Lesson Learned.
If I owned a business cleaning ducts, I would NOT be worried about competition from these guys.
First of all, when I first made the appt, the girl I spoke with had NO IDEA where I lived in Hendersonville. There is NO WAY a company like this has NO IDEA where Cummings Cove Golf Community is in Hendersonville NC. It has only been there for 35+ years!
She then went on to say that CDM does not go out of state.
I explained/let her know that we were about 30 minutes away.
She could not get the address correct even after I gave it to her 3-4 times. The phone number took about the same amount of misses. These were my first trepidations in making the 8:30 am appt. I should have known better, but I was in a hurry and, well, I will call this my fault as well.
When the day and appt time of 8:30 turned into 9 am I called Carolina DuctMasters.
Spoke with someone that sounded just as confused. Told me he could not verify my appt because his computer was down. I suspect this guy had NO IDEA how to use a computer.
His excuse was; "The roads were closed".
I asked, "Every road?"
It was April. It was 70 degrees outside so I knew we didn't have a snow problem.
When I mentioned that I had been a bit worried when the girl who answered their phone and set up my appt had no idea where I lived, his response was:
"Well, these girls live here in Asheville, so they don't know where you live."
I asked, "Has Carolina DuctMasters ever worked/done work in Cummings Cove before?"
His response:
"Oh yeah, we've been there, but the girls, they don't know where you live."
He then told me he would contact the tech and call me right back. 15/20 minutes later, I called him back and his excuse was this time;
"Oh, yeah, I just spoke with the tech. (funny how that happens) They are just finishing up with their last appt. They will be heading over to you by 10 am or a little bit later." When I mentioned the 8:30 appt SET TIME that the confused girl had promised they would be there by, he said,
"Oh, that's just an estimate."
By this time I was not sure these guys were a fly-by-night outfit so I told this guy to forget it, and that I would call someone else. His response was EXACTLY what one would expect. No apologies whatsoever. No trying to win back my business.
His response?
"Okay, fine. Great."
Needless to say, I called Ductz of Asheville & Hendersonville and spoke with Wade who sounded very intelligent. Wade even knew where I lived! Wade promised he would be at my home that day by a certain time.
Voila'.
Wade was as good as his word.
Ductz of Asheville and Hendersonville is who I Should have called first, but will call for ALL my future ductwork needs.
Anyone that tries those clowns over at Carolina Ductwork is going to get exactly the same treatment I received.
While Carolina DuctMasters might be very unprofessional, and have no idea where Hendersonville is, their only redeeming quality is the fact that you might get a chuckle (The reason I gave them at least one star) at how they hopscotch around and over their very uncreative excuses. read more