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Find a Location

Factory Buys Direct has 4 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforFactory Buys Direct

    Fireplace Equipment Manufacturers
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 22 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    53 complaints closed in last 3 years

    4 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    This company offers fireplaces.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Factory Buys Direct has 4 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      Headquarters
      660 W Lambert Rd, Brea, CA 92821-3139
      BBB File Opened:
      12/15/2017
      Years in Business:
      13
      Business Started:
      5/6/2011
      Type of Entity:
      Sole Proprietorship
      Alternate Business Name
      • FactoryBuysDirect.com
      Business Management
      • Mr. Michael Deng, Operations Manager

      Customer Complaints

      53 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      02/29/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      Gas logs were sold to us 10/27/23 from Lowes.com for $279.00 and set up in November and every 5-10 days the pilot would go out. I'd have to schedule the gas company to come out, take off work over 8x's from November to February and we hardly used the system. Most of the time it had no pilot and us waiting for the next visit from the gas company. Every Piedmont visit I thought it was going to be fixed but...wasn't. We went past our 30 days with ***** and were told by them to contact Factory Direct/****** and they should send another one since I proved from the beginning it didn't work. All Piedmont experts stated the system was a lemon. They put these in all the time and this one is not ok. ***** told us to keep them updated on how this went because they didn't want their customers experiencing this. I contacted Factory Buys Direct/Duluth Forge in February 26 and February28. First...they said to turn one k*** under the system and it would be fixed. *********** came again and it worked for 35 minutes and blew out. When I called FBD again I was told I was over the 3 months time but we had a warranty for 1 year. I told them I had a print out of how many visits from gas company and how I thought each time it would be fixed but they would not send me a new system. They (FBD) want me to hire the gas company again to come out and uninstall, mail it to them, have them look at it and return it to me, then have me hire to reinstall...what a nightmare. Any other company would see I tried, had experts check the entire system out and then apologize and send a new set and I return this one or give me a refund. At first I asked for a new system to be sent to me and I'd return theirs in one time (*********** uninstall their lemon and install the second one they should send), they want me to pay more of my own money in *********** to uninstall theirs, mail, and pay/schedule to reinstall and I spent enough. Please help. Now, just refund me my money...help.

      Customer Reviews

      22 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      lisa r

      1 star

      10/31/2023

      2 years of back and forth with the company over a faulty product. They replaced the part once with a broken part. Will not return calls. Been demanding a refund!

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