I bought a brand new washing machine from Best Buy in October 2021. When they delivered the machine it DIDN'T WORK. The installers turned on the machine and showed that the water ran into the tub and then left. After they left I threw in a load of clothes and tried to run a cycle. For starters they switched the cold and hot water connections, so my colored clothes that needed a cold water wash were soaked in steaming hot water and ran colors. AND the lid lock would not engage, so it would not start a cycle at all. It wouldn't spin the water out of my clothes. It wouldn't do anything but let my colored clothes sit in way too hot water and run. I called Best Buy support within 15 minutes of when the installers left my house. The installers did not leave their phone number and I was told by Best Buy they could not be contacted directly (what??). After trying to get support for this, I was told that I would have to use the warranty I purchased to have someone come and repair it. They would send someone out the next week to do diagnostics, and then when the problem was found, they would set up another appointment for the machine to actually be fixed. Again this was a brand new, not open box appliance, and Best Buy refused to do anything. I even went into the store in Kendall and was told they cant help me even schedule an appointment, I have to call the main phone number and be put on hold. I had to go through my Geek Squad warranty. I told them I wanted to have the machine picked up for a return and exchanged for another new machine of a different model. Another hour of being put on hold and transferred to get that scheduled. It took them 2 weeks to come pick up the machine for a return because they cancelled on me first, then set up a time and tried to show up outside of the return window when no one was home. By the time they rescheduled the appointment to pick it up I told them I just wanted to return it and not exchange it. They said it would be a full refund since it was within the return window. Finally they picked up the machine, and this whole time I have no working washing machine.
A week goes by after the machine is picked up and no refund. Now Best Buy says they have no record of the machine being picked up. The guys who come to install and pick up are contractors and they don't actually work for Best Buy. It shows there was an appointment to pick up the machine but they never marked the machine as picked up. I have a receipt that they left when they picked up the machine showing it was returned. Best Buy customer service said they do not have an email address I can send it to and don't want a copy. It is now JANUARY 2022 and have not received a refund for $661. It is absolute insanity. I have spent countless hours on the phone with Best Buy customer service and I kid you not, every person I have talked to has told me something completely different as far as the status of this case. I have been told everything including the refund has been issued and it is likely your bank holding up the refund (back in Oct), the refund may take up to 6 months, there is still no record of it being picked up, and there is no record of even an appointment for a return. I have had to involve my bank in a dispute and Best Buy is still saying they have no record of this return DESPITE ME HAVING A RECEIPT issued by their contractors from the pick up.
If you want cheap appliances, sure you can save $20 compared to Home Depot or another better store, but you better hope it works and never has a problem, because customer service will completely screw you if it doesn't. read more