I had my dryer repaired yesterday. They originally came out a week and a half ago and diagnosed the problem as heating assembly. The technician did not have the part and said he would order it. Five days later, I called to find out when the part was coming. The woman on the phone told me they did not know and could give me no ETA for the delivery of the part. So, I decided to see if I could order the part and was able to purchase one later that day and was arriving in two days. The next day, I called them again to tell them I had found and ordered the part. Once again, the woman on the phone could give me no indication when or if the part they had ordered was coming. I told them I would call the schedule the repair when the part my order for the part arrived.
Literally two hours later, they called me and said their pet had arrived and wanted the schedule the repair. I was confused and told her I had just spoken to someone there and told them I had ordered the part and it was arriving tomorrow. She asked me if I wanted them to install their part and I told them
I would wait until my part arrived.
I called the next day to schedule the repair and the technician could not come out until next week.
Yesterday, technician came out and repaired my dryer. The repair was trivial; unplug old part and plug new one in. Unfortunately, during the repair, he laid the drum on the carpet runner in the laundry room and stained the rug with some tar-like substance on the drum. He mentioned it to me and I told him I would try to clean it up. Unfortunate for us, the stain did not come out and we will have to replace the rug.
That said, he completed the repair and told me the remaining balance due was $245. I had already paid them $213.25 for the parts at the first visit. It told that was not correct and he called the office and then told me it was going to be $143.94 and that they had discount the bill because I provided the part. I paid the bill and he left. He emailed me the invoice.
Later, I was reviewing the invoice and it show my original $213.25 payment for "parts" and a $100 discount. That seemed odd that I would not be refunded the full amount for the parts. So, I called the office and the woman I spoke told me that I was only refunded for "their cost" for the parts. I was shocked and asked her how could they keep the profit for a part they did not provide and she told me said could not answer my question and told me I would have to send an email to file a service complaint, which I did. 24 hours later I have still not received a call or a reply to my complaint. I was overcharged at least $100 and had a damaged rug to replace due to their service.
This was the first time I had used Appliance Master and based on this experience I will not use them again and recommend others go elsewhere. Their charges are very high and they were either misleading or dishonest with me during the interaction. How could they not know when the part was coming and literally hours later tell me the part had arrive; hours after I told them I had ordered the part myself? How could they think keeping the profit on a part they did not provide was fair?
From other reviews I have now read here, I think there is a pattern of deceit and misrepresentation with this company. I wish that was not the case and I welcome their reply to explain to me why I was overcharged for this service. In the meantime, I cannot recommend Appliance Master read more