Imperial Floor Coverings offers the same as the others, work with within our area. North Charlotte, Huntersville, Cornelius, Denver, and Lowsville NC. for local homeowner and businesses for a local hometown feel.
We offer 12 months no interest, and have shop at home sales appointments.
We carry quality products at affordable prices.
We carry our own insurance and our installers that are fully insured.
We can do anything and everything the other flooring companies claim they do.
Including the so called 60% off sale.
I like to think being honest and sale at a fair price that people will tell their friends and family and neighbors about us and that is the best advertisement we could ever ask for.
I will tell about paid advertising later.
This Blog will be a look into a small business (flooring company) the truth and nothing but the truth.
My hope is it will be interesting and maybe help our business and even help other small business owners.
I started it a few months back and was posting complaints and current sales from one of the largest flooring companies in the U.S that mainly advertise on T.V with in home sales and with a high turn over of fast talking rep's that work only on commission.
But I have had time to think and I know I can't advertise like they can but I could try and spread the word to warn people about them, having work there for three years in management may have made me want to drive it home a little more than an outsider would have wanted to.
I think I will still post some on here but I feel it's more about us and our company and not so much theirs.
There is facebook where anyone with a fb account can go there daily and see for their self the truth of the complaints but after a few hours or days will be removed and nothing but what a great job comments left there to look like everything is good.
There is also other web site like the pissed off consumer or pissed consumer that tell the truth from the customers and even sales reps and installers about getting ripped off or screwed over by them.
Even the BBB rates them A+ by buying their way. I will explain that later on and tell how the BBB works.
It a fact the best customer is someone who does their research before calling or buying and not looking for the cheapest of everything.
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten!
The story of the beginnings:
I started this company four years ago with no start up cash and with very little help. But thought after many years of working at other companies and watching how they would look the other way when it would only take a few minutes to listen the the customers needs and what they were looking for at the end of the job.
I knew that if we didn't over promise and didn't lie or cheat and was honest to our customers it would be word of mouth that would keep us in business and be able to build a business and keep our installers busy and make a living.
I knew the timing was poor due to the state our country was in and the economy but the timing was right for me to show that for a start up company it could be done. I started by buying into a company as a co-op partner on credit by taking over a small store locate in a strip mall with a Bi Lo and a dry cleaner next to it.
I was showing profit and lost statements for the pass four years and was told how the store was turning a profit for two years and then it was just breaking even, but was told it was due to a salesman passing away and another one having a heart attack and no one was able to manage the store full time and that it the owners felt it was time for some new blood to take over and make a return to profit.
Overhead was high and with little cash in hand I was to start a LLC and start running the store as a new company but as a co-op partner with that company that had it before me. I was told call the material reps and do a meet and greet.
I was giving a list of reps and I started calling and scheduling the meet and greet and introduce myself.
After a few calls and face to face meeting I was told to watch the guys I was a co-op partners with, the word crook kept coming up.
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Tomorrow I will pick up there.
Have a great Tuesday afternoon.
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