Response from Storey Concrete Company
I completely and utterly disagree with this review. Quite frankly, I'm astounded by it. I need to emphasize that the customer got a FLAWLESS driveway addition at about a 75% discount. There wasn't one thing wrong with the finished product. The customer purchased a Big Deal which included 100 square feet for $699.00. The driveway addition was around 250 - 260 square feet and based on my notes, there was an additional $1,100.00 owed upon completion of the project. She disputed the bill saying that we only agreed on an additional $699 upon completion. I made the mistake and didn't get a signed contract so it's possible there was a misunderstanding on the front end. I'm a firm believer in the "customer is always right" so I adjusted the final bill to reflect this amount. Customer satisfaction always comes before your profit margin. The former has a direct result on the latter. Once I changed the invoice to reflect the reduced amount, the customer still disputed it and hasn't paid the final invoice to this day. So this was the main issue with this project. The second issue was a freebie I offered when we first met. The paid portion of the project was the driveway addition, but there was one section of her existing driveway that had settled around 3"-4" (inches). I told her we would take a look at it and attempt to fix it while we were there working on the driveway addition. Once we got on site, we noticed that we simply could not jack up the section of driveway without damaging the section so we did not do it. When the customer got her final invoice she said that we were supposed to jack it up and if it broke the section, then we were supposed to replace it at our expense. What it boils down to is the customer received about $3,000.00 worth of concrete work for $700.00 and still decided to file a negative complaint on Angie's List. We've been in business for many, many years and we know that you can't satisfy every singe customer. It just comes with the territory, but I am shocked by this review considering the great quality she received and the basement price she paid. I respect her as a customer but disagree with her review. Regards, Chris Storey - Owner