31 March 2009
Dear Home Annex Customer Service,
In the course of building a new home, we have ordered several times from Home Annex. The service has generally been good. However, we have experienced circumstances with the captioned order that border on the unbelievable!
On February 7 2009 order DHD-753668 was confirmed for:
40 BP53470-3 Amerock scroll pulls @ $2.14 each
12 Hickory Hardware P2282-SN pulls @ $4.52 each
4 Hickory Hardware P2281-SN pulls @ $3.19 each
We received the Amerock scroll pulls within 10 days. We heard nothing with respect to the Hickory Hardware items, and when I began enquiries, I was told on successive occasions:
ENQUIRY RESPONSE
1 “Belwith-Keeler should have advised us that the items would be back-ordered; they didn’t. They are now on two-week backorder.”
2 “The items will be shipped next week.” (4 weeks ago)
3 (today) “The items are not available from the original supplier; but we can re-order them for you at extra cost! You should have received an email on 15th March telling you this.” [I didn’t!!]

It seems to me that it is illegal to advertise a product for a specific price, take someone’s money as payment for that product, then tell them, “Oops! You have to pay more money for this product if you expect to receive it.”
In any event, please consider this a confirmation of my verbal instruction this morning to cancel this order with respect to the Hickory Hardware items. Also, please consider this a demand for refund of my money in the amount of $74.75 (I am asking for return of the $7.95 ‘processing fee’ since technically, you did not ‘process’ my order.
I note that the Hickory Hardware website is advertising these items for a few cents more ($0.15 and $0.22 respectively) than the price you advertised and I accepted. So for the princely sum of $3.24 from an order totaling $160.55 (that 2%) you held up my order for over six weeks and failed to timely notify me of what your problems were. Obviously, you don’t think much of your customers, and I now hold a similar opinion of you.
C C Stewart
Spring, TX

I've been waiting over two months for HomeAnnex.com to refund in excess of $500 for an order that I cancelled before delivery.

I purchased an item and when I received it, it was the wrong item. It was listed incorrectly on their web site (and still is!).
I requested an RMA the same via their web site. After more than a month, I still do not have the RMA. They are blaming the manufacturer because Home Annex uses drop-shipping, so only the manufacturer can take something back. This is bullsh*t. They are just incompetent and slow. Plus, if I ever get the RMA, they tell me it'll still take almost a month to get credit.
This company stinks.

DON'T USE THEM.