Jim D.
I bought some patio furniture from AV…
I bought some patio furniture from AV this summer along with an 11' umbrella. First, the furniture started to rust with in weeks of my purchase. Who makes outdoor furniture that rusts? Better yet why would AV promote their garbage by displaying it in their showroom right when you walk in the door. Guessing they were making a pretty good margin on it. When I was sitting it for the winter and began moving the items rust water ran out of the legs and frames and left a stain on my patio. Thank you! Now the umbrella. The second day I had this up, not particularly windy, but a small gust picked up the umbrella threw it on my pool fence damaging the track and tearing the material. When it was delivered the delivery guy told me to get pea gravel to fill the base which I did, later I read that I was supposed to use sand as it would rain moisture and increase the weight over time. Well guess what AV DID ABSOLUTLY NOTHING! They wouldn't replace it they wouldn't fix it, NOTHING! Even tho they had given me wrong instruction on what to use when filling it up. Same with the patio furniture... Nothing Do yourself a favor and shop elsewhere, you'll be glad you did.
