I purchased a la-z-boy power recliner from the local showroom (Oxnard, CA) and when i was there i was told that as a special they were running that la-z-boy would pay the sales tax...well that was a lie, when i get the unit delivered they give me a printed reciept that showed that all they did was raise the price of the chair to cover the tax. they gave me a hand written reciept at the timo of purchace that read as follows:

$1, 199.99 store ticket price foe chair
$ 99.99 Elite fabric protection plan
$1, 299.98 total from above
We pay sales tax
no charge for delivery
$1, 299.98 Total sale price


then when it was delivered i got a computer printed sales slip that read as follows:

$1, 100.91 store ticket price foe chair
$ 99.99 Elite fabric protection plan
$1, 200.99 total from above
$ 0.01 Delivery charge
$ 99.07 Tax
$1, 299.98 Total sale price

Additionally in the store the ticket that had the price for the chair on it was changed with white out. the price was changed i will represent a ? for the didget that was changed $1, 1?9.99 they wrote in by hand over the white out a "9". Additionally they told me that their gaurdsman protection plan would extend the factory warranty for parts and labor to 3 years for the electrical motor of my lift recliner. I decided to buy the protection plan based on that statement. When i get home and read the policy and call gaurdsman directly they state that they only cover accidental damage caused by me and they do not cover ANYTHING regarding manufacture warrantees. Thankfully when i pointed this out to la-z-boy they offered to return my money on the protection plan, but they basically refused to do anything for me regarding there claim to pay the sales tax. They told me also that as far as any warrantee is concerned the value of the chair is $1, 100.91 and not the $1, 199.99 that was the price in the store.

Basically they said yeah we lied about paying the sales tax, and tougfh that is the way we do it, after all someone has to pay the california sales tax. So in closing they lie to you every chance they get and just realize that if you go in there thinking you are getting some kind of deal, think again, they probably just raised the price of the furniture in order to represent whatever sale that they may be running as they did with me.

Please be careful when purchasing La-Z-Boy products as certain replacement parts have become impossible to come by. Unless you are adept at electrical and and mechanical repairs, I would not recommend these products.

In 2004, we purchased a power recliner/massage chair for my mother, a 92 year old disabled woman, who needed the chair for therapeutic reasons. We paid $1, 500 for the chair which had been working fine up until a few weeks ago, when the remote went out. When we called La-Z-Boy in Phoenix, we were told they were no longer manufacturing chair parts, as this particular chair had been discontinued some time after we purchased it. By a stroke of luck, one of the Cust. Svc. reps managed to find a hand wand in the shop and sold it to me for $120. At first, it worked fine, but then a week later, the massage feature wasn't working properly. It would only stay on for a minute or so, and then stop. The massage feature is designed to stay on for 30 minutes. The representative I spoke to said the problem was probably due to another mechanical part and not the new hand wand we had just purchased, and that they were not able to get any parts at all! Even if he sent a repairman out, they would not be able to get any parts for this chair. The customer service reps I spoke to acted like we were basically SOL and should just get over it. Needless to say, this didn't sit too well with me.

Since then, I have spent hours searching the Net in vain looking for aftermarket parts for this product and haven't come up with anything for this model. I've even contacted the La-Z-Boy manufacturer in Michigan and was told they no longer have suppliers for these parts. It seems each part is made by a different company; in our case, InSeat Solutions, LLC and Okin, whom I have also contacted. They were both unable to recommend a substitute manufacturer, and for some unexplained reason, neither company is doing business any longer with La-Z Boy.

My mother has become very fond of her chair and would love to continue using it. It's a shame that a mega-corporation like La-Z-Boy doesn't take better care of its customers.

I have also spoken to independent furniture repair shops who are absolutely incredulous that La-Z-Boy is no longer able to get parts for their customers. No one knows what to make of this.

La-Z-Boy should either come up with the parts we need to repair the chair or else replace it with a new one. But they refuse to do anything for us.