Cameron D.
08/02/2016 12:00:00 SA
These people don't know the first thing about how to run a business. They developed misplaced resentment against us after we expressed the desire to have our cement contractor install our gate, simply because it would make the entire project of installing a new driveway and block wall more seamless and easy. The cement contractor needed the exact gate measurements to build the wall properly and offered to install the gate, so why not have him just have him do it. Apparently Pinnacle gets their gates only partially built and finishes the installation at the job site, i.e. welding hinges etc... This must be where they make their money on the gates, and they were angry, and just dropped our gate in our back yard without even a phone call! It was an incomplete gate with hinge brackets that weren't aligned and had to be cut and welded with a cheesy can of spray paint to touch up the powder coat after welding. Holes needed to be drilled and handles and locks installed.
The irony is, I could have cared less who installed the gate, I just wanted done without having to make more appointments. These people were so rude to us, all over their blind resentment against having another contractor do the work that they repeatedly ignored our phone calls. The times we did speak to them, they repeatedly said they would complete the gate, yet they never made good on the promise, purposely delayed setting up and appointment(I'll have to check the schedule when I get to the office), and never called back! Now they send a threatening letter asking for the remainder of the balance for the gate! I never intended on not paying for the gate? What's wrong with these people? Are they used to fighting with customers? They are highly defensive for some reason.
Bottom line is, we could have gotten a similar gate from another company, installed, for a couple hundred dollars more, that was properly powder coated, not with spray painted hinges. We didn't exactly get the gate we contracted for. They should have been more forthcoming in the beginning and expressed why they prefer to install their own gates. We would have been happy to go that route had we known it was such a point of contention with them.