Complaint / Review
Kohler Kitchen And Bath
Refuses to replace defective (damaged) high end faucets

This is the first time i've ever complained online, but i have to say this one has me steaming mad.

We purchased a LOT of kohler higher end products from a higher end bath products retailer. We were completely renovating our house, so we ordered a lot of product up front.

We have been knocking off the renovation, one room at a time, and it came to install the vanity sink faucets (two of them). We had the plumber over to do the install and when we pulled them both out, they both had what i would call a chip or ding in them. Now this ding did not look as if it was done in shipment because the shiny finish was not marred or scratched. This looked clearly like a forging issue at the manufacturer.

Unfortunately the company we bought these two faucets from turned out to be an unreliable business. We have since stopped dealing with them. So with a problem like this, we called Kohler directly. They said we had to deal with the reseller. So we contacted the reseller. I month later and lots of excuses and still no replaced faucets.

So we called Kohler again. They said i had to deal with the reseller and that they could do nothing. They refused to stand up and help the end customer. We had purchased a lot of their product and were looking to purchase more, but that didnt matter. They basically told is that if the reseller didnt replace them, then we were stuck with the uninstalled, defective product. These were $500 faucets by the way.

In talking with another distributor, we were told a couple of things. The main thing was that Kohler can issue a 'warranty letter' which would allow us to get our faucets replaced at any retailer/distributor. When i asked Kohler about this, they said they would not do this at all. They didnt say why not, just that they wouldnt.

So here we are, two defective faucets, new out of the box, never installed, and Kohler could care less. I am so shocked that a company the size of Kohler, who wants to play in the higher end market where company image matters, is this dismissive with their product defects.

We ofcourse will never deal with them again. If i could return everything we bought from them i would.

Let this be a warning, once its sold, Kohler couldnt care less.

Tom
Vancouver, BC

West Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada