Alan K.
Terrible experience, beware
A technician was supposed to arrive between 11am-2pm to service our dryer. We received a call around 12:40, the tech would arrive in approx 40 minutes. He's at the door after 2pm, and when I tell him he's late, he said the company should've told us about some issue with his car. He diagnoses the dryer as a thermostat and sensor issue, but then pulls the dryer forward too far, which apparently disconnects the vent hose, and then turns on the dryer to "test" for a clogged vent. This ends up sending the clogged lint flying everywhere in the room and he proceeds to stop the dryer to open the window because he clearly didn't do a visual check for a clog in the first place. He quotes me the replacement for thermostat, sensor, and "cleaning" fee for over $400, which I proceed to tell him, no I will not proceed. When I confront him about why he just yanked the dryer forward, and didn't just check the vent without turning on the dryer and sending the lint everywhere, he conveniently doesn't understand me and pulls out his phone for translation. In the first place, his English wasn't very good and understanding him was difficult. At this point, I'm just livid cuz there's lint everywhere and I just want him out asap, so I told him to get out of my house and that I would pay for the service fee of like around $90. When we called to complain, I get a call back from I guess a manager from the parent company, who proceeds to "listen" to my story but basically doesn't and tells me the technician was just doing his job and telling me the cost of the thermostat, sensor, and cleaning fee, which I clearly didn't agree to. When I told him it didn't make sense to test a clogged vent by turning on the dryer when the hose is disconnected, he proceeded to tell me that that's how you're supposed to do it if you're a tech. He asked me "are you a tech?" and that his was wearing a camera so they have video evidence of me being rude, which is great because I also took photos and videos of their incompetence. When I told him that he conveniently didn't understand me, the guy on phone said I should've called the company as if it were my responsibility to send someone who can understand and communicate properly. He also feigned ignorance and asked me why the tech had to open the window, knowing that his tech sent lint flying everywhere with the hose disconnected and that it was unprofessional service. I told him that it doesn't take a tech to do a visual check for clogs, instead of yanking out the dryer too far forward and then mistakenly turning it on without the hose. The person on the phone wouldn't listen either way, so I told him that they're scammers and I don't want them to come back and finish the job, end of conversation. I don't even care for a refund because that's not the point. There was no apology, no intention to listen to the customer, and no professionalism in person or on the phone. This was a horrible experience and I would definitely recommend others to stay clear of this company.


