Excellent HearthCo Distributor:
Fireside of WA has been a HearthCo Inc. distributor for over 12 yrs. I personally know the owners and staff. In all these years I have never experienced or heard anything but wonderful reviews from many of the customers I have been blessed to meet and work with. I look at Fireside as a partner in business and would be happy to talk to anybody about their business principles and the Fireside Company I know and respect.
Dan Zacher
President
HearthCo, Inc.
by Dan Zacher on February 19, 2010
Customer service is bad:
I purchased a wood insert (including installation) from this business in December 2009. The buying experience was ok and the installation was soon enough.
Later I observed that the unit doesn't receive enough air unless you keep the door open. I called the service department to send someone over. They told me that I should call the sale person to arrange everything. I called the sale person (Wally Ren) which promised me that somebody will be there to take a look.
I called numerous time, never got any response back.
Please avoid.
by Cristian N. on February 10, 2010
Avoid at all costs:
We went to this store, and while it's true that they have a nice showroom, their customer service was horrible.
After stringing us along for 2 months, we finally just had them provide us with a price quote for the HearthCo materials we were interested in. Their quote seemed incredibly high, so we did some more research.
We then discovered a different dealer in the Seattle area (Cressy Door) who gave us excellent customer service, and their bid for the EXACT SAME MATERIALS was less than half. So that's where we purchased the materials.
We're going to report Fireside to our local consumer watchdog group, to help others avoid getting ripped off by their ridiculously inflated prices.
We hope that HearthCo considers dropping Fireside as a dealer - while they present as a 'pretty picture' in terms of their showroom, their apathetic customer service combined with their rip-off prices make them a must-avoid dealership.
by StephanieE on September 27, 2009