I would give this experience negative stars if possible. Based on the HORRIFYING experience I had this weekend, I absolutely would not recommend this company. I see that many other reviewers complained about Jessie in the office. He is probably the rudest person I've ever spoken to in my life. And he's the "office manager". Yikes.
So here's the story. We purchased a Groupon for a routine check and maintenance. Our ac was running fine but summer is coming so we decided we would try to be responsible home owners and keep things running well.
Friday: Setting up the appointment was easy, the tech (Michael, who I later came to find out was the service manager) was prompt, polite, and professional. He did a quick check of all systems and informed us that we were low on coolant. We paid for a refill. It was a mild, beautiful day that day so after he left, we set our thermostat up and opened the windows.
Saturday: It got hot and humid the next day (because Texas), we turned our thermostat back down and let the system kick on. An hour later and the temperature in the house had gone UP a few degrees and it was just blowing hot air. This was Saturday. I immediately called the office to ask that they send their tech back out because they were there the day before and common sense dictates that perhaps something went wrong. The man I spoke to in the office (Jessie) was really rude. He talked down to me and kept telling me "you don't know what you're talking about, lady." He proceeded to tell me that acs are mechanical like a light bulb. One day they work and the next day they don't and it couldn't possibly be because of anything they did and no he would not send someone out. He said it sounded like I had a bad coil and I should call my home warranty company. Then he said it sounded like we had a coolant leak. When I asked if they would reimburse me for the costs of the coolant we paid for (if it had all leaked out) since the inspection we paid for said everything was in good working order, he said I was crazy and they wouldn't refund me money I hadn't even paid (no clue what that means) and did everything but hang up on me. I felt that I had no other option but to call my home warranty company. And since it was a holiday weekend, they couldn't find anyone to come out till Tuesday afternoon. So we sweltered through a holiday weekend (including Monday!) until someone could get out here.
Tuesday afternoon: Home warranty guy comes, says they overcharged the unit (overfilled it with coolant) and from what he can tell, it caused the compressor to fail. So he calls the home warranty company and of course, they won't cover it because it was part of an improper repair. So I called the office of the original company back, suffered through more mansplaining, abuse, and raised voices, and finally got him to agree to send the tech back out. But not until after I was told by the office manager that this tech would never make a mistake like that, that it simply would not happen, could not happen, never in a million years. I was informed that I was "going about this the wrong way, lady." (I swear, the next person who calls me "lady" is going to get throat punched as a knee jerk reaction to this guy.)
The tech came back out (still polite and professional) and worked very hard in a rainstorm trying to figure out what was going on. He did a series of resets (from what I could tell), deactivated a high pressure lock out, released some of the coolant (improperly, into the air rather than into a reclaim tank) and got us back up and running. Thank GOD the compressor did not fail as a result of his mistake. He also apologized for his mistake and for the treatment I received while trying to rectify it.
Everyone makes mistakes. I am not upset about the mistake IN THE LEAST. But the utter and complete refusal to come back out and check on it? And the ridiculous, unprofessional treatment I received from the "office manager"? This company cannot continue to do business this way. If they had sent someone back out when I first called, I wouldn't have had to suffer in my hot house with my husband, my six month old daughter, and out of town guests whose trip was ruined, as they were only here to hang out around the house and play with the baby. I won't even begin to tell you how hard it is to get a six month old baby to sleep in an 85 degree, humid house...
Cheap service is NOT worth this hassle. Do not use this company. read more