Susan H.
Yelp
We love the 2 pieces of furniture that we bought from Bif (a desk and a credenza). However, we will never again order anything else from them.
I had looked online and liked what I saw in their home office collection. We were here on a Saturday afternoon and things were slow. A sales person pointed us to the home office area, then he left and told us to get him if we wanted to buy something. Finally, we were ready and he was easy to find. We explained what we wanted to get. Some of the furniture doesn't have a price tag on it so we had to ask. Even though we told him we wanted the desk and the credenza, he went and quoted a price for the desk and a side extension piece. I asked if this included the credenza, to which he said "You wanted the credenza, too?" Sigh... Again, we explained what we wanted and finally he paid attention.
He told us that it would be delivered in a week and that we would hear from them a day or two beforehand about an exact delivery day and time. When they did call, it was to tell us that the furniture wouldn't come for another week. Plus, we were told we had a choice with the credenza---either take the one on the floor or wait several weeks for a new one, and we wouldn't get a break on price if we took the one on the floor. Again...sigh. We agreed to it all. Another week passed and we didn't hear from them so we called. The woman who answered the phone said the sales person would call us back. After some phone tag, he said it would come the next Sunday and he gave us a time. We had explained that we live in an apartment building and have to reserve a delivery time.
We booked the freight elevator. The next day, he called to say it would come on Monday at 10 a.m. So...we had to rebook the elevator time. Then...another call---it won't come at 10 a.m. but sometime after 2 p.m. We asked "Are you sure this time?" They said "yes". Again, we had to rebook. Someone had also booked that same time but the front desk arranged it to squeeze us in.
Here's the kicker---All their furniture is in a warehouse in NJ. Still, it doesn't take 3 weeks to drive from NJ to here. When the 2 men who delivered the furniture came, they told my husband that they drove down here the previous night. I guess (I hope!) that Bif put them up in a hotel. They did a good job with the delivery. The desk had to be put together which they did very quickly. These 2 guys were the best part of the whole shopping experience.
They have nice furniture, I'll give them that. We plan to buy more furniture for our place --- but not from Bif! Needless to say, we didn't like being jerked around like they did to us. If you buy furniture from them, know what you're getting into.