Avoid like the plague
On January 31, 2023, I purchased a mattress from Awara, and received the mattress on 2/7/23. After sleeping on it for several days, it became very clear that the mattress was too soft, my spouse and I had severe, persistent lower back pain. On February 19th I phoned Awara, explained the situation, and told them I'd like to return the mattress. My customer service agent "James" asked for two photos of the mattress, one showing it on the bed, and one showing the tags. I sent the photos via text as asked, and James confirmed he received them and they were fine. Next, James asked if I'd like a "firm topper" for the mattress and or a $175 discount and I declined. James asked to put me on hold for "computer problems" first, then again to "get my supervisors approval." Both times James forgot to mute his mike, and we just sat there, there was clearly no communication going on--just his breathing and the background noise of the boiler room. Finally James came back, said that it was their policy that we had to keep the mattress for a month, and that the mattress would be eligible for return on March 7th. I asked where in the TOS was that stated, because I could not find that policy anywhere on the website. James was unable to help because this policy is, in fact, nowhere on Awara's website. I told James, this "policy" was not on their website, and and would he prefer that I contact my credit card company with a chargeback, or would Awara like to issue a refund, per their guarantee? James put me on another longer hold, forgot to mute his mike again, then returned and said "unfortunately we need to be firm on this policy, you cannot return until after March 7th." At that point I ended the call, and will be contacting my CC company with a chargeback. Oh, and by the way, when I asked James what country I was phoning, I was told the Philippines, "but our call center is based in the USA". When I hung up, I immediately received an email asking me to rate my interaction, claiming the the phone call center was in the United States. More lies. This company, Resident Home, has been fined by the FTC for making repeated claims that their mattress were made in the USA when they were not. Unfortunately this website doesn't allow links, but Just type the following into your browser, "FTC Orders “Made in USA” Repeat Offender to Pay Funds Mattress company will pay $753,000 and cease Made in USA fraud". I'd also encourage you to report fraud directly to the FTC, type in your browser "how to report fraud to FTC" and you'll get instructions.
Date of experience: February 19, 2023