatisfied customer. Let me start by telling you that I will never shop at any brick store again, and I will recommend my friends and family not to do so as well.

I purchased everything for my condo from the brick, my bedroom, den and living room are all furnished by items that I purchased in one of thir stores. However, there was disappointed from the get go.

A week before the delivery schedule I found out that the couch that I had bought was missing from my invoice, therefore I was left with no couch. I had to take time off from work a second time, to come in and pick out a different couch. I was also told that I would have help assembling the furniture since I live by myself and had no one to help. However, the gentlemen that brought the furniture left everything for me to do, even the big heavy bed.

There were a few items missing on delivery day, one of which they had left at the store for me to pick up. My question to the sales person was why would I have everything delivered except this one item? As a result, I had to come in a third time and bring the item home by myself. The other pieces, I was told I would receive within 2 weeks.The purchased date was late August and delivery date was September 20th. I have yet to see any of those items.

As a result, one of the items (an ottoman) has been discontinued and the floor model sold to another customer, and 2 lamps which were to arrive end of September are now arriving in December.
I would like to ask you, why would I purchase a lamp that I would not receive immediately? Why would I pay for an item that I will not have for 3 months? The day I made the purchases, I was told that everything was available. I was told I would receive all items on my delivery date (September 20) On one occasion when I called to follow up on the status of the lamps I was told that my whole order was cancelled and there were no lamps scheduled for me. I spent more than 45 minutes, with a less than courteous customer service representative on the phone trying to locate my order.

My frustration, is that the same lamps I have purchased, are available in the stores as a floor model. I am willing to even take those floor models, since I am tired of carrying a flash light around my condo! But every time, the person on the other side of the phone, with great attitude informs me that it is against company policy to give floor models away. I am surprised that they are not willing to compromise once, in the name of customer service and customer retention! At this point, not only am I missing an Ottoman, that no one has suggested to replace, but I'm missing 2 lamps.

I have no idea what to do...any suggestions?

Dear Donna,
I have had similiar problems with these idiots.Go to the Credit bureau in West Hamilton, they walked me through the process, it was painless, actually it felt very empowering to be again in controll of my own credit from these ###s!
Sorry, i can't find anything good to say about The Brick.
Lynda

I've been having a horrible time dealing with The Brick as well! I purchased a couch a little over a year ago, and with it paid for the 5-year Blanket Warranty because I had two cats and was concerned about what they would do to the new furniture. I was shown a document that listed on it all of the damages that were covered under this warranty (which was everything!) as well as how "easy" it was to get a replacement. Now, a year later, I went back to the store with my warranty, only to be shown a completely DIFFERENT warranty, which not surprisingly, does not cover my damages. I am appalled at the bald-faced lies I was told, and how the company deals with good customers. You had better believe that I am fighting with them on this!

So you paid an extra 100$ and got your set 1.5 months sooner than expected? It doesn't work in their favour only it is also working in yours since you dont have to wait that long.
And since the Brick has ZERO control over how fast the manufacture makes the product, I suggest you call the manufacture in China and ### about how the child labourers aren't making your furniture fast enough while they are losing their fingers.
Three words: Suck it up

I completely agree. I aswell am not one to complain but I purchased a couch and king bed on April 21/08 I got the bed right away since it was the only one left in stock and i bought the floor model. the couch on the other hand, The brick told me I wouldnt be able to have my couch delivered until june 5/08 i was not impressed but went with the transaction anyways since they promised it would be no later. after many phone calls and rude customer service. My couch has finally arrived in store today which is NOV.6/08 they also will not deliever my couch until tomorrow since there truck doesnt come out (10 mins) away from their store today. During the wait they were very rude and also would only offer $100 off since it will then cut into "their" cost or i could come in a pick a different couch that was in stock. I will never buy anything from the brick again. also to mention the bed i bought the same day the frame is already broken. good job!

my husband and i needed a new couch very badly so we have been shopping around for a while testing out A LOT of couches until we found the right one, which was hard because most of them were either too soft or rock hard. we fell in love with one but it wasnt on sale so two weeks ago( the secon last weekend in aug i think) and we saw that not only was it on sale but the floor model chair was being sold. It was a good deal and in good shape so we decided to take both. They didnt have the colour of couch we wanted there so it had to be ordered and we didnt want to pay 70 dollars for delivery when we live 5 mins away. we were told it would be in the following friday which worked for us becuase he was on vacation. we arrarnged to use husbands fathers van who lives in hamilton( 30 mins away) to pick up said furniture. on that friday husband drove all the way to hamilton( FIL was busy with work so couldnt come to us) picked up his van drove back to brantford with his nefew to help carry the couch and chair got to the brick and they had ordered us the wrong colour! husband asked what they would do for us becuase we had just got rid of our couch the day before making room for the new one and they said we could drive to missisauga and get it (50+ mins depending on traffic) and have 75$ taken off the price or free delivery on tusday. we took te free delivery on tuesday. the next day ( a sat) we went t my mothers for the day to visit and get home and see that the brick called. He calls them back and they tell us that we didnt call them to tell them what we wanted to do so our delivery has been pushed back to wed! husband states that he was there IN PERSON and told the guy in the back who was dealing with the couch that we would take the tuesday del option. the person onn the phone then wants to know the name of the person we talked to still trying to get us to accept wed delivery. NO WAY! we have no couch! only the chair! where are we supposed to sit?! after some talking they reluctantly agree to the tuesday delivery. They said they would call in the morning and let me kno when they are coming. it is now 10:22am and no phone call yet. If it doesnt come today when we either want a bigger discount for our troubles or we are returning everything and going else where! we will NEVER EVER shop at the brick unless we can take it home that day!

Just so you know, if they call you to tell you your item is in for delivery & you cannot take delivery when they say, they will give it to someone else, They say there policy is after 7 days they will do this but apparently being told on a Monday & a Tuesday that I would have to call back if I wanted delivery of my item next week and then when I call on the Monday I am informed that there is no product.
Guess there 7 day policy which was not disclosed was not honoured. I have a call in to the store but somehow doubt I will be called & if I am will not have my item delivered this weekend. Not impressed at all - quote from The Brick, "Our Commitment is to you...our customer, " If this is true there will the dining set I ordered & paid for delivery, delivered on Saturday. Otherwise bad customer service.

I had a bedroom set delivered. The delivery guy said he could not move all of the items to the bedroom on the 3rd floor, so he left the dresser on the main floor and said he would return. A month later, the dresser is still on the main floor. I have been out of the country so they can not take my calls nor can they call me to organize this. My boyfriend has been calling and they are not returning his calls.

This is unprofessional!

husband just got off the phone with them and now they are saying that they have us penciled in for next friday! I DONT THINK SO! ITS ALL GOING BACK!

12:31 and no call yet husband is on the phone with them right now

Nothing but problems with delivery, merchandise and wrong billing ever since I purchased my appliances 6 months ago. Merchandise is sold but not in stock, end up buying more expensive merchandise. Equal payments is wrong and been paying double and been talking to HSBC and the Brick a number of times to no avail. Brick managers say the problem is rectified but it never is and keep going back to the store. Managers are hardly there. Delivery is constantly cancelled and then delivered to wrong address on wrong date. Washer and dryer are defective and go to store to complain constantly but no one sends a technician or replaces the products. Will never purchase anything at the Brick again as long as I live. Should I seek consumer protection?

My daughter and her family moved from Victoria B.C. to Ottawa on July 1st. Two weeks earlier we bought 2 mattress sets, a chesterfield and a tv set. We impressed upon the salesman that they needed to be delivered on July 2nd because they would be arriving on the 1st with nothing in the house. The salesman in Kelowna phoned the Ottawa store and they assured him that they had everything in stock except the tv. It is now July 23rd and they finally got the order filled. There were a whole bunch of issues between the first and the 23rd and I can tell you that they looked like a bunch of amateurs. We will also never buy from the Brick again.

try openning up a future shop flyer then open up your local paper. Check out this site for leons complaints..lol.
i got to agree with Sarah onthis one...

With 220 stores across the country and literally millions of flyers made and printed daily it is expected that once in a while there may be some mistakes. These mistakes are generally caught right away and The Brick is LEGALLY required to post a correction notice in thier store, which is done on a regular basis.

As for the 44$ BBQ's that aren't available. Do you honestly believe that every store has a manufacturing company in their basement? No, all of the product comes from across the world and only some large metropolitan cities have distribution centers. Those BBQ's were probably sold out considering the fact that people line up outside in the early hours of the morning to purchase door crasher items.

This "bait and switch" technique that you speak of is a regular occurance in ALL BUSINESSES. For ANY business to be able to print such a low cost item there has to be ONLY ONE in all of North America. Every single car dealership as well as furniture stores and other retailers use this technique. It is called "fishing" and it even taught in marketing classes in Universities.

Before going to any store and blaming the employees and managers of "lying" to you, I suggest you further educate yourself on marketing techniques and maybe realize that you cannot always get what you want.

I have had a few less costly and one very costly experiences with the brick
I bought two very expensive recliners, about 1, 000.00each after 3 months the mechanisms where shot. I am not a big person and since they where only used by my husband and myself they did NOT take any rough use. I called to have a service man come to the house, which took months, the mechanisms where eventually replaced by just as bad crap which only lasted again a few months. By this time the Brick claimed the one year warranty on these barely used pair of chairs was at an end. JUNK... second time stupid I purchased a leather couch and loveseat. Top of the line, I was told, will last a lifetime. I paid the premium price of 4, 000.00 for both pieces. Two weeks later the set was on for half price!
I spoke to "the manager" who said begrudgingly that he would honour the sale price. Since I bougt on the no-money down deal, he said I would see the adjustment on my next statement. I did not. I called the store and asked to speak with the manager, Guess what ! new manager in the store. I was handed this line of BS for about 2 months. I finally went to the store in person and requested the adjustment be made to my account while I was present. by now the furniture was no longer on sale and the NEW manager says " oh that set would never go on sale, you must be mistaken" I don't think so, I sit on it everyday. The only thing I was mistaken on was the credability of this scam show.

The Brick gets a big thumbs down from this girl. Third time shopping and I tried Leons...we'll see.

Geeze you sound like you have never made a mistake, I have seen lots of adds that turned out to be wrong, or misprinted, the notices are all over the store and on the doors as you enter, next time try looking around and keep in mind that even you are not perfect

This was added to my bills even though I never signed for it. I had to go into the store and speak to them and ask for a copy of my original contract where they realized that I did not sign and after pursuing they refunded all my money.

In response to your complaint about the “Payment Protection Plan” please be aware that this would NOT be added to your bill if you HADNT signed for it. If you go into a brick store they are able to print out your original credit application and show you the SIGNED COPY with YOUR signature. If you would like this to be cancelled simply go into the nearest Brick loaction, fill out a small form, and it will be cancelled THAT DAY.

Dont blame others because of your inability to ask questions about the papers you are signing.

I was posed this same issue. at time of purchase I read what i was signing, if you would have done so you would know why your havethe payment protection plan. This is not fraud as the information was clearly displayed infront of you

I asked about this when i signed it. the sales person explainedto me that i get one month free and afterwards it was the stadard fee.

He explained to me that i simply had to call city financial to cancel it once i received my first bill. sounded simple enoug hto me. I did so and the problem never became an issue

Fraud...NO
Example of someone not reading before they sign...YES